4 miles! Thats a nice exercise! I am having 3 meals today! Yay! Hows your S days going for you? I feel a little more free not having the scales right now, but I dont want to gain either.
I found some information from Rienhard's podcast.... very good! All the quotes on this page are credited to
Rienhard From this podcast link
http://everydaysystems.com/podcast/episode.php?id=37
Not a results goal, but a habit.
Because you're not practicing systematic moderation to hit some finite result.
Say, lose 50 pounds. Or run a 6 minute mile. Or whatever.
You may achieve these things in the process. But that's not the point.
The point IS the process:
the behavioral structure you put in place that's going to stay there long after you hit these goals.
Goals can be great. They're often necessary. If you have a deadline at work, that has to be a goal.
You don't have a choice in the matter.
But I think in terms of self improvement goals can be dangerous.
Because a goal implies "you're done."
But with most self-improvement, behavioral problems, you're never done.
It's like I say in my no-s diet before and during page:
"After" is a myth. It's "before" and "during." "After" is when you're dead.
Or on the shovelglove home page where I talk about "the Progress Trap."
"Progress is intrinsically temporary -- maintenance is what you'll be doing for the rest of your life."
You want to get out of "Goal-think" and into "habit-think"
And to the extent that you can't get rid of it, and I don't think you'll ever be able to completely get rid of it,
you want to use "goal-think" and redirect it to serving "habit-think"
By making behavior, behavioral compliance the goal rather than some result of that compliance.
For example, instead of focusing on pounds lost if you're doing no-s, or the weight of your shovelglove,
focus on days on habit, or even better, use the habitcal
"Habit-think" is powerful not just in contrast with "goal think,"
but also with this false modern dichotomy that a lot of us believe in,
between irresistible addition on the one had, and total freedom on the other.
This is really what stood out for me...too... stretching enthusiasm over years and decades instead of burning out! That is exactly what Amanda needs to hear, not to be so ALL or NOTHING! Even if Im not Losing right now, the powerful habits I am doing, are going to have a far reaching effect if I just stick with it and keep going. I can do tweak and do mods anytime. Now is the time to gradually, ever soo gradually build those concrete N days!!!
You want throttle your hubris, not let it run away with you.
That's the hardest part about self-disclipline. Not doing more, but doing less. Pacing yourself.
Holding yourself back so you can keep on going for the rest of your life.
Stretching that enthusiasm out over years and decades instead of letting it immediately exhaust itself
Focus on my N days, no matter what the scales says... and results will come... permanent results, not temporary ones, even if it takes years!!!
Focus on the letter of the law and the spirit will come.
And this.... N days forever Monday-Friday, 3 plates a day ISSS GOING to make a difference eventually even if the scales or my tape measure doesnt show it right away! Our habits whittle away on the waist line long after were thinking about it!
Because the goods news is, and this is something I've been really amazed to experience,
is how much of a difference even very short blocks of time and small amounts of effort can make if you're
consistent about complying with what you set out to do.
14 minutes of exercise every N-day can transform you.
So this isnt "just about losing my excess wieght" Its about changing my habits. If I change my habits, it will change my body. Simple as that. Even if we eventually have to put our own tweak in there to make it work for us it's all about habits. Because it can take
6 months-to a year to change on a more permanent basis.
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Two S days are too many for me, I just totally get off track or something. In other ways, 2 S days helps me stick to the plan, but I just dont know, ya know?
Thanks for letting me know!
I lost my wieght by waiting for hunger and cutting my portions drasticly, also by walking with Leslie sansone.