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Spudd

I don't know if this will help you but I like to have a mint at the end of my meals. I find it gives a sense of "finishing" and also gives me a bit of sugar. I consider this exempt from the sweets policy because it is so small, and if I don't have it, I want to eat more.

Spudd

We went on a Mediterranean cruise this past October. The cruise was 12 days long, and the food was absolutely divine. The portions were mostly small, though - but I never felt deprived in the least. And we had dessert every night. But the desserts too were small - maybe 2 tablespoons or so. End ...

Spudd

A few years ago I started weeding out my closet every new year. I turn all the hangers around so they're facing the "wrong" way (hooks outward instead of inward). As I go through the year and wear clothes, when I re-hang them after washing I hang them the right way. At the end of the year, anything ...

Spudd

Over43 wrote:
Spudd wrote:Out of curiosity, how does one taunt someone for being slimmer and having more muscle?
Don't ask me, but he does it. Would you like me to secretly film it and post on You Tube?

LOL!! That would be most excellent.

Spudd

Out of curiosity, how does one taunt someone for being slimmer and having more muscle?

Spudd

I don't think anyone can tell you if it would hurt your metabolism. But it might hurt your mental health. Wouldn't you get really hungry between breakfast and 7pm? I know I would. I'd spend the whole day wanting to chew off my own arm. I certainly couldn't keep that up as a regular habit.

Spudd

Kathleen,

I think that your biggest problem is you constantly change your plan. You can't tell if a plan works or not if you change it after being on it for a week.

I think that your fear of binging non-stop on S-days will probably come true for a while, if you continue to follow Vanilla No-S. But ...

Spudd

Shots of liquor are beverages, and therefore exempt from being snacks.

Spudd

I admire the principle of this. What do you do for things like underwear, though? I have to think you need more than one.

Spudd

Welcome!

1. The protein shake would count as your meal for breakfast.

2. When you can't eat lunch, are you hungry enough at dinner that you really need two plates? I don't see why you shouldn't be able to have a little more at dinner... but even if you skipped lunch, two plates at once seems kind ...

Spudd

I am an urban ranger. I ride my bike to work, to the grocery store, everywhere I need to go that's within a half hour ride. I also walk some places instead of riding (but I really like riding, and plan to ride across Sweden next summer, so I am motivated to keep up my riding fitness).

In theory I ...

Spudd

I wonder what's cheaper, paying for WW or paying the higher premiums. It's odd that they specify WW rather than just saying must be a member of a weight loss organization, or something. I wonder if this insurance company gets kickbacks from WW!

Spudd

I thought this part of the article made no sense:

Hill, Rand, and colleagues found that a nonobese American adult has a 2 percent chance of becoming obese in any given year â€” a figure that has risen in recent decades â€” and that this number rises by 0.5 percentage points with each obese social ...

Spudd

Yesterday I did an experiment: I noted what I ate all day & counted calories, using the 'Food focus' website. Even though my meals were very balanced & healthy, my grand total for the day was 1466 calories . And as I said, this was on a day with VERY health conscious choices. I've given my weight ...

Spudd

Yes, it's fine.

Spudd

I like soups as a lunch food. Just pop them in the microwave and you're good to go. I make big pots of soup in my crockpot and then freeze them in individual serving sizes, but you can also buy pre-made soup at the store if you're not into making your own.

Spudd

I just eat as much as I want, and then ask for the rest to be boxed up to go, if it's enough to be worthwhile.

Spudd

Have you tried someplace like Byggmakker? I don't speak Norwegian very well (I sort of speak Swedish so I can sort of guess some Norwegian, but not much). I couldn't see any non-electric tools on their site but I guess in the store they must have them. I don't know if that's where you looked when ...

Spudd

I've recently taken up biking fairly seriously (biked 124 km this past weekend!). My personal policy is that I stop at traffic lights, but stop signs are more of a free for all. There are SO MANY stop signs in my area and you lose so much momentum every time you stop. If there's another car at the ...

Spudd

Welcome! I don't think people hang out in the off-topic forum much, so you might not get many responses to this post.

I think I need to look up "They Might Be Giants". Many of my friends over the years have been fans but I've never actually heard their songs.

Spudd

Rather than modifying your diet at this point, what about focusing on the exercise piece? You said you haven't been entirely successful at 15 minutes per day. So it seems like there's room for improvement there. If you can successfully do 15 minutes per day, consistently, that might help.

Also ...

Spudd

I haven't been to Madrid, but I definitely noticed the same thing about the missing vegetables when we vacationed in the south of Spain a few years ago. I was dying for anything green! There were oranges readily available, but meals seemed to be entirely meat and starch.

We grew very tired of ham ...

