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- Fri May 20, 2011 5:18 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Too many modifications?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 30748
- Mon Dec 20, 2010 1:49 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: "The food was so bad... and the portions so small!"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14709
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 resu...
- Mon Dec 20, 2010 1:46 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: New year traditions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13823
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 ...
- Tue Dec 14, 2010 1:06 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: People Get Jealous
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20342
- Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:05 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: People Get Jealous
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20342
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 2:22 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: No S "mods" (add yours!)
- Replies: 167
- Views: 329521
- Thu Dec 09, 2010 1:27 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: The Blessings of Simplicity
- Replies: 1886
- Views: 2417727
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 a...
- Tue Dec 07, 2010 6:45 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Glass Ceiling Question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5840
- Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:26 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: One
- Replies: 10
- Views: 29168
- Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:25 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: New NOSer with questions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9909
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 of...
- Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:11 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What do you do for exercise?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 25329
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 al...
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 9:42 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Obesity rate will reach at least 42%
- Replies: 17
- Views: 25145
- Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:46 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Obesity rate will reach at least 42%
- Replies: 17
- Views: 25145
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 — a figure that has risen in recent decades — and that this number rises by 0.5 percentage points with each obese social co...
- Wed Sep 29, 2010 4:13 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Going back to Vanilla NoS...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 27191
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/h...
- Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:20 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: can I drink alcohol on N days?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8329
- Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:34 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Healthy Convenience Foods
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13305
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:34 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What Do You Do In Restaurants?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18188
- Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:24 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Where to buy a sledgehammer in Norway?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12667
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 yo...
- Mon Aug 16, 2010 2:25 pm
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: Podcast #39: Lawful Good Biker
- Replies: 6
- Views: 25326
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 i...
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:57 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Hi, new here
- Replies: 7
- Views: 20858
- Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:09 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: advice about modifications needed...
- Replies: 32
- Views: 35315
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, sinc...
- Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:51 pm
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: Urban Rangering in Madrid?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 33382
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 sa...
- Mon Jul 12, 2010 1:11 pm
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: My husband won't let me walk anywhere!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 20110
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 g...
- Tue Jul 06, 2010 12:44 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Article on Snacking (Might Be of Interest)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12377
- Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:02 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Searching the site problem
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11100
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:31 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Large Meals Encourage Snacking?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12685
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 ...
- Mon Jun 21, 2010 2:34 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 21 successful days under my belt! What now?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11903
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 low ...
- Thu Jun 10, 2010 12:43 pm
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: More people walking?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18813
- Fri Jun 04, 2010 1:11 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: summer reads
- Replies: 102
- Views: 203351
- Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:43 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: Chain of Command - Is anybody out there?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13181
- Tue Jun 01, 2010 4:00 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How do I stop myself from getting BORED?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 23829
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 pop?
- Sat May 15, 2010 4:49 am
- Forum: Help I'm confused!
- Topic: alerts to new topics
- Replies: 3
- Views: 20848
- Mon May 10, 2010 4:36 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: walking
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11859
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 try...
- Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:29 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Nasty Pond Water
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7188
- Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:07 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What do you eat for breakfast?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 19847
- Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:55 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Reinhard's Sample Check In
- Replies: 400
- Views: 784128
- Thu Apr 15, 2010 1:23 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Snacks at the movies & No S
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12982
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 hav...
- Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:34 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How much do you drink?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 19015
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:27 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Problem, Need advice.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 25619
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:22 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Do we exercise enough??
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26497
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:01 am
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: Urban Rangering shoes?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 34661
- Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:22 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 6 months in- how're your S days?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16627
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 e...
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:48 pm
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: 21 day club for Urban Ranger
- Replies: 43
- Views: 61882
- Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:13 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: Is there such a thing..?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11606
- Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:48 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: need help loading a profile pic...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5280
- Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:52 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Bathroom Scales
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11523
- Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:22 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 2 Important No-S Diet Questions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 25750
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 wo...
- Fri Nov 06, 2009 2:05 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Ideas for adding more protein to my breakfasts
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28748
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 o...
- Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:19 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Another 'S' day?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12087
- Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:26 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Newbie
- Replies: 20
- Views: 24962
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 tha...
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:04 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: 7 Ways We’ve Failed Miserably at Trying to Outsmart Nature
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10599
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 expectancy to...
- Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:23 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Change of season disappointment
- Replies: 13
- Views: 21697
- Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:04 pm
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: So, Rangers, anyone looking ahead to the cold weather?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13844
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, mitt...
- Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:24 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Teaspoon ceiling (take two!)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 36689
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.net/...
- Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:04 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Teaspoon ceiling (take two!)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 36689
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. 3...
- Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:35 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Intersting article about muscle mass vs fat - stronger bones
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4081
- Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:18 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Vacation Strategies
- Replies: 12
- Views: 21182
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 day...
- Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:43 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Does anyone use brewer's (nutritional) yeast?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 26269
- Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:03 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Does anyone use brewer's (nutritional) yeast?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 26269
- Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:07 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Help a newbie with a sample day of your food
- Replies: 21
- Views: 27927
- Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:05 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Just to be clear...
- Replies: 21
- Views: 24213
Cannoli is a sweet treat, but cannelloni are like manicotti, only smaller. Usually stuffed with cheese and served with tomato sauce. Mmmmm.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!?).
- Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:14 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: weird question: not eating enough??
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13043
- Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:06 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: Creating a New System?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15222
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 what...
- Thu May 14, 2009 4:33 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: New to shovelglove! (and to exercise in general)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 24194
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/subsection1...
- Wed May 06, 2009 12:50 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Observation of other dieters
- Replies: 23
- Views: 29736
Observation of other dieters
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 ...
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:14 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: The Virtues of Oatmeal (and a question)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 31945
- Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:45 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What do you do when you make a terrible meal?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 17729
- Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:28 pm
- Forum: Help I'm confused!
- Topic: How do i upload an image or jpg?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11379
You need to have the image on the internet somewhere. Then you do this:
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.
Code: Select all
[img]http://www.host.com/myimage.jpg[/img]
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:27 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Real Food vs Fake Food
- Replies: 35
- Views: 34690
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:57 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Warmup/Stretches for back
- Replies: 13
- Views: 29638
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 kne...
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:49 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: What to make of this?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 25267
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 slo...
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:04 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Sereal?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 43653
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 f...
- Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:16 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Amazon earnings link is broken
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7358
Amazon earnings link is broken
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 yo...
- Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:41 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Post Your Proud Moments-I Stayed on Habit and Resisted!
- Replies: 101
- Views: 104464
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 admi...
- Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:08 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: HabitCal Habit Calendar (Alpha)
- Replies: 95
- Views: 391271
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 kno...
- Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:06 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Breakfast issues
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13270
- Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:59 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: Personal Punch Cards Podcast
- Replies: 48
- Views: 167749
- Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:09 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: Personal Punch Cards Podcast
- Replies: 48
- Views: 167749
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 i...
- Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:35 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Exercise????
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18651
- Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:50 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: Strength Radio Interview
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14494
- Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:54 pm
- Forum: Shovelglove General Discussion
- Topic: talked to my doctor's office and now i'm confused!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 21473
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 ve...
- Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:02 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: Spam accounts
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18470
- Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:09 pm
- Forum: Urban Ranger General Discussion
- Topic: Is there a good place to rent audio books???
- Replies: 14
- Views: 33154
- Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:21 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: Hi, I'm new
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13080
- Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:09 pm
- Forum: Everyday Systems General Discussion
- Topic: Hi, I'm new
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13080
Hi, I'm new
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 & traditi...