The No S Diet

[PosiePootlePerkins]

Shiny new thread!
Support, advice and general chat for those who are following the NoS diet. We're all about good habits and moderation in our eating!

Pleased I had a good day yesterday, you need those to give you confidence. Really pleased today as I've booked to see my fav band in November. Last time I was so lacking in body confidence, im hoping I'll be closer to my goal by then and boogie without bouncing too much 😂😂

Exciting stuff Ariston

Hi everyone! Wow so many posts I can't keep up! Welcome all newbies, hope its going well. Hello beela, two, ariston, everyone else!
I have had an...interesting few days in Spain... we are right by a beautiful beach but it has been extremely windy so sadly my dream of sitting on the beach in the sunshine has not come true. We have had a nice time anyway, lovely to see DH and we've done some sightseeing.
The food here is amazing, I can't believe the portion sizes and variety of food available. Interestingly there are lots of overweight people here, long meals and large portions with several courses are part of the culture. Have had some beautiful fish and seafood but will be pleased to get back to normal tomorrow.
Hope you all have a good weekend.

Hi Posie glad you're having fun.
Sitting on the beach is overrated anyway
I'm starting to struggle with lack of routine so will welcome being back to work Monday.

Yes I agree routine helps me enormously. Glad you had a nice time Posie, a change of scenery is always nice, even if the weather doesn't quite do as it's told.

Hi posie! Glad you've had a good time

I found it hard on holiday and have been avoiding the scales ever since been better this week though.

It's hard when you feel like that Beela isn't it, but glad you are getting back to it. I finally stepped back onto the scales and I've undone the damage thankfully!

Hi everyone. Not been around for a while. Badly fell off the wagon over the Easter hols. Like PPs, I really struggle when my routine is disrupted! I feel like I'm gradually pulling it back together now and it really helps to read how everyone else is getting on. Ariston especially, I could have written your recent posts about your struggles and am inspired by you getting it back together Now...I need to stop thinking about getting back on track and actually do it...it really shouldn't be that bloody difficult

Hi please, I'm pleased that I could be of some help. 💐 I get truly down when I lose control, and I am crediting support on here to getting me back on track and the diet itself which is quite forgiving. It's getting back to it that is the hardest. I was resolute that I'd get back on it and failed, thankfully I'm getting there but I feel a bit wobbly at the moment. The more I eat, the hungrier I get, especially if the food is sugar heavy. We just need a few more good days under our belt and that will get our confidence back.
My new thing is now I've shifted some weight, is I want to start doing more formal exercise, I have got a Fitbit and hit my 10000 most days but it's time to work up a sweat. Does anyone else workout, what do you do? I used to love body combat which I'm not fit enough for yet, I'm think going to the gym for a few weeks then giving that a go. I have been looking at the couch to 5k, but really don't have the confidence or joints for it!

Ariston, try couch to 5k. I'm 43 and last year I wouldn't run anywhere, even if someone was chasing me with a knife. I started in August and ran 10K in November.

Weight seemed to drop with starting running. Unfortunately I have been off it due to third bout of pneumonia but I will be back!! Local leisure centres do couch to 5k groups and they are full of happy people offering support.

Rioja, you ran 10k from nothing in 3 months! That's impressive! I've searched last night for running groups in my area and they weren't really any for beginners, but I haven't specifically looked for a couch to 5k group, I'll have a look. I hope you get better soon.

I've just found a group, I just need a babysitter!

Brilliant ariston!

I faced the scales and it wasn't as bad as I feared. I've lost a little bit, which has tipped my total loss to just over a stone!

A stone is brilliant! Well done 👍🏼

Well done Beela that's awesome
I looked at the calendar today and thought "ooh it's Saturday I can have something sweet,fab !"
And then remembered I no longer get the urge for sweet food
I need to go back to work , clearly !

Hi Everyone,
I just did the same thing Two, I did have a little bit of Easter chocolate having had none so far and really wondered why afterwards. I think I'll give it do DH instead. Very strange feeling for me indeed!! I didn't think I'd ever stop craving sweet foods but it appears to have happened :)

Congratulations on the weightloss Beela and Ariston, it is such a good feeling. I'm down 1.5 stone so far and for the first time ever feel like I'm on a plan that I can sustain.....It's not the fastest loss but hey it's going in the right direction :)
Have a lovely weekend everyone x

That's great bow. What a lovely feeling to not want it. I don't, until I do and then I can't stop eating. I still have some work to do mentally. An achievement for me today was I did my first workout in 3 yrs 4 months!

May I join?

I need to lose 3 stone in 16 weeks.

So, its no snacks, sweets and seconds unless Saturday/sunday and special days.

Is that it?

Thank you.

Welcome Italian! Yup you have it right
Not sure about the speed though, I am personally finding it slow and steady, just short of a stone since Jan

We'll done Bow - although it's weird it's still a good feeling after a lifetime of being a sugar Hoover

Welcome Italian and well done Ariston I've just finished my first week back at the gym in probably nearly 3 years and I confess I spent 90% of it in the pool as that's what I can do comfortably. Baby steps I keep telling myself ! I hated PE at school and I'm not really any different as an adult.
But I'm forcing myself as I don't want to be a burden to anyone when I'm old.
On that happy note I'm off to watch some pointless TV

*well done not we'll done !!
Stupid phone

We do seem to follow the same path Two!

Yeah maybe this diet has a script and we all follow it in our own time

Hi everyone. Great to see you all keeping it up and new posters joining. I started no S in January, but haven't been posting for quite a while- I fell off the bandwagon really hard, but at the same time the new mindset has worked. I don't overeat as much as I used to. I've lost more than 1 stone so far which is encouraging. Plenty more to go.
Now that Easter is over I only want to eat fruit no sugar Hopefully I can keep that up.

Hi everyone. Welcome Italian and welcome back Champagne! Ariston and two well done on the exercise I am very impressed And congrats on all the weight losses everyone, it is brilliant to read that such a simple diet is helping everyone so much.
I had a rather eventful morning yesterday, ended up in A&E having a tiny piece of plastic taken out of my eye! It was very windy in Spain and I thought a piece of sand or grit was stuck in my eye but turned out to be a bit of plastic, yuck! Much better now thank goodness.
Yesterday was also my mum's birthday and we had a huge BBq at my mum and dads, as I have mentioned before my mum cooks loads of food and always has done. On offer was salmon, steak, chicken, prawns and sausages. Along with garlic bread, onion rings jacket potatoes, corn on the cob and salad. This was for 6 of us! I have started to see it as rather obscene to have so much food on offer... and I only ate what I fancied, definitely not everything in sight as I have done in the past.
Back to work tomorrow, will help me get back in routine again.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone.