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AnneK

SUCCESS

B: Three egg omelette with chedder broccoli spinach
L: Indian food: coriander chicken, cauliflauer, spinach, rice
D: Chinese food: Kung pao chicken, bok choy, rice
Exercise: two miles run

AnneK

SUCCESS

B: Oatmeal with raisins and almonds, two hard boiled eggs
L: Chinese chicken and vegetables, rice
D: Green salad, greek yogurt, double salt pretzels
E: 2.5 mile run

I am going to go back to running every day. For a while I've been doing a calisthetics/weight routine every other day instead ...

AnneK

I dunno. You look thinner to me.

AnneK

Zippy, i loved what you said about practicing your new habit. The next time I am resisting the urge, I am going to keep in mind that I'm not just doing a negative thing (not eating) I am doing a positive thing (strengthening a good habit). Thank you!

AnneK

Greta, I agree. This diet has really helped me feel good about my eating habits for maybe the first time in my life. For some reason, eating because its "meal time" and for no other reason makes me feel great. I'm making the decisions instead of letting my emotions and justifications take over.

So ...

AnneK

Wow--you sure is eating healthy! You must feel great. Are you still gluten-free?

AnneK

SUCCESS

B: Three scrambled eggs, black beans, green salad
L: Chipotle burrito bowl with guacamole
D: Salmon, collard greens, broccoli, greek yogurt
Exercise: two mile run

I got the NO S book in the mail yesterday. It's okay...not a whole lot beyond what's on the website. But I am happy to support ...

AnneK

NY Times article says drinking a glass of water before every meal really does speed weight loss. It fills you up, leading to a 13 percent reduction in calorie intake, on average.

Sounds like an easy, pain-free No S mod to me...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/health/16really.html?_r=1&ref=health

AnneK

SUCCESS

This diet is good for my self esteem. Because I can stick to it. I have had 30 days of success in a row now, and that feels really good. And the better it feels, the more I want to stick with it.

B: Tuna wrap, banana
L: Spinach salad with chicken and blue cheese, Fritos
D: Ethiopian food ...

AnneK

Woo-hoo! Congrats!

AnneK

Yay! You are very inspiring.

AnneK

SUCCESS

B: Three scrambled eggs with black beans, green salad
L: Chicken fricasee, beans and rice, plantains
D: Salmon, collard greens, egg noodles
Exercise: two mile run

AnneK

Holy crap we ate the same dinner last night. Well, I added Greek yogurt. Does that make my dinner any healthier?

AnneK

Hi TM,

I'm sorry you are feeling discouraged. I hope you are not too hard on yourself on your N days this week. It wasn't so long ago that you were really enthusiastic and enjoying yourself, eating what you pleased for your three meals and feeling good about it. I know for me that whenever I feel I ...

AnneK

HAPPY S DAY

Snack: 1 oz chocolate
Breakfast: Green salad with one hard boiled egg, triscuits
Lunch: Pork tenderloin wi/zucchini and onion, egg noodles, three pieces of toffee, 1/4 brownie
Snack: Gingerale
Dinner: Greek yogurt, chocolate chip cookies, double-salted pretzels

Best dinner ever!

AnneK

Tofu Queen I miss you!

AnneK

TWELVE POUNDS!!!!!

Holy cow! That's amazing. How wonderful. And I know you've been enjoying the diet a lot too. I'm very happy for you Zippa! This is so great!

AnneK

Welcome back FF. Your meals look delicious. I love the peace of mind NO S gives me too.

You sound very motivated--like you're really going to stick with it!

AnneK

HAPPY S DAY

Pre-breakfast Snack: 1 square chocolate
Breakfast: Triscuits with avocado and hard boiled egg
Lunch: Apple pie
Dinner: 1-1/2 slices pizza, 2 chocolate squares
Exercise: three mile run + three mile walk

I'm finding on my S days I'm not really eating so many snacks, or even eat much more ...

