Everyday Systems

Kevin

Day 14 (Tuesday) - Success

Getting adjusted to eating like this (again - I'm a repeat offender) is difficult. I've cut my basal insulin by about 15% and my blood glucose is still low frequently. I forgot how much of a difference eating moderately makes.

Kevin

This is an excellent approach. And I feel for you, Buddy. We have a Trader Joe's that we go to every Sunday after church to do our shopping. More people are smiling there than at church. *Love* the place. Love the samples. I eat the samples! :) The rule I made for myself on this is that if I'm genui...

Kevin

They are probably more like a drug than you think. Nothing that everyone else here hasn't done. Keep moving in the right direction. I went to Red Robin tonight and ordered my customary (and delish!) grilled chicken "burger." It usually comes with a reasonable serving of fries on the plate, which I f...

Kevin

Sounds like a good idea to me. You don't win a game by looking at the scoreboard, you win it by perfecting your game. So practice, play well, and let the score take care of itself. At least, I think that's what you are saying. So I decided to surrender to my current weight. I don't love it but I sor...

Kevin

Glad to see you here!

gummi wrote:SUCCESS!

Today is my first day! I'm really glad I found the No S Diet. I've been toying with the idea of cutting out sweets during the week and only having them on the weekend, but I like that this takes it two steps further and has a support network. :D

Kevin

Looks like you are doing well. Keep it up!

Kevin

Day 13 (Monday) - Success I have been using my lunch hour to walk 2.5 miles every day. It's a great way to get a little exercise and a micro-adventure in the middle of the day. SubUrban Rangering! I'll start the Shovel Gloving again soon, too. I go out some evenings and alternate fast-running 200 pa...

Kevin

Bare minimum. Likely would involve frogs and *at least* locusts. And I don't think you would get to take your pick.

Nicest of the Damned wrote:I think that would bring down a plague of frogs on your house, at minimum

Kevin

I'm sure you are right, but is any diet "safe" if you are not physically active? This is just my opinion, but it comes from years of captive study of insulin and blood glucose (I have been a Type I diabetic for 32 years). Most cultures in the world have a plant-based combination (of grains and beans...

Kevin

Freeze it until the weekend. Next time, eat the damn thing while it is an S day. :) As a father, I give you permission to fib to yours and tell him it was delicious if he asks between now and then. Oh, by the way, you did win, so don't think you can't, and you should continue to feel proud of yourse...

Kevin

You may be able to get some control over your S-days by planning them a little. Maybe one snack between meals, seconds if you want, and dessert with a meal. I mean really, no one wants to be eating all day. There are too many other things to do! :) I don't get online on weekends, so here's Friday-Su...

Kevin

This is just my opinion, but it comes from years of captive study of insulin and blood glucose (I have been a Type I diabetic for 32 years). Most cultures in the world have a plant-based combination (of grains and beans) that provides all the protein that is necessary to be healthy, and does not dig...

Kevin

Day 12 (Monday) - Success

I should explain that I am a Type I diabetic. My blood glucose, a couple of times a day, gets clinically low. This happens most after exercise. When it does, I treat it, with about 15 grams of dextrose (sugar). I do not count this as a failure.

Kevin

You start where you start and you put one foot in front of the other, right? Each step in the right direction is two steps further from where you would have been had you gone in the wrong direction. :) Yay! On to another week along with you... I would LOVE to weigh 189. I guess that sounds pretty sa...

Kevin

Day 11 and 12 (1/23) are S days, but I stayed moderate, so I feel good about them. Onward to another week of radically moderate behavior.

Kevin

Love the creative name!

ericb wrote: The one that has stuck!! (three weeks and counting)
- ONE CUP TO RULE THEM ALL.

Kevin

Bright Angel, you writing is entertaining, poetic, visually charming, and a very valuable edition to this forum. I will be interested to see what Taub's recommended diet is. I suspect that he over-simplified some ideas to make them easier to understand. Things he sets up as paradoxes (i.e., the low-...

