Everyday Systems

Kevin wrote:The funny thing I've found about going to bed hungry is that it doesn't cause me to wake up hungry.

When you sleep, your body produces higher levels of leptin, which is a hormone involved in controlling appetite. I wish I could turn that ability on at will

Thursday, Feb 23 - Success

B: Cheerieos, Milk, Banana
L: Healthy Choice mac & cheese/chicken strips, Pear
D: Grilled cheese sammich, tomato soup, lf cookies & milk

SG: Success - I couldn't do it this morning due to my indescretion with the beer monster last night (ugh, what a rough day), but I ...

Thanks, miguided_angel :)

Wed, Feb 22 - Failure

Diet - Failure

B: Whole wheat tortilla w/1 tbsp peanut butter; 1 c cottage cheese and grape tomatoes
L: Salmon, spaghetti squash
Mini-meal: banana, breakfast bar
D: 4 beers, no food

Yes, dinner had the effect you might think. Ugh. I went out and ...

I hope nobody minds if I create a daily checkin here. I'm doing NoS in my head, even if I'm doing it a little differently for now.

I am eating 3 squares most days (down from 4), but I'm counting calories and not really doing much "sometimes" on S days. I am planning on gradually incorporating S ...

Must be something going around. :/

I think I must have eaten at least two or three days worth of food yesterday. ICK!

What is it about takeout Sesame Chicken that reduces me to a helpless eating machine??

Some things that I like for breakfast:

Cold, broiled salmon with raw sugar snap peas.

Caprese salad: Buffalo Mozerella and Grape Tomatoes with a teaspoon of olive oil, salt and pepper, and optional splash of balsemic vinegar. (I had this one today and it was YUM)

Low fat cottage cheese with cut ...

I often find that when I am blue or feel overwhelmed and hatin' on myself, that I've not been getting enough sleep!

I am a night owl, but have a regular 9-5 job, so I tend to short myself on sleep because it's hard to make myself go to bed. After a few days of this, I will start thinking everything ...

When I first when on my diet, I didn't know it was called NoS. I just thought I would eat 3 meals a day and no snacking. I first tried it with 3 meals a day, but like you, could not make it from lunch to dinner without feeling weak and getting a headache. I do a lot of technical work, and simply ...

Thanks, That Guy.

That's very cool. I wish they were a little bit less expensive, though. The five inch custom one (which it seems like they could make it be 14 minutes) is $55, and the kit is $75.

Pete - if you come up with any ideas on how to make one yourself, please share!! :)

Update: I found ...

I want a 14 minute sand timer, and here's why:

One morning, I had a guest who stayed overnight in the room I usually do my shovelgloving in. So when I got up, I had to go to the basement - okay fine. But I had no timer!

I spotted a two minute game timer my kids had, so I used it - turning upside ...

Somebody tipped off Lifehacker about ShovelGlove. Prepare for new members

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/diy/ ... 151127.php

Sweet hot mustard is my secret weapon.

It makes just about anything taste amazing. I especially like it with baked turkey tenderloin, or salmon cakes.

I was always a mayo girl, but I will choose the sweet hot mustard over mayo for a sammich now.

Urban Rangering is great for you body, but the sun is not so nice to my skin, at least. I normally wear an spf 15 for sensivitve skin, and that works if I'm not out much, but I need something better if I'm going to be outside more.

Anybody have any recommendations for sunscreens they use? Anybody ...

The isolated vs integrated difference makes a lot of sense and I will not worry. I felt much better this morning after the weekend off, and although it was definitely effort, it wasn't so bad.

I also warmed up for a minute beforehand (since I am SUCH a bad morning person) by bouncing around and ...

There are a lot of great essays regarding modern life and food and health on that site. Great link, David!

Day 3 - Shovelgloving must be burning a ton of calories because I have been HUNGRY!!!

Also - most strength training information I see recommends not working the same muscle groups everyday. Do most people do this every day, or alternate days? My biceps are really sore today - should I lay off the ...

For the last six weeks or so, I've been using the time while I wait for my coffee to brew in the morning to straighten out the house.

I either load the dishwasher or unload it, depending on whether I was tidy enough the night before. Regardless, this way, the dishes never pile up more than one day ...

Hello. I'm kellenheller.

I just urban rangered down to walmart and picked up an 8 lb sledgehammer, and then carried it back on my walk. I thought I'd kinda count that was my first SG, but then I really wanted to try it out for real, so I set the timer and away I went.

Ow.

I can see how this could ...