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hi
i can completely relate to all this... i am a scales' freak .... i have this very
strange idea of one starting to lose weight the minute one mentally commits oneself
to a diet.... strange as it may sound, i get on my bathroom scales whenever i step
into the bathroom..! as if i could lose a dozen lbs between each visit.. he he he
(wouldn't that be nice?)
unlike deb, i am in favor of "relatively" fast weight loss.. i am an
impatient person... but fast loss that i could keep for the rest of my
life.
still, I've never lost weight fast.. all i 've ever done is my usual 8-10 lbs weight
cycling..over say a 6 mths interval... no dieting.. i just stop eating during summer
and over eat all winter.. and at my lowest i am considered (by our modern standards)
as overweight...
but then, people are made different... what fun would it be if we all were
"standard replicas" ????
being 4' 11" doesn't mean you have to eat less than "everyone"... come
on.. 1-2 meals per day???? take this as a rule : u re overweight cause u eat more
than your body needs... not because you eat more than another 4'11" person.. it
doesn't make any sense..
each person is unique.. you are unique, all you need to do is figure out the amount
of "fuel" your unique body needs... i cant pretend i've figured out mine
yet.. but i know this : my weight is at its best when i don't obsess about the
scales...
i am not saying that the diet u were "tempted with" (i like this expression
he he he) is not good.. it' a good diet, provided u stick to it... but obviously you
couldn't... the best thing about nosdiet is that iT's not a diet.... no planning...
no meal plan on a paper that u walk around with .. u re simply teaching yourself to
make the right choices...
and if your weakness is sweets i suppose you can have 3 s-days a week or so.. or
maybe 4... just learn that u could have sweets but just a little...and that's your
meal... so you want a piece of cake, then it's your dinner...
ahem.. (is this cheating, Reinhard?.... just trying to make nosdiet a bit
easier)...
anyway, if u make a promise to urself that ur satisfied with the way u are.. not
cause it's perfect but because that's u.. and because like u said u need to pay
attention to the more important things in ur life and not waste all ur energy on
changing urself... but because you would like to enjoy ur life , u need to be
healthy... and nosdiet gives u this.. it's not a weight loss plan.. but merely a
healthy way of living.... skip the scales... they weigh fat as well as ur bone ,
muscles and all ur vital organs.. so they don't really count..
how u feel is what counts...
if u feel healthy u 'll be as light a s feather...(he he he... where did that come
from?).....
bottom line.. u don't need to lose weight.. u need to be healthy... skip the scales ,
follow nosdiet.. do some exercise (health benefit)... and u''ll slim down to ur OWN
healthy weight in no time.. no 1-2 meals per day required...
love
deeyala (ahem, feeling very very philosophical).......!
BADaly <badaly@...> wrote:
Well, I have to admit, I fell off the nosdiet wagon b/c I got tempted
w/another diet :( I don't even know why that was- it was a diet where
one eats when hungry and stops when satisfied, cut out sugar for the
1st 3 weeks and then limit the consumption to once per week, and chew
food extra slow. Plus, we were "encouraged" to only eat 1 or 2 times
per day(!!!!) I ended that up with a MAJOR binge, b/c that plan was
just not doable for me.
Why did I allow myself to be led astray? Because I have had major
doubts of NOS really working for me. First, I am 4'11 and have been
told (granted, by "diet gurus") that being that height means I need
to eat even less than other people do (in other words, no 3 meals per
day). So I end up either hungry and miserable, or satisfied but
certain I am gaining weight. Second, it is just hard to comprehend
that something so simple and doable for the rest of one's life could
actually cause me to lose weight(after all, the premise of every
other diet out there IS to suffer and sacrifice if you want to lose
weight). Third, I have a major scale obsession where I was hopping on
almost every morning, and getting angry/nervous when I would see
either a gain or a maintain.
After my binge, I got ANGRY. Not at myself- OK a bit at myself but
not b/c I binged but b/c I bought in to the diet industry way of
thinking again. But mostly I was angry at the diet industry and angry
at the media for telling me that I could not be attractive unless I
am skin and bones. I will NEVER be skin and bones thin- even at my
smallest, I have always been curvy! I then decided that it while
weight loss is a good thing, it is not the be-all end-all. What I
want is to be healthy, happy, and strong. I want energy to play with
my kids, I want to be able to sleep well at night. I don't want a
number to make or break my day every day. Were I to die tomorrow,
would I have regrets? Well the answer is yes if all I pay attention
to is my weight and not to the things that matter, like my family!
So I tossed the scale. Don't wanna know numbers, not for a long long
time. I started walking in the afternoons at work, about 25-40
minutes listening to a good selection of tunes on my IPOD to get me
moving. 2-3 times per week I do some isometric strength building
exercises called Chicometrics, b/c I enjoy doing them and it feels
good to work my muscles. I may take some classes in the near future
to learn Yoga and other things, simply b/c I like to learn new ways
to move my body.
Now I am ready to start NOS again. Not for the weight loss (although
that would be a nice side effect), but for my health. I don't really
have any problems with snacks and seconds, my problem is sweets- I
need to cut back on those for my health- I don't want to end up with
stage II diabetes. After a few weeks of that, I will start aiming for
better quality meals than the local fast food joint- once again, for
my health.
So I don't know if I will be able to report actual weight loss, nor
even inch loss. I might be able to tell a change in clothes sizes
over a period of time though, which I can report. But I CAN report
how I am feeling and how my health and energy levels have improved.
Thanks,
Beth
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