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So I fell off the wagon, started eating massively and not exercising. I went from 239 on Mar 17 to 267 last week. Crazy.

I just turned 38 this weekend, and was hanging out with my dad. At 59, the man weights 350+ and is in a motorized scooter. I love my pop, but I can't end up like him.

I'm going ...

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Day 3.16: In progress , 239.5

I got to get a new scale. Within 5 minutes, it showed at 240, 239.5, and 238.5. I took the middle one, but I have to get something consistent.

The workplace has started a 'Fitness Challenge' (read: too many fat people are running up the insurance costs), so I signed ...

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I might have to join the 'shift the S to the left' crew tonight

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Day 3.15: Success, 242.0

Weight really isn't dropping, but I haven't had the time to exercise the way I need to. Going to start cutting back on my meals until I start being hungry between them, and see what happens

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Day 3.14: Success: 239.5!

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Day 3.13: Failed, 241.0

Had a buddy drop into town and went out for munchies and beer. Oh well

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Day 3.10: S-Day, 240.0
Day 3.11: S-Day, 240.5

Day 3.12: Success, 242.5 (oops! Too much S junk)

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I found an interesting description of this board by Deb: food addictions recovery group

That kind of turned on a light bulb for me.

Yes, I am a food addict. I rely on food to bolster my mood, fill empty time, and provide focus to the day. I ignore the side effects of too much food intake.

Or at ...

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Wow... Looks like Spring is springing here so that should improve everything!!! We have just been cooped up way too long and Sun deprived!

I absolutely have to agree with you there. It's springtime, Opening Day is only weeks away, and the natural 'store calories' cycle is just about over. Bring ...

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Sounds funny, like I'm talking about a drug or something, but I guess in some ways Coke is a drug.

Actually, that's absolutely true. Caffeine is a stimulant, as is sugar (quick boost), and so one really does feel better in the short term with sodas. John Hopkins University has done a study that ...

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Thanks ceu

It's a slow process for me, but I've always had a very very slow metabolism and everyone in my family is fat. I still have a ways to go (goal - 185, or 'damned good', whichever comes first) but it'll happen.

Day 3.9: Success . 241.5

Interesting link: http://www.louisdorman.com/weblog ...

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Day 3.8: Success, 240.5

I had to cut a new hole in my belt today! Proof the body changes I thought I've seen are real. WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Try it sitting on one of those huge balls. Serious ab workout

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Heya Deb

I'm keeping track not for the instantaneous weight (which we all know can be truly screwed up) but to keep an easy source of info for my exponentially smoothed weighted moving average chart that I generate every now and then. If you haven't looked at The Hacker's Diet, there's some great ...

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Day 3.6: Failure, 241.0

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Day 3.4: S-day, 241.5

Day 3.5: Success, 240.5

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Day 3.2: Success, 240.0

Day 3.3: S-day, 241.5

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Congrats

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Day 3.1: Success

Weight: 241.0

SG: 15 @ 10.5

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Day 2.21: Success

Shovelglove is back, felt good after a too-long stint away from it. Still got to grout the tile though :( 21 day weigh-in today is 241.5. I've been as low as 240 even. I started at 246, and on my first checking was 245.5, so some progress finally.

I have noticed body shape ...

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Day 2.20: Success

Normal foods for all meals, no funny stuff. More tiling, that's exercise enough for this old man

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Day 2.17: S day
Day 2.18: S day

Day 2.19: Success

Food
Breakfast: burrito
Lunch: catfish poboy
Dinner: pot roast

Exercise
Walked 1.2 miles, nice day today

Notes
S days were pretty good. Didn't really go hog wild on anything. Very sore today, I laid 400 sq feet of ceramic tile in my ...

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Day 2.16: Success

Food
Breakfast: none
Lunch: beef broccoli
Dinner: subway 6"

Exercise
SG: 15 min @ 10.5 lbs

Thanks for the various encouragements. I'm still going to call it a failure, because I made the conscious decision to go eat sweets. Gotta hammer the habit hard now while it's being ...

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I don't go into high detail on my food log, but as others said I can use it as a diagnostic tool if I get stuck. Now that I have the habit (mostly) locked in, I can start changing portions and types of food until I find what works for me.

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Day 2.14: Failure
Sick and just fell back into old habits.

