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No Flour, No Sugar Diet
SummaryDr. Gott's No Flour, No Sugar Diet presents a simple, straight-forward way to lose weight and keep it off for a lifetime. All you need do is eliminate flour and sugar from your diet. DescriptionThis diet book contains common-sense techniques on how to eat better and achieve a healthier lifestyle. It gets you to focus on foods that are nutritional and satisfying. Thus, you can both lose weight and become healthier in the process. You can eat brown rice, lean meats, low-fat dairy products, fruits and vegetables. But, you have to stop eating foods like bagels, pasta, bread, cereal, white rice, cookies, sweets, and cakes. Many excellent recipes are included in the book with have no flour and sugar, yet taste delicious. The approach is to keep things simple by just eliminating flour and sugar, the two primary food ingredients that are causing the obesity problem in America. Our culture has become addicted to sweets. This book helps you break the addiction and get on track for eating healthier while losing that extra weight. HistoryDr. Gott is a medical columnist published in over 350 newspaper daily. He is a practicing physician with a general practice in Connecticut. He's also the director of medicine at Hotchkiss School (a prep-school). CriticismGiving up bread and sweets may simply be too hard for some people. Sugar is in a great majority of products sold today. While the diet sounds simple, implementing it and sticking to it is quiet a challenge. Tags: glycemic-index low-calorie low-carb low-fat no-sweets simple Related Diets: Cambridge Diet Cabbage Soup Diet No-S Diet South Beach Diet Fat Smash Diet |
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| bronwyn | posted 26-Jun-2008 8:53pm Janie we have exactly the same road of weight loss to travel. In many ways I think I don't believe I will ever lose this weight.....I have been battling it for so long and my battles don't seem to make me lighter. I did lose 43 lbs. about 4 years ago but I am looking at losing that same 43 lbs. plus about 7 more. I am so tired of the way it makes me feel to be overweight.....it is on my mind all of the time (that just isn't very healthy emotionally). Losing and then gaining weight is emotionally devastating. Shopping for clothes is depressing. Lets let this weight go....get rid of it and move on...okay Janie we can do it. Going without flour and sugar just isn't as difficult as it sounds when you get started but for me I have to let go of my obsessive eating behaviours as well. I didn't think I could quit eating sugar but I can.....I can go without chocolate...WOW!!!! I did lose 10 lbs. on NFNS in Feb and March (so in 2 months). It seemed that the weight loss had stopped and I gave up......I think too early as I may have been able to lose more if I had been patient. I have gained 5 back......now I am back in the game  I have been doing NFNS for 9 days again.....and I am happy to be doing that but I haven't lost any weight. Hey if you consume your weight in nuts every day what is the chances of losing weight, eh I can eat nuts more reasonably and I am going to do that. This is a better program than W.W. IMHO. When I did weight watchers I made bad choices......and then would be hungry and fail. On NFNS you are steered towards healthy choices..... |
| Hilda | posted 26-Jun-2008 11:28pm Why don't you portion out your 23 almonds for the day in baggies and only take out one bag a day. Hide the rest. Or you may have to stop buying them altogether for awhile. |
| bronwyn | posted 27-Jun-2008 12:45am Hilda I think sticking with almonds or walnuts would be a good idea, they are both so good for you. I have been over consuming cashew nuts. I think I will not buy cashews for a good long time.....I find it hard to quit eating cashews. I have heard 12 almonds and a handful of walnuts would be a healthy amount of nuts to eat each day....I think I will strive for that. I like some walnuts on my cottage cheese and fruit. Tres you can have anything that doesn't have flour (any kind of flour) or sugar in it. You can choose to have red meat or any other kind of meat as long as it is prepared without flour or sugar. You could have your potato with butter or sour cream if you wish and you can have sweet potato. Hilda has listed a lot of food lists that are helpful to have to get started. If you go back through these posts Leslie listed a lot of helpful things to inspire you and get you started. There are not many restrictions actually.....you can eat well and eat good things. That being said making good food choices and being aware of portion sizes will improve your chances for having success at weight loss. Tres for breakfast I often have cottage cheese with chopped fresh fruits and a handful of walnuts chopped on top. Sometimes I have steel cut oats topped with sugar free yoghurt, fruit and nuts. I also occasionally have ezekial bread toasted and topped with low fat cream cheese and sugar free jam or peanut butter and bananas. I find a satisfying snack or even using it as a dessert can be a small banana split in half and spread with a mixture of lowfat cream cheese mixed with a small amount of peanut butter and a half a glass of skim milk. Right now the fresh blueberries are delicious....pour a very small amount of cream (or yoghurt) on them and a touch of splenda....delicious!!!! YOu could have whole wheat muffets or ezekial cereal. I am not a big egg fan but you could have eggs and ezekial toast. Eating isn't all that different from what you eat now. YOu could make an 'egg mcmuffin" with canadian bacon, eggs and a little cheese on ezekial bread. Good luck getting going you will like it..... |
| Greg | posted 27-Jun-2008 8:21am Unsalted almonds (or walnuts) are much healthier than cashews and much less addicting. I couldn't keep cashews around without over indulging. Lets face it, they are heaven in a can. No human being can resist them. |
| Tres | posted 27-Jun-2008 9:40am What about Cheerios.....anybody know if those are permitting in this Life Change? What about diet sodas? I gave up REAL Coke when I started Nurti System.....it worked but it is really expensive and you can't stay on it forever. I would love to lose 25 to 30 lbs. |
