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HG, Thank you for posting this! You abundantly qualify! "Maintenance is more important than progress" -- and four years is some seriously impressive maintenance. I'd call that a milestone. Love how you leveraged your previous posts -- there's so much good stuff hiding on this board. Congratulations ...

Congratulations, Nichole! Got your big resolution done before the year even started. Very impressive!

I'm more into monthly resolutions than yearly, so I'm probably going to try to break this down into smaller chunks, but the big issue I've been wrestling with recently is stress.

Reinhard

A visual and tactile habitcal. Amazon seems to have them: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002OU2CFK/everydaysyste-20 This seems to be the first mention of paperclips on this board: http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2699 Warning: If you practice this and "optimize your oatmeal" yo...

Rob, a teacher from from Michigan, has just posted a very thoughtful and impressive testimonial. http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=5888 I particularly love this bit: Reinhard's approach seemed to give a voice to our non-obese ancestors -- he gave a "vote" to the dead and listened to what...

Rob, Congratulations and thank you for posting this impressive and thoughtful "testimonial"! The Chesterton quote is great. It's from Orthodoxy, isn't it? I listened to the audiobook over the summer. If I'd come across the quote before writing the No-S Book I'm sure it would have made it in. Thank y...

Fri: Dec 18 no-s and shovelglove NWS day (last night of Hanukkah)
Thu: Dec 24- Frid Dec 25 no-s and shovelglove NWS days (Christmas eve and Christmas)
Fri dec 25: glass ceiling failure. 1 drink over the limit.

Reinhard

These days it's usually

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Wow, that is inexplicable and awesome! Where did you find it? (could you actually fit a sledge in it? Would be a great seasonal "glove!")

Merry Christmas to all the "Phayzes," folks in Chang Mai, and shovelglovers everywhere,

Reinhard

(belated) Merry Christmas to you all!

Sorry for the delay -- I treated myself to an extended bout of ludditing.

I'll be doing the same for new years, so I'll take the opportunity to wish you all a happy one here in advance this time.

Reinhard

Congratulations, mrsj!

Dear Daphne, It takes most people MANY tries to create a new habit like no-s. So don't feel like there's anything unusual about not being able to make it stick your first attempt. If you keep getting undone by "one small snack," you can also consider officially allowing a 4th mini-meal, at least ini...

Welcome, Anthony! And good luck!

(and glad to hear your parents are on board).

Looking forward to hearing more from you,

Reinhard

This is definitely making it to the homepage (and the second edition of the book, if there ever is one).

Thank you, MrsPartridge!

Reinhard

LauraAnn,

You are welcome, from the bottom of my heart!

It's a joy to think I've been able to help.

And as you can see from the responses here already, we're not a judgmental crowd.

Congratulations on your success so far and best wishes going forward!

Reinhard

Veteran no-esser Thalia whom I'm sure all you old timers remember fondly has just posted her "testimonial" here: http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=72783 A particularly choice quote: I started 11 months ago, give or take. I am now down 21 pounds from my starting weight, and I haven't been...

Thalia, Great to see you here again! When people disappear from posting, the natural assumption is that they've given up and fallen off the wagon, but in this case, the wagon is just so much where I live now that I don't have much to say about it anymore ... It is wonderful to see this assumption co...

Welcome and congratulations! Sorry for the delay -- real life has been annoyingly distracting of late.

Give my regards to Thor,

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Welcome back, chiangmaiboss! I'm so glad to hear it. And thank you for sending the photos! Here they are: http://everydaysystems.com/images/user/chiangmaiboss/photosfromthailand/071220091223.jpg http://everydaysystems.com/images/user/chiangmaiboss/photosfromthailand/071220091224.jpg Reinahrd

Jessica,

I'm glad "low smoking" resonates with you. Thank you for letting me know -- and sorry for my delayed response.

"Courage" is not the first word that comes to mind in this context, but I'll take it

The "no sneaking" aspect is particularly nice, isn't it?

Reinhard

Sorry about your son... hope he recovers quickly and completely.

Congratulations on your first week of green! And go easy on yourself -- even a ridiculous number of clementines doesn't sound that bad.

Reinahrd

Wosnes,

I'm glad these mods are working so well for you -- and your daughter.

