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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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| K10 | posted 28-Feb-2009 11:02am Kathleen: I know you don't want to hear this, but it is going to be about 80 today. I want the flurries you are having. I hope we have Spring and don't just skip to Summer. Your snack sounded yummy. :9 I still haven't decided if I am going to look on Tuesday when I get weighed. I am thinking maybe not. I haven't eaten after 8 for three nights in a row now, and I know it will make me sad to not have dropped a nice amount. I also exercised 5 times last week. It is such a head game. Maybe I won't weigh until the end of March? By the way my husband did eat after 8 last night. No biggie. Bye for now. |
| Connie | posted 28-Feb-2009 4:21pm Hey...it's snowing here! And it's coming down at a pretty good rate. I don't think it is supposed to last. It is darn cold too. I had a nice big ham bone and I'm cooking it with some beans. I'll make some NF cornbread and that will be perfect. K10, thanks for the crust recipe. I had another shake today. So good with the yogurt. I bought some more figs and have managed to not open them yet. I'm going to try and dole them out slowly. Everyone have a great NFNS day. |
| K10 | posted 28-Feb-2009 5:39pm I just had a glass of OJ, it tasted really good. I think I needed something sweet. |
| Anonymous | posted 28-Feb-2009 5:47pm Hi-My husband and I had the baked chicken in spaghetti sauce-simple , I know- but it was quite good and Easy! Had it with 1/2 baked potato and frozen sugar snap peas. Sauce went on the potato also. Thanks whoever gave me that idea. I've been taking 2 15 or 20 minute walks per day. My neighbor takes 3 or 4 short walks a day because her back hurts. She's a widow and doesn't eat much so she's a size 6. But I figure the walks are a good idea. |
| kashton | posted 28-Feb-2009 5:48pm Do we have to write in our name every time now? |
| kashton | posted 28-Feb-2009 5:51pm Re: the 2 or more walks per day. I think it may raise your metabolism. I haven't been as hungry as usual. It probably keeps your metabolism up all during the day. |
| Angie | posted 28-Feb-2009 7:57pm Hey everyone. Hubby and I went to a gun show in Tampa today and just got home. Naturally I was hungry and cooked him pancakes and sausage and I ate a Ezekial muffin with some lite mayo and turkey sausage. It was a heavy meal and now I feel YUK! I just don't like eating that heavy. I WILL do better tomorrow. We went for a 20 mile bike ride this morning so maybe I don't feel so guilty. I am not much on any meat other than chicken. I do crave ground beef every now and then and I think that's just my body saying I need some red meat. Thanks everybody for the good recipes. I am going to try the pizza crust next week. I really wanted some of those Bisquick pancakes tonight. This diet..."way of eating"...does have some drawbacks when you have to cook for someone else but the important thing is I did not fall into temptation and that would not be so easy if I still had sugar and flour cravings. Everyone have a good night. |
| Elise | posted 28-Feb-2009 8:08pm Hi everyone. I've lost 5 pounds so far on nfns, and I have some tips I'd like to share. :) Surprisingly, fruits and veggies really fill me up. Whenever I get a craving, I tell myself that I have to have a fruit/veggie first. That way, I only eat a little bit of unhealthy food. Oh and I've started eating lots of "negative calorie" foods. (Basically, they are certain fruits/veggies that have less calories in them than what it takes to digest them.) So, your body actually burns calories when you eat those foods! You can google "negative calorie foods" for a list of them. Another thing that really helps me is keeping track of what I've eaten that day. You can go to www.sparkpeople.com to do that. I love that site, you can talk to other dieters, read expert advice, etc. And it's free, which I love! Oh and one last thing. I got a really cute water bottle that has a built in straw! (It's made by Camelbak). Now I'm drinking about 7-8 cups of water everyday! It's fun to drink out of the straw. :) |
| Debbie M. | posted 28-Feb-2009 8:57pm Elise, Good for you. And good tips. Keep up the good work. |
| Kathleen | posted 28-Feb-2009 9:37pm I am eating 'dinner'. The quinoa from dinner the other night. I really like it cooked in chicken broth, I don't know what it tastes like cooked with just water. Those frosted sugar cookies...we had them at the store today and I was not even tempted!! I did have a sugar free piece of cheese cake. The crust was a sugarfree almond cookie, so I just ate the cheese part. Something like Blackberry amaretto. Yummy. Still hungry so I am going to scrounge for something else. Good night all. |
| K10 | posted 28-Feb-2009 11:14pm Elise: I like your tips. I am going to check out the negative calorie foods. I have a few Camelback water bottles. I am very happy with mine. I like the "handle" on the lid, it makes it so much easier to carry. Angie: I think the things that I am thinking about the most are pancakes. I made some whole grain ones a while ago for my daughter and those are about gone. She is going to be in for a shock when I don't make anymore. Kathleen: Where was the cheese cake from? I just had chips and salsa with sour cream and cheddar cheese mixed into the salsa. I had to eat my dinner before my 8 p.m. deadline. I had some grape juice with it. |
| Bronwyn | posted 28-Feb-2009 11:18pm Okay.....I again have reinforced in my mind the need to keep chocolate out of the house. I think I can resist because I am feeling so strong in my commitment. Chocolate can not be a part of my life and I know that....why do I keep challenging this knowledge. Whatever....this is life and there are bumps along the path....I didn't do well this week-end but it is a brief moment in my life. I haven't failed I have only fallen back a step of two. I feel crummy and I don't want to feel this way so in fact I have to quit eating this way.....and return to my program of good eating. Good job Elise! There is another NFNS blog on line.....another group following Dr. Gott's program. I only read a few entries but it seems a little more random than our group and there aren't any dates attached to the comments. Anyways some one mentioned Dr. Gotts (you will like this Connie) Figgy Date Syrup. Shoot I don't have any figs at the moment. This apparently makes a great syrup for french toast and I would think a good sweetener for yoghurt or anything else. There arae people on this other blog losing weight as well. One guy said he lost 80 lbs. in just a few months.....wow!!! Google....Figgy Date syrup or check his cook book. |
| Bronwyn | posted 28-Feb-2009 11:20pm .......my post seems a little confusing as i re-read it......to be clear I have pigged out on chocolate and have again realized I have little resistance to the wonderful, dark creamy richness of this lovely substance so I need to stay away from it!!!! |
| Debbie M. | posted 28-Feb-2009 11:38pm Thats ok Bronwyn, You are not behind, just jump back in where you are....................... |
| Hilda | posted 28-Feb-2009 11:50pm How do you read the other blog? I too have seen Anita Renfroe and loved her. |
| Bronwyn | posted 1-Mar-2009 3:27am Hilda you may have seen the other blog or it could just be another Hilda but there was a post from a Hilda. You google dietblog (all one word) and then type in NFNS. Tomorrow is a new day (actually it is tomorrow).....if anyone else slipped up this week-end we can start fresh and committed...... |
| Connie | posted 1-Mar-2009 9:30am Morning all. I'm living in a winter wonderland this morning! We really had a big snow, so rare for us...but truly beautiful. Bronwyn, I have the recipe for the syrup. I just haven't needed it. Your correct in thinking you need to keep chocolate away from you...it's easier than keeping you away from chocolate. We need to be NFNS clever at every opportunity. I've stayed NFNS, but too many calories I think. Nibbling...nibbling...nibbling! But everyday is a new beginning! |