| Tres | posted 27-Jun-2008 9:42am bronwyn...thank you for the advise along with everyone elses postings. They are inspiring and very helpful. I'm excited to get this going. |
| Janie | posted 27-Jun-2008 12:03pm Bronwyn, thanks for the encouragement. I need it! You are right, the plan is easy to follow and I can do without sugar and flour pretty easily if I can just watch my portion control. I too love nuts and eat way too many. Trader Joes has a really good no flour bread (like Ezekial) and no sugar peanut butter. I love candy (my biggest weakness) and the sugar free candies you can buy are really good but don't agree with me at all (the same with sugar free ice cream). I need to get back on an exercise program. I started having heel pain and stopped but it's better now so I need to start up again. Do you guys exercise?? I am beginning to think I can't lose weight without exercise. I don't enjoy doing it so I usually make up an excuse not to go to the gym. Have a good weekend everyone!! |
| Janie | posted 27-Jun-2008 12:33pm Just curious ... where is everyone from? I live in Nevada. |
| Bronwyn | posted 27-Jun-2008 3:11pm Greg I had to laugh about the heaven in a can....you are so right and I bought them at a nut place so more fresh and even more heavenly than the canned ones. Listen who was I trying to kid as I kept buying these cashews and telling myself that I would only eat a few.......geesh as if I didn't know better than that The last batch of cashews are gone and they will not be replenished.....there and I mean it!Tres read the ingredients on cheerios I don't have any here to check but I am sure they will have oat flour and certainly sugar. Dr. Gott thinks diet soda's are okay as far as I know but information out there now says that diet soda hinders weight loss.....and makes you crave. I only drink it occasionally but overall I have never been a big pop drinker. I did nutisytem years ago....I was not successful I made dinner for my family ate the boring little packages of the prepared nutrisystem food and then would end up also eating what I made for dinner......I really don't think that packaged food leads to a life style change. My friend stuck to the program, lost 35 lbs. and then ended up having to have her gall bladder out. The Dr. said it defininetly was related to the diet. I hit a rock or something in one of the food packages and severly broke a tooth that I still have trouble with today.......how do you like that for an ad for Nutri-system Janie candy and especially chocolate are so totally my downfall.......I have eaten so much sugar stuff in my life.....like out of control type eating. I think if you have trouble with the sugar free stuff it may be the malitol sweetener that causes the problem. I know that I feel pretty sick if I eat more than 2 or 3 sugar free chocolate candies.....and for some reason even knowing that I still do it, geesh  There is one I buy occasionally because it tastes good......no ofter taste and is lower in calories than alot of the sugar free chocolates. Although I buy it here in Canada, looking at the package I see that it is made in the States. The brand name is Sorbee and the candy is "Peppermint Patties". They are only 30 calories a piece and really quite yummy. The Russel Stover and Weight Watcher ones are about twice that high in calories. Actually I just noticed on the package that the States imports them from Germany....the website is www.sorbee.com I have a hard time sticking to 2 or 3 but when I eat more I don't get sick like with the other brands.Janie I struggle to get serious with the exercise...off and on and always have to push myself. I am having problems with my knees...gee do you think it could be the extra 50 lbs. I have carried around for ever..... Anyways I have a stationary recumbant bike I try to ride daily but really only happens about twice a week.......I am going to bump that up. I still haven't lost any wieght.....10 days but it is going to happen. We can do this.........be patient (I speak mostly to myself for that one)!!! I am sure that we all have bad habits to over come.......or I doubt we would have weight to lose right........this is a program of change in more ways than just weight and it will take time. Truly lets give this program a good year and see where we are at then. I think if we applied our selves to making these changes that in a years time we will all be free of this oppressing and depressing excess weight we are all carrying around. A year will give us time for this to be a lifestyle........no more on and off; up and down; stuffing and starving.......just pure wonderful freedom from the excess weight!!!! |
| Janie | posted 27-Jun-2008 4:46pm Thanks Bronwyn, you are so inspiring. You keep me motivated!! I like the sugar free York peppermint patties and you can't tell the difference but it seems like any kind of sugar free stuff upsets my digestive system and I'm in the bathroom a lot!! I'll see if I can find the sorbee ones. You've got the right idea. Let's give thing a year and see where we are. See ya! |
| Janie | posted 27-Jun-2008 4:59pm For everyone who loves nuts (or anything salty like that). Corn nuts are good. I read the label and it's just corn, corn oil and salt. So that should be OK. Just thought I'd mention it as an alternative. |
| Hilda | posted 27-Jun-2008 6:25pm I have never had corn nuts. What brands are good? |
| Anonymous | posted 27-Jun-2008 7:01pm I've never really looked. I think they are made by Plantar. |
| Hilda | posted 27-Jun-2008 9:59pm I think another good alternative is popcorn. |
| Greg | posted 28-Jun-2008 7:19am 6/14 208 lbs, 6/21 204 lbs, 6/28 203 lbs, OK It's only one pound but I'm still happy about it. Last night I made turkey soup and added barley. I was not expecting to like it but after no pasta for 2 weeks the barley tasted great. I have had no sugar and no flour and have switched to low fat cheese. I couldn't bring myself to switch to brown rice. Still using Uncle Ben's converted rice. As long as I can lose 1 lb per week I'm not going to make any more changes. Goal 180 lbs. |
| Hilda | posted 28-Jun-2008 9:19am Good for you, but change is good. It's funny how people's tastes are different. I like the brown rice just fine. After switching to it, when I would eat a Lean Cuisine before, I felt like I was being cheated because all their dishes had white rice. I kept thinking, haven't they got any nutritionists that know anything on staff? I had read the Sugar Busters book and knew the difference. I am trying to make the change to get off the diet soda. That is a hard one for me, even thought I only drink maybe one serving a day. |
