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gj

What surprises me is that the word habit doesn't come up once in the article. As we EDSers know, it's the ultimate prop/stretcher for willpower.

I have read the book mentioned in the article and habits show up in a chapter where they are discussed as a strategy for managing willpower. The gist ...

gj

Still at 102kg and mostly NoSing, except on training days when I have an extra post-workout meal

gj

In Austria, we are pressing our thumbs for luck as well.

I am doing it right now for you

gj

Hello again, my long abandoned log.

Sounds ominous, but I've been a good boy. Hey, it's an S-day, have a cookie ;)

My 2nd No-S attempt in 2008 was a failure. My first attempt was overly strict and I failed going into maintenance. My 2nd attempt was overly lax. I shunned the scales and guess what ...

gj

Thank you, JillyBean!

I've been a bit lax about posting here, but I am pleased to report I am still doing pretty good on the NoS front. Now and than I lapse, but my very strict approach on the last try didnt really work long term, so I am taking it nice and easy. My belly is visibly shrinking, so ...

gj

Very nice rewarding weekend.

Monday tough as usual, but successful.

gj

Tuesday success, minor failure today ... full soup, main, cake thing the only lunch option at customer site. And not eating it after paying for it was beyond my will power.

Resting pulse around 80 now

gj

Hello everybody!

Grats on the book, Reinhard.

Boy did I ever fall off the wagon. It seemed I had a good excuse at the time, funny how there always is an excuse when you want one :)

Basically I am starting over again. Been trying for a couple weeks now, but I always got that 2nd plate. It seems I ...

gj

A little update, have not posted in a while ...

Kept the weight. I seem to have hit a bit-time plateau. Still, loosing 15kg (and keeping the weight) is not too shabby either, so while I am not overjoyed, I am pleased.

I've been taking swimming lessons twice a week since middle of november. I love ...

gj

Not boring at all, sounds fascinating!

Only problem is, I stopped drinking a couple of years ago. While I would not call myself a recovering alcoholic, I am definitely an all-or-nothing kind of guy and I have come to prefer nothing.

So I wont be investigating, although I am sorely tempted :-)

I ...

gj

Congratulations on the muscle tone and weight loss!

But ... I am just dying to hear more about the Hash House Harriers. Please tell us more!

gj

Sat 12-Nov-2005, weight unchanged at 89 kg.

Started taking swimming lessons this week - I am learning to crawl. Currently, it's more flailing around and inhaling water though.

On the bike front, I think I've been overtraining. I stopped exercising this week, next week I might start again at half ...

gj

Sat, 05-Nov-2005, 89 kg (~ 196 lbs).

Another kilo down.

"RSS Luddite" turns out to work quite well for me. It's a bit of an eye opener how much time I wasted checking rss feeds, usenet and this forum. When you do your surfin' all in one big stretch instead of spreading it out over the day, it ...

gj

You have to set your timezone in your profile (the Profile link at the top
of the page).

It works for me ... if I am logged in, times are displayed in GMT+1.
If I am logged out, the display is in GMT - when I am not logged in,
the server does not know my timezone.

gj

Weight unchanged. I think my stationary bike is trying to kill me. It wanted me to do 40 minutes at 175 watts! It would seem I overdid it at the monthly normed test ride. Oh well, if it gets to hard I can erase the data and redo the fitness assessment. Still, I'll try for another week at the current ...

gj

Wow! That new job actually sounds cool. From evil multinational to small independent - respect.

Love the dress code

gj

For comparison, I typically eat:

- breakfast: 2 slices of full-corn bread, toasted, with 2 eggs (scrambled) and 100 g cottage cheese
- lunch: full-corn spagetti with tomato sauce & kidney beans or tuna, 100g cottage cheese
- dinner: 150g fish, fried in a non-stick pan with a bit of olive oil & half ...

gj

I don't know if this will be a consolation, but my weight loss has definitely slowed as I approach healthier body weights. With 25 kg to loose, I could loose 1 kg a week, no problem. Now at 10 kg, the last kg took me over a month. And there are fluctuations.

