Joyfull Journey

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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Joy2012
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Joyfull Journey

Post by Joy2012 » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:15 pm

This is day one and I am so pumped! I believe I can do this!

After all my diet experiments I did learn a little about myself:
1. I feel much better with more protein
2. I have less cravings during the day if I have a substantial breakfast

I will keep these two things in mind as I go through this weight loss process.
Start: 8/22/12 162lbs/Size 12 (5'2")
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r.jean
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Post by r.jean » Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:04 pm

I am the same regarding protein and a good breakfast! Good luck!
The journey is the reward.
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eschano
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Post by eschano » Wed Aug 22, 2012 2:02 pm

Welcome! :)
eschano - Vanilla rocks!

July 2012- January 2016
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Amy3010
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Post by Amy3010 » Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:58 am

Welcome and good luck! :D
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Joy2012
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Post by Joy2012 » Thu Aug 23, 2012 12:39 pm

Well day one was kind of a mix between successful and unsuccessful.
I did have a sweet (one cookie) and a snack immediately following, so in that regard it was a failure BUT the success is that I stopped with the popcorn. You see in the past when I start a binge it keeps going and going. I mean I will start looking for ingredients to make something sweet if I don't have anything readily available. But this time I stopped! I didn't bake more cookies (and I had an entire pack in the fridge), I didn't eat more popcorn, I didn't drink juice, I didn't make cinnamon-sugar toast, I stopped! So if you all don't mind I will say that day one was a SUCCESS!
Start: 8/22/12 162lbs/Size 12 (5'2")
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eschano
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Post by eschano » Thu Aug 23, 2012 12:54 pm

Hahaha, brilliant. I'm the same - I used to make sweets out of anything available. Truth be told, those were probably still more healthy than the processed sweets in the shop. Still.

And congrats on stopping your binge. Well done. I recommend the podcast on the "What the hell" effect.
eschano - Vanilla rocks!

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tobiasmom
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Hey

Post by tobiasmom » Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:19 am

Welcome! And great job sticking to your guns. I, too, struggle with binging on anything sort of sweet I can find...like peanut butter on a spoon!!
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