Randi's Check-in

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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RandiSL
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Randi's Check-in

Post by RandiSL » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:03 am

So yesterday was my first day on this crazy diet.. I need to lose about 20 lbs. This diet is awfully simple and I'm a bit worried about it so I need to monitor the scale everyday just for the plain fear of it. Once I see I'm not gaining weight I will slowly begin to take my eyes from the scale but for now I'm watching very closely...nervously... and anxiously.
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cvmom
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Post by cvmom » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:24 pm

Randi,
You have to be patient with yourself when you eat the NoS way. It took me 5 months to knock off 12 pounds and I am in my 40's. For me, it was important to not feel deprived because I love food. So, it will take longer, but the process should be easier. It truly is about lifestyle change.

Also, I dont' know if you exercise, but if you don't, then go buy a pedometer and start logging some steps. If you do exercise, then just keep it up.

You can do this!!!!

Dru
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