| Kathleen | posted 1-Mar-2009 1:15pm The sf hershey's choc is really good. I didn't binge on it at all. It comes in little packages so that a binge wouldn't even matter. The sf stuff does not seem to have an effect on my system like it does for some. Finding alternatives to our favorites reduces the craving for them. Try the sf hershey's. Really it is good enough to satisfy and not so perfect that you cannot stop. I am so staying away from sugar because I am certain I would fall right back into my old habits. No control and not eating well. Day nfns. I cannot go back. I feel better physically and mentally and I am starting to enjoy wearing clothing again! Cold and windy here in Northern Illinois. I am hungry. Lunch time! |
| Hilda | posted 1-Mar-2009 10:59pm My daughter is trying NFNS now. I hope ahe can lose. She was always so slim until a couple of years ago when she turned 30. |
| Megan | posted 1-Mar-2009 11:52pm Hello all- I have had a difficult week. My mom has been in the hospital for congestive heart failure and kidney failure. She is home now, but have spent the week trying to get her affairs in order, per the doctors suggestion. The week got worse with my eating and I once again realized how crappy I feel after eating non nsnf. Lord give me the strength to start over tomorrow because I feel awful! My sister and I leave in 3 days to head down to Hollywood and then catch the Ellen Show.. I can't get over how excited I am to get a break from staying home and have some sister time. The weather isn't the greatest, another week or rain and wind.. I hope our 6 hour drive goes smoothly! Have a good night! NSNF NSNF NSNF NSNF NSNF NSNF.... |
| K10 | posted 2-Mar-2009 12:37am Megan: I hope you have a great time down here in the LA area. I think you will have a lot more fun than people have at Dr. Phil. I have heard it is boring. I ate some sausage today with breakfast and then I had some pepperoni on my "pizza", my stomach is upset now. I wonder if that small amount of sugar has something to do with it??? I think though I may have just eaten too much dinner. I felt fine until now. I know what else it could have been, I had quite a few veggies this afternoon, I think that is it. Raw veggies can sometimes do a number on my stomach. I haven't eaten after 8 p.m. since Wednesday, I sure hope it keeps being this easy. I hope we all have a great NFNS week. Talk to you tomorrow. Good Night all. |
| Debbie M. | posted 2-Mar-2009 8:00am Megan sorry about your Mom. I feel like a dog with my tail between my legs. I was not NFNS this weekend but not too bad. I'll be starting again as well. We played in our camper this weekend. We turned on the heat. Steve put a shelf in my closet, hung the paper towel holder, attached a swivel sprayer to the faucet, put a hook for the wisk broom by the door and hung a hook for my pot holders by the vent. There ares till more mods to do but we got a start at least. |
| Kathleen | posted 2-Mar-2009 9:11am Day 64 nfns. Even though I am far from where I want to be, the pants that I currently wear...I am able (and comfortable) tucking in a shirt. I remember from losing on WW how amazing it was to tuck in and need a belt again. Bought more Edy's no sugar added icecream. Mint choc chip and cookie dough are amazing. I have to limit myself to a bowl a day. Without the sugar and flour in my system I am a new person. Girl Scout cookies in the house are not even tempting me!! Baked cookies for family last night. Don't even want one. This is such a foreign concept to me. I would have never believed unless I did it myself. I CAN control myself and change the way I eat. So can YOU! It is time for change. Yes We Can! A little plagiarism in a blog never hurt anyone, right? When all else is out of our control, remember that we can have complete control over what goes in our mouths!!!!! C'mon gang! Let's feel better...together! Prays to all. |
| Kathleen | posted 2-Mar-2009 9:12am or in engilsh, prayers to all! :) |
| Connie | posted 2-Mar-2009 10:01am Morning. Megan so sorry to hear about your mom. It is a road you will travel with her. Is your sister near by so you two can split the care she'll need? My father's health went down hill over time, problems escalating nearer the end. He had 5 daughters to share the responsibilities of his care. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your mom. Kathleen, you are doing so good. Not eating in the evening is so good and soon it will be a hard and fast rule. Once that behavior is deep seated, I have another change on my mind you might want to consider...at least for the "losing" part of this plan. You might consider eliminating all extra calories. I'm talking about the NS ice cream. It is only added calories...not nutrition you can count on as part of your caloric intake. Just a thought. You could always pick it up again when your in "maintenance." If it's important to you, rock on with it. Debbie...I think I understand why you slipped up this weekend. I think, if I can read between the lines, there was much happiness and excitement at your house this weekend with the camper tweaking being done. Family bonding and comfort/happy foods go hand in hand. If you were able to even remember NFNS, you did good! Deciding on NFNS foods for home and camping is going to be your challenge...but you can do it. Start panning! This weekend was not so great. The snow was beautiful, but there was too much alcohol consumption by my husband and now I'm feeling extremely irritated. I'll take some deep breaths and try to calm down. Love to all. |
| K10 | posted 2-Mar-2009 12:26pm Hi ladies. I was up through the night with my stomach. No need to go into detail, I am sure you all can figure it out. I am eating broth right now. This is the hardest part of NFNS. Normally if my stomach bothered me, I would eat crackers or toast. I don't even want to put any whole grains in my stomach right now. I may have some white rice later. Debbie: I am excited about your camper. Is it a trailer? How long is it? I know you gave info before, but I don't feel like looking for it. Kathleen: Awesome that you are tucking in shirts again. I haven't done that in so long. It is so amazing how foods that normally would have really tempted me don't anymore. I may think a moment about them when I see them, but that is really all. I think about how you all have had problems with not feeling well after eating certain foods and it makes it easy not to reach for it. Especially since I have problems on occasion eating the right way. Maybe I have a stomach bug or something. I don't think so though. Have a great NFNS day today girls. |
| K10 | posted 2-Mar-2009 12:40pm Bronwyn: I commented to you on the other blog. I guess it goes to where your comment was, which of course I can't find. I just started reading that one last night. Bye for now. |
| Connie | posted 2-Mar-2009 1:51pm My sister just emailed me an important message. If you are ever forced to use your ATM card against your will, enter your pin# backwards. It alerts the police that you are under duress. The machine will still give you the money and the police will be on their way to help. |
| Debbie M. | posted 2-Mar-2009 2:11pm K10 sorry about your stomach. Our camper, as I call it is a trailer. Its a 28 Jayco Jay Flight BHS. We are having lots of fun personalizing it. Our first trip is scheduled at a near by State Park so we can use everything and see if its all working. Its been fun so far. We took my two middle kids shoping for jeans yesterday. It went smooth as silk for the 13 year old. Ended up finding ones she liked right away. Then 10 year olds turn. She was very peticular about what she was looking for and had a bad attitude right away. I tried to stay up beat and made her try things on that were out of her comfort zone. We went out of children's and into juniors and looked for "short". Alas she found three pairs she loves. Thank goodness. Then we bought a few groceries. After that we went to Sonic for burgers, and we all shared a chocolate malt. Then my some wanted to go to Barn's and Noble to buy a book. (Whats wrong with the library?) We got there and my husband and daughter dissappeared. After I found books that my son wanted we went to children's where my 8 year old found a book she just had to have. Then dad shows up with a Carmel Machiato for me. (#$^&*) Its my favorite. I took it without even thinking. We then went over to the Hallmark store where littelist one wanted a jacket for her webkin Huskey, Hook. After that we went to Big Lots to get a dashboard hula girl for my car. We had a nice time but it ended up being a very expensive afternoon in the NFNS way as well as for the checkbook. |
| Debbie M. | posted 2-Mar-2009 2:14pm When I said "some" I meant son wanted to go to Barns and Noble. |