Kevin

That's a long time after coffee to feel shaky. Did you have a lot of carbohydrate with lunch? At another lunch, try skipping the bread/potatoes/pasta. See if you feel less shaky. Look up "glycemic index" on Google and try picking foods with low scores. It's just a thought, but it is one that works f...

Kevin

I think you should expect to be hungry, but not feeling faint or ravenous. It is the difference between looking forward to your next meal and feeling like you've missed one.

In a few weeks, you won't mind that looking-forward-to-eating hunger.

Kevin

Fungal, actually.:P But mushrooms are fibrous and have lots of protein, I think.

NoSRocks wrote: ...not to mention, boosting my vegetable intake at the same time, then I think it might be a good idea. Does anyone have any advice or opinions on?

Kevin

Do you need a small fourth meal at 4:00? What are you eating at lunch? Enough? There are times when I had to add a small fourth meal at 4:00 for a few days or weeks. It's no big deal. It sure beats the heck out of binging. And I don't have the additional monthly stressor that you do (being a man, I ...

Kevin

If it's truly almost-zero-calorie vegetables and a sparing application of oil, vinegar, and herbs, put it in a salad bowl and forget about it. When I make dinner for the family, the first thing I do is cut up raw vegetables. Being able to reach for a piece instead of sampling something more caloric ...

Kevin

One of the small things that makes NoS easier for me is that I say "no, thank you" to myself. I say it when I get the urge to snack, or I see others eating, or I walk by cookies someone brought to work. It works surprisingly well. Try it next time you have the urge to break habit. It's a nice, gentl...

Kevin

Day 10 - Success . I practice the Sabbath mod. I begin my weekend on Fridays with dinner and end it on Sunday with dinner. However, experience has taught me to be careful about this. I allow my self seconds or dessert Friday night, but no snacks. During the rest of the weekend, I allow myself one sn...

Kevin

Hey, if you are surrounded by lots of folks with bad habits, it is definitely a lot harder. This will sound silly, but if your mother offered you dessert and you exercised the will power, you would say "no, thank you." I say that all the time, to myself, when other people are eating around me. Just ...

Kevin

The dramatic reading, setting the scene, performing the move with facial expression... that was fun.

I'm wondering how Aim the Spear would work if you followed through into a spear throwing leg position? I'm going to give it a try. with a light hammer.

Kevin

Good luck! I haven't been able to stick to this so far, and I've known about it for a year now... the best I've managed was 20 days on habit in December, but on Day 21 I lost it. So, now it's time for another go! I'll be starting tomorrow (Martin Luther King day being very important, and all, but pr...

Kevin

True, and safety is important.

filipe wrote:You can also add some pounds with wrist weights.
These are filled with sand. In my opinion its easier to use and safer in case they get loose, and have the benefit of padding the hammer surface.

Kevin

I think it is just sugar, but they sure do use a lot of it (I've just noticed when I watch them make it).

I like black coffee, fortunately.

Kevin

You can do plenty with an eight pound sledge. And, there are folks around here that have added a couple of pounds when they were ready with diving weights and nylon straps. Unfortunately, I went to my local hardware store here in Hamamatsu, Japan and noticed that they had one size of dai hanma (sled...

Kevin

Today is a good day to re-start. So, January 11 is day 1. Starting weight - 189. Day 1 - Success Day 2 - Success Day 3 - Success (well, a couple of hours early) Day 4 - Success Day 5 - S-day, but I'm still being moderate Day 6 - S-day, but nice and moderate. Had a reasonable serving of chips and sal...

Kevin

Today is a good day to re-start. So, January 11 is day 1.
Starting weight - 189.
Day 1 - Success
Day 2 - Success
Day 3 - Success (well, a couple of hours early)

Kevin

This is sort of counter-intuitive, but you can do more work with a lighter hammer than you can with a heavy one, because you can swing it faster. Force increases linearly with mass, but exponentially with speed. So don't think a lighter hammer is necessarily going to be easier: it will be harder to ...

