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Shadowfairy

Past 2 weeks have gone great!

I've lost 2.2kg so far =P super excited!

Shadowfairy

Hi all who's still reading!

I must say that uhm...I found something new that's working better FOR ME than NoS.

And that's intermittent fasting believe it or not.

I eat ONE meal a day, and a dessert and that's it. Weekends I enjoy a little I'll have 2 meals which helps make up any deficiencies ...

Shadowfairy

SUCCESS:

Breakfast - 1 slice toast with peanutbutter and strawberries

Lunch - kfc grilled burger and a salad

Dinner - cottage cheese, yoghurt and fruit.

Shadowfairy

SUCCESS

Breakfast - overnight oats

Lunch - 2 oven baked crumbed fish fillets, with baked potato wedges

Dinner - Yoghurt and bran cereal, and a slice of bread with butter, cinnamon and sugar.

Shadowfairy

I don't personally count tasting as a fail, as long as it is actual tasting for a necessary reason and not snacking in disguise. Although it sounds to me like it was actually a snack for you this time.

Your mention of banana bread reminds me that I am overdue to make some banana nut muffins ...

Shadowfairy

FAILED

But only because I tasted the sauces I bought for my sandwiches with their meat pairings. I had a small taste of every sauce on a small piece of chicken.

Breakfast - wimpy breakfast > egg, bacon, toast, and coffee

Lunch - A meal I cooked. Veggies rice and chicken breast with a savoury ...

Shadowfairy

Hi Shadowfairy... hmm, a sweet lunch... a friend of mine used to make a really good lettuce based salad with goat cheese, walnuts and strawberries with some kind of a creamy dressing. It was really delicious and I imagine you could improvise something off the "dairy/salad vegetables/complimentary ...

Shadowfairy

So you're not avoiding or limiting sweets anymore? That's an interesting mod. Call it "chocolate" No S, maybe. ;-)

I am still limiting it, I don't do this often :) Makes me sick of I do it too much. I'm going to replace two meals with sweeter ones though (not desserts the cookies and milk was an ...

Shadowfairy

Success! - as far as snacking and seconds go anyway...

Breakfast - overnight oats made with fat free milk, strawberry yoghurt, honey and fresh strawberries.

Lunch - cookies and milk

Dinner - cookies and milk

Shadowfairy

I've been thinking of replacing two of my meals with sweet meals to help out my sweet tooth. Now this can be in the form of veggies (sweet potato, corn, peas ect), or fruit or whatever else sounds sweet and nutritious.

But I'm having trouble coming up with ideas. Breakfast is really easy, I can ...

Shadowfairy

Is having cookies and milk instead of lunch and dinner a fail?

Shadowfairy

Success

Breakfast - 1 protein shake, 1 slice of toast and an egg.

Lunch - beef stew and rice.

Dinner - Tuna and veggie salad wrapped in lettuce leaves.

Shadowfairy

Hahaha I wish I could say I'm doing well. I've already had a bunch of red days. But oh well. I'm STILL on the challenge.

The weakness? Sweets.

But now, they've started to make me sick. So now I HAVE to start cutting down.

I'll try my best.

Shadowfairy

Success

Breakfast - 1 slice of wholewheat toast with cottage cheese

Lunch - Roasted lamb chuck, with potato wedges and potato salad (yeah I didn't notice I had double potatoes until after I bought the salad Lol) and one dried prune for "dessert" (on the same plate)

Dinner - A pumpkin and ...

Shadowfairy

Look at your signature block: Forget everything you learned.

Were you happy counting calories? If so, what drew you to No-S?

I was for a while. I don't want to worry about what to eat anymore. And I also don't want to weigh my food anymore because it looks weird to other people.

I'm just ...

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In my experience, the conventional wisdom regarding calorie restriction does not work. If you restrict calories for a long time, your metabolism adjusts downward, so that when you add them back in, you gain weight. Maintenance after dieting is extremely difficult for that reason, and it's a large ...

Shadowfairy

A bit of unsolicited advice: make sure you're eating enough. I saw you're using an 8-inch plate, and many of your meals sound so small that they definitely would not tide me over until the next time. Could you be treating this more like a "diet" than like a lifestyle change? Make sure the way you ...

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eschano wrote:You can't fail on S days - no matter how your weekend is - you're fine!

Lol I think I gained instead of lost anything.

Shadowfairy

Hello Reinhard! I'm fairly new here. And I came from Myfitnesspal. I agree with all of the above, and I don't want this board to become like Myfitnesspal's forums (They belittle you for having a different opinion, like their way is the ONLY way).

That's the whole reason I came here. Was just tired ...

Shadowfairy

Okay I think I'll restart Monday. Because this weekend is a bit of a mess. Actually this whole week was. So monday, will be my new Day 1.

And for those who haven't read it yet, I quit the gym. I think I'll stick to my favourite exercise. Which is walking outside in the sunshine while listening my ...

Shadowfairy

Hey everyone. Thanks for the replies. I've not been noS-ing very long but sweets has always been a problem. Just never this bad. I think what I'm going to do, rather than cut them out, I'm going to REPLACE them with other sweet things that'll satisfy my sweet tooth, but I've never binged on these ...

Shadowfairy

Two things:

1. Cut back on processed foods since there is a lot sugar in those. I think those habituate us to the sweet taste. When you cut out a lot of processed food you regain your sense of what is "too sweet" so it takes a lot less to get overloaded. YMMV.

