Everyday Systems

Kevin

I hope you had a great birthday. 10 is a great year.

Kevin

Everytime I leave a room, I try to leave it better than it was when I came into it. After a week or so of this, it's usually a quick glance and squaring something on a table top. Of course, I'm only successful at this for a few days at a time, then the kids hit like a cyclone and everything looks li...

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Where are you going to be living?

It's a pretty nice place to live. Awfully crowded compared to where you are now - and hot and humid in the summer - but it still has it's draw.

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That was always the hardest time for me. When I (rarely) have a hard time now, it's *still* at 5:00 p.m.

You'll be okay, though.

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It's sort of a minefield. But don't assume it's going to be terrible. You get through one six hour period at a time. That's all. And if you fail, try again.

Good luck.

Kevin

Mondays to me are either a relief (if I've been eating too much on the weekend) or are a bit of a trial.

Either way, you get through them.

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Hey, Mixel. Join the dieting anti-revolution (devolution?). It really works, and it's simple.

Keep in touch and let us know how it's going.

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After a lifetime's worth of trouble, you deserve some time in a nice place, and I hear Austin is one.

Let us know how it goes.

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I wish I had some good suggestions. Other than beer, I mean. :0)

Seriously though, these are S days (sick). Get some calories and get better.

Kevin

In fact, the Bishops on this side of the country did just this on Saint Patrick's Day this year. That is, for those that were observing the tradition, they released them for the day. I would have just gone with scallops for the day. :0) Formerly Catholic, now Episcopal, and as Irish as the name Thom...

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Be careful here. Respect what your family wants for you, but realize that they are human, too, and if you are doing what they haven't been able to accomplish, they will see their reality as normal, and yours as abnormal. Be gentle with them. Some day, you'll maybe lead them - at least some of them -...

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You're doing right to put the scale away. I have a good scale, and If I *move* it, it'll change what I weigh. Listen, to yourself in your last post: two weeks ago, could you have just said "no?" I doubt it. Think about how much will power you've built in two weeks! Oh, weight goes up and down. I go ...

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Seventy dollars? Holy cow... It's iron or steel, not gold! Another option, at least for shoveling, might be an old shovel and 20 pounds of cement dried onto it... Or, two five pound weight plates bolted through the handle near the head of the sledge. That'd cost about $5 for the weights at a sportin...

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Walk, walk, and walk some more. It's the most natural human movement, it's great for weight loss.

If you want to train for strength, try shovelglove (seriously - I do lots of bodyweight training and a shovelglove session is *still* a good workout).

Good luck!

Kevin

Your profile defaults to Greenwich Mean Time, which is the international standard. That's Greenwich, England, the center of the navigational universe.

Kevin

It depends on how much food you are cutting out, and if you are willing to raise your exercise level. While there is some plateauing and seasonal variation, it really is a simple equation.

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Mister Tut, stick it out for a bit. You'll find in a few weeks that the times of extreme hunger are rare, and that a little hunger feels *very* normal. In fact, I only feel gastro-intestinally abnormal on S days - I feel stuffed, slow, and edgy from the blood sugar swings. On no-S days, when I'm a l...

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You'd be a superhero if you could just turn that on... the Leptinator!

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I think we snack because food tastes good.

Historically, food tasted good, too, but hard to get, hard to prepare, and not very caloric. Now it's abundant, very caloric, and *really* easy to prepare (grasp edges, open bag).

It's a losing battle if you don't impose some discipline.

Kevin

Very nice post, Deb. There's two sides to this equation, eating, and exercising. Do you need to do some exercise? Walking is best, in my opinion. I lost a lot of weight fairly quickly, but then, I snacked *constantly*. When I cut out snacks, I cut out at least 30% of my calories by my calculation. A...

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Jan, I've heard this, too, many times. But I find if I squat that way, as opposed to the position in a Hindu squat, my knees hurt in no time.

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The funny thing I've found about going to bed hungry is that it doesn't cause me to wake up hungry.

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I wonder if it will be as much "fun". It's harder to pretend that you are working.

On the other hand, you might be right: it might be safer.

Kevin

Hindu squats. I draw the analog to picking up the pieces of stuff you just busted up. since a picture is worth a thousand words... http://www.mattfurey.com/hindu_squats.html These will leave you huffing and puffing very quickly, and they are great for your knees (at least, they are great for my knee...