Kevin

See subject.

Kevin

In my experience, coffee jerks with your blood glucose (Bg). It makes your body digest food much more quickly, spiking your Bg and insulin production, then driving down your Bg making you hungry. Just my observation. I'm an insulin dependent diabetic using an insulin pump (I have good reason to noti...

Kevin

Keep it up. This is the hardest time of the year what with the cold and the short days. I always have a harder time in January. I can't wait for the weather to change. Ahhh! weather is so much better and been able to get out and walk the dog every night when I get home form work. Been hitting the we...

Kevin

Medical issues require flexibility. No S provides it. Add a small fourth meal and stay on track. OK I need HELP!!! My doctor put me on 2000 mg Metformin daily for PCOS. It is working as far as ovulation/regular periods go (Trying to get pregnant). It makes me feel really drained and "low". I do grea...

Kevin

Nothing wrong with a sandwich. I usually make half sandwiches so that I have room for variety, which makes meals much more satisfying. Try having variety with each meal. It helps a lot. I started this diet monday and the last two days I had a sandwich for lunch and a piece of frIuit. Yesterday it da...

Kevin

It has plenty of sugar in it, unless it is artificially sweetened. It is twice the calories of plain yoghurt, almost. Still, it is not going to short curcuit your plan. So... I know plain yogurt is okay, but what about strawberry-flavored yogurt? I'm not even sure if it has sugar added to it... :? K...

Kevin

Well, it was a tough holiday season, but I'm back at it. I'm not going to weigh in for at least two weeks. I just don't want to know. :o)

Kevin

Don't hold back. We'd like to hear it.

Djemps wrote: <snip>
I also have an idea for a new exercise that imitates a work movement, but I thought I would hold off and just be part of the community for a while before making any new suggestions. :D

Kevin

Awesome stocking!

Kevin

There are plenty of people for whom one day is enough of a goal, at least at the beginning. I can remember telling myself "if I still want to eat in an hour, I'll let myself." I guess what I'm saying, is while this is simple, it's not always easy, so go easy on yourself. Don't kick yourself. You'll ...

Kevin

Just plug along as best you can. More normal days are coming that will help you build stronger habit. Next Christmas won't be as bad.

Just keep it up and don't kick yourself too much.

Kevin

I wanted to wish all those who celebrate it a wonderful Christmas and happy, healthy, and productive New Year!

Kevin

Keep taking it slow, and try to involve your lower body in all motions: it'll keep some of the stress off your back, and give you a better workout to boot. Just finished my workout for day #4 - it was tough to get thru all 14 minutes, but I made it (just barely). I wasn't as sore when I woke up this...

Kevin

Absolutely. If you aren't feeling it in your lower body, you are putting too much stress on your upper body. I try to flex my knees with all moves. Boy, when you do this thing right (what I consider to be right, which means you throw your body into it), you end up feeling it in your thighs and backs...

Kevin

You sound like you are doing great, Orie. We have a wii fit, which I'm going to have to try to use... I found all the "check your balance" crap at the beginning a bit tedious, but maybe I'll just try to start getting to the exercise part. I'd like to say that other family members would participate, ...

Kevin

One step back, another two forward... you'll be okay. :) I should never write stuff like that ~ sets me up for failure. Yup, finished off the peanut butter kiss cookies last night ~ only 4, but technically a fail AND, I had seconds with dinner :( :( I'm off to the treadmill and I will remember why I...

Kevin

Well, I'm still NO-Sing, although exercise has gone down the tubes. December is a demanding month! I've gone up about a pound, but I'm not sweating it at all. If I get through Christmas below 185, I'll be very happy. Things get a bit more slack in January, and I can concentrate a little more on the ...

Kevin

I walk.

Kevin

Nice to hear from you, Debs. Hi guys! Quick update here. I had gained about 3 or 4 lbs during my trip down to Florida for my Grandads funeral, and then, I got sick with a virus that I seemed to be trading back and forth with my Son for a few weeks as well, so my exercise was nil... But I'm pleased t...

Kevin

I'm glad the pattern is comforting to you now. Way to hang in, Hilly. Our cat has found a new way to disturb us when she's feeling mischievous. When she puts her paws up to scratch something, the dog whines (or as my wife says, "tattles"). So, now she walks over to where the dog is and flexes her cl...

Kevin

Go you!!!! You're kicking it, ain't you? I'm here! I was just thinking I needed to make a post ~ I've been so busy exercising and making good choices, I forget to post :lol: :lol: So, my official weight loss for the month of November brings the total to ~ drum roll please........ 32 pounds Go Me :!:...

Kevin

We have a wii fit, too, but I've never really used it... I think I might, as outdoor exercise will be getting harder and harder to do with winter coming on...

Really glad to see you back at it!

Kevin

If you are significantly overweight, the weight comes off very quickly at first. By one estimation I made years ago (based on my insulin usage - I'm a diabetic), I calculated that 30% of my all my calories were coming from snacks - in the form of carbohydrate... and that doesn't include the fat and ...

Kevin

Stairs are great exercise, but one can feel kind of foolish if the same folks see you over and over again during the same session, huffing and sweating up and down the stairs. I do this at work sometimes. Monday 30 Nov 09 Success: No-S Diet (day 53) Success: Shovelglove (day 20) Failure: Mouthguard ...

Kevin

Well, as of December 1, I'm down a good 10 pounds since September 15 (maybe more: I think I'm under-stating my September 15 weight).

Given that Thanksgiving was in there - and I'm not getting enough exercise - I feel pretty good about 10 pounds in 13 weeks or so.

Kevin

Tell DH to bring you flowers. You can't eat flowers. :) Day 4, yesterday was a success. I don't know if it's because I'm so new to No S or if it's because I'm still very motivated, but I find No S very easy. I do pile my plate with a lot of food, but most of my plate is filled with veggies. I do lov...

Kevin

Excellent, excellent excellent.

See if you can use that home-grown fresh fruit to make something you can eat with lunch and dinner...

Kevin

My appetite has decreased as I progress with no-S (again). There are days however, when it comes roaring back. Those days always take me by surprise, and are my infrequent "red" days.

Kevin

mrsj, that's a great start. ANY start is a great start. And don't worry about increasing it too much for a while either - just stick with it. I just love the expression Urban Ranger. I want to join. I'm very lazy, so to walk every day I'll be posting a daily check in. Please feel free to comment, su...

Kevin

I can't judge your spelling, but your composition style is very accessible. (That's a compliment.) Being 'grown up' is a concept I've thought a lot about over the past couple of years. I often wondered when it would occur to me. People my age seemed to be doing so many grown up things, or carry them...

Kevin

What's geocaching?

KCCC wrote:Two reasonable S-days... some special things, but not over-the-top. Good deal.

Not enough exercise, though. Took kids geocaching on Saturday, so we walked a bit, but I'm not sure how much.

Kevin

Glad to know you're not having too difficult a time.

mrsj wrote:day 3, yesterday was a success. Although it was an S day, I wasn't hungry at all, so I skipped it. I just didn't feel like eating at all, so I had a salad and felt stuffed the rest of the day.

Kevin

When the meal is too small, it is very difficult. But evening time is a particularly tough time. I almost never snack after evening meals, S day or not. Sun 22 Nov 09 Success: Mouthguard S-Day: Shovelglove (day 12) S-Day: No-S diet (day 45) (S-Day till sunset, then N) It was really difficult to stay...

Kevin

mrsj, you are right that you should do some exercise, even if it's just a little at a time. Every little bit helps, and will get you to your goal faster, and make you feel better. While exercise alone may not do much for weight loss, it definitely helps! Thanks so much for posting this article. Now ...

