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lola628

Thanks Blue! It's great to be back...... I can't believe the jet lag, I've been really nauseous since I got home. My BF told me to eat more carbs to get over it (great.....like I need more carbs) -- I'm thinking perhaps I caught a bug or something, this isn't what usually happens to me when I travel ...

lola628

okay,......it took me 20 hours of non-stop travel to get home yesterday - I'm so tired I'm hallucinating and eating everything but the kitchen sink -- my body doesn't know what day or time it is yet..... confused about which meal I should be eating....ugh!!!

Got home at 1 am, then woke up at 6am ...

lola628

FAILURE ------

slept in really late, then had egg omlette w/ multi-grain bagel, cappuccino

L -toasted cheese w/ tomato, iced tea (from bottle that was already sweetened.) Then we visited a Dutch Sweet shop and bought candy for my nephews, I ate a chocolate curly wurly, then had some droste dark ...

lola628

When I skip breakfast I feel great until about 4pm, then I always seem to get ravenous, my blood sugar gets wonky and I overeat at dinner. The old adage "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a queen and dinner like a prince" seems to work for me the best.

I can totally see how US culture has been ...

lola628

bloody hell, i'm plastered...... i had two glasses of white wine on an empty stomach, it's now almost.......6pm........ ugh........today's menu

today is Pilgrim's Day in Holland, another National holiday....where you walk a long way to the church ----- kind of like a Dutch Lourdes, if you will ...

lola628

Blue -- You're COOL too!! I can't wait to see your new photos from your trip!

Yep, I pretty much just eat the Ezekial w/ greek yogurt and a splash of soy.....plus black tea or a cappuccino.

I've been eating WAY too much bread here in the Netherlands. When I get back to the US I'm cutting back on ...

lola628

16 Green Days
8 Yellow S days
3 RED days

Started No S on April 4th.

I'm not shrinking yet, but I do agree with drswife, being around food without getting all mental is priceless! I've been in Europe for the past two weeks so I haven't been at home to weight myself. I've been cycling a lot and ...

lola628

B - small bowl of museli w/ greek yogurt, 1 slice of multi-toast w/ pb, cappuccino
S - very small bar of Green & Black's dark organic chocolate, four small Holland mints
L - pastrami sandwich w/ pine nuts and parmesan, Iced tea
S - small Dutch chocolate coookie, 1 small piece (bite size) of cote d ...

lola628

Blue - the splash of soy is so good!!! As you know the Ezekial is rather tree barky and the Greek yogurt is very thick -- this mixture with out the soy is too......paste like........the soy makes it wetter and gives it a nice flavor so it goes down more easily.

I hope you have a splendid weekend ...

lola628

Yeah, get this.......I went biking with my boyfriend today and we met his sister for lunch. He started to tell her about my No S Diet, I tried to stop him but he kept going, almost immediately she tsk- tsks me and says "Diets don't work, snacking is HEALTHY. It's not going to work, blah blah blah" I ...

lola628

Blue, I guess I must plan ahead for these things better!!

My BF and I biked about 30 miles again today! It was a lot of fun!

B- small bowl museli w/ greek yogurt, 1 slice of multi-toast w/ cheese, cappuccino
L - eggs sunny side up w/ cheese and bread (Dutch style), cappuccino, small green salad
D ...

lola628

Corn on the cob - deLish! You make a good plan, DON'T EAT at the festival or just find the one healthy option and go with that! I guess I should have eaten a sandwich before we left.

One new habit I have formed thru all of this --- I prefer to eat sitting down. I used to eat "on the run" all the ...

lola628

I just posted on this topic over in my daily check-in. Have you ever overeaten because you cannot satisfy your hunger properly? I was at a festival today and I was so hungry and anything I tried to eat did not satisfy me. The croquet I had planned to have as my lunch was so gross, my BF tried a bite ...

lola628

and another thing (regarding the post above....)

In the festival / holiday type situation it can be especially gruesome for me when I know I'm hungry and my blood sugar is all wonky and I'm feeling irritable -- but then to walk about the festival that has unhealthy food, it's like I sample things ...

lola628

I love that Ezekial cereal too, I get the flax kind w/ almonds then mix it with Greek yogurt and a splash of soy. Sometimes I add a little honey because....it tastes better with a dash of honey.

lola628

National Holiday in the Netherlands.......ugh.......... Ok, yesterday was Queen's Day and then today was some other National holiday (Ascension? -- not sure, I'm a protestant) but I didn't make yesterday an S day, but today I did......and I don't think it went well at all.