Kevin

No-S has helped me lose most of the weight I gained slowly over 26 years. I hope it will help you, too.

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You are wise to stick to your pattern: if I were sticking to the pattern strictly, I'm sure I'd be losing a little more weight. For us, Sunday nights are a wrap down time, so it's natural to cool it after lunch on Sunday. But I'm considering going back to a stricter interpretation. Or, making Sunday...

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The peanut butter fetish thread comes up about every three months. Here's mine.

Peanut butter and bacon on white bread toast. It's fantastic.

Kevin

Eat one plate of anything you want, so long as it's not sweet, three times a day... Don't make this more difficult than it has to be. :0) For breakfast I eat a bagel with cheese and turkey, some cut up fruit, and coffee. For lunch I eat a sandwich, an apple, a single serving bag of chips, and some c...

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I think I'd used "de-canivorized"...

Happy Mardi Gras to you, too!

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And, with Lent coming, you can... oh, nevermind. :0)

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Sounds like an ambitious, but successful first workout.

Kevin

I observe the weekend beginning on Friday, with dinner, ending Sunday, with dinner, because it aligns with when we typically socialize (Friday and Saturday evening).

It's much easier to eat too much this way.

Kevin

do what feels right, but you'll be ready for the 10 pounder sooner than you think. Try going slower, like you're a lazy worker. The back thing is an issue: be careful. Do bend your knees. Avoid motions with a bunch of twist or where the hammer is extended far from your body. I started with 10 and mo...

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Hmm. You're not being paranoid, but I wouldn't panic. Unfortunately, most of the symptoms you describe in both cases can be described as symptoms of either high or low Bg. Low Bg feels like you haven't eaten for eight hours, times three . You'll be cranky, short, feel jittery, have trouble concentra...

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Crushed? No way! Where's the failure? Sounds like a rolickin' good weekend!

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The bad news is, there are left-over perogies, which in itself is a crime in your state, Ma'ame.

Send them to me and I won't report you.

That restraint looks good on you!

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Maybe I'll give it a try. It sound brutal, though... you know, bone on bone...

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Nice exercise of willpower! Stick to it!

Kevin

Viscount_s, about your post: This diet clearly emphasizes self control, but there's is more to it than just "be responsible". If that's all it took, this group wouldn't exist. No-S provides a framework for responsible eating, through habit. Building habit builds self control, and probably the abilit...

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...and there are. If you got through it, you made yourself that much stronger and lighter. If you didn't, oh well. Try again next time!

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Higher up, to lower down, just as if I was trying to tunnel forward: it's bringing the head up and over your shoulder quickly - without twisting your body - like you were tryng to throw the dirt off the shovel immediately over your shoulder. I guess you could also look at it as being in a shoulder h...

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Do fireman chops, and concentrate on moving your arm with your pec. These badboys will hit your delts hard, too.

Or do what I do: massive numbers of pushups. :0)

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I eat as much food at meals, of whatever type, as I want - seconds, desert, whatever.

It's snacking that will kill you. If I allow myself to snack more than, say, once a weekend, I'm done.

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Deb, I'm not getting that... is it two handed stirring with the handle held at chest height? It sounds like it would hurt my back...

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I always think of this one as "bust the ledge", where you are demolishing a brick ledge that sticks out on the top of a low wall, knocking the bricks up and off.

But that's a stretch.

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Two cool new moves!

When I SG outside with the old truck tire, I can get a real complete swing in, almost all the way to the ground (striking the old tire). I'm imagining it feels like driving the spike, but without the "braking". It feels great.

Thanks Jan, Thanks, Kid, thanks David.

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I decided that I wanted a more natural analog to hit the biceps. So, I'm pretending I'm doing this: I'm in a tunnel, moving dirt from the solid wall of dirt in front of me to a cart that's immediately behind me. I attack with the shovel, then toss the dirt hard (it's the hard toss that's like a curl...

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It was the lazy man's approach, but my driveway is 90 feet long and circular. I didn't have all day. :-)

Kevin

It might be worth counting those calories to see if they are excessive, but it sure doesn't sound that way to me. Are you sure you need to lose 20? Maybe your body is closer to ideal than you think it is... It's usually a simple equation. Calories in, effort out, but there do seem to be times when i...

