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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shea521
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by shea521 » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:26 am
start date 4/9/08 failure
snacked today when i got home from work
this is a bad time for me
maybe I will try drinking water as soon as I get home
you can't finish if you never start
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viggie
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by viggie » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:32 pm
Don't beat yourself up. Just try to do better with the next meal.
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shea521
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by shea521 » Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:28 pm
THANKS VIGGIE,
DAY 1- 4/10/08 THURSDAY- SUCCESS
DAY 2 4/11FRIDAY-SUCCESS
4/12 SATURDAY- FIRST S DAY
4/13 SUNDAY - S DAY
I'm not even hungry. this is so simple and doable for me.
I am working on day 3, so far so good.
you can't finish if you never start
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shea521
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by shea521 » Mon May 05, 2008 4:31 pm
well, i am back.
starting over. i wish i had never left, but no use crying over spilled milk.
may 5, 2008 (cinco de mayo) day 1. it is just about lunch time and though the snacks have been calling and my stomach growling (only half a bagel for breakfast) i have stayed on track.
you can't finish if you never start