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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Cata
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by Cata » Sun Jun 06, 2010 11:47 pm
I started last Wedsnesday (I beleive) So I ahd a couple of N days before an S day. It has been easy. I have been determined to say NO to seconds and snacks. I like the structure. Sweets are not a problem for me, but seconds. I ahve not delt deprived and it is not tedious like counting points as I was going before I am adding a new "S" sensible!
So 5 days and counting to forever!
The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook. ~Julia Child