AnneK

DAY 26: NoS SUCCESS, 2 mile run
DAY 27: DITTO, no exercise

Weighed myself this morning. Down one pound this week. At this rate, I should reach my goal in 17 weeks, sometime around mid march. Which is a long ways off, and that's fine. I don't look so bad at 153, really. And I'd want to keep eating ...

AnneK

Your dinner is hilarious. I love that we can eat meals like this and still be sticking to the plan. Especially because there's no way to avoid the occasional goofball meal. Life keeps happening!

AnneK

Hi JD,

I totally relate. One thing I noticed is that yes, i AM very hungry by the time dinner time rolls around, and how pleasant that is. Since I've started No S, I've noticed that its disapointing when I am NOT hungry in time for my next meal. Allowing myself to get a little hungry between meals ...

AnneK

This is so great: yesterday, someone at the office said I was looking slimmer. Specifically she said, "Your ass is smaller."

Yay!

Yesterday was a SUCCESS, and also sort of not. I stuck to No S, but I was not able to eat the two servings of fruits and five servings of veggies requirement I had ...

AnneK

Now THAT is truly amazing!

AnneK

Eggs eggs eggs!

I have relied a lot on sugar (and coffee!) myself to keep me going when I am sleepy. I wonder if maybe what I really need to do when I am tired and sleepy is get some rest.

!!

AnneK

Day 23: Success

B: Bagel with egg bacon and cheese, banana, mixed nuts
L: chicken stew with beans and rice, apple
D: Green salad with cheese and tofu, Triscuits, Greek yogurt

EDIT: I forgot to mention: I was feeling very tired and run down yesterday. And to treat myself, I took some extra time on ...

AnneK

Hi TM,

It's so great you are checking in and being accountable. This is totally temporary. What would be REALLY weird is if you never had a "failure."

I hope today you eat three really wonderful, delicious, satisfying meals with your favorite foods, and really enjoy it!

AnneK

YUM! You are eating all my favorite foods. I'm coming over!

AnneK

Hi and welcome GK,

I had the same reaction reading about this diet--and it's been borne out so far.

We also have the same weight loss goals. I like how you set your time line to reflect a nice, slooooow process. Maybe I'll borrow your July "finish" date.

Looking forward to seeing how things go ...

AnneK

Welcome JD! You sound very committed. I hope this works for you...

AnneK

Day 22: Success

B: Green salad with three hard boiled eggs, greek yogurt
L: Indian food: chicken, cauliflauer, spinach, rice; apple
D: Spinach salad with chicken, blue cheese, bacon; banana
Exercise: 2.5 mile run

I sure ate a lot of fruit and veggies. It actually was what I was in the mood for.

AnneK

Hit 21 days yesterday.

The results so far:

1. Enjoying lots of delicious foods all the time that I had put "off limits." Until I started No S, I'd been doing the low carb thing, with zero results, and lots of deprivation. Now I'm eating pizza, bread, oatmeal, mac and cheese, desserts, candy ...

AnneK

DAY 21: S Day

B: toast w/peanut butter and banana, greek yogurt with honey
Snack: One hard pretzel (with double salt!) a few pistachios
L: Chicken marsala, pasta with vodka sauce, broccoli, handful of reeses pb chips
D: Chicken, collard greens, corn chips
Exercise: 25 minute run (very hilly!)

I ...

AnneK

What a FINE S day!

I'm totally with you on the toffee.

And congrats on your weight loss!

AnneK

DAY 21!!

I did 21 days without a single failure. Feeling pretty good about that. My goal, of course, is to take straight plain vanilla No S through the rest of the year.

S today yesterday:

Snack: Handful of peanut butter chips
Breakfast: three scrambled eggs, refried beans, green salad
Lunch ...

AnneK

Yay! Congratulations! I'm so happy its working for you. KEEP GOING!!!

AnneK

Day 20: Success

B: Omelette with spinach and broccoli, potatos
L: Panini with guyre and turkey, yogurt, banana
D: Chicken marsala, rotini with vodka sauce, garden salad
Exercise: three mile run

Well, had my third weigh-in yesterday: I gained a pound. Hmph! At first, I wasn't even going to write ...

