Everyday Systems

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I want to understand this clearly: it is best to use a very heavy load, slowly, fewer reps, than to go lighter, longer, more reps?

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Enjoy!

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My November Challenge: Hoping for lots of :D 1 :D S-Day 2 :D 3 :D Personal Pan Pizza at Pizza Hut is just a perfect plate-sized pizza. Ate the whole thing with no guilt! 4 :D 5 :D S-Event: Attending our daughter's "Sweet Table" presentation at her culinary school, where she is studying to become a p...

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Hi Rachel. Welcome to No-S. I wish you all the best success!!

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October went pretty well until the very end. Not sure what happened; I just seemed to lose my resolve. Oh well, November is a brand new month, and it starts tomorrow! With an S-Day! I will strive to do better. Never give up! Never surrender! (Galaxy Quest, I think :) ) Here is a quote I like: "A man...

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What an interesting blog! I especially liked these quotes: ...I believed that losing weight took lots of willpower. I soon realised I was wrong. Losing weight doesnâ€™t take willpower; it takes â€œwant powerâ€. "We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely change is due to want power. W...

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That was fun, and, you're right...it was indeed very "everyday systems."

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I know what you mean about snow/ice in the deep south. One year in southern Louisiana we had a terrific ice storm, everything was thoroughly coated. It was lovely but terrifying. Now we're Minnesotans and snow and ice are just par for the course.

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I like the idea of recording calories saved. My failures on N days are 99% from snacking, and maybe I should just write down the calories in my proposed snack (usually buttered toast). I wonder how many calories I would save in a week if I just ate everything else, three meals a day, but left out th...

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I like what Kevin said..."we don't sweat if..."

No-S = No Sweat!

Just enjoy your three meals a day and then enjoy a little treat on your S-Days. Don't obsess...no sweat.

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Glad you found us. Enjoy your food!

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Welcome to No-S and congratulations on your new baby. The colic will pass!

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Congratulations on 21 days! May you enjoy a lifetime of enjoying your food!

Your English is wonderful, by the way.

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Welcome to No-S!

Make sure you get enough to eat in your three meals. Your day's food looks very balanced and nutritious, just make sure you have enough quantity to hold you from one meal to the next. Otherwise, it's really hard to fight off the urge to snack!

Keep posting.

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Usually not planned, just whatever presents itself. But what I really like is chocolate, the darker the better. Or a death-by-chocolate cake. Or a chocolate chip cookie. Oh (sigh) you get the idea.

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Day 100

This is it, my 100th day of recommitment! 21 days didn't do it, but I think continuing on pretty much did the trick.

The journey continues...

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Tai chi and chi kung are very healing. Don't get discouraged, just do what you can do!

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Happy Anniversary to you and your husband!!!

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Day 99...one more day!

I'm going to celebrate this weekend by going to the bookstore and buying a new cookbook or two.

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Day 98...almost there!!!

No S

nearly every day now

Urban Rangering

10,000 steps most days

Shovelglove

need to continue striving for consistency

Only two more days to go to hit my 100 days!

Dinner tonight:

Shrimp over thin spaghetti, olive oil and garlic over all. Green peas.

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Comfort food is what I made for dinner last night...Chicken and Dumplings. I could eat that every night!

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Thank you, Mimi...that was so sweet!

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The soup is okay.

The juice is okay.

One plate (not a platter!) in a restaurant is okay.

Enjoy your food.

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Feast your eyes on this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/angienaron/379037427/

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Day 90

Best decision I've made yet...going from Day 21 to Day 100. It's moved me from goal-oriented failure to firm-habit success.

My jeans and my swimsuit are both a little more comfortable right now, and the scale is even beginning to show a little loss.

Back in ten days!

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Hope you are feeling better soon.

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I came to No-S after several years on the McDougall Program. I was at a good weight, and maintenance on No-S was a piece of cake. Except that today is Tuesday, and we can't talk about cake. Anyway, maintenance works very well on No-S.

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Welcome back!

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Day 87...all is well!

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Day 87...all is well!

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Keep us posted!

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Hi Kit, welcome to No-S!

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I wasn't thinking so much of his diet, which is the typical lo-cal diet, but I like the plate, 1/2 veggies, 1/4 starch, 1/4 protein. I like the balance in it. But it doesn't always work well in individual meals. Nice in theory, though.

Have a great Monday, and a wonderful No-S week!

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I posted a comment to you on your other check-in page. Didn't realize you had this one going.

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Thanks for posting on my check-in page! You are right: we can do this! What do you think of 8MM? I used to do it several years ago, but then turned my (fickle) attention elsewhere. Are you doing 48 reps of two movements? Do you get it done in 8 minutes? His "Cruise Down Plate" works pretty well with...

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Tweaking and modifying always gets me in trouble!

