Everyday Systems

Thanks for your replies
Unfortunately my one failure then turned into a whole week of failures!

April tomorrow, new month, new start.

Failure today - had a bad work day and the malteasers leftover from sunday got me!

did 20 mins on my stepper though, nice to do some exercise. shame i didnt have time for a run.

better day tomorrow, me thinks.

Day 3 was a FAILURE in the end - bit annoyed to slip up this early in the game, but the fish cakes were not very nice so i was still hungry and that Friday afternoon feeling got to me and I ended up eating toast and crisps... :x

Day 4 + 5 were S days and predictably overindulgent - had fast food ...

ok so it might be an idea to keep a food diary for a bit.

Here's my diary for the 1st 3 days of No S.

Day 1
Breakfast: Scrambled egg on 2 wholewheat toast
Lunch: Cous cous, veg, banana, yoghurt
Dinner: home made lean burger and home made oven chips

Day 2
Breakfast: Scrambled egg on 2 wholewheat ...

hi

I am a newbie to the no S diet, but not to dieting in general!!

I just wanted to say be careful weighing yourself every day, the littlest thing can impact your weight on a day to day basis, like water retention, salty food, etc.

I find it quite disheartening to weigh myself every day so I ...

Day 2 was a SUCCESS!

Had a cuppa at about 4pm but never have sugar, just a splash of milk, so I think it's a drink not a snack.

Had a low fat/low cal turkey curry for dinner (home made, but bought the sauce in a jar) added lots of veg and then had 2 home made mini samosas on a seperate plate but ...

well done on your success so far, and congrats on your pregnancy!!!

thanks! Looking forward to sharing our successes

Hello! I'm Betty, aged 25 from the UK. Trying to lose a stone and a half in 2011!

Well today is Thursday and I spent all of Tuesday reading about the No S diet (and getting very enthusiastic about it - an epiphany! it's so simple!!)

Then I spent all of Wednesday trying to stick to it 100% so ...

ah well i'm an old school UKer (depsite only being 25!) I use stones, pounds, ounces, feet and inches! (and pints! hehe!)

But I guess I just got that from my mother, despite what they tried to teach me in school I am still rubbish at understanding kilograms!!

I'm currently 11 stone. Only 5ft 3 ...

Thanks nicest and kevin.

I know what you mean, nicest, I need to stop and -ing with actual separate foods, but I also agree with kevin that variety is important.

A bad and example is to have couscous, and a yoghurt, and a banana, and an orange, and a sandwich, and some chips
That's too many food ...

I completely agree. Whether i'm bored, sad, happy, procrastinating, stressed, lonely, upset, my natural response is to eat!

this site is very helpful - when I feel that feeling (not hunger, but a longing to graze or snack) I come on here and look at some of the discussions and success stories.

milliem wrote:Hello, thought i'd introduce myself as I'm new to this NoS thing

Hi millie! Nice to see another UK-based newbie

I think its best to take out and assemble everything you plan to eat *before* you eat it - at least when you are first starting out. Or at least say to yourself "I'm going to eat a yogurt, half plate of cous cous and a banana" instead of eating the half plate of cous cous, deciding your still ...

thanks SpiritSong and Nicest of the Damned

Very useful advice! A virtual plate is a very good idea. And I will try to assemble all the food I plan to eat for a meal on one plate so I can see if it's ok.

I have also recently invested in some 'normal' sized dinner plates as the fancy ones I bought ...

Hi all

I am a newbie - just seeking some clarification on the 'no snacking' role.

I snack a lot - I graze all day and I want to stop! So I am just eating brekie, lunch and dinner. nothing in between.

However, does having 1 thing and then something else for lunch count as No S or not??

for ...

Hi all,

I'm betty, from the UK. I just wanted to say that I found the no S diet last night and spent most of the evening engrossed in the website! It makes so much sense!

However embarrassing it might be to admit it, it's common sense! and I am a fool for ever thinking a good diet should be ...