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They say: If you write it down, you'll do it. I stated above I am starting my Soloflex routine again. Here is what it will look like: Monday: Sit Ups Bench Press Lat pulldown/Biceps Curls Behind Neck Press Triceps Pushdown Leg Press Wednesday: Roman Chair Sit Up Incline Press Behind Neck Pull Down S...

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Well, breakfast was a sausage and egg sandwich, 4 crackers, and a Mt. Dew. I thought it was diet. And as I was drinking it I kept thinking Mt. Dew had really upped their game for diet flavor. I realized it was regular Mt. Dew. My weight is slowly creeping up, but I think it is due to the Lyrica, whi...

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"Thanks for inspiring me to get some different kind of exercise into my life than just walk/jogging."

You are welcome.

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12.20.2018

Success!

No exercise. I am down ten pounds still, and that is with taking 300 mg of Lyrica a day. I am not sure that is a medication I am going to be doing without.

Today is the 21st. So far, so good. Plus a Bullworker workout, and a wall sit. (Getting those legs ready for skiing.)

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My sweetheart daughter is home from her first trimester at Utah State. She took a nutrition class. Last night we became involved in friendly verbal combat concerning snacking. She insisted that snacking is imperative. Of course, I let her know it is not. Finally, I just told her snacking is a facade...

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The school district I work in is having a one credit class opportunity in February. I was not paying attention to what it was, but then this caught my attention: Massive Action Towards Health This class is limited to 20 participants. One NNU credit can be earned by completing this class. $60 for the...

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I have read a couple of posts concerning either injuries from running, or surgery on feet. I get the foot thing, although I have not had surgery, I get foot pain most afternoons when I am home from work and trying to relax. Although I have not swum lately (due to travel), I swim on and off. a month ...

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The Walmart convenience store coffee. .72 for 20 oz.

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Well, still down 10 pounds since before Thanksgiving. And Thanksgiving was un-relented eating.

Got my workout on Sunday. I performed the plank, belt squats, lateral raises, seated military press and barbell curls.

Yesterday was not a green day. Let's try again today.

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Super Slow is a weight protocol developed by Ken Hutchins in the 1980's during a Nautilus funded study. Basically, you take approximately 50% of your max weight in an exercise and lift it 10 seconds up, 10 seconds down. You increase the weight when you can move it for a positive rep up to 120 to 160...

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Well, I have lost about 15-20 pounds. Three meals a day.

I had been swimming, but have not been in a couple of weeks.

I am going to do a Super Slow workout tonight, and then another one when I get back from Sacramento next week. It is good to have several tools in the exercise belt I am finding.

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I take Lyrica for a spinal deformity I have had since birth. As I get older it gets worse. Lyrica makes me gain up to 20 lbs. It is like my hunger mechanism does not turn off. Plus there is water retention. The first few days after I quit taking it I make a lot of water. Unfortunately, when I do not...

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Joe Weider used to state that bodybuilders train "intuitively". Arthur Jones basically stated, and I paraphrase: What the #@!$.

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Welcome Angel1! Best of luck to you. Halloween was VERY hard for me, as I love candy and (stupidly) bought only candy that I like, and of course we have leftovers. I caved on halloween but I've been going strong this week. I find that, when I get peckish, esp during the afternoon (LIKE RIGHTNOW :sh...

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"Weight loss gimmicks" That is funny.

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Unfortunately, cannabis is purported to cure everything including cancer. I am not a user, nor have I ever used. I guess you do what you need to do.

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Vio con Dios...

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Good Morning,

Some days are good, some not so good.

Started Super Slow weightlifting yesterday.

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elegantportions wrote:
And the flip side - how do you comfort yourself/handle stress?

Camels

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I have been a bit off the mark the last two weeks. Unfortunate. Yesterday was better. Today I have had two homemade breakfast sandwiches (they fit on a plate). About 500 calories. Most of the calories come from the English muffin. Lunch is a Hungry Man frozen dinner. About 500 calories. Dinner will ...