Spudd

I don't know, to me, it seems like you're an adult and he is your husband, not your father. I would stand my ground and say I'm going to do what I want, and I would damn well walk to Target! It might cause a fight the first time but once he sees you're fine and it's good for your health, he should ...

Spudd

It kills me that they list a 6" subway sub as a snack item!! That's often what I have for dinner.

Spudd

I run another bb and I found the upgrade to phpbb3 to be quick and painless (relatively speaking!). I think it's worth it.

Spudd

I must say I do find the same thing, only for me it's with breakfast. When I have an "English breakfast" with eggs, bacon, hash browns, toast, etc at a restaurant, I often find I get hungry sooner than when I have my usual bowl of cereal. I'll have to keep an eye on my lunches and see if by cutting ...

Spudd

I also think you'll find S-days get more reasonable all by themselves as you go along.

For exercise, I don't have a Wii Fit, but I tried one at my friend's house and while it was amusing, I wouldn't want it to be my sole source of fitness. What about walking or biking? Those are inexpensive and ...

Spudd

That's really odd. I can't say I would think a man walking alone is threatening at all. I see men walking alone all the time. OK, it can be a little nervous-making if I'm walking alone at night and there's a man walking alone behind me... but really. That's my issue, not the man's!

Spudd

The Help is supposed to be amazing. Everyone I know who's read it raves about it.

Spudd

I tried it for a while, but fell out of the habit, unfortunately. Right now I'm flirting with a system called "Autofocus". It's not really working for me either, though. I need to take a day and just figure out what the heck to do, how to do it, and set up my environment for success.

Spudd

What did you eat before you started the No-S diet? What's stopping you from just eating that, only limiting it to one plate 3 times a day?

At the bar, can you mix your rum with diet Coke instead of regular? Or how about switch to beer or wine, or even something with a fruit juice base instead of ...

Spudd

I don't think it can email you.. but if you click on 'View posts since last visit' at the top when you log in, it'll show you all threads that are new or have new posts since you last logged in.

Spudd

I like listening to my mp3 player on shuffle, and I adjust my walking pace to the tempo of the song. This provides a built-in interval workout as when a fast-paced dance song comes on I will really be booting it, but then a ballad comes along and I get a bit of a rest. :)

Another thing you might ...

Spudd

My dad has ponds in his back yard. He says he has to just clean them out fully every year or two. Like, actually drain all the water out, scrub down the liners, and then put everything back.

Spudd

I usually have a big-ass bowl of cereal with vanilla soy milk. I find high-fibre cereals keep me satisfied to lunch better. I counted calories just to see how much calories it is, and it's about 500.

Spudd

reinhard wrote:Sat April 11: Weekend Luddite failure. Damage control emails resulting from the glass ceiling failure.

The mind reels at the possibilities!

Spudd

Probably because movie snacks are like 10x the price they would be anywhere else, and as a teenager you couldn't afford them! I know when I was a teenager I never even bought a drink at the movies. But somehow nowadays I must always have a drink. Usually no snacks for me, but occasionally I will ...

Spudd

I normally have 2 big mugs (about 2 cups) of tea per day, plus about 2 litres of water. Then a beer in the evening, most nights. So I guess I'm at about 3 litres per day, give or take.

Spudd

The glass ceiling and No-S are 2 separate systems, there's no need to follow glass ceiling if you don't want to. Beer ahoy!

Spudd

I aim for a 15 minute gym workout (in my home gym) every morning. Then I often commute on foot, which takes about 35 minutes each way. Depending on time/weather, that gives me anywhere between 15 and 85 minutes per day of exercise.

Spudd

The folks at my local running store told me that running shoes are fine for walking. I've been using them and I have no complaints.

Spudd

I often don't eat breakfast till around 11 on S-days. I get up, make myself some tea, and surf the web for a few hours before finally getting hungry and deciding to have breakfast. Breakfast is usually the same as on N-days. Then often I end up having a big meal in the afternoon because I'm hungry ...

Spudd

Danska ar mycket svart att forstar.

Min man ar svensk sa jag kan pratar lite svenska. Men inte danska. Hoppas att dur forstar svensk.

Spudd

For web surfing, you can install the "Leechblock" extension if you use Firefox as your browser. It lets you set how long you're allowed to surf and allows you to specify allowed and non-allowed sites.

Spudd

You can resize it using the website picnik.com .

Spudd

I think the body fat thing is just a gimmick. For calibration I think electronic scales are self-calibrating - they just show zero when they turn on and that's it. You could probably look at Amazon to find reviews to help you narrow down your selection.

