Everyday Systems

Hello,

My name is Andrew. I'm 34 and live in New York City. I've got a little over 100 pounds to lose and I've decided to start today.

For a diet I'm going to try to tend towards lower carb, and tend towards lower calorie. But on those days when my will-power or the circumstances prevent me from keeping to that, I'm going to try to at least remain in the bounds of No-S.

For exercise I'm going to be doing Urban Ranger and Shovelglove.

I'll be checking in daily to track my diet and exercise.

Starting weight - 298

Hey there! Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you too, Who Me.

So... I stepped on the scale one day in... and I'm down 4 pounds. At this rate I should reach my goal of 100 pounds in just under a month, and then it's, "so long suckers!"

Okay, I realize this is just the result of indulging quite a bit on Saturday, and I don't really expect to see numbers like that on the scale for a week, much less for a day. But still, it's good to see.

No-S: Success
Urban Ranger: Success (1 mile)

April 16th, Starting Weight: 298
Current Weight: 294

ManOnWire wrote:So... I stepped on the scale one day in... and I'm down 4 pounds. At this rate I should reach my goal of 100 pounds in just under a month, and then it's, "so long suckers!"

Welcome! Keep that sense of humor and you will do fine...

Day Two

I've already changed one part of my plan. Yes, two days in I'm already making changes. Originally I said I'm going to tend towards low-carb. I've decided not to concern myself with that. I don't want to have to worry about too many variables. For now let's concentrate on not eating so much.

Started shovelglove on Day 2. Starting slowly. Adding a new move each day until I'm up to 14 minutes.

No-S: Success
Urban Ranger: Success (2 miles)
Shovelglove: Success

Day Three

No-S: Success
Urban Ranger: Success (2 miles)
Shovelglove: Success

Weight (4/17/10) - 298
Weight today - 292

Day Four

Did shovelglove last night stark naked. Was about to go take a shower, remembered I wanted to get my shovelglove in first, but had already disrobed. My sledgehammer didn't even have a sweatshirt on it. We were both in the buff. As a man, doing shovelglove naked adds a whole new element of risk to it. Not recommended.

No-S: Success
Urban Ranger: Success (2 miles)
Shovelglove: Success

ManOnWire wrote:Day Four

Did shovelglove last night stark naked. Was about to go take a shower, remembered I wanted to get my shovelglove in first, but had already disrobed. My sledgehammer didn't even have a sweatshirt on it. We were both in the buff. As a man, doing shovelglove naked adds a whole new element of risk to it. Not recommended.

No-S: Success
Urban Ranger: Success (2 miles)
Shovelglove: Success

That cracked me up!! Welcome! You live in one cool city. If I lived in NYC I'd be eating dim sum in Chinatown every day!

Again, welcome!
Naomi

Day Five

Literally just forgot to do shovelglove yesterday. Need to work on ingraining the habit so it doesn't just slip my mind. Otherwise, all went well.

No-S: Success
Urban Ranger: Success (2 miles)
Shovelglove: Failure

Day Six

Ouch, rough day.

No-S: Failure
Urban Ranger: Success (1 mile)
Shovelglove: Failure

ManofWire,

I am 30 and about 80 lbs overweight and started on Sunday! I don't think I've jumped as fully into it as you yet. I'm just working on the no-s part but have not incorporated Shovelglove or Urban Ranger yet. I just wanted stop in offer some words of encourgament from a guy that is in your same boat!

One thing I did notice is you are on day 6, shouldn't day 6 be an S day or are you waiting for the weekend?

Keep up the good work and I look forward to following your progress in an effort to help keep me motivated!

Josh