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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Louise Sweeney
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by Louise Sweeney » Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:27 pm
Checking in for Friday 4/16 and Saturday and Sunday. Hooray for S days. I was really good all week, both food and exercise. So, I rewarded myself on Saturday with a candybar. Other than that one luxury, I was good. So far today, Sunday, I've had a muffin and a banana plus coffee. Think I'll have a glass of hot water with freshly squeezed lemon. Supposed to be good for the system and I like it!
Start/Present/Goal
168.5/165.5/145