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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SamandJ
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by SamandJ » Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:15 am
I weigh 163 lbs, I'm 5'1, and I'm 36.
I'm 6 weeks pregnant and I'm 40 lbs overweight. I want to eat nutritiously and responsibly so I'm going to do NO S through out this pregnancy.
I'll track my journey. Maybe it will be useful to some other women.
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tobiasmom
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by tobiasmom » Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:31 am
Welcome! I am currently on No-S and have been trying to conceive for quite some time. So if and when I get pregnant, I plan to follow No-S during pregnancy. I think it's a great idea!