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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CHart
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by CHart » Fri Jul 18, 2025 5:08 pm
Returned to this thing after reading the book a handful of years ago...it seemed too hard back then so I put it on the back shelf and decided to switch to whatever crazy diet I had found. Anyways this time around it's so far so good. I'm down 4ish pounds in the week I've been putting in the effort. I do have quite a bit to lose but this time around...I don't know I feel strangely ok to sit with my hunger rather then running to the fridge at the first sign of it.
Candace
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Sammybunny711
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by Sammybunny711 » Fri Jul 18, 2025 5:29 pm
You've got this!!! I'm getting back to this way of living after a long break away. We can do this!
~Turning into a normal eater, one green/yellow week at a time.~
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Amy3010
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by Amy3010 » Sat Jul 19, 2025 5:16 am
Welcome, Candace!
