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keriamon

Okay, so everything went out the window for three weeks while I moved and started a new job. I've been craving and eating sweets like nobody's business.

Needless to say, earlier losses have been regained.

But now that I'm more or less settled into a routine, I'm going to get back on the diet and ...

keriamon

Alas, when I got on the Wii this morning, I had gained .4 pounds (although it's possible that's water-weight or that I never actually lost that much/errors in the reading, etc.) So that takes my total weight loss to 2.5 instead of 2.9 pounds. Still, I'm better off than when I started and a few of my ...

keriamon

Things suddenly got crazy for me! My former boss called to ask me if I was still looking for a job, and long story short, I'm leaving my part-time job, moving back to where I'm from (and where my husband and I have been trying to move to for 10 years!), and going back to work for my previous company ...

keriamon

Thanks for the encouragement!

I'm wearing a dress today that was starting to pull a little across the belly (too snug!), but since starting No-S, I've reversed the weight gain so that it no longer pulls across the belly. Next goal: to get my brown pants comfortably loose again. (They're borderline ...

keriamon

Well, the weekend is over. I now feel like I've broken the sugar habit. I don't crave it all the time (or automatically after eating meals), and now, when I eat it, I get tired of it quicker. I still eat more than I want out of habit, but that should diminish over time, until I eat a few pieces and ...

keriamon

I felt like lifting some weights this morning (notice that--I FELT like exercising... I didn't just do it because I had to), so I did.

When I was standing around at work, waiting to get on the computer (I share with another part-time worker and we trade out at lunch), I put my hands on my hips and ...

keriamon

Is there a reason why you need to have a kid ASAP? If you had to wait another year while you lost weight at a reasonable rate, would that be too late?

It's possible that when you lose some more weight, you'll get pregnant naturally, because fat can throw off your hormone levels and make you less ...

keriamon

Somehow I managed to get through yesterday with no sweets or snacks! :o

(I did end up skipping exercise, because I didn't really have time, but I got right back on the wagon this morning.)

As I was going home last night, I thought, "I BETTER have something to show for all this self-denial. If don ...

keriamon

Today's going to be bad. I've had a busy morning, which involved doing some work for my previous boss before heading to my regular job.

I got ravenously hungry for lunch early and then was a bit disappointed by the size of my vegetable lasagna.

There's a line from the "The Hunger Games" about ...

keriamon

I think your weight sounds good for your height. You probably aren't losing any more weight because your body has hit its comfort zone (the size it wants to be). But if things look too flabby for you, why not try some crunches and other exercises meant to tone up the midsection? We lose muscle mass ...

keriamon

Thanks to everybody for the encouragement. They say that you're more likely to meet your goals (be they weight loss or anything else) if you share them with a lot of people. You get both encouragement to continue and a sense of responsibility--as in you don't want to let people down by giving up ...

keriamon

Oh, agony. A-go-ny!

Last night was brutal. I came home with some chicken McNuggets and a small side of fries. I ate it and was still a bit hungry.

I started to watch "The Hobbit," and as they laid the table with food, it made me ravenously hungry and I started debating whether or not to go back ...

keriamon

I sort of, kind of attempted No-S some time ago, but I wasn't really on board with it. It wasn't that I didn't think it was a good idea or doable, but more of a "okay, I've got the hang of this, now I don't have to pay attention anymore." (I bet some of you know what I'm talking about!)

That, and ...

keriamon

I admit, I tried the No S Diet for several weeks back in the summer. I set my Wii Fit weight goal for a loss of 2 pounds a week.

When I didn't see ANY weight loss, I got discouraged and gave up. (Although I stayed pretty good about no sweets or snacks during the week for quite a while.)

I ...

keriamon

I agree with you on the weighing thing. I avoided looking at my weight until I got my Wii Fit (about what I expected, but had not wanted to confront). I've used it everyday for a week, and I've let it weigh me so I can track my progress on a graph. But now I'm rethinking that, because my weight has ...

keriamon

B: banana, yoghurt, 2 pieces of toast
L: Sardines on toast, orange, mashed potato (if some left) and lettuce
D: Chicken Kiev with mashed potato and beans with an orange on the side.

Is this normal for you, or is it "diet" food? Because it looks to me like you're not getting enough calories ...

keriamon

I gave up sweets, seconds and snacks all at once, but I noticed that my time between lunch and supper is too great (and I don't eat a giant lunch), so I added an afternoon tea at 3:00PM (a cup of yogurt, or something similarly small).

If you've been a habitual overeater, your stomach will have ...

keriamon

I had to look up what a "pint" is

It's the amount of beer in a glass in the U.K. or Ireland.

