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sherlock

Something strange I just realized. While I sometimes eat a handful of M&Ms or reese's pieces, I almost never have any other sweets -- even on S days. I don't eat ice cream or cake, and I didn't even have pie on Thanksgiving. But oddly, I never feel like I'm depriving myself either, and half the time ...

sherlock

12/6: sweets fail: I tried one of my wife's M&Ms. They were peanut butter, which I had never had, and I was curious.

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11/30: snack fail. Wife made banana bread. I had a couple slices after dinner.

sherlock

Lots of craziness in the past month. Had a few slip ups, but I can't remember what they were and I did a poor job of tracking. Rest assured, I have been regularly shoveling and doing my best to keep up with no-s, but I am going to have to start fresh with the tracking portion of it.

So today:

11 ...

sherlock

Had a few slip ups with snacks and sweets lately. Was sick last week so exempted myself from shovelglove. Been walking a lot and have lost about 12 pounds in the past 6 weeks.

sherlock

Had a few slip ups lately.

10/4: Sweets failure (had a snickers bar)
10/5: Sweets and snacks failure (had a chocolate chip cookie at work)
10/7: Sweets failure (had a cookie with lunch)

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9/30: seconds fail. worked late with some people and we ordered a pizza, and I ended up taking seconds.

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9/22 went out with a couple buddies I haven't seen in awhile, and just went right to bed when I got home. Avoidable fail, but a fail no less.

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9/20: seconds fail. Co-worker and I had a frozen pizza for lunch, and I grabbed two extra slices without even thinking about it. I need to have more discipline in this respect. I feel like I've been doing this without even realizing it.

On the bright side, I have begun walking much, much more ...

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9/16: snacks and seconds fail. on the golf course, hungry, grabbed a snickers. then ended up having a small portion of seconds for dinner without even thinking about it.

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no slip ups for a couple weeks... until tonight.

9/14: seconds failure. had chicken for dinner (not KFC, but real chicken) and didn't take enough on my first plate. i went back for seconds. frankly, if you combine the portions it still wasn't a whole lot... but need to be honest.

sherlock

8/27, 8/30, 8/31: shovelglove failure. Friday I skipped because I spent the entire day setting up for a wedding reception. I probably could have squeezed it in once I got home, but I also had to be up early on Saturday and decided I'd prefer sleep. Monday and Tuesday were just products of the fact ...

sherlock

david wrote:Could it be that the many posters over the years who have complained that Shovelglove doesn't work the abs aren't actually engaging the abs?

--David

I've wondered the same thing. My abs are working with nearly every move.

sherlock

8/19: seconds failure.

8/20: snacks/sweets failure. Played in a golf tournament and started to feel very tired and hungry halfway through. Needed a little boost so I grabbed a snickers from the cart girl.

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8/18: sweets failure. Was at father-in-law's for family dinner. One of my wife's brothers had a box of gobstoppers. He offered me a handful, and without thinking I accepted.

sherlock

It's been about ten days but I wanted to check in to note that I have had zero failures since those referenced in my previous post. Though my wife did try to tempt me with a bowl of ice cream a couple of times!

sherlock

This is, I believe, my fifth or sixth week back at shovelglove. Funny thing happened when I did my routine today: I felt a surge of endurance, as though I was swinging a 4 pound sledge. I did break a sweat, but overall it didn't feel nearly as difficult as it was even last week. It's strange to ...

sherlock

I've been around here for a couple years, posting infrequently and exclusively in the shovelglove section. Figured I should start a check in page to keep myself honest (and so in a few months I can look back and figure out what was happening.)

Clean first few weeks.

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Wed, 8/4/2010: seconds ...

sherlock

When I first picked it up I had that problem a couple of times. I just made sure to keep a close eye on my form to avoid this strain, and to do the movements slower. That seemed to help me. Haven't had any problems since.

Good to hear you are enjoying it.

sherlock

Yeah, it was definitely grueling. And we didn't get paid well, but all of us that were involved I think wouldn't trade the experience for anything.