| Greg | posted 28-Jun-2008 9:45am Thanks Hilda, I am trying to hold back a little. My norm is to make sweeping changes and then quit. I really want to stay off bread and pasta (flour) because those are the foods I abuse most. The first week I do not lose at least 1 pound, I will make another small change. |
| Hilda | posted 29-Jun-2008 1:29am The Ezekiel bread is very satisfying, but I limit myself to only one slice and not every day. I bought some turkey chili tonight at Walmart. Have never tried it before. Is anyone keeping a journal of what they are eating? I have not, and I know I should. |
| Tres | posted 30-Jun-2008 12:06pm Ok everyone....day one of starting this change of life. This morning I had oatmeal with splenda, a piece of 100% whole wheat bread dry and a bananna. Now it is lunch....I have a turkey sandwich on 100% whole wheat bread, celery and carrots with a dip (Hidden Valley Mix with Sour Cream - I don't know if that is allowed or not.....there is no sugar in it. Does anybody know?) and a diet coke. Can't give up coke....I was addicted to leaded coke (one in the morning, one in the afternoon sometimes two and at least one at night). I switched to Diet and Diet Caffene Free, but can't give those up yet. I drink one a day and water the entire day. Exercise.....I was planning on getting up early this morning and getting on the treadmill.....didn't happen...darn snooze button. I will try tomorrow morning. I will get on it tonight but I had heard that in the morning before breakfast is the best time to exercise. |
| Greg | posted 30-Jun-2008 1:06pm Bronwyn, we all want to hear that you lost 1 pound! |
| Tres | posted 30-Jun-2008 1:47pm bronwyn you crack me up......I love reading your post. You do keep everyone motivated with your post. Thank you for sharing with us on a daily basis. I love to hear everyone is losing weight even if it is 1lb a week.....it keeps me going knowing that I will lose at least 1lb a week. That is 4 to 5 a month! does anyone know about the organic corn chips.....I love making homemade salsa and would like chips with it (in moderation). |
| Purple | posted 30-Jun-2008 6:58pm The NSNF Diet sounds alot like some parts of Suzanne Somers' diet. There are lots of great recipes on her website or just google "somersizing". I've always thought that somehow sugar affects my health and I feel better when I eliminate sugar. I've lost weight in the past doing somersize, but have gained it back once I go back to the old ways of eating refined carbs & sugar. |
| Hilda | posted 1-Jul-2008 1:52am Tres, look at the label on your 100% whole wheat bread. Does it have the word "flour" in the ingredients? The only bread I have found that is no flour is Ezekiel bread. Is there another kind you know about? |
| Tres | posted 1-Jul-2008 9:19am Hilda - it says 100% Whole Wheat Flour....I thought if it said 100% whole wheat than it was ok...is this not the case? |
| Anonymous | posted 1-Jul-2008 10:27am Greg thanks for asking but no I haven't lost my lb. yet. You know I have had family birthday parties a little week-end get away and in all honesty I didn't stick that well with my NFNS. It is Canada Day today but I am totally finished with my hiatus from the program so I don't care what comes my way today I will totally be NFNS. Also in my defense ,,,,,I do see myself not being as totally off as I used to be when I would deviate from the diet I was doing( you know go all hog wild because you failed and with the idea you are going to start again tomorrow kind of mentality)I am invited to a party tonight but it is a dinner party so I think I will be okay......it isn't hamburgers or that kind of thing. It is always a little discouraging when you don't stick with things 100% like you thought you would ....... sigh!!!! Losing a lb. or two would help so I am going to try to do the program well enough to have some success with on the scales next Monday.What is everybodys NFNS plans for the 4th......plan better than I did!!!! |
| Greg | posted 1-Jul-2008 10:33am When wheat or other grains are ground finely into flour they are digested much more rapidly and produce a greater change in your blood sugar. That causes an increase in insulin and you are hungry soon after. So no products that list flour of any kind are allowed. |
| bronwyn | posted 1-Jul-2008 10:44am Whoops the above confession belongs to me. Tres that is a common mistake people make when they first start NFNS is that if the bread is 100% whole wheat that it is okay. This program is a little different in that respect,,,,,,no flour of any kind. Ezekial bread only has 70 calories per slice and no flour and it tastes good. I like the sesame one and the raisin bread one. Others on the board have mentioned that Trader Joe's has a good no flour no sugar bread. The squirrely brand bread has a no flour no sugar bread but I prefer the Ezekial myself. I think any of these breads are better toasted. Tres just substitute these breads with your menu on the 30th and you are fine....but what is leaded coke.....yikes that sounds really bad!?!!? |
| Tres | posted 1-Jul-2008 10:57am bronwyn - what do you mean substiture these breads with your menu on the 30th? Ha Ha Leaded coke is regualar coke - it is loaded with sugar - leaded. Ha Ha Thank you for the advice. Our local Publix carries teh Ezekial Bread. Waht about the organic bean dip with the organic corn chips.....are those allowed (in moderation)? |
| Tres | posted 1-Jul-2008 10:58am What are some good lunch menus.......I'm lost on this one. |
| bronwyn | posted 1-Jul-2008 11:45am Tres I noticed your post was dated June 30th where you gave your menu for the day (that was what I was referring to). In the menu you listed 100% whole wheat breads....change your bread to ezekial no flour no sugar bread and what you ate would have been okay. Hilda mentioned that she restricts herself even on the Ezekial bread and she is having good success. Corn chis are fine if they have no flour or sugar in them but overall they are high in calories and not that filling. The days I do best is when I make good NFNS choices....instead of just eat NFNS items like the chips and so forth. Check out Hilda's list of foods to buy and have on hand. She makes big batches of soups and so forth to have on hand for lunches. I suggest trying out brown rice and quinoa salads.....make up batches to have in the fridge. Do you have Dr. Gott's book? |
