clstal daily checkin

Counting carbs/calories is a drag. Obsessive scale stepping is a recipe for despair. If you want to count something, "days on habit" is a much better metric. Checking off days on a calendar would do just fine, but if you do it here you get accountability and support. Here's how. Start a new topic in this forum called (say) "Your Name Daily Check In." Then every N day post a "reply" to that topic as to whether you stayed on habit. A simple "<font color="green">SUCCESS</font>" or "<font color="red">FAILURE</font>" (or your preferred euphemism if that's too harsh) is sufficient, but obviously you're welcome to write more if you want. On S-days just register that you're taking an S-day. You don't have to do this forever, just until you're confident you've built the habit. Feel free to check in weekly or monthly or sporadically instead of daily. Feel free also to track other habits besides No-s (I'm keeping this forum under No-s because that's what the vast majority are using it for). See also my <a href="/habitcal/">HabitCal</a> tool for another more formal (and perhaps complementary) way to track habits.

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clstal daily checkin

Post by clstal » Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:20 am

Day1
Success, though eating *huge* meals and finding avoiding diet soda throughout the day more difficult than I expected (I'll still be including 2 diet mtndews w/ bfast because coffee is inconvenient w/ my AMs).
In addn to 'usual' walking on campus, walked mile with sister.

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Post by clstal » Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:00 am

Day2: success

Day3: S (exam) day

Day 4,5: S (weekend) days

Day 6: expected S day (another *BLOODY* exam)

I swear, I just might be healthier if schedules were written to space exams out rather than cramming htem as tightly together as possible. However, this is my last one that requires enough stress and studying to throw my schedule wacky... the ones next week aren't so study-intensive.

Also attempting to increase my walking time by adding evening walks w/ friends or family, so far I've been successfull 3 days.

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