They might not be vanilla, but they sound "systematically moderate," which is the important thing.

Reinhard

Welcome!

One of the (many) alternate names for No-s that has been proposed is "the Grandma diet."

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Congratulations and welcome, mrsj!

Thanks, Deb! I'm well, physically. Just a lot going on family-health-wise etc. I don't know if I'm going to get around to retroactively qualifying all the NWS and red days I've habitcal-ed here the last couple of months, but I'm going to start picking up again at least. Friday Dec 11: NWS day for no...

Welcome! We get a fair amount of crossfit crossover here.

Boy, it's been a while. Things are still pretty rough, though on the mend. No-s has been flawless. Shovelglove nearly so. Weekend luddite has gotten better. I've been so strapped for time that blimit hasn't even been a temptation, so I may remove that habit from being tracked. I've been keeping the ...

Wow, that is hard core.

But not much defense against blunt weapons like sledgehammers

Deeply impressed!

Reinahrd

Sinnie hasn't been a regular poster in a bit, but she has been a regular (and very successful) no-esser!

http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=5846

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Sinnie, Congratulations and thank you for posting this! I am NORMAL and FREE of obsessions. ... How cool is that!?! Extremely! :-) I do enjoy walking. That counts! More than any other kind of exercise, I think. Sorry for the length of this THANK YOU for (very substantive!) length of this! Best, Rein...

Welcome!

The habitcal was partially inspired by unit tests

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Welcome, Dene!

I've got nothing to add to what has already been (so eloquently!) posted here, except that I too am a beer (and wine) drinker.

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For those of you who haven't seen a physical specimen, it fits brilliantly:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... aysyste-20

Sales are still "steady" over a year after publication -- thanks all who've bought the book and spread the word!

Reinhard

Wouldyoueva blasted through all three of our "quantitative criteria":

http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=5818

And KCCC posted a thoughtful update on a challenging but successful year:

http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4123

Reinhard

I'm really hoping that my weight reduction slows down.

Don't worry -- it will! (and that's the part most people have trouble handling)

Congratulations and enjoy!

Reinhard

Welcome back, Liz! And congratulations on catching yourself before things got too bad -- and restarting at a time of year which makes it very tempting to give up.

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Thank you for the update, KCCC! (and your continued presence and wisdom on these boards).

I think under the circumstances, you've done great with no-s this year. Congratulations!

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Welcome!

I didn't know European peasant martial arts existed (as something practiced today). I'd love to see those youtube clips (did some random searching, but you probably know the good stuff). Does seem like great overlap with shovelglove.

Reinhard

Congratulations! And please don't diminish your accomplishment! You met all three of the "quantitative criteria/guidelines" for posting here. What's more, it sounds like you have really solid habits in place -- that counts for a lot! Thank you for sharing your success with us here and best wishes go...

This is a tough one. I find four things helpful: 1) permit yourself to enjoy the actual holidays to the fullest (there aren't THAT many of them). 2) focus on keeping N-days N-days 3) using the habitcal to fess up any extra yellow and red. Even if some dubious yellow gets in there (holiday parties, e...

Welcome back!

Yeah, right after thanksgiving is probably not the most inspirational time to weigh yourself.

Reinhard

Welcome used2bskinny and ZippaDee!

The advantage of starting now is if you can make it through the next month, you can make it through anything.

Just don't set your expectations to high. Maintenance is progress this time of year.

Best,

Reinhard

Welcome! Don't feel too overwhelmed... it does get easier once you've got a few sessions under your belt. In terms of every other day vs. every N-day, I think the trick to making every-N-day shovelgloving work is that not every 14 minute session has to be equally intense. I've sort of formalized tha...

We've had a bunch of broom users in this forum -- a mop I think is a new suggestion, but I think it would serve just as well.

Actual mopping and brooming isn't a bad workout either, I've found.

Reinhard

Welcome and congratulations, GrannyG and Sporkfancier!

Love to see repeat customers here.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Reinhard

Same to you all -- we're hosting this year for the first time in quite a few.

Reinhard

welcome!

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Start now. And keep restarting until you get it down.

New years resolutions almost always fizzle out within a month or two. And then you think you have to wait till next new years to give it another try.

