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No, I had enough foresight to have divested my apartment of "bad"
foods. The problem is at work, where there are ALWAYS sweets and
snacks to be found. But I figure that short of becoming a hermit, I
will need to learn to be around those sorts of things without having
to indulge, so what better time to start than now?

- Kevin

--- In , "Normajean" <netaylor@n...> wrote:
> 
> Go Kevin go! Do you have all those snacks around the house?
> 
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> -------Original Message-------
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> From: 
> Date: 07/22/04 08:31:47
> To: 
> Subject: [nosdiet] Yet Another Newbie
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm 30 years old, and have been overweight ever since the age of 10 
or
> so. I was a geek back then (still am, in fact), and dealt with the
> social ostracism by turning to food for comfort. I got over my lack
> of social skills, but the habit of turning to food for comfort and
> entertainment remained. To make a long story short, I now weigh 340
> pounds. I knew I was heavy, but I was pretty much in denial, until 
I
> performed a couple of songs on a local access show about a year ago. 

> Seeing myself on video was a wake-up call. I mean, I know they say
> that the camera adds 10 pounds - so just how many cameras did they
> have on me?!? 
> 
> Over the years, I've tried Aktins, Weight Watchers, etc, but found
> that I couldn't stick to them for more than a couple of months. And
> each time, I've had the rebound effect, where I've gained back more
> than what I lost.
> 
> I found the No S Diet through a friend's blog - he had linked to the
> Shovelglove page, which in turn led me here. It immediately struck 
me
> as being right for me. Despite being fat for so much of my life, I've
> never tried to dodge responsibility for it - I've always acknowledged
> that it's because I eat too much of the wrong things, and I'm pretty
> sedentary. So the No S Diet's emphasis on personal responsibility
> appeals to me. I don't know how easy it will be to reprogram 20 years
> worth of bad habits, but this seems like the most rational approach 
to
> doing so that I've yet found.
> 
> So today was my first day on the No S Diet, and it has been
> successful. I never realized just how ingrained my habit of snacking
> was, until I had to repeatedly stop myself from picking up a candy
> bar, bag of chips, etc. But each time, I managed to stop myself. I
> suspect that as I become more aware of this habit, it will become 
a
> lot easier to resist.
> 
> Anyway, I'm looking forward to continuing in one of the best diet
> plans I've seen. As a former programmer, I think that Reinhard has
> indeed found the right level of abstraction for the problem.
> 
> - Kevin
> http://www.sleepdebtzen.com
> 
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