| Kathleen | posted 2-Mar-2009 2:57pm Connie, the extra calories is right on. I think about pulling out the diet cola too. But a little bit at a time. I just don't want to throw myself into feeling deprived because then I just lose it! I also want to add a little walking, but my excuse currently is the weather. We will see what I can come up with when the weather gets better!! hehe Omlette: spinach and feta cheese! Hashbrowns. Yummy breakfast will hold me til dinner. |
| Kathleen | posted 2-Mar-2009 3:09pm I am watching for my friend Kathy who is doing ww, but it is not working right now. I suggested she try nfns for just one week and there would be a weight loss. I invited her on this blog to meet all of you. There is such a wealth of info. |
| K10 | posted 2-Mar-2009 3:13pm I just ate some white rice cooked in chicken broth, we will see how that works for me. Debbie M: Our trailers are similar in size. My trailer is just sitting in the driveway wanting to be taken out. The only trip we have planned at this time is in June. :( I think we have similar kids too. My 14 year old has the hardest time finding things, she's very particular, and my 13 year has a much easier time finding something that fits her. They both love book stores too, as do I. Kathleen: your breakfast sounded good. Do you use fresh or frozen spinach? I love that we can have hashbrowns with breakfast if we want to. Connie: thanks for the PIN info. Talk later. |
| Kathleen | posted 2-Mar-2009 3:15pm either fresh or frozen spinach. Which ever is on hand. |
| Connie | posted 2-Mar-2009 3:32pm Debbie...it is so obvious your husband wants to please you. He seems to know exactly what you love...how can anyone hold that against him? I don't know what to tell you. I guess when your ready to put your foot down it will happen. It sounds like it was a good day for you all. My daughter was impossible to shop for in pants. She's short and heavy. For several years it was rough. I have hemmed almost every pair of jeans she owned. First I always had to cut off 3 inches. Now she just wears them as is. I've been on sparkspeople.com looking up recipes. If you go to "gluten free" you can weed out the NF ones. There are like 2000 recipes and I made it through 500 of them. I picked out 20 for future meals. It takes some time to go through them, but there are some wonderful recipes there. I'm excited! Last night I cooked the "dill chicken." It was soooo good. I definitely recommend it. This weeks menu is going to be fantastic. Luckily I got a printer for Christmas...so I'm off to print my great recipe finds! Later gang. Hey Bronwyn...what's up in Canada? |
| Hilda | posted 2-Mar-2009 5:04pm Where do you buy the dried figs? What is the brand name and how are they packaged? |
| Connie | posted 2-Mar-2009 5:18pm Hilda, I buy my figs at WalMart. I get them in the produce section. They are hard to see because the packaging is somewhat small. They are in a clear plastic wrap disc, about 5 in across. Varying shades of brown in color. Big print says "Organic Figs" by, smaller print, Great Lakes International Trading Inc. I hope you can find them...they are so much better than the ones on the canned/dried fruit aisle. I grabbed them out of the frig to read the label so now I guess I should have a few! I managed to print all my recipes and have moved onto menu planning and grocery list. I'm making a day off it but it is going to be so great having new things to eat. |
| Bronwyn | posted 2-Mar-2009 5:22pm Connie I am sure Canada is doing much better than I am. Hells Bells.....(that is my long passed away Aunts saying and I love it....it can really sum up your feelings). I have been doing so well and been so up....but then Friday I got on the scales and I had gone up not down and it has been down hill from there (and no it was not my time of the month......I no longer have "my time of the month"). When our friends came over for dinner Friday night.....I just ignored all things I know about flour and sugar......when I went out for lunch with friends on Saturday.....I continued down the same path....bad path. Sunday the block of callebaut chocolate was on my counter all day....being chopped at and again this morning. I don't make little slips I just go whole hog (and that is not a figure of speech....it is an actual event) with it the whole down ward slide. Listen the economy is taking its toll....we are not finding work, I have kids in University, weddings, huge amount of dental work and the savings are being drained with nothing coming in. Our economy is tied in with yours and I listen to all this stuff Obama is doing and I think it is so scary. History shows that the things he is doing will not strengthen the economy but destroy it. I have always eaten chocolate when I am stressed. You are right, it does does not help, it does make me feel crummy, and i wish I would have ridden things out without starting into it. I think I would not have done it if I had not weighed on Friday. It just felt so hopeless when I stood on the scales and they had gone up instead of down. Sorry that is my rant. Connie I am so sorry that you had to deal with all the drinking this week-end. Do you go to any support groups? I am also glad that you are in such a good space with your own self esteem right now. My understanding about an alcoholic spouse is how destructive it can be to the other spouses self-esteem. My daughter-in-laws father was such an angry and emotionally abusive drunk.....her and her mother were the targets of his emotional abuse. They have really had a lot of stuff to work through. Even though they are now divorced and of course my daughter-in-law is no longer around him that much,,,,,,there are scars that never go away. Would Jerry even consider himself an alcoholic? Would he in any way want to look for help? Debbie M. (hells bells.....I have to use it again) we do have our struggles with being consistent and strong......geesh!!!! Okay the chocolate is off the cupboard......I am not feeling great and I am staying off the scales. Thanks for listening. I know I am more and more discouraged as the wedding gets closer and my weight doesn't go any place......... |
| Bronwyn | posted 2-Mar-2009 5:55pm I remember the challenging clothes shopping trips with kids......we still have some. My daughter has a 36" inseam and a 26 or 27 inch waist.....it has always been tough to find her jeans that she liked and that fit. She also has a quad A width for shoes.....she has never had shoes that fit well.....it is getting a bit better but shoes she liked always looked like little boats on her. |
| Angie | posted 2-Mar-2009 5:56pm Bronwyn I know where you are coming from. I have tried to do so good and have even exercised at least 30 minutes everyday and even though I haven't gained weight, I haven't lost any. I really don't feel like I am eating too many calories. I think when you get my age you just really have to step up the exercise and cut down even more on the calories. We do live in some depressing times and I cut the T.V. off today just because I did not want to hear anymore. I know it is hard where you live to get out and enjoy sunshine but this really does help me. We do have a lot of food choices and in that it is hard to keep the calories down. I started today writing down my calories as best I can. One positive thing I can say is that I got bored yesterday and out of curosity read about the other diets on this web site and NFNS is by far the best diet. It does take a lot of discipline. I am not giving up. If I need to cut calories I will. I know I am eating healthier than I use to. Hang in there ladies, we can do it. We are all going to go through our trials and tribulations. In a negative world we need to stay positive! I enjoy the strength you all share. |
| Bronwyn | posted 2-Mar-2009 6:15pm Angie I was trying to find your age....I see your Dad is only 76 (I believe you said) so you are probably in your 40's I am in my 50's and it is so tough to move the weight. How much weight are you trying to lose? I had decided to work on 10% which should be so doable but that wasn't even happening. I had even been recording my food. I think I have to go on a starvation diet ...... to lose weight!!!! Dr. Bernstein is a very, very low calorie and almost fat free diet....I lost so well on that but I didn't keep it off. |
