Introduction
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:27 pm
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 car-oriented and dangerous city and tapered off a medication which had made me lose weight when I started it 7 years earlier. I found myself practically eating sugar out of the bag, and my weight went up 12 pounds to 143. I restarted the medication and dieted down to about 137 +/-. I want to get back to 128-132 and to be able to squat and deadlift my body weight, and then we'll see.
I heard about No S years ago through the geek circles, but I was reminded last week. No S appeals to me because it is how my grandma ate, and also because it is similar to the treatment for binge eating in a book I read a few years ago: regular meals of normal food, one serving only following package guidelines, and continual reinforcement that moderation is possible. Also it is the diet that a European ex-boyfriend of mine followed: no seconds, no dessert, with no snacks implicit; since hearing that, I realized that seconds gave me a marginal improvement in utility, but perhaps doubled my calories or at least increased them by 50%.
I have a piece of fruit at mid-morning and mid-afternoon because of blood sugar, as I've done since high school (and my grandmother always did). I am also having about 300 +/- flavorless calories first thing in the morning (see my post under the mods to explain and the reason why).
In the week, I have done well. It's nice not to have the option of having seconds or to eat food outside meals, and it's also great to eat treats at meals that I would not normally justify, like a single serving of boxed mac and cheese, or eating the skin from the chicken but only having one piece. And I haven't overeaten even though I'm at the phase of month where I normally would (justify overeating).
I moved to a car-oriented and dangerous city and tapered off a medication which had made me lose weight when I started it 7 years earlier. I found myself practically eating sugar out of the bag, and my weight went up 12 pounds to 143. I restarted the medication and dieted down to about 137 +/-. I want to get back to 128-132 and to be able to squat and deadlift my body weight, and then we'll see.
I heard about No S years ago through the geek circles, but I was reminded last week. No S appeals to me because it is how my grandma ate, and also because it is similar to the treatment for binge eating in a book I read a few years ago: regular meals of normal food, one serving only following package guidelines, and continual reinforcement that moderation is possible. Also it is the diet that a European ex-boyfriend of mine followed: no seconds, no dessert, with no snacks implicit; since hearing that, I realized that seconds gave me a marginal improvement in utility, but perhaps doubled my calories or at least increased them by 50%.
I have a piece of fruit at mid-morning and mid-afternoon because of blood sugar, as I've done since high school (and my grandmother always did). I am also having about 300 +/- flavorless calories first thing in the morning (see my post under the mods to explain and the reason why).
In the week, I have done well. It's nice not to have the option of having seconds or to eat food outside meals, and it's also great to eat treats at meals that I would not normally justify, like a single serving of boxed mac and cheese, or eating the skin from the chicken but only having one piece. And I haven't overeaten even though I'm at the phase of month where I normally would (justify overeating).
My grandma ate this way and lived to 97. The generations seem to snack more and more and get bigger ang bigger... no S is common sense.