Reinhard

Welcome!

Once you make purposeful walking a habit, it'll be difficult to even imagine not doing.

Far from dreading it, you'll look forward to it as a joy.

Time to yourself, time to think. Time to observe. Time to listen to an audiobook. And you get somewhere.

Reinhard

Welcome back! Great week to start

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Welcome and congratulations, Tana!

That's fantastic -- welcome and congratulations!

chiangmaiboss,

I admire your determination, but please do be very careful!

Hello back to Marisa from me and the other "shuffergrove" people

Best wishes and let us know how it goes,

Reinhard

Welcome, Lisa! My main advice be patient and enjoy. Moderation can take a while to show results -- but it can be a very enjoyable while if you let it. Enjoy your meals. Enjoy your S-days. It can also take a few false starts to get the habit down. Don't beat yourself up when this happens -- expect it...

Welcome and congratulations on your initial success, Ken!

Sugar soda is actually emphatically NOT ok on no-s.

I'm sorry if that was at all ambiguous. Where did you see that?

Reinhard

Ouch. Sorry to hear that -- and thanks for the warning.

Best wishes for a speedy and total recovery,

Reinhard

Welcome, Dandelion!

Big Phil,

It's great to hear from you again -- especially since you're still doing so well after all that time.

Hope you don't mind if I put an entry linking to this in the no-s diet "testimonials" forum.

Reinhard

You're very welcome, ~reneew! Thank you for posting here. You've clearly had a good taste of how effective (and pleasant) No-s can be.

Best wishes at getting it to stick for good this time,

Reinhard

That's fantastic! Congratulations.

Welcome, bekah!

You can find a bunch of long term success stories here:

http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewforum.php?f=13

And here:

http://nosdiet.com/testimonials

Reinhard

Welcome!

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I'm sorry this has been such an ordeal for you -- but glad to hear things are looking up. Your determination is impressive!

Welcome! Yeah, it's a pretty friendly, tolerant place. I'm especially happy to see how that's continued to be the case these last few months when I've been unable to keep as careful an eye on things as I used to. Thanks all, for keeping the conversation lively and civil! I hope to be back in full fo...

Congratulations! Looking forward to the details (perhaps in the yearly checkin? You certainly meet the quantitative criteria!).

Reinhard

Nice! Welcome.

It's been perfect storm of stresses these last couple of months -- and unfortunately that's likely to continue for a bit. No-s and glass ceiling have been fine, but I've missed a few days shovelglove and weekend luddite (dates pending -- most are in my habitcal already) and "tasks" has been very spo...

That is interesting... As is the history of the magic "21" given in one of the links: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/10/change-your-life-habit-28-day-rule Any interest in starting a 66 day club? :-) The habitcal is a good way to give yourself an immediate and longer term motivationa...

You're awesome, Marc! You've already lost double what I did.

Good luck with that final push -- and beyond. That whole "maintenance is more important than progress" bit still holds true even for such remarkable progress as yours.

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I'm so sorry to hear this, Changmaiboss -- and best wishes for a speedy and total recovery. You (and your family!) have been great contributors to this bulletin board. I hope you'll continue to keep us posted -- who knows, maybe there's an aspect of shovelglove (14 schedualistically insignificant mi...

congratulations!

I love it! And it looks like the domain (both domains, actually) are up for grabs if you're interested in starting another internet phenomenon.

Reinhard

I'll look into it! (really swamped recently, so can't give an ETA, though it looks pretty easy)

Welcome! Nothing new to add to what's already been posted here -- except to give my enthusiastic "amen" to what Noel said about habit and practice in particular. The toddler analogy is great, too. Your snack craving is like a whining toddler. So react to it the same way you would as a responsible pa...

Welcome! I think especially given all the exercise you do, you'll get a lot of bang for very little buck with no-s.

Reinhard

My favorite thing about no-s is threads like this.

It's so immensely gratifying to see an idea I came up with actually helping people in so many ways. I feel amazingly lucky that it popped into my head.

Thank you all!

Reinhard

I'd think of it like any other habit. Carve out a block of time and be religious about keeping it. Track it in the habitcal, maybe even. I don't think you need a full hour a day. Start with something more modest. I think long term, building such a "study habit" will get you much farther than mere cr...