2. Don't keep sweets in the house ...

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aspencer27 wrote:Green for yesterday, yay! I'm back on track. Now, I just need to focus on today.

You can do it!!!

Shadowfairy

Hi Shadowfairy- Glad you're feeling better. It's nice to have somebody else in the same time zone... your day is winding down when mine is.
Good on you, getting a smaller plate.
Sorry about the cake- these things do happen! Hope you enjoy the weekend and have a fresh start on Monday.

That's so ...

Shadowfairy

FAIL : Because my neighbor offered me cake...and one slice turned into 3. I have a terrible time at saying no to old people...and having self control around sweets. :-/

Breakfast : Oats and a tablespoon of peanutbutter

Lunch: Roasted pork chop, carrot mash, and jeweled rice

Snack/sweet: 3 slices ...

Shadowfairy

Do you cook? If not, eat more homemade food and less prepared-outside-the-home food. I think it's hard to track calories in homemade food without a lot of weighing and a calculator.

I also do the half plate USDA as a guideline rather than a rule. It works for me.

Hi there! I don't cook often ...

Shadowfairy

Okay so it's not exactly like the noS policy. But the trouble is when I have them, I can't stop eating them until I'm litterally physically sick. I've tried to learn moderation but that all goes out my ass when I taste them.

I must clarify, I'm NOT cutting out SUGAR, just SWEETS. I'll still allow ...

Shadowfairy

Ahh okay. So the challenge is to be a perfect angel this month :P I can do that...hehehe

As long as you don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. The great thing about NoS is that you don't need to be perfect to see results. That is probably what most of us have such a problem with: to stop ...

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noni wrote:I used to chew gum so much when I was younger that one side of my jaw looked like it belonged to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

That must have been attractive...

Shadowfairy

SUCCESS!

Breakfast - bran muffin with Cheddar cheese and strawberry jam, with a kiwi fruit.

Lunch - kfc grilled twister, with 2 dried
Prunes as "dessert"

Dinner - a sandwich with roasted chicken and salsa. ;)

Also I got myself a smaller plate. It's about 8 inches. I've heard it really helps ...

Shadowfairy

Will do. My biggest offender is the sweets. I can't get away from that stuff. It's like it calls my name...However creepy that might sound. Lol

Shadowfairy

Ahh okay. So the challenge is to be a perfect angel this month

I can do that...hehehe

Shadowfairy

One of the great things NoS does is to focus on the biggest offenders. I focused on the main things first and then finetuned way down the road. So my suggestion is not to worry about the gum and the drink for now and once your habits are stable you can tackle them if you feel like it.

I gave up ...

Shadowfairy

What's the challenge though? Or is it just following vanilla noS? Sorry if I don't see the difference I don't exactly have a calender with me now hehe

Shadowfairy

Ah okay. I was just wondering. The gum does tend to drag me through to the next meal.

it's a strategy I use. If I happen to get bored I graze on everything so the gum kind of sorts that out. One piece, lasts A LONG time Lol.

Shadowfairy

Well I'm just getting started so might as well.

Shadowfairy

I usually chew gum between meals because my mouth seems to want to be busy all the time. I also drink infused carbonated water (to replace soda and because it fills me up when I'm hungry). Are these considered cheats or something when you think about No snacking?

Shadowfairy

Hmm, maybe start post-bug? Sick Days are S Days.

Personally when I have a stomach bug I snack on Pretzels in minute portions instead of eating any big meal.

But up to you :)

...I didn't even think about that Lol. Of sick days being s-days. Makes sense I suppose. I don't have an appetite at all ...

Shadowfairy

Okay Day 1 for real now....

As I said I have a bug so just thinking of eating is a challenge. I didn't have any breakfast.

It's now 15:15pm and I had some black tea, 2 Slices of toasted Brown bread (it should be white but I don't have anything white in the house anymore.) with one aniseed rusk ...

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osoniye wrote:Hi, Shadowfairy, and welcome.
Hope you get to feeling better soon and can start enjoying those 3 plates a day!

Hey there thanks a lot! I'm making some early progress I've already lost 4lb just because of the bug. Hehehe

Shadowfairy

Hello pickle!

I mean Hello in a pickle!

I'm new here too. It's really hard to get out of the diet mentality and actually allow yourself food! But it will get better, or so I've heard!

Kudos to you!

Shadowfairy

Day 1

Meeeh. First day starting NoS and I'm sick too. :-/
Like tummy sick. Guess I don't need to worry about eating too much today...

Shadowfairy

Okay I know this may seem a weird question to ask here, but *hopefully* someone has some tips.

Does anyone know of anything I can do to just get my head away from calories?! Any tips, tricks, advice, ANYTHING is helpful??

I mean, I can't even look at a banana without thinking : "that's about ...

Shadowfairy

Welcome! Looking forward to reading your posts.

Thanks so much! In the meantime I'll be here reading =P

I guess I'm gaining a little weight back, but I want to get into this habit of eating first before I start worrying about losing again.

And for goodness sake I want to stop thinking about ...

Shadowfairy

I've lost a lot of weight counting calories but I really want to STOP thinking about food as a number!

I plan on doing the NOS diet and also mash in the USDA's half plate rule with it as it's the easiest way to make sure I eat balanced. I've come to HATE it when people think food is all about ...

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