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Kevin

I'm sure it would be just fine for you. To a certain degree, you can't fight your body type (short people can't be tall, and tall people can't be short), so I wouldn't worry too much about whether a particular exercise is "optimal" for your body type. Good exercise is infinitely better than no ...

Kevin

I'm going to start this tomorrow. Sounds like a good challenge!

Kevin

I, too, respect the lonesome S.

Hoeka wrote:I'm a proud Sometimesian, and it's been some time since this thread, probably my favourite, has been bumped

Quite appropriate, too, seeing that today is an S day

Kevin

Honolulu?

gk wrote:
Grammy G wrote:So what we need is a sunny environment..not too hot, not too cold...where we have no stress or reason not to get a good night's sleep.. Know where to find that? Neither do I!! :shock:
LOL! Yeah, where IS that place? I want to go there!!! :lol:

Kevin

Somewhere on this forum someone once made the observation that I find critical to NoS - a variety of foods at each meal. A meal must have at least four different things in small portions. A mono-meal, like pizza, will leave me hungry and completely un-sated.

Breakfast for me might be a few ...

Kevin

I guess you'll sweat more because you don't create a "head wind" on the treadmill.

I'm not doing too well on the program. It's been hard to find a consistent time to do so. Because of the Type I diabetes, running around dinner time is hard (my Bg plummets), and my wife runs the dog in the morning ...

Kevin

Good work, Deb. Walking makes everything better.

Kevin

No, it isn't, especially if you went from winter to summer this week like we did.
Monday: Failure

Primary goal: SUCCESS!!!!!

Technically, this is the first workout that falls under the failure category. the goal was to be able to run for 20 minutes, but I only was able to sustain continous ...

Kevin

I think it's fine to add the small, fourth meal. Maybe someday it won't be an issue.

I would make it meal food. Some nuts and cut up fruit or carrots. Don't let it get sweet for convenience's sake.

I don't have the mid-morning problem, I have the late afternoon problem. Right now, I don't need ...

Kevin

The title of this thread got my attention. :)

Kevin

Just finished Week 1 of Couch to 5K. Thanks again for talking about it.

Kevin

This is an excellent idea.

gratefuldeb67 wrote:...
maybe convince him to go with you a few times and come up with a predictable route in advance. this way if you are late or anything, at least he knows where to look for you in case you have an accident.
good luck.

Kevin

This may sound stupid, but did you weigh them? I have a 12 pounder that is a little over 10 and a half pounds, and an eight pounder that is close to 9. :( Besides the fact that I know it is heavier, I went up from 8 lbs to 10 lbs, and the 10 lber didn't slow me down at all. Doing the back scratchers ...

Kevin

I take a multi-multivitamin because my endocrinologist told me to. I'm a Type I diabetic.

I do believe a feel better if I take a vitamin.

Kevin

A dog you care about is the best exercise machine.

wosnes wrote:My dog. Walking has always been my favorite form of exercise, but I'm lazy. The dog gets me moving.

Kevin

Hold out for something worthwhile!
I don't really have a plan for this weekend's S Days... Which could be problematic. I do have a bakery cookie I saved from the blood drive this afternoon- might eat it, might not. It's not REALLY special. I do have several bars of nice chocolate that I've ...

Kevin

You're not the first woman to report this here.

Frankly, I understand his concern. I worry when my wife walks away from the house, too. She brings the dog which helps, and a cell phone, but I'd be happier if she would bring pepper spray.

but I don't think DH will let me. He's kind of paranoid ...

Kevin

If you are losing, comfortable with yourself, and okay with NoS, maybe don't worry about where you will be someday. You'll be where you will be. If you feel like you need to lose more when you get there, you'll have to eat a little less or exercise more.

Anyway, that's my philosophy at the moment ...

Kevin

So tonight we had salmon, which is a good excuse to eat asparagus. We also had quinoa. Asparagus and quinoa are very good together, very complimentary flavors.