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We had 14 inches of very wet snow in Maryland... I used the plow on the little tractor... :0)

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As a No-S advocate, I'm always glad to see other folks try out this common sense approach to life and eating. It's worked great for me.

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Come on in. The water's fine!

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I'd be listening to Yes. That Rickenbacher bass...

But that's probably too old a cultural reference for you...

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Is an S day. You didn't fail.

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Oh, Deb...

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Welcome, and good luck. Let us know if you need anything.

Kevin

Ooh, I love the BNL reference!

Good luck. I'm sure you'll do great. It's worked really well for me.

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Woah, Deb, who said anything about underwear! That's an over-share! :0)

Kevin

I don't think that any of the attitudes you are talking about are feminist - but I've always tried very hard to not ascribe a motivation to a behavior - I've found that when I do, I'm usually wrong. I'm glad you are enjoying staying home with your kids. My wife stayed home when the kids were younger...

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Hey feel good that you feel bad. Or something. It's just your body's way of convincing you that it likes moderation better.

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Five sets of 60 pushups scattered throughout the day. I'm trying to work to 100 reps in a set. I was doing more sets/fewer pushups, but that just got too intrusive. Three/four days a week: 3 sets of 7-10 pullups, 15-20 dips, 15 rows, 20 "diamond" pushups. Working to increase these week by week. The ...

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Reinhard, please feel free to fix the typo in the second to last sentence of my post ("be" should be "by").

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Hey. Let me introduce myself. My name is Kevin. I'm an insulin dependent diabetic and a No-S practitioner. I know all about blood glucose. :0) What you are describing are the typical symptoms of low blood glucose, which you really shouldn't fuss with. If you believe you need a fourth meal (not a sna...

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Rockin' hammer site. I've actually been looking for a joiner's hammer...

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Rockin' hammer site. I've actually been looking for a joiner's hammer...

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Since June, about 20 pounds, but most of that in the first three months. At this point, I'm closing in on my ideal weight (probably another 10 or so). Before I started resistance exercise, I had actually weight about five pounds less. I might not make it all the way down to my ideal weight given tha...

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You know, you might not lose 30 pounds in three months, but I'll bet that if you get on a three meal a day plan, and walk , you will delay or prevent those endocrinological problems you forsee. I'm an insulin dependent diabetic. When I went on No-S, I reduced my insulin intake by better than 30%. St...

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Well, Tricia, someone has to. ..

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and literally SHOVEL it into my mouth...sometimes i will take another bite before i even swallow the first bite!

I'm still laughing. That's one of the first, true laugh-out-loud, milk-through-the-nostrils episodes I've had in a long time. Thanks!

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I'm a proponent of the make a promise, keep a promise approach. You can keep a promise to yourself for six hours, right? With each one you make and keep, it gets easier to believe yourself. But if you fail, so what? Try again. For a while, I did penance. If I cheated, I did 50 situps. Did it burn up...

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I wouldn't consider that way out of line, depending on how much you have to lose. You also have to consider the accuracy of your scale, and the time of day that you weigh yourself. I'm always at least two pounds heavier after dinner than I am when I wake up, so if you started by weighing yourself in...

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I have, or had, a tendency to eat myself almost ill on the weekends. Now, I allow myself seconds and dessert (sweets), but I still don't snack. Well, maybe occasionally if I'm watching a game or something.

I just can't give myself carte blanche. I'd gain it all back

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If you are SGing and walking you might actually changing muscle faster than you can lose fat. Do you feel like you are fitter, leaner? How accurate is your scale? I woudn't worry about it a bit. I've been doing a lot of resistance training and my weight shot up even though my No-S diet didn't change...

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You rock, Deb. Out loud.

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The combat conditioning book is pretty good, and Hindu pushups and situps are a mainstay for me. SG rounds it out nicely. Good luck!

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Chin up. You did the right thing. Way to go!

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You're right, it's hard, but only for a few weeks, and then only occasionally after that. And I can tell you carrying around the extra weight is harder. You start by taking one breakfast to lunch period, no more. Then one lunch to dinner period. Then overnight. Bam, day 1 is done. When you're on hab...

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Right, he's making them out of a strong plastic that's surfaced or molded for grip - a great idea.

You'll love them. You're right to start slow - they really do stress muscles differently than bodyweight exercise with a fixed plane.

Let us know what you think of them.

