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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Summerwine
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by Summerwine » Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:44 pm
So I'm making my first steps on NoS, and finding my feet.
Today is an S-day. But I would still like to remind myself that it's not a "day off the diet", for which I should feel guilty, but an actual part of the regime. So I'm going to check-in anyway.
So, yes. S-day today.
Start date: 10 Jan 2011
4'11'', 31 y.o
SW: 178.8 lbs / CW: 177.4 lbs
Goal 1: 145 lbs (no longer obese)
Goal 2: 120 lbs (no longer overweight)
Final Goal: 110 lbs
"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" John Crowley.
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tobiasmom
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by tobiasmom » Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:46 pm
Welcome! I'm on day 5....and this is such a fun learning process! Hope you had an enjoyable S day without guilt!
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Summerwine
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by Summerwine » Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:35 am
Thanks for cheering me on! I've enjoyed my S-days a great deal, but now it's time to buckle down for another 5 days of perfection. Or nearly. Well, good behaviour, anyway
Start date: 10 Jan 2011
4'11'', 31 y.o
SW: 178.8 lbs / CW: 177.4 lbs
Goal 1: 145 lbs (no longer obese)
Goal 2: 120 lbs (no longer overweight)
Final Goal: 110 lbs
"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" John Crowley.
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Summerwine
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by Summerwine » Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:19 pm
Monday 17 Jan: Win!
Start date: 10 Jan 2011
4'11'', 31 y.o
SW: 178.8 lbs / CW: 177.4 lbs
Goal 1: 145 lbs (no longer obese)
Goal 2: 120 lbs (no longer overweight)
Final Goal: 110 lbs
"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" John Crowley.
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Summerwine
- Posts: 18
- Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:29 pm
- Location: UK
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by Summerwine » Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:31 am
Tuesday 18 Jan: WIN!
Start date: 10 Jan 2011
4'11'', 31 y.o
SW: 178.8 lbs / CW: 177.4 lbs
Goal 1: 145 lbs (no longer obese)
Goal 2: 120 lbs (no longer overweight)
Final Goal: 110 lbs
"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" John Crowley.
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Summerwine
- Posts: 18
- Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:29 pm
- Location: UK
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by Summerwine » Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:30 am
Wednesday 19 Jan:
WIN! 
Start date: 10 Jan 2011
4'11'', 31 y.o
SW: 178.8 lbs / CW: 177.4 lbs
Goal 1: 145 lbs (no longer obese)
Goal 2: 120 lbs (no longer overweight)
Final Goal: 110 lbs
"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" John Crowley.
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Summerwine
- Posts: 18
- Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:29 pm
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by Summerwine » Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:12 am
Thursday, 20 Jan: WIN!
Start date: 10 Jan 2011
4'11'', 31 y.o
SW: 178.8 lbs / CW: 177.4 lbs
Goal 1: 145 lbs (no longer obese)
Goal 2: 120 lbs (no longer overweight)
Final Goal: 110 lbs
"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" John Crowley.
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Summerwine
- Posts: 18
- Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:29 pm
- Location: UK
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by Summerwine » Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:01 pm
Friday 21 Jan: WIN!
Saturday & Sunday: S Days
Monday 24 Jan: WIN!
Start date: 10 Jan 2011
4'11'', 31 y.o
SW: 178.8 lbs / CW: 177.4 lbs
Goal 1: 145 lbs (no longer obese)
Goal 2: 120 lbs (no longer overweight)
Final Goal: 110 lbs
"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" John Crowley.
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Summerwine
- Posts: 18
- Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:29 pm
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by Summerwine » Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:48 am
Tuesday 25 Jan: WIN!
Start date: 10 Jan 2011
4'11'', 31 y.o
SW: 178.8 lbs / CW: 177.4 lbs
Goal 1: 145 lbs (no longer obese)
Goal 2: 120 lbs (no longer overweight)
Final Goal: 110 lbs
"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" John Crowley.