Kevin

It can be difficult to get small children to eat three, or even four, times a day. Mostly, we worried about nutrition.

Who Me? wrote:Aren't you the one in control of the food?

Kevin

True about restaurants. They are a killer.

Kevin

More vegetables, less starch of all sorts (bread, potatoes, rice, pasta).

Kevin

Thanks. Will be putting this on the list. Any other recommendations for sides? I like broc, but I like to have a few sides... more things (in smaller portions) are much more satisfying for me. Have you tried anything else?

Yeah, it's really really easy. Here's where I got the recipe:

http://www ...

Kevin

Be aware that the KB workout is likely to increase your hunger. See if you can plan around that somehow. Just my observation from when I try to do serious resistance training while NoSing.

After another year or so of fad diets ( low carb), and fad diet failures I'm back to starting plain vanilla ...

Kevin

I see your ticker tape is moving in the right direction, 'dee. :)

I'm doing okay. I'm not really losing any weight, but I'm okay with that for the moment. Oddly, my pants keep getting looser anyway. I'll make further adjustments if I need to.

Koopa (on this board) wrote about the Couch to 5K ...

Kevin

Just wanted you to know I started the Couch to 2K program yesterday. So, by my birthday (June 15) I should be ready to run the whole 5K...

Thanks for the inspiration.

Kevin

Dinner sounds exotic. Did you pull that off yourself? I'm impressed.
Day 1 - SUCCESS!

Breakfast - Trader Joe's vanilla almond crunch granola, fresh blackberries, skim milk, coffee with half & half and sugar

Lunch - Whole wheat wrap with chipotle hummus, lettuce, avocado, and shredded cheddar ...

Kevin

Deb,

Is it possible for apple cider vinegar, which is acetic acid, to neutralize stomach acid? I know it has a good reputation, but I can't see how it could decrease acidity, being an acid itself.

hi who me :)
really sorry to hear about your food allergies.. i just read your thread on the general ...

Kevin

Way to go!

Mrandy1 wrote:Feels great to get back to the structure of an N day!

Today I begin the 4th week

I had one failure which was rather instructive.

I'm down 6.2 lbs since 3/20/11

Kevin

You are right, of course.

Some of what we do on No-S is only for the sake of the habit. There are other ways of restricting calories and losing weight. This just happens to be an elegant, liveable one.

I'm unconvinced that an apple is bad and apple juice is good. Im not sure this makes any ...

Kevin

Love your siggy quote, Melamin.

Melamin wrote:Sounds like you enjoyed your holiday :)
Well done on going walking!!

Kevin

First, if you need a small meal late afternoon for a while - or even forever - have one. It's better than failing and binging. Way better. I do four meals sometimes when we're going to eat late, I breakfasted and lunched early, and I just know I'm going to defeat myself. I don't always, but ...

Kevin

I looked at the web site, and I'm starting today. Thanks for the unintentional inspiration. :)

Only question, do you have a 30 second countdown timer or something that helps you keep track of the time? Or do you just use a watch?

Would it make almost as much sense to count paces rather than ...

Kevin

I like that - siblings and accomplices. :)
Congratulations on your pregnancy! Two of mine are 13 months apart and while they are not the best of friends they are most certainly each others accomplices ;)
I think this would be an excellent way of eating if you are pregnant, you are not restricting ...

Kevin

You could always go with the harmless, too, like books, music, computer software, etc. I really like everyone else's suggestions, too. We've all gotten used to ignoring those things.

Kevin

I wouldn't decrease your meals yet. Get used to it first. And nice work so far - congratulations on your will power.

Kevin

Run Lori, run! :)

Tomorrow I'm going to Las Vegas for the weekend.

Am I going for the endless buffets or the free cocktails or the bazillions of slot machines, waiting to pay me BIG BUCKS!

Nope, not me.

I'll be doing a half marathon on Saturday and a half marathon on Sunday. Back to back races ...

Kevin

Congratulations!

Kevin

Wow. I wish you the best of luck. You have a lot to handle.