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I have spent the last week in Lewiston, Idaho. They feed us 3 times a day. I have been walking a lot. Tuesday I board the train for Northern California.

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Not very disciplined in regards to my diet. However, I have started training, physically, with Persian/Indian Clubs. My wife let me know yesterday my shirts are fitting better. That is a good, first, sign. I have been catching more sun as well. That is helping me feel better emotionally. See you tom...

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Failure today...

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You have a point. I try not to.

The last week of March was a disaster. April is a new month.

See you all tonight/tomorrow.

Bullworker workout today.

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March 26, 2018 A good S weekend. Snacked, but not excessively. My clothes are fitting better, and I can button up trousers without having to suck it in. Once the weather warms up again I think I might hit the pool. We'll see. My exercise is in limbo because it usually makes me really sore. I do not ...

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March 23, 2018

Success!

A very good week!

Let us see if I can string two in a row next week!

See you Monday.

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Chris Highcock posted this on the Facebook page. I think it was Chris who directed me toward No S via the Dave Draper web page in 2008? Many of you might like this: https://www.nbcnews.com/better/pop-culture/these-two-economists-used-meta-rules-drop-120-pounds-ncna855206 They suggest skipping a meal...

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March 22, 2018 Success! Breakfast: Breakfast sandwich and milk Lunch: Burger w/ onion rings Dinner: Kung Fu Panda Express Beijing Beef. Orange Chicken, Chow Mein, ate about half with a 1/2 a cup of Dole Tropical Blend Fruit Exercise: Walked around Walmart with my daughter has she shopped. About an h...

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Whosonfirst : "Do you follow the DDP videos or just the book? I'm thinking of doing something similar." I really did not address this as thoroughly as I might have. I do like DDP. However, on Amazon there is a series called "Body by Yoga" and it seems to be a DDP "borrow". It is generally marketed ...

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March 21, 2018 Success! Breakfast: A microwaveable egg bowl, milk Lunch: Tomato Sandwich, rest of the tomato, small bag of Doritos Dinner: pork chop and fried apples, mac and cheese (Stouffers), tomato w/ranch, glass of milk No exercise. Frankly, I feel better when I do not exercise Weight 212 to 20...

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I have both. Book and videos. They are good. actually the stretching makes my back and hips feel better. Actually, I have found swimming does the same thing for stretching and such. However, on Tuesday Fail I watched "Lincoln" and ate banana bread, with butter. I do not even like banana bread, but m...

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It is such a simple process. I have people ask me (when I am on task with No S...) how I lose weight. When I tell people the protocol they are incensed that I do not snack, or can stick to a plate a meal. Usually I hear, "You need to eat six meals a day to rev up your metabolism..." I recall when Re...

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Monday March 19, 2018

Success!

Breakfast: 4 egg breakfast taco w/ sour cream and sriracha.

Lunch: BLT w/ half a lunch sized bag of chips

Dinner (late): pork chop, rice w/ tomato and avacado

Exercise: Bullworker

March is looking greener in honor of the Irish!

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Friday March 16, 2018 Success! Last week was all green. My first all green week in a few years. The weekend was a respectable yellow. I have been using the Bullworker for exercise. I still need to restart either the DDP or Man Flow Yoga. I feel better when I am stretched out. Well, see you later ton...

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3.15.2018 Success! Three meals, three plates. I cannot fouch for the veracity of today's (Thursday's Paltes) as being top notch. Breaksfast: Two breakfast sausages on a stick Lunch: Hot pocket, a lunch size bag of cheddar flavored popcorn, and a bag (lunch size) of Fritos. I did not eat all of it Di...

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3.14.18

Success!

No exercise. Tomorrow Bullworker

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March 14 2018

Success!

A good three days in a row.

No exercise since I skied. But, it snowed big last night. Saturday might be another ski day.

Man Flow Yoga tonight.

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3.13.18

Success!

Two in a row.

Super Slow tomorrow.