Kevin

20 pounds since May. Actually, more, but since I started serious bodyweight training, I've put about 5 pounds back on my shoulders, but that's very different weight.

Kevin

Are you talking about power rings? You'll *love* them. Talk about adding variety to a bodyweight regimen... Wait till you see what the do to "normal" exercise like pushups... My shoulder pain is all but completely gone - thanks for asking. Saturday, I was loading rotten logs into the trailer to brin...

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Congratulations on making it a habit. It might be a good time, as you suggest, to start another one, like exercise. Being a devotee of bodyweight exercises and SG, I suggest you try SG, but start with a broom handle or something equally easy to move. SG is addicting, fun, silly, and will definitely ...

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I doubt there is a problem with eating two dried prunes with each meal.

Are you snacking on them between meals? That, I would think, is a violation of No-S.

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Country strong... someone else called it "cowboy strong". I think of it as cross training for yard work. :0)

What bodyweight stuff do you do?

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If you can stick to three meals, great. If not, four is okay: I did that for a while.

But consider *not* going back and fourth. The idea, particularly at the start, is to create, and stick to, a habit.

It sounds like you are doing very well. Good luck!

Kevin

I thought my second week was the hardest. And, to be honest, every few weeks one pops up that is really, really hard, even now, eight months into it. You can do it, though. You're not trying to lose a pound a week, your trying to reset your eating habits completely. Think of losing weight as a by-pr...

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You can do it. In time, it gets very easy to walk away from food laying around or being given away.

You can do it!

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Hey, another Marylander. There aren't many of us here...

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... are beastly. I do two clean sets of 75 pushups everyday, but I can do no more than 25 hindu pushups, and I'm huffing and puffing. They feel really good, though. Really good. It's about as far as I've ever gotten into yoga-like moves.

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I'm sure your doctor told you these things, but in case he didn't.... Stick with foods that are low on the glycemic index. In general, that means fewer bakery products, more whole grains, etc. A review of a glycemic index can be enlightening. You can Google them; they are all over the place. Equally...

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In general, I try to avoid vertical stacking, but I don't mind heaping up vegetables into as big a pile as I can put on my plate. Don't eat them after dinner - that's snacking/seconds. Better to eat a side salad as a habit without cheese/croutons/heavy dressing than "dabble" later.

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You're a self-control monster. Keep at it. It get's *much* easier and the benefits are really great.

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*Of course* you know what to do. You've done this before: there's no secret to it. You can do it again. Make one decision to eat one healthy meal and not eat again until the next meal time. One meal, one promise. Then another meal, another promise. Making and keeping these promises for five or six h...

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Welcome!

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I hope everyone had a nice Holiday. Okay, so the week between Christmas and New Years wasn't a good one from a No-S perspective. We had lots of visitors, too much food out, and ate at odd times. I just went off the wagon for a week. Two interesting things happened. First, I gained about two pounds i...

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There were several months where I absolutely, positively could not have made it to dinner without making my family miserable. I ate a fourth "meal", most often just one piece of fruit, or one piece of bread with peanut butter. Then I took a little off my dinner plate. I didn't let this mini-meal inc...

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I had to re-read your post to fully understand it.

What do you do with numbers other than 1 or 20?

I wonder, is there a way to use this group, the die, and SG exercises to do some type of role playing game? (just kidding).

Kevin

Another way to apply this - it's not so good for SG, but good for bodyweight exercise - is to use a deck of cards. Assign four exercises to the card suits (pushups, dips, squats, and curls, maybe), then pull a card, do the face value number of reps for the suit you pulled, pull another card, repeat ...

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For thousands of years folks in "rich" societies ate three meals a day, if they were lucky (many ate far less). In the past few hundred, we've managed too eat too much, too often, and get fat and sick from it.

Eat three meals and be happy with it.

Kevin

You'll get used to not eating late: I did. I used to be an incorrigible late night eater: I'm not any longer. I do, sometimes go to bed mildly hungry, but, interestingly, I *never* wake up overly hungry. There are others here, though, that battle with middle-of-the-night refrigerator raids. Personal...

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Do you mean you've had that stomach reduction surgery? If that's the case, you have a very careful diet you have to follow, no? Maybe I'm wrong - I have a friend that had that surgery and she has to be very careful about what she eats, when she eats, and how often she eats. I'm glad you found this s...

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