This afternoon we had BF ...

lola628

I mostly ate low carb before No S, so I did notice weight gain when I started eating fruit and bread. I pray this all evens out then decreases as the habits become ingrained. I can't tell you how rotten doing low carb has been -- I hated it!

lola628

B - 2 eggs, 2 slices multi-toast w/ a Emanthaler cheese, cappuccino
L - Dutch pancake w/ tomato, onion, mushroom and pineapple, cappuccino
D - omelete, FF, banana w/ pb and an orange, black tea

Rode 20 miles on our bikes today, then walked around a medieval village. I'm tired.

lola628

B - 2 slices multi-toast w/ Emanthaler (Swiss kind, not the French), cappuccino
L - roasted turkey and avocado on multi- bagel, 2 sm cappuccinos
D - whole wheat penne pasta w/ tomato sauce, salad, red wine

We rode bike all day long. Went to Vught Concentration Camp, then the Jeroen Bosch Museum ...

lola628

B - banana w/ pb, 2 slices of multi-toast w/ cheese, cappuccino
L - small bowl of museli w/ yogurt, orange, black tea, a few nuts
D - a typical Dutch meal -- boiled potatos, green beans, hard boiled egg, 2 glasses of red wine, pear compote on the potato (we made the compote w/ a little bit of honey ...

lola628

No S day

Visited the Open Air Museum, Arnhem, Netherlands

B - museli, yogurt, 1/2 slice of multi-toast, cappuccino, banana
L - Croquet, french fries w/ mayo, cappuccino
SNACK - split a Bounty bar with my BF
D- Indonesian dish w/ shrimp, chicken and rice noodles, water

Teeny tiny piece of Thai ...

lola628

Hi Blue - I just had the Bossche Bol and it was fantastic! It's a light and lightly sweetened whipped cream in the center that is surrounded by pastry ball and covered in chocolate. Hans said Jan de Groot makes the best in the city because you can actually slice thru it with a knife. You can tell ...

lola628

When and why did our society become so uncivilized??

lola628

B - 1 slice of multi-toast w/ pb and banana, cappuccino, oj
L - grilled ham/cheese on baugette, cappuccino
D - green salad, w/ brown rice and peanut satay, one orange, water, black tea

I went to a birthday party tongiht, didn't eat any cake but had a glass of red wine, one cashew and a small sliver ...

lola628

Blue - You make a FINE looking bowl of yogurt!! i must try to make my yogurt look this way. Thanks for your awesome blog, I really love reading it every day.

Love, L

edited for typo

lola628

Hi Resting! Thanks for your mail. It is a joy to NoS around here!

Belgian fries are amazing! They are like french fries but instead of being fried once, they are fried twice so they are extra crispy on the outside but tender on the inside. They are served with really thick mayonnaise. This mayo is ...

lola628

B - museli, yogurt, cappuccino, banana, satsuma
L - salmon w/ cream cheese on baguette, small cappuccino
D - lobster / shrimp soup, small salad w/ chicken, red wine and a few Belgian fries w/ mayo

i'm still jet lagging......but starting to feel a little better....

lola628

Here's more on the Bossche Bol (Dutch chocolate ball) -- that last link was in Dutch -- I've been trying to learn Dutch, it's a very difficult language - but here are more links if anyone is interested. I'm going to walk over to this Jan de Groot bakery today....

http://www.inspirelight.net/?p=874 ...

lola628

Hi Blue! No S on the road is fantastic (unless the menu is written in Dutch and I can't understand it.) Kip is chicken and Kaas is cheese and salade is salad.....I have no idea what the other words are but with No S it's hard to fail on the road!

My boyfriend is a professor here so I've been ...

lola628

What a great post! I am no longer a barbarian too!

I enjoy my food a lot more. I'm not eating as I run out the door, I actually sit down and FOCUS on the food.

I've stopped eating while watching DVDs too.

my stomach feels really flat

I now cook and people in nyc don't usually do that EVER.

i'm ...

lola628

my jet lag is fierce.....)

b - multi-toast w/ pb and banana, cappuccino
l - omlete w/ multi-bagel, cappuccino
d- (I cooked!) - pasta w/ spinach and egg....two glasses of red wine

My tolerance level is pretty low, so i was plastered....

still it was a success!

lola628

Hi Carla -

For what it's worth, I gained a few pounds my first two weeks also. I was eating less and walking more also..... I'm just grateful to finally have a sane and sustainable eating plan, plus I'm not weighing myself as much anymore. Don't let that set you back! Best wishes to you!

lola628

Happy Anniversary!!

Do you have a photo of your new Green Room? It sounds so nice, I love your photos.

Enjoy your day!

lola628

LovelyLinda -

Your son sets his alarm an hour early to walk with you! He sounds like an angel! Best wishes to you both!

Blueskighs - I love your blog, your photos are fantastic!

