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drswife

Personally, I think it's fine to try to have some sort of structure on S days. When I did NoS last time, I went completely crazy on S days and it just didn't feel good.

This time around I decided to have a little more structure. Instead of eating nonstop from morning to night I now still have 3 ...

drswife

Hi everyone, I just bought a pedometer and am really enjoying it. My goal is to walk at least 10,000 steps a day because I read that's a good target for health and weight loss.

I've been using it for about a week and have hit it pretty much everyday. I definitely have to get in a 20-30 minute ...

drswife

Thanks Reinhard! That'll work nicely w/ my walking!

drswife

Thanks everyone!

Buttercreampillow so cool to have someone here who completely relates. I know i have to do this for my girls because I want them to have a good role model of someone who eats regularly & moderately & doesn't binge. I want them to have a positive relationship w/ food and not to ...

drswife

Okay, over a year ago, I tried NoS and got frustrated and quit. I did it straight w/out cheating for about 2 months straight w/ NO weightloss. Well since then I've gained about another 10 lbs which puts me at 197 lbs. At 5'3" that is not a good place for me to be.

I've been a dieter most of my life ...

drswife

Day 1 Saturday (I know it's an S day but anxious to get started.

I'm back.........excited and hopeful

Morning Exercise: 35 minute walk

Breakfast: bowl of yogurt, w/ cereal, nuts and fruits mixed in.
1 large mocha (I know it has sugar in it but since it's an S day I decided to go for it).

I'm ...

drswife

Okay so I'm five days in...all green days--yay! But went to sushi the other night and wasnt sure how to handle it since everything comes a lil bit at a time on many lil plates. I go to sushi quite a bit and dont want to have to call attention to myself like doing something weird like ask for a big ...

drswife

Kirstie definitely seemed a bit crazy to me on that show. She was all over the place and making very little sense. She wants to lose weight for all the wrong reasons and therefore I don't think she can sustain her efforts for very long. On top of that she's very unrealistic about her weight loss ...

drswife

I definitely think about food and my weight and the whole 9 yards many times less when i'm on the Nos. Somehow it just puts food in it's proper place. You know you will be getting it in a reliable, consistent manner & amount and you can just move on with your life.

When your trying to lose weight ...

drswife

Thanks for the words of encouragement--I need it!

Anita sounds like you can relate on more than one level.

drswife

Okay this is my 3rd try and am back this time not so much to lose weight but because I miss the feeling I had while I was on NoS. Since I've been a disordered eater since just about as long as I can remember it was an incredible feeling to feel sane about food and I really want that back in my life ...

drswife

Great blog. Okay here's mine. It doesn't mention NoS but will get to that part next time!

http://wwwayearofmylife.blogspot.com/

drswife

Hi Wosnes,

I was exercising moderately for 3-4 days a week but got sick and didn't exercise for 2 weeks.

But I'm going to really up the exercise level. I literally decided to put everything else off for the next year and just focus on getting in the best shape possible. My kids are in school now ...

drswife

Thank you LA. You really made me smile!

drswife

thank you reinhard and wosnes.

I know 2 lbs is not a big deal. I've been dieting since I was 10 so know all about water retention and weight fluctuations and all that. It's just really scary gaining 60 lbs in 10 years and it feels like every time I blink I gain another 10 lbs. I'm not in a hurry ...

drswife

Thanks for everyone's response. I'm just really frustrated. I could handle not losing much weight but gaining is hard esp when my weight is at an all time high. I just feel like my body is out of control and I don't know what to do. Sometimes I think I should give up and just accept myself the way I ...

drswife

Okay I feel badly because the only time I seem to post is when I'm complaining but I'm just really feeling frustrated again....

I've been doing this pretty consistently for about a month and weighed myself for the first day today. I gained 2 lbs!

I haven't been perfectly strict but I still felt ...

drswife

thank you all for the great support. I'm feeling so good now that I'm back on track and I have no desire to to do anything different than NoS.

The whole weighing thing just really threw me for a loop but most of my clothes still fit me so maybe it was just artifically high for some reason or maybe ...

drswife

thanks for all the welcome backs! I've had no reds for 7 days and it feels amazing. I feel terrific like I've called a truce with my war on food. I know this is for me. I know it's the right path for me even if it takes me a few more tries to remember that. i'm so much happier eating like this!

