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- Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:47 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
- Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:02 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Living Proof
- Replies: 10
- Views: 33078
Wow, Spiral - that's impressive! I take it you're exercising as well :) I'm exercising a bit, but I expect to exercise more as I continue losing the weight. (I bet a dozen people $100 each that I would run the New York City Marathon next year. that was an easy bet for them to take when I was 300 po...
- Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:31 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Living Proof
- Replies: 10
- Views: 33078
Living Proof
I'm posting this here for a couple reason. One is because we get a lot of posts from frustrated individuals who aren't losing weight, and second because I know many or most of the people here don't read the daily check-ins. I started the No-S diet in the middle of June, now almost exactly 5 months l...
- Thu Nov 17, 2005 6:30 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
haha! I caught my thread right before it fell off the first page of daily check-ins. There isn't much new to report insofar as the process goes; I'm still using No-S as my basic structure and then experimenting withing that frame. As far as progress goes, the last time I weighed myself was last week...
- Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:02 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Waiting for Lunch
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15626
- Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:13 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: comments/opinions on 15th day
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13129
Sandy, I know about loopholes. I counted my first day on the No-S diet as an S-day because it was the first day on the diet and wasn’t that, in and of itself, special? I think my first couple of day on No-S I would use suspension bridge technology to dangle slices of pizza on vertically standing hot...
- Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:34 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: The Shovelglove IS a martial art!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14173
- Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:31 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Interesting article on Yahoo! news this morning
- Replies: 44
- Views: 58224
I was reading a book about wheat/gluten intolerance: "recent medical studies have proven that these grains actually release a chemical into your brain called an opioid. This is exactly the same reaction that happens when illegal drugs like cocaine and opium are taken. The chemical reacts on the ple...
- Fri Oct 07, 2005 4:18 pm
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: Walk a mile
- Replies: 9
- Views: 24076
- Fri Oct 07, 2005 4:56 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Interesting article on Yahoo! news this morning
- Replies: 44
- Views: 58224
I don't want it to seem like I'm disagreeing with anybody's politics or viewpoints on anything here. I just like playing devil's advocate. I think you can effectively argue about so many outside influences that contribute to making people fat. Capitalism makes you fat. Socialism makes you fat. Being...
- Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:12 am
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: Walk a mile
- Replies: 9
- Views: 24076
- Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:03 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Interesting article on Yahoo! news this morning
- Replies: 44
- Views: 58224
- Thu Oct 06, 2005 5:33 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Interesting article on Yahoo! news this morning
- Replies: 44
- Views: 58224
I think it’s rather sweet the way we all take this somewhat innocuous study and interpret it so that whatever we perceive to be the problem is what’s to blame. Snazzybabe is very anti-carb, so predictably she sees this article as evidence that we eat too many carbs. Freakwitch rather amazingly was a...
- Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:54 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Interesting article on Yahoo! news this morning
- Replies: 44
- Views: 58224
- Sat Sep 24, 2005 6:55 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
- Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:18 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: shovelglove constructive criticism
- Replies: 9
- Views: 22026
- Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:12 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: New here Hi
- Replies: 10
- Views: 22254
I believe the doctrine of No-S would dictate that if you want fruit it should be included as part of your breakfast, lunch, or dinner. From the No-S page... What about healthy snacks? Eat healthy meals. If you know you have just three, you'll make them count. I'm perfectly aware that an orange betwe...
- Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:08 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 50's Era Excercise and Nutrition
- Replies: 14
- Views: 32054
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:14 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 50's Era Excercise and Nutrition
- Replies: 14
- Views: 32054
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:25 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 50's Era Excercise and Nutrition
- Replies: 14
- Views: 32054
Yes, he invented a lot of the gym equipment we're familiar with and I believe he was the first to use those rubber band type things to excercise with (he calls them Glamour Stretchers on the show). He turns 91 in a couple of weeks and he's going to be on the weekend edition of the Today show Saturda...
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:45 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 50's Era Excercise and Nutrition
- Replies: 14
- Views: 32054
50's Era Excercise and Nutrition
I was born in the seventies but I have a nostalgic yearning for the fifties. Actually, in a lot of ways I enjoy mid-century art and entertainment and style despite the fact I didn’t live through it. If anyone else has any admiration for that time period I have a recommendation for you. Every morning...
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:16 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Coca-Cola and McDonalds Diet
- Replies: 28
- Views: 47766
Yes, I would guess that the majority of the people who gain weight back after they lose it do so because they go back to eating the way they used to, so it's no surprise they gain it back. The beauty of No-S is that it's a relatively painless plan that you can stick to for life. There are a ton of m...