Come now, we Americans aren't the only ones who still occassionally use the Queen's measurements.

keriamon

You're allowed to eat your entire plate--regardless if you are full or not. That was not a failure, and that did not require a "make up" day later.

Just because you didn't do as well as you would have like to have done (stopping when you're full) doesn't mean you failed at the diet. Room for ...

keriamon

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/the-new-trend-in-diet-foods-appeal-to-americans-desire-for-more-more-more-2516462/

New low-calorie pseudo food allows you to eat constantly without gaining weight! (As long as you only eat the low-cal pseudo food.)

Sorry, I'd rather nom an entire 1/2 gallon of ...

keriamon

I've heard of the barefoot debate before. Funny enough, there's a barefoot movement among horseowners. We had a horse who had never been shod, and in the 2+ years we owned her, she never saw a farrier; she kept her hooves naturally trimmed. Of course horses need shoes if they are doing a lot of work ...

keriamon

I will admit to eating while watching a movie or being on the computer (I know we shouldn't, but my husband runs his business off our kitchen table and we don't have anywhere else for him to do it).

I have found that as I get full, I naturally lose interest in eating my food and stop eating. Then ...

keriamon

And maybe the British

When my husband and I were in England and Scotland for two weeks, we ate VERY well. I had the best tomato soup ever at the Royal Armories Museum in Leeds. And I had the best potato salad ever at a pub in Coldstream. When my husband first ordered peas, we were leery of them ...

keriamon

I'll add a funny ad I saw on 20 Habits that Make You Fat (http://health.yahoo.net/experts/eatthis/20-habits-that-make-you-fat). Oh, the irony!

SNACK YOURSELF THIN! It can be a challenge to find snacks low in sugar and high in protein and fiber. Our list of the 50 Best Snack Foods in America will ...

keriamon

Today marks two weeks of No S. I've been pretty vanilla, with the exception that I eat a cup of yogurt at 3 PM on weekdays, because my lunch and dinner meal are far apart (I hope to be able to eliminate that as my stomach shrinks and gets used to normal portions). I fill up my plate, but I often ...

keriamon

Maybe you need a ritual on your S-day to control it better?

My S day actually starts on Friday night, at the dessert/snack buffett at synagogue. But I've told myself two sweets only (the plates are tiny anyways, so two servings fills it), which is plenty, seeing how I'm still full from supper at ...

keriamon

If one were on the "Special K Diet", they would need to embrace the snacking, as they would probably be starving!

I was thinking the exact same thing!

If you look at the calorie restrictions that most diets advocate, it's 1,200 calories--regardless of your age, sex, height, weight, or activity ...

keriamon

It is a struggle, because American society, especially, equates weight with health.

Do you know spending most of your day standing up is better for your heart than being thin? In fact, thin people who sit all day have just as much chance of dying of a heart attack as do fat people and people who ...

keriamon

Not the first study that's found that correlation. People blow it off, saying if there are no calories, you can't get fat, but that assumes a direct, straight-line correlation between calories and weight that does not exist. There's this thing called metabolism that affects the outcome of the ...

keriamon

If you have a long time between meals (5+ hours) or you do streneous work for a living (construction, landscaping, etc.), you may want to plan for a small meal in between your two distant meals. However 2-3 hours is not a long time between meals and doesn't need a snack or mini meal.

Something I ...

keriamon

I'm looking for something I can prepare and eat quickly as an alternative to cereal (which is overly sugary).

I don't want to cook, because I never have time (and no, I don't want to cook it the evening before and just put it in the fridge; I'm never that motivated), so it needs to be microwavable ...

keriamon

I went low-cal some years ago, and am now fatter than I ever was before the diet. So I feel your pain.

I'm just starting and hoping this will work for me too. To paraphrase FlyLady: you didn't gain all this weight overnight; you're not going to lose it overnight either.

keriamon

I'm there with you. I just started Tuesday of last week. I've been a fan of French "dieting" and intuitive eating, but I haven't managed to make either stick.

French dieting makes sense, but it's just not realistic for me, in rural TN, with a job and commute, to cook from scratch all the time ...

keriamon

Unless the salon forces you to take a certain number of clients or work very strict hours, I would tell the person who does the scheduling, "Do not book anyone between 12:30 and 1:00 for me." Then keep that appointment with yourself! If you're sweating about losing a paying job for those thirty ...

keriamon

I made the decision to only update my calendar the day after. I only have internet access at work, and I don't want to give myself a green before I've finished my day. Something might happen later that evening at supper.

Rather than marking your calendar red as soon as you slip, why not wait until ...

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