| Tres | posted 1-Jul-2008 4:13pm bronwyn - I do not have the book yet. I heard about this life change from a friend. He lost over 40 lbs on it without really trying. He eats the 100% whole wheat bread. He said he keeps it simple and it has worked. I'm going to buy the Ezekial bread and give it a try. Thank you. I like the brown rice. |
| Tres | posted 1-Jul-2008 4:52pm What is a quinoa salad? |
| Hilda | posted 2-Jul-2008 1:20am I am taking guacamole for my hamburger on the Fourth. Celebrating with 2 kids and my grandkids. I probably will eat it without the bun. I love hamburgers with quacamole. I plan to take deviled eggs and fruit salad also. Corn chips made from corn, NOT corn flour, salsa, diet soda, and sugar free fudgsicles. French Kiss melons. I don't think I will feel deprived at all. |
| Hilda | posted 2-Jul-2008 1:24am Also taking popcorn to eat while watching the fireworks. |
| Anonymous | posted 2-Jul-2008 8:22am Tres do a google search for quinoa (keenwah) salads.....I tried to attach a link and I guess you can't do that on this site. The Quinoa is nutritious and can be made into all kinds of things. My family actually prefers brown rice and I often substitute the rice in the recipes for quinoa salad. One I thought that was especially good was the black bean and corn quinoa salad (I used the one off of epicurious.com)......I made that but then I also did a take off on that idea and used brown rice, black eyed peas, pork and spinach. Hilda you are so together with this program....good for you. Yesterday I ran into an old friend......haven't seen her in years, in fact the last time I saw her we were both size 8 sigh!!!,,,,the depressing part is that she still is and I am like double that. Don't you hate that?!?!?!?!? |
| Tres | posted 2-Jul-2008 8:44am I love this program......I know it is only water lose but I have lost two pounds since Monday! Yeah....I made homemade salsa lastnight with my organic blue corn chips...they are awesome. They are by Garden of Eatin. I had grilled chicken with onions and roasted peppers. I love this program and all of you have been great to share your stories. They have really motivated me. I keep this post up all day at work just so I can check in here and there. Thank you to all of you. |
| Hilda | posted 2-Jul-2008 11:31pm I was able to wear a top I hadn't worn in at least 3 years to a church carnival tonight. I had bought myself a new pair of jeans last week. I hadn't worn jeans in 2 years. It feels very good to wear some of my clothes again. I have several nice suits I haven't worn in 4 years. My goal is to be in them by August. My energy level is so much better since I have started this program. Feeling healthier is wonderful. |
| Tiffany Ann | posted 2-Jul-2008 11:58pm Well here I go.. I started today and surprisingly I feel great about it. I am a shift manager at Starbucks so it was really difficult for me to resist the temptation to have sugar!! All my favorite drinks have sugar in them! I just opted for iced coffee with NO sugar and some soy milk.. but as I was reading all these posts I saw that someone said cane sugar is bad.. so, I'll have to stop drinking the soy and just stick with skim. I am actually fasting white flour and white sugar for 40 days.. my beginning intentions.. but I think after this.. I will continue. I'm 24; 5'5 and weigh 194.. I would like to lose about 40lbs or so.. I am going to try to join in on the conversation daily! All of you guys are great! Today for lunch I had various fruits a tomato and a cucumber. very delightful and filling. for dinner i had brown rice, black beans and chicken--which was amazing! And for a little dessert later.. i will have some grapes. I would also suggest a fabulous meal which is.. brown rice, sliced tomato and avacado and add some salsa!! it is soo very fantastic! I think we can do this.. we just need to stay out of our own way! Can't wait to hear more recipes and encouagring words! |
| Tiffany Ann | posted 3-Jul-2008 12:21am Hey Hilda!! that's great news!! |
| Greg | posted 3-Jul-2008 7:29am Congradulations Hilda! |
| Tres | posted 3-Jul-2008 8:25am Congrats Hilda....keep up the good work. |
| Tres | posted 3-Jul-2008 8:26am Welcome Tiffany Ann......you can do it. |
| Tiffany Ann | posted 3-Jul-2008 4:40pm Hey does anyone know if cane juice is the same thing as cane sugar? i double checked the ingredients in soy milk and it says cane juice.. so i am wondering if it is the same as cane sugar? your knowledge would be greatly appreciated =) |
| bronwyn | posted 3-Jul-2008 5:11pm Hilda you are truly inspiring.....you just keep sticking to it (you are the NFNS energizer bunny and look you are having great success....woohoo!!!!snack or breakfast idea.....2 slices of raisin ezekial bread toasted and spread with lowfat cream cheese topped with a good unsweetened applesauce and sprinkle with cinnamon and a cup of herbal tea. Tiffany Ann....yes sugar likes to hide itself and disguise itself so it sounds like it is something else.....no matter what form cane sugar is in it is sugar.....shoot, eh!!!!! lots of products use several different forms of sugar so that they can spread it out on the ingredient list so that your first ingredient doesn't indicate sugar(ie, glucose, dextrose and so forth).....that is too obvious of a tip-off that the product is very high in sugar. You will see all kinds of names for sugar on products.......we are being scammed and deceived by these companies that know that making things sweet is a great way to sell their product.....hey sugar makes things yummy!!!! sugar also makes you hungry and craving more.........oh my word My progress report.......no cashews since Greg helped me realize how helpless me or anyone else is to such a yummy thing |
| Tiffany Ann | posted 3-Jul-2008 5:56pm Hey bronwyn thanks so much for the help! |
| Tiffany Ann | posted 3-Jul-2008 6:05pm oh yeah bronwyn good job at 7 days without cashews! |
| Hilda | posted 3-Jul-2008 11:53pm Reward yourself with seeing a good movie or something else that doesn't involve food. I haven't gone near a concession stand in years. I refuse to pay the outrageous prices, anyway. |
