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Portion size seems to be a useful key. I saw something on a TV programme
once, which showed a plate with a design inside the central part and another
on the rim.The idea was "you may cover the central pattern with food, 
but
not the rim." I personally have plain white plates, but keep my portions 
of
everything except steamed veggies to the centre of the plate and it's
working for me.
Hana
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From: "sophistliberale" <sophistliberale@...>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 2:44 AM
Subject: [nosdiet] Re:NoDiet again, Many Welcomes (some back)


> Wow, thanks for all the responses guys! True, sometimes I tend to
> get a bit impatient (hehe). Anyway, as for the warrior diet question
> and why I like the philosophy:
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> Basically, a few reasons
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> 1. The ultimate aim is to limit total daily caloric intake to 1
> sitting. And for someone like me, who can be "good" all day if 
he
> knows a good dinner is on the way, that is a godsend.
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> 2. I live at home with my family, and coming home, a good Indian
> dinner is always ready (and is pretty nutritious) so I don't have 
to
> worry bout constantly eating the wrong kind of food on this diet.
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> 3. I enjoyed feeling light on my feet and not having an excuse to 
be
> lazy (the approach of mealtime sometimes tends to do that to me)
> throughout the day since I work at an Investment Bank.
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> HOWEVER, there are a few reasons why I chose the NoSdiet instead:
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> 1. I am not what you call a consistent person in much of anything. 
I
> have the all or nothing mentality. Thankfully, up until now,
> the "all" phases in my life have balanced the "nothing" 
phases in my
> life in terms of fitness and gotten me to 170 lbs. But I know I could
> have already reached my goals if I had not been so extreme. The
> warrior diet, I fear, might just enhance my extreme nature towards
> diet and I don't want that. I want to be able to adhere to a plan
> centered on moderation with some rules, like the NoSdiet. Then, when
> I am ready, mebbe I can switch to the Warrior diet.
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> 2. I fear the physiological effects of the WD. I think that people
> who are overweight are more sensitive to storing extra calories
> ingested in one meal as fat then slim people. To that end, I think
> the WD would be better as a maintenance type of diet once you reach
> the weight you want.
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> Reinhard,
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> The main problem I have with "maybe" overeating is that in my 
case,
> it's not so obvious. The problem is mostly centered around dinner.
> That is where the "no seconds" part is harder for me. The type 
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> food I eat is vegetarian and not too fatty, so the calories are less.
> The problem is that I can't not have seconds unless I absolutely cram
> my plate with food the first time! However, it's slowly getting
> easier to guage how much I need so that the next day, I am not
> starving but not stuffed either. I am also working out daily so that
> tempers this problem a bit until I get a handle on it.
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