The No S Diet (it's not exactly a diet)

[holmessweetholmes]

I just found this and I think it's awesome. The most sensible thing I've read in aaages about how not to be overweight.

The No S Diet rules:

No Snacking
No Sweets (puddings, sugary stuff)
No Seconds

... except when the day starts with an S (Saturday, Sunday, Special days).

That's it.

I am sooo fed up with thinking about carbs / no carbs / fat / low fat / fasting / superfoods / G.I. blah blah blah. I think I might actually be able to stick to this.

Hi MyDog - yes, it feels so sane after other diets, doesn't it!

Thanks for the birthday wishes :) DD still isn't 100%, to put it mildly, but is now asleep and there is pad that, Charlie and birthday cake so all is good.

Fuck!!! Chablis not Charlie!!! It's not that kind of birthday bloody autocorrect

Thanks mum and holmes.

Yes, sane, sensible, doable for the rest of my life. I can follow it when I'm eating out, when I'm on a business trip, on holiday, anywhere. It can take a while to get into it fully, but it's worth it!
Thanks for starting the thread holmes.

Hhahahahahahaa, lol @ charlie and birthday cake! Have a good evening

You're very welcome MyDog! Although I reckon I'm about the least successful No S-er on here atm!

Great post MyDogAteMyBelt, you've given me hope that I can overcome my disordered eating habits too. And you're right: a sustainable/maintainable weight & way of eating is far more important than dropping the pounds fast. If I can keep it up for the rest of my life then slow is fine by me.

helen, it took me a while to settle in to No S.
What kept tripping me up was the desire to lose weight that bit faster. Every time I went back to a more restrictive diet, I'd end up with my eating becoming more disordered.
I'm not saying that I did No S perfectly at first - far from it. But I realised that my eating was far less disordered when I was following it and that motivated me to stick with it. Now I'm so happy that I did.

Good luck with it, I hope it works well for you.

Good morning - I am back from a wet and muddy and mad secret garden party. We had a fantastic time as usual but the S thing was not really possible. I did go hungry a few times but it is so hectic that on other days I had to snack because I could not tell when I'd next get a meal. God it was fun. The next festival is shorter and smaller so I am going to attempt it there.

I'm late I know but I really laughed at Charlie and birthday cake

How was everyone's weekend?

I didn't go completely mad on the S's: cake on Saturday, a chocolate biscuit in Sunday. Lots of artificially sweetened pop though, which I had been missing. Back to the water today!

Weighed myself this morning and I'm 10st 1.8lb & 28% fat. Not exactly a huge loss (less that half a pound), but its in the right direction I guess.

I really need to up my exercise but its difficult to find the time right now - we moved into our new house on Friday so life is in complete chaos! Also need to devise a new running route which (I'm slightly embarrassed to say) is actually quite an exciting thought

I'm properly back on the No S waggon now. Weekend was not too excessive apart from a Chinese takeaway on Saturday night, which I actually regretted as I felt a bit crappy on Sunday - all that salt, sugar and MSG, no doubt.

Still not really able to run because of my foot injury - the occasional light jog for now. I've been doing some yoga though - found a great set of yoga sessions on YouTube and have found a class starying in September. Yay!

Nice one Holmes! I love yoga As you can't run atm, how about swimming?

I went to TGI Friday on Sunday lunchtime, had chicken fajita and diet coke, and felt VERY full. But still had dessert because I knew it was my only chance for a week! Not sure that was a good idea.. The dessert was huge, and yummy to begin with, but I couldn't eat it all.. Very unlike me not to finish! Felt uncomfortably full and a bit sick afterwards. But didn't eat a thing for the rest of the day because I was still full! So maybe not a complete disaster. And I've hopefully learned to eat a bit less next time. One of the hardest things is accepting that it's ok to leave an unfinished plate! (Especially in a restaurant like TGI Friday where the portions are huge.)

I'm afraid I hate swimming with a passion! Or rather I hate swimming pools and I'm rubbish at swimming. I love mucking about in the sea or lakes, but that's not really a regular occurrence and can barely count as exercise! I do plenty of walking though.

Being able to stop when you're full is good. That's what those intuitive eating diets rely on. They don't really work well for me though - I need some proper rules to keep me on track! I eat ridiculously fast too, which is unhelpful for recognising that you've eaten enough. Am trying to slow down, but old habits die hard!

I eat really fast too! It doesn't help that not snacking means I'm really hungry by the time I get to a meal.

Today's menu:
B - muesli with nuts and apple
L - jacket potato with spicy tuna and salad
D - HUGE grilled fish with bread and salad

Back at work after long weekend at a festival. Surprisingly no snacking there! I have had a chance of 4 days on this new "old" way of eating.

This is how we used to be fed when were were kids!

Weighed myself this morning - no change since last week! I did think that first week might well be a one-off! Still, we've all said slow is good...

I'm still too scared to weigh myself. Tell me to get a grip?

LOL! I won't say get a grip (it is scary) but we are here to virtually hold your hand, and congratulate you if you're pleased or commiserate if you're not.

I'm available for hand holding too beela!

The most important thing is how you feel (and if your clothes fit!) not the number on the scales, although I'd be lying if I said weigh ins don't stress me out too.

Ok. Next time I am passing a set of scales I will hop on

no weight loss for me too but I want to first establish good routine of 2-3 proper meals a day and then start looking at content of my plate

That's my plan too, antimatter. I think you've got to take a long term approach for no s ing to work.

Yesterday's menu:
Lovely run first thing in the morning
B - muesli with yogurt & apple
L - tuna sandwich, homous, baked beans
D - quorn cottage pie, mini fritata, apple.

Had dinner at 7 but was working a late shift so didn't get home till 11 and by then I was starving! Managed not to snack but it was pretty miserable and I was quite grumpy with dp .

Smoked mackerel for breakfast this morning. Following Holmes' (I think) advice upthread and hoping that a high protein breakfast will make me less hungry throughout the day.

Hello, i've been doing this by another name (no added sugar) for 2 months and went down to including the weekends as well, two weeks ago. It gets easier as you go! I've lost 9 lbs and am back to my set point more or less. It has done good things for my skin :)

Hi msrisotto, do you mean that you're not eating sugar at weekends either? In that case it sounds more like the no sugar diet than the no S diet... Having treats at the weekend is the whole point of the no S diet as it makes it easier to stick to long-term. Glad your diet seems to be working for you though.