Everyday Systems

Kevin

Plus, low-carb hi protein happens to be what Australians grow for food... cows, sheep, and a little grain.

Brilliant!

Kevin

I don't think it would work for me... I only like the DQP with Cheese...

Did you get a coke with the extra value meal, too?

Was this your invention, or did someone actually recommend this to you? :0)

Kevin

Hi ReneeSuzanne... I'm a type I diabetic, so I allow myself a fourth meal a day in the late afternoon when, despite the very best planning, my Bg gets low. Really, what I do is borrow one item - usually an apple - from lunch. So I'm still eating three virtual plates of food a day - no more than befo...

Kevin

Okay, I'm doing these every other day now (on non SG days). Pretty soon I'm going to go to sets of 75 (or at least try to). I can bang through 60 pretty easily. I may not have great form, though. On off days, I do slow diamonds, Hindus, close arms, wide arms, etc. to improve my form and add variety....

Kevin

Holy crap...

Kevin

Enjoy the binge. You won't be doing much of it anymore, becuase you'll know you can, so you won't need to. I'm betting that next weekend your binges will be smaller.

I would think, though, that eating in the middle of the night should be avoided if at all possible. It can't be good for you.

Kevin

Personally, I'd be mashing them on white toast and smothering them with crunchy peanut butter. You could get at least two on a plate that way.

Kevin

If this is of any use to you... I'm an insulin dependent diabetic. My eating pattern has always been held hostage by my condition. But, other than treating hypoglycemia with glucose, I've been No-Sing since mid-May. A complete change to my way of eating. Think about the leap of faith that took. :0) ...

Kevin

Combat conditioning is okay. There's nothing magic. If you'd like to borrow the book, e-mail me off line and I'll send it to you on long term loan. Maybe you could just hang out here and talk to hlidskjalf and VG. I suspect you'd do as well. If you are familiar with the Hindu pushup and the Hindu Sq...

Kevin

I guess it's been two weeks...

Things are going fine.

Vital stats:

Starting weight 195-197
Current weight 175 (another significant drop in the last 10 days of 1.5 lb).
Initial target weight 175 (hit it in four months... Dang!)
Revised target weight 165.
4 months on No S.

Kevin

I guess it's not has hard as a bridge, which I've never been able to pull off (you need pretty flexible shoulders).

I'll give it a try.

Kevin

My favorite remedy for when I feel like I'm getting something is to go to bed and not get up until morning. :0)

Kevin

Rite five is very Hindu pushup-like (if you are Furey-experienced).

If you can pull of Rite 4, you probably don't need any other exercise!

Kevin

A picture is worth a thousand words. A series of pictures that provide a Nickelodeon style animation is worth at least 1500. :0)

Thanks for finding it.

Kevin

I'm doing four meals a day. The fourth meal is a small late afternoon meal on a very small plate. If anything, it accelerated my weight loss: I suspect that, overall, I'm eating less. No-S doesn't dictate the number of meals. If you need a fourth, don't feel bad about it, just be reasonable and disc...

Kevin

I wouldn't try to think about the whole day when you wake up. Think about eating a big breakfast. Then worry only about the next six hours, till lunch. Then eat a big lunch. Then only worry about the next six hours, till dinner. Then, eat a big dinner. One stretch to make, one promise to keep. And h...

Kevin

Nope, no soreness. I'm actually repeating today - I'll probably only get to 400 as I'm running out of day. My right shoulder has been aching, but it seems related to sitting at the computer at an armed chair. If I get up and do a set of pushups, the pain goes away. You can do 50 dips? Holy crap. I'm...

Kevin

Protein will help delay the hunger feeling. Don't skimp on it, particularly at breakfast. We always include raw veggies (carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, celery, peppers) with dinner. If you snack lightly on those while you are making dinner, you'll be fine. You'll probably have a smaller dinner. But d...

Kevin

For a while, you might try other exercises on off days. SG does put a lot of strain on the connective tissue. If you are older (like me, in my mid forties), it might be difficult to do it every day. I can do it every day, but it hurts. Maybe on off days do pushups, squats, rows, whatever. Something ...

Kevin

Just to see what this would feel like, I did 500 yesterday (10 sets of 50), scattered throughout the day. I'm going to take a day off today. Even though I spaced the sets out, the last 15 reps of the last three sets were really difficult. I'm not sore today, though. I'll give those Atomics a try tom...

Kevin

I'm happy you made it. Congratulations!

Kevin

(hint to rednecks: I can't make out what you're saying, what with the Doppler effect),

While I've smiled and chuckled a lot, reading this was the first laugh out loud moment I've had at this site.

Kevin

That's quality weight. I'm at 176, at 5'8", and I'd like to lose 10 more pounds. But I'm not built that heavily...

