Anyway, after all these years and buying/reading the book, I finally made it through a full week of No S'ing and wanted to share the results:
1. Food bill was down a bit since I wasn't buying things like Balance Bars or nuts for those requisite afternoon snacks.
2. Energy was up after the 2nd day and I honest-to-goodness slept straight through the first night. The sleep alone makes me wish I'd made the change years ago.
3. I ate less at meals as well as we made sure things like vegetables and good carbs (eg barley & mushrooms, for example) took up most of the plate.
Results? The first week, I'm down nine pounds (yes, you read that correctly).
While I did focus on "clean" foods, I didn't omit carbs, fats or proteins. eg Breakfast is an egg white omelet w/ one whole egg along black beans, spinach & no-fat cheese bathed in salsa. Lunch is typically ezekial bread with 4oz turkey, tomato and a light smear of mayo, some veggies, some apple slices and then dinner is a lean protein w/ grains of some kind & veggies. We're grabbing different recipes from Mark Bittman and I like some of the recipes in Tosca Reno's books.
Workouts? I'm not starting "cold", so, continued with my typical training.
The only setback was Saturday...overdid it a little bit at an Irish Festival, otherwise, probably would have lost more. But, I restricted the indulgences to the evening.
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Anyway, great program and it works. Just load your plate up with the nutrition your body needs...think Dr. Joel Fuhrman notes this is what hunger's all about, anyway...and the rest will fall in place.
Oh, one last item: I'm going to start adding up to two Intermittent Fasts/week to see how that works out.