| Tiffany Ann | posted 4-Jul-2008 11:22pm hey i read in one of these little blogs someone was having sugar free pudding with sugar free cool whip on top.. well i was reading the ingredients on the SF cool whip and it says corn syrup.. i thought that was a no-no? is it? |
| bronwyn | posted 5-Jul-2008 2:24am Good call Tiffany Ann.....I googled....."ingredients in sugar free cool whip".....water, corn syrup, hydrogenated veg. oil (coconut and palm kernel oil). Hungry for cool whip anybody...... Sugar free and fat free things are often just such junk I really never buy cool whip sugar free or not.....it is a chemical pudding. Studies show that corn syrup has been one of the big things causing the obesity crises in North America. I try very hard to NOT buy products with corn syrup in them. When you start reading ingredient labels on food you find corn syrup everywhere. It is bad enough in Canada but I think even worse in the States. Last time I was in the States I was trying to find a yoghurt without corn syrup......I was shocked that I was having such a hard time finding one without the high fructose corn syrup. Also next time you are at the grocery store check out the amount of sugar in yoghurt.....like 15-24 gms. per 125 gram serving. Some of these kind of awareness are such reality shocks......you would never buy a cereal with that high of a sugar count per serving (in fact is there even one that high) and yet "We" (the royal WE) ......consume buckets and buckets of yoghurt thinking that we are doing ourselves a good thing. Check out the sugar in Activia.....and yet if you believed the commercials you would really thing you were doing a good thing for your body to be consuming 25 gms. of sugar in a 125 gm. serving. Marketing can be so deceptive. See Tiffany Ann they didn't deceive you......good label reading!!!!  |
| bronwyn | posted 5-Jul-2008 2:27am just as a report.....NSNF today and no cashews .... I did have nachos though and the calorie count would be a little high on that. |
| Greg | posted 5-Jul-2008 7:06am 6/14 208 lbs, 6/21 204 lbs, 6/28 203 lbs, 7/5 202 lbs. Hilda, I did make the switch to brown rice and I actually did enjoy it. After 3 weeks with no bread I was excited to buy Eziekial bread yesterday. About the cool whip and other not so great but allowable foods. If you can do without them that is the best, but if eating a reasonable amount of them helps to keep you on the diet then I think that is a good thing. |
| bronwyn | posted 5-Jul-2008 2:34pm Greg that is a great weight loss.....good for you! You know when brown rice is cooked right it is so much better than white......in fact it is hard to go back to white after some really good brown rice. Lots of things are transitional......and you are moderate and right in saying that eating small amounts of not so great stuff to keep going on the program is better than falling off the program. I did a search a while back for the best way to cook brown basmati rice......I got a recipe off the internet for a rice that was so delicious. I make a big pot and then adapt it into different meals and recipes. I can't attach the link because this site won't accept attachments but I will check out the name and post it. |
| bronwyn | posted 5-Jul-2008 2:43pm It is on Recipezaar and called Lemony Brown Basmati Rice (it isn't a sweet rice but it does have a hint of lemon). I like to soak my brown rice (up to 8 hrs.,,,no longer) and then prior to cooking stir fry it dry just in the pan I am going to cook it in until it smells aromatic (3 or so minutes) and then continue on with the recipe. It makes a very fluffy nice rice. This is so yummy with a creamy black lentil dal over it. Hilda I once said that you don't have to soak lentils that isn't quite true as the black lentils do need to be soaked for 8 hours. That rice is also a nice rice to use in rice salad recipes. |
| Tiffany Ann | posted 6-Jul-2008 12:13am Wahoo for Greg! Congrats on your weight loss!! Way to go!! Bronwyn thanks for always responding to my messages.. your input helps a lot. Tres, thanks for welcoming me and encouraging me =) and oh yeah tres, you said that publix carries the ezekial bread? but i didnt see any? is it in the bakery? i didnt think to check there.. So, today for lunch I had a sweet potato sprinkled with cinnamon and it was oh so delightful! I've been eatting lots of fruits lately as well.. they are all so good lately.. I haven't been eatting a lot of veggies though.. i need to get better at that. I still have not cheated at work.. which again i say, is very difficult.. i think i will be like Greg and only weigh once a week.. so no weight update until the 9th.. How is everyone doing? |
| debbie | posted 6-Jul-2008 3:29pm I HAVE BEEN TRING THIS DIET FOR 2 WEEKS AND HAVE LOST NO WEIGHT!! JUST CHEATED A VERY WEE BIT LAST NIGHT AND HAD BARBEQUE SAUCE. I HAVE ONLY EATEN EZEKIEL BREAD. I ALWAYS ATE LOTS AND LOTS OF SWEETS. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THESE. I THINK IT EASY TO FIND THINGS TO EAT AND IS FILING. WHY AM I NOT LOSING?? |
| Anonymous | posted 6-Jul-2008 8:14pm Cut back on the bread to one slice every other day and watch your portion sizes. Are you eating at least 5 vegetables a day, an apple, and drinking water? Try writing down what you are eating for a week. You may lose 3 puonds at the end of the third week. Maybe your scales are not accurate. What do you think your calorie count per day has been? |
