No S Diet - Anyone got quite a lot to lose and fancy trying a more longterm approach - no quick fixes!

[HenriettaHeffalump]

I have just discovered I've gone into the obese category. I am starting today doing something I have tried before and found great. I need something I can stick to longterm and which will improve my eating habits as well, so that when I do hopefully lose the weight, I can keep it off.

It is called the No S Diet.

Rules are:

No sweets
No snacks
No seconds

Except on days beginning with S! Sounds twee and gimmicky, but I swear it works if I stick to it.

Starting weight - 200 lbs
Height - 5'8"
BMI - 30.3 (obese category )

I will also be taking up more exercise. Not going at it hell for leather like I always do, which never works as I can't do that anymore. So, slow and steady with exercise too.

Would love some slow and steady weight loss / healthy living buddies!

Morning all, I was reading through this thread last night and like to join in, I'm 15st and have a very strange relationship with food.
I can go all at without eating then I binge at night, I eat healthy meals but addicted to chocolate and full sugar coke. Really need to change my eating habits and feel this would be a good start.

I actually did have the book as I am a serial dieter so there not a diet I haven't tried!

Welcome @Ellieboolou33 ! Yes, I too have a strange relationship with food and can easily go too far one way and then the other, which is no good. I feel as if this will keep me on the straight and narrow!

Bramble is absolutely right re S Days. They are a really important part of this WOE. But I think fasting, so having your first meal at 11 and last meal at 6 with a fast between 7 and 11 the next day, is fine.

Feel less grumpy today. Had a minor epiphany last night and thought, maybe it's because I have been numbing my feelings with snacks and wine, so without them I'm just feeling my feelings 🤯!

@HenriettaHeffalump thanks for bumping me, so far just had toast and tea, I usually don't feel hungry in the mornings, this could be as I stuff my face all evening! Hopefully in time, this way of eating will train new healthy habits.

Tonight I'm having pasta and meatballs with a tomato and vegetable sauce. I have a dinner plan for this week as this will help knowing what I've got to cook. I will weigh in every Monday.

Caved and stress ate sweets 😞 work is insane and the kids were kicking off and I just automatically did it. Annoyed with myself now! This is how I ended up in this state

@Whynow2020 don't stress, carry on as normal, thing is, one sweet or two won't hurt, it's the mentality that "we've spoilt it now so might as well carry on" that's got us into this state.

A day at a time, keep going! 😀

Well said Ellie! Don't worry WhyNow! Just draw a line under it and start again right now. Sorry you're having a stressful time as well

Meals today:

B: porridge with small spoon of brown sugar, banana, orange
L: lentils, halloumi, tomato and avocado salad, small slice of sourdough
D: planning tuna melt jacket potatoes with salad

Not had the easiest afternoon with the no snacking, but I felt better the instant I put the spuds in the oven! DS just fed me one of his small rice cakes. It would have been rude to refuse. I'm not counting that as an S!

It's so easily done Why. Just do what you can with the rest of the week, safe in the knowledge that it's way better than before you started!

B: Alpen
L: Carbonara
D: ?? Feel a bit peaky this evening, so probably something bland and not very healthy.

No snacks though!

Only 2 meals again today, just running around. Busy is good as it keeps me away from thinking about snacking. But it does make me tired, so it will catch up at some stage ... I also managed a quick run this morning.
Hope the feelings are Ok to be feeling Henri. So easily to eat them if there isn't another outlet for them. So missing having a catch up with girlfriends, to just talk about stuff. Soon ... Stay strong all this evening. No snacking !!

Understand exactly how you feel @Whynow2020 but just draw a line and move on. I’m sure I’d be much thinner if I could do that rather than treating any slip as a reason to keep eating. Hope you’re okay @HenriettaHeffalump I am definitely an emotional eater and need to find a new way of dealing with scary emotions.

Emotional eater here too- can you tell?! Thank you all for the support, and you’re right of course. Jacket potato with tuna, cheese and coleslaw for dinner (I know, but I like it!) and a brisk walk after. No snacking, having a nighttime tea now as I try to catch up on some work. Well done today everyone and thank you for the support. @HenriettaHeffalump hope you’re ok with those feelings

Ah thanks all for the kind words .

I am honestly fine, but have been eating my general anxieties and boredom too. With the mindless, boredom eating or the mindless, stress eating, I was basically eating too much when I wasn't even hungry.

Anyway, well done for not pushing the fuck it button WhyNow and eating the entire contents of your snack cupboard! I had almost exactly the same dinner btw . No shame!

I'm going to make a bedtime tea and head to bed soon. Night everyone!

I'm on the road much of today which is usually lethal for snacking, especially after big bout of insomnia last night... So annoying. But will think of you all and the greater cause of slimness and resist. Grapes or fruit if I really need a boost, but nothing naughty. Have a good day all!

