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flightisleavin

I think the breakthrough I have had is accepting slow weight loss. Before when I tried to diet in the past if I did see not immediate and dramatic results I would assume it/I was a failure and just give up. Now I am willing to take it very slow but know that this is a way of eating that I can ...

flightisleavin

This is a timely article. I think it makes some important points re this discussion on discipline and weight loss.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/213646/page/1

flightisleavin

RPM. I know. I had read that also.

It just makes me think that since food seems so plentiful it must sold at a bargain price to make it more marketable so it would make sense that food that is cheap to produce would be easier on the pocketbook. Not necessarily better for your health or nutrition ...

flightisleavin

Milczar. That is such an interesting post.

I have a friend who just got back from a Euro vacation and she noted the difference in portion sizes. Even in England the portions were smaller and the food was expensive.

I wonder if it is that Americans have a "get the most bang for your buck ...

flightisleavin

Speaking as an overweight women I do think women have a harder time losing weight then men do. We also have the influence of hormones that affect estrogen, cortisone, insulin, fat stores, muscle mass, blah blah, etc. So weight loss can be more of a challenge for a women than a lot of men. I can ...

flightisleavin

Love the pyramids, Marc! I've been to the extremes in dieting, not because I'm attracted to fad diets, but because I'm always trying to find optimal health. The vegan people have their experts who say any animal products and any fat (even olive oil!) are bad for you. The lowcarb people say grains ...

flightisleavin

I am sure that some people do have insulin response problems but I don't think you can snack all day on sugar free and/or low fat processed snacks with idea that the snacks don't matter and then blame insulin response.
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flightisleavin

I think there's some truth to what Taubes says, but I think it has a lot more to do with all the overly refined and processed carbs that have snuck into our diets over the years and those being the basis of SAD and few whole foods being consumed.

This is interesting:
http://www.fitnessspotlight ...

flightisleavin

Thanks so much howmuchfunisthat. I appreciate it.

flightisleavin

Havn't checked in for a while but I feel like things are on track. I have lost my first 20. :D

I have been pretty much following the plan. Some days I eat a little more than others but I stick to the one plate rule and no snacks. Sunday is sort of a No S day but not excessively so. I have been ...

flightisleavin

My fear with this article is that people tend to take things to the extreme and so exercise will become nonexistant especially among those overweight or obese. Wouldn't exercise benefit them in other ways than just direct weight loss?

I am getting flack from friends for working out (I do a ...

flightisleavin

Thalia

When I said "hearing that diets don't work" what I meant was that the thinking that No S would not work either (it is a diet plan but not the typical fad diet). In other words NO plan of eating differently or eating less would work so you might as well eat whatever you want whenever you ...

flightisleavin

Agree Bushranger. TIME seems to want to sell magazines and anything with "myth" on the cover especially when it comes to dieting will cause you to click on the article.

It seems we have come full circle from fad diets to now hearing about how dieting doesn't work, calories in calories out is a myth ...

flightisleavin

Oh yes, cheese and nuts and chocolate are all wonderful and delicious. And butter and olive oil.

Agreed!

But NORMAL amounts of fat/salt/sugar, eaten in real food, are so satisfying that they almost inoculate against the excesses of "food products."

Yes! Yes!

It is the all or nothing ...

flightisleavin

I know. Burlsgurl statement was brilliant in its simplicity. Simplicity is one thing that is missing from the diet culture.

It would be great for national exposure for No S.

flightisleavin

That is so funny because I had a dream last night that Reinhard was on Oprah and she had one of her "aha" moments.

flightisleavin

Over the years, I've learned enough about nutrition, diet, metabolism, insulin response, fitness, and exercise, that I could honestly write my own book! While it may sound as if I'm boasting, believe me: I'm NOT. All this knowledge has only done one thing for me: it's kept me overweight.

. Then ...

flightisleavin

Michael Pollan's advice resonated with me even though I don't consider him a guru or have all the answers BUT it does make sense that outsourcing your cooking to large corporations that use 25 strange sounding ingredients to make something you would use only 4 or 5 to make at home has been a bad ...

flightisleavin

"Even though they don't have the slightest idea what a healthy choice IS."

To me that is the puzzle and a huge problem. One guru will tell you healthy is a sugar laden commercial cereal because it is low in fat and calories and another guru will tell you eat all the butter you want but don't have ...

flightisleavin

Okay - I misunderstood. I thought they either gave a diet a stamp of approval or not.

That is good to know that MDs are putting it in their offices.