| Angie | posted 2-Mar-2009 6:54pm Brownyn I am 48. I don't want to lose but 10 pounds but I know if I don't succeed at that the pounds are going to keep coming on with age. I am very short waisted and the thought of even wearing a shirt tucked in is a joke. Being short and short waisted makes me look like I've gained 5 pounds if I gain 1. My mother is 72 and she is very short. She has said so many times that she would have to starve to lose a pound. She has all her weight right in the belly and is tiny everywhere else. So you see what I am in line for. I want to get control of it now. There is no easy fix. Like my husband said if there was an easy fix Oprah would be skinny. She has no money problems and can hire a nutritionist and trainer and she still has a weight problem. We are just going to have to keep up the good fight and accept that if we do our best that's all we can ask of ourselves and learn to love who you are. I am not familiar with Dr. Bernstein. I will have to google him. I want something that I can stick to for the rest of my life. That is why I love NFNS. I know I can stick to it I have just got to learn how much is too much. You sounded so upbeat a couple of weeks ago. You will be there again. Think Positive. I will too. If we fall off we get up, dust ourselves off and go again. |
| Connie | posted 2-Mar-2009 7:24pm Ok, this is embarrassing...the story about the pin# I posted earlier is a fake. Wow, the email I received said it checked out with snopes.com. I've told three people, besides you all, so now I'm recanting. It's a good idea though, I wish it was true. Bronwyn, Bronwyn, Bronwyn. Dear girl. Sorry you have so much negativity all around you right now. Or, at least it seems that way. The news is depressing...I watch it only a little. My self esteem is much better than it used to be. It was better before I lost weight, I think it made my weight loss possible. For me it was about taking control of my life. I was either going to be in this marriage and be comfortable with it or I was ready to get out. That's huge for me since I'm financially dependent on my husband. But I was ready. And I think when he realized that I was going to live my life the way I wanted to, he came around a lot. Yes, he still drinks more than he should, but it's much less than when he was at his worst. I really believe he is changing for the better. Given time I think he will stop drinking. He's already started the process. I finally convinced him, with his doctors help, to start taking an anti depressant. That has helped a lot. We are going to make it. Knowing your savings are depleted can't feel good. We've never really had any savings, that part of our lives is just starting. And we are very late in the game. Have you and your husband discussed plan B? Is there a plan B? You both sound so talented, there must be someway you can make it through this. I wish I had a better understanding of it all. Depending on who's talking, the cure is always opposing from the last cure I heard. That darn Dr Bernstein!!!! I don't think he did you any favors in the long haul. But remember, it comes down to calories. If your not losing...your consuming too many calories. It stinks, but it's true. Exercise would raise your metabolism, even small amounts would help as long as they were regular. I didn't exercise one bit, but I did cut my calories a lot. I ate only nutritious foods and stopped after I ate. I told myself I had been fed, I wasn't going to starve, and I let my fat burn because what I was eating was NFNS. Time for dinner, later all. |
| Bronwyn | posted 2-Mar-2009 7:40pm Oh Connie my savings aren't depleted.....just depleting and not being added to. I meant it is scary having money going out and nothing coming in........the cost of living, kids in school and upcoming wedding and so forth.....all those expenses are there and money going out just nothing coming in. The prospects for work just aren't very good and that is the concerning part. Work has always been plentiful and often more than he could handle....people have always come to him, he has never really had to look....... |
| Triplet mom | posted 2-Mar-2009 8:14pm I am now going on my 4th year of NFNS. My children are healty, husband healthy. This is the best diet. My whole family has been 100% NFNS. Yesterday, somone dumped a 3 tobler bars on my desk, and bags of hershey's kissies- I threw them in the trash. Get a kitchen garbagae bin with a lid. If I am tempted to eat something someone gave me for a gift-DUMP IT! Eating sugar or flour is not good for you. |
| Connie | posted 2-Mar-2009 8:34pm Ok Bronwyn, I'm glad to hear your not broke. And I'm sure you will not let that happen. After having been to a couple of weddings last year and talking with the brides mothers about some of the expenses, I'm really hoping my daughter is going to wait until she graduates before we have to face that. In our case it will be a matter of me saying "this is how much money we have...how do you want to spend it?" I would try to talk her into a small ceremony and a big chunk of money for a house down payment. And I think she would go for it. She can be practical when the pay off is something she wants. Tonight we had the beans and cornbread. Really good. I'm going to freeze the leftovers. Tomorrow I'll shop for my new recipes. I'm really looking forward to cooking something new. I'll have time to be in the kitchen, that makes the difference. I resisted the figs earlier. I weighed in 3 lbs heavier yesterday. Yikes! So I'm cutting back on my fruit to every other day for awhile. One of my recipes this week calls for pineapple juice. Love that stuff! |
| Hilda | posted 2-Mar-2009 11:12pm Bronwyn, why was that chocolate even in your house? Have you not learned to get it out of your environment? |
| Bronwyn | posted 2-Mar-2009 11:20pm Hilda I will ignore that statement.....of course I knew it was not a good idea. I did not bring it here. I would not have a weight problem if all I had to do was know things.....really knowledge isn't the problem. K10 that was so funny that you commented on my comment on the other blog....I wrote that Feb. 11th 2008. The comments on that blog are not dated and they are random. It doesn't seem like there is any ongoing conversation between people....just random, undated posts. I only made the one comment. |
| K10 | posted 3-Mar-2009 12:25am Bronwyn: That is funny about the other blog. My legs are about as long as your daughter's waist. She must be tall. I really think you should only weigh once per month. It is so much better to see a big number. Even if it is only one or two pounds at least you see the down not the up and down. Angie: I am short too. I am only 5 feet tall. I am short waisted as well. My pants hit me just under my ribs, so even if my pants aren't tight they feel that way after eating. You would think that would have helped me to not be heavy, not so. Connie: Wow, I though snopes was accurate. Thanks for the update. What recipe did you use for the cornbread? Triplet Mom: How old are your kids? What kinds of things do they have for breakfast and lunch? It is so encouraging to hear that you are still on this way of life. I truly feel like this is something I can do forever. My family and I went to a mexican restaurant tonight. I sure hope the tortilla chips didn't have corn flour, because we ate too many. Hopefully the salsa didn't have sugar. My husband and I shared grilled shrimp tacos with corn tortillas. I also had some rice. I was concerned about how I would feel after only having broth and white rice today. So far so good. I am full though. I was in a store with my friend tonight and I looked at the ice cream they had there. I won't say what it was, so I don't put any ideas in anyones head. I looked at it and thought mmm that looks good, but that was it. No struggle to not buy it. I can't say I have felt this way on any other eating plan. I am also amazed at the ability to not give in to Pepsi. Eight weeks today since I have had one. I hope you all have a good night and a NFNS day tomorrow. |
| Kathleen | posted 3-Mar-2009 8:55am Day 65 nfns. Uncle Sam cereal and raisins this morning. Nice job Triplet! Going on 4 years! It CAN be a way of life, can't it! don't lose hope of faith! We can do this! |