AnneK

Day 19: Success

b: oatmeal with brown sugar and almonds, two hard boiled eggs
l: chicken vindaloo, rice, vegetable stew
d: chicken with onions and peppers, refried beans, corn chips, green salad, greek yogurt
exercise: 1/2 hour weights and calisthetics

This is getting easier and easier. Tomorrow ...

AnneK

Congrats Zippy!

If you read anything really helpful in your book please share it with us!

AnneK

Hi Sarah and welcome! You sound really excited about this diet--that's how I felt too. I think that excitement is a good sign--I just felt like this could work for me. It seemed so reasonable, and do-able. And even fun.

I've been eating crazy large meals the last couple weeks and still (slowly ...

AnneK

Yay!! Congrats on your weight loss. Two pounds is fantastic on top of being able to really enjoy your food and your life. I'm very happy for you!

I'm thinking of it the same way--the loss might be small, but it's not coming back, and I'm not suffering for it.

I also have to admit that I spent the ...

AnneK

Day 18: Success

So I've been going to this fancy breakfast thing every three months for years now, and I always skipped the big tray of croissants and muffins and made do with the yogurt and fruit cup. This morning, I headed straight for muffins. This diet rocks!

Breakfast: Small croissant, mini ...

AnneK

Finishing out the rest of the year on No S sounds like a great plan. I think I'll join you. I'm just on day 17 but I'm so pleased with the results so far. Not just the (slow but surprising) weight loss, but the freedom from all the worry and decision making. I think it'd be especially good to make ...

AnneK

Your meals sound sooo good and I like your SCDM plan. I'd love to hear what you do every day. Are you going to include that?

AnneK

Zippa dee, you are the best. Always so encouraging!

Day 17: Success

B: Egg bacon and cheese on a bagel, 1/2 apple
L: Spinach salad with chicken and walnuts and broccoli and blue cheese
D: Chicken sandhich on whole wheat, cup of split pea soup
Exercise: 1/2 hour calisthetics and weights

Was ...

AnneK

Hola Mkat, and welcome!

I'm on day 16 and really enjoying No S. I found the snack cravings went away after a week or so.

I hope you do well and enjoy it!

AnneK

Sounds like you're doing super great!

Its been interesting to tell people about No S. My sister immediately decided to try it too. Another friend said she could never handle a diet that let her eat whatever she wanted two days a week--that she'd go on a crazy binge for sure. I've been reading ...

AnneK

Day 16: Success

B: Oatmeal with brown sugar and almonds
L: Kung pao chicken, bok choy
D: Chicken with onions and greenpeppers, green salad, beans, tortilla chips
Exercise: two mile run

AnneK

Switching my check-ins from morning to evening. Too many other things to do in the morning...

Sunday S day:

Breakfast: three scrambled eggs, mixed veggies
Lunch: Potato and leek soup, french bread, chedder cheese, peanut butter and chocolate chips
Snack: Banana, two pieces halloween candy
Dinner ...

AnneK

Congrats on the exercise--sounds like a great day!

AnneK

S day....

9 am: three scrambled eggs, toast
2 pm (anniversary party): chocolate cake
4 pm: Tuna wrap
6:30: 1/2 cup Greek yogurt, handful of triscuits, baby carrots
10 pm: (dessert with guests): chocolate pudding with whipped cream

I feel good about this. I ate two desserts--that's what I really ...

AnneK

Day 14: success

B: Egg bacon and chedder on bagel, banana
L: Chicken vindaloo, cauliflauer stew, mixed veggies
D: Cheeseburger, fries
Exercise: two mile run

A fine day. Felt very good about the additional weight loss. I was worried that this plan could not possibly work, given the giant meals I ...

AnneK

Yipee! Update! I lost another pound and a half!

This plan ROCKS!

AnneK

Sarah,

Its funny I just posted on my own check in a reply to you, and it was about exercise.

It's great to hear how much you love roller blading.