| bronwyn | posted 7-Jul-2008 6:59pm Debbie it is so discouraging when you don't feel that you are losing weight. How much weight do you want to lose? Things are very slow for me as well and I am kind of hanging on by my fingernails. I really don't want to quit though because I want this to work....I feel it is such a doable long term style of eating. We just have to figure out how to do the program in a way that we also lose weight. This summer I have been eating more nacho's than usual.....yes they are NFNS but high in calories. I actually make reasonably nutritious ones but still too many calories. I haven't really used the guidelines for the menus in Dr. Gott's book yet....and I think that may be helpful because in all honesty looking at his menu plans they look much more sparse than my usual fare Another thing I did this week-end that I know doesn't work well for me is that I bought a bag of the Weight Watcher chocolates.......I believe 3 were 210 calories (maybe it was 180). I know myself with sweets (even no sugar ones) I don't eat one and then leave them alone. Really and I know this but hey that doesn't mean I always pay attention to it.......I could have a regular small chocolate bar for less calories than 3 pieces of sugar free chocolates (Cadbury thins are 100 calories)....so does that make any sense to eat twice that many calories albeit sugar free. I am not promoting the idea of just eating regular chocolate because that has always got me over my head with calories; it sets up cravings and I don't eat it reasonably......but calories count and so if I eat 200 calories in no sugar candy I don't think I am advantaged by doing so. Debbie is there something you are eating that may be keeping your calorie count too high??? I know I am and I think I need to actually sit down and read the book and follow it more closely.......and yes I am reluctant to do that because I want NFNS to be more magical and to allow me to eat more calories and still lose weight |
| Anonymous | posted 8-Jul-2008 1:29am What made you buy that candy in the first place? Were you depressed? You knew it was a temptation and you made the bad decision to bring it into your house. This lifestyle is about making good decisions that will make us healthier. Did you read the Dr. Phil book? He says get real or stay real fat. You have to want to be healthy more than you want to cheat. |
| Greg | posted 8-Jul-2008 8:26am Tiffany, I actually weigh myself every day. The goal is one pound for the week and if I'm not making the goal I get a lot more serious about my choices. That seems to work for me. For you ladies who are having a hard time losing weight, that must be very frustrating, just don't quit! Dr. Gott does talk about the plate method for portion control. Use a normal dinner plate and 1/4 of the plate should be; no sugar, no flour carbs, 1/4 lean protein and 1/2 non-stachy vegetables like carrots, broccoli, tomatoes, zuchini?, lettuce etc. This is the perfect plate, naturally all our meals will not be perfect but it is a good guide. If you search plate method (Denver plate method is a great site). |
| Greg | posted 8-Jul-2008 8:51am Bronwyn, If you must have a sugar free candy (you know its not the best choice), a small amount of it could be used as your 1/4 plate carb. The protein and vegetables on your plate will help offset the candies effects and your meal will still be a reasonably healthy. |
| Hilda | posted 8-Jul-2008 11:49am I'm sure everyone had lots of tempting food in front of them over the holidays. Just take it one day at a time. One meal at a time. Planning and being prepared is the key. If you make plenty of the right foods available, its a lot easier to avoid the wrong ones. |
| Anonymous | posted 8-Jul-2008 12:44pm Greg you are right I so totally know the sugar free candy is dumb Sweets are my nemesis absolutely.....and I seldom buy the sugar free ones because I don't like the idea of sugar alternatives and again I have to avoid sugar as I don't do well with it. I mean reading the ingredients on the sugar free candies is not that appetizing but the idea of having chocolate overpowered me However, when you aren't losing weight and you are grocery shopping hungry and disenheartened....bad things can happen The division of the plate idea is the basis of Rick Gallop's low G.I diet and I think it would mostly work well with this program as it is no sugar however, he does use flour. I have all of this books and I should refer to some of his menu ideas. Listen I know all about the right things to do and what are good choices.............now if I can get my intellectual side working with my emotional sidewho knows maybe big things can happen In my and everyone else defense who is struggling to see a drop on the scales............the intellectual side works better with the emotional when the scales are registering that your choices are leading to a loss. |
| Tiffany Ann | posted 8-Jul-2008 4:15pm Hey Greg.. that might be a good idea about weighing myself everyday.. i'll have to try it and see if it discourages me or not.. us women are so emotional!! greg - you see that you're not losing any weight and you get more serious for the week.. us ladies - are emotional.. we see that we didn't lose weight and we head for the chocolate!! haha so i'll have to see which works best for me. thanks for letting me know =) tomorrow will be a week.. and i have only really struggled one day.. but i didnt cave! it was really hard.. but in my weakness He is strong.. it seems so silly that i even struggled at all.. but it's crazy how addicted our bodies are to sugar! well i always love coming on here and hearing peoples updates! hope all is well! |
| Greg | posted 8-Jul-2008 4:53pm He, meaning God? If so I agree! |
| Tiffany Ann | posted 8-Jul-2008 5:06pm yes Greg! absolutely I mean God as in Jesus Christ as in the Holy Spirit =) |
| Hilda | posted 9-Jul-2008 12:07am I was watching the CBS news tonight and they ran a story about keeping a food diary. They said that people who write down everything they eat lose twice as much weight. Also on Oprah today ,Dr.Oz was talking about not bringing forbidden food into the house. |
| bronwyn | posted 9-Jul-2008 12:25pm Starting food diary today.....I do think it makes you more accountable and aware. The forbidden food is a little more difficult if there are other people in the house and in my case there are 5 other people in the house. I can stop buying things specifically for me though that are triggers for me to overeat. |
| Tres | posted 10-Jul-2008 10:06am Tiffay Ann - The Ezeckial Bread is in the organic section at Publix in the freezer. It is really good. I now have my husband on it which is a good thing because he is diabetic. I love this way of eating. It is not too hard.....you just have to read and watch portion control. That is the hard part for me. |
| Tres | posted 10-Jul-2008 10:10am I found some veg. mac. in the organic section at Publix (our local supermarket) and it didn't say flour but it said Semolina. The def. of it is: Semolina is the inner, granular, starchy endosperm of wheat (not yet ground into flour). Is this allowed does anybody know. It is really good. It is made from veg. like beets, sweet pot., peppers etc..... |
