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- Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:25 am
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: NY Times: Willpower as depletable resource
- Replies: 1
- Views: 10861
Re: NY Times: Willpower as depletable resource
What surprises me is that the word habit doesn't come up once in the article. As we EDSers know, it's the ultimate prop/stretcher for willpower. I have read the book mentioned in the article and habits show up in a chapter where they are discussed as a strategy for managing willpower. The gist is t...
- Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:57 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
- Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:53 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: carolejo's daily Check in
- Replies: 627
- Views: 526101
- Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:29 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
Hello again, my long abandoned log. Sounds ominous, but I've been a good boy. Hey, it's an S-day, have a cookie ;) My 2nd No-S attempt in 2008 was a failure. My first attempt was overly strict and I failed going into maintenance. My 2nd attempt was overly lax. I shunned the scales and guess what? I ...
- Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:05 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
Thank you, JillyBean! I've been a bit lax about posting here, but I am pleased to report I am still doing pretty good on the NoS front. Now and than I lapse, but my very strict approach on the last try didnt really work long term, so I am taking it nice and easy. My belly is visibly shrinking, so it...
- Tue May 27, 2008 8:23 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
- Wed May 21, 2008 9:14 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
- Mon May 19, 2008 5:20 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
A lost son returns :)
Hello everybody! Grats on the book, Reinhard. Boy did I ever fall off the wagon. It seemed I had a good excuse at the time, funny how there always is an excuse when you want one :) Basically I am starting over again. Been trying for a couple weeks now, but I always got that 2nd plate. It seems I nee...
- Fri Dec 30, 2005 8:13 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
A little update, have not posted in a while ... Kept the weight. I seem to have hit a bit-time plateau. Still, loosing 15kg (and keeping the weight) is not too shabby either, so while I am not overjoyed, I am pleased. I've been taking swimming lessons twice a week since middle of november. I love it...
- Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:21 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: carolejo's daily Check in
- Replies: 627
- Views: 526101
Not boring at all, sounds fascinating! Only problem is, I stopped drinking a couple of years ago. While I would not call myself a recovering alcoholic, I am definitely an all-or-nothing kind of guy and I have come to prefer nothing. So I wont be investigating, although I am sorely tempted :-) I did ...
- Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:28 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: carolejo's daily Check in
- Replies: 627
- Views: 526101
- Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:00 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
Sat 12-Nov-2005, weight unchanged at 89 kg. Started taking swimming lessons this week - I am learning to crawl. Currently, it's more flailing around and inhaling water though. On the bike front, I think I've been overtraining. I stopped exercising this week, next week I might start again at half the...
- Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:00 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
Sat, 05-Nov-2005, 89 kg (~ 196 lbs). Another kilo down. "RSS Luddite" turns out to work quite well for me. It's a bit of an eye opener how much time I wasted checking rss feeds, usenet and this forum. When you do your surfin' all in one big stretch instead of spreading it out over the day, it really...
- Sat Nov 05, 2005 11:36 am
- Forum: Help I'm confused!
- Topic: Why won't my time zone remain GMT-6 without resetting
- Replies: 5
- Views: 18089
- Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:12 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
Weight unchanged. I think my stationary bike is trying to kill me. It wanted me to do 40 minutes at 175 watts! It would seem I overdid it at the monthly normed test ride. Oh well, if it gets to hard I can erase the data and redo the fitness assessment. Still, I'll try for another week at the current...
- Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:36 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Jammin' Jan's Check-In
- Replies: 1081
- Views: 783804
- Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:55 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Help Please!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 32480
For comparison, I typically eat: - breakfast: 2 slices of full-corn bread, toasted, with 2 eggs (scrambled) and 100 g cottage cheese - lunch: full-corn spagetti with tomato sauce & kidney beans or tuna, 100g cottage cheese - dinner: 150g fish, fried in a non-stick pan with a bit of olive oil & half ...
- Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:31 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Help Please!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 32480
I don't know if this will be a consolation, but my weight loss has definitely slowed as I approach healthier body weights. With 25 kg to loose, I could loose 1 kg a week, no problem. Now at 10 kg, the last kg took me over a month. And there are fluctuations. You never wrote your weight (only deltas)...
- Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:18 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
- Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:08 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Help Please!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 32480
1 kg is not that much ... your body weight can vary a lot depending on water retention, amount of food in the digestive tract, time of measurement. I would recommend weighing yourself several days in a row, always at the same time (in the morning, before breakfast). Maybe not immediately after S-day...
- Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:45 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: Not sure if this is the right place to post, but . . .
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11683
- Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:52 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
- Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:14 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Candy out of sight is out of mind
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9782
Candy out of sight is out of mind
This might be of interest to some people here ...
Candy out of sight is out of mind (via http://www.kottke.org/).
