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!

Hi cheddar, I'm 5'2", but weigh more than you. I, apparently, carry the weight well, but I have came to the conclusion that people are just not very honest. I also suffer from sciatica, dodgy knees and PCOS.
Gosh, I sound attractive!

Mummybear if evenings are a problem could you eat your meal later in the evening ?
I eat my last meal as late as I can get away with then it doesn't occur to me to snack.

Cheddar Shred is the other one I've got too. I think Ripped in 30 is harder. Sorry to hear about your knee, hope it feels better with some rest. about your rain though, it's still very stuffy here!

I am 5"3 (and a bit) and I need to lose another stone to get to a healthy bmi. So preferably 1.5 stone to get some leeway! I've already lost 1.5 and I feel so proud of that because I've never lost weight deliberately before - it's always been because of bad times - but on the other hand I feel I still have a mountain to climb because I'm only halfway through. I just need to get my head down and keep going! I wouldn't have got this far without this thread though. So to my fellow no-s ers.

Hi everyone just been catching up!
Mummybear lots of great advice from everyone, can I just add that the NoS forum has lots of posters who suffer from binge eating, in fact there's been a recent thread about it, might be worth a look. Also I know it sounds simplistic but I would encourage you to just keep trying. Each day is a fresh start and you don't need to beat yourself up, just be accepting of how your day has gone and try again. I think we sometimes put so much pressure on ourselves to be perfect, which is impossible, then when we fail we feel awful.
Gosh it is muggy today, supposed to be cooler but doesn't feel it! I am doing OK this week I think, just plodding on as usual. Mother in law finally out of hospital so that makes life a bit easier.
Hope everyone has a good day.

Beela you should feel proud of yourself! Am in a similar position with my weight loss. We'll get there!

Ariston I hope you're lurking out there somewhere. I haven't forgotten about you, it would be great to hear from you no matter how bad things feel for you, we're all here to support you if you need it

Hello
Can I join?
I'm now a stone overweight and feeling miserable :(
I lost 20lbs 4 years ago by low carbing and felt great but then suffered multiple family bereavements and gallstone surgery and the weight has crept back on...
I don't seem to be able to low carb...i start but fail
Tried IF...didnt suit me
I don't calorie count - has never worked for me
I saw this diet and it made so much sense - my eating had become disordered I think
Any tips?
Any things you wish you had known at the start?
I have 2 family events and a holiday in july and i would live to have lost some by then
..
Thanks

Hello Mrs and welcome.
The advice I would give is take one day at a time , never be too hard on yourself and make each meal something to look forward to.
And don't expect instant results !

Morning everyone, well I weighed myself and I'm 14 stone 1. So heavier than I thought I was, but today is a fresh start and hopefully a better relationship with food. I hope everyone has a great day, I'm off to work soon so will check in later.

Well
My plan for today is
B: Spinach Omelette
L: Salad
D: Salmon and potato wedges with crushed peas
Im hoping that fills me!
I've been eating utter rubbish since this this weather...excuses excuses!!

Posie, thank you 💐⭐️ Just creeping back trying to gain a bit of confidence and you have mentioned me. Thank you 😊 Sorry I haven't been here to welcome others. I am struggling badly, the diet is a fantastic one, but I've said before, it is tough to undo habits of many years. Im not going to give up. I will try and post a bit more often, I just fell a bit silly to keep on saying that I'm doing badly, especially when I have done well for a long time. I guess that's how I feel, totally silly for messing things up😓

Hello everyone!
I stumbled upon this thread on weight loss chat as I misread the title as "the No-BS diet" – which appealed to me a lot
Finally managed to read through the first thread and caught up with this one. It's great to see everyone's progress, how supportive everyone is and that the focus here is about taking control of our relationship with food rather than "stats only" or meal plans.
I'm in my early 40s like some of you. A good 30 years of emotional eating, binging, blood sugar crashes, and so on, and the body image and self confidence, self esteem or lack thereof that goes with it. Also "mild" (?) depression, SAD, slightly under active thyroid, I wonder if it's all connected.

Have made some progress in the last 10 years since starting to practice yoga and reading a lot about emotional eating, nutrition and 'self help' in general (and sometimes even implementing some of it...), but I'm still struggling with it all and I'm just so so so tired of it.
I'd like to join your ranks!
No-(B)S is the way forward!

Hi Venella! You have made me laugh today with the no (b)S diet. Very good. Yes that is exactly what it is. No messing around, no special foods, restricting food groups etc etc. Plain and simple moderation which I ha e managed to do very well, but when the emotional pressure gets too much, I have fallen into the habit of eating. For no good bloody reason as it doesn't actually make me feel better. The support here is brilliant. I'm currently having a blip, but have had loads of success with the diet. There are lots of like minded people here, fed up years of different diet attempts. This diet really fits around life. Good luck, keep posting.