I am so sorry, Carolejo.

Reinhard

Thanks for de-lurking and sharing these "nuggets!"

Squats crop up a lot here, with or without the sledge.

Reinhard

Welcome! Sorry for the delayed response.

Phayze, You've set a high bar with your previous videos, but I think this one is definitely up to that standard! Very clear, and way better than any version of the move I've tried myself. It's a very natural, uncontrived way of getting both some coordination and the legs into the picture in a big wa...

Congratulations!

(but ditto KCCC's warning)

Thanks, all! You guys are wonderful. It's been a very stressful couple of months and I'm looking forward to testing the limits of glass ceiling with a 2 mass krug Oktoberfest/birthday party tomorrow. My neighbor (who's teaching a class on fermentation at a local culinary school) is making sauerkraut...

Best of luck, Deb! We'll miss your updates... but there might be something to what you said about the saying taking away from the doing. It's kind of like "I've had my reward of bragging, now what's the further incentive?" On the other hand, you want to make sure this isn't a form of punishing yours...

"people don't need more than a 12 unless they're working on a farm or building a dam."

Or PRETENDING to work on a farm or build a dam

I think of the epoxy as my missile defense program.

Hope it works better than the real one!

Reinhard

Welcome, Kes!

And great to see you around here again, Kevin.

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Bookman,

It certainly is of interest!

I'm utterly overwhelmed with the dayjob right now, but I'm hopeful things should ease up soon.

Anyone have any candidate relevant, high profile blogs?

Reinhard

A 25lb hammer! Wow, you're a beast!

Yeah, I somehow missed that part. Be careful! Especially with the strapped on leg weight.

Funny thing... sometime making a LOWER minimum is the key to success. Yes! Humility is the key to productivity. It's funny that you mention meditation, which should be this relaxing thing, but people tend to be incongruously ambitious about it -- they stess about relaxing! Your three breaths is in ...

All I do is update my habitcal, usually once a week. As for the scale, it's pretty much just at the doctors office. If we had one, I'd probably step on it once in a while out of idle curiousity, but the children busted it.

That's great to hear, holymadness83!

I love it when problems like this work themselves out with a little bit of patience.

Reinhard

I'll take it as a backhanded compliment/support for no-s

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Belated welcome back!

Sounds like things are off to a good (re-)start.

I hear you about the "time to post" issue... the last month and change has been very tough for me, too. (Thanks all for bearing with my temporarily diminished presence here)

Reinhard

Congratulations and welcome back, Sporkfancier!

No need for reservations at the 21 club, Noel. Welcome!

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Ouch, I'm sorry to hear it.

I'm afraid/grateful I don't have any experience in that department...

How long has it been now?

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sporkfancier,

Thanks for the executive summary!

I've actually had a "glass ceiling" slip up. Just a minor one (one drink over the limit), but still. Of all my systems, this is the one I find I have to be most vigilant about.

Reinhard

Noel, Thanks for this thoughtful post! I think you're exactly right to look at the behavior itself as the problem, and a new behavior as the solution -- in itself. Yes, measurable results would be nice. And yes, behavior will usually translate into measurable results. But the behavior is the really ...

Nice! Congratulations! Be careful to ease into it -- it's probably a good idea to alternate back and forth a bit, or reduce the number of reps a bit until you get comfortable with the heavier weight. I spent at least a year on each of the three weights I've used (12, 16,20), so I'd be careful about ...

Dave, that was interesting! I might even have to quote it on the no-s home page in the grazer/metabolism section...

Thanks for the comment (and the great story!), Grammy. Please give my congratulations to your friend!

Shelly -- you've built the habit of mealtime eating. That's huge. Sometimes that takes some extra large meals until you get a feel for how much it will take to see you through to the next one without breaking down. My guess is that slowly, without adding extra rules your meals will shrink as you dev...

Jocelyn, If no-s has trained you to be "intrinsically moderate" -- that's wonderful! If you feel this new sense of moderation is sufficient, and if the rules feel like a chore, by all means feel free to graduate beyond them. I personally find the rules unobtrusive enough (even pleasant!) that I don'...

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