Kevin

Peace.

We'll be thinking of you and your boy.

Kevin

I violently disagree with your statements about attending a peace vigil.

Beer is appropriate everywhere, at all times, except when you are, or will soon, operate a motor vehicle.

P.S. This is not a political statement. It's a statement in support of beer.

Kevin

There's room at our table... let me know when you get here. Shouldn't be long now, right?

Kevin

I would agree with Deb, Sandy. This diet is simple , but it's not easy . Not for the first 21 days or so. But climb back on. We all like to hear success stories. You can be one, too. For each between meal period you make it, you're that much stronger. You make a promise, you keep a promise, it's muc...

Kevin

Gentlemen:

You're truly insane. Or, you're discussing a time when you were in your late teens or early 20s.

I might give the four suit/four exercise variation a go, though.

Kevin

I mess around with Hindu pushups, which are the only pushup exercise that still really cause pain to my shoulders. That's a tough motion if you're really trying to get your nose on the ground. While I generally think that Furey is a bit over the top, I have to agree that this exercise feels special:...

Kevin

Being successful today should feel great to you. If you can hang in today, you can hang in any day.

See you in just three days in the 21 Club...

Kevin

Personally, I think either method will do. Some days I do fewer sets to exhaustion (like say 4 sets to 55-60), other days I'll do 10 of 40 scattered throughout the day. Maybe that's a good aproach: alternate. Maybe VG will weigh in. Sorry you went to Saturday's #$%%$# game... Friday night was a bett...

Kevin

I second Justin's opinion. A salad really, really makes pizza go further. Without it, pizza night is very difficult around my house. I could as easily eat eight pieces as a more reasonable two or three.

Also, eat slow. Pizza is so d@mn easy to eat...

Kevin

There have been lots of discussions of these exercises lately, all over the board. Interesting that we all seem to hit on them at the same time. VanillaGorilla and I are racing to one set of 100. Given he's younger and ex-millitary, I'm sure he'll get there first. I'm up to a first set of 70, daily ...

Kevin

A lot of it is getting used to the feeling. When you can do 10, a week later, you'll be able to do 25.

Kevin

Not sure it matters who you root for... VG used to do 200 at a pop. I'll bet he could do 100 if he were motivated.

Kevin

Okay, I had a breakdown at a picnic on Thursday night, but I'll make up for it Saturday.

Otherwise, full steam ahead. I have to be careful about eating while I'm preparing food, but otherwise, I'm right on track.

Best wishes for a nice weekend and an easy week.

Kevin

I don't mean that you should unjoint your knee so that your butt comes in contact with your heels, just get all the way down so the back of your thigh contacts your calf.

I guess I could have worded that better... :0)

Kevin

Reinhard, be careful, you'll find these bad boys are addicting... I have a competition about who can get to 100 first with VG (I'm going to lose, I'm sensing the guy was Special Forces in a previous career). I can do 70 in my first set of the day, with pretty good form. Last week 50 would have been ...

Kevin

Keep at it, FW. You're doing great.

Kevin

I have the same early morning issue. I toast something, bring it with me, and eat it at a more civilized hour. Otherwise, by Noon, I'm famished.

Kevin

10 reps isn't a bad start. Let's see if I can describe the motion. Start standing with your legs shoulder width apart, flat footed, hands in soft fists, palm down, at your sides, even with your solar plexus. Sort of like you just finished an rowing stroke with oars. As you begin to move down, come u...

Kevin

I am doing Shovelglove every other day, so maybe I will try the push-ups on alternate days. I will begin tomorrow with 20, and then add one each day that I do them. I will stop if my shoulder starts hurting -- old injury that I don't want to aggravate. Middle-age is lots of fun! :D I had a frozen l...

Kevin

... Phil, you do that move with how heavy a hammer?

When you say hold it at the end, do you mean the end with the metal, or the handle end? I don't think I could lever up my hammer from the extreme end of the handle. My forearms would fail. Maybe catastrophically. :0)

Kevin

...right past those Dunkin Donut places!

Way to go, Deb.

Kevin

After your first 21 days. If you are sticking to plan, experience says that you will be happily suprised. Once No-S is a habit, you can weigh yourself more frequently without getting down about it. I look at my range of weight. Currently, I'm ranging from 176.5 to 180, down from 194-197. Darn near 2...

Kevin

Way to go, Carolejo!

Kevin

We have a winner.

It's the best simulation I could do of subscript type.

Kevin

If you'd like to borrow the book, contact me. If you're doing Hindu squats and Hindu pushups, you're halfway there. I love bodyweight exercises. I do pushups, Hindu pushups, squats, pullups, rows ("pulling" exercises require that you have something other than a floor, but I think they are very impor...