| Tiffany Ann | posted 10-Jul-2008 2:29pm Hey Tres i found the bread, thanks! now i also read in one of these little blogs that we should only have one piece every other day.. I was just curious why that was? I looked at the fat and calories and i dont think they are that high.. so i just didnt understand that one piece every other day? I didn't weigh in yesterday.. I think I am afraid to get on the scale.. Thats not why i am doing this or what this is about anyways.. but of course I am curious.. |
| Hilda | posted 10-Jul-2008 3:28pm The one piece of bread every other day was my idea only. If you aren't losing at least a pound a week, I would limit the Ezekiel bread. I would rather make a wrap out of lettuce instead of a sandwich with bread and use my calories on something else. |
| Tiffany Ann | posted 10-Jul-2008 6:31pm hmm great idea hilda.. lettuce wraps! is there a specific lettuce that you use for wrapping? |
| Hilda | posted 10-Jul-2008 10:00pm Just regular iceberg. I separate the best outside leaves and wash them for wraps, and then use the inside for salads or sandwiches made with bread. |
| Tres | posted 11-Jul-2008 11:59am the red leaf lettuce taste better. I do not like the iceberg. Tiffany Ann I have two slices a day of the bread for lunch. I have been losing a lb a week but I am finding that I am losing inches faster than the lbs. Has anybody done body measurements before they started? did anyone find out anything about Semolina? I'm curious. I ate it and didn't gain but I only had the recommened 3/4 cup. |
| Tres | posted 11-Jul-2008 12:01pm Hey a great salad for lunch or dinner is the 7 layer salad. It has lettuce, celery, onion, peas, cheese, mayo and sugar. I sub the mayo for fat free or one with a low sugar content and subsitute sugar with splenda. It is really good. |
| Hilda | posted 11-Jul-2008 12:03pm I seem to remember when I was on Weight Watchers years ago that men could have more bread than women, and still lose. I read an article yesterday about preventing Alzheimers. It said tumeric in mustard and curry was found to help fight memory loss. |
| Tres | posted 11-Jul-2008 12:10pm Men can always lose faster than women....just not fair. Hilda have you heard anything good or bad or is it allowed about Semolina? |
| Hilda | posted 11-Jul-2008 12:30pm Go to google and enter: writing down every morsel doubles weight loss |
| Tiffany Ann | posted 11-Jul-2008 1:12pm Thank for all the remarks about bread.. AND I never thought about measuring! Great idea! |
| Tiffany Ann | posted 11-Jul-2008 1:14pm Today is a rough day for me.. I am one who when I am stressed out or whatnot.. I love to eat sweets.. and well a few years ago today is the day that my dad died.. and then my grandpa died on the same day. so today is pretty rough for me.. BUT I will not eat the sweets.. |
| Tres | posted 11-Jul-2008 1:19pm I do measure when it comes to oatmeal, the veg. mac., stuff like that. I try to only eat the recommended amount. Hilda, I googled that and I think I will start. Anybody on the Semolina? Hang in there Tiffany Ann....you can do it. Like the food diary says.....you have to write it down...do you really want to see that you ate sweets on your food diary? When you are craving something.....go brush your teeth....that is suppossed to curve your cravings or drink water.... |
| Tiffany Ann | posted 11-Jul-2008 2:57pm Well I lost 1 1/2 lb this week.. so that's great news. |
| Hilda | posted 11-Jul-2008 11:50pm Fantastic news, Tiffany Ann! Get yourself some really great healthy food that you wouldn't ordinarily buy. Try something new as a reward. I had never eaten whole almonds before as a snack. Or bought tilapia fillets. Or french kiss melons. |
| Greg | posted 12-Jul-2008 7:13am 6/14 208 lbs, 6/21 204 lbs, 6/28 203 lbs, 7/5 202 lbs, 7/12 201 lbs. Believe it or not this is the longest I've stayed on a diet. Hunger usually ended my attempts at weight loss. Tiffany, good for you!! Hilda, as always you are a wealth of knowledge. Bronwyn, Hope your hanging in there, good luck. |
| bronwyn | posted 12-Jul-2008 1:42pm Greg thanks for asking I am feeling a little defeated today. If I could go back a few years with the knowledge I now have.....one of how hard it is to take weight off and two how miserable it is emotionally and physically to be overweight(it has had a real negative impact on my life) I would never have allowed myself to gain all of this weight. However all that being said I am amazed with all of you on this board for being so positive and sticking with this and having such great success. Last night I pulled out MY NFNS book by Dr. Gott....he says that you have to pull yourself through plateaus because you will start to lose again. I go a couple of weeks without losing and then I fall back into old habits(I will never have success with doing that). I returned to the old habit of researching other diets and plans for losing weight......the frantic search for something new because I feel discouraged. Tres (or was it Tiffany Ann) you wanted to know about semolina.....I am not sure if it is flour or not but there is semolina flour and most pastas and the like are made from semolina (and I noted that it doesn't specify that it is flour but I would think it would have to be to make pasta). This is what it says on a package I have in my cupboard....(this is macaroni)....100% certified whole wheat durum semolina. I would think it is semolina flour. All in all maybe it is just to picky of a point and if you eat it and feel satisfied and not craving or over eating I would think it is not a huge deal. I just know that making too many allowances or changes leads me into a collapse of the program. I am inspired and encouraged by your weight losses.....congratulations!!!! Truthfully I don't want to do another program because I, like Greg, have had a hard time sticking with other programs because I get so hungry and tired of the program.....this is doable and I need to do it. |
| Tiffany Ann | posted 12-Jul-2008 6:39pm Glad you're still around bronwyn.. I was noticing you hadn't written in a few days. Good to have you back! Thanks for all the praise on thew weight loss! And Greg, amazing that you are consisitanly losing.. great job! |
