Drscottie's 2016 check in
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:24 pm
Pull up a chair, this could take some time.
When I first heard about No S in 2009, I was at the top of my weight, carrying 224lbs on a 5ft 3" sturdy frame. I needed to lose weight as my weight was restricting my life and decided that I didn't want to diet because dieting made me crazy. I made a commitment to myself to do 'No S' and never diet again. I think I posted a couple of times but have mainly the years mainly lurked on the site reading everyone's stories and taking a lot of wisdom in from others. Oolala and Noel have been particularly inspiring to me.
The only mod I made was to limit myself to one S day a week - Saturday. This is my most social day. I figured that as a wee middle aged woman one S day was probably enough, rather than overly monitor and limit what I ate on an S day, I decided I would just focus on the habit. I don't overly worry about what I eat at meals and eat carbs, butter, cheese, use oil in cooking. But I also eat a lot of vegetables and a variety of food.
Over 4 years I lost 50lbs, slowly and steadily. No S helped me get through a messy divorce and non coeliac gluten and lactose intolerance. All was well until last year.
Last year was a brutal year, I was diagnosed with Ménière's disease in June having been virtually housebound for two months. It's a chronic condition that I have to manage with a low salt and caffeine free diet and meds. At this time my lovely Mum was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which brought an awful 6 months until she passed away in November. I stopped exercising and one S day became three S days per week as I struggled to care for her, look after my own health along and work full time.
The result is that by the end of 2015, 25lbs of homeless fat reunited itself with my butt and other willing areas... I dallied with the idea of other diets, but all that happens is that I eat more in rebellion at even the thought. I also don't want to break the promise to myself of never dieting, I have enough limitations on my diet without adding any more.
My conclusion was to recommit to Vanilla with one S day per week for a solid year and see what happens. My 'experiment' in S days tells me with one S day I lose weight, two I maintain at a heavier weight and with three I gain. So far it's going well, I've slipped back into the old habit and my holiday gains have gone.
This brings me to why I'm posting. I want to give back to No S, hopefully someone will find some of the things I have to say useful or interesting as I have from others. It struck me that it isn't really about weight loss at all for me anymore, yeah I want to be 20lb lighter again, but mainly I want the sanity of moderation.
Best wishes to all
Eil
When I first heard about No S in 2009, I was at the top of my weight, carrying 224lbs on a 5ft 3" sturdy frame. I needed to lose weight as my weight was restricting my life and decided that I didn't want to diet because dieting made me crazy. I made a commitment to myself to do 'No S' and never diet again. I think I posted a couple of times but have mainly the years mainly lurked on the site reading everyone's stories and taking a lot of wisdom in from others. Oolala and Noel have been particularly inspiring to me.
The only mod I made was to limit myself to one S day a week - Saturday. This is my most social day. I figured that as a wee middle aged woman one S day was probably enough, rather than overly monitor and limit what I ate on an S day, I decided I would just focus on the habit. I don't overly worry about what I eat at meals and eat carbs, butter, cheese, use oil in cooking. But I also eat a lot of vegetables and a variety of food.
Over 4 years I lost 50lbs, slowly and steadily. No S helped me get through a messy divorce and non coeliac gluten and lactose intolerance. All was well until last year.
Last year was a brutal year, I was diagnosed with Ménière's disease in June having been virtually housebound for two months. It's a chronic condition that I have to manage with a low salt and caffeine free diet and meds. At this time my lovely Mum was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which brought an awful 6 months until she passed away in November. I stopped exercising and one S day became three S days per week as I struggled to care for her, look after my own health along and work full time.
The result is that by the end of 2015, 25lbs of homeless fat reunited itself with my butt and other willing areas... I dallied with the idea of other diets, but all that happens is that I eat more in rebellion at even the thought. I also don't want to break the promise to myself of never dieting, I have enough limitations on my diet without adding any more.
My conclusion was to recommit to Vanilla with one S day per week for a solid year and see what happens. My 'experiment' in S days tells me with one S day I lose weight, two I maintain at a heavier weight and with three I gain. So far it's going well, I've slipped back into the old habit and my holiday gains have gone.
This brings me to why I'm posting. I want to give back to No S, hopefully someone will find some of the things I have to say useful or interesting as I have from others. It struck me that it isn't really about weight loss at all for me anymore, yeah I want to be 20lb lighter again, but mainly I want the sanity of moderation.
Best wishes to all
Eil
