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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thephatsister
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by thephatsister » Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:53 am
Day 2 was a little harder. I caved to some Cheezits. But I did walk a whole mile today which doesn't happen often. Everything else went pretty well. I am positive in my future.
The Phat Sister, that's phat not fat!!
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susieokla
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by susieokla » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:32 am
Hang in there, tomorrow is a new day. Good job on the 1 mile.
Susieokla
No S Diet Start Weight 10/6/08: 165 lbs
Current weight as of 10/14/08: 160 lbs
Goal Weight: 135-140 lbs
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howfunisthat
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by howfunisthat » Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:15 am
You're doing great! I absolutely believe you are in the middle of the hardest this gets. Hang in there for the first few weeks and you'll see this getting easier....
Great job on the mile!
janie
Nothing worthwhile is ever easy...