Day 2.15: Success

Food
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Pizza
Dinner: Strip steak, corn, german potatoes

Exercise
SG: 30 min @ 10.5 lbs

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Day 2.10: S day
Day 2.11: S day
Day 2.12: S day

Day 2.13: Success

Food
Breakfast: Burrito
Lunch: Cobb salad
Dinner: Chili

Exercise

None, ill

Notes

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I use the sledge as the weight in a one-armed dumbell pec fly.

I do it with the head of the hammer down. Keep that other hand available to grab the end of the shaft as it goes horizontal over the body. 50 of these on each side will get your attention! As usual with any over-the-body sledge ...

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Day 2.9: Success

Food
Breakfast: burrito
Lunch: shrimp po boy
Dinner: pbj sandwich & yogurt

Exercise
none

Notes
Weigh in: 245 lbs. No significant weight loss yet

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Day 2.8: Failure

Food
Breakfast: burrito
Lunch: chicken & artichoke pasta
Dinner: Spaghetti

Exercise
SG, 28 min @ 10.5 lbs

Notes
failure: munched on chips and queso during happy hour, it didn't even cross my mind until I was well into them.

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re: snacks

Change the definition. There's a loophole -- have 4 smaller meals rather than the 3 traditional ones. Just make sure the other meals are indeed smaller, to compensate.

Some folk on here eat 4, some eat 2, most eat 3. The most important thing is getting the habit right, so don't set ...

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Day 2.7: Success

Food
Breakfast: Soup
Lunch: Cashew Chicken
Dinner: Chicken Ranch Sandwich

Exercise
SG, 28 min @ 10.5 lbs

Notes
Morning and evening SG today, going to see how that works. Different routine between morning and night.

No significant weight change, but the arms and shoulders ...

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Anyhow, this has wandered WAY off topic! :lol: Sorry Guy, I really should save these random rants for my own checkin thread rather than filling someone elses up with this stuff. :P

C.

No issues with that, fill away!

One of my hobbies involves me with a group of guys that are perceived as ...

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Oh, I like greedy capitalist pigs -- I happen to be one. I dislike the infusion of cash into romance, and that's driven by the women. I disliked it when I couldn't afford it, and dislike it now that I can. It just cuts way too close to prostitution for my tastes, especially in early stages of ...

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Notes
I hate Valentine's Day

Why?

1) Artificial holiday (although all really are)

2) Suddenly the value of one's relationship is judged by the $$$ one spends

3) That $$$ spent is heavily weighted towards the female recipient, despite the constant cry for equality in treatment

4) All the ...

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Day 2.6: Success

Food
Breakfast: grapenuts ("N-V-T-S, nuts") cereal
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Insta-nuke
Dinner: Spaghetti

Exercise
SG, 14 min @ 10.5 lbs
Movie Ranger: Robots, 91 min @ 2.1 MPH = 3.185 miles

Notes
I hate Valentine's Day

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Day 2.4 - S-Day
Day 2.5 - S-Day

Day 2.5: Success

Food
Breakfast: grapenuts ("N-V-T-S, nuts") cereal
Lunch: Lean Cuisine InstaNuke
Dinner: TexMex, technically one plate but stretching a bit I think

Exercise
Lazy day, nothing but watching Olympic snowboarders on the tube

Notes
I've ...

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Hey Deb

I was just curious, how did you end up being the Head Cheerleader for the No S Movement ? I really think that without that constant 'You can DO it" mantra you chant on our threads that many (including myself) would have quit shortly after starting.

All this said in the most friendly way ...

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Day 2.3: Success

Food
Breakfast: Burrito
Lunch: 1/2 of a Fajita Nacho plate
Dinner: Spaghetti

Exercise
SG, 14 min @ 10.5 lbs

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I plan on drinking myself into oblivion. Does that count as an S-day?

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Day 2.2: Success

Food
Breakfast: the other 1/2 of a takeout chicken fried rice
Lunch: Chicken, capers and pasta
Dinner: Soup & Triscuits

Exercise
SG, 14 min @ 10.5 lbs

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Made it though the 21 days on my second try.

Official weigh in: 240.5, down from 242.5. See my log for the whining

On to the second set of 21

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Y'all weren't kidding about the weight fluctuations: 240.5 today, that's a 5 lb swing in a day. Sheesh....

Anyway, here we go with another round of 21. Keep on keepin' on.

Day 2.1: Success

Food
Breakfast: Soup
Lunch: Subway 6" meal, along the the .6 mile walk
Dinner: 1/2 of a takeout chicken ...