I ...

drswife

Hi I was off NoS diet for awhile and this is my 2nd week back on it. It feels amazing and empowering but I'm really freaked out because I stepped on the scale for the first time in a long time and I gained another 10 lbs during the time I stopped doing NoS.

That means I need to lose 60 lbs! I ...

drswife

Hi everyone,

I stopped NoS about 3 months ago because I stupidly got frustrated with my lack of results. Prior to that I had been on the NoS for 3 months w only one or two reds.

I went on vacation for a week, came back and gained weight and just felt like all my hard work was for naught.

Well I ...

drswife

Thanks everyone. I expected to be truly flamed for my post but you all were very generous and very uncult like d*mmit!

I am frustrated and I do need to find my own way and I do think some of it will include what I've learned from this experience. Mainly that I like to be hungry when I eat and I don ...

drswife

I think that I am/was pretty realistic. My goal was to lose 50 lbs in 2 years. After vacation, I thought I'd be at where I started or maybe a lb under. Being 3 lbs over was frustrating.

I don't feel that NoS is obsessively watching everything that goes into my mouth, but the person that was ...

drswife

thanks for the responses.

Just to clarify for this particular vacation I would not have done anything differently. This was a once in a lifetime situation where we went to some of the best restaurants in the world. I just finished culinary school and was not going to pass up on that experience.

I ...

drswife

Hi All,

I'm really frustrated and in need of advice. Well I was doing fantastic on the NoS and for 8 weeks straight, I only had one red day and only one extra S day. I didn't weigh myself because I tend to get really upset if I don't see results fast enough.

I was feeling great about food and ...

drswife

Hi, I was away too and decided to declare everyday an S day. Now I'm thinking that may have been a mistake because I weighed myself today and am 3 lbs ABOVE the original weight when I started this 8 weeks ago. :/

I'm bummed but am going to get right back on track tomorrow. I'm going to start ...

drswife

Thanks for all the great responses.

I've decided not to weigh myself just because I know myself well enough and no it will possibly do more harm than good. My DH always says he never orders a test on a patient w/out aksing "will the results change what were already doing" and "will the results ...

drswife

Hi Marilyn,

I know it's hard at first but the first 3 weeks just needs to be a leap of faitha and after that your habit will lead the way. Ive been doing this for 7 weeks w/ only 1 failure but the time before that did it for a couple of weeks and stopped.

The difference this time as that I had the ...

drswife

Okay so I've been doing NoS for 7 weeks w/ only 1 red and only one extra S day. In some ways it's been amazing. I don't obsess over food anymore, I don't feel lethargic and blah from grazing all day, I enjoy my meals more, I don't feel like a hopeless wreck. Basically, my intense feelings of being ...

drswife

UGH

I have two daughters and constantly remind them that the most important thing is to be beautiful on the inside. I know it sounds sappy but I think eventually they will internalize it. It's so hard being a girl in this society.

I am so against school weigh ins--like girls in this society need ...

drswife

Tonight I had a cobb salad w/ mixed greens, grilled chicken, crumbled blue cheese, hard boiled egg, olives, chopped bacon and chopped tomato w/ homemade dressing. I also stuck a half of my kid's grilled cheese sandwhich on my plate cuz it looked so good (and she didn't want it).

You should ...

drswife

I had no red days for april and am on my 4th week. I have a question though...I can't see the month of april on my habitcal anymore and not sure how to access it?

Also, wanted to say that I wouldn't count licking a knife as a red. I cook a lot and so have to taste the food. I have just a few very ...

drswife

I wish I could throw away my scale but hubby likes to have it. It doesn't have the same effect it does on him though. To him it's just data to me it has all kinds of unhealthy emotional ramifications. I've actually tried to break it by powering water on it and such.

Anyway, I haven't weighed ...

drswife

Thanks everyone. I definitely needed all that great reassurance. I like what noelfigart said about ppl just afraid of trusting the process and tweaking things as part of that learning process. I'm definitely in this for the long haul--my goal is to lose 50 lbs in 2 yrs. That puts me at a comfortable ...

drswife

Okay I've been doing really good! 3 weeks no reds. feeling great about my eating, exercising more. Haven't weighed myself but thinking down a couple lbs.