| Greg | posted 12-Jul-2008 9:27pm Bronwyn, Everyone talks about losing 1 pound per week. How about losing 1/2 pound per week. Honestly, I would be happy eating healthier and losing 1/4 pound per week, that would still be 12 pounds per year. After all, I did not gain 12 pounds per year, if I did I would weigh 636 pounds. Do you have a digital scale that measures weight to at least 1/2 pound? Try 1/2 pound per week as a goal or even 1/2 pound every two weeks. As long as you are seeing some progress!! |
| Greg | posted 13-Jul-2008 6:28am Confucius says "It doesn't matter how slow you go, as long as you don't stop." |
| Anonymous | posted 13-Jul-2008 5:06pm Greg it is amazing to be able to feel encouraged by people that you could pass on the street and have no idea who they are. The internet is amazing. I am concerned about the inappropriate and destructive things that can be found on the internet but, how cool and wonderful is it that the same internet can bring together people from all corners of the world in pursuit of a common goal. I look fore ward to hearing about each of your success' and I do expect, plan; and, I am determined to be able to share my own success here soon. I had success doing this once I can do it again. "It doesn't matter how slow you go, as long as you don't stop." |
| bronwyn | posted 13-Jul-2008 5:06pm The above is me........ |
| Hilda | posted 14-Jul-2008 12:53am I haven't had any of my 4 can soup in a couple of weeks. I plan to put it together tomorrow so I can have it for 4 days. That really helps me eat the veggies. |
| bronwyn | posted 14-Jul-2008 8:44pm Janie are you still out there.....hope you are hanging in!!!! |
| Janie | posted 15-Jul-2008 4:20pm Hi Bronwyn, Thanks for thinking of me. Yes, I'm still hanging in there but without much luck. I have such a SWEET TOOTH that I'm still eating too much sugar free sweets (candy, pudding, ice cream). I'm really trying to eat fruit instead. Some days it works well, others it doesn't and I end up eating something sweet. I'm plugging along though and hoping for at least a small weight loss soon. |
| bronwyn | posted 17-Jul-2008 2:56pm Janie.... When you talk about how much you like sweets you sound like me. The only thing is most people like sweets(there are a few who don't). I have lots of friends who also like sweets but sweets don't control their lives......they have a little cake, a little chocolate, a little ice cream and then that is it. I have a little of this kind of stuff and it is calling my name until it is gone. I think this is different than liking sweets....because sometime I have eaten enough sweets that I am feeling sick but I still think about and crave more sweets. That sounds more like an addiction than a sweet tooth doesn't it. Do you know what I mean and do you have this experience at all? |
| Janie | posted 17-Jul-2008 4:52pm Bronwyn ... oh yes, I know exactly what you're talking about. That is me also. I LOVE sweets, especially candy. And just like you, I cannot just have one piece like some people I know. I work with a woman who has a candy dish full of chocolate. She may have one piece every now and then, but that's it. I told her if I had that dish on my desk, all the chocolate would be gone that day!! At least we recognize our weakness and are trying to fight it. Good luck!! |
| Kim | posted 17-Jul-2008 6:26pm Hi all, I just started the no flour, no sugar way of eating on Monday (7/14/08). I have already lost 5 lbs, tho I know that is mostly fluid. I'll take it any way I can get it! I love ice cream and chocolate. I satisfy these cravings with a Starbucks splenda-sweetened coffee frappuccino Lite and by making chocolate milk using mixed cocoa and splenda in my milk. I am discovering a lot of good substitutions. Duke's mayo has no sugar, I know some of you mentioned Ranch dressing mix, and Triscuits. These also help me a lot! I was fairly successful with Weight Watchers last year, but got tired of counting points. My hubby needs to lose too, and he will NOT do anything complicated. Telling him NO FLOUR and NO SUGAR makes it very simple for him and he is doing well, too. Any good suggestions for a newbie?? |
| Tiffany Ann | posted 18-Jul-2008 10:39am Hey guys! I lost 3 lb this week! I was supposed to get on the scale two days ago but I have been SOOOO busy with work and moving i hardly know what day it is this week. But I just weighed myself this morning. I a so thrilled, honestly I wasn't expecting much. I hope everybody is hanging in there. It doesn't matter how slow you go, just as long as you don't stop! |
| Hilda | posted 18-Jul-2008 1:59pm From Ladies Home Journal April issue 2008-If you fall offtrack-count it as a mere slip and move on.Tell yourself: This is a one-time thing. The article suggests portioning 4oz. of plain turkey in individual bags to eat for a sundown snack. Drink diet soda only after you have consumed your 64 oz. of water for the day. After that much water you may find you are no longer interested. Never let the sun set with a food gift still in your possession. Deliver it to someone else before the end of the day.For evenings when you don't feel like cooking, stock up on healthy frozen dinners.Portioned foods also demonstrate what a 300 or 350 calorie meal looks like. Drink 20 oz of water and eat 2 Triscuits before you go to a party or out to dinner. Good for you Tiffany Ann. Can you figure out anything you did differently as far as whazt you ate? Maybe you got more exercise. I find that cleaning my house (or my daughter's is more fun for some reason)makes me get moving and get some exercise. Has anyone read the articles on clutter making you fat? |
| Kim | posted 18-Jul-2008 2:07pm An awesome site for learning to de-clutter and KEEP your home clean is www.flylady.net. I LOVE this site! I just started the NF/NS diet on Monday and have 5 lbs off so far. Hubby has lost 6! |
| bronwyn | posted 18-Jul-2008 2:14pm Congratulations Tiffany Ann....great loss!!! Kim it sounds like you are already doing well just keep doing what you are doing. The only other suggestion I would make is to not slip back into old habits if you hit a plateau......it is easier to do the program if you just "keep on keeping on"....... Greg how is it going? Hilda what is your total weight loss now.....you are our inspiration! |
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