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Day 21: Success

Food
Breakfast: burrito
Lunch: Salmon/brocolli
Diiner: Cereal w banaannaanaaana

Exercise
Nothing today -- bad Guy!

I'm UP 3 lbs :( :( :( from my second start: 242.5 to 245.5

I know, slow progress is expected, but negative? I might as well be eating pizzas.

21 more days ...

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This company will build you a custom hourglass. They already have a 15 minute version

http://www.hourglasses.com/html/custom_crafted.html

No affiliation, etc.

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Day 18: S Day
Day 19: S Day

Day 20: Success

Food
Breakfast: Soup
Lunch: Shanghai wings
Dinner: Soup & banana

Exercise
Crack O' Dawn shovelglove: 14 min @ 10.5 lbs
Movie Ranger: Mars Attacks! 106 minutes @ 2.2 MPH = 3.87 miles

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Tricia

My sister-in-law has been dancing for years, even performs with a troop at the local renfaires and such. If you PM me your location, I'll see if she knows of a good instructor in your area.

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Thanks all for the perspective. I guess I'm a bit disappointed, but I must remember that it took years to go from 160 to 240, and I suppose it will take a while to get back there. I was expecting more by now, but I'll just keep plugging.

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Hey Deb.

Thanks for the thoughts. Fair notice: I don't cook. At all. I stopped even trying after melting 2 pots in a month while making hot chocolate. My oven in this house doesn't even work (although it's pretty!) Everything is microwave-based or dine-out. That's just me, after 37 years I don't ...

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5'9", 242 lbs, 52 chest

I was a slug beforehand. I am starting to notice some development in the arms and shoulders. No apparent change in waist size nor potbelly size

I could cut way back to a 1000 calorie diet, but that's always ended up rebounding on me in the past.

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So I'm on day 16, or 20something counting the first attempt. I was feeling pretty good, but I got on the scales last night and I've not lost any weight in the past 15 days.

I'm shovelgloving, and walking 3-4 miles a day and being pretty aggressive on the No-S and portion size. Any suggestions?

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Day 16: Success

Breakfast: Various eggs/bacon/sausage things at a staff meeting, only 1 plate

Lunch: Shrimp Creole

Dinner: Grilled chicken sandwich and half a small order of fries

Decided to put the exercise back in the logs:
Movie Ranger : Driven (yeah, it's junk, but I'm really missing F1 ...

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Day 15: Success (but it's a good thing alcohol doesn't count!)

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Thanks CaroleJo. That's the only way to think right now

Day 14 (man, I hope I'm losing weight): Success

Crack o dawn shovelglove: 14 min @ 10.5 lbs

Breakfast: Lean cuisine insta-nuke

Lunch: boneless buffalo wings

Dinner: more chicken leftovers

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Day 12 - S day

Day 13 - Success

Crack o' dawn shovelglove: 14 min @ 10.5 lbs

Breakfast: Lean Cuisine insta-nuke

Lunch: Chicken/Mushroom/Pesto Tortellini

Dinner: Roast Chicken and corn

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Hi Becky, welcome to the No-S thing

I certainly don't think I invented 'watching tv while exercizing" -- there's a whole arena of various kinetic machinery facing a bank of TVs at the gym I used to go to. I just can't stand plodding along staring at a wall, and it's always too dark and cold to go ...

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Day 10: Success

Crack o'dawn shovelglove: not today, woke up REALLY late again! Got to get a better clock...

Breakfast: Peanut butter and raspberry sandwich, yum.

Lunch: Cachew chicken

Dinner: Chopped steak, gravy, black-eyed peas, yams

No Movie Ranger , ended up playing a marathon game of ...

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I found the site from a random Slashdot comment about bashing things with sledgehammers -- I believe it was in a poll or something. That link led to the shovelglove site. I tried SG, turns out I love it (very stress relieving) and then read through the rest of the stuff. I'm not going to do the ...

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Hey, that's a good idea!

I keep a log here, but I just went through and marked all my S and N days from my second start -- every bit of reinforcement helps

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Day 9: Success

Crack o'dawn shovelglove: 14 @ 10.5 lbs -- amazing how heavy that thing seems after a day off

Breakfast: sausage/egg/potato burrito

Lunch: Margarita Grilled Chicken from Chili's

Dinner: Spaghetti

Movie Ranger : Three Amigos , 104 minutes @ 2 MPH = 3.47 miles

There's a box of ...

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Day 8: Success

Crack o'dawn shovelglove: not today, woke up REALLY late!

