Surfd00d's 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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Surfd00d's Daily Checkin

Post by surfd00d » Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:58 pm

I tried to follow the No S Diet before and actually lost about 10 lbs. but then lost the discipline and gained it all back. I'm going to start the diet again with two changes. This time, I'm going to keep track of whether I stuck to it or not with HabitCal. And I'm also going to do a daily checkin. My goal is to make No S Diet a habit so that sticking to it becomes easier.

Each day, I'll post an update of how I did and my morning weight. My weight this morning: 169.0 lbs.
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Post by eschano » Tue Oct 23, 2012 11:09 am

Welcome back! I'm also re-focusing on NoS. It's great to see returning people.
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Post by surfd00d » Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:16 pm

Thanks eschano. I tried No S a long time ago and it worked pretty well. But then I stopped using it. This time, I want to make it into a real habit!

Speaking of which, here are my updates for the last 2 days.

Monday (10/22): Failed. I'm a little bummed that I couldn't stick with it for the first day. But I hope to redouble my commitment.

Tuesday (10/23): Succeeded. Yay!
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