Simmstone's 'Obsessive Moderation'

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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simmstone
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June 2025

Post by simmstone » Fri Apr 04, 2025 6:39 pm

June 2025

The only way to fail is to quit, I suppose... I'm not at that point, but I am so weary of always having to think about food. Despite that, I am trying again - onward and upward (even when upward seems downward), is the only outlook worth having, for me.

Sun, 6/1: S DAY

Mon, 6/2: SUCCESS, Walking (Incline) - 40 minutes
Tue, 6/3: FAIL, Weight Training - 45 minutes
Wed, 6/4: SUCCESS
Thu, 6/5: FAIL, Walking (Incline) - 45 minutes
Fri, 6/6: FAIL, Weight Training - 45 minutes
Sat, 6/7: S DAY, Walking (Incline) - 45 minutes
Sun, 6/8: S DAY
Weekly Notes: 3 Failures this week... will look to improve next week. Wellness/Activity level was good.
Feeling revivified for next week - I'm making this my 'main thing' for a while and really want to stick to 3 meals.

Mon, 6/9: FAIL
Tue, 6/10: SUCCESS, Weight Training - 45 minutes
Wed, 6/11: FAIL
Thu, 6/12: SUCCESS, Walking (Incline) - 45 minutes
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Sun, 6/15:
Weekly Notes:

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Last edited by simmstone on Fri Jun 13, 2025 12:23 am, edited 11 times in total.
"No S is such a good way to combat the randomness, which is often the slide into more and more." - oolala53
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Amy3010
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Re: Simmstone's 'Obsessive Moderation'

Post by Amy3010 » Sun Apr 06, 2025 6:13 am

I totally agree - onward and upward is the only way to go. What other option do we have?
Hang in there! :mrgreen:
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