Everyday Systems

Sinnie -

I once heard a piece of advice on how to quit being an alchoholic. It went: If you want to quit being an alchoholic, the first step is to quit drinking.

Big idea is that there's abu nch of other stuff afterwards that ironically is harder to solve. Without tackling that, you'll just end up ...

Ya, I'm usually worn down by day 4 or 5. I'm thinking this gets better with time.

Mantastic -- thinkI know what you mean. I've noticed my stomach, back, arms feel more in shape almost all the time.

hexagon,

this might seem sacrelidge on this board, but perhaps trying another twist to the diet might help.

I once did a diet, much like no-s, where there were only 2 simple rules:
1. You cannot eat anything until you feel a hunger pain in your stomach.
2. you must stop eating when you get the ...

So, while we are discussing the extra-meals-are-not-cheating concept...

What about 2nd breakfasts and elevensies?

PS - ...what movie am I psuedo-quoting?

Interesting.

Perhaps you consider your long/late work shifts as s-days (special).

reps for first and second pass....

1. workin on the railroad -- 25,20
2. degraded beast -- 25,15
3. shoveling - 25,20
4. churning butter -- 20,15
5. scratch the back -- 15,10

Hexagon-

I'll give you my opinion.

I think you may be making excuses for yourself to give up. This is, albeit, from afar, but let me give you my rational...perhaps that will help you determin the size of the grain of salt to take with this...

I used to be a programmer and as I got older I started ...

Results:

- Wife mentioned she noticed it's getting me in shape (Que the 70's music here).

- Friday came none too soon. Wow what a great workout. I'm thinking next week will be easier after letting the body rest over the weekend. Not that I'm dying, but 5 days of shugging takes it's toll the first ...

On the butter churn, I just go up al the way. Big time shoulder workout.

I'm on my 2nd week and I started with a 10 pound hammer. I plan to wait atleast 6 weeks before making any changes. I think it takes your body 6 weeks to totally adapt to a new training stress.

Right now I'm just content to ...