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- Mon Dec 08, 2014 4:10 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No S and Infertility
- Replies: 42
- Views: 52267
[quote="Sinnie"] Cantab, your advice is solid. I've seen some of those books myself. I wish you the best of luck. It will happen.[/quote] Thanks! I ended up getting pregnant after 15 months. Not so long, but we had to be proactive due to our ages. My husband had low morphology and low testosterone s...
- Thu May 09, 2013 8:12 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: finallyfulldailycheckin
- Replies: 195
- Views: 211280
- Thu May 09, 2013 4:48 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No S and Infertility
- Replies: 42
- Views: 52267
Thanks for the follow up
So glad for you. And also glad to see others' responses, or at least the encouraging ones. In case this is helpful to others: the resources I'm most grateful for are the Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant, which gives updated stats for chances of pregnancy over age 35 and says that stress d...
- Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:53 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Phases of No-S (as I see them)
- Replies: 54
- Views: 109889
[quote="Cassie"]I think it's now clear to me that I'm still firmly in phase 1 (even though I'm more than a year into NoS) & I need to put at least 3 or 4 successful 21-days-with-no-reds under my belt before I move on to phase 2. Thanks again ever so much for posting this, makes it all very clear.[/q...
- Wed Jun 30, 2010 5:28 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Hating "S" days...
- Replies: 20
- Views: 26063
Being tired can cause overeating
Don't be too hard on yourself. Remember that being tired increases overeating as well. Having the stress and fatigue from the trip may have been the problem rather than it just being an S day. Many times when I overeat, it's really because I'm tired, either from lack of sleep or a trying day.
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 3:48 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: information overload
- Replies: 19
- Views: 23002
[quote="wosnes"]Okay...I'm 61 and also 5'3". I have come to realize that no matter what I do, I'm [i]never[/i] going to see 120-125 again. 135 is about as low as I can get. ... I started to write "I've come to accept this," but the truth is -- I'm happy where I am.[/quote] If you're happy, then ther...
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 3:38 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: "Dull" feeling throughout the day!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12371
Re: "Dull" feeling throughout the day!
[quote="Joel_M"]You see, after a little while I noticed that I'm feeling really "dull", and I feel like I really need something sweet of salty. When I feel "dull" I feel slow in general and sort of low on energy.[/quote] I've discovered over many years that I need to eat a piece of fruit at mid-morn...
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:49 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: WEIGHT GAIN *ARRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH*
- Replies: 28
- Views: 35045
Congrats with your >21 days of success. That's fantastic. It may be that you would feel healthier and lose weight if you experimented with your "intelligent defaults". I've experimented for years with the foods that are best with me, and I have learned through painful experience that I need to be co...
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:23 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Why is EVERY gathering of people an excuse to eat!?!?!?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25208
I have food allergies, and I am often unable to eat the food at any events. I also keep kosher, so I'm effectively vegetarian out of the house. Two sides to not eating while others are: 1. My feelings: I've gotten really used to seeing food that I can't eat as an object, rather than as edible. I'm d...
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:29 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Making progress
- Replies: 5
- Views: 18558
My understanding of exercise science (from reading boards like t-nation and Alwyn Cosgrove's blog and books) is that there are multiple paths to fitness depending on your goals. High-intensity interval training (HIIT), including Shovelglove and the Tabata method, is highly effective at burning calor...
- Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:15 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What fills you up so you won't get hungry between meals?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 30606
Any kind of meat, with or without fat. I've been reading lately about meat fat and how it's healthy --- I know that sounds like I've just said that gravity makes things fall up. It turns out there is actually little evidence that it's unhealthy, and that's been accepted as dogma. I wouldn't go overb...
- Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:37 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Cantab's daily check in
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4521
Cantab's daily check in
After a good transitional month into No-S, even with the holidays and a cold, I hit a rough spot this week that I learned from. But first, good news: Habit Cal has done fantastic things for my exercise pattern. I've exercised 10 of the last 15 days, and some days really extensively. Hurrah! And anot...
- Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:16 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Guilt!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 29919
Re: Guilt!
Everyone's psychology is different. Personally I found it so freeing to be able to eat normal less healthy food occasionally, as long as it's in moderation. The lesson is moderation, not perfection. Perfection is in some senses the enemy because it can lead to immoderate behavior. I want to tell you...
- Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:02 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Question: Is a glass of milk considered a snack?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17856
[quote="Jammin' Jan"]Maya Jo, have you ever tried Silk soymilk?[/quote] The Trader Joe's soymilk is terrific too. I drink the unsweetened, and it has a faint vanilla flavor, and less sugar and calories than milk: 90 calories per glass, including some fat and protein, so it's filling. I'm very fond o...
- Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:56 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Those poor Bigst Losers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21973
I agree with all of you. It sets up an unrealistic standard. I can't believe how many people on Sparkpeople say things like "I've only lost 10 pounds this month". It can be inspiring to some people, though. A friend decided to make weight loss her full time job after losing hers, and did a similar 4...
- Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:06 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Introduction
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10241
One month check-in
I've been doing No-S for a month, and it's been a good one, though with lots of exemptions due to illness and travel: 15 green days, 1 red day, and 15 yellow days. The yellow days were designated S days retrospectively, and mostly resulted from eating sweets and baking cookies on holiday break. But ...
- Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:32 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: anyone else deal with not being hungry?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17730
Re: anyone else deal with not being hungry?
I'm sorry about your accident, and I hope you have a complete and total recovery. Others have addressed your immediate question. On the question of vitamins, you might consider omega-3's. Seth Roberts has a lot on his website about how they help his reaction time and cognitive abilities. http://www....
- Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:24 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: To weigh or not to weigh?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 51649
- Fri Jan 01, 2010 5:00 am
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: HabitCal Habit Calendar (Alpha)
- Replies: 95
- Views: 360675
2010 update. . .
Thanks for the habit cal. It's extremely motivating, especially for exercise. I just like seeing the green squares lining up. Can you please add 2010 to the menu, so we can start using it for January 2010?
Thanks
Thanks
- Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:27 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Introduction
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10241
Introduction
Background on me: 33, 5'2", weighed 128-132 for most of the 13 years I was in college and grad school in bicycle- and pedestrian-oriented cities. For a couple brief years, I weighed 122-125, and it was glorious, but I had been overly restrictive, so I was extremely anxious eating out. I moved to a c...
- Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:53 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No S "mods" (add yours!)
- Replies: 167
- Views: 329080
Flavorless calories on the No S diet to reduce appetite
In order to reduce my appetite so that I am less interested in the S's, I am having a few hundred flavorless calories with a no-flavor window around it, an idea invented by Berkeley psychology professor Seth Roberts. In practice, first thing in the morning, I put on swimmer's noseplugs and drink a m...