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3.13.2018 Monday Success! I skied Saturday, only for a couple of hours. First time in 3 years I have been. I want to get a few more Spring skiis in before they close. A lot of snow right now though. Last Friday I came up with what I call the "shift". I know Friday night is often a night my wife and ...

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March 8, 2017 Fail what a cluster muff today turned out to be. Breakfast: Eggs with an English muffin Lunch: Can of Spaghetti O's with fransk, small bag of Freetos (OK So far) Then I had student take off, off campus. Stress Ahoy. The building secretary brought me a chocolate chip cookie the size of ...

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Plus, is gluttony not one of the seven deadly sins?

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Starches mostly, or fried chicken.

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Success! Breakfast: Breakfast sandwich and a sausage on a stick thing Lunch: Open faced roast beef sandwich, two small pickles, Coke Dinner: Scrambled eggs, five sausage, yogurt (I visual plated that one...), La Croix Exercise: SuperSlow workout: belt squats, incline press, lateral raise, behind ne...

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Fail

Started watching a Western and then noticed the Rice Cripsy Treats on the counter.

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No, your S Days are your S Days. The idea is to not make your S Days your N Days. S Days are a reward.

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I liked self respect.

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Thanks! I've corrected it above. The other one was a mistake, from a unit we are studying in our senior English class on brain research and whether it's valid to try some young criminals as adults. I must have accidentally cut and pasted that URL. Mu!st have been a shock I guess one of these :lol: ...

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March 5, 2018

Success!

Breakfast: 4 eggs, English muffin

Lunch: Jimmy John's Vito sandwich, pickle

Dinner: One fried chicken breast, rice, banana/tangerine

Two glasses of whole milk

Exercise: Yoga Strength

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March 1, 2 2018

Success!

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noni wrote:It's the first time I didn't eat all the skin off the turkey while carving it.
(I think I left this on the wrong post and don't know how to get rid of it)

The skin is the best part

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Yes, a glass of milk is OK. Whole milk while you are at it.

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Feb 28 2018

Success!

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If you do not like, you do not like it. It is all good.

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My wife still uses Buns of Steel.

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I did not realize it has been 2 months since I posted. I need to focus.

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Dec 28 Well, I am getting my free for all dietary habit under control. Went to see the new Star Wars yesterday. Ate some pop corn, got indigestion. Ate some Hershey Kisses, ramped up the indigestion. :lol: But still, Yesterday was not bad. I have done yoga (Body by Yoga, and Diamond Dallas) three ti...

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All good!

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Welcome!

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12.19.2017 Wow, the Holiday season this year is...Wow! (Imagine Saul Goodman saying that...) I wish I can say I am an oak. But, I am not. So, today, I ate a big breakfast. And, I am full. I found some milks from left over school lunches, if get hungry I will drink a couple of those. Lunch is French ...

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On another website, someone posted this article about Charles Bronson. I posted it here beacuse it writes a bit about his diet, and the use of dietary restriction. Charles Bronson was Stallone before Stallone.

http://www.beyondstrong.com/hard-times- ... om-furman/

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November 12, 2017

Friday was a scrub due to a bag of Skittles.

Saturday was a lot of food. I did swim for 1/2 an hour.

Today I am resting.

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November 11, 2017

Wednesday was a fail of epic proportions.

Thursday was good.

I have used the Bullworker Thursday-Friday, swim tomorrow.

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I do not know. I just following the instructions. Us Idahoans are not known for our culinary skill when it comes to grits.

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11.07.2017

Success

30 minute swim

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November 5, 2017 I swam three days last week. I am not a thing of beauty in the water, but along with being able to swim with minimal back pain, I find comfort being in the pool. I guess runners feel the same thing being on the road. I get the same "comfort" when I am home alone with no distractions...

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I have a special dish I created. It is grits, topped with two eggs over easy, Nalley's chilli, salsa, grated cheese, and a dollop of sour cream. One bowl, it is filling. I have noticed, for me, I need to use food combinations to keep full. A low carb breakfast leaves me hungry a few hours later. The...