You never wrote your weight (only deltas ...

gj

I am very pleased with it. At home I connect it to an external screen, and it's easy to lug around.

gj

1 kg is not that much ... your body weight can vary a lot depending on water retention, amount of food in the digestive tract, time of measurement.

I would recommend weighing yourself several days in a row, always at the same time (in the morning, before breakfast). Maybe not immediately after S ...

gj

a big and increasing chunk of our lives wasted.

And it's not restricted to weekends, either. I recently made the experience that I was way more productive programming on the road (= without internet access) than in my home office.

gj

Sat, 22-Oct-2005, 90 kg (~ 198 lbs).

This kilogram took me over a month to loose. Still, the travel madness is over; it's been nice to go back to my regular exercise routine. I'm pretty beat though. Exercise was sporadic this last month, so I guess that's to be expected.

gj

This might be of interest to some people here ...

Candy out of sight is out of mind (via http://www.kottke.org/).

gj

Personally, I change the "one plate" rule to a "one dish" rule when eating out. I.e. if the rice comes in a another bowl, no problem. But no entrees, soups or desserts. Salad or a piece
of bread is ok though (green/vegetable salad).

That's during the week, of course. On S-days, anything goes.

Good ...

gj

Slightly irregular checkin, but I've been working this weekend.

Weight unchanged. Next week this travel craziness should be over. I am really looking forward to having my regular schedule back. And getting some regular exercise done. I did the 14-minutes thing a couple of times, but without the ...

gj

Happy birthday!

May your bugs be shallow and your spam filtered

gj

I'd like to direct everyone's attention to http://jwz.livejournal.com/549185.html

Thank you.

gj

Sun 02-Oct-2005, unchanged at 91 kg (~ 201 lbs)

I finished the job a day early, so I am already home.

I did not do any exercises, but I've been sick all week. I did manage to infect the customer, so there seems to be a god after all ;-)

In contrast to most other people on this board, not having ...

gj

Hmm, I like the idea of staying with the 14-minutes routine.

Well, we'll see. Right now I'll concentrate on enjoying my S-days.

gj

Sat 24-Sep-2005, still at 91 kg.

I'll be away on business for the whole next week so there will be no shovelglove and no exercise bike. The hotel is supposed to have a gym, though.

We'll see how it goes.

gj

I had to see my tax guy today (a few minor things, nothing painful), and I found an excellent little Indian place around the corner. AND THEY SERVE SMALL PORTIONS! *YEAH* I can see a lot of nice lunches in my near term future.

Just had to get this off my chest. My usual circles frown upon places ...

gj

Me too! Mondays are hardest.

Though in my case it's more of a seconds-monster than a sweets-monster ...

Carole-Jo, do you really have to do the project? You will shortly be leaving the country after all

gj

CB, you're only saying that because you can't hear my pronounciation.

My english is mostly read & written these days, and for words I never heard spoken I tend to make up a pronounciation - usually I am way off ;-)

As for my read/written english - I read a lot of english books. Science-fiction ...

gj

Sat 17-Sep-2005, down to 91 kg!!!

I am pleasantly surprised because I was on a business trip for part of the week. Actually I was afraid I'd gained.

Good omen. I'll be on the road on and off for the next three weeks.

gj

When I go jogging I tie my spare key into my shoelaces (with a double knot

). Piece of string around the neck might be more sensible though, now that I actually stop and think about it.

gj

I just realized that I've been doing this for 7 weeks - so I made my double last week and did not notice.

Oh well. I've been known to forget my own birthday so it's hardly surprising ...

gj

Sat 10-Sep-2005, unchanged at 92 kg.

After last weekend, I was at 94 though. 1 kg more is kind of normal, but 2? Still, it came off again easily, so I am not complaining.