| Connie | posted 3-Mar-2009 9:51am Morning all. I started the day by dropping a full cup of coffee on the carpet, furniture, drapes!!!!! I've been cleaning for about an hour and now fully awake. K10, I would be very skeptical about the corn products in the mexican restaurant. I love mexican food, but limit the chips. I feel very full after I eat them, that's why I think they do have flour. NFNS meals never leave me feeling that way. Maybe you could choose to have some chips and not have the tortillas, an either or decision? I order rice, beans and guacamole. I mix it all up, top with some salsa and enjoy it. It is very satisfying. Try it sometime. Eight weeks without Pepsi...you go girl! Your body is so thankful to you for that. Finding the NFNS things that can satisfy us is the real work we do on NFNS. This eating plan takes some homework. Long term we will fall back into old habits if we do not have real alternative meals. Foods to prepare in a hurry, foods that comfort, fancy dishes for company. We need all those recipes under our belt. I'm looking forward to summer and all the fresh produce. Last summer I cooked a lot of produce for the first time and loved it! The winter months are harder on us to be sure. Today when I grocery shop I plan on circling the produce department repeatedly until I'm sure I've seen all the good things it has to offer. You can't beat veggies for weight loss. I should clarify, in the safety story, the email states that snopes verifies the story, in hopes that the reader will take that at face value and not check it out, but snopes does not verify the story. The entire email is false. Apparently someone is trying to sell the idea to banks, but so far unsuccessfully. Great NFNS day to all. |
| Hilda | posted 3-Mar-2009 10:36am So is the chocolate now out of your house? Would you let someone bring poison in and just let it sit in the cabinet. Can't you tell whoever brought it in to take it out? I think you need to deal with this instead of ignoring it, Bronwyn. Once you REALLY decide you want to be healthy you will not allow these things to be in your house. If you have had the same thing happen over and over, you need to make a change. |
| Hilda | posted 3-Mar-2009 10:39am Take your own baggie of chips to the Mexican Restaurant so you know what you are eating and how many you can have. www.kraftfoods.com has excellent recipes for salads and side dishes and even counts the calories in a serving. |
| Anonymous | posted 3-Mar-2009 10:41am Put this sign in your kitchen: No More Excuses |
| Angie | posted 3-Mar-2009 11:26am I know that eating NFNS is challenging enough but I was talking to my Mother in law who is a diabetic and skinny as a rail and ask her about the diet she is on. She told me that besides trying to eat healthy, pretty much like we are doing, she limits herself to 45 carbs per meal or 135 carbs per day. I know it is just adding something else you have to think about but she has no weight problem at all since she started this and she has been doing it for a little over a year. I think I might give it a try and I will let you know how it goes for me. I did good for breakfast. I ate 2 rice cakes with SF jelly and whipped cream cheese. Also had two pcs. of turkey bacon. Lunch will be some frito scoops with chicken and grapes. I am going to print a carb counter list of the web for a reference. Hope everyone has a great day! |
| Anonymous | posted 3-Mar-2009 11:43am Sometimes you just have to speak the truth in love to people who keep making excuses for their behavior. You have to ruffle their feathers a little to motivate them to make a change. I love how Triplet Mom just speaks to everyone and tells what she has done and that this is what you have to do to have success. |
| Hilda | posted 3-Mar-2009 11:46am I agree. If what you are doing isn't working, then stop it. Change the environment. Don't set yourself up for failure. Be prepared when you go to that restaurant or party or just to work everyday. |
| Bronwyn | posted 3-Mar-2009 2:25pm I feel berated and beat-up, it isn't really that helpful. I already feel like the bottom of my world is being pulled out from beneath me. I feel an enormous amount of stress. My husband feels very discouraged and the tension in the house is thick. It isn't anger it is stress. I have put my weigh scales away where I won't see them everyday. I am taking my dog out for a walk. I tried the pancakes off of the other NFNS site.....they are okay for a change but not great.....2 eggs, 1/2 cup (I used cottage cheese), 1/2 cup oatmeal and 1 tsp. vanilla.....I added a packet of stevia. I mixed them in the food processor and they made a dough like pancake type dough. He said he used ricotta or even cream cheese.....that would be a lot more high caloried but maybe that would be more tasty....don't know. |
| Angie | posted 3-Mar-2009 2:48pm Bronwyn I wish I could snap my fingers and make things better for you. There is a lot of stress in homes all around us right now. I go to bed thinking about my mother and father's situation and wake up with it too. They are the most precious people and I am so blessed to have them for my parents. They have worked so hard all their life and now when they should be able to sit back and enjoy life they are wondering if they are going to have to drop their insurance and how will they pay next months medication bill. Taking the dog out for a walk is a great idea. Sometimes you just need to get away from people and media and just have some alone time. I have worked out a lot of things when I just got to myself and had a heart to heart with God. Bronwyn, I don't want to sound like I'm preaching but he really has gotten me through some things that I saw no way to conquer. We need to all say a prayer for each other because we don't know who is going to be the next to be in a situation that they see no end to. Hang in there girl! I'm pulling for you! |
| Bronwyn | posted 3-Mar-2009 3:09pm Thanks Angie. I know lots of people are feeling the stress. I am sorry about your parents situation. I think the older you are the more you worry because how do you turn things around when you aren't even employable anymore. We have invested so much money in our kids educations and the prospects for them to be able to get decent employment in the job market today is not great. They have worked hard and done well, and lots of money has been invested in this pursuit. This spring two of them graduate with degrees that held great promise a short time ago. They are now worried that they won't be able to find employment in their field or decent work period. My daughter has been such an ambitious student and worked hard, this summer she has to do an internship and even those positions are being cut drastically and she is worried she will not get a placement. Of course there is my youngest son who is just starting into his post secondary education and that may have to be cut short. I think what if we don't get work than what do we do......I have never considered bankruptcy an option but is that what happens when the money is gone and nothing more coming in. This situation is happening to people who have been responsible and worked hard. Anyways enough of that because I am operating under fear not faith. I truly believe in prayer and in faith.....yet I am letting fear rule. Okay now I do need to get outside and take the dog for a decent walk and I will have to give him a foot bath when we come in it is melting. By the way......I think what the pancakes were missing is salt.....I think that was the whole problem so with that addition I think they would be a reasonable breakfast now and then. |
| K10 | posted 3-Mar-2009 3:14pm Bronwyn: We are all on your side. The chocolate incident is behind you. Dwelling on it won't do any good. We all make mistakes. Who knows how much flour I had last night in the chips and tortillas at the restaurant. I can't change it now. I think you putting away the scales is a good idea for now. Pick a day each month you want to weigh and stick to it. It really helped me mentally doing that. I did weigh today, because I have my Lose it for Life class. I am happy to say, it isn't messing with my head as much as it has. I may go back to weighing monthly when the class is over in April. Connie: You probably are right about the flour, but I did eat way too much last night either way. Good day ladies. |