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I am re-reading The No S Diet. I am in the section talking about miracle foods. I remember buying a box of Miracle Noodles. Or whatever they are called. I tried one package. The box got pushed back into the hinterland of the ice box. Six months later I threw it out. No S is just a reminder that food...

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When I eat snacks, I eat more snacks.

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October 31, 2017

20 minute swim this moring with a Bullworker workout post swim.

Breakfast = Breakfast sandwich: two eggs, two sausage links, two slices of bread, slice of cheese. One vitamin.

See you all tomorrow, hopefully.

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10.11.17 I have been in disaster mode. Breakfast to lunch has been a challenge. Then After dinner. This morning for breakfast: 5 eggs scrambled, a piece of toast, and a yogurt. Lunch is a mystery right now. But, I am upping my breakfast to get me to lunch with minimal damage. I have been strength tr...

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August 16, 2017 Still struggling, but yesterday I made it good. Breakfast: Breakfast burrito from Gator Jack's Lunch: a bowl of beef noodles Dinner: a hot dog and fries at the Idaho Falls Chukars game. I am back to work today, let us see what this brings. My soloflex workouts are starting to beat me...

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Good Morning.

Saturday and Sunday were S Days. Heading down to breakfast now.

Used the Soloflex this morning so my workout is already in.

See you tomorrow.

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August 5, 2017 Well, another Success yesterday, Two days in a row. Breakfast: 4 egg ham and cheese omlette, pickle, slice of toast Lunch: One Taco Time taco, 4-5 stuffed Mexi-Fries Dinner: 2 left over Taco Time tacos, 4-5 stuffed Mexi-Fries, yogurt Exercise: Day off Today will be an S Day I have cut...

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August 4, 2017

Success

Yesterday was the best day I have had in months.

Breakfast: eggs sausage and toast

Lunch: steak and dumpling soup, crackers, almonds

Dinner: spaghetti and a cucumber/tomato salad

Exercise: Soloflex

See you tomorrow.

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Well, about a month ago, it was a really slow day at summer school. So, I watched Sugar: The Bitter Truth with Dr. Robert Lustig (University of California, San Francisco). Basically, to give a quick synopsis, not all foods obey the law of thermo-dynamics. The biggest culprit? Sugar, HFCS... I have t...

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Well, the last few days have been an exercise "in futility".

But this morning, out of bed and strength training.

Breakfast: corn beef and hash, topped with fried eggs.

Let us see how the rest of the day fares?

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To continue from last evening's abbreviated post: After my daughter sent me pictures of our vacation to Canada, and pictures do not lie (generally), I look terrible. It was one of those experiences you have that wake you up. Like that lady had in Flannery O'Connor's "Revelation". Of course there is ...

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I have not been weighing, but I just realized I am pushing my heaviest. Wow, when did that happen?

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I count a side salad, etc. as being on the plate. I also count a half cup of fruit, apple sauce, and so on, as being on the plate. I interpret, at times, as a plate being a meal. Usually the dinner hour. There are no sweets, seconds, or snacks. I guess it is a visual plate. For instance, an old styl...

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I implored her not to go into anthropology. I pushed law school. What do I know?

Soloflex workout later. I have been eating, a lot.

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She is newly employed with the Nez Perce as part of their climate change impact department. She must stand out a little. Blonde with blue eyes. good for her, a lot of her MA was done with the Nez Perce.

I have been taking fewer gabatentin, hurt like poo, but eat less. I am under 200 hudnred again.

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It was excellent.

HS graduation yesterday. No kids left in public school.

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Welcome. Remember, No S is perfect as it is. Follow the three "pillars" and go at it.

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Milk is good! Went to Moscow (Idaho) for my daughter's graduate school, graduation. (Anthropology, with an emphasis in Nez Perce studies...). I ate a lot (particularly yesterday eating my way through Montana...) Still sub-200. I walked a lot through the town. Quite hilly. Which was good for my legs,...