Candy out of sight is out of mind (via http://www.kottke.org/).
- Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:11 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Eating out
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9319
Personally, I change the "one plate" rule to a "one dish" rule when eating out. I.e. if the rice comes in a another bowl, no problem. But no entrees, soups or desserts. Salad or a piece of bread is ok though (green/vegetable salad). That's during the week, of course. On S-days, anything goes. Good l...
- Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:33 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
Slightly irregular checkin, but I've been working this weekend. Weight unchanged. Next week this travel craziness should be over. I am really looking forward to having my regular schedule back. And getting some regular exercise done. I did the 14-minutes thing a couple of times, but without the shov...
- Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:02 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY REINHARD!!!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 30106
- Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:38 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Sledgehammers, misc other uses
- Replies: 13
- Views: 24579
- Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:37 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
Sun 02-Oct-2005, unchanged at 91 kg (~ 201 lbs) I finished the job a day early, so I am already home. I did not do any exercises, but I've been sick all week. I did manage to infect the customer, so there seems to be a god after all ;-) In contrast to most other people on this board, not having acce...
- Sat Sep 24, 2005 11:10 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
- Sat Sep 24, 2005 8:34 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
- Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:45 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
I had to see my tax guy today (a few minor things, nothing painful), and I found an excellent little Indian place around the corner. AND THEY SERVE SMALL PORTIONS! *YEAH* I can see a lot of nice lunches in my near term future. Just had to get this off my chest. My usual circles frown upon places tha...
- Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:42 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: carolejo's daily Check in
- Replies: 627
- Views: 526101
- Sat Sep 17, 2005 3:21 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
CB, you're only saying that because you can't hear my pronounciation. My english is mostly read & written these days, and for words I never heard spoken I tend to make up a pronounciation - usually I am way off ;-) As for my read/written english - I read a lot of english books. Science-fiction/fanta...
- Sat Sep 17, 2005 6:08 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
- Sat Sep 17, 2005 5:53 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Navin's sort-of-daily check-in
- Replies: 125
- Views: 145658
- Sat Sep 10, 2005 7:03 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: The 21(day) Club
- Replies: 839
- Views: 1262125
- Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:56 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
Sat 10-Sep-2005, unchanged at 92 kg. After last weekend, I was at 94 though. 1 kg more is kind of normal, but 2? Still, it came off again easily, so I am not complaining. I guess it's just a weekly cycle - eating more food on s-days means more food in the digestive tract for a couple of days. Also I...
- Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:18 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Reinhard's Sample Check In
- Replies: 400
- Views: 784185
- Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:59 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: carolejo's daily Check in
- Replies: 627
- Views: 526101
- Sun Sep 04, 2005 12:07 pm
- Forum: Help I'm confused!
- Topic: Where's the White Out Button?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10380
- Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:06 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
I did not end up renting a bike, but buying inline skates. The first try yesterday was not so hot - I used to skate once upon a time but you would not have guessed from watching me ;-) Today was a lot better. The moves are coming back. I skated about 16 km (~ 10 miles). I went slowly so it was not v...
- Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:41 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: DNS server problems
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13755
- Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:10 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: DNS server problems
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13755
- Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:49 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: DNS server problems
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13755
DNS server problems
The last couple of weeks, the dns server for everydaysystems.com seems to work only sporadically. This time however, the caching (dns)-proxy on my laptop was still caching the ip-adress, just squid (on my server) could not resolve the hostname. So I have configured firefox to not use the http-proxy ...
- Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:00 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
For the next three days, there is going to be a street fair in my street. This usually means bad bands blaring worse music all day. Right now they are setting up, but the music is going to start soon. I don't think I will spend much time in the apartment the next days. As I work mostly from home, th...
- Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:26 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
Sat 27-Jun-2005, unchanged at 93 kg (~ 205 lbs). I've been sick for the first half of the week, and I've skipped SG and cardio on those days. Kept up with NoS though, did not have much of an appetite anyway. I've been using the coaching program of my stationary bike for 1 month now. Today it had me ...
- Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:07 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Reinhard's Sample Check In
- Replies: 400
- Views: 784185
- Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:10 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
- Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:45 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
Saturday 2005-Aug-13, 94 kg (~ 207 lbs). So I've lost 10 kg total so far (~ 22 lbs). Shovelgloving is going fine, I am back to normal speed. I am thinking more and more about my exercise bike's coaching program. It was developed by a MD and active triathlete, and I've been doing the fat loss program...
my favorite is sinfest.
- Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:14 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Stoke the oven variation
- Replies: 6
- Views: 26534
- Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:01 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: carolejo's daily Check in
- Replies: 627
- Views: 526101
- Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:53 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Stoke the oven variation
- Replies: 6
- Views: 26534
- Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:15 am
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Stoke the oven variation
- Replies: 6
- Views: 26534
Stoke the oven variation
I like to pretend I am shoveling coal into a train's steam engine. This is quite similiar to "stoke the oven", but I "fill the shovel" very low on the floor - the key here is to keep the shovelglove low. Then I shovel the coal into the furnace opening around hip height. I find this hits the abs like...