Morning!

Yes, stay strong buzz! Difficult on the road though, definitely. Hope you have a good trip .

Well, it's about halfway through the week! Hope everyone is doing ok. Just having a , before planning my meals!

Good luck today everyone!

Better day yesterday, than Monday, as no one in the house!

B: brown toast an marmite.
L: bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon, an apple and crisps. I ate the crisps and didn’t enjoy them so will try to avoid having them altogether tomorrow.
D fajitas baked in the oven with home made spice mix.

No snack and no want for them which was good.

Today hasn’t got off to a good start, I took the car out to take the dog for a walk and hit a deer. Luckily I just need a new front bumper. But all the adrenaline is making me not hungry atm so that’s good

@eltsihT oh no are you ok? I’ve been through similar and it’s horrible.

I’m on plan so far today but sooo tired and completely overwhelmed at work so circumstances are primed for a binge. I’m trying very hard to stay mindful and NOT hit the fuck it button! Lunch will be chicken salad, dinner is stuffed peppers/tomatoes with home made wedges

Oh my goodness Elt, how scary! That must have given you a right fright. I think you'd be justified in having a sugary tea for shock!!
On a more trivial note, I feel like totally copying your meal plan for yesterday. Yum.

I've lost my mojo today. The children are rebelling against homeschooling now that they know it's nearly over. I've got my vaccine coming up and am feeling a bit anxious about that and about schools going back. Everything is a bit overwhelming and scary. So I am just focusing on "No Snacks!" as a mantra as it's' the one thing I have any control over.

That said, I haven't had anything yet and no idea what the meal plan is for today.

@LittleDoritt same!! I’m trying to remember that it takes time to change a habit, and I certainly have been emotionally eating for years. I am recognising how I feel, that I would temporarily feel better if I ate a family sized bar of dairy milk it wouldn’t actually help or solve anything and I’d just be getting bigger.

My youngest is 1 in June, so I have that as an aim to have lost a significant chunk of weight- do you have something similar you can focus on?

Thanks Why. I have a memorial service to go to in June which is important to me but I am dreading. Not just totally upsetting but on a frigging beach!! So I don't want to be a big, sweaty, sobbing mess in ill-fitting summer clothes - just a sobbing mess will be a big improvement. We can definitely both shift a chunk by June.

Oh my God Elt . Hope you're ok? Sounds traumatic!

Yes, I think having something to plan for is a good idea. Sorry yours might be a sad occasion as well LittleD, but so important, as you say .

Weird day for me with food. I couldn't decide what to eat for breakfast, so just didn't eat anything, which I know isn't sensible, but I couldn't think and then got distracted by dcs! Anyway, had a pretty hefty lunch and nothing since. I will maybe make a smoothie before dinner, so I get some fruit and veg in. I'll call that Lunch? Breakfast? Who knows?

Anyway:

B: ? Smoothie?
L: quorn burger and jacket potato (no veg)
D: halloumi and roast veg, (I think...I'm very indecisive with food today)!

Hi! Can I join? I've been doing No-S on an off for a few years but have fallen off the wagon and really want to get back on track. It is so nice to have found this thread as i need motivation!

Do you guys have a weigh in day?

Today i'll probably only have liquids or really soft food because i've managed to bite my tong so badly that i can't eat anything solid and even water/liquids is hard.

So far my day's been like this:

B - Painful coffee with milk
L - Very painful whey protein iogurt

Welcome inthetropics, I too have fallen off the no s wagon over the last few years, the lovely ppl here are helping me get back on. It’s a lovely supportive thread.

I am more shaken than I expected after hitting the deer, I still feel a bit all over the place, but I managed to teach 2 live lessons without too much waffling.

I think I will have a glass of red wine with dinner tonight otherwise I would be hitting the chocolate (that’s this emotional eating again and what made stop no s’ing last time)

Food today was/is

B: brown toast and marmite
L: cheese toasty, with fried onions and pickled beetroot, I also had a can of full sugar cola, I would normally have had water but it meant I didn’t reach for the chocolate!
D: homemade meatballs in a homemade tomato sauce, with pasta and probably garlic bread. And a glass of red wine!

Welcome @Inthetropics and sorry to hear about your pain, sounds very sore!

Welcome @Inthetropics ! Sorry about your tongue! Ouch!

I'm tired and a bit stressy. Feels like a loooooong day, as both dcs are here and bored so acting as if they are auditioning for Lord of the Flies. I can't face another fecking park 😩 with all the social distancing attempts involved with it at the minute, so we've been in the garden a lot and riding up and down the street on scooters and balance bikes.

Anyway, I'm going to make a massive, sugary, (sorry, not sorry - I'm talking two cubes btw, nothing crazy), coffee and I'm going to light my de-stress candle!