Kevin

A fascinating article TexArk found...

http://www.everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=7503

Kevin

Good luck with it this time. Glad you are back.

Kevin

Just wanted to stop in and say hello. I'm sorry about your daughter. It must have been heartbreaking.

I would like to set a goal to do something like you are doing - I currently run/walk about a 50/50 split, but the running is faster than jogging. I might look at that site and see about it!

One ...

Kevin

I use stevia with lemon or lime juice in water. It has a bit of an after taste of its own, which makes me wonder how well it will go with less acidic tastes.

For anyone who would like to make H2Orange using Crystal Light, but hesitates because of the artificial sweetener, I thought I'd mention ...

Kevin

Recognizing what you are about to do, then stopping, is a big step. Day 2: Success!!
Woop! Sorta had a snack/meal but it was only fruit and veggies that were out on a table when I got out of class and was really hungry! I almost absent mindedly took 2 cookies from the same table, and was literally ...

Kevin

I'm a little surprised that no one answered! It's an allegory, where the symbol for "plain", is vanilla. So no modifications at all. Some people do modifications like doing their S days Friday 6 P.M. till Sunday at 6:00 P.M., or taking just one S day.

Kevin

Nice.

Kevin

Noel always says it best.

NoelFigart wrote:My opinion: If it's NATURAL for you to eat two meals a day, go for it.

That said, I think it would be amazingly FOOLISH to TRY to do it to be extra "good" if it's not naturally a comfortable pattern.

Kevin

Another not-great week. Truly, I took today off and forgot it was Friday, not Saturday this morning!

Oh well. It'll be okay. The scale is moving down a little again, and I'll get back on track tomorrow.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend.

Kevin

Where do you put it? :)

I'm 5'9", 179 pounds, and wear a size 36, and size L sport shirts...

Not literally that is...I weigh 186 on my scale (5' 9"), but theoretically. One of the allusions Tom Naughton made in Fat Head is that government "ideals" don't necessarily fit. He gave an example of a ...

Kevin

I get dizzy just reading your posts. You do a lot of running!

Kevin

You'll probably do just fine at school. If you find three meals a day easy, then consider increasing veggies and decreasing starches. Other than that, I wouldn't change much.

But start with three meals a day. If your meal habits are anything like my college-student daughter's, that'll be a big ...

Kevin

As long as you can not get depressed when your weight goes up, it's not the worst compulsion.

Point of reference, my weight is usually three pounds higher in the afternoon than it is in the morning. And it can vary by 2 pounds on any given day.

So don't let the variation bother you.

Started ...

Kevin

Lunch to dinner is the hardest stretch for many people, no matter about lunch.

I would make lunch my biggest meal. See how it goes from there. As hard as it is to believe, this just won't bother you much in a month.

Kevin

I need my greens, so I order a green salad with dressing on the side. Fork dips into the dressing, then into the salad. Gives you a taste of the dressing, let's you control the enormous amount of sugar and oil in restaurant dressing.

If I'm alone, I ask them not to bring bread until dinner is ...

Kevin

I hope they have a Droid version!
I don't know how many iPhone users we have here. And I know I am probably not posting this in the right place. But I found and downloaded a free Gymboss timer the allows you to maker different timers. So I made up a Shovelglove timer, so you can listen to your ...

Kevin

For many of us, lunch to dinner is the worst stretch. It'll get better, but it can be very hard if you are prepping dinner. Good luck. Hold on tight!
Well, I was very reluctant to post because I thought the No S diet would be something else I'd try and abandon. But, then I thought "What if it isn't ...

Kevin

That's significant weight loss in a month. Way to go.

Kevin

I'm happy for you, mrsj.

mrsj wrote::D :D :D 25 Mar: Green. YAY! 21 days completed!

26 Mar: Pink. Although I kept within the spirit of No S, I piled my plates very high and over ate.

27 Mar: Day 1 for 21 day club: S day!

Kevin

Good work!