I'm not getting on the scale either, I just read the part in Reinhards' book about weighing ourselves all the time and ...

lola628

I flew to Amsterdam last night, I read the habiits section of No S Diet on the plane, it makes such perfect sense.

They are six hours ahead here, it's almost 2am now, my body is so confused....

Yesterdays menu

B - cereal, toasted enlish muffin black tea
L - cheese burger and an Amstel light - do ...

lola628

Friday's Menu

B - spelt flakes w/ greek yogurt, whole grain english w/ pb and black tea
L - half of a turkey/provolone sandwich
D - the other half of the turkey / provolone sandwich

This is where it gets ugly, I didn't eat enough during the day so I was ravenous at the movies at night. Ate popcorn ...

lola628

You owe those people $2,000??? Is there anyway you can get out of it? You could tell them "Sorry, your plan clearly is not working for me, I'm not paying you the remaining balance." It's a violation of federal law for them to charge you for services not rendered. Just a thought, I have no idea what ...

lola628

This is the second week that I've had snacks on Friday night, I was quite upset with myself. Popcorn at the movies plus some ice cream later on. Then Saturday, spicy chicken sandwich and FF, plus ice cream float.

Now I'm craving a chocolate chip bagel w/ cappuccino from Panera

My N days were ...

lola628

[quote="blueskighs"]\for years I thought I was really beyond help if I couldn't find it in OA ... you know they laid claim to the whole last house on the block thing ... all I can say is if OA is the last house on the block this must be the lean to under the bridge ....[/quote]

Well said ...

lola628

The book is indeed wonderful. I like all of the statistics on the history of snacking in America. Plus the info on our sugar consumption (mind boggling!) and how snacking has become so ingrained in our culture since the 1980's.

I'm also enjoying the cultural comparisons. I used to think white rice ...

lola628

I've never had people watch what I eat, but I have had my great aunt Mary push her peach pies (plural) on me. This sweet 90 year old woman loves to feed people. She'll ask 10 times "do you want more??" I'll say "No thank you, I"m full up" then she'll pass me some other massive bowl of food "Here ya ...

lola628

no chocy muffin!! I went to Hershey Spa today and was surrounded by huge bowls of Hershey kisses and I did not eat one -- despite the fact that there is an S in SPA - which means perhaps I could have an S, but I behaved and drank ice water all day plus some tea and coffee (sans sugar, of course.) I ...

lola628

Those ideas (above) are all great ideas -- cutting back on the mocha pumps and getting the home frother....etc. I also agree about incorporating our coffee drinks with meals, I"m trying to do that with my caps....but sometimes I have one at 3pm. I agree with DrsWife too - just cutting out the snacks ...

lola628

If you wanted to make your own coffee drinks at home I would recommend the Bialetti stove top espresso maker along with one of those milk frothing wands. Heat the milk in the microwave and whip it up with the frothing wand (it's truly amazing.). Be sure to buy the good organic shade grown stuff. I ...

lola628

I feel you. I used to drink up to six espresso shots (in all combinations per day). I usually drink Jack's Stir Brew or Mud coffee in nyc (or Joe, Art of Coffee or Cafe Grumpy) but sometimes I'd go to Starbucks for a quick cappuccino fix.

My answer to getting off caffeine was black tea. Tons of it ...

lola628

hi! I drink both and I feel great drinking both, but I tend to lose weight when I'm drinking the soy milk on cereal, etc. Also, when I use soy milk my PMS symptoms go way down. I know everyone is different so perhaps see how you feel on each one.

Maybe in your food journal keep track of what you ...

lola628

Thank you Dee! Good luck to you too! Today was rough!!

B - spelt flakes w/ greek yogurt and a splash of soy milk, black tea
L - two eggs on a toasted english muffin, coffee
D - Taco salad, iced black tea

I've been big on taco salad this week. I had a very stressful job interview today. When I got ...

lola628

It seems for me that this No S diet is sort of aligned with intuitive eating. Since I'm not restricting every single carb in the universe I now ask myself "What are you craving?" Before every meal I take a minute and ask myself this question. This truly is the only sane eating plan ever created.

I ...

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Tuesday

B - two eggs, slice of rye toast, coffee
L - Spinach taco salad, black iced tea
D - pasta w/ turkey meatballs and salad, black iced tea

No sweet, no seconds, no snacks

lola628

Dee - what kind of pie?!

Monday's Menu:

B - spelt flakes, greek yogurt, banana, black tea
L - gyro, glass of lowfatmilk
D - grilled swiss cheese on brown rice bread, banana w/ pb and sunflower seeds, glass of lowfat

No snacks, no sweet, no seconds

lola628

I drink black tea (hot and iced) all day long -- I love it!