| Connie | posted 3-Mar-2009 3:20pm Today started out sounding a bit like "hold your feet to the fire." I guess that sentiment goes along with the praise and the support. We must all always realize we come to each other from a place of love and concern. I'm sure we have all had dark days...we surely will again. I for one know how therapeutic it is to talk about things. I've done both...hid my pain and shared it. Sharing is important to move forward. That in turn results in advice. I had a bowl of Uncle Sam's cereal with 1/2 chopped banana and 3 chopped figs...and a sprinkling of Splenda. It was so good I'm thinking it was more of a dessert than a cereal. I'm going to use my figs in the cereal...otherwise I pop them in my mouth like candy. Husbands out to dinner tonight so left over beans and corn bread for me. Easy. I'm still 2 lbs up. I have been eating at night again for about a week. What a pain. I'll go weeks without doing it and then all of a sudden, I'm cruising the kitchen again in the middle of the night. Last night it was peanut butter. So now I have to put that up too. I think this is a behavior I will battle my whole life. If I'm diligent with whats in the kitchen I can do better. Cold today. But it's supposed to be in the 70's by Friday. I'm ready. |
| K10 | posted 3-Mar-2009 4:22pm Connie: What cornbread recipe did you use? Sorry about the coffee spill, what a pain to clean up. |
| Anonymous | posted 3-Mar-2009 4:27pm When you want something bad enough you will do what it takes to get it. Joel Osteen tells a story about his grandmother who was a widow and dipped snuff. She had her eye on a man, and she knew he would never marry her if he knew she had that habit. It was a struggle, but she was able to beat the addiction and gave it up because she wanted that man more than she wanted the snuff. We have to decide to we want the pleasure of the taste of food, or the pleasure of knowing we are healthy and taking care of ourselves for the rest of our lives. Our problem is we live to eat rather than eat to live. It has too much importance in our lives and that is wrong. If we will do what it takes, we will reach the goal. We can't blame our spouses or co-workers with tempting us with food. It is everywhere. Take responsibility for yourself and your bad choices and decide what you really want and what you are willing to do to make it happen. |
| Connie | posted 3-Mar-2009 4:58pm NFNS Cornbread This recipe calls for a skillet, but I use a pyrex pie pan instead 2 c yellow or white cornmeal 1/2 c boiling water 1 tsp salt 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 lrg egg, beaten 2 TBLSP canola or vegetable oil (I use left over bacon drippings that I keep in frig.) 1 1/4 c buttermilk may substitute 1 TBLSP vinegar in measure cup, add milk to make 1 cup. Let stand 10 minutes. 2 strips bacon, optional (I don't use) Preheat oven to 375. In an iron skillet cook bacon till crisp, remove, reserve drippings. (I do not add bacon, I use drippings that I already have. I put the drippings into pyrex pie pan and place in oven to warm and melt drippings.) In a med bowl stir together 1/2 cornmeal and the boiling water. Set aside. In a large bowl mix together remaining 1 1/2 c cornmeal, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Mix well. Mix the beaten egg into the cornmeal/water mixture. Whisk in buttermilk to make thin batter. Remove pan from oven and tilt pan to coat. Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients, whisk until smooth. Pour into hot pan. Bake until center is firm and edges are golden about 24-40 min. Mine is always done at 25 minutes. |
| K10 | posted 3-Mar-2009 5:11pm Thanks Connie. |
| Hilda | posted 3-Mar-2009 5:46pm Go to www.kcm.org and listen to this weeks series "How to Resist Every Temptation". I listen to him while I am checking my email or cleaning or cooking. I am going to take notes on these the second time I listen to them. |
| Kathleen | posted 3-Mar-2009 5:50pm Okay. Top this for day starters... dropping off info to a fellow band parent... waiting at her door I hear...crunch, creak Oops, didn't put car in park, car rolled into garage door, messed up the door. How much do we think this will be? A lot more than nothing, which is what I wanted to spend on someone else's garage door! Grrr. But, I did not fall into same routine of stress eating. I just realized that now. Yeah! Snacking on dry roasted peanuts and will go make dinner. Prayers for everyone! |
| Connie | posted 3-Mar-2009 6:02pm Oh Kathleen...sorry! I don't suppose you want to hear that your story made me smile!!!!! Now your husband has a story to share about you that you will never live down. Thankfully no one was hurt and that's all that counts. And no stress eating....yeehaaa! |
| Connie | posted 3-Mar-2009 7:20pm I think the cold weather is getting to me. I passed on the healthy dinner and went for the cheese instead. Six rice cakes with cheese and some salsa. Well, it was really good. I guess sometimes I just have to have my cheese fix. It would be nice if I could get outside and work some of the calories off. Being stuck inside makes me want to eat more...any of you feeling that? And it seems the foods I am wanting are heavier too. Could be my imagination. |
| Bronwyn | posted 3-Mar-2009 7:38pm Kathleen.....oh my gosh I am so sorry....I hope the damage is minor. Many years ago my friend ran to the door of someones house just like you. She left her toddler strapped in his car seat and the car running. There was a loud crash.....the toddler some how got out of his car seat and drove through the garage doors and then right on through the garage and out the other side. Not a good way to start or end the day any day!!!!! |
| K10 | posted 4-Mar-2009 1:29am Not eating after 8 p.m. seems to be the key for me. The class I go to on Tuesdays was exciting tonight. I lost 3.1 pounds according to their scale and my hubby lost 3.5. We found out our percentage lost and our ranking out of 33 other members. This ranking was from our numbers last week. I am number 4 out of 33 and my hubby is 9th. I just can't believe my ranking. According to my scale at home this morning, I have lost 12.2 pounds since the 19th of January. The one at church says 11.2. I am encouraged. I hope you all have a happy NFNS day on Wednesday. Kathleen: Sorry about the car mishap. |
| Kathleen | posted 4-Mar-2009 1:39am Nice job k10! I hope my mishap made you smile. I am thankful that nothing worse happened. It puts things in perspective. Really of all things, no one got hurt and the damage was minor. It was a good way to remind me to keep my mind on what I am doing. Especially with the car. The family is so gracious that it makes it more tolerable too. $180 just to bend the door so that it would open to get their car out! Door guy wants them to upgrade their door. Of course. Est to fix: almost $600. They are going to check Home Depot to check on replacement panels for a do it yourself replacement. I offered my husbands handy ways. I jumped right over with the money for today's work. I will have to send them a basket of fruit when this is all over. What a wake up call. Off to bed, nfns friends. |
| triplet mom | posted 4-Mar-2009 4:13am My kids have oatmeal with blueberries and flax seed, and soymilk. Or an egg white omelete with tomatoes, chicken and small shredded low fat cheese. For lunch the kids usually have ezkiel bread or corn tortilla with either humuus spread or yogurt and chicken. I added roasted veggies such as green bell peppers. Sometimes the kids eat butternut spaghetti squash. For desserts the kids eat only natural fruits. I don't feed my kids with any artifical ingredients such as twinkies, candy, donuts, cake. My kids are so healthy they don't have any health issues. If my kids wants french fries or chips I cut the fresh potatoes and bake them in the oven-drizzle a little olive oil-same with corn tortiall chips. Today, one of my coworkers gave me a roll of girl scout short bread. again, I told him I do not eat junk food. He said try one cookies. I returned the girl scout cookie to my coworker. Yes, my coworkers try to test me with junkfood. I tell them if you give me junk food, I'll return it to you. When I have birthday parties for my kids I only serve NFNS. The birthday cake is just fruit with yogurt. I tell parents we eat healthy, |
| Connie | posted 4-Mar-2009 9:40am Good morning ladies! Cold this morning, but today the temps are supposed to warm up into the high 50's. I am so ready. Bronwyn, I know your weather is probably the coldest of everyone on the board, except maybe Stacie. When will spring arrive in Canada? Today is the day I will clean my house!!!! I need to pump myself up for it. Everyone assumes my house is the cleanest...but it's like everyone's. I do work hard to keep it organized...that helps. But it is an older home with nowhere near enough storage so organizing is a chore. I find the older I get, the more I "hit the high spots" and call it good enough. Deep cleaning today. You know, I was a little worried that my big cheese consumption yesterday would be a problem on the scales, but I lost a bit. I think there is a low carb element going on. Or maybe it will not show up until tomorrow. I do know I felt very satisfied while eating the cheese. For some reason yesterday I needed it. |
