I decided to try this for the next 30 days starting tomorrow. I am so sick of counting calories and have snuck in too many naughty snack lately, that I am going to try this very simple diet plan:

"The No S diet" it makes alot of sense and the worst than can happen is that I start losing weight again.

http://www.nosdiet.com/

Fantastically SMART 'article', I absolutely adore the straight forward and brass way it is brought forth!! :clap: You GO GIRL... NO S NIc! :cheer:

"The problem is primarily one of self-discipline, and if you start making all kinds of exceptions, you'll fail." SO TRUE...

LOL I love the paragraphs under: Gratuitous potshots at low carb diets

I have bookmarked it... thanks for sharing it with us here Nic and to me, it seems like a very excellent way to learn good habits for life... 21 days solid is said to make or break a habit... so, I'm gonna try along with you!

although i don't agree with the no snacks rule, i like these two sentences:

You wouldn't take diet advice from a fat person, why take it from a fat book? Weighing in at just 14 words, the No S Diet is the ultra featherweight of diet plans.

:lol:

See for me, I disagree Shy... but I have a feeling the 'no snack rule' benefits some and is no good for others. Some people have self discipline while others need to set boundaries for themselves. For me, no snacks is smart, because it will cause me to put my focus on my meals and the fact that days that start with 'S' are excluded opens the window to have a treat... now if I can be responsible on those days, that will be awesome!! But I don't want to confuse (healthy) snacks with unhealthy treats... However, I have never been a grazer type or snack in between meals type of person, so this should be beneficial for me.

See my problem is that the snacks have gotten wayyyy out of control (I sometime consume almost the same number of calories for a snack as I would for a meal AND the snacks have not been particularly healthy) and I think focusing on the meals will make me eat better. The counting calories and having snacks worked for a long time for me but I can't take the calorie counting anymore and I need some structure...like I said I will start with 30 days and see what happens...I also like the relaxed weekend rules...

DAY 1 - 8:15 bf - big bowl of cereal + banana+ soymilk & coffee with milk

12:15 lunch - ww pita with chicken bacon and simply egg whites, honey mustard
and a dab of curry mayo, canned beans drained with cider vinegar;
unsweetened apple sauce and strawberry all bran bites for dessert

5:15 supper - fish, rice, corn, cucumbers, sour cream and mustard

(I confess to eating some cucumbers while making supper but usually 3-5 is my absolute WORST snacking time!!!)

Day 2 8:00 ww pita with pb, honey and banana, coffee with milk

12:00 lunch - LC curry chicken, apple sauce and strawberry all bran bites

btw 4:50 - 5:20 - 1 sl wg bread with margarine, pasta with tomato sauce and meat balls, yoghurt and a Kashi granola bar

I think you did fantastic on day 1 Nic!! Good job at munching on HEALTHY cucumbers during your snack attack time!!

Thanks Teach - day 1 was not as bad as I thought with slightly bigger portion sizes and more balanced meals I actually found I was not actually that hungry.

Day 3 - bf - cereal with yoghurt, 1 egg, coffee and milk

lunch - 1 Vietnamese spring roll, big bowl of Vietnamese soup with noodles and seafood

supper - 3/4 of a slice of wg bread with marg & honey, 2 mini meat pies, spinach, corn, granola bar pack (2 of the crunchy ones) - weird supper I know but the meat pies did not fill me up so I had the gb pack for dessert.

I might have a late coffee with milk but I don't think that counts as a snack (I don't add sugar) so it will only have about 25-30 cal.

Day 4 - bf - 2 toaster waffles with a couple of tblsp of yoghurt, mango, coffee with milk

lunch - ww pita with ham/cheese/mustard some fruitspread on the side, tangerine, gb pack

supper - ww pita pizza (ham/chicken bacon/cheese/tom sauce/pineapple), cucumbers, all bran bites and apple sauce for dessert

You know Nic, I am not finding it terribly hard to stick to the 'No S' how about you? It is just common sense and self control...

I actually find my cravings have DRASTICALLY reduced - I think that's why TOM surprised me today...

Day 5 bf coffee w milk, 2 toaster waffles with PB and fruit spread, banana
lunch - 1 c cantelope with Activia yoghurt, about 1/4 of a mango, ww pita pizza (using up leftovers from yesterday)
supper - chicken, coleslaw and fries

Day 6 - An "S" day - had a snack and sweets today :lol:

Day 7 - another "S" day


Goal for week 2 - start reducing portion sizes again (last week I ate extra to compensate for snacks and show myself it won't kill me...)

Day 8 - bf gb, coffee w milk, simply egg whites
lunch - apple, 2 serving cheese, thai chicken lean cuisine

supper - pasta salad with shrimp, gb pack, handfull of almonds

so - bf and lunch were definitely smaller portions than last week (one meal at a time right?)

:clap: You can DO IT Nic!

Thanks Teach!

Day 9 - bf fresh pineapple, oatmeal, coffee w. milk
lunch ww pita, sand. meat, cheese, tomato, beets, pineapple
dinner ww pita, tomato, chicken "bacon", GB pack, cheese, beets, lettuce

I forgot to write it down so I hope that was it :blush:

Day 10 - bf 2 sl sunflower rye with raspberry spread and sour cream, coffee with milk

lunch - 2 ww fajita shells with eggwhite, cheese, salsa, red peppers, leftover pickled beets, handfull of nuts for dessert (I almost ate cookies but decided on nuts instead!)

2 ww shrimp fajitas, pineapple, GB pack, sour cream with fruitspread

YEAH! 8) Good decision for your dessert Nic! :bouncy:

hey nic-

just a thought re your weight...did you check the calorie content of the whole wheat wraps and pitas? they vary quite widely...from about 100 cal/wrap to 400 cal/wrap or pita.

these ones were 190 cal each

Day 11 - bf - fresh pineapple, oatmeal, coffee with milk

lunch (ok I sorta had a snack but not a big lunch - tea biscuit and Timmies Coffee with milk while running errands around 11:00, Salmon Lean Cuisine at 12:30 when I made it home)

supper chicken/wonton/cabbage soup with garlic "bread/pizza" on the side, strawberries& banana with sour cream and a touch of honey for dessert

After supper things fell apart and I caved to some cookies - I really think it's because I have been soo tired - one of my number 1 triggers. At least I had 3 cookies (and a little piece of another which was yucky so I spat most of it out) I DID not have a whole row or 10 or whatever...I also had another hand full of nuts which seemed to stop the food cravings...

Day 12 I'm going back to snacks during the day but keeping the "no sweets" during the week when I can and no snacks after supper whenever possible and the no seconds.

GB, coffee with milk, small muffin, apple with cinammon, Big Mac, coffee with milk, sorbet and strawberries, another coffee, 3 slices of pizza, cake, more strawberries (I was at a workshop last night and they had the kind of pizza that we usually don't buy because it's way to expensive, lol)

now *that* sounds sensible to me! :D I think the sweets or unhealthy snacks is the biggest downfall for alot of us.

Thanks Shy!

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Thanks Teach!