Hi Venella and welcome.
Hello Ariston good to see you.
Mrs you may find you struggle with that little food.
I bulk my breakfast out with nuts seeds and dried fruit.
Lunch doesn't have to be massive but then I eat a big dinner.

Oddly I'm not hungry - but this is the time of day I snack on rubbish so I've been drinking cups of decaf coffee or water instead
Looking forward to my dinner...

Yay Ariston so pleased you posted. Please please do not feel silly. You have nothing to feel silly about. All the more important to post for support when you feel overwhelmed. We're here to listen whatever is going on.
Welcome all newbies and hello all not so newbies! We're going to need a new thread soon at this rate! Hope everyone is doing OK.

Hi ariston! Keep at it, and keep posting lovely.

Venella you made me laugh too!! No bs, perfect.

I've been hungry again today - half a grapefruit and a bit of toast didn't cut it for breakfast! Also had a bit of a stressful day at work and - old habits die hard - was very tempted into a bit of comfort eating. But I didn't! I waited until lunchtime and treated myself to a sandwich from my favourite bakery. I also popped into Costa on the way back from a meeting to use their WiFi instead of going back to the office and even though I wanted a hot chocolate I actually had a tea
Spag bol tonight. Yum.

Hope everyone else has had a good day.

Oh my new(ish) technique when I want to eat.... I think about whether the message is coming from my stomach (proper hunger) or my head (boredom, stress, greed!). Often it's my head, so I know I just need a distraction. It's quite rare that my tummy is actually rumbling.

Thought I would share in case that helps anyone else.

Hurray, tomorrow is my S day! (It is no coincidence that I have zero self-control on the day I have to care for my own children!) I have just stared longingly at a piece of stone-cold toast abandoned by DS an hour ago. I nearly ate it, and then common sense reasserted itself and I remembered that firstly, cold toast is yucky, and secondly, if I hang on until tomorrow morning I can have proper hot toast of my own dripping in butter, mmm.

Hi Venella, you made me laugh too!
Well for breakfast I had a coffee and 2 croissants, lunch was a small bowl of rice and veggie chilli with salad and an orange. Dinner was ribs with oven chips and a side salad. I have drank lots more water over the last few days as well.
I'm feeling ok so far and comfortably full.

Dissatisfaction sends me into a tailspin I've discovered !!
I've had a stressful afternoon, a long wait for dinner and then it was a flop !
Polenta chips (but they melted so more like crispy mash).
I'm full but all I want to do is eat and I think that's a reaction to the stress, and to the disappointment of my dinner disaster.
Funny how old habits lay under the surface waiting to jump out at you.

Hi! I've been reading through after stumbling across this thread last night. I had my youngest son 6 months ago and lost the baby weight pretty quickly. I was overweight (borderline obese) when I fell pregnant, though. The weight has started to creep back on and I am eating more and more sugary rubbish and it's becoming a habit to have a drink in the evening after dinner.

Since having my youngest I have been on Slimming World and Weight Watchers. Both do work, but I've had enough of all the weighing, measuring, couting syns/points so have regained what I've lost.

My major problems are snacking and sugary, processed food. My meals are 70% good at a guess, it's the rest of the time that's the problem.

Not snacking at all Mon-Fri is currently scaring the life out of me. I'm wondering about easing myself in gently by allowing myself fresh fruit/raw veg if I want something. Does anyone else do that?

I'm going to start on Monday.

Hi Pawpatrol if you are worried you could start slowly. Maybe allow yourself one snack a day til you feel a bit more confident to cut it out ?
I really thought I was going to starve to death when I started this but now I actually really enjoy proper hunger for my meal.

Beela well done! Each time you resist temptation it is an achievement and will help you stay strong in the future.
Cheddar well done to you too, its funny what seems appealing when you're trying hard to resist. Enjoy your toast in the morning!
Curvy an excellent day! Well done. Pleased you're feeling full, I think that's important especially in the early days, if you don't feel deprived you're more likely to stay on track.
Two shame about your disappointing meal, I hate it when that happens, especially when you spend so long looking forward to it! (Well I do anyway, I usually think a great deal about my next meal!)
Pawpatrol welcome. I think the standard NoS advice would be to try and go for it from day one, just try and cut out snacks a day at a time, or even a few hours inbetween meals at a time, and see how you get on. I have read on the NoS forum of a poster who gradually cut out the Ss one at a time, over several weeks, but that is not the usual approach. Try it for one day and see how you go. Lots of support here if you need it. Hot drinks and a glass of milk are all fine to help tide you over to the next meal.

Yep Posie I spend far too long thinking about food !
I've marked today as a failure as I have picked a lot whilst cooking and when putting away my seconds I scraped the bowl and ate it.
First time for me but I had to mark it so I can move on and not go downhill.