The No S Diet [title edited by MNHQ]

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I've decided that I finally need to commit to losing my baby weight. I have 2 stone (ideally more to lose). But will just take it half a stone at a time. I am not really into crazy diets. So I've gone for the 's' diet which is basically eat sensibly diet! No snacks, seconds or 'sweets' (includes cakes etc ) except on days beginning with s (weekends and special days). So three meals a day basically. Does anyone want to join me or be my supporter? I lost 1.5 lb the first week, but then gained 0.3. Next weigh in is Monday and today I was 2.5lb lighter so I'm hoping I will have lost something. I am piling up a bit on the meals but figure that I need that to stick to it at the moment. Hopefully as I adjust I can make the meals smaller/healthier too. Looking forward to the weekend for a pudding and some wine!

I knew I'd struggle this week with half term and my dh being home. Can't do my normal stuff and dh likes to laze around when he's off, I struggle to ever sit down. So feeling lazy and not so control. I won't wish the time away though as I like having everyone together.

I know what you mean. My dh is the same, plus he is trying to put on weight - he is very slim

Today is a new day though. I am sure you can get back on it.

I'm trying to have a cuppa when I feel like snacking. But I stick to herbal or redbush because caffeine seems to make me even hungrier!

Thanks Beela. Im starting the day with a smoothie, it's not very nice though

How is everybody getting on?!

I'm doing OK thanks, had a few moments this week where I could have cracked but managed not to. Hope you've survived half term Ariston and hope everyone is having a good week.

Maintained this week. Am tired and struggling. I snack when I'm tired or emotional and this diet has helped a lot with that but it is so hard this week.
Keeping on keeping on...

Hello Nano and Posie. Think we are all having an iffy week. I'm finding it difficult with half term still, but thinking, this is life, I have to manage all obstacles without stressing and binge eating. Food worries aside, I enjoyed a day at the farm today. Good fresh air, a bath after, might have a soon, so a good day.

Evening all. I am struggling a little bit too. I have lost weight but feel like I've got a long way to go before I get to where I want to be.

Today I had a really terrible day at work but I managed to stay strong, until 9pm when I ate a little bit of chocolate. I haven't had any non-weekend s-days yet though, so decided today could be one (s for shit).

Weigh in tomorrow, hopefully that will re-motivate me, one way or another.

Our half term is next week so I need to be on it for that!

Keep going guys. I know we can all do this.

The thing I keep coming back to when I'm struggling is, there are no better alternatives for me. I have tried every single diet out there and whilst I have lost weight with most of them, I have always always returned to my old bad habits and regained the weight plus more. I really have had enough of yoyo dieting, being 'saint' or 'sinner'. With NoS I am proving to myself that I am capable of eating with moderation, that I can exercise control, and that I am allowed to be human and have slip ups.
I have had many wise words of advise from a long term poster on the NoS forum, and I thought I'd quote something that she said that helped me this week:
' It has ALWAYS been emphasized not to let failures become dramas. Successes SHOULD get more attention, even incremental ones.'
So onwards ladies, focus on what you're doing well, and don't let your failures become dramas!
(Its also my half term next week so I will try and remember these words myself!)

After putting it off for weeks, I've managed a whole first day on no s. Staved off massive hunger pangs at 11am with a cup of tea. Ive got a big event in 2 months so finally pushing myself to get with it.

I still feel like I'm eating FAR too much on each of my 3 plates but it's only the 3 plates and that in itself is a miracle so I'm going with it for now.
Got a really busy few weeks coming up so I'm a bit worried about not having time to eat properly.
I'll be checking in here to keep myself on track.

Thank you posie, this thread is really helping me to keep going.

Well done cocopops, just another day and then it's the weekend!

twofloorsup did you get your flat sorted?

Thanks beela - I can't believe my snacking and sweets habits are so ingrained I actually have to try quite hard to stick to it. My weekend 'sometimes' will be 1 slice of cake at MILs on Sunday.

Beela thanks for asking , yes I have secured the first flat I looked at by some miracle
I move in March hence the busy times. I've got so much stuff I don't ever use !

Bella, I feel like I have a long way to go too, I'm trying to remind myself that there isn't an end as such and that I need to carry this way of eating for the rest of my life...yikes!
Posie, you are very motivating! I like the idea of thinking about the alternatives. It's been a long mental slog let alone physical one with yoyo dieting and diets. This is the best.
Well done Cocopops, I found starting quite hard too, but because it's much less restrictive, it wasn't as hard as some diets. I didn't feel the need for a big blowout of 'bad' foods before starting the next day eating like a saint. The actual hunger bit was the hardest and still is some days, but now it is quite comforting as I know I am not overeating and that I will really enjoy my next meal.
Two, I am still eating massive plates too. I'm trying to add more salad or veg on my lunch and dinner plates so my nutrition is better than before. I try hard to make time for my meals now so understand your nervousness if you are going to be very busy in the next few weeks. I have been meal planning to help me feel in control, days I know I have less time I am planning quicker meals. Good luck with it all. I hope as the diet is so accommodating that you will be ok.
The support here is great. Better still I don't have to spend an hour of my life waiting to be weighed and spending £6 a week!
(((((Group hug)))))

two that's great news :-)

Aww

Well done Coco, you made it through the first day - keep it up!
Good post Posie. Focus on what you're doing well… it’s true…I’m really great at beating myself up for not eating perfectly.

Beela, I understand your frustration. I have to remind myself that it’s only been 1,5 months since I started this diet! Because I want all my excess weight gone NOW, for vain reasons.
I also have to remind myself that this is about changing the way we eat. Like Ariston writes - to keep it up forever. Yikes indeed! And it’s going to take some time to change my relationship with food, since I’ve been using it for comfort since a young age.

Thanks all. I am just being impatient I know this is the way forward though.

I am probably much better at giving advice than following it! Champagne I also have a tendancy to be too hard on myself but NoS is helping me learn to like myself a bit more.
Ariston yes so satisfying to no longer pay some diet club to get humiliated standing on the scales!!
Beela I'd love all my weight gone now right now! Sadly that's not going to happen so on i plod. I am the tortoise not the hare lol!
Twofloorsup great news about the flat I hope it all goes smoothly.
Coco fab, first day done!

Hmm, I maintained this week. Could be worse, I suppose!

Just checked and I've lost an inch from my waist and an inch from my chest! So I don't mind so much about the lack of movement on the scales.

The swimming must be paying off.

Thanks everyone
Another breakthrough for me today. Girls at work were making malteser cheesecake. In the past I would have eaten two portions whilst making it then binged on it til it was gone or I threw it away to stop myself.

Today I walked past it and the sweet smell actually made me feel physically sick !! I couldn't believe it but very pleased with the change in me.

Meal planning is a brilliant point thanks for that I will focus on that and cook ahead where I can.

Dinner of day 2 done. Like previous posters, I had full plates for both lunch and dinner. DH came home early after picking up dd and asked if id like a cake as he was going to get one from the bakery around the corner. I didn't have any. I did have a little coffee with milk and a chat while he and dd ate it but turning it down was the hard bit. Actually not eating was ok. And I got to talk without interruption for once as they both had their mouths full.

Great to read everyone's successes! Well done to all.
Have a good weekend everyone Half term for me, home with the kids and not much planned so I will be drawing on my willpower!