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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Writer110
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by Writer110 » Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:41 pm
New here & will be starting tomorrow-which will be S-day since Labor Day
Will be doing Vanilla No-S with the only change being probably only eating 2 meals a day as breakfast & I are not a good match.
Looking forward to it!
My weight today is 120.
My goal is 110 which I hope to reach whenever my body deems it is ready to do so.
Edited to add: Actually I was doing this a while back but got so frustrated/embarrassed at how many times I failed I wanted to come back with a clean slate
So I am not really new, but just trying to start over with a new positive attitude!
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Writer110
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by Writer110 » Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:46 am
Day 1: Success!
B: Coffee w/ half & half
L: Cheese sandwich, chips
D: 1 plate cheese and crackers