I had a seen a review of No S on a forum of all diets and it got a very high rating but they would not give it 5 stars because of the no snacking. I ...

flightisleavin

Yesterday and today have been good both on the workout front and the eating. I did an aerobic dance DVD for 30 minutes both days and a weight workout for 45 minutes. Tomorrow I will take a break from the weights but do the dance aerobic workout. That thing gives me energy. The Latin steps especially ...

flightisleavin

I will wait a bit and then write.

I am thinking that they will take issue with the no snacking because conventional diets that are MD/registered dietician approved always seem to include "healthy" snacks to stave off hunger and keep your blood sugar level, blah, blah, blah. Other than that, I think ...

flightisleavin

Interesting article. I agree about the Texmati or Basmati when it is cooking it is heavenly. Smells like popcorn. I eat the white rice 3 times a week, eat white French bread almost every day and white pasta in recipes. All the things my low carbs friends can't or won't eat for because it is like ...

flightisleavin

I guess the Saturday eating did not hurt me because I am down this week from last week so I can post a weight loss. Today back to exercise. I got a new DVD I am excited about doing. More dance steps to learn plus I have been doing a workout with light weights.

flightisleavin

Some days are harder than others also. I can never figure out if is because what I have eaten during the day or just the day itself. There have been a few times when I have sliced up a piece a fruit and had a couple of slices along with a small peice of cheese and it has helped. But still it was a ...

flightisleavin

Jumbotights - I understand how you feel. I get hungry occasionally at night also much more so than during the day.

I have no wisdom or insight to offer other than I knew for me it was a habit that I ate at night and breaking that life long habit forces me to struggle a bit. One thing I have found ...

flightisleavin

Not sure if I had a non S day or not. No sweets, seconds or snacks but I think I did eat too rich today. :roll: I will know when I step on the scale Monday.

B: 1 blueberry pancake (homemade) and 1 chicken/apple breakfast sausage.

L: Cheeseburger on French bread and small plum.

D: Shrimp etoufee ...

flightisleavin

The last 3 days have been success with eating. I have been keeping track of my groceries because I have been buying almost no processed foods but buying mostly organic meat and chicken and produce which is more expensive. It is coming out in the wash because it is right about the same because I am ...

flightisleavin

I guess it depends on what you are capable of sustaining for the long term. I do know people who have had much success with WW and are able to stay on it and enjoy the diet. I think tend they do better with no fat food or very low fat foods but the ability to eat sugar subsitutes to satisfy a sweet ...

flightisleavin

Brightangel - thanks so much for that info.

When you actually look at portions it can make you realize how small they are. A thumbful? A deck of cards? A CD? Yet, that is exactly the size of a portion.

I can clearly see how I got up to my present weight. Even though I am not weighing or ...

flightisleavin

I had read an article that 60% of the WW enterprise is based on people dropping out and coming back. Their marketing program is geared towards returning participants and not new recruits. So they make more money from people coming back to lose the weight they regained than their initial weight loss ...

flightisleavin

I have been doing well on the food front. 3 meals a day of one plate with no snacks so it continues to be good.

I am now figuring out which exercise I like the best and it turns out I like dance work out DVDs. I am finding the times flies for me and I am getting into it. Before ya'all make fun of ...

flightisleavin

I went to a WW meeting around the time of Thanksgiving. I will never forget it. It was my first meeting.

It was like obsession central.

Now I know that WW does have success and many people like it as a long term solution so in that sense I think it a a good program. BUT all the discussions went ...

flightisleavin

Seven really good S days in a row with a weigh in this morning showing another 2 pounds lost this week.

I am slowly but surely incorporating exercise into my life. I always think I have something pressing that needs to get done instead of doing that but then I realize that is how got overweight in ...

flightisleavin

Would you mind sharing the name and author of the cookbook you mentioned above? I've been looking for a decent cookbook for 2 as a wedding gift and haven't found one that I like yet....

Thanks so much,

Vmsurbat - it is called "Eating Well - Serves Two" 150 Healthy In a Hurry
Suppers. Even ...

flightisleavin

Something else that helps is putting leftovers away into containers immediately after putting the food out on plates, then you don't go back to the kitchen to find pots and pans of food waiting to be eaten. !

Yes Bonnie. That has been one of my new behaviors. I also took Reinhard's advice of ...

flightisleavin

I have had 3 greenlight days, both with eating and exercise. It has been past 21 days so it is now a habit. For me, the biggest success with No S has been dealing with seconds. I was not a big snacker or dessert eater. I rarely eat ice cream or candy, etc. Except for homemade cookies I can usually ...

flightisleavin

Jumbotights - as you can see we all eat differently but basically the same concept of eating normally.