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:07 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Coca-Cola and McDonalds Diet
- Replies: 28
- Views: 47766
Someone eating 1200 worth of calories, can slow down their metabolism and not experience any weight loss because the body can compensate. But if you are eating 400 calories it can't compensate. Hey snazzybabe. Your knowledge of how metabolism works is a little incomplete, as is most people's. Mine ...
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:00 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Coca-Cola and McDonalds Diet
- Replies: 28
- Views: 47766
Yes, of course. I wasn't suggesting anybody actually eat 400 calories a day. But at 1200 or 1500 calories a day, you're not exactly starving yourself. You're just taking in fewer calories than you are burning during the day, and that's the definition of weight loss. Of course, the reason most of us ...
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:48 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Coca-Cola and McDonalds Diet
- Replies: 28
- Views: 47766
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:47 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Coca-Cola and McDonalds Diet
- Replies: 28
- Views: 47766
Sometimes when you go on a low-calorie diet for too long you end up with a very slow metabolism. So you body doesn't need so much calories to function and you end up not losing any weight even though you are on a very low-calorie diet. This seems to be common diet wisdom, but it's a bit of a canard...
- Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:33 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Coca-Cola and McDonalds Diet
- Replies: 28
- Views: 47766
spiralstares, did you ever see Super Size Me? Yeah, I did. It was a pretty entertaining movie although intellectually kind of dishonest and silly. And of course its premise has been thoroughly debunked. Soso Whaley also ate solely at mcdonalds for a month and she lost 10 pounds and her cholesterol ...
- Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:37 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Coca-Cola and McDonalds Diet
- Replies: 28
- Views: 47766
"maybe you lost weight just because of the reduction in calories... " What do you mean " just because of the reduction in calories"? The only way you lose weight on any diet is by a calorie deficit. The Coke and McDonalds diet is actually a very low calorie diet at approximately 1300 calories. That...
- Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:14 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Coca-Cola and McDonalds Diet
- Replies: 28
- Views: 47766
- Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:50 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Coca-Cola and McDonalds Diet
- Replies: 28
- Views: 47766
Coca-Cola and McDonalds Diet
We've talked about a lot of different diets here; Atkins, Leptin, 3-hour diet, etc. I'm going to add one more to the mix. If the simplicity and variety of the No-S diet has you feeling like you're not on a "real" diet, perhaps you'd like to try this diet that I used to lose 35 pounds in 6 weeks in 1...
- Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:47 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Blue Daisy's Daily Check In
- Replies: 101
- Views: 135985
- Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:43 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: S days
- Replies: 18
- Views: 36629
BB, I have a couple tricks I use. First, I weigh myself in the mornings of my S days. Seeing the weight that I've lost while no-s'ing during the week serves as motivation not to go crazy and gain back the weight that I lost during the week. Second, I don't deny myself any type of food or any amount ...
- Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:28 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
Well, Tonsha, I have to admit that I’m going more by the spirit of No-S as opposed to following it exactly as Reinhard has laid it out. For instance I don’t take an S-day every Saturday and Sunday. I space out my S days in a different manner, more sporadically, through the month and I weigh a couple...
- Sat Sep 03, 2005 11:21 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
Just dropping in to make a quick update. Since my last post I've lost another 5 pounds which means I'm down 31.5 pounds since June 16. Not too shabby. I'm happy that things are starting to cool down a bit and I'm eagerly anticipating autumn which is my favorite time of year. I much happier when I ca...
- Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:15 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Low Carb Diets
- Replies: 14
- Views: 33373
Two suggestions: First, I wouldn't look to theomnivore.com for anything other than a laugh. He's scientifically illiterate and biased which is dangerous if you're looking for legitimate health advice. Second, you should eat the foods during your weight loss that you plan on eating after you've lost ...
- Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:37 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Peanut Butter and...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18774
- Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:18 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: Deodorant
- Replies: 19
- Views: 41274
- Tue Aug 09, 2005 2:43 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
Day 55(?) Or so. Let's see...what's happened since my last check-in? Well, first I created a new shovelglove scenario called "Escape From A Chain Gang" which starts off with a few "pounding in the railroad spikes" then some "crushing the guards' skulls" and finally some "chopping off my leg shackles...
- Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:25 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Lots in here on food and hunger but is anyone losing lbs?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 25935
- Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:22 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
Day 38 It's been a while since my last check-in, but I've continued No-S'ing since that time and I just wanted to drop in and make an update. I've lost another 5 pounds since my last update which puts me at 21.5 pounds down. What I like about the No-S diet is that it's so basic, in a sense, that you...
- Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:14 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: The 21(day) Club
- Replies: 839
- Views: 1293669
- Sat Jul 09, 2005 3:11 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
Okay, now that I've reached the 21 day milestone, I am going to keep this thread going as a weekly check-in/update. Since my last weigh-in I have had 3 n-days and 4 s-days. Yes, that's more s-days than n-days, and yet I still managed to lose another pound this week. I would have been perfectly happy...
- Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:50 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
- Tue Jul 05, 2005 3:00 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
Day Eighteen: S-day Day Nineteen: S-day Day Twenty: S-day Thanks, Reinhard, et al. I doubt I'll add much to my losses this week as it's a short week following 3 S-days, but I'm fine with that. I'm very realistic about what I believe my rate of loss will eventually settle in at. Even once my rate slo...
- Sat Jul 02, 2005 3:48 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
- Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:23 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
- Thu Jun 30, 2005 5:52 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: NoS Members "Adjunct S'ses" list....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 24411
- Thu Jun 30, 2005 2:50 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Pick a proper plate....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 19091
- Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:15 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
- Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:26 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
- Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:59 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
- Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:34 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
Weigh-In Day #1
Day Ten: Okay, it's the end of my first full week on the No-S diet. And it's my first official weigh in. Here's the tally... N-days - 7 S-days - 3 Total weight lost: 10.5 pounds. Now of course I expect this pace to drop off dramatically. But hey, it's still a good feeling for the first ten days. Tha...
- Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:07 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No S Diet - My Thoughts
- Replies: 36
- Views: 55429
Fawnmarie wrote (in the original thread that I accidentally posted the message above in). In what way is it more of a matter of physics than chemistry? I don't know about the low-carb thing either. I lost quite a bit of weight on it, kept it off for years and didn't gain anything back until I starte...
- Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:17 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No S Diet - My Thoughts
- Replies: 36
- Views: 55429
Before starting No S, I lost about 12 pounds in a month by eating pizza, french fries, ice cream, candy, sandwiches, McDonalds, pretty much whatever I wanted, but just in a limited quantity. In fact, with the exception of the sweet stuff, that's still the types of things I'm eating during the week a...
- Fri Jun 24, 2005 6:49 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: counterbalances
- Replies: 14
- Views: 28612
- Fri Jun 24, 2005 2:52 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
- Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:50 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
Day Eight: I think I'll start using the "Success" and "Failure" terminology. It means something for me to have this daily check-in, but I don't have a whole lot to say unless I have some big crisis of faith ("Oh my god, I almost ate a cookie!") which I haven't had yet. Success, by my definition is: ...
- Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:07 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
Day Seven: Well, it's been a week. That means, what? I'm one third of the way towards making this a habit? Well, it really hasn't been all that difficult for me. It already feels habitual. And it's been successful as well. I've lost some weight (I'll update my numbers this weekend). And I've yet to ...
- Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:55 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
Day Six: Success. I actually ate much less today then even the No-S diet requires. SG and UR as well. When I am Urban Rangering I listen to old time radio shows which I have loaded on my Ipod. It makes the time go much faster for me. I buy them here www.dadsotr.com. It's just a couple of dollars for...
- Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:19 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: counterbalances
- Replies: 14
- Views: 28612
Deb, I agree that there should be no rules placed on S-days. I don't think I made myself clear, my S-day choices are in no way incumbent on how much weight I lost during the week. I just use weighing myself on Saturday as positive reinforcement to balance my natural gluttony. For me, weighing myself...
- Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:12 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: counterbalances
- Replies: 14
- Views: 28612
counterbalances
What I'm about to talk about may have already been mentioned, but in case it hasn't, or for the benefit of those who haven't considered it... I've been thinking a bit about the diet Reinhard has created and I think it's really ideal for me in a lot of different ways. The simplicity, the philosophy, ...
- Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:01 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
- Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:39 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
Day Three: Happily it was another success for me today. I probably ate more at my meals than I hope to eventually settle in to, but the critical part for me was that I stuck to the principles of the No-S diet. It seems like the important part is to get the structure down and then once I have that ma...
- Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:41 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
Day Two: Last night I had Chinese food. My fortune cookie read: Begin...the rest is easy. I don't know that that really constitutes a fortune but it does seem like solid advice. My 3 daily goals are: 1. To stick to the No-S diet. 2. Get in my 14 minutes of shovelglove. 3. At least one hour of Urban ...
- Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:06 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
- Thu Jun 16, 2005 2:35 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Replies: 66
- Views: 84732
Spiralstares' Check-In: What A Piece Of Work Is Man
Day One: Let me take this opportunity to introduce myself and start off this daily check-in thread. Today I made the decision to follow the Everyday Systems path to health and fitness (It's funny how generic and 1950's that sounds). I'm buying into it completely. The No S Diet, Shovelglove, and Urba...
- Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:15 pm
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: Is there a recommended minimum?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8799
Is there a recommended minimum?
Hello. I realize it may be against the spirit of Urban Ranger to view it strictly as a means to lose weight, but...well, that's what I'm doing. In that respect, is there a recommended minimum amount of time one should set aside to walk per day (or miles, or steps)? You may say, "Just walk to and fro...