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It is all good. Reinhard had the basics down before the book. :lol: Yesterday was a cluster...you get it. I did well until about 8:00 PM, as I sat and watched Mar de Plastico on Netflix, I started shoveling huckleberry ice cream into my pie hole. Then a Twinkie sounded good. So, I ate two of those. ...

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May 2, 2017 Yesterday was brilliant! Sausage and egg sandwish for breakfast Sausage and eggs for lunch Beef and gravy over basmati rice/salad for dinner. No reflux while sleeping. I watched Sugar: The Bitter Truth with Robert Lustig yesterday afternoon with my speech class. Obviously Reinard was a g...

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Ouch, that hurt!

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Hey huggit,

You wll lose. Do not despair!

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I have not jumped, since my last post. Some workouts are my Bullworker, some are my Soloflex. Some days are Green, some are Red. My weight is about 199-200 Still 12-15 pounds les than pre-Christmas, I think. Time to re-focus. I have been reading Eat-Stop Eat. I prefer No S. And I disagree with the a...

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Well, right now I use a 2 lbs. heavy rope. I do 4-5 sets of 50 skips. When I am in "jump rope shape" I use a beaded Life-Line rope (which I just bought a new one since I gave the old one to my daughter...) and work my way up to 1200 skips.

April 6th was a Failure. and when I fail, I fail epic-lly.

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I weighed this morning and had a jump in weight. I imagine it is water weight. I am going to change exercise strategy. I think I am going to start skipping rope and using the heavy bag. I will do that for a month and see what the result is. And then adapt from there.

See everyone tonight.

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March 30, 2017 Yesterday, although and Succes , really did not feel like one. Breakfast was good. Lunch was steak, 1/2 a potato, and a salad. I kind of over-did the condiments. Butter/sour cream, bleu cheese dressing, Heinz 57. But, I devoured just one steak. Dinner was Dominoes thin crust, sausage...

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Boy was I sore this morning! But, as the day progressed I felt better and got a Soloflex workout in this evening.

Success!

Breakfast: Jack in the Box sourdough ham and egg sandwich, Diet Coke
Lunch: Steak and Salad
Dinner: Scrambled eggs, hash browns, ham

See you all tomorrow.

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April 4th 2017

Friday March 31 Success!
Saturday April 1 Success!
Sunday April 2 S Day
Monday April 3 S Day Soloflex A workout
Tuseday April 4 Success! A $#!+ load of yard work.

See you Wednesday!

Not a bad five days off.

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You can pick a Soloflex up on Craig's List for $50 on a good day. I gave my kettlebells to the high school football team. They just obliterated my back and hip (right hip). March 31, 2017 Success AM workout: body curls, pull ups ( :lol: ), dips, a move called the Haney shrug, calf raises, dead lift ...

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Is it similar? Both had alternative options to either free weights, or weight stacks, in regards to resistance. I have never used a Bowflex, but I do know they use "power rod" resistance. Soloflex uses elastimeric resistance, or more recently, back to shock ring resistance. The type of shock ring th...

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March 30, 2017 Yesterday, although and Succes , really did not feel like one. Breakfast was good. Lunch was steak, 1/2 a potato, and a salad. I kind of over-did the condiments. Butter/sour cream, bleu cheese dressing, Heinz 57. But, I devoured just one steak. Dinner was Dominoes thin crust, sausage ...

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Success

A really good day.

Breakfast: sausage, egg, cheese sandwich

Lunch: sausage, egg, cheese burrito with sour cream and sriracha.

Dinner: stroganoff on rice, fruit salad, slice of French bread.

Exercise: 4 sets of 50 skips with the heavy rope.

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Oolala: "I'd be more curious what the % of weight lost was." I think the first time was about .054 at the time. I think. If I remember right. And, the second time would be about .052 as well. I think the first effort I weighed 185. The second result I was about 190. This current run I have started a...

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Swimming

Lyrica

Re: I Need to Get a Life

Economist's View

The Great Charles Bronson

Miracle Foods

Robert Lustig