Hi Brightangel,
Thanks for quoting me above. (Look Ma, I've been published':D').
Brightangel wrote:
However, I frequently caution people who are doing "vanilla" No S,
of this simple Truth.
We are NOT all the same.
We cannot all eat the exact same amounts of food
and expect to maintain our weight or to lose weight.
It simply is not physically possible.
Well put. My weight is now coming back down from 147.5 to 144.5 after gaining 2 pounds from my first eight days of No S. Not too surprising - since in my first week, I averaged around 2300 calories per day.
Over the last three N days, thanks to using smaller 8.5" plates and having two 1500 and one 1800 calorie days - I have lost a 1/2 pound from my start weight of 145.
I'm 47, 5'9, small boned, and weighed 123 to 125 all through my 20's. In my mid 30's, I started over eating, snacking, and drinking somewhat more; I shot up to 167 lbs. I have battled numerous times back, through various diets, to 126 - 130 1bs. It took me a year each time to achieve my goal weight range, and then maintenance of my goal never lasted longer than 6 months for me.
My expectations now are to adopt a No S life long plan of 3 meals an "N day"/2 "S days" a week, exercise, and treat computer calorie monitoring as a hobby, (or at least think of it as a necessary self-care routine like brushing my teeth.) The toughest part is being sensible on "S days"...for me it's a fine line(s) between ingesting a workable amount of calories, having treats/snacks/or seconds, and not feeling deprived to the point where my calorie modification backfires.
Thank you, Brightangel, for sharing your model of maintaining your goal weight, year in and year out. Also, thanks for being patient with my ramblings on
your thread!