I have been able to stick to a good exercise routine for a couple years now by deciding to never push myself and just enjoy myself. My exercise of ...

AnneK

Congrats on four days in a row!

I'm only on day 13, but I found the no snacking thing absolutely gets easier. I totally stopped craving snacks this week--even after dinner, which is the hardest time for me as well.

AnneK

Yo Zippy,

I love what you wrote: "The goal for me is not for the food to behave, but for MY behavior to change."

The food diary feels a little obbessive and over the top for me too, but it's also helped me notice things--like the fact that I wasn't eating so many vegetables. But you're right, the ...

AnneK

Its funny what you said about your light lunch--I've had similar experiences, where I ate a (relatively) small meal and regretted it, and felt hungry afterward, and then the hunger went away until the next meal.

I'm curious to see how things go for you this weekend. Weren't you already losing ...

AnneK

Day 13...success!

B: Oatmeal with almonds and brown sugar, 1 hard boiled egg, 1/2 apple
L: Roasted chicken, roasted zucchini, mac and cheese
D: Three scrambled eggs, green salad, triscuits, greek yogurt
Exercise: 1/2 hour calisthetics and weights

Still not craving snacks at all, and also pleased ...

AnneK

Sarah,

The fact that you threw away the veggies and ate the sandwich made me laugh out loud.

I've been having the same reactions at meals lately: that there is more there than I want to eat, but I eat it anyway, because I'm afraid of being hungry later. I hate being hungry!

People in these ...

AnneK

Glad to hear you're all better, and the dog is better too. Since Halloween is a Sunday, you can give the veggies to the trick-or-treaters and eat the candy!

AnneK

SUCCESS

B: Greek yogurt with granola, small apple
L: Bento box: 1/2 california roll, salmon teriyaki, veggies, rice, miso soup
D: Spinach salad with chicken, blue cheese, beets; fritos
Exercise: two mile run

Ha, I like that I had salad and Fritos for dinner last night. I have to say, it was a ...

AnneK

Sounds great! You know I'm new at this, but I'm wondering if the compulsion to cut way back is as destructive in the long run as the compulsion to overeat? Is that something other folks have written about?

Welcome back!

AnneK

TM and EMD: Thanks for the support!

Another successful NO S day, no thinking about snacks...

B: Big bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar and almonds, one hard boiled egg, 1/2 banana
L: Cajun panini, cup of cream of broccoli soup, 1/2 banana
D: Mango salad, green curry with tofu and veggies, rice ...

AnneK

Sounds like a great first day...congratulations!

AnneK

Doesn't throwing up make the day kind of "special"?

AnneK

Starting my second week of N days. Here is the amazing thing: I didn't even THINK about wanting a snack or a dessert yesterday. The whole day! It just didn't cross my mind. Wow.

B: Grek yogurt with banana and granola
L: Chicken, beans and rice, plantains
D: Kung Pao Chicken, bok choy
Exercise: 30 ...

AnneK

Hello and welcome!

It sounds like you know what's going to work for you. Congrats. I'm looking forward to seeing you do well!

Anne

AnneK

S Day...

B: Eggs, refried beans, salad
L: Greek yogurt, triscuits, baby carrots
D: Mac and cheese, kimchi, cauliflauer, lots of little desserts (dinner party): scoop of gelato, half a lemon square, one mallomar, sour cherry soda with seltzer.
Snack: soy crisps

Not super interesting but lots of ...

AnneK

Super fun S day...

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, refried beans, salad
Snack: brownie
Late lunch: Amusement park chinese chicken, veggies, noodles
Dinner: Giant chocolate chip cookie

It was a great feeling, going to Six Flags and knowing nothing was off limits. Lots of calories and junkie food for ...

AnneK

HAPPY DONUT DAY!

AnneK

Sounds like you're doing great Zip.

It's getting easier for me too. For me the only hard part has been feeling anxious that I would get hungry between meals. But so far, it's been fine. In fact, it feels pretty good to get to the next meal and have a really sharp appetite. And then eat anything I ...

