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My Success Story

Post by James Grimes » Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:37 am

Hello!

About a year ago, I started the No-S diet on advice from a friend. It sounded reasonable and practical. Coupled with daily exercise, I kept on it, and didn't fret too much about falling out of the diet on occasion. I started out at 38 inches and 245 pounds.

Now, I have a 34 inch waist and I weigh 170 pounds.

Needless to say, it was a success for me. I've been recommending the idea to friends and family.

Thanks for the help,
James

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Post by clarinetgal » Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:39 am

Great job on the weight loss!!

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Post by gratefuldeb67 » Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:41 am

Wow!!!
Congratulations!!! :D
That's incredibly inspiring!!!!
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Post by gratefuldeb67 » Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:43 am

Would you mind telling us what you do for your daily exercise?
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Post by Kodama » Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:24 pm

Congrats James!

Kinda cool and a little funny. James decides diet idea sounds good. Quietly adopts diet and loses incredible amount of weight in a year. Makes first post of 7 brief sentences sharing his great success.

James, man of action and few words, I salute you! :)

(but of course, feel free to post anytime!)
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Post by James Grimes » Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:25 am

gratefuldeb67 wrote:Would you mind telling us what you do for your daily exercise?
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I walk. A lot!

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Post by reinhard » Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:29 am

James,

Though it was "needless to say," I'm very glad you did say it here!

That's quite an achievement -- 75 pounds in a year "without fretting."

Congratulations and thank you for letting us know!

Reinhard

P.S. I hope you don't mind if I re-post this in the "testimonials" forum? It certainly meets the criteria! And that way it'll be easy for people looking for success stories to find. I'll hold off for a bit in case you'd like to post it there yourself.

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Post by ksbrowne » Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:42 pm

Congratulations, James! That's very inspiring!!

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Post by ~reneew » Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:45 pm

See, that's what's so cool about no S... it fits so easily into people's lives that they can just live on. :wink:
I guess this doesn't work unless you actually do it.
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Post by gratefuldeb67 » Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:21 pm

Thanks James :)
I'm hoping to have very similar stats to yours myself. Might not be possible in a year, but I'd like to see it within at least two years.
Nice to know walking has been so beneficial!
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Post by clarinetgal » Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:21 pm

Just out of curiosity, how much is 'a lot' of walking?

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Post by kccc » Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:52 pm

Congratulations - and thanks so much for sharing!

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Post by James Grimes » Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:09 am

Hey Reinhard, you can go ahead and re-post it if you like. I'm not going to show up here often, unfortunately. I might stop by occasionally and see how things are going.

Oh, and clarinetgal, "a lot" of walking, to me, is about 8 miles a day. Naturally, I haven't kept up that exact number this whole time, but I've been relatively consistent!

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Post by clarinetgal » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:09 am

That's a lot of walking!! Good job!

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Post by reinhard » Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:03 pm

Thanks, James! I just did.

http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=5556

No need to post often -- only if you enjoy it or find it helpful.

But we're very grateful you decided to post this!

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Post by gratefuldeb67 » Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:54 pm

Yeah that's a lot of walking!! Awesome!!
One of my ex boyfriends was a postal worker.. he had a walking route and could eat almost anything he wanted because he climbed stairs all day long and did an average of about ten miles of walking a day.

Just curious James, did you always walk this much before you started incorporating NoS diet last year, or did you start your walking at the same time?

Congrats again!!
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