What I had yesterday:

B: Swedish pancakes with bluesberries and sour cream. Latte with foam milk.
L: Tuna salad with celery and full fat mayo on sourdough french bread. Small peach.
D: Shrimp ...

flightisleavin

If you go on any other dieting board whether it be low carb, low fat or counting calories or points, it is all about scheming to get through the day. Snacks are a huge concern with entire boards devoted to snacks. Because one is so hungry from dieting there is an insatiatable need for snacks ...

flightisleavin

I think a lot of it comes from the backlash of the no fat/low fat diets of the 70s and 80s that were so popular. Those groups are just as bad because they would also have you not put the equally evil butter on your evil baguette.

I had read another article that people who came off Atkins had ...

flightisleavin

Welcome to the board. Love your screen name Jumbotights.

I am also an Atkins or low carb escapee. I got the same lecture that no carbs is the ONLY way to lose weight. Also got told that carbohydrates are not needed for energy or health and it is ridiculous to think so. People survive and thrive on ...

flightisleavin

I never am sure if posting menus is a good thing or not. Maybe it is. This is what I had yesterday.

B: 2 egg omelet with diced green and red pepper and onion. 1 chicken and apple breakfast sausage. Latte with foam milk. I have been using organic eggs of late and I love them. I am definitely a ...

flightisleavin

Have stayed on plan with no non S days. If a special occasion comes up I would just go with the flow but so far have just stayed on regular No S diet. Worked out for yesterday and today. Another 2 pounds lost this week. I am on a roll!

I don't feel like I am missing anything.

flightisleavin

Green light for both exercise and eating for the last two days. Enough said.

I do notice that I get a little bit hungry late at night but I am not sure if that was a habit I had to always get a snack before bed. It seems to pass if I work through it.

Even though NO S is not calorie counting I ...

flightisleavin

Green light day for food.

But again did not exericse. I'm not sure what my resistance is to this but I always find a gazillion other things to do.

None of them are more important than exercising but I always convince myself that they are.

flightisleavin

I use a 9 inch plate for my meal and then a small dessert plate for the fruit. So far it has been working because I have found that the 9 inch plate is just enough food so I don't feel hungry later on and the fruit plate is part of the meal for me. Sometimes I find myself stopping before I finish ...

flightisleavin

Spleener

I have the exact same thing going on. I adore fruit these days. I was not dieting before but when I attempted to lose weight I always went the low carb route.

With No S I eat fruit with at least 2 meals and lo and behold I am not hungry the way the low carb doctrine insists you will be if ...

flightisleavin

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Some see saturated fat/cholesterol as the problem and others see all carbs as the problem. Problem is, what they see probably isn't the problem.

I'm with Bushranger -- I'm going to follow the example set by healthy populations. For me, it's those in the Mediterranean. Why them? I like the food ...

flightisleavin

I mean Gary Taubes. There are several groups on the internet that follow Gary Taubes as the ultimate guru and his science is allegedly proven to them. In other words he made Atkins credible with his research so much so that he is now lecturing to medical students. They will not eat any grains or ...

flightisleavin

I weighed in this morning and I am down 3-1/2 pounds.

I did not exercise yesterday so my challenge is to work on making this a habit. I blew it off all day and did other things. That's is where I need some work.

Late last night was the first time I felt like I needed a snack. I ended up eating ...

flightisleavin

The whole low-carb for weight loss and health has hardly been "scientifically" proven. If you look at cold hard facts the longest lived and healthiest cultures on earth consume a decent amount of fruit, veg, legumes, nuts, seeds, starch products (ie: rice, corn) and little animal products ...

flightisleavin

Thanks Strawberry. I like to listen to podcasts to pass the time so good idea. I did 2 miles a day to start out with and up to 3 miles now. I would like to get to 4. I also started a program which is called Core fusion which is strengthening the core and some weights.

Have stayed on the program ...

flightisleavin

Thanks so much for those links and comments. I don't mean to belabor the subject but I have gotten the lecture on avoiding carbs as the "proper" way to really have success -it has been scientifically proven. To be fair I have also gotten the low fat, low calorie counting points diatribe also ...

flightisleavin

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You're right; doing Atkins to the letter is really difficult and becomes extremely unpleasant.

I love what Reinhard says about No S starting hard and getting easier, while other diets do the opposite.

That is exactly it! I never thought of it that way but that is how it feels.

I do know some ...

flightisleavin

This might be a vent post because I am receiving all these low carb links these days and they are irritating me to no end.

