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Hello; I've been away for a while. I got hooked on another site and have been meaning to come back here for a progress report. When I started at the beginning of the year I was always looking for reports from people who had been on nos for a while. Well, I have. I started the first of the year and never looked back. It was easy - I'm still surprised how easy. Shoot, do what the intro says. That's it. You are never asked to starve yourself, fill your plate exactly this way or that way. Use common sense. I've lost twenty pounds, from 220 to 200 at 6', and several belt holes. I'm happy, don't feel too heavy, but most of all I am out of the habit, as I was the first week or two, of eating like a pig, constantly and anything. I have mentioned in a long ago post how it really saves a lot of money. For you scale watchers: I am too. I don't recommend it but that's what I do. The good thing is I never cared what the scale said. I liked not eating like a pig, the light, healthy feeling of hunger before dinner, and saving money. One thing I have noticed that may be of some interest and comfort to those who worry about the stupid scale, I did not lose steadily. It went down in stairstep fashion. For a month and a half or so I would see no change on the scale. Then all of a sudden I would drop four or five pounds. I don't know why that is. My feeling is that my body decided to be at a certain weight and just kept it there out of orneriness. Then, after about a month and a half it finally became convinced I was serious about not eating enough to maintain that weight and said, "Ok, he's serious. Drop four or five and hold steady again." Ha! I own my body! It's in My house, fool! Yo! I would like to get just under 185. I've been slack on my exercise because of, well, uh, Iduhno. I'll still drop without exercising more, but I'll have to get more active again to reach my final goal. In the meantime, forever if need be, I'm happy. I recommend nos to anybody who asks. I'm surprised at how many don't try it. Oh well, I'll only mention it once, then it's their business, their loss. The site I have been hooked on lately is bronzebowpublishing.com/forum. The exercises they talk about are a great complement to shovelglove. Some people in the past have posted here that they exercise, lose weight, but their body shape is not what they want. The body control exercises at the site are very good for teaching you to carry your body well, good posture, etc.. I have no connection to the site other than as a fan. Well, that's my report. I'll be back. Nos is a life habit. Thank you Reinhard. The simple beauty of it still amazes me. I hope you don't mind my recommending this site to the other guys, too. I got good responses. Tom |
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