| K10 | posted 4-Mar-2009 1:24pm Triplet Mom: Thanks for the ideas. I was just with my friend and we exercised together. We did a Leslie Sansone 4 mile walk DVD. I thought, there is no way I will be able to finish this, but we did. We then had an NFNS breakfast together. I actually didn't eat all the food on my plate. I probably should have even stopped before I did, but I am making progress. I am starting to like this exercise thing and I know it is because I have a buddy to do it with. I can't believe I am saying I am liking exercise. I hope you all have a great NFNS day. It is rainy here today. Megan: Have fun at Ellen. |
| Connie | posted 4-Mar-2009 4:50pm Quiet on here today. I hope everyone is well and NFNS! |
| kashton | posted 4-Mar-2009 6:06pm Does anyone have any ideas for comfortable pants for spring? Jeans or whatever? I bought some Rider jeans from WalMart, but the waist is a little confining. I would rather wear elastic waist pants-I know that's not good for keeping control on weight. But it Feels Better!! Bronwyn-I understand your love of chocolate. You know how they tell us at church that God makes us all different and we are all perfect in His eyes. You seem pretty perfect to me! |
| Bronwyn | posted 4-Mar-2009 6:52pm K10 you are on a roll....or taking off a roll  Good for you!!! Keep your focus.Connie I live in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and chinook country.....some times I think we don't have any definite seasons....the saying here is, "if you don't like the weather wait 5 minutes". We can have some pretty drastic changes in temps. within a few hours. This winter we have had much more snow than usual and winter has seemed longer with less breaks. Many Christmas' are brown and warm and some are white and cold. The weather is unpredictable. One summer in late August I took my kids camping (tent trailer) my friend and her kids were with me. One night (the last night of our camp) we stayed up really late because it was so incredibly beautiful still 90 at midnight (that is unusual)....the next morning we opened the trailer door and there was a foot or more of snow.....seriously. We have been in the 40's, 50's, 60's even 70's at Christmas but we have also been 30 and 40 below at Christmas. The really cold weather is usually only a week or two each winter but then again that isn't a rule....... Kaston you are sweet. Truthfully I don't love chocolate......chocolate is really my enemy. Chocolate and I have a dysfunctional relationship and considering it is inanimate object then it is really me that is dysfunctional not the chocolate I guess I don't deal well with stress and I have such a liberal amount of it at the moment. Truthfully though I don't want to fall into bad habits.....those have never made me happy or taken away any stress. Connie has seen this pattern with me many times....I really try and I will be so good and then I don't lose weight and I get so discouraged than I just give in. I am going to get my thyroid levels checked. hmmmm........pants, I dont' know I actually don't like the elastic waist ones although I am sure they are more comfortable. You don't have that much weight to lose do you???? I am sorry I can't keep everybody's weight goals straight. I have been told that Lee jeans have the best fit for a more mature figure but, I haven't tried them.Debbie M.......come on I am struggling too but we need to pick it up from where we are at and go for it. Think how much more fun your camping will be with some weight off......you will have more energy. Unfortunately we can't do anything about yesterday but lets have more faith in tomorrow and ourselves. |
| Connie | posted 4-Mar-2009 7:26pm Dinner was great...the recipe from sparkspeople.com. One new one down, two to go. Left a mess in the kitchen though! I never cleaned today...I started in my closet and there I spent most of my time. Today I cheated a bit. I compromised as much as I could, but sometimes there is no way around it. Bronwyn, good attitude. You sound better today. It is so hard for women, we have so much self esteem and self value tied into our weight. But we are not our bodies. That's not who we are. But I guess it's part of who we are. And it occurs to me how easy that was for me to say about someone else, but I doubt I believed it for myself. We can really be our own worse enemies when it comes to being hard on ourselves. I hope that made sense! We should try to see ourselves as others see us...what do you think? Time to tackle the kitchen. |
| Kathleen | posted 4-Mar-2009 8:33pm I wish we could see ourselves as others do. I was complimented to day at work, but it didn't ring true. For some reason I think that the weight loss has stopped even though I haven't changed my eating. Dinner: greens w/garganzola cheese, bacon bits, kidney beans and ranch dressing. Quite good. I had ezek bread while the guys had frozen pizza. I wasn't even tempted. Although I am down 14 pounds, it is soo evident I have so far to go. But, I will not let that turn me back to flour and sugar. That will just defeat everything. That is what got me too heavy in the first place!! NFNS!! We can do it, yes we can. If one can do it, we all can!!!! no, i wasn't a cheerleader!! |
| Hilda | posted 4-Mar-2009 11:17pm I had a class today and saw a lady I hadn't seen in a while. She knew I had gotten a wig but had not seen me in it yet. I talked to her before class, and then after we sat down, she texted me "You look fabulous". Made my day. 17 pounds off this year has made a difference. I tell everyone how to do NFNS. |
| K10 | posted 4-Mar-2009 11:48pm I am eating even though it is after 8 p.m. I had a very late lunch and I need something. I am eating 2 pieces of Ezekiel raisin bread. At least I am not eating just because. Good Night |
| K10 | posted 5-Mar-2009 1:32am Ok, I also had a slice of cheese and 10 Triscuits. |
| Connie | posted 5-Mar-2009 8:43am Hilda, I'll bet your a hottie with your weight loss and wig on! That is so wonderful!! I don't remember what your goal weight loss is, but you will get there. You've stayed NFNS for so long now...a real example of "slow and steady" winning the race. How does your family react to the new you? Kathleen, why do you question if the compliment is valid? Did it not seem sincere, or are you someone who has trouble accepting compliments? I'm uncomfortable when complimented. I don't know why...must be the middle child in me. Do you think your weight loss is becoming obvious for others to see? It's normal to feel like the weight loss is stalled at times. Over time it comes off more slowly, unless you start cutting calories even more. I don't think that's a good idea, but I think if you can eliminate as many extra calories as possible, you will lose faster. 14 lbs is a good bit...picture 14 lbs of hamburger! Stay the course...it will all add up. K10, it sounds to me like you made healthy choices with your late eating. Good job. Debbie, where are you? I know your busy, but check in ok? Great NFNS day to all. |
| Hilda | posted 5-Mar-2009 10:03am If it is to be, it's up to me. The main thing I got out of listening to the sermons on Temptation was, Don't be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Boredom is a sure sign you can be tempted. Let the Holy Spirit guide your life. Don't even go down that cookie aisle. Don't put them in your cart. Don't take them into your house and put them in your cabinet. You are setting yourself up for failure if you do. AVOID the things you know are wrong for you. |
| Hilda | posted 5-Mar-2009 10:07am My family is not saying much, but I am smaller than 2 of my 3 daughters now. |
| Hilda | posted 5-Mar-2009 10:17am Never say:I can't quit ............... Say instead :Thank you, Lord,I'm free from ............. It's up to us to agree with God and the power can work in us. |