I am still reading about the benefits of a low carb diet. Most of them do not make a distinction between the carbs of fruit, vegetables, whole grains and that of soda ...

flightisleavin

I wondered about that Getoka. I am sure it is not representative of all.

I live southern US state and depending upon where I shop I see different carts of food. I had to run to Walmart today and waiting I couldn't help but notice there was a family with a very overweight mom and 3 overweight kids ...

flightisleavin

Have not checked in but staying on program. One thing I cannot get over is how sweet fruit tastes when I am not eating sweet snacks. I would just pass on fruit before because it was never as good as a cookie or piece of chocolate. I am not eating much fruit, just a small amount with each meal but it ...

flightisleavin

Moderation is more difficult as a concept especially when we have been told for years "you can eat all you want as long you don't eat the evil food group." To me moderation implies you are making choices and being mindful about what you eating without counting every little morsel.

Tuna - maybe it ...

flightisleavin

Very cool, Reinhard! Wish I could locate something similar near us.

We do mostly buy organic meat, but that doesn't always translate to "humane", though the odds are better (and I look at labels for some indication). I don't object to eating animals - it's that circle of life thing - but I do ...

flightisleavin

I am headed down this road also - the flexerian. And I never thought I would be that way either because I love a good steak. I was the typical meat and starch kind of person along with convenience foods at every opportunity.

But I realized that other cultures who eat less meat and more whole REAL ...

flightisleavin

Exactly what Reinhard has been telling us.

Notice the amounts and the types of food.

Part 1:
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0 ... 19,00.html

Part 2:

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0 ... 16,00.html

Part 3:

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0 ... 90,00.html

flightisleavin

Jenglish - how funny. A queen of Sheba scale that talks to you.

flightisleavin

I think that this is just because I am beginning and have so much to loose. I certainly don't think I will keep that up nor would I want to. But it is a great start!

I had listened to some of Michael Pollan's stuff and few ideas resonated with me. The "experts and diet gurus" don't always have the ...

flightisleavin

Remember a long time ago the motto was "no snacking because it would spoil your appetite." Mothers worried that their kids would not eat come dinner. Now the snacks are indeed heavily promoted. I remember my own mother not allowing us to eat after school because she was afraid we would not eat ...

flightisleavin

I am toying with the idea of starting a blog. Right now I will do the daily check in. It seems to make a difference just to check in.

June 23:

B: 1 slice bacon, 1 mini bagel with 1/2 tsp of regular cream cheese, 1 medium egg scrambled, 1 espresso coffee with whole milk foam.

L: Lean hamburger ...

flightisleavin

hotmailmamma wrote:, or it made me hungrier in between meals.

Same here. I always wondered why it was considered a "healthy" snack because I could never just eat a peice of fruit by itself without feeling hungry.

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flightisleavin

I have noticed that when I don't eat sweets I eat more fruits and they taste a lot sweeter. I am talking about eating fruit as part of a meal and not as a snack. Eating fruits is a challenge for me and I really do think they are nature's food. We are meant to eat them. A chocolate bar is much easier ...

flightisleavin

Nice to meet and post with all of you.

I have been poking around the boards and there is a ton of great info.

I decided that for me it is learning to eat moderate portions and how that looks on a plate. In addition to purchasing the S book I took Reinhard's suggestion to cook from regular ...

flightisleavin

Lovinlee: I get exactly how you feel.

When I was (for the thousandth time) looking over the diet books on Amazon I wanted one where if you were to ask me the question "Could you see yourself doing this forever and I mean forever?" and I could answer yes, then I would be willing to buy the book and ...

flightisleavin

Thanks for the welcome Winnie96 and Reneew.

Winnie - that is exactly how I used to think when I semi did this plan - since I it would be 11 o'clock at night before I would finally get my dinner (if I had to prepare it myself) I would say to the heck with it and just get a big bad meal.

I feel ...

flightisleavin

I was on Amazon looking at a gazillion diet books (some find their way to Malaysian skyscrapers but I end up on Amazon looking at diet books). The diet books were awful, awful, awful. Eat all you want except for....the list is endless. UNTIL I notice the S diet. I was not planning to buy but ...

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Re: Rambling First Impressions

Re: OT: What cookbook for two?

For those of us who struggled with seconds discuss here.

Discuss the influence of low carb diets here.

From Time Mag -What the world eats in pictures -

First week on S and lost 5 pounds.

Flightisleavin daily check-in

Not eating sweets results in eating more fruits.

Hello to bluebunny, hotmailmamma, Jenenglish, Mimi and Reinh

Newbie to No S Diet first post