Still working on the part about finding something less stressful. For now I'm enjoying a little relaxation. Wife wishes I would enjoy it a little less ...

sherlock

I've posted here occassionally in the past.

I first took up this activity back in December of 08. I did it fairly frequently until October of last year. I missed some days each month and my diet wasn't great, but I still had pretty good results considering my level of commitment.

Then in October I ...

sherlock

I drive, but unfortunately I don't drive to one place and stay there most of the day. I drive to perhaps 4 or 5 places, often with hours of drive time. I have yet to find the time to shovelglove during these trips, but I am still hopeful that I'll figure out a way.

For now, I've been doing a better ...

sherlock

Wow, I just realized I haven't posted anything here since May. Yikes.

Even though I have been inactive on the board, I should say I am pretty pleased with the way things are going so far. Going back to May, I had only missed a couple of days of shovelglove. What do I have to show for it? Other than ...

sherlock

Along these same lines, I'm going on vacation in a couple of weeks. It's only for five days, but I am not bringing the sledge.

I'm torn between marking it as a yellow or a red. On the one hand, it's a vacation. On the other hand, marking a full week yellow seems like cheating when I could just as ...

sherlock

Even though I don't really post here very much, I do read the boards every few days. And it does make me feel good to post an update here every now and then.

So with that in mind, here goes:

Since my last post I have gotten back in to actually shovelgloving. I still do the bodyweight exercises ...

sherlock

Wow, it's been a lot longer since I have posted here than I thought it has been. I'm probably due for an update.

March 22 marked my three month anniversary of shovelgloving. I had only missed two days up to that point. I missed one day a few days later when I was house sitting and didn't bring my ...

sherlock

I also noticed last week that my form was bad on a few moves, specifically the shoveling and chop wood. I couldn't believe it when it hit me, but somewhere along the way I had changed the way I had been performing those moves!
Sherlock, I'm prone to the same thing. To keep myself from forging on ...

sherlock

Two months ago today I started shovelgloving, and I am happy to say that I have only missed one day so far.

I am feeling better about myself already, but there is still work to do. I helped a friend of mine move a couple of weeks ago, and I was noticing that I was having an easier time lifting some ...

sherlock

Your body looks somewhat similar to mine. I appreciate you doing this (assuming you follow through), because I can compare your changes to mine to see how I'm stacking up. We started at roughly the same time, so hopefully we should experience changes at roughly the same pace. (Isn't that how these ...

sherlock

It's been awhile since I've posted here, but rest assured, all is well. I have only missed one N-day since starting on 12/22/08, and that was last week when I was feeling sick.

Wrharper: I was in the same boat as you when I started. After a few weeks I noticed minor changes, but as Reinhard ...

sherlock

Quick update:

I have now been on the program for three weeks, or thirteen actual shovelglove days. I haven't missed an n-day yet, including this past week when my life underwent a radical shift in scheduling due to my new job.

After three weeks I still don't feel like the habit has formed ...

sherlock

Thank you for the advice on your current weekly routine. I will take that into consideration for week three.

Week two was up and down. I shovelgloved every day (except New Years Day), but a couple of days I didn't feel like I got as strenuous a workout as other days. Overall, I still feel good. I ...

sherlock

I started shugging on Monday, and made it through the entire week problem-free. It was a fun week; I woke up each morning looking forward to the work for the day ahead. Obviously I took Christmas off, but it was still a good week.

I would like to say I have already started to notice changes in my ...

sherlock

Welcome, Sherlock!

I haven't updated this page in a while, but it's still not a bad place to start:

http://shovelglove.com/testimonials

You can see my personal results (plus no-s, though fat doesn't seem to be your problem) here:

http://nosdiet.com/beforeafter.html

(2008 will be up shortly ...

sherlock

I am not a -- I hope this is the right term -- shovelglover. At least not yet.

But I am looking for a new program that I can do from home. From the looks of it, shovelglove will give me functional strength. That is very important.

But I am also a man. I don't want to look like a bodybuilder, but I ...

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