Mrandy1 wrote:Just weighed in 172.4. Down 3.6

Looking forward to a moderate yet rewarding s day.

Kevin

So there's a lot of self-awareness going on in this post. Sounds like a great start.

You'll get there.

All week: FAIL

Yikes - I had no idea it would be this hard for me to follow a diet so (seemingly) simple!

Monday - fell for snacks at work meeting before I caught myself
Tuesday - did great ...

Kevin

Welcome. We're glad you are here.

And to show you how cool this "diet" is, I had pizza for dinner tonight. :)

Hello everyone!
I am new here, and just wanted to say hi. I am usually a lurker on other forums, but I would really like to be involved, as I strongly desire (and need) the support of ...

Kevin

So, another good week. Not completely devoid of funny stuff, but I am Type I diabetic, so sometimes concern for my Bg makes me do little things, little adjustments.

Kevin

I find myself agreeing with Noel always.

It doesn't look excessive to my eye. Yet I felt guilty today finishing the potatoes. Should I feel guilty?

Nope.

That said...

I do eat pizza, french fries, and various other "fattening" dishes. What I don't necessarily do is eat them every DAY. It's ...

Kevin

You're doing good, 'dee. Lots of self awareness, but not much self-anger. Good balance.

Kevin

Sounds like a great menu.

sarah.grace wrote:03/24/2011

B: Ezekiel toast with mayo, hard boiled egg slices, ham slices, and cheese
L: Ribs, baked beans, coleslaw
D: Baja beans on homemade tortilla

Kevin

Look up Nicole and PM her. I'm pretty sure that she did.

Kevin

I'm okay, Jess, how are you?

Kevin

Life goes on. Have a good Friday.

minimizer wrote:Not doing as well this week. Monday and Wednesday were good, Tuesday and today not so much. Tomorrow will be good, I am determined.

Kevin

I'm passing on glutes and hamstrings (I'm over 50 and not very flexible), but these others look worth a try. Thanks for the effort you put in to the illustrations.

I've been using this for the last 2-3 months to increase my legs strength, and it works for me.
:?: I don't recall seeing this ...

Kevin

A daily check-in will help. At least, it does for me.

Kevin

Just in case Rienhard doesn't post soon, here's a link to a recent post where he describes what he's been up to.

http://www.everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=7236

Kevin

Welcome to the forum. It's more fun when you post.

Kevin

Congratulations, and I hope you love your new career.

Kevin

'Love the happy dance. Congrats.

Kevin

You could probably ask Reinhard to fix it for you.

snapdragon wrote:I misspelled daily !!!!!REALLY!!!!!

Kevin

Oh, Snap! (Sorry. I had to).

Glad to see you here. My metabolism is better on three than on five meals.

Kevin

While Nicest's advice is sound, I would like to urge you to always consider variety. Meals of several different things (in smaller servings, obviously) are more satisfying, I find.
I have always suffered from what I call "compulsive and "
It means that I find myself saying i'll just have a sandwich ...

Kevin

Walk an hour a day (not all at once, necessarily). I think walking is the best weight loss exercise, and, as a student, should fit in well with your life style.

Go easy on alcohol on S days. Find a physical activity that you enjoy (yoga, dance, etc.) so you'll have something to do for the rest of ...

Kevin

10K isn't much. When I'm walking a lot, I walk 21K in a day. LOL! at your 10,000 steps comment! I too, think that is a load of whatsit. After all, if my pedometer was to be believed, most days i actually do an average of 11,5 - 12 k steps ... hasn't made a bit of difference to my weight, i.e. i ...

Kevin

Stress, over-thinking, and maybe worrying about a whole week instead of the time between two meals? I try not to think about "five days." Rather, I think about now, getting to the next meal on tough days, and then try to think about *anything* else. :)

HORRIBLE eating day today! First time since I ...

Kevin

A lot of body builder types will tell you that the best exercise for getting ripped - in addition to weight training of course, which is was SG is - is walking. Not running or jogging, but walking.

