dilemma today
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dilemma today
Hi,
I am invited to a dinner with some ladies tonight at 6:30, which is later than I usually would eat, which is 5:00-5:30.
Any tips on avoiding a snack or eating something that would be ok? I know I will be hungry before 6:00!!
thanks
I am invited to a dinner with some ladies tonight at 6:30, which is later than I usually would eat, which is 5:00-5:30.
Any tips on avoiding a snack or eating something that would be ok? I know I will be hungry before 6:00!!
thanks
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You're looking at just 30 minutes of being mildly uncomfortable. I would just have a no-cal beverage and wait for dinner. You'll enjoy it even more for having an appetite. A snack would just make today a No S fail and your dinner less enjoyable.
"We do not need sauce or other relish to add flovour to even the plainest of food when we are really hungry."
Enjoy your dinner!
"We do not need sauce or other relish to add flovour to even the plainest of food when we are really hungry."
Enjoy your dinner!
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Have some water, maybe a glass of milk. Being hungry is not an emergency; you're going to eat, just a little later than usual.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do. Not that the nature of the thing itself has changed but our power to do it is increased." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"You are what you eat -- so don't be Fast, Easy, Cheap or Fake."
"You are what you eat -- so don't be Fast, Easy, Cheap or Fake."
Hot tea with lemon? Helped me yesterday.
Paradoxically, a few minutes of a little vigorous exercise around the time I feel the first pangs of hunger seem to send them away for awhile. I think it forces the body to dip into its reserves. Who knows?
Paradoxically, a few minutes of a little vigorous exercise around the time I feel the first pangs of hunger seem to send them away for awhile. I think it forces the body to dip into its reserves. Who knows?
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You know, you don't need to "diet."musiclvr02 wrote:I had water and a cup of decaf coffee with a little milk, no sugar and at the Olive Garden there are a few lower calorie meals so I got one of those. I did it, and couldn't help but notice what the others ordered including dessert. LOL
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Is this what you wanted or what you felt you should have?musiclvr02 wrote:... there are a few lower calorie meals so I got one of those.
I notice what others order too. I'm always curious if it's worth getting the next time I'm there. The nice thing about No S is that I got rid of that subtle competition of who eats the least/healthiest/fewest calories/fewest points etc. That may not have been your motivation but it was certainly mine at one time.musiclvr02 wrote: couldn't help but notice what the others ordered including dessert.
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The No S diet doesn't prescribe what to eat - just when and how much. So yeah, you could have ordered whatever you wanted so long as the amount of salad, bread sticks and entrée that you ate fit on one plate. At the Olive Garden, I just eyeball it. Usually a little salad and a bread stick means that I have to box up a good part of the entrée, but I order whatever I want to eat.musiclvr02 wrote:are you saying I should have eaten whatever I wanted at the restaurant?
I did not enjoy it like I would have other choices I'm sure!
Get what you would enjoy as the total experience, as long as it's not a sweet. As time goes on, you will come to know what really pleases and what just teases. I used to think I would eat lasagna morning, noon, and night, if I could. Turns out that wasn't true. I can if I want, but I actually like the total experience, meaning the during and the after, of other foods as well or better more often than lasagna.
You are not on a diet, though eventually, you may eat meals that resemble a diet, but it will be because you just don't want more food than that, not because you are imposing that amount on yourself.
Let the process unfold.
You are not on a diet, though eventually, you may eat meals that resemble a diet, but it will be because you just don't want more food than that, not because you are imposing that amount on yourself.
Let the process unfold.
Count plates, not calories. 11 years "during"
Age 69
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
1/21-23
There is no S better than Vanilla No S (mods now as a senior citizen)
Age 69
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
1/21-23
There is no S better than Vanilla No S (mods now as a senior citizen)
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Good idea, will have to remember in the future to it.SuperMysteryCat wrote:The No S diet doesn't prescribe what to eat - just when and how much. So yeah, you could have ordered whatever you wanted so long as the amount of salad, bread sticks and entrée that you ate fit on one plate. At the Olive Garden, I just eyeball it. Usually a little salad and a bread stick means that I have to box up a good part of the entrée, but I order whatever I want to eat.musiclvr02 wrote:are you saying I should have eaten whatever I wanted at the restaurant?
I did not enjoy it like I would have other choices I'm sure!
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