Spudd

I agree with the other posters who say that you should do what you think is best (which seems to be following vanilla No-S, and being an idiot on S-days, no offense). If you lose weight with that structure, and you're happy with it, then by all means stick with it. Everyone is different, and what ...

Spudd

When I have oatmeal for breakfast I like to mix in peanut butter, it's tasty and proteiny all in one. I think there's protein in the oatmeal itself too because I find it holds me over till lunch quite well even if I don't add the PB.

Have you tried soy milk for your cereal? I like vanilla soy milk ...

Spudd

Where do you live that you have snow already? I'm in Canada and there's no sign of snow here yet, thank goodness!

Enjoy your snow day!

Spudd

Based on standard height/weight charts, you're at a healthy weight right now. Google tells me the following:

Women tend to believe they look their best at values between 20 to 22 and men are usually satisfied with a BMI of 23 to 25. If your BMI is between 17 to 22, your life expectancy is longer ...

Spudd

Well, yes and no. It starts off with a highly faulty premise.

Without any of the modern technology that we rely on today, our primitive ancestors were able to enjoy exceptional health and rarely encountered the many chronic and debilitating conditions that are so common today.

Our life ...

Spudd

I recently borrowed "The Science of Sexy" from the library. It has you figure out your body shape via measurements, and then based on your shape, height, and weight, it tells you in general terms what to wear to look your best. I really found it extremely useful and would recommend it to any woman.

Spudd

I don't bike when it's cold, I really hate the cold wind blowing at me. I know some people bike year-round but I am not one of them!

When it starts to get really cold, I just bundle up. On the very coldest days I'll even wear long-johns. Wool socks are great. Obviously you need good boots, hat ...

Spudd

Oddly, it seems like everywhere that sells it online wants to charge $12 for one bottle, which seems outrageous to me! Plus shipping! I wonder if the bottles are discontinued.

I did find this site that lets you buy the packets by the case, at what seems a reasonable price:
http://www.buythecase ...

Spudd

Some ideas:

1. Buy it online (I googled and found a few sites selling jars of Taster's Choice hazelnut).
2. Buy non-instant hazelnut flavoured coffee. You can still mix your chocolate powder into the finished product. Of course this means you would have to get a coffee maker if you don't have one ...

Spudd

Yeah, but did they adjust for activity? My understanding is that weight-lifting and other weight-bearing exercise such as walking/running strengthens your bones as well. The odds are that the men with more lean muscle mass are also exercising more than the men with less muscles.

Spudd

Personally I take every day as an S-day when it's vacation. But I almost always exercise a LOT on vacation - we walk around 10km a day on vacation, normally. So I don't worry about it.

The exceptions to my exercise-a-lot vacations are:
- taking a vacation day to just relax at home (mental health ...

Spudd

Interesting! I had no idea they were fungi. I guess you can't really argue with eating fungi. I always thought they were more like amoebas or something (not really, but you know). Fungi to me are firmly in the vegetable kingdom.

Spudd

This is kind of off-topic, but isn't yeast made up of little organisms? If so, how come it's vegan? Or is it one of those things where some vegans think it's okay and some don't?

Spudd

My day yesterday:

B: high-fibre cereal with soy milk, banana
L: pea soup, crackers, trail mix
D: boneless bbq ribs, mashed potatoes, corn

Spudd

vmelo wrote:Blithe, I think what you're describing is manicotti. Deb, a cannoli is a sweet treat, I think. (Boy, am I FAR too familiar with Italian food or what!?).

Cannoli is a sweet treat, but cannelloni are like manicotti, only smaller. Usually stuffed with cheese and served with tomato sauce. Mmmmm.

Spudd

Why don't you count calories for a day or two and see how many calories you're taking in on No-S? As long as it's a reasonable level for you (you should know based on your previous calorie counting experience) then I'd say you're not eating too little.

Spudd

Personally, I would simply make the habit "Do not surf the net until 10am" or whatever time works for you. Once you've got that down, if you find you haven't been doing all the things (meditation/exercise/etc) you planned, you can start a new habit for "Meditate every morning for 10 minutes" or ...

Spudd

I'm also pretty intimidated by Shovelglove. I found a different exercise plan online that I've started doing, and it's going pretty well. It's the one recommended in "The Hacker's Diet". You start off at a really basic level and then work your way up.

http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/www ...

Spudd

I'm in all-day meetings all week with the same group of people every day. Yesterday, two of the other women announced first thing in the morning that they were doing Weight Watchers. They then proceeded to eat all day. Cookies and rice krispie squares were provided with the lunch, and they both had ...

Spudd

My favorite oatmeal recipe is I take 1/2 cup of Quaker oats (I use the quick kind, but I'm sure any kind will work), 1 cup of frozen mixed berries, and 1/2 cup of water. Heat in the microwave for 2.5 minutes. Yum! It makes the oatmeal sweeter but it's not an artificial sweetness.

