Can't remember if I've introduced myself...

~hf · Post by **~hf** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:03 am

I have had so many questions over the last few weeks but felt kind of sheepish about posting to ask, ask, ask without an intro. So here it is...Hi, I'm Heidi.

I'm a single mom of 7 (6 still at home) and I'm raising my 18 mo grandson too. I'm a respiratory therapist in theory but I've been out of work since last year when my teenage daughter was in a serious accident. I have Waaay too much on my plate and I pretty much run like crazy from sun up till way past sun down. That's why I think No S is perfect for me. It takes away all the thinking about what to eat, when to eat and how much to eat out.

I started No S last spring (I read the article and bought the book) and I was beginning to see some physical results. I put dieting, weight loss and even my health aside while I was concentrating my efforts on my daughter's recovery.

For the last couple of months it's been on my mind to put myself back up to the top of my very long list. The problem has been confusion on my part. What is best for me health wise, budget wise, time wise and so on. In reality it seems all roads lead to No S. The fact that I have no patients at all is a problem though. I need to lose about 90 - 100 lbs (though I could probably be satisfied with 75) and my cholesterol is through the roof. Can I be patient enough to benefit from No S? I sure hope so because the on again off again nature of my ultra low fat, plant based attempts haven't done me any good, any way you look at it...

Well, now that I've delurked I'll have to ask away.

Heidi

marleah · Post by **marleah** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:01 pm

It sounds like you are a very busy person! I think that No-S will fit into your lifestyle well. I'm a working graduate student, and before No-S I would always be planning ahead what snacks to take along (apples, crackers) so that I wouldn't get hungry. Now I don't have to do that, as long as every 5-6 hours or so I sit down for a meal.

There's lots of support here, and I think that support will help you be patient. I know, it is tough!

janmarie · Post by **janmarie** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:22 pm

I know what you mean about 'no patience'! It's the same now-ness thing that makes us want to eat NOW that got me in trouble in the first place.
For me, after a few weeks, something about the satisfaction of knowing I am on the right path, feeling some control, slowly seeing weight come off has replaced the 'I need to see results NOW'. I am not having that feeling of 'if I can't lose 20 pounds NOW then I don't want to do this' has very much gone away and has been replaced with something positive. So maybe for now accept that you will have to suffer through the feeling of lack of patience for a short while and know it will pass. Just like you may suffer through some initial discomfort about not snacking or eating sweets you may have to temporarily suffer though this mental feedback loop but both will go away. So, give it time and see that the feeling of wanting to lose a lot of weight NOW will also stop being a problem.

Post by **reinhard** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:52 pm

Welcome, Heidi!

I have a hard enough time doing 50% parenting (my wife might say 40%

) for a mere 2 kids -- I can't imagine what 100% for 7 must be like.

I think the trick to making no-s work in your situation might be to look at it as an island of sanity in a sea of chaos, rather than yet more "todos" to pile on what must already be a mountain. It can/should/ maybe even must free up mental/emotional bandwidth rather than demand more.

Best wishes and looking forward to hearing more,

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