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I almost always say 'hi' to the new people. Sorry!

Do you have your Shovelglove yet? How are you enjoying the movements so far?

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Sometimes you just have to decide to decide...

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HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

(can we all take an S day in your honor?)

(just kidding)

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I've been at this since 2005 and I'm only just "getting" it. Whatever it takes!

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Jello with pineapple sounds like "Jello Salad". Not a really healthful salad, but salad nonetheless. And you didn't do it on purpose. So I wouldn't be seeing red if I were you.

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October Challenge Day-by-Day with Vanilla No-S 1 Success! 2 Success! 3 S Day 4 S Day Urban Rangering at the Mall of America! 5 Success! 6 Success! 7 Success! 8 Success! 9 Success! The end of a great week! 10 S Day 11 S Day 12 NWS-Day (dinner only) My birthday! 13 Failure Skimped on lunch, then need...

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Mimi, Thanks for posting on my check-in! All I have in the house right now are two 3-pound dumbbells, so I am holding them together and doing the movements. I also did them once with a 5-pound dumbbell. It's a little awkward, but it works pretty much the same; just visualize a Shovelglove and do the...

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I have discovered that it is possible, although a little awkward, to do Shovelglove movements with dumbbells. Great for the core.

Today's October 1st...good day to get back to HabitCal.

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For anyone who wants to pursue this, Aristotle's book is online.

Go here to read it: http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicom ... 3.iii.html

This is Book 3. Scroll down to about point 10 and continue from there.

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So you don't knead the bread? And does the oven temperature remain at 450 F?

I bake bread all the time, but never at such a high heat. And I never tried it in a Corelle (or Pyrex) dish. Something new to consider!

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I hope this will continue as an October Challenge...

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You can't go forward if you keep looking back... My resolution for today: Today I will not look back at the McDougall Program. I will look forward to three nutritious, tasty, and sustaining meals on No-S. Today I will not look back to the hard-core exercise routines I did in years past. I will look...

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I'm always thinking, "S could also stand for..."

Maybe 'S' could also stand for 'slacking'. No-Slacking if you want to lose weight!

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This thread would make a really great sticky.

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Day 81 Still here, not great, but here. Have been doing some soul searching, and trying to understand just exactly why it is so difficult to do something so simple. No-S: as many :( days as :) Shovelglove: was :) until I overdid at the gym and had to take time off. Ready to go again soon. We like o...

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I certainly understand what you are experiencing.

Best wishes to you, Deb, and much success!

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So, what it comes down to is, we enjoy three plates of food a day, and the rest is just for decoration. Love that!

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Even if I don't lose one single pound on No S, it will be a worthwhile effort, because I am learning moderation and patience.

Reinhard's book is pure genius, that's for sure. I saw a little of myself in what you said.

I really liked this post of yours.

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The more firmly the No-S habit becomes, the less frequently I find myself doing this. It's useful sometimes, but exceptions can be (bad) habit-forming.

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Noel,

I've never noticed a problem with making bread with water straight from the tap, but now I wonder if my bread would be even better if I let the water stand.

How long do you do this before you use it?

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Thinking positively today. Instead of saying 'no' to snacks, sweets, and seconds, I am going to say

YES! Today I will enjoy three full plates of food!

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Many congratulations on your success, Gia!

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Congrats!!!

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Doubled over laughing with that!

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Day 64

Tell me again why we joined a gym?

Oh, ow.

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Definitely Chapter 3. Except sometimes I actually jump defiantly into the hole, rather than just waiting to fall in.

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That's over six hours of working out a week, even if it's built into your life sustainably

That's what I'm looking for..."sustainable exercise." I like that phrase.

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In the past, I simply drifted away from No-S, telling myself, "This doesn't fit my life." Now I just do what I can. Life doesn't always happen on schedule, so it stands to reason that meals won't either. Also there are some days when I am physically very active and simply need more food, but I can o...

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Breakfast: on weekdays, it's usually Optimized Oatmeal (old-fashioned oats, walnuts, raisins, soymilk) and a glass of juice. On week-ends, it's probably an omelet. Lunch: on weekdays, it's most often leftovers from dinner the night before. On weekends, we eat lunch out, so that varies. I try to eyeb...

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Noel, you really know what you're talking about! You have described her diet and physique perfectly. She is a bodybuilder, with photos of herself on her desk. Looking at the pictures, and at her, all I see is skinny, stringy, and emaciated. No fat and no curves. Not feminine at all. I don't want to ...

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Winters are pretty cold in Minnesota. I don't mind that so much, because you can wear good clothing for warmth and protection, but I really hate walking on ice. Too slick.

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I mentioned in my daily check-in that my husband and I had joined a gym so we could work out together, and I wanted to make a comment about that here, since it really connects with No-S. At our first session, we were assigned a personal trainer to take some basic measurements (bp, body fat, weight, ...