Spudd

I'd just make something else and have that instead. The bite or two of the failed meal wouldn't count.

Spudd

You need to have the image on the internet somewhere. Then you do this:

Code: Select all

[img]http://www.host.com/myimage.jpg[/img]

where obviously the web address that you include between the img tags is the address of your actual image, not the fake one that I put there.

Spudd

Real whipped cream made of cream, not hydrogenated corn syrup. :wink:

So you guys just eat heavy whipping cream?

Whipped, not whipping. :) You can buy it in a spray can already whipped, or you can buy whipping cream and whip it yourself using a mixer. Personally, I opt for the spray can every ...

Spudd

You can do the cat/cow yoga stretch, this is when you get down on all 4s, and then alternate:

breathe in - arch your back towards the floor
breathe out - arch your back towards the ceiling

5 repetitions of this is a good back stretch.

Also, you could try lying on your back on a mat, and hug your ...

Spudd

I agree with everyone else - you look to be at a good weight already, that's probably why you're not seeing much movement.

But if it makes you feel better, I loaded your list of weights/dates into Excel and applied a trend line to it. The trend line starts at 149.5 and ends at 148, so there is a ...

Spudd

It's up to each individual to define that line, I think. For me, I don't consider Honey Nut Cheerios to be a sweet, but I do consider Froot Loops to be one.

However, I do find if my cereal doesn't have enough fibre in it, I get hungry quite far ahead of lunch time. I try to eat a high fibre cereal ...

Spudd

I found the link on one of your pages which links to a page amazon_earnings.cgi (or something along those lines) where you say we can view what others have bought through your Amazon store. However, it's a blank page! I wonder if it only works for you (Reinhard) because you're an administrator of ...

Spudd

Yesterday I had two. We had a free lunch at work, where I filled my plate and ate a nice balanced meal. However, there was also a platter of huge cookies, and normally I would have had one after the lunch. But I didn't.

In the evening, we went out to the movies. We have some passes that offer 2 ...

Spudd

Joe,

I'll look into it!

I think it would be easy technically, and I see the rationale, I just want to be careful about adding seldom use options. The Sunday start is the conventional calendar paradigm, and I'm not sure how many people would want to break from that (anyone else out there, let me ...

Spudd

If you can eat at work, you could delay breakfast and have it at work instead of having it at home before you leave. That way you wouldn't have to wait so long between meals.

Spudd

Ah, the quota of 7 is a great idea. I think you mentioned that before but I'd forgotten. That definitely does increase the incentive.

I don't know if I want 7 in the non-work columns but I can set my quota differently if I so choose.

I'll try that tomorrow and see how it goes.

Spudd

I just started trying the personal punch cards, and the first day, it worked great. The second day (today), not so much. Reason - I never got around to filling out the card! I have 2 tasks listed under WORK, but I meant to do (and actually did, too) much more than 2 tasks. On the home side my list ...

Spudd

You say in your post "besides going for long walks outside", but why? Long walks outside are quiet for your neighbours, free, and give you fresh air and Vitamin D. I like to listen to audiobooks while I walk, or music, to liven it up. I find walking in silence to be a little boring.

Spudd

Hey Phayze, are you the person who asked me for "Healthy Planet" cafepress store? I used to run a website called "Healthy Planet" which had an associated cafepress store, but then we changed our name to "Talk Healthy".

Spudd

Can you find a place in front of a mirror where you can do your SG to see if your knees are going out over your toes?

I don't know much about SG, but I know for traditional weight-lifting squats, you're supposed to focus on sticking your butt out behind you, and your shins should stay pretty much ...

Spudd

I run a phpBB board too and I found that most of my spammers were coming from the same host domain. I IP identified them before deleting their accounts, and also noted what email address they used to sign up. I banned those domains, and now I haven't had a spammer in months.

Spudd

Or if you want to pay, audible.com has an excellent service. $15/mo (approx) for one book per month. Or pay as you go. There's a more expensive service that lets you get 2 books per month, but I don't know how much that costs, because I don't use that one.

Spudd

I'm still kind of around.

I haven't moved yet, so no real urban rangering yet - but I am taking the stairs one story when I go for lunch, which is a step in the right direction, so to speak.

The urban rangering will begin October 24!

Spudd

We just bought a new house, which is 3 km from my office. I'm planning to become an urban ranger once we move. Right now it takes me 30-40 minutes to drive to work, so the move is definitely going to be an improvement. I won't be shovelgloving or No-S-ing, though. I'm thinking urban ranger ...

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