AnneK

Success!

Got on the scale yesterday morning, end of my first week. I lost one pound!

I am very pleased with this. All week, on my N days have been eating truly huge meals three times a day, and really have been eating whatever I wanted at each meal. And I ate everything I wanted on the S days too ...

AnneK

Congrats!!!

AnneK

Success!

I think I'd want to keep eating this way even if I didn't lose weight. I was telling a friend last night: it takes a away all the icky decisions (when should I eat and how much?) and lets you keep all the fun decisions (what should I eat?.

I love not having to decide whether I'm hungry ...

AnneK

A fine day. Success. No hunger, no cravings. LOTS OF FOOD.

B: Oatmeal, two hard boiled eggs, banana
L: Bowl of soup pasta linguini (half plate)
D: Chicken taco, bean taco, fruit and soy milk smoothie

So curious what will happen if i keep eating like this...

EDIT: Just realized how few vegetables ...

AnneK

Welcome EMD

I am brand new to NoS (on day four) and really relate to what you said about 1) second guessing the program and 2) being scared about being hungry.

Hope this goes well for both of us!

AnneK

Oy! I can see being nervous about the weekend. The way I understand it, the whole point of this plan is learning to TRUST that if you follow these few simple rules (that are actually enjoyable to follow) you'll be okay. It replaces so many of the old decisions ("what SHOULD I eat") with new decisons ...

AnneK

EVERYTHING is hard when you're feeling sick. Hope you feel better soon!

AnneK

Second N Day. Did good.

It's been so interesting. I was worried yesterday because I ate lunch at 2 and knew I wouldn't be having dinner until later: 8:30. I was worried I'd get really hungry and crabby. Normally I'd have planned two snacks to tide me over. But it was fine. A 5 pm cup of coffee ...

AnneK

First N day went well.

First, it was really fun to just plan to eat whatever I wanted as long as it wasn't a sweet.

That included pizza and macaroni and cheese, foods I haven't enjoyed in months.

I eat out a lot, and for breakfast and lunch I definitely ordered more food than I needed; I figure I ...

AnneK

Thanks for saying hi yesterday MM. Its nice to be welcomed.

It's interesting what you said about writing down what you eat. That's not something I'd normally do and I'm not sure I want to start. I want think about food less, not more.

On the other hand I think its good to be aware of what you're ...

AnneK

Hi tofu!

Thanks for introducing yourself yesterday. I know this process will be easier if I'm in touch with others who are doing the same thing.

I was happy to read through your thread and see that you haven't gained weight since starting on No S. And it sounds like you're enjoying the process ...

AnneK

Thanks for posting on my thread yesterday. It was nice to hear from some other newcomers on the site.

I enjoyed reading through your check-ins, reading what you eat every day--it was helpful. I think I'm probably going to go through a similar process: focusing on forming the habits and needing to ...

AnneK

Thanks for the welcomes, everybody. It's great to hear from other newsters that you're enjoying this diet.

For me just KNOWING I can eat any food I like again makes me feel really happy. Yesterday was an S day of course but I did not go crazy. I had three good meals and did not want dessert after ...

AnneK

Thanks for the input everybody. I think i'll weigh myself when my clothes feel looser

AnneK

I am just getting started on this. Any advice on how often I should weigh myself--I understand the loss will be slow, so I don't want to get discouraged. On the other hand, I feel like its important to sort of monitor the situation.

Also, if you were going to weigh yourself, say, once a week ...

AnneK

Oh wow last night I went out to eat and ordered pasta with gargonzola cheese leeks bacon and tomatoes. I would never order that kind of thing normally but it was sooooo good and it was what I really wanted. For desert I had a decaf capuccino. I felt very happy and satisifed.

Yesterday might have ...

AnneK

I gained some weight recently (not sure why) and have been trying to lose that 15 pounds for the last six months. It won't budge! I eat very healthy--almost zero sweets, no sugar or flour, lots of fruits and veggies. I also run or lift weights every day. So I'm feeling very good and very healthy ...

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