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[swissmiss123]

Hello 😊

I'm giving NoS Vanilla a try now that I have learned more about its true simplicity. When I first heard about No S I musunderstood it bc of the mods that the person who shared it with me adopted. I recently listened to all of the podcasts and it made a huge difference for me in seeing the beauty and potential for changes larger than the scale.

Today is the weekday start of my second week. I had one fail last week - Friday which I can see will be challenging each week.

I notice that early in the week I feel cranky around 2/3/4pm when I used to snack, snack, snack. Last week that wore off toward the end of the week, but after a weekend of relishing S days, my body is fussy - I'm short fused - about that window. Curious if it eases as the week progresses.

[RAWCOOKIE]

Hi! Welcome to No S!

A mid-afternoon pause for something definite to drink helps - be that tea, coffee, herbal, hot chocolate - just stopping and focussing on the drink is a good one to try.

Also, make sure you eat enough for lunch.

Before No S I used to have a snack at mid-morning, mid-afternoon, mid-evening! When I began No S I allowed myself to have ONE snack a day (instead of three) - but I stopped needing that after about 10 days. If you go to my thread, and read the first page, you can read about that if you like.

Also, I do find that after eating more food, more frequently, and including sugar - on the weekends, Mondays can be harder. If that happens, I plan to have a substantial plate of food for lunch - and a hot chocolate in the evening. So I'm still within my 'rules' for the day. That works for me.

I hope you will feel free to experiment and figure out what works best for you. The podcasts are great, and I often go back to refresh my understanding.

[Whosonfirst]

Hi! Welcome to No S!

A mid-afternoon pause for something definite to drink helps - be that tea, coffee, herbal, hot chocolate - just stopping and focussing on the drink is a good one to try.

Also, make sure you eat enough for lunch.

Before No S I used to have a snack at mid-morning, mid-afternoon, mid-evening! When I began No S I allowed myself to have ONE snack a day (instead of three) - but I stopped needing that after about 10 days. If you go to my thread, and read the first page, you can read about that if you like.

Also, I do find that after eating more food, more frequently, and including sugar - on the weekends, Mondays can be harder. If that happens, I plan to have a substantial plate of food for lunch - and a hot chocolate in the evening. So I'm still within my 'rules' for the day. That works for me.

I hope you will feel free to experiment and figure out what works best for you. The podcasts are great, and I often go back to refresh my understanding.

Hi Swissmiss, Rawcookie hits on a key ingredient to making NoS work. Eat enough at meals to assuage your appetite. I've found that foods with some fats in them are more satisfying. Personally I'd never make it to next meal with an apple for breakfast or just a salad for lunch like some folks. Unless the salad has a liberal portion of chicken or ham and cheese on top. Welcome.

[swissmiss123]

Thank you for the welcomes !

Today was much better than Monday. Hope I can tone it down this weekend - really it was all the snacking in the afternoon. It just makes me feel icky!

I ate more at breakfast and lunch and that helped. Swissmiss is the name I chose bc I love hot chocolate. So an afternoon cocoa is an idea I can embrace.

Thank you!

[swissmiss123]

Hope I'm doing the posts right. I just hit post reply, right? (not start a new topic). ..

I've had fails each day, but I'm learning.

Reasons I failed... I would
- eat bc of stress response
- eat bc I don't want to do some task and feel resentful
- eat bc I'm tempted by things around
- eat bc I felt tired
- eat because a routine changed and I didn't want to adapt
- eat bc I craved silent time and couldn't have it in that moment
- feel confusion (stress) about whether something was in rule or out of rules, such as wine with my husband outside of a meal in the evening . . . and then get sort of a what the heck feeling and eat with the wine
- eat bc I'd feel like I didn't live up to expectations of myself
- eat bc of worry

Notably, these were NOT issues:
- access to healthful food that I like
- hunger

I think that just learning my own patterns was "worth" it this week. I went and peeked at the 21 club posts and found this inspiration that resonated and got me thinking about what I'm learning. I should have looked at the name of the poster before I started typing here!! RATS!! I'll update afterwards. Here's what the person wrote:

"What I learned:
1. Snacks were definitely my biggest problem. I really haven't been craving sweets that much.
2. I read some of the archives and found Granny's testimonial where her husband just followed the rules and lost weight, and she thought about it too much and didn't. Well, this time I'm just following the rules. I think the first time I tried No S (2010-2011), there was too much internal conflict going on. "This is stupid. I need a snack. I'm sooooo hungry." Now I don't even think about it. "Is it time for a meal? No? Sorry, then no food for you." That's it.

I'd like to adopt that simplicity of mind!! Any advice on how I should see the wine? I'm thinking that if my husband offers me a glass of wine I accept and connect. I can also offer him one. That will just be outside of NoS. We never drink more than a night or two a week and I don't struggle with glass ceiling or having too much. Hmmmm I'm not sure! Advice?

I'd like to aim for 21 day club.

[RAWCOOKIE]

Yes, you're doing the daily blog right - this is YOUR thread - so you just keep doing 'reply' to add the next entry.