Kevin

Once you've done 21 days, you're a lifetime member. At least, that's my way of thinking.

Kevin

I caught that "Before and During". Or, actually the lack of "after". Very nice, Reinhard. I might be willing to do this if I can smudge my face. Unfortunately, I'm not sure that I have so many good before pictures... But are you factoring in SG and other exercise? My visuals have changed because I'v...

Kevin

Here is a better picture of the bottom of the Hindu sqat motion. note the back straight, up on the toes position.

http://www.mattfurey.com/hindu_squats.html

Kevin

Given the number of pullups you can do, you could probably eek out 100 today...

But I'll give it a shot. I'll keep you posted...

Kevin

Hindu squats are done on your toes, go down till you are sitting on your heels, back more or less straight, no weight , lots of reps. The affect is a lot like running up hill - you'll get winded quickly and build a lot of power in your thighs. Then again the way you exercise, you might not find them...

Kevin

Way to go!

Is there an Australian sport metaphor for the number 5? I mean, we have single, double, triple and homerun from baseball. We could have done hatrick for three, I guess (from hockey). but 5? I can't think of a good one.

Kevin

Pushup reps go up very quicky from 20 a day. Do that for a week and you'll find you're ready for 35. You can see almost daily improvements in pushup ability.

Anyone want to race to 100? :0)

Kevin

I'm up to one set of 125 squats per day. The last 25 are really, really hard. The rest of you that are doing Hindu squats, how are your knees? I have found that Hindu squats are very beneficial to my knees. The first couple of them in a set sort of "tweak" my knees occasionally, but that never lasts...

Kevin

200 reps is awesome. I usually do four or five sets of fifty a day.

Pullups are something I'm still working up to. I can do five, but sets of five aren't very fulfilling. Any hints?

Kevin

Good going, SB. Keep it up.

Kevin

Maybe it helped my metabolism, but what I really think happened is I cut back on calories at lunch and dinner.

Kevin

No-S is going well. As I've mentioned before, I added a fourth meal to my diet (really a snack of 15g of carbohydrated of some sort) to help control my Bg in the late afternoon. If I'm not hungry and my Bg is normal or above normal, I just eat a couple of baby carrots to enforce the discipline. Sinc...

Kevin

That wasn't Roy's Place, was it?

Kevin

I'll admit that I drink a diet soda more than just occasionally.

About your screen name... is there any married man who hasn't been told he has "lethal toenails"? :0)

Kevin

The association between sports and food is a strong one. I took to listening rather than watching, and doing something useful at the same time. Of course, be a Nationals fan (they are on TV infrequently because Angelos owns the TV rights - you gotta love Major League Baseball collusion), the choice ...

Kevin

I'll be ideal at 165.

It's gotta be white bread to get the complete experience. It isn't supposed to have a hint of healthiness around it.

Kevin

While Reinhard sees this as mostly a method for controlling your caloric intake, I believe there is something more important about No-S. And, I think it's something that you can learn to apply to other parts of your life. It's this: you make yourself a promise not to eat between, meals, and then you...

Kevin

I haven't checked in for a while. Things are going well. My weight continues to drop, although very slowly. It doesn't really matter, though, because I'm a little lighter every week. Anyway, that's it for today. Starting weight 195 or so. Current weight 178.5. Initial target weight 175. Revised targ...

Kevin

Congrats, Deb. We're happy for you.

Kevin

Way to go, EMB. I'm a little over three months in and down about 16 pounds. I don't even miss the way I used to eat anymore.

Kevin

Welcome back!

As a member of the middle-age club, I've been paying attention to the recent uproar about hydrogenated (a.k.a. trans) fats. If you haven't already, you might want to read up on them.

Kevin

Have a nice book burning!

Darn. Now I'll have to cross that off my list "Phrases I thought I'd never hear." :0)

Kevin

Strawberry jam on grilled cheese is wonderful, believe it or not.

Kevin

Good luck with No-S. It's not always easy, but any success will actually help. Nothing succeeds like success, so keep one promise to yourself, from one meal to another, and every one after that gets easier. I'm glad you are doing shovelglove, too, but let me suggest you check out Urban Ranger as wel...

Kevin

How else does that exercise ball figure in to SGing? Have you worked out any other exercises?

Kevin

I'm not much of an @ss kicker, but let me make a suggestion.

Do 14 minutes. Even if you rest for two minutes, twice, do 14 minutes.

Kevin

Another DC area reference... we like Trader Joe's.

You must be monster fit.

Kevin

I did a set of 100 the other night (count backwards, it's easier). My 14-year-old, athletic daughter laughed at me.

She says she gets bored at about 200...