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Our daughter brought us samples of all the ooey-gooey sweet rolls she made in school this week (pastry chef-in-training!), but they are still in the freezer, waiting to be parceled out one at a time on future S-Days.

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DAY 59 Some ups and downs, but I am firmly committed to following No-S. My husband and I have joined a gym and have been going there nearly every day. This has been good for both of us. So... No S... :) pretty good, but firm intentions Urban Ranger... :D lots of outdoor walking Shovelglove... :D du...

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Good luck, Deb!

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Lunch should not require irony quotation marks.

Too true!

And tuna fish shake sounded pretty awful, too.

My worst thing was the cabbage soup. Also cans of Slimfast. Vile.

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24/100

No S

Urban Ranger

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Welcome, Moxie! Hope you experience success with the diet and fun on the board. My goal for the August challenge is to continue vanilla no-s each day this month, and to continue slowing down when I eat. I began practicing this in late July and found it very beneficial. I was still working on my plat...

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23/100 I am so glad that today is an S Day. Last night, we went to visit our daughter who is studying pastry and baking at Le Cordon Bleu and she gave us several zip-loc bags of the cookies she had baked this week. What a great program she's in...she gets to play with her food and eat her homework, ...

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Back again! I made it into the 21 Club in 2005 when I first began no-s-ing, but it's been up and down and in and out since then. I have tried so many times to come back and stick with it but was never able to succeed for any stretch of days. Guess the time and my frame of mind are all lined up right...

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DAY 21!

I did it!

Tomorrow will be Day 22 of 100 days, my next goal. By golly, I'm going to get this habit fixed firmly in my life.

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Congratulations on reading the whole Bible!

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Nah...you got it just right.

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20/21 I can almost touch success!

No S

Urban Ranger

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Happy Anniversary! God bless you both!

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Yah, you betcha...I'm in for August!

July was good...August will be great!

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Why are you doomed? Who says? My own opinion, for whatever it's worth, is that Sunday is a double-S day for you, both a weekend and a very special birthday. You should celebrate with your family and enjoy a little piece of the beautiful cake you are making. Monday morning starts another week of N da...

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19/21

No S:

Urban Ranger:

Almost there!!

Dinner tonight was yummy, based on an idea I got from a food network show I was watching last night: corn cakes with pinto beans and salsa verde; tomatoes and avocado on the side.

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I added my request.

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Bushranger, you are absolutely right. And not only the media people, but ordinary folks, too seem to be into this "super skinny" thing. There are stores at our mall that advertise "super skinny" clothes! To me it just looks like death.

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You know your plate is too heavy when...

You have to do Shovelglove faithfully each day so you're strong enough to lift it.

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18/21

As I draw near to my 21st day, I notice that this is getting easier day by day. I am still going to aim for 100 days, but 21 will be a good mileage marker.

No S

Urban Ranger:

Shovelglove:

(cardio/strength dvd)

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I love rice and eat it often. White rice is quicker to cook, but I like brown because it has more texture. Most often we eat it with beans and vegetables and that makes a good meal.

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Hi Trisha, Welcome to No S! Hope to see you posting often.

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17/21....almost there!

No S:

Urban Ranger:

Shovelglove:

(14 min. qigong)

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Congratulations! To have a program that can cross from West to East really says something good about what you've done.

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These white carbs are the mainstay of my diet, and even though my weight is pretty okay, I'm still fighting/losing the battle with the roll of fat around my middle-aged middle. I guess there's a connection here, and I'm wondering if I can do anything about it. I'm going to stick with vanilla no-s fo...

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Of course, we're much more sedentary now than our grandparents were. But I still think the balance you described above is important, not only for nutrition, but for satisfaction as well.

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In one of the threads -- I forget which one -- Reinhard said something about doing vanilla No S and getting some moderate exercise and then just see where the weight falls. I think this is very good advice. Instead of relying on weight charts, BMI charts, etc., just see what turns out to be normal f...

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I didn't realize that WW was high-carb/low fat. The McDougall Program, which I did for several years was the vegan version of this, then, and I understand quite well what flightisleavin says about always being hungry on a diet like that. I don't want to dismiss or disrespect the McD program because ...

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It's really hard to get out of the 'diet head' mode, isn't it? Every other commercial on tv is for Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, or Nutrisystem; everybody I know is either talking about a diet, starting a diet, on a diet, or failing on their diet du jour. You go into the supermarket, and see all the...

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I just now realized that the last day of July will also be Day 21 for me. I'm loving the green on my HabitCal!

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15 and 16/21 (Hey! I'm getting close to 21!)

Today and tomorrow are S days, so I can't do anything wrong!

S = Success!!!

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Reinhard said something interesting