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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rainyday
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by rainyday » Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:09 am
Week 2 on the No S plan, plain vanilla.
I just weighed myself at 174 lbs (5'9") so my BMI is inching into overweight for the first time ever (F 34). I've always been naturally thin/average, but the last two years of office work and travel seem to have caught up. Snacking is definitely the issue, and desserts and multi-courses at work meals. I don't snack or eat sweets at home, it's a work habit.
I'm just concentrating on no-S eating habits because I already exercise for 90 mins 2-4 times a week.
I'm aiming for 20-25 lbs weight loss over the next 12-18 months and then maintenance, to be back to my "normal" weight. I'm going to be fairly relaxed about this effort, and try to avoid weighing myself a lot (maybe once a week)
So far, so good. It hasn't really been difficult at all, so I hope it's working! I dislike "dieting" since I love food/cooking and hate fake food, so this is pretty exciting.
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mrsj
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by mrsj » Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:40 am
Keep up the good work! Those pounds didn't come overnight and they won't go overnight. Snacking really adds up...
Nothing is impossible-only improbable.