Kevin

Start now. It'll make Thanksgiving taste better. :)

Kevin

Good luck to you. Let us know how it's going (without overly examining your life :)). I'm back. I keep trying other diets. I'm at my heaviest. I think this has the best chance of healing my very unhealthy relatioship with food. I've tried a few times in the last month to restart nos without success....

Kevin

That's great advice, GrammyG. remember..you can use your snack food as a plated meal if you are being tempted! So plate that cheese and cracker tray..maybe add fruit and/or veggies..sounds like a nice lunch or dinner with your two glasses of wine or beer... nothing wrong with that! One day last week...

Kevin

It'd definitely easier not to cheat if you don't have anything to cheat with laying around calling to you. Well this is day 4 for me. I've had a little bit of a rocky start. Day 1 I blew it without thinking. Day 2, I made it all day without snacking and Day 3 I blew it intentionally. I blew both the...

Kevin

I don't know how long you've been No-Sing. If it's only been a couple of weeks, then I'd give it another couple of weeks before doing a mod like this. It will get easier. The mod itself doesn't sound like a bad thing if it works for you, but again, I'd give it some time. You know, learn the theme be...

Kevin

One of the things I try to do at buffets is take as small an amount of as many different things as are available. Day 1 (yesterday, Nov 20) was a success. Today is an S day (Saturday) and I'm going to an Xmas party. I will try to stick to the healthy foods at the buffet, and there will be plenty. I ...

Kevin

I have a savory food problem, too. Cheese and crackers are heaven to me, particularly with a hoppy beer. Snacks are often as caloric as full meals. Cutting out snacks will definitely reduce your caloric intake. It's not hard to believe that your daily snacks account for as many as 500 calories. Of c...

Kevin

I think that the "decision already made" aspect of your effort, along with the "planning" aspect are important. I hope it works out well for you.

Kevin

It's sweet, Jan. Thanks.

Jammin' Jan wrote:This has absolutely nothing to do with No-S, but I liked it, and wanted to share with you.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/gallery ... y-pictures

Happy S-Days to everyone! :D

Kevin

When I was a teenager, I girl I knew used to say "Want a face massage? It feels really good when I stop." That's like exercise. :) Success Wednesday and Thursday. I've been struggling with treadmill, but did 30 minutes yesterday. I feel so much better once I've done it; I don't know why part of me i...

Kevin

Yeah. Been there!

frugaltexan wrote:Thursday

My inner brat came out to play today. You know, the one that says, "I want what I want and I don't care what you say!"

Kevin

That's funny, because I use one too, I just couldn't figure it out in this context. Oh, it's not one of the Everyday systems. It's just something I need for my teeth at night, that I kept forgetting to put in until I started tracking my habit. It was the fact that the HabitCal allows users to come u...

Kevin

Yep. You can. After all, generations of our ancestors did this if they were among the lucky few that got to eat three times a day! I'm fairly new to the No S diet and this is day 2 for me. Yesterday, I did really good for most of the day, but messed it up with a few gummies of my dad's. I didn't it ...

Kevin

I always find it surprising that going to bed a little hungry does not mean waking up ravenous - sometimes, you wake up not hungry at all. It sounds like you are doing great. Thanks, Gratefuldeb67 :) I'm really trying to establish this habit, because it seems to be working so far. Last night I was s...

Kevin

Welcome, and I'm sure you'll find lots of support here. Hi, I just joined after reading pages and pages about No S. I'm 50 years old and obese. I've tried every diet around, no matter how wacky and I'm still obese. So, now I want to get back to old fashioned logic and No S is just that. If you nice ...

Kevin

In the States, the plainest ice cream is vanilla flavored. So, vanilla has come to mean plain, or unadorned. A "vanilla" No-S day is a standard day - no modifications: a day in strict accordance with the rules.

mrsj wrote::? What is meant by a vanilla s day or a vanilla n day?