I guess it's just a weekly cycle - eating more food on s-days means more food in the digestive tract for a couple of days. Also ...

gj

Huh, I'd never heard of that before. Funny I know the sausage but not what it's made of ...

gj

Huh? What is Carole short for?

As to the middle name, I never give my middle name when filling out forms. Never had any problems *knockonwood*. Maybe they would not get suspicious if you left out the "Jo"?

gj

I think only the last post in a thread can be deleted.

gj

I did not end up renting a bike, but buying inline skates. The first try yesterday was not so hot - I used to skate once upon a time but you would not have guessed from watching me ;-)

Today was a lot better. The moves are coming back. I skated about 16 km (~ 10 miles). I went slowly so it was not ...

gj

Excellent!

What's the problem with the webserver?

gj

Ahem, the squeak guys have their own dns servers, it would seem. But I remember they used zoneedit when transitioning to their new web page.

A google search also revealed granitecanyon.com which seems to be completely free. I dont know anyone who used it, though

gj

The last couple of weeks, the dns server for everydaysystems.com seems to work only sporadically.

This time however, the caching (dns)-proxy on my laptop was still caching the ip-adress, just squid (on my server) could not resolve the hostname. So I have configured firefox to not use the http-proxy ...

gj

For the next three days, there is going to be a street fair in my street. This usually means bad bands blaring worse music all day. Right now they are setting up, but the music is going to start soon. I don't think I will spend much time in the apartment the next days. As I work mostly from home ...

gj

Sat 27-Jun-2005, unchanged at 93 kg (~ 205 lbs).

I've been sick for the first half of the week, and I've skipped SG and cardio on those days. Kept up with NoS though, did not have much of an appetite anyway.

I've been using the coaching program of my stationary bike for 1 month now. Today it had ...

gj

Do you mean "Mettwurst"? It's made from raw pork, but smoked & cured. Yumm.

gj

Saturday 20-Aug-2005, 93 kg (~ 205 lbs).

I was stuck at 94 for 10 days or so. I reached 93 the day after I went back
to shovelgloving in the morning (vs. in the evening). Probably just a
coincidence, still this bodes well so I'll continue doing it.

gj

Saturday 2005-Aug-13, 94 kg (~ 207 lbs). So I've lost 10 kg total so far (~ 22 lbs).

Shovelgloving is going fine, I am back to normal speed.

I am thinking more and more about my exercise bike's coaching program. It was developed by a MD and active triathlete, and I've been doing the fat loss ...

gj

my favorite is sinfest.

gj

wow ... i feel like i've been awarded a medal or something.

you might want to change the john enzinas link, though. i assume it points to the old yahoo-forum, but the link does not work.

gj

hmmm - how about making the muesli/cereals with yogurth instead of milk? personally, i am not eating fruit yogurth at the moment, but thats because if it is in the fridge, i will eat it, diet or no diet. but i guess fruit-yogurth-oholics are a minority

gj

Oh ... I was not sure how "stoke the oven" translates, but I figured it meant poking around in the ashes with a stick or something.

gj

I like to pretend I am shoveling coal into a train's steam engine. This is quite similiar to "stoke the oven", but I "fill the shovel" very low on the floor - the key here is to keep the shovelglove low. Then I shovel the coal into the furnace opening around hip height.

I find this hits the abs ...

gj

21 days today!

gj

On 2005-08-06 (Saturday), I weighed 95 kg (~ 209 lbs). So I am back in the land of the overweight!

To celebrate this special event, I went and had dinner at a thai place. Delicious, but I ate too much. There seems to be a pattern there, I go kind of wild on saturdays and eat even less than normal ...

gj

Deb, yes, I am slaying them left and right ;-). Oh, did I mention that a new patch came out? Splendid timing, they did not change all that much this time though

Other than playing Diablo II, I have been a very good boy. I am down to 95.5 kg (~ 210 lbs), so the o-word is soon to be a thing of the ...

gj

Funny you should say the "throng of enemies" bit.

