Comments on: The Gladwyne Diet https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/01/gladwyne-diet/ Writer, Author, Speaker Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:27:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laura @ Unpunctuated Life https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/01/gladwyne-diet/#comment-20609 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:29:40 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=1894#comment-20609 Unfortunately I have a big problem with being able to fall asleep when I’m hungry. I will toss and turn for hours and then end up needing to eat something anyway. So I just try to make sure and eat a healthy, small snack before bed that will stick and keep me satisfied. I wish it worked for me to skip it, though.

]]> By: Laura https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/01/gladwyne-diet/#comment-20608 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:16:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=1894#comment-20608 In reply to Susan Tull.

@Susan – good for you for completing your Bikram yoga challenge! Acknowledging ahead of time that something is going to be rotten does make it more bearable. Hunger just has a slightly different feel of unpleasantness vs. things I’d experienced before. I was not particularly happy when my husband came home from a steak dinner he’d had with a client last night and started describing the meal!

]]> By: Laura https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/01/gladwyne-diet/#comment-20607 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:11:40 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=1894#comment-20607 In reply to Beth West.

@Beth – oh, people know about eating less and exercising more. It’s just hard to have the patience and no one can make a buck off it!

]]> By: Susan Tull https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/01/gladwyne-diet/#comment-20606 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:13:18 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=1894#comment-20606 Laura, many of the points you make here hold true for me, although not about losing weight per se. I just completed a Bikram yoga 30-day challenge. Going into the process knowing that it was going to be one of the toughest things I’ve done in a while made it a lot easier to bear. Ditto for acknowledging that this was something I was doing 100% for me. I think the finite time frame of my challenge also helped, and I’ll bet that this is something that could apply more specifically to weight loss itself. (ie: I will do x unpleasant thing for x period of time). Interestingly, now that my 30 days are done, part of me wants to keep going anyway!! –Why not? I’ve already carved out the space and solidified the habit….

]]> By: Beth West https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/01/gladwyne-diet/#comment-20605 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:23:51 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=1894#comment-20605 The Gladwyne Diet is the only way to go. Good for you Laura! I also lost 35 pounds following this method although I didn’t have a name for it. I wonder what would happen to the monolithic diet industry if this program became widely known and accepted?

]]> By: Laura https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/01/gladwyne-diet/#comment-20604 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:01:39 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=1894#comment-20604 In reply to Joy Weese Moll.

@Joy- 70 lbs is amazing. Wow. Yes, there is a big difference between “simple” and “easy.” Eat less, exercise more is simple but sticking with it for a year-plus is hard.

]]> By: Joy Weese Moll https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/01/gladwyne-diet/#comment-20603 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:23:27 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=1894#comment-20603 When I told my doctor that I lost 70 pounds by eating less and exercising more, he didn’t believe me. When I told that to someone who teaches English in Japan that’s what I did, I also said that it is simple, but not easy. He said he was going to use that as an example to teach the difference between the words ‘simple’ and ‘easy.’

I do think, for me, it’s less about willpower and more about strategy. I made rules for myself (no eating in the car, no eating anything purchased at a drug store or gas station). I made goals and track them (minutes of exercise each month, eat a salad every day). I plan the food I’m going to eat the night before, but I’m very forgiving of imperfection in following that plan.

]]> By: Laticia https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/01/gladwyne-diet/#comment-20602 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:22:32 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=1894#comment-20602 One thing I learned while living in France is to eat until you are no longer hungry, but no so much that you are full or stuffed. The feeling of not being hungry will occur much before the feeling of being full. If you find that you require additional food later, then it’s okay to have it, so long as you employ the same gauge as to when to stop eating. I lost seven pounds when I was in France (which sounds counterintuitive) and continued to lose about 8-9 more when I returned by keeping up the same eating philosophy. I don’t feel that I have deprived myself at all. Best wishes to you!

]]> By: Laura https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/01/gladwyne-diet/#comment-20601 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:12:28 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=1894#comment-20601 In reply to Kathy.

@Kathy- I have been known to do the same thing with a glass of wine 🙂

]]> By: Kathy https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/01/gladwyne-diet/#comment-20600 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:23:17 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=1894#comment-20600 So simple and effective, if slow. Your post’s common sense attitude is encouraging to me–I’m going to refer back to it when I’m hungry after dinner!! It’s so true that at first it’s hard, but once you get into a routine it gets somewhat easier

I also drink hot tea at night–something slightly sweet like chai, vanilla chai, peppermint, etc. Since it’s hot, I have to drink it slowly, and the sweetness makes it seem sort of dessert-y.

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