Everyday Systems

Congratulations on your success!

I know that bloated feeling, mind you I am finding I don't need to eat as much before getting full now. At first I seemed to be constantly opening the fridge and cupboards just to have a look LOL.

I was hungry at first, but that eased after a few days. I noticed it ...

I have taken sometimes to be read as in moderation, something I have always tending to do at weekends anyhow. Having special treats lined up means I can usually control any urge to binge during the day. My bingeing used to occur weekday evenings, controlling this has been my salvation. I was always ...

A good start to the year, keep it up. I am trying to ignore all the snack foods we have in the house at the moment. My wife is slowly working hr way through them, but its going to take a long time.

3) They stated that obese people need to eat little calories to maintain their large size. If they gain they have to eat a lot of calories, but to maintain they don't have to eat that much. I think it was something like 2,500 calories for a 200 pound person to maintain. This seems wrong. And you ...

A reasonable amount of food, without bingeing and snacking. I could have ate more, but I am glad I didn't as I feel better for it. Sometimes I have felt so bloated, this time was just right, enough food without feeling force fed.

My S days are fairly restrained:

Saturday:

2 pieces of toast with butter and marmalade.

Light lunch, which may just be a sweet bun, a piece of cake or soup and bread.

Evening:

A standard plateful of food
A sweet
+ some alcohol, half a bottle of wine, pre and post dinner drinks

Sunday ...

Or how about,

"Even if you can afford a gym, why not use the stairs".

I am on the 11th floor at work and walk up and down at least twice a day.

I'm a daily weigher as I like to monitor my weight daly in a spreadsheet.

My daily variation is + or -2 pounds over 6 weeks and there does not seem to much reason the variations. The gains and loses do not seem to bear much relation to the food consumption the previous day or the amount of exercise.

The first week was the worst for me, when I got to Friday evening my resolve broke and I had a bag of crisps. Come Monday I was ready to be get back on track with a lot of resolve. Luckly the rest of my transgressions have been minor and controlled. A few 'tastes' have not thrown me off course ...

I had the evening permasnack problem. Sweets were not really a problem. I like them, but they were usually in moderation at the weekend.

I would say to myself just one will be OK but, I could never just stop at one though, once I got the first taste I couldn't stop myself having more and more ...

My wife knows "I am being careful", but she still has not noticed my weight lose. It reminds me of this scene from House:

Dr. Gregory House: Unfortunately, you have a deeper problem. Your wife is having an affair.
Orange patient: What?
Dr. Gregory House: You're *orange*, you moron. And it's one ...

Welcome Annie - now is the time to start!

After I gave up my bingeing the first week was quite difficult as I that was losing a lot of calories from my diet. I spent a lot of time opening cupboards and saying "no snacks" to myself the first week or so. This weekend was only the second time I have ...

As one British chap to another you have done have down brilliantly as well.

I am feeling much more positive about things at the moment and have a lot more energy. Hopefully I can keep it up till Christmas and shed a few more pounds.

I am a male aged 52, height 5ft 9 and have been trying to lose some weight for a while following my own diet, it is similar to the No s in some ways, 3 meals a day during the week with a low-fat bias, no snacks and seconds and no alcohol. Weekends, some alcohol, some seconds, maybe a snack in the ...