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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MerryKat
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by MerryKat » Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:22 pm
I have been a member of No S since September 2005 and I really believe that this is the plan for me. However, in this time I have had numerous successful stints with No S which I have managed to derail for a multitude of reasons – each one seeming good at the time. The two biggest issue for me have been (1) I try and complicate a simple plan and make it un-workable! (2) I just give up and eat whenever and whatever because it is easier!
2011 is my fresh start. With my December 2010 bonus I bought an exercise bicycle for my hubby and I. Over December we both decided that we need to lose weight and both get down to healthy weights – Part one of this is to get fit and the bicycle is the best option for both of us. Second step is to sort out our eating – 3 meals a day (hubby does not do breakfast so it is 2 meals for him) following No S.
I am astounded at how much easier it is to follow No S and the exercise with a partner – never tried that before. We both motivate each other to do our exercise and stick to our eating plan.
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kccc
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by kccc » Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:21 pm
Hi MerryKat! Welcome back - good to see you!