The problem is I keep reading posts about ppl making the one plate thing more complicated and more diet like then I can handle. If I have to ...

drswife

I belong to a gym but hardly ever go anymore cuz it gets tiresome. I've decided to try to work my exercise into my daily living as much as possible. I read that the health benefits are they same if you walk 30 mins a day at once or broken down into as little as 5 min segments 6x/day.

So now I park ...

drswife

I think that what is happening here maybe is that we are wanting instant sucess which is a big part of our culture so very normal. If we go by the 1/2 lb weight loss per week that you're expected to lose then it's very possible that you've lost a couple of lbs from this but can't really notice any ...

drswife

Jaymiz, I totally agree w/ you. I haven't told anyone about the whole Nos thing. For some reason the minute I tell ppl about trying to lose weight it makes me want to rebel against it like all of the sudden I think ppl are waiting to see if I'm going to keep it up or not and it's just too much ...

drswife

Definitely make sure your meals are LARGE--one big plateful. That way you will be able to make it the next meal w/out feeling too shaky. You'll eventually establish the habit of just 3 meals a day and then you can start cutting back to a more comfortable level of food at mealtime if you like.

Also ...

drswife

I had beef stroganoff, salad w/ mango chile dressing, corn on the cobb w/ real butter and a flour tortilla.

Sounds like a lot but normally I would have ate that much just picking at the food while I cooked it, then I still would have had a small portion at dinner time, then I would have eaten what ...

drswife

real chocolate crossaint w/ a big mug of cafe mocha...just like when I was in France...hmmmmmmm I think I know what I'm having this weekend!

drswife

I just eat whatever I feel like as well. Now that I'm really hungry I just want real meals anway..who craves junk when they're actually hungry? For breakfast I had a tortilla w/ scrambled eggs, salsa, sour cream and guac w/ watermelon on the side. For lunch I had a chicken sausage on a bun, grapes ...

drswife

Okay I can relate 100%. I've been doing this a couple of weeks too and starbucks is my only problem. I drink a venti mocha everyday and I have been for like 10 years. It is really engrained in me and quitting is not going to be easy. Substitions just dont work. It's a gratifying ritual for me.

So ...

drswife

I've been dieting since I was 10...I've obsessed over food/diets so much that it literally drained my energy. It really does mess w/ your self esteem because it's like okay why can't I do this seemingly simple thing..just this one thing that I want so badly!

Well I guess maybe because we were ...

drswife

I would eat something sweetish like yogurt and granola or pancakes w/ a lil syrup. It's okay to have something on the sweet side like that (in my book) but you don't want something that has like 90% of it's calories from sugars like doughnuts or oreos.

I'd plan the day before what breakfast is ...

drswife

You really need to keep it simple and just keep it 3 plates of food end of story. once you start fudging here and there it's just going to get more and more of how you used to eat hence why even bother.

I'm on my 2nd week and I haven't slipped up yet. Snacking was my biggest problem though and ...

drswife

Thanks everyone for the great welcome.

Blueskighs thank you for relating your childhood as well. It's nice to know others can really understand.

Linda

drswife

Hi Everyone,

I tried the No-S several months ago but I was right in the middle of Culinary school and it was really hard to keep any kind of habit going as my schedule was continually changing.

Anway I finished a couple of weeks ago and realized I was ready to begin No-S again. I've been dieting ...

drswife

thanx for the welcome everyone.

KCCC I'm going to a Cordon Bleu school so it's classical cuisine, but we learn other stuff too. We have a class of International cooking that should be a lot of fun.

I don't think it'll be too hard to stick w/ while going to school because we can pack up what we ...

drswife

:D Hi everyone,

I've been lurking for awhile but finally wanted to say hi. I really feel that this diet would be great for me because I am a big time snacker and it leaves me feeling very chaotic and makes eating less enjoyable.

I've been dieting since I was about 10 yrs old and just cant stand ...

Everyday Systems

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Bought a pedometer!!

I'm back........!

Dr's Wife daily check in.....

Sushi, cooking and other questions...

Crawling back.....

Should I give up?? :/

Feeling Desperate and in need of NoS buddy...

Returning and definitely in need of some serious support....

Should I bother to try again.....????

To Weigh or Not to Weigh......?

Frustrated with posts.....making it more complicated.

thank you

Re-joining after finishing Culinary School!

thanks

New here and wanted to say 'HI'!