Originally Posted by shamrockmommy

I have been on nosdiet.com for a little over a year. Slow but sure I've been dealing with my issues of snacking, seconds and sweets. I dropped 20lbs in a year, yes, slow but I also have been changing my whole way of eating.

A few thoughts on overeating- the constant snacking causes our pancreas to continue to secrete insulin, which makes us "feel" hungry even though technically we don't actually require additional calories/energy. Your pancrease comes to expect perma-snacking so it's secreting insulin constantly. ONce you decide to stop the snacking, your pancreas needs to reset it self.

Now I do have the occasional slip up and I just move on. My body has sort of reset itself, after about a week of headaches from stopping the constant grazing and I feel good.

There is a bulletin board with lots of great support. And it's SANE and fairly easy- there's no logging or counting calories or points.

Basically the diet works like this: NO Snacks, No Seconds and No Sweets, except SOMETIMES on days that start with S (saturday, sunday and special days- like b'days).

Today's America is used to food being available 24/7. It's now ok to have a snack whenever, whereever. We can even get in our cars and drive around with any type of snack we could want.

America 50 years ago, you ate only at the meals, rarely was there seconds and of course there were no prepackaged snacks so quickly available. Sweets were for special occasions and sometimes on the weekend when the family got together for a big family meal sunday.

This way of eating has brought me back to feeling free again. Free from food. And even though I restrict myself from the sweets (chooooocolate!!) during the week, I know I can have a piece of cake or bake cookies- something really delicious and way tastier than the average oreo or hoho.

This is not to say you have an issue with sweets. Maybe it's snacking. Maybe your portions are too big. Maybe you get too much sodium in your diet, etc.

Anyway, I'm going on and on here but take a look at the noSdiet. It's totally changed my life after years of overeating, struggling with my weight, self esteem, etc.
I've come to a truce with my body and the food I eat.

I wish you success and peace on your journey :)

Tiffani