Delighting in strictness
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:11 pm
So, full disclosure— I am brand-new to NoS. Started at the first of April and losing weight so far.
There are a dozen reasons why NoS kept setting off bells of agreement and "YES! YES!" in my brain when I first read the general outline. Perhaps mostly because I know my pre-marriage, thinner self subsisted on obvious meals (four or five a day, but still) and never kept sweets or snacky foods in the house.. And my post-marriage, happier and more fulfilled and yet definitely fatter self basically grazes at whim when in the company of my spouse enjoying an evening after work. It is a pretty fast and easy correlation, considering my physical activity has gone upwards as the years progress, through work and personal goals. Forcing myself to return to a clear-cut regimen has been like turning off a switch so far— yeah, I get a little case of the hungries in the afternoon, but it's all the more reason for me to plan a full and healthful dinner.
But the best part about it so far has been how delightfully strict the whole notion is. I don't have to think, weigh, or measure the benefit of eating three sticks of celery with one tablespoon of peanut butter in the afternoon.. or justify two bits of candy before dinner by not having a glass of wine or something. I just don't eat when I'm not supposed to, and eat a lot when I do. I don't have to think about it and I don't have to reconcile any numbers at the end of the day— just how good I'm feeling and how my body reacts to what I do eat.
Brilliant stuff. I think I love hard and fast parameters.
There are a dozen reasons why NoS kept setting off bells of agreement and "YES! YES!" in my brain when I first read the general outline. Perhaps mostly because I know my pre-marriage, thinner self subsisted on obvious meals (four or five a day, but still) and never kept sweets or snacky foods in the house.. And my post-marriage, happier and more fulfilled and yet definitely fatter self basically grazes at whim when in the company of my spouse enjoying an evening after work. It is a pretty fast and easy correlation, considering my physical activity has gone upwards as the years progress, through work and personal goals. Forcing myself to return to a clear-cut regimen has been like turning off a switch so far— yeah, I get a little case of the hungries in the afternoon, but it's all the more reason for me to plan a full and healthful dinner.
But the best part about it so far has been how delightfully strict the whole notion is. I don't have to think, weigh, or measure the benefit of eating three sticks of celery with one tablespoon of peanut butter in the afternoon.. or justify two bits of candy before dinner by not having a glass of wine or something. I just don't eat when I'm not supposed to, and eat a lot when I do. I don't have to think about it and I don't have to reconcile any numbers at the end of the day— just how good I'm feeling and how my body reacts to what I do eat.
Brilliant stuff. I think I love hard and fast parameters.