Hi oolala! Again, thank you SO much for your most helpful and detailed response to my inquiry. Very much appreciated!
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It really helps to read about how you/others tackle those S Days and how you went about approaching your new 'mod' in the first place. It seems to be working very well for you too. Congratulations! However, I'm definitely with you on the 'don't go too drastic' with your eating mods/streamlining though. I think what you are doing seems perfectly sufficient and more importantly, you have found it to be sustainable. THAT indeed is the most important thing of all.
Sustainability: No matter what, after many failed attempts at dieting and all the binges over the years, I can accredit my now - almost - 2nd nature of organized and moderate weekday habits entirely to the No S Plan. Thank you Reinhard!!!
The bad news for this week though: weight is up by 3 lbs again (173)!
The last couple of weeks, whilst sticking to the N Day rules of 3 meals a day, I must admit have been heavier than normal and this weekend I also had some additional extras
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that I wouldn't normally have on a weekly basis i.e. eating out at a restaurant followed by several cocktails after dinner to celebrate my DF's birthday etc, etc. Then all the high fat dairy I've been consuming lately as well. It's a drag, and yes disappointing... but its certainly no wonder I was at 173 lbs again this week! I am hoping that once things settle down again, I will get back to 170lbs and maybe - just maybe - I may even get a few lbs off again if I can streamline and/or organize my S Days. I am looking forward to trying your mod this weekend, oolala! I was thinking on just diving right in there: seeing how long i can go before - legitimately - emphasis on legitimately - feeling hungry and wanting to eat something. Hope I can do it!! And on this topic...
Another quick question, oolala, if you don't mind: I note that you say in your last post, that you would (esp at the start) eat a large-ish meal on your S Days and then wait to see how long it was until you felt hungry again. Just starting out, I was wondering what you thought about if I ate my usual S Day breakfast in the morning (which is usually quite rich compared to my N Days) and then waited after that to see how long I felt hungry/before eating. Or do you think eating just for the sake of it, hungry or not, just to - literally - "break the fast" is breaking the rules and I'd be 'better off' just starting as I mean to go on? Not eating unless I really, really feel like it? Not because my head says I should eat something? Or my dr thinks I'll cause irreversible damage to my muscles/heart/lungs etc. by not eating? I say this somewhat tongue in cheek since I don't want to come across (I hope) as over-thinking things and worrying too much!! I'm thinking you might also respond that it is pretty much up to myself how I decide to do it, which is perfectly reasonable. However, I guess it would be useful to have some sort of guidelines, particularly at the start. Having followed the No S Plan for a few years, I am finding out about myself and my likes and dislikes: I find that having some kind of rules and guidelines to follow (as in N Days) is very helpful even though the "eat what you like" mod of the S Days, particularly when starting out, is very attractive.