I started No S back in the summer (2012), and it was truly a revelation for the few days I followed it. However, I slipped up and No S fell by the wayside. What caused me to slip up was the lure of a regular diet and quick weight loss. I was going on a cruise in December and wanted to lose weight, so I started to do what I call a regular diet. From experience I KNOW that 'going on a diet' is the best way for me to binge more and gain more weight, and yet over and over I fall for the marketing and hype and give diets one more try. I've done them all and never have managed to stick to one for more than about a week. But that Caribbean cruise holiday was calling to me and I decided to lose some weight on WW before the cruise, then planned to start No S after the cruise.
So needless to say, I didn't stick to WW or any diet, and I actually gained a couple more pounds. If I'd stayed with No S I truly believe that I would by now have more sanity around food, and may have lost a little weight. But as I said, the promise of quick weight loss pulled me in yet again.
Anyway, here I am. My weight is the highest ever, at 213. I've just got back from my holiday, so that weight may be a little skewed and it's possible I may actually gain a little more as the holiday food settles on my body. My doctor would like me to weigh around 120-130, but I'll be happy with 160. But actually I don't want weight loss to be my main focus here. I want to be sane and moderate around food. I've tried every diet, every eating plan from IE to OA.
There are various tools I plan to use alongside of No S. The first one is that I'm going to work through the Beck Diet workbook, although I'll be ignoring sections about calorie counting etc etc. The more I focus on diet and weight loss, the more likely I am to overeat. Another tool is my FitBit. Can't find it at the moment but will hunt for it and set it up, and my first goal will be to take 7000 steps a day. I also plan to walk for 20-30 minutes every day, either outside if the weather is ok, or at home on my treadmill or doing my Leslie Sansone DVD walk. And the scale will be a tool also. In the past I've avoided it. I'm going to do daily weighing and take my weight over a period of 7 days to work out an average weight for that period. This will show either a losing or gaining trend, but I won't get fixated on just one bad reading.
I did my grocery shop this morning and it was liberating. No wandering round looking for nice desserts, or snack foods. Just the basics. 3 meals a day, no snacks, no sweets, no seconds. I have already planned a dessert for this Saturday, but I will need to go out and shop for it. No overstocking the house any longer. And I spent quite a bit less than usual also - about £20 less.
Today has been straightforward.
My breakfast was a slice of quiche from the freezer - crustless because I was supposedly doing low carb before I went on my cruise.
Lunch, I had a cheese salad sandwich and a bit more salad added to the plate.
Dinner was a quite big amount but only on one plate and not piled high either. I had what I'd have eaten for my Christmas Day lunch if I'd been at home, so it was roast turkey, roast potatoes, some mashed potato, brussels sprouts and some stuffing. Yummy!
And then after I'd eaten it, the kitchen was closed. No prowling around for more food during the evening.
From past experience, in these early days I know that I have to avoid:
Counting calories
Restricting any food group - ie carbs
Reading about dieting
Reading Paleo blogs
Tweaking No S - I have to do Vanilla No S at least for the first few weeks
Doing any of the above is likely to sabotage me at first. Maybe I can evolve my own No S and bring in Mods later, but not yet.
In short, it's very simple. I just have to eat 3 meals a day, no snacks, no seconds, no sweets, except on days beginning with 'S'. Sometimes
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I have a birthday coming up soon, so I just checked the calendar ready to add an extra 'S' day as appropriate. No dice - my birthday falls on a Sunday this year
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I had a day off work today, tomorrow it's back to work after a lengthy break.
So
Day 1 - 8 January 2013 - SUCCESS
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