Sometimes I mix green tea with rooibos too, but I love black tea the most.

no sugar, sweet tea makes me sick to my stomach.

lola628

I picked up their book when I was in London over Christmas. It's the British version of Atkins. There was also a line in there about why Americans are so BLOODY FAT -- I'm sure that sentence was cut for the US publications.....

lola628

Thanks Resting52!

I like how the S days teach us good habits and allow us to eat the stuff we normally wouldn't. It's like I got that mac n cheese out of my system, so now it's okay to eat healthy. I also know there are healthier versions of mac n cheese, but MY version was of the store bought ...

lola628

I've been S-ing for about a week now and I love it! I haven't been snacking during the week which I am now finding out has been my major weakness. I assumed since I was eating healthy snacks this was okay. Whenever the diet gurus discuss "grazing" I want to scream.

Saturday - My first S day
B ...

lola628

lmt2pt - can you take your own bottled water to the games? Or a chilled thermos type thing? If security doesn't allow you to take your own water that is TERRIBLE!!

Blueskighs - your eating plan sounds great! Do you eat the greek yogurt? That is so good! I tried to go raw for a week, I hallucinated ...

lola628

Western medicine doctors don't usually like it when we think for ourselves. They get especially upset if we read a lot and know our own bodies. After all we're not trained in medicine so we must all be [i]stoopid.[/i]

lola628

Blueskighs - I'd marry Amy too!! (but isn't she 12 or something? I think Amy is the daughter of the company founders - I will have to check the link you posted, thanks!

Are you still vegetarian? I'm mostly pescetarian -- I also try to avoid HFCS like the plague. At least NYC banned trans fats last ...

lola628

Yeah Nicola, I'm with you!

When I view the scale and it hasn't moved downward I get very upset, then eat candy (or try to recreate menus from the past.) Forget about it.

lola628

I've tried quite a few diets myself, but I have an relative who drives everyone insane with her eating habits. If she's not counting points she's obsessing over what she eats or doesn't eat, or she must have her snack in five minutes, or make her medi-fast drink in 20 minutes, or we must go home so ...

lola628

I know exactly how you feel. I get so angry when crap drinks cost less than water. IT'S WATER!!!

I refuse to eat foods that contain high fructose corn syrup. It's in EVERYTHING. (And I just noticed it's even in Campbell's tomato soup -wtf?) Amy's Organics are the BEST. So when I purchase pure ...

lola628

The times when I consume a lot of sugar then suddenly stop eating it I feel some withdrawal effects (much like when I cut back on caffeine.) You're not getting those constant sugar highs now and you're body may be readjusting. Sugar really wreaks havoc on my body. The mood swings are just ...

lola628

I can see why there is a chocolate milk debate because there are some chocolate milks that seem very lightly sweetened and almost bland, yet when you look at Nesquick (sugar shock!!) and Yoohoo it's just plain TOXIC.

But then you have the Soy Chocolate milk (Soy Slender) -- that stuff is fantastic ...

lola628

Finnegar - I've moved my scale all around my apartment and my weight is different in each room. I tend to weigh less on the hard woods, but gain 3 pounds on ceramic tile.

lola628

Hey, I bought the very last copy at my Borders today too... I haven't started it yet though, still reading a few other books at the moment.

lola628

Oh fantastic! I will eat the Puffins during N days then. Thanks Mavilu!

lola628

I'm a newbie too, but I assume cereals that contain sugar on N days is a no....

I had Puffins (they contain cane sugar) for breakfast this morning (Saturday) because they have sugar, but I'm not going to eat them during my N days.

If I'm wrong someone please advise!

lola628

Spelt flakes w/ greek yogurt and almond milk. Black tea

or

Egg sandwich on toasted english, black tea

or

Jack's Iced cappuccino with a pumpkin cranberry muffin

I've been trying to convert to green teas but I absolutely adore black tea and I drink English teas all day long. Some days I mix my ...

lola628

on your WW's article. Prepare for the deluge!

Your plan sounds fantastic (and so simple, yeah!) I'm going to try it, I love the idea of no snacking (guilty), no seconds (guilty guilty) and no sugar (don't ask.) I'm also contemplating a sledge hammer purchase, thankfully I have no cats to kill ...

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APRIL RESULTS

S- Day

DIET is DIE with a T on the end

check in from the Netherlands

No S on the road -- easy peasy!!

2 am in the Netherlands.....

The book is terrific!

food pushers

I drink lotsa coffee too!

Brit version of Atkins (aka: Fatkins)

What Lola Wants.......Daily Check-in

obsessive points, etc.

paying more for CRAP

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the book

I love breakfast!

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