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- Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:51 am
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: HabitCal for IPOD Touch
- Replies: 75
- Views: 116844
- Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:26 am
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: HabitCal for IPOD Touch
- Replies: 75
- Views: 116844
Hey, that looks pretty swell. Looking forward to it! Actually, why not call it Habit Calculator (in the apps store) and make sure you use the word "HabitCal" somewhere in the description? That will make it turn up for searches on either Habitcal (along with the other app, but so what?) and habit, ha...
- Wed Feb 09, 2011 8:52 am
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: HabitCal for IPOD Touch
- Replies: 75
- Views: 116844
That's good to hear -- maybe there's not much to do, then. I've messed around with it a bit in my ipod touch but not enough to get a sense of how painful it would be to do it regularly. Those of you who are eager to get a full blown app / more mobilized version, let me know what you'd most like to ...
- Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:55 am
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: HabitCal for IPOD Touch
- Replies: 75
- Views: 116844
- Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:47 am
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: HabitCal for IPOD Touch
- Replies: 75
- Views: 116844
Just another bump for the Iphone/Ipod version of HabitCal - hope it's coming along well? Dare we ask for an ETA? :) Have money, will buy app! :) One feature that might be useful is to have multiple checks to one item. So I might have something like "drink glass of water": tapping it once would turn ...
- Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:11 am
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: HabitCal for IPOD Touch
- Replies: 75
- Views: 116844
- Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:13 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: HabitCal version 2
- Replies: 18
- Views: 87305
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:43 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Huh - how *did* that happen?!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13831
What's interesting to me is that there were periods of seeming inactivity...then a small drop etc. I'm glad I only weighed myself sporadically. If I had been watching the scales more closely I might have panicked. I wish I had taken some before and durings too - everyone who hasn't seen me for a whi...
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:23 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Personal Olympics
- Replies: 73
- Views: 163302
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:05 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Huh - how *did* that happen?!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13831
:)
Thank you :) The thing is...it doesn't feel like I'm doing...anything unusual. Just eating the same ol' same ol' :D (Have developed a habit of plugging inbetween meals with a glass of milk or tea if needed) Kinda like cheating :). Almost too easy. I pretty much stuck to Vanilla No-S...those magical ...
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:18 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Huh - how *did* that happen?!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13831
Huh - how *did* that happen?!
13 lbs in 3 months. My habitcalc isn't spotless, but it's pretty good
http://tinyurl.com/5w8kef
Huh. Huh indeed!
http://tinyurl.com/5w8kef
Huh. Huh indeed!
- Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:29 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How numbers lie (or: how you can do right and go wrong?)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22411
You're thinner, faster, stronger, and somehow have less muscle? That doesn't make sense. No it doesn't. Being a science type myself, I just can't leave well enough alone. So I went and talked to the operator today. I specifically asked "how can this be?" The reply was -slight calibration error on o...
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:55 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How numbers lie (or: how you can do right and go wrong?)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22411
Second verse, much like the first :) One thing I'm noting is that - in fact - it's a pretty easy "habit" to eat more protein 1662 calories Fat: 57g Carbs: 178 g Protein: 98g Alcohol: 0g Bfast: Quick oats with milk and fortified Nesquik Lunch: Medium sized lean beef burger *2 scrambled eggs with Berg...
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:32 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: Introducing new habits to habitcalc - when?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14360
That's interesting... I'm guessing sleep / diet / exercise are of course the biggies. After that...what comes next in your list of priorities? Perhaps "tasks" is a sneaky way of keeping it to 4...but really doing much more than four things, without creating a sense of being overwhelmed? (general que...
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:41 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Are you male or female?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 36438
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:12 am
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: Introducing new habits to habitcalc - when?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14360
Introducing new habits to habitcalc - when?
On previous occasions, I have had upto 5-6 habits being tracked on habit calc, right from the get go. As you can imagine, this turned out to be a disaster: one habit might be going well but then another might not be, then I would start to berate myself until eventually walking away from the whole to...
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:02 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Easy and Hard
- Replies: 14
- Views: 22438
Hmmm... Not indulging the sweet tooth after dinner....but that seems to be fading too. Snacking seems really close to the surface - that is, least well controlled so far. If I didn't 'fence around the law', I could easily see how it could get out of control ("C'mon....it's just a piece of cheese! Ch...
- Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:59 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Are you male or female?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 36438
- Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:56 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How numbers lie (or: how you can do right and go wrong?)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22411
I'll give the calorie counting a few more days, just to see if there is a trend that develops. FWIW, I think even pre No-s I wasn't getting more than 1800-2000 a day - and was neither gaining nor losing weight. Keep in mind though that Fitday.com is only a "guesstimate" (+/- 10-20%) (So much for the...
- Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:06 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How numbers lie (or: how you can do right and go wrong?)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22411
Just for fun, here is todays food log. Note that I took extra special care to 'up' my protein intake. I suspect it was much lower than this, which could explain the muscle loss - Bfast: 4 pieces of toast with Cottage Cheese 1 glass of whole milk with fortified Nesquik Lunch: 2 Hardboiled eggs + curr...
- Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:10 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Are you male or female?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 36438
Are you male or female?
Thought it might be interesting to get some demographic info of current No-sers
- Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:10 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How numbers lie (or: how you can do right and go wrong?)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22411
I'm not especially concerned over it, truth be told. If I can lose muscle mass this quickly, I can sure as heck put it back on. My strength, as measured by 1RM in the squat hasn't decreased, and my power output as measured by force plates and accelerometers has *improved*. (Of course, there may be o...
- Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:31 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Will this diet work for someone who needs to lose 5-10 lbs?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17577
- Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:58 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Vanilla No S Weight Loss
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11411
- Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:50 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How numbers lie (or: how you can do right and go wrong?)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22411
blueskighs For the duration of the study - so as to not fuddle any results - I have limited my exercise to just what what was prescribed. That is: 3 times a week: twice a week of unweighted plyometrics (x reps for y sets), once a week of weighted plyometrics (x sets for y reps at 30% of 1 repetition...
- Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:32 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How numbers lie (or: how you can do right and go wrong?)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22411
How numbers lie (or: how you can do right and go wrong?)
Allow me to regale you with a tale woe :? I'm part of a study at my university on power and strength training, as it impacts sprint performance (amongst other things). As part of this study, I get frequent (monthly) DEXA scans (Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry). DEXA is considered the 'gold medal st...
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:53 pm
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: What is a "normal" amount of walking?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 22785
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:52 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: The spirit of self experimentation
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4983
The spirit of self experimentation
Does the Truth Lie Within? By STEPHEN J. DUBNER and STEVEN D. LEVITT The Accidental Diet Seth Roberts is a 52-year-old psychology professor at the University of California at Berkeley. If you knew Roberts 25 years ago, you might remember him as a man with problems. He had acne, and most days he woke...
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:22 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Vanilla No S Weight Loss
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11411
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:19 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Vanilla No S Weight Loss
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11411
I feel your pain: the weight loss is s-l-o-w Logically however, there's *no* real reason why it shouldn't occur, as long as you've had more successful days then failures, haven't gone too nuts on the weekend and have kept portion sizes in check. Calories out > Calories in = you win Other then that.....
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:11 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: The Metrics of Muscle Gain
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25338
Great job! One tidbit I'd like to add: If they used calipers, electric impedance or worse, measuring tape, you should know that the % the give can be an OVER-ESTIMATE by 2-5%. In all likelyhood your % is lower than you think. (Of the lot, the calipers are most accurate if used correctly) One simple ...
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:59 pm
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: What is a "normal" amount of walking?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 22785
Oz is a very car intensive society, on account of everything being so far apart. My home town has an urban sprawl of 130km. Fortunately, it has one of the best public transport systems on Earth. Re: Olden tymes - I read a statistic once that said it was closer to 20,000 steps or 5-7km - sorry, no ci...
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:48 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: various tips for beginners.....
- Replies: 28
- Views: 34426
Exercise Don't hide it (hammer) away. Place it somewhere where you go often. It won't get in the way Reduce inertia. Workout in the closest big space. If you've got a loungeroom and an quarter acre block out the back? Work out in the loungeroom. Reduce inertia! Have a copy or keep on monitor Reinha...
- Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:52 pm
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: Recomendation for an MP3 player
- Replies: 17
- Views: 35865
I got one of these for $99. Mine has 2GB internal memory with provision of more via SD cards. It also has an inbuilt microphone for recording voice and plays MP4's. http://www.tesora.com.au/Olin_MP3_MP4_Media_Player_1.5_LCD_screen__10425.htm Very light (~100g) and about the size of a credit card. Th...
- Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:06 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Other "diets" you've tried?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14049
- Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:51 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Other "diets" you've tried?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14049
Other "diets" you've tried?
Just was wanting to read some of the other ideas folks had tried in managing their food intake and what the results were? Call it a 'diet review' if you will. For example, I went on a strict 'twigs and berries' diet (aka - nothing you couldn't kill or gather in 100,000 BC). It worked - as most thing...
- Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:36 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: If hunger is not the problem, food is not the answer
- Replies: 23
- Views: 26622
The idea of 'food as medicine' is a pretty interesting one to me. If food can heal, then surely it can harm. I get the feeling the concept is increasingly popular and not just with the avid nutra-ceutical crowd For example, I just finished a S day, which was closer to what my pre-noS days were like....
- Sat Jun 07, 2008 8:59 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: sandbagging
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12969
- Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:13 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How do YOU optimize your oatmeal?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 29721
I like to add half or a full tablespoon of low(er) fat peanut butter. For me, it gives the oatmeal an sense of "I'm eating something" rather than a "did I just eat a bowl of cement?". Sometimes add in some "3 fruits" tinned fruit - although I find that can make it too watery. It occurs to me that it...
- Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:04 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: The Year of the Potato
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11283
- Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:11 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Personal Olympics
- Replies: 73
- Views: 163302
Thanks Reinhard - I'd really love to see those features. I dunno what it is about putting ticks into boxes....or getting gold stars...that works so darn well. Actually, come to think, maybe because it's so titchy and special at the same time that makes us crave it. According to Cialdini, it's the fa...
- Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:56 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Eat less, live longer (Calorie restriction theory)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17100
- Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:24 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Not a good idea
- Replies: 46
- Views: 149960
- Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:13 am
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: Urban ranger (and shovelglove?) translates to running!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 27875
Also, just to add. Here are some ways to (cheaply and relatively simply) test your "Cardiovascular system". http://www.brianmac.co.uk/eval.htm Scroll down to where it says "Submaximal VO2 max" testing. The step test one is pretty simple, but Urban rangers might like the Rockport walking test instead...
- Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:54 am
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: Urban ranger (and shovelglove?) translates to running!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 27875
Increasing your strength (either by walking quickly, squatting movements with shovelglove, stairs etc) WILL increase your running ability, without necessarily impacting cardiovascular systems (eg: VO2max). eg: http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/86/5/1527 In this case, what applies to 'at...
- Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:40 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Question for Noel: protein
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13903
Re: Question for Noel: protein
I've been looking at a bunch of bodybuilding sites. Most of them are of course for guys. They say that if you are "training" (as if), you should eat 1 g protein per pound of body weight. If I were to apply that to my ideal weight, that would be a minimum of 95 g a day! If I eat my custom designed v...
- Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:29 am
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: Two-Hour-Tether (or better name someone else comes up with)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14861
- Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:16 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Eat less, live longer (Calorie restriction theory)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17100
Eat less, live longer (Calorie restriction theory)
Dunno if this has been discussed here before, but it certainly is interesting! So what started all of this voluntary restriction? CR Society members point to a body of research starting with mice, and since extended to rats, dogs, cows, and a number of other animals showing that animals with restric...
- Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:12 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: FatHead: The movie
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7589
I would like to see the movie. I've seen Supersize Me, and I like documentaries....even if I don't agree with everything in them, they make you think. I've also enjoyed 'Bowling for Columbine', 'Sicko' , 'A Crude Awakening", 'The 11th Hour", and 'An Inconvienent Truth'. Oh, ya, and 'Who Killed the ...
- Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:22 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: FatHead: The movie
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7589
FatHead: The movie
Now, please don't let this distract you from No-S diet. It's simply a fun post (hey, I figure I keep participating on the forums, I have to stay accountable for my habitcalc) According to some, fat isn't as evil as claimed....nor is it a panacea. Still, after SuperSize me, some of you might like to ...
- Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:19 am
- Forum: Help I'm confused!
- Topic: Help What can you eat for lunch?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11661
You're worried about the fat content of PB&J I take it? You might be amused and assuaged by this, then http://www.youtube.com/user/FatHeadMovie Long story short: No-S = portion control, not content control per se. (If you go to that guys site, you can see the sample McDonalds portion control diet he...
- Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:07 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: HabitCalc: French test or English test?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14393
HabitCalc: French test or English test?
Back in the day, English tests were scored by correct answers to questions. That is, you start with 0 and gain a maximum of 100% Conversely, French tests worked in the other direction: start with 100% and then lose points for every wrong answer. With that in mind, what's your preference for the habi...
- Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:03 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: A little trick to fool the mind
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13492
Yeah I get that too sometimes. I find that chewing on a ice cube works quite well. You can freeze them with a touch of salt or some cordial. V8 etc if you so desire for flavour. There's something about *eating* it that draws your attention to the task, vs drinking. Maybe that's just me - call it tra...
- Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:07 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove Moves
- Topic: Some new exercises?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 18406
Some new exercises?
Perhaps these have been mentioned before, but just in case they haven't http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=clubbells&search_type= Some of these folks take themselves way too seriously but they do have some nifty exercise. And heck, if you're feeling inspired by them....OTOH, if you're not, ...
- Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:01 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What do you eat for Breakfast????
- Replies: 29
- Views: 33284
Whatever's the quickest and healthiest, given time available and what's in the fridge :-) Which is ironic really and goes to prove that habit is powerful and dumb - you just keep doing what you keep doing.... So - Sometimes oats with tinned fruit or peanut butter, sometimes toast with baked beans or...
- Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:53 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: 20 minute fitness
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7161
20 minute fitness
Just wanted to mention a site I found personally interesting. It might remind some folk of the ancient 5BX plan. It's not quite as discrete and self contained as shovelglove (admitedly, these might be issues?) but perhaps it might offer a different perspective to "schedulistically insignificant exer...
- Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:17 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Hi all
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5516
Hi all
Just wanted to say a short hello to everyone. This is the...3rd time? 4th? I've started No-s. A couple of times I made the mistake of giving up after no immediate results (~2-3 weeks) or perhaps even gaining a little. "I'm *gaining* weight? What the hell is that all about?!?!". A couple of other tim...
- Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:23 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Personal Olympics
- Replies: 73
- Views: 163302
I wonder...would it be possible to add an icon or something to the Habitcalc so it could automatically give you a gold, silver or bronze? That is - it count's the green, yellows and reds and gives you a little medal at the top of the chart at the end of the month? (technically I suppose you could ch...