I was a bit bored this afternoon and so I am re-installing Diablo 2 on my computer.

This should keep my occupied for a bit

gj

You just start a topic (like you did with this one), only not in the "Help I am confused" forum, but in "Daily Check In". Give it a subject like "Lola's Daily Checkin", and you have a thread of your own.

Hope this was understandable,
have fun,
Juergen

gj

Today (2005-Jul-30) I weighed in at 96.5 kg (~ 213 lbs). So I lost 2.5 kg this week! Very nice. And I have been eating big portions this week because I stopped smoking and I was afraid that might trigger "snack attacks".

I have a big milestone coming up: When I reach 95 kg, I go from being obese to ...

gj

You may or may not have noticed that I don't do the Success/Failure thing. I just did not like the concept, I was like "come on, I am an adult, give me some credit".

So I have been thinking *why* I don't like it. Of course, maybe I am just rationalizing. Also, it may be a language thing - i.e. I am ...

gj

I am pretty sure Glass Ceiling would not work for me, I just can't stop after 1 glass (and stopping after 2 is even harder ;-)). Low Smoking might work (I am a moderate smoker when I am not on a diet), but I think I'll go for the 100% solution first ...

SG is going really fine, I did 4 units so far ...

gj

Thanks for the accupuncture tip ... I'll keep it in mind. I don't think it will be necessary though - it's not the first time I stop smoking after all ;-)

My problem (as with the weight) was never the actual stopping, but the not-starting again a couple of months later while drunk (I don't think I ...

gj

NoS and SG are going great, but I started chainsmoking. The original plan was to stop smoking after loosing weight, but now it seems that I am acquiring a 2-packs-a-day-habit along with my NoS-habits.

So I went cold turkey on the cigarrettes yesterday. I am doing ok so far; I had an extra solid ...

gj

2005-Jul-26: 98 kg (~ 216 lbs).

I almost raided the fridge yesterday in the afternoon (I did not have to work. Idle hands and all that I guess). I took a walk and by the time I was back in the appartment it was time for dinner. I had a *big* plate ;-)

Is monday always harder? Or was it just me ...

gj

No special recipe - I just grate some cucumber (and let it drain), and mix it up with plain yogurt and lots of garlic and a little bit of salt and some herbs. Authentic tzatziki calls for lemon juice and and olive oil and more salt, but that makes it too overpowering to eat on its own (vs. as sauce ...

gj

Spent all saturday in a customer's machine room with only one bottle of water and therefore the weigh-in this morning was totally bogus - still I wonder, I drank a lot of water in the evening. I must have been severly dehydrated.

Had my pizza margherita last evening, and the most expensive full-fat ...

gj

I started nosing on 2005-Jul-18, after a doing a pretty strict vegeterian no-sugar/no-bread-prodcuts diet for a week.

I started at 104kg (~230 lb) on Jul-11.
On Jul-18 I was at 99.5kg (~219 lb).
On Jul-22 I was at 99kg (~218 lb).
My dream weigth is 80kg (~176 lb), but 85kg
(~187 lb) would be fine ...

gj

I got me a 5gk sledgehammer today (~ 11 pounds, I think - they did not have any other weights) and did my first (slow) 14 minutes. We'll see how sore I'll get.

The big store's tool department was sold out of sledgehammers, btw. Luckily, they had 3 left in the department where they sell mortar and ...

gj

Hi everybody,

I stumbled over NoS (and Shovelglove) a week after going on my yearly diet + exercise regime. Loosing weight is not that hard for me (I simply eat vegeterian - I don't like it much, so I eat sparingly); but once I am back in my comfort zone, I can't resist those Wiener Schnitzels and ...

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Re: NY Times: Willpower as depletable resource

A lost son returns :)

Candy out of sight is out of mind

Sledgehammers, misc other uses

DNS server problems

Stoke the oven variation

Success/Failure rant

GJ's checkin

Another convert