Kevin

I'm embarrassed if I should know, but what is Mouthguard?

BelfastBloke wrote:Thurs 19th Nov 09

Success: Shovelglove (day 9)
Success: Mouthguard last night

Basically do 2 cycles of 'Canonical Moves' in the time. Will be seeking out other moves soon.

Kevin

Excellent!

Kevin

Yeah, I get those plateau periods, too. Then my weight will drop a pound and a half. Go figure. I've been pushing at the low 390s now for a week. One week ago, 390.4. Today, 391.6. With three of the days inbetween at exactly 390.4. And while my weight has been rock solid, my bf% has fluctuated wildl...

Kevin

I'm guessing it's cheaper than Weight Watchers!

Nice to hear from you.

Kevin

Good observation.

Bfrilkins wrote:Breakfast and lunch. Breakfast and lunch. If only I get those right I don't feel like snacking before or after dinner or going for seconds.

It's funny how I really have to make a point to eat MORE in order to ultimately eat less.

Kevin

Way to go, Tana. Four pounds in three weeks is just about perfect - why would you want to lose faster? And breaking those 10 pound barriers is a great feeling, isn't it? Today is my 21st day! And I weighed in today at 159.4 lbs, so I'm out of 160 ville, where I had been stuck for way, way too long. ...

Kevin

Do you need to take a more step-wise approach to that evening snack? Plan its size, make it small, then week by week make it smaller? Not everyone gets there the same way. Hi- Resetting this week. I had a great week of exercise 2 weeks ago, but last week was pretty bad. This week I'm doing well on e...

Kevin

You're going to the doctor for this, right? :cry: Hi everyone - I'm a newbie! My name is Christine aka "stoogeswoman". I live in Southern California and I just recently discovered Shovelglove, Urban Ranger and the No S Diet. I love them! All these ideas just seem like common sense, don't they? Yet w...

Kevin

Go Lisa, Go!

There's lots of encouragement here. Post from time to time and you'll find out.

Good luck, and keep in touch!

Kevin

You made a promise to yourself and you kept it. That's the way to build discipline. Way to go, Hilly. More than anything, last night I wanted to get some icecream at the end of the day. I wasn't hungry, per se, but I wasn't full either. Well, I waited and waited, and at the last moment I had to remi...

Kevin

Good luck - I hope it works for you. I first came across No-S back last year sometime, followed it for a few months, and then drifted away. Some of the habit held - I still don't snack, and I haven't gone back to putting sugar in my tea, but I've definitely fallen off in terms of sweets. I've lost s...

Kevin

I agree with wosnes here. When I restarted on No-S - even when I was very successful on it two years ago - there were periods when dinner wasn't going to happen until 7:30 p.m. With lunch at 11:30, that was just hard for me, and I was chippy around my wife and kids. During those periods, I added a s...

Kevin

It sounds like you've settled right in, BB.

Kevin

It's worked for a lot of people, but I can understand your skepticism. With regard to walking versus Shovelglove, walking is the more important weight loss exercise. I hope you are back up on your feet again soon! I am miserable with my weight and fed up of dieting. I am going to stick to the no s d...

Kevin

Way to go, Hayley. I just thought I should drop by and say hi! :) I've been following the No S diet since october 30th, and have lost 5 lbs so far. I was 222 lbs in total, and Im currently 217 lbs - hoping to get down to between 140 lbs and 150 lbs. Its going slowly, but thats a good thing! Ive trie...

Kevin

Magical, no. Ingenious, yes.

Kathleen wrote:
<snip>

There is nothing magical about No S. It's a way to reduce overall calorie consumption by having dieters learn to delay gratification.

Kathleen

Kevin

That was very well put. Suck up that you're "breakin' the law" and just get on with it. Welcome back! You probably didn't miss me--I wasn't a huge poster--but I knew I was gone. I found the No S Diet back in June and had some really solid success with it for about six weeks. Eventually I saw Intuiti...

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