Go figure.

I think Reinhard mentioned that he does some bodyweight training (pushups, etc.) too ...

Kevin

One less than yesterday!

Kevin

Love this.

Except from Screw Skinny, Get Fit (a book I'm doing on getting fit for the very sedentary. My target audience are mostly geeks):

12 Week Programs and the Problem

It is possible to hit the gym with Mjollnir-like intensity and get great results. Eat clean, exercise with weights and ...

Kevin

I think it helps. I've been standing up most days at work (it looks weird, but it feels good after a couple of days) and my pedometer registers another 6,000 steps a day.

thanks.. yeah it is a pain.. I don tmid walking in a little snow, but wow we have been gettign blizzards here that dump like ...

Kevin

Winter busted up my efforts, too. Good luck!

Well weighed myself for first time in a few months. Im not a Scale and BMI kind of guy. But at 290 pounds something defenitley needs to be done. Up 50 from my lightest of 240 and up 20 from Dec.. I was Running 3+ mile s a day before Winter hit! Got ...

Kevin

I think the idea of S days is to give yourself a little leeway, so you can have that sweet you've been craving, or a second serving of something really good, or a couple of pretzels for a snack if you've been doing housework.

Plan desert for a meal or two (or three) and there's your sweets. Have a ...

Kevin

Welcome back. Are you still walking? Walking is very helpful, in my experience.

Good luck!

Kevin

As a follow-up to this question, can you tell us how you spend your days, and if you exercise? Do you spend a lot of time on your feet? Do you walk?

PS: kassabma

I hope you don't mind me asking but obviously you have had awesome success on the plan and as someone who is struggling, particularly ...

Kevin

Successful NoS week. I'm not losing any weight right now, but I think that will change with time.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend.

Kevin

Sounds like you are doing well.

Kevin

Don't be hard on yourself over that. Is it a fail? Maybe. Is it understandable? Completely.

Kevin

Exercising after 10 o'clock is difficult. I wouldn't call that lazy. And good for you about resisting restaurant food!
Wednesday, SUCCESS!

I didn't get home until after 10 so didn't do my exercise. I sort of anticipated it so I should have done it in the morning, but was being lazy and didn't. I ...

Kevin

I hate you (well, envy you, really). I haven't had good soda bread since my Gran' passed twenty-some years ago.

Made my soda breads today and have had 2 pieces slathered in butter (and real butter too!) already! But then all of my grandparents were from Ireland and I knew them all and we have ...

Kevin

One way I trimmed my pre-meal snacking is by putting the smallest quantity of the snack that I could in my mouth (one corn chip, one bitty pretzel), eating it slowly, and waiting until its flavor (salt, mostly) entirely cleared before I ate another.

You guys will get the hang of it. It just takes a ...

Kevin

Basically anything that they can make in green or decorate with a shamrock. Damn them. ;)

Ahh... chocolate-mint sweets, sweets with Bailey's Irish Cream in them, green colored sweets, sweets in the shape of a shamrock or with shamrock decorations... That's all I can come up with off the top of my ...

Kevin

Idle hands are the devil's playthings.

Seriously, after dinner, find something interesting to do. It'll make not eating much easier.

This will pass in a while. I never eat after dinner anymore, not even on S days. I sleep so much better on an empty stomach.

Kevin

Epic Win! That's internet talk!

Seriously though, good work, every step in the right direction is two steps away from a step in the wrong direction. Or something.... I was never good at math.

i passed up buying a "Juniors" cheesecake when i went shopping just now...... :shock:
to steal a phrase i ...

Kevin

Welcome back. I'm sure you will be more successful in the future.

I am starting my daily check in thread!

I did No-S for aprox. one month perfectly, no cheating..and then I didn't lose even ONE pound. I thought to myself, why? I have been cutting SO many calories by not snacking, no seconds and ...

Kevin

Holy crap. Way to go!

Kevin

Keep it up, 'dee.

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