| Kim | posted 5-Mar-2009 10:59am Good morning, Ladies! My weight loss seems slower than I would like, but I will not be discouraged. Eating healthy and exercising has to pay off eventually, right? Additionally, I had a woman from church comment that I had a brightness to me, a positive aura. After a very stressful couple of years, I really do "feel" good. Poor eating habits really contributed to my stress levels. I had eliminated diet coke from my diet for a month and recently have had a few here and there. Coincidentally I have been having an acne break out. Is it the soda? Is it old toxins coming out? Is it related to exercise? Diet soda never had that effect before.... Anyone else experienced this? For dinner last night I pounded out chicken breasts, put canadian bacon and cheese on, rolled them up and baked them. They tasted pretty good and helped me stretch 2 chicken breasts to feed 6 of us. (My 4 and 5 year old boys don't eat very much meat yet.) Have a spectacular day!! |
| Cammie | posted 5-Mar-2009 11:00am Hello Everyone, It has been quite sometime since I have been on here! I have made some changes in my life by going back to school to get a medical coding degree! So I have been studying alot and is a little stressful at times! It has been a long time since I have had to study, memorize, take tests, etc! I haven't been following NFNS for a while, but am ready to get back to it! Onward and upward! The good thing is that I have not gained any weight back, I actually weighed in at 138 this morning! Down 2 pounds! I know that spring is coming here in Nebraska and that means that short weather is just right around the corner and I want to feel good in them!! So it is time to get serious with NFNS and truly commit to it!!! It has been fun to go back and read the posts and catch up with how everyone is doing! You are all inspirational to me in your own way! I hope to be able to get on here on a regular basis now and share! Nice to be back! |
| K10 | posted 5-Mar-2009 11:36am Good morning everyone. Hi Kim and Cammie. Cammie: Way to go with the going back to school accomplishment. Also, how awesome that you have lost weight instead of gaining it. When someone pays us compliments we need to just say, "thank you". I wonder why it is so hard for us to think that the people paying the compliment aren't being sincere?? I don't just throw out compliments to anyone I see. I have meaning behind them. I hope we all have great NFNS days today. We can do this, if we just put our minds to it. Good day all. |
| Debbie M. | posted 5-Mar-2009 1:42pm Hi Connie, Thanks for thinking of me. I actually napped all morning. I was up a couple times during the night. Too much coffee yesterday I think. I cleaned off my entertainment center yesterday, dusted, re-arranged books and had a mountain of kid stuff left over. I had them put it all away after they got home from school. I have to tell you what my neighbor is doing. She is going down to the place that fixed her car to pay with 1400 one dollar bills. Her husband went there yesterday to pay with a check and they refused to take it. They have been doing business with this garage for 10 years and written them at least 15 checks previously. Now suddenly they won't take a check and he is stranded there with no car because he was dropped off. She is so angry. She went to a bank and got 14 hundred one dollar bills. lol She is going to stand there while they count it. Can you imagin? |
| Connie | posted 5-Mar-2009 2:59pm Wow Debbie...I guess that's a sign of the times! I can understand your neighbor being irritated, but I can also understand the business having an across the board policy. Small businesses are really being hurt right now, and probably stiffed a lot now as well. What a mess things are right now. Yesterday I paid off my car early. My husband is going to be getting one this summer, no way we need two car payments. His car is on it's last leg. Anyway, soon I'll pay off another credit card and then my inheritance will be gone. It makes me sad, but that what I get for playing fast and loose with credit cards when I was young and dumb. And still I have debt! It seems to be the American way...time to change that. Both of my kids are well schooled on the evils of credit cards. And so far so good. They both have been buried in applications from them while at school. I wonder if that will change. I wonder how credit card companies will change their business practices now that so many people are filing bankruptcy. Today for lunch I cooked some liver and onions. One of my favorites. I'll probably have it for dinner too. |
| Bronwyn | posted 5-Mar-2009 3:01pm HI everyone and welcome back to Cammie and Kim. Debbie that is so funny about the 1400 $ bills......I think that was great she took the effort to do that....they deserved it! I remember once when I was in the States and I bought something that was something like $75.99. I paid in American cash but there was one Canadian penny in the lot. They refused the Canadian penny and I thought that was so rude that I just said, "no thanks,,,,,I don't want it that bad". It wasn't that I had even realized that I was giving them a Canadian penny and I am sure I could have dug in my purse for an American one but......for Heaven sakes to be rude to a customer over a penny I thought was totally unnecessary. I am eating NFNS totally......hope everyone else is doing well. I may not be on here too much over the next few weeks. A friend and I are doing a challenge together for 6 weeks......then I will be forced to shop for a dress for the wedding. She really needed my help and I thought I could benefit from a challenge with just the two of us. I'll check in occassionally so I can read all of your success stories........... |
| K10 | posted 5-Mar-2009 3:03pm Debbie M: I like your friend already. That sounds like something I would do. You give a place your business for that long and NOW they won't take a check. She'll show them. I just did 30 minutes on my Wii Fit. I am going to exercise with my friend at 1:30 also. I just want to encourage those of you that aren't exercising, please start moving. I am actually enjoying exercising. I can't believe I am saying this. I am seeing improvement in my ability and that is exciting. Even just dance to music you really enjoy. I know some of you are limited by weather, just do it inside. Go to Wal Mart and buy a Leslie Sansone DVD. She is good and a great place to start. I will be limited by weather when it gets hot. I do not do hot, so I will still be exercising in the house. I hope I stay motivated as time goes on. Have a great day. |
| K10 | posted 5-Mar-2009 3:08pm Bronwyn: We will miss you. Do what you have to do and update us when you can. I can't wait to here what the dress looks like when you get it. When I lived in Minnesota, if someone paid with a Canadian quarter, we just took it. That person missed out on 76 dollars over one penny, that is amazing. Connie: I am glad your car is paid off. It is sad that the inheritance had to go to it buy at least you are on your way to being debt free. I hope my kids will learn from our financial mistakes. Bye again. |
| K10 | posted 5-Mar-2009 3:08pm I meant hear. |
| K10 | posted 5-Mar-2009 3:09pm I meant but to Connie. |
| Connie | posted 5-Mar-2009 4:34pm Debbie...I didn't understand earlier that you meant 1400 $1.00 bills! She is definitely making a point with that. Let us know if she shares with you how they reacted. Bronwyn...please share with us about your challenge. Inquiring minds and all that! And you have to try and stay semi in touch...we will miss you terribly. |
| Hilda | posted 5-Mar-2009 5:19pm I am more the turn the other cheek sort of person. I think the 1400 one dollar bills is a little overboard. Most businesses don't take checks now. I tried to write one at Talbot's this year and they had to call their home office to check it out because I had never paid by check before. They said the next time I would not have to go through that hassle. I am going through a baked vegetable phase. Today I am cooking an onion and an green pepper and a potato in the gluten free broth and cream of mushroom soup. Yesterday I did a potato, carrots, and an onion and a can of Italian green beans in just the beef broth. Smells wonderful. I went to my pharmacy to get a print out of all the medications I had bought in 2008. The only thing I had was my blood pressure diuretic. I was not on an antibiotic all year. Usually I have at least one round of bronchitis, and the year before problems with my esophagus, or GERD, and pneumonia. I think it is all because of the healthy eating! |
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