Everyday Systems

I meant to add this a long time ago. At one time I got the bright idea that I would lose weight by counting the number of BITES of food I ate every day. I limited myself to 33 bites, which was a completely arbitrary number. I didnt' limit any type of food, but I did focus on nutritious foods by defa...

It took several tries for me before I got it down, and really established my habit. Keep it up. Remember...a red day, is just ONE day! If you have a failure, you aren't starting over, you're just continuing your No-S journey after a small bump in the road. Keep it up, because it works, and once you ...

Why not doing shugging Mon Wed & Fri, then swim Tues Thurs & Sat..and take sundays off or use them to do longer walks or something? p.s. I had to laugh when I first read the title of this thread...cause I thought someone was thinking about shovelgloving WHILE swimming...lol. Haha...that would make ...

Have been shugging for a while now, usually in the morning before work unless I have to be in extra early. But just recently got back in the pool on a regular (3x per week) basis. Doing about 1600 - 2000 yards per workout at the moment...not huge, but FEELS hard! Any thoughts on whether it would be ...

On the days I swim in the morning - in the water at 6 am - I eat four meals. The first two are very small, and I eat them around 5:30 then 7:30. Then lunch around 12/12:30, and dinner around 6-7.

No-S is working for me, even with this mod.

Thanks for the advice Billy. The funny thing is that we were on a calm, flat, windless lake! I think we both leaned to one direction to avoid hitting a bridge trestle and so we just went over. Luckily, we were near the side of the lake because I have no idea how I would have got back on that kayak....

CVMom - don't give up on kayaking! My wife and I have been kayaking - both sea and whitewater - for about 12 years. My advice - separate boats! Tandem boats = pending divorce! Take it easy to start -- calm, sheltered water where you don't feel threatened. And go on a warm or HOT day -- one where you...

FWIW, I make adjustments for situations like that all the time. For example, if I am having a relatively normal day, with relatively normal scheduling and exercise (one to 1.5 hours of exercise daily), then I will almost always stick to a 3 meal no-s regimen. However, if my schedule is really weird ...

Reinhard, sell any yet? Maybe you could co-brand with Christie Brinkley and Chuck Norris? http://astore.amazon.com/everydaysyste-20?node=2&page=10 I guess their tools (they make a lot of stuff besides hammers) are so pricey because they are made of copper alloys and other non-ferrous metals, intende...

Nic, Why do you have to eat out 2 or 3 times a day? Are you at work, and going out to bf or lunch? If that's the case, you could try what I do -- I either bring something healthy, or I keep food in my desk at work. For example, my breakfast is almost always oatmeal with some crushed almonds and a sm...

Zoo, I fully understand where you're coming from. When I fail to see the scale moving I think about the other benefits of a healthy way of eating -- which for me are feeling better physically (not full all the tiem, not sloggy from eating fat and sugar filled foods a lot), feeling better emotionally...

That is an super job on modifying the hammer! Frankly I think it might be too nice to be in the spirit of shovelglove :D I like that you can relatively easily melt off the weights to put on heavier ones. I have an 8 pound hammer, which was way to light for me -- so I used the ankle weight solution t...

What they said -- go slow at first. Do something for the whole 14 minutes, even if it's just sort of gently moving the hammer around. Make sure your hand is close to the hammer itself -- this makes it feel lighter than if you hold it up the handle farther.

FWIW, I eat either three or four meals a day. I know this might not be ideal in terms of establishing habit, but on days when I swim in the morning, I need to have something in my stomach. And since I swim at 6:00, that means eating (usually a slice of whole wheat bread with about a half tbsn of PB)...

Apple pie isn't a fruit?

Exercise isn't really a problem for me, other than finding enough time to do as much as I'd like to. My problem has - at least until now that I'm embracing No-S -- has been my eating...so even though I'm "fit" and have been for a large part of my adult life, I've always had a lovely layer of -- hmm ...