- Sun Aug 07, 2005 5:35 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: The 21(day) Club
- Replies: 839
- Views: 1262125
- Sun Aug 07, 2005 5:31 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
On 2005-08-06 (Saturday), I weighed 95 kg (~ 209 lbs). So I am back in the land of the overweight! To celebrate this special event, I went and had dinner at a thai place. Delicious, but I ate too much. There seems to be a pattern there, I go kind of wild on saturdays and eat even less than normal on...
- Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:41 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
Deb, yes, I am slaying them left and right ;-). Oh, did I mention that a new patch came out? Splendid timing, they did not change all that much this time though Other than playing Diablo II, I have been a very good boy. I am down to 95.5 kg (~ 210 lbs), so the o-word is soon to be a thing of the pas...
- Sun Jul 31, 2005 12:24 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
- Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:41 pm
- Forum: Help I'm confused!
- Topic: How do I get to do my own daily check-in?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11195
- Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:56 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
Today (2005-Jul-30) I weighed in at 96.5 kg (~ 213 lbs). So I lost 2.5 kg this week! Very nice. And I have been eating big portions this week because I stopped smoking and I was afraid that might trigger "snack attacks". I have a big milestone coming up: When I reach 95 kg, I go from being obese to ...
- Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:37 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
Success/Failure rant
You may or may not have noticed that I don't do the Success/Failure thing. I just did not like the concept, I was like "come on, I am an adult, give me some credit". So I have been thinking *why* I don't like it. Of course, maybe I am just rationalizing. Also, it may be a language thing - i.e. I am ...
- Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:18 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
I am pretty sure Glass Ceiling would not work for me, I just can't stop after 1 glass (and stopping after 2 is even harder ;-)). Low Smoking might work (I am a moderate smoker when I am not on a diet), but I think I'll go for the 100% solution first ... SG is going really fine, I did 4 units so far ...
- Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:41 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
Thanks for the accupuncture tip ... I'll keep it in mind. I don't think it will be necessary though - it's not the first time I stop smoking after all ;-) My problem (as with the weight) was never the actual stopping, but the not-starting again a couple of months later while drunk (I don't think I w...
- Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:53 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
NoS and SG are going great, but I started chainsmoking. The original plan was to stop smoking after loosing weight, but now it seems that I am acquiring a 2-packs-a-day-habit along with my NoS-habits. So I went cold turkey on the cigarrettes yesterday. I am doing ok so far; I had an extra solid brea...
- Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:29 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
2005-Jul-26: 98 kg (~ 216 lbs). I almost raided the fridge yesterday in the afternoon (I did not have to work. Idle hands and all that I guess). I took a walk and by the time I was back in the appartment it was time for dinner. I had a *big* plate ;-) Is monday always harder? Or was it just me getti...
- Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:06 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
No special recipe - I just grate some cucumber (and let it drain), and mix it up with plain yogurt and lots of garlic and a little bit of salt and some herbs. Authentic tzatziki calls for lemon juice and and olive oil and more salt, but that makes it too overpowering to eat on its own (vs. as sauce ...
- Sun Jul 24, 2005 1:13 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
Spent all saturday in a customer's machine room with only one bottle of water and therefore the weigh-in this morning was totally bogus - still I wonder, I drank a lot of water in the evening. I must have been severly dehydrated. Had my pizza margherita last evening, and the most expensive full-fat ...
- Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:09 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: GJ's checkin
- Replies: 66
- Views: 62814
GJ's checkin
I started nosing on 2005-Jul-18, after a doing a pretty strict vegeterian no-sugar/no-bread-prodcuts diet for a week. I started at 104kg (~230 lb) on Jul-11. On Jul-18 I was at 99.5kg (~219 lb). On Jul-22 I was at 99kg (~218 lb). My dream weigth is 80kg (~176 lb), but 85kg (~187 lb) would be fine, t...
- Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:54 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Another convert
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12113
I got me a 5gk sledgehammer today (~ 11 pounds, I think - they did not have any other weights) and did my first (slow) 14 minutes. We'll see how sore I'll get. The big store's tool department was sold out of sledgehammers, btw. Luckily, they had 3 left in the department where they sell mortar and st...
- Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:15 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Another convert
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12113
Another convert
Hi everybody, I stumbled over NoS (and Shovelglove) a week after going on my yearly diet + exercise regime. Loosing weight is not that hard for me (I simply eat vegeterian - I don't like it much, so I eat sparingly); but once I am back in my comfort zone, I can't resist those Wiener Schnitzels and t...