First week of No S

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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chocho
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First week of No S

Post by chocho » Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:45 am

Hi. I've done okay my first week. My first couple days were Red, then I had 2 Green days, which felt great. Then the yellow days...I went pretty wild with my eating this weekend and now I'm worried about being able to go back to eating with restrain. Wish me luck. :wink:
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blueskighs
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Post by blueskighs » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:30 am

chocho,

good luck,

Monday's have always been the most difficult for me but it is WORTH IT to be strict with them to help build habit,

Blueskighs
www.nosdiet.blogspot.com Where I blog daily about my No S journey
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silvermoon
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Post by silvermoon » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:59 pm

Hi chocho,

The first week is definitely the hardest. I think I had 2 green days the first week I tried it, too (but I lost a couple of pounds that week, too, so the effort is still worthwhile).

My first successful week was hard, but it definitely gets easier as you get used to it. What helped me around 3pm was knowing that I could have a cup of coffee or something else to drink to help perk me up.

One day at a time -- you can do it!

-- Silvermoon
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