Reizen's daily checkin

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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Reizen's daily checkin

Post by reizen » Tue Sep 13, 2016 7:36 pm

Day 1: Monday
SUCCESS

1st day went well - no funny business. (Although is a hamburger a case of vertical stacking?)

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Post by Whosonfirst » Tue Sep 13, 2016 7:59 pm

You can't argue with SUCCESS. Good start.
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Post by reizen » Tue Sep 13, 2016 9:12 pm

Thanks!

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Post by reizen » Wed Sep 14, 2016 2:28 pm

Day 2: Tuesday

SUCCESS

No funny business.

Enjoyed my meals, but felt kind of ravenous the hour before them.

Still deciding on how I feel about alcohol on N days.

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Post by reizen » Fri Sep 16, 2016 3:04 pm

Day 3 Wednesday: success
In lower case because borderline - but I will take it. 3 meals, no seconds, no sweets, no snacks while on business travel is a victory - even if some of those portions were a bit big.

Day 4 Thursday: SUCCESS no funny business - while traveling - definitely a victory. I'll let slide the chai at the airport I had instead of any alcohol.

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Post by reizen » Sat Sep 17, 2016 1:12 pm

Day5: Friday Failure

I thought Friday nights might pose a problem and they did. We typically have a multicourse meal Friday nights and it's one of two "dessert nights" in my house. So I went crazy (lots and lots of bread, lots and lots of pasta, icecream, alcohol, half a bag of chocolates) I did promise myself vanilla no-s - but in a few weeks I will have to work out a way to deal with Friday nights, where we have a family meal and my willpower is at the lowest. Rest of the day was ok. I am cautious about restricting too much this weekend because it will mess with my willpower next week. But I will make Sunday night an N-night to compensate. I think eventually I will need to adjust to the Friday night to Sunday afternoon S-plan.

(although I think even on S-days where I am cautious, I will eat a sweet of some variety to make sure it is registered as an s-day.)

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Post by RAWCOOKIE » Sat Sep 17, 2016 1:23 pm

You've had a good first week. The chai was fine by the way.

I know there are other people who move their S days to Friday and Saturday, instead of Saturday and Sunday - for similar reasons. As long as you make a rule and stick to it, it should be possible to establish a robust habit.
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Post by reizen » Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:19 pm

thanks raw cookie. What are the beverage rules? Chais and lattes are sweet and 200 plus calories - which makes me wary of them as a hidden snack.

Day 6: Saturday s-day
ate quite a lot....

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Post by Merry » Mon Sep 19, 2016 5:00 am

reizen wrote:thanks raw cookie. What are the beverage rules? Chais and lattes are sweet and 200 plus calories - which makes me wary of them as a hidden snack.

Day 6: Saturday s-day
ate quite a lot....
Congrats on your first week! don't worry about S-day eating...that's normal, especially to start. It will even out after awhile (though you'll still have off days now and then).

For me, I consider lattes, mochas etc... a dessert. They have way too much sugar in them to be just a "coffee." Coffee with a spoon or two of sugar is okay though.
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Post by reizen » Mon Sep 19, 2016 12:34 pm

Thanks Merry!

Day 7: Sunday s-day
Almost exactly like an N day for me - with a small sweet to make sure I didn't try to negotiate another s-day later in the week.

As for the lattes - it seems to me like in the original diet, a small daily treat (drug) was left in the program - even on n-days. In the author's case it was alcohol. For me, I may just decide to have a soy latte or alcohol - feels like a very similar rationale and about the same number of calories. We'll see. Cutting down on lattes (not the giant, sweetened kind - mind you) is probably good for the wallet though.

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Post by reizen » Tue Sep 20, 2016 2:29 pm

Day 8: Monday success

Pretty good N-day - some funny business at dinner with soup and bread, (soup is always a tough one). But it all theoretically could have fitted on a plate. I will aim for a little more strictness in these first 21 days.

Weigh-in was a little disappointing I had gone down a lot of pounds during the week only to gain most of it back on the s days. As I am packing some vacation weight I want to get that off fast before I settle into the slow and steady habit. I know, I know.

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Post by RAWCOOKIE » Tue Sep 20, 2016 7:22 pm

Hopefully you'll see the scale go down again on Tuesday and Wednesday. My weight always goes up 2-3lbs after a weekend, but over time, the highest weight, on Monday morning, is now lower than the lowest weight was before - so the overall trend is downwards. Try not to panic.
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Post by reizen » Tue Sep 20, 2016 9:19 pm

Thanks rawcookie,

I definitely get it - and I am in for the long haul. But I have a habit of gaining rapidly while traveling (15lbs in 3 weeks!) but then being able to lose it just as fast again to get to my usual weight. I am in that phase at the moment - I kind of want to get speedily to my usual weight - and then I would be more than happy with a long half pound a week run to get to my goal. (I just don't want to add an extra 30 weeks to that to take off that holiday weight.)

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Post by reizen » Wed Sep 21, 2016 5:38 pm

Day 9 Tuesday: Success

A couple of plates on the large side.

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Post by reizen » Thu Sep 22, 2016 2:01 pm

Day 10: Wednesday Success

Despite not being able to eat dinner until 9:30pm and being tempted by pizza in between.

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Post by Merry » Fri Sep 23, 2016 5:07 am

reizen wrote:Day 10: Wednesday Success

Despite not being able to eat dinner until 9:30pm and being tempted by pizza in between.
WAHOOO! Good for you!
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Post by reizen » Fri Sep 23, 2016 4:54 pm

Thanks Merry

Day 11: Thursday Success

Ate a few tiny, tiny breath mints while stuck in a 90 minute traffic jam - but I will let that pass.

Friday coming up...

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Post by reizen » Mon Sep 26, 2016 1:28 pm

Day 11: success
A big dinner - but victory for a Friday.
Day 12: Saturday: S day
Day 13: Sunday S day

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Post by reizen » Wed Sep 28, 2016 2:38 pm

Day 14: Monday: S-Day
Was sick - so took an S day.

Day 15 Tuesday Success

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Post by reizen » Thu Sep 29, 2016 7:18 pm

Day 16: Wednesday: Success

Really wanted a chocolate binge last night - but resisted.

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Post by Merry » Fri Sep 30, 2016 4:58 am

reizen wrote:Day 16: Wednesday: Success

Really wanted a chocolate binge last night - but resisted.
Good for you! Enjoy some chocolate this weekend :-)
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Post by reizen » Fri Sep 30, 2016 2:00 pm

Day 17: Thursday FailSuccess

Have to give this a fail - because of the giant green tea latte that I had in the afternoon that at 300+ calories I could just not justify as not a snack and not a sweet.

However, I have to give myself a success - because I resisted my typical urge to "what the hell" it and have a binge-fest after failing. That is progress!

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Post by reizen » Wed Oct 05, 