I first read about NoS on Mark Forster's website around the first of the year and checked out the NoS website. I was hooked. How could I have missed it for so long??? I can never thank Reinhard enough for such a sane, no-nonsense approach to food.
I must admit to slacking exercise recently as I have pored over the forum, beginning from the early-days posts. Reinhard, Navin, Kevin, Jammin'Jan, and especially Debs have become old friends as they have encouraged me to just keep on keepin' on. Thank you for showing me that this is a plan FOR LIFE. I need to be diligent, but relax and encourage other people all along the way.
Other favorite tidbits I have gleaned:
Vmsurbat - Mark it and move on.
JWL - Hunger pangs mean my body is burning fat!
Oolala - A healthful plate is 1/2 Freggies + 1/4 Protein + 1/4 Complex Carbs
Bright Angel & KCCC - Always be open to new ideas and Keep, Chuck, Change, or Create whatever fits my life and works FOR ME.
Shovelglove and Urban Ranger are priceless for exercise. However, I must admit that for SG I only do the real thing. Living in Montana, between snow in the driveway and soil in the garden, there is always SOMEthing ready to be moved!
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HabitCal works wonders for day-to-day tracking. And negative logging of failures in a personal notebook is enough accountability to keep me honest as well as highlighting problem areas or trends. Reinhard's podcasts are definitely motivating.
I began with Vanilla NoS and was somewhat successful. But I began to realize that at this point in my life, I have more willpower than patience. I wanted to change something to see faster results.
I read Hexagon's 03-13-2007 post Stubborn Peasant Body, and began thinking. Then I saw Bright Angel's 04-19-2014 Diet Hobby post about her Delicate Dainty Meals and BINGO! I realized that really the only thing that did not "click" with NoS for me was the idea that one plate of food would automatically reduce my portions to reasonable levels. I know from a lifetime of experience that moderation can lead me to a frumpy peasant body. But if I want a slim, elegant body, then shame from excess will never get me there. I need to re-calibrate my broken eyeballs from what currently appears to be a pitifully tiny amount of food to joyfully accepting that much as the amount my body truly needs, hence my username.
I do NOT need to eat more Freggies. I need to eat LESS of everything else!
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Thank you, HerbsGirl, for the ideas to count bites and to eat s-l-o-w-l-y. I am currently eating 70 bites per NoS day, no counting on S days. One minute per bite is a little too slow for me, but 30 seconds per bite is working marvellously.
Sorry for such a long post, but I'm glad to be home. Thanks to everyone.