The No S diet

Yuo'd be amazed how much I can fit on my plate for Firsts, LOL

Actually - you missed an important part of the No S Diet - the exception! The website saysf:
There are just three rules and one exception:

No Snacks
No Sweets
No Seconds

Except (sometimes) on days that start with "S"

So, the whole idea is that you eat like they did in the "old days" - meaning no snacks, no seconds, no dessert all the time - except twice a week you can break the rules. It's actually pretty maintainable because you can eat ANYTHING at ANYTIME as long as you follow the rules most of the time. On Saturday and Sunday (the days that start with S) you can indulge.

I tried it for several months and it seemed very doable because it allowed me to pass up a lot of temptation because I knew in just a few days I could have an indulgence day. I didn't lose any weight doing it, but I did maintain. I will probably do it again when I hopefully get to my goal weight.

His website is pretty easy to read - http://www.nosdiet.com/

It's not for everyone and it's not for me right now, but it is much more reasonable than it's been made to sound here.

What about second breakfast? What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he?

The problem with these kinds of diets is that they deprive you of the foods you love to eat and so no one is able to stick to them for long.

People might try them for a few weeks (if that), lose a few lbs, then quit because they can't do it anymore. Then they binge on snacks, sweets, and seconds until all the weight comes back.

Have you ever heard of it, the website says

"The No S Diet, also known as the "Grandma Diet," the "Why Didn't I Think of that Diet," and the "No $ Diet" is a program of systematic moderation I invented for myself that I imagine might work for similarly minded people.

No funny science or calorie accounting involved, just a few simple and mnemonic tricks for building sustainably "good enough" eating habits.

There are just three rules and one exception:

No Snacks
No Sweets
No Seconds"

Have you ever heard of it, the website says

"The No S Diet, also known as the "Grandma Diet," the "Why Didn't I Think of that Diet," and the "No $ Diet" is a program of systematic moderation I invented for myself that I imagine might work for similarly minded people.

No funny science or calorie accounting involved, just a few simple and mnemonic tricks for building sustainably "good enough" eating habits.

There are just three rules and one exception:

No Snacks
No Sweets
No Seconds"

I think the "food environment" has changed since the days of our grand mothers and great grand mothers. Whereas they used to cook with lard, and not crisco. They used butter, not margarine. Coca cola servings were tiny in comparison to our "big gulp" sizes, and were occasional treats as opposed to every day or every meal. Egg omelettes used to contained the yolks, and not the bland, pale white egg omelettes of today. Homemade bread with a slather of butter and homemade preserves were eaten, instead of cosmetically engineered pop tarts. Pieces of chicken actually looked like pieces of chicken, while today you can nuke processed chicken pieces that are formed in the shape of rockets and dinosaurs. Fruit was consumed as it came off the tree it was picked from, and not a strip of colourful sweet leather devoid of the original fiber and nutrient content. Bacon came from pigs, and not turkeys. Meatballs were made from fatty ground meat, and not GMO soy tofu. And beef used to come from cows that ate lots of grass, and not pumped up with hormones and stuffed with GMO grain feed. Snout to tail eating was more common, as opposed to the nothing but chicken breast eating of today. And cheese was made from whole milk, as opposed to the rubbery disgusting fat free cheese of today.

I have made the choice to eat whole foods, limit the processed crap, not fear the fat content in foods, and limit the type of foods that increase my food cravings. As a result, I naturally eat less (no seconds), I don't need to snack, and I don't need the sweets, as I am satiated with the right foods.