Kevin

They do hit hard from time to time. Just waiting it out might make them go away. The times that they've really hit me were unpredictable. Sometimes I'd go weeks being fine, then have four or five days when I was looking longingly at other people's snacks...

Kevin

After two hits, you get the Manny exception. If you can hit doubles, who cares about the occasional error?

Kevin

The afternoon munchies can be very difficult to control from time to time. Maybe he needs bigger meals. And, if this isn't too hard for him (I'm assuming he's having trouble around dinner time because he's thinking about dinner), he might get ahead of the curve by making dinner in the morning, so th...

Kevin

Congrats on your double. Get back in the saddle!

Kevin

I have to agree: you do the best you can when you are travelling. If you feel like it, do penance. That's what I do. I do an extra 30 minutes of walking or an extra session of SGing when I make one of those borderline, almost unavoidable mistakes. It re-inforces the habit in a positive way, it's goo...

Kevin

That's what my (German) wife's family called those...

Kevin

Deb, Ron Darling, one of the really good pitchers from the Mets mid-80s teams, does the TV play by play for the Nats. A very intelligent, Yale educated. He's maybe the best color guy I've heard in a long, long time. Nice quiet delivery, no annoying accent in his voice, deep understanding of the game...

Kevin

Carolejo... I recommend this: work yourself into a complete muck sweat for a couple of days in a row. I don't mean a dainty little glistening thing, I mean sweat dripping off your nose, hair wet, skin stinging. Every Spring, after a winter of not sweating much, my first couple of warm weather workou...

Kevin

I'm doing them completely unweighted, fast, working backto 100 at a set, but I can usually only do one set. Once you get past 50, it feels like running hard uphill.

Really fit folks that do these regularly can do 300-500 at a clip. Yikes!

Kevin

I was there for that game, too. The scoreboard went out: I took that as a terrible omen. I was there for the loss to Toronto in late June that sort of started their slide. Sigh. RFK looks good in baseball trim, but I find the seats cramped. Might be better in cooler weather. Folks have been smackin'...

Kevin

Snazzy, you think Prodigal exercises a lot, go look at Jan-TZ's posts... phew!

Kevin

I hope you and your girls had a nice first birthday.

Kevin

Are you squatting with or without weights? How's it working out for you?

Kevin

gj, good job!

Kevin

Prodigalsun... I, too, find SG hard on the strands that hold my elbows and my shoulders together. Therefore, I alternate between it and a pushup/situp/pullup/dip/squat routine. If I SG'd everyday, I think I would injure myself. Unlike, Reinhard, I'm well into middle age at 46. My experience is that ...

Kevin

It's peanut butter and bacon on toasted white bread . It's hardly health food. Use whatever peanut butter suites you. :0) I had one for breakfast this morning with a glass of milk. No, it wasn't skim milk, either. Most of you are probably far better eaters than I. I really, really like food that I ...

Kevin

Deb, you know better: nothing counterbalances bacon. But you can't live forever. I like contrasting foods. But mostly, I like peanut butter and bacon... If you try it, make sure it's on white toast. Go the whole nine yards. You have to put the PB on when the toast is still hot so it melts and drips ...

Kevin

I'm glad you were there to see it in person. My son and I were watching it on TV and as soon as the pitcher let go of it my son muttered "that's gone." Picture perfect swing, a thing of beauty. Thigh high, a bit off speed, and right on the plate... say goodbye. Still though, Patterson's pitching was...

Kevin

I read some of the information on the site you posted and found it interesting. I wish there had been more there about some of the counter claims they made about the studies they refute. One of the things that always seems to be missing in all these discussions is how old age skews the studies: in a...

Kevin

Well, Deb, you don't really know better, do you? But I assure you, you're right. If you haven't tried peanut butter and bacon, you haven't lived. Especially on toasted white bread. It's one of those things that sounds wierd and tastes, well, it's hard to describe the taste, the mouth feel, the overa...

Kevin

I really wanted to stay between the lines and not justify to myself why I can't do three squares a day. Oh, well.

Kevin

While Atkins eliminated the refined, processed grains from people's diet, it introduced tons of refined, processed meat . Bacon, processed lunch meat, even pork rinds (puffed and fried in who knows what) were eaten by Atkins advocates in disproportionate quantities. My guess is that white bread is b...

Kevin

The three meals a day rule has been too tough on my diabetic self. I've introduced a very small meal in the late afternoon to maintain my Bg and my mood. I have locked lunch at a sandwich and an piece of fruit to make sure that my caloric intake doesn't increase. I'm adding 30g of carbohydrate at 4:...

Kevin

Welcome to the club. Now go out and score a double (that's another 21 days, not a double ice cream cone...)

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