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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Carolyn831
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by Carolyn831 » Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:04 pm
Alright, so I'm starting a 40 day challenge to (hopefully) find a little freedom from food during the season of Lent. I'm going to borrow the X system I saw in another post.
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Queenie
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by Queenie » Wed Feb 10, 2016 10:05 pm
Oh, boy! I'm delighted to see that the DailyX chart rings your bells, Carolyn.
And what a great idea for Lent.
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Carolyn831
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by Carolyn831 » Tue Feb 16, 2016 3:12 pm
Last week was CRAZY. We moved to a new house on very short notice, so my whole week was packing and driving. Some days I did well with food, and other days, not so much. I'm starting the challenge over again today.
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Queenie
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by Queenie » Tue Feb 16, 2016 5:55 pm
Glad you're back here.
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by lpearlmom » Wed Feb 17, 2016 4:33 pm
Moving is the pits! Glad to see you're back on track--yay!!
SW: 210 lbs
CW: 172
GW:160
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Carolyn831
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by Carolyn831 » Thu Feb 18, 2016 1:32 am
Day 2 (2/17)
XXX
I had a snack this afternoon for no particular reason. I didn't need it...I just mindlessly popped one of my daughter's orange slices in my mouth and then proceeded to eat two clementines, so only two green Xs for me. It is a relief to feel detached from a "mistake" like an extra snack. A few weeks ago, a snack would have led to another snack and then another (probably sweets).
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by oolala53 » Mon Feb 22, 2016 1:02 am
Long live thwarting WTH!
Count plates, not calories. 11 years "during"
Age 69
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
1/21-23
There is no S better than Vanilla No S (mods now as a senior citizen)
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Carolyn831
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by Carolyn831 » Wed Feb 24, 2016 3:19 am
I keep forgetting to check in...
I'm doing okay I guess. Most days have been 2/3 Xs. Last Friday was a total failure. I'm waiting for the time when it stops feeling so hard. I'm considering dropping S days for the rest of the challenge because it Mon-Weds I'm just white-knuckling it.
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Queenie
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by Queenie » Wed Feb 24, 2016 3:42 pm
Sounds like you're doing well. Some people ramp up by doing just one No-S until they're rock solid with that, then they add the second No-S to the mix.
You may be doing something like that without doing it on purpose.
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Carolyn831
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by Carolyn831 » Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:46 pm
Queenie,
Yes, it does seem to be that way. I keep forgetting one of the S's.
Yesterday was good though.
2/24 XXX
2/25 XXX (so far)