Breakfast: Peanut butter and raspberry sandwich, yum. All natural peanut butter (peanuts and sea salt), and that new O Organic preserves that's just fruit and milled sugar.

Lunch: .64 mile walk to/from Subway, 6 inch sub ...

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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10992888/

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found that people suffering from depression who walked on a treadmill for 30 minutes reported feeling more vigorous and had a greater sense of psychological well-being for up to an hour after completing the workout ...

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Day 7: Success

Crack o'dawn shovelglove: 14 @ 10.5 lbs

Breakfast: sausage/egg/potato burrito

Lunch: .64 mile walk to/from Subway, 6 inch sub meal

Dinner: Chili leftovers, kernel corn

Movie Ranger: Drumline, 118 minutes @ 2.3 mph = 4.52 miles

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Day 5: S-day I stayed away from the Dr. Peppers on the second S day, but had honey buffalo wings :D

Day 6: Success

Crack o'dawn shovelglove: 14 @ 10.5 lbs

Breakfast: Lean cuisine insta-nuke

Lunch: .64 mile walk to/from Subway, 6 inch sub meal

Dinner: Chili

Movie Ranger : The Hired Heart ...

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Day 4: S-day

Only strange thing is that I had several Dr. Peppers with dinner, and immediately got a headache. I don't know if it's related to the sudden sugar intake or not. Surely something to monitor next weekend.

re: treadmill -- I don't use the supports, just walk normally. When I grab the ...

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Day 3: Success

Crack-of-Dawn shovelglove 14 @ 10.5. Amazing how much extra effort that additional 2.5 lbs added. Gotta be careful with that extra leverage.

Breakfast: sausage/egg/potato burrito

Lunch: Enchiladas

Dinner: Pot roast, green beans and rice

Tonight's Movie Ranger : Chicago . Got ...

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Hey! I didn't realize that one can edit these posts in perpetuity.

So, I'll use these to keep running daily logs, rather than publishing post-day. Maybe it will keep me on track.

Day 2: Success

Crack-of-Dawn shovelglove 14@8

Breakfast: sausage/egg/potato burrito

Lunch: .64 mile walk to/from ...

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Deb,

Sorry to hear of your troubles. Usually good comes from these kinds of tribulations, it's just a matter of changing channels

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Ok, Day 1 again....

Wed: Success , no sweets or snacks or seconds

Shovelglove, 14@8

Walked 119 minutes on the treadmill @ 2.1 miles an hour while watching Serenity . It's easier mentally for me to do this type of thing rather than the Suburban Ranger. 'Movie Ranger' perhaps? :D edit: fancy ...

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Wednesday: FAILED

It's not even dinnertime yet

I had a peanut butter cookie without thinking about it.

On the positive side, I did SG

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Tuesday: Success

Breakfast: Lean Cuisine insta-nuke
Lunch: Salmon and veggies (no pie samples offered today, thank goodness)
Dinner: Cheeseburger (it _does_ fit on a plate)

No snacks/sweets/seconds

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Welcome!

Watch the overhead height, especially on the chopping motions

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Monday: Success

Breakfast: Breakfast Burrito
Lunch: Salmon + veggies
EDIT: They were giving away mudslide pie samples at Chili's! How evil is that?? Get thee behind me, or the sledgehammer comes out

Dinner: Turkey/Ham sandwich

SG: 14 min @ 8 lbs

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I don't know if I'm supposed to post S days or not, but I might as well keep track of eating habits.

Saturday: S-day . Treat was Manwiches for lunch, more than I should have :D

Sunday: S-day . Got up at 1 pm, so 'breakfast/lunch/dinner' came at 4 with chicken enchiladas. Had 3 chocolate chip ...

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Friday: Success

Breakfast: leftover chicken (I'm just not an eggs-n-biscuit person)
Lunch: 6 inch Subway sub + Baked Lays
Dinner: 1/2 Chicken Fried Rice takeout

Perhaps not the best choices for food, but first the habit then the food change. All I can say is thank goodness for Coke Zero, which is ...

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Thurs: Success

Breakfast: Lean Cuisine Beef Portabello insta-nuke
Lunch: 2 slices pizza
Dinner: roast chicken on salad with raspberry vinagarette

Temptations: Strawberry shortcake at an office Bday party. Passed on it.

Shovelglove: 14 minutes, 8 lbs

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So, let's see how this goes

Tues: Success
Wed: Success

Starting weight 246, will weigh again at 21 day mark.

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