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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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Post by mrsj » Tue May 05, 2015 8:19 am

I'm back. :oops: :oops:

5 May: am motivated to get back on the wagon. I'm starting slowly to eat healthy foods.

5 May: :D Stuck to Vanilla No S. 3 meals, no seconds and no sweets or snacks. One day down!

Day 1
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Post by ironchef » Tue May 05, 2015 11:30 am

Welcome back and good luck!

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Post by tobiasmom » Wed May 06, 2015 3:18 pm

Welcome back! I, too, started back today!
Military wife and homeschool mom of two boys, 15 and 10.
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Post by DSTSS » Wed May 06, 2015 7:57 pm

Me too! Wishing you well!

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Post by oolala53 » Wed May 06, 2015 8:42 pm

Midweek is a good time to start.
Count plates, not calories. 11 years "during"
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Post by mrsj » Thu May 07, 2015 12:08 pm

6 May: Success. I'm proud of myself today, 7 May. Hubby and I were in a bakery and I bought cakes for only him. He can hide behind a broomstick. I bought a roll that is high fiber for myself. I'll make a sandwich for my lunch with this roll.

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Post by mrsj » Fri May 08, 2015 4:09 pm

day 3: 7 May: green.
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Post by lpearlmom » Sat May 09, 2015 4:25 am

We! You're doing great! Great job at the bakery too. I find as long as I can have something (even if it's for later) I don't feel deprived.

Have a great weekend!

Linda :)
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Post by mrsj » Sat May 09, 2015 5:42 pm

lpearlmom, thanks for your encouragement. I would really like to achieve your rate of weight reduction so I can function normally again. How are you doing it?

Day 4, May 8: Green.
Day 5, May 9: Yellow, an S day. I haven't gone overboard, just enjoyed a brownie. I've worked hard for that brownie in the garden.
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Post by ironchef » Sat May 09, 2015 10:14 pm

Well done, you're off to a great start :)

My husband is naturally slim too (he still has some of a box of chocolates my sister gave him for his birthday in January!). Sometimes it feels unfair. Interestingly, No S has actually brought me closer to the way my husband eats!

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Post by lpearlmom » Sun May 10, 2015 8:25 pm

Mrsj: I'm not really sure the answer to that. I think what helped a lot was doing nos for several months just focusing on the habit & not worrying about weight loss. I was finally ready to make changes with the what part of my plates at the same dh had a heart attack so we were both super motivated to change our eating & exercising habits. It was very hard at first--lots of hunger & sore muscles but now it's second nature. I also have a lot to lose so my body seems to want to cooperate (at least for now).

Well that's the short answer but my advice is to focus on getting your habits strongly in place first. You can do this!

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Post by oolala53 » Sun May 10, 2015 9:35 pm

Heart attacks have turned many a person around, if they survive.

But not always. When I did massage, I had a client who had had open heart surgery in his early fifties. Afterwards, he told me he ate a lot less, but he wasn't really careful. He was told if a person doesn't change, it takes about ten years for the buildup to happen again. Ten years later, he died of the second heart attack. But honestly, I think he really enjoyed the life he did have. I guess it was worth it to him.
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Post by eschano » Mon May 11, 2015 1:55 pm

Hello! Delighted to read your thread.
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Post by mrsj » Fri May 22, 2015 11:44 am

I've been very busy at my allotment garden so I haven't had time to post.

Every day has been Green, except 16 May, a Saturday, which was Yellow.

I attended a party but didn't pig out.

I've been doing very heavy work in the garden and have stuck to Vanilla No S. The result is I'm 2 kilos lighter. Even though it's only 2 kilos, I feel so much better. My feet and knees are thanking me.
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Post by osoniye » Fri May 22, 2015 12:18 pm

mrsj wrote:Even though it's only 2 kilos, I feel so much better.
Yay for 2 kilos lost! That's great! When you lose 2 kilos in a sustainable way like this, it's such a different thing from bouncing down 2 kilos on some strict regimen, where it's just as easly to bounce right back up. I trust it will be gone for good, and "good riddance", huh?
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Post by mrsj » Mon May 25, 2015 10:04 am

May 23: Green
May 24: Green
May 25: Yellow. Today is a holiday and I haven't had time to have an S day before now.
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Post by mrsj » Thu May 28, 2015 10:57 am

May 26: green.
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Post by mrsj » Mon Jun 01, 2015 5:32 pm

May 27: Green
May 28: Green
May 29: Green
May 30: Green
May 31: Yellow. I drank a soda pop. i consider soda pop a sweet and it was Sunday. This was my treat.
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Post by eschano » Tue Jun 02, 2015 11:18 am

You're doing so well!
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Post by mrsj » Mon Jun 08, 2015 11:15 am

1 June: Green
2 June: Green
3 June: Green
4 June: Yellow. Constitution Day
5 June: Green
6 June: Green
7 June: Yellow Sunday. Didn't overdo my treat day.
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Post by mrsj » Thu Jun 18, 2015 10:01 am

From 7 June until now I've been a Green Girl. I've had 1 yellow day and had to force myself to have a treat. I've been very busy at the allotment garden.
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Post by eschano » Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:05 pm

Wohooo! Well done!
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Post by gingerpie » Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:39 pm

Busy is good :) Are you getting lots of yummy garden treats yet?

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