Jen's Daily Check-In First Day

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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jenp
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Jen's Daily Check-In First Day

Post by jenp » Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:39 pm

Hi all. Today is my first day trying this. I've struggled with some emotional and binge eating issues and I sometimes have trouble sticking to things, but I feel good about this and ready. So far so good, even though it's only 10:30 am :)
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Amy3010
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Post by Amy3010 » Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:20 am

Welcome, Jen! I came here with similar issues and have made a lot of progress, so I am sure you came to the right place! Good luck!
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Post by lbb (Liz) » Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:03 pm

I relate to emotional and binge eating.
This is a good place to establish good habits and "get right in the head."
My advice, after struggling a bit in the beginning: go vanilla no-s (no modifications...) and be really strict in the beginning.
It will help you get the habit down.
Also, enjoy and make sure to eat enough on your 3 one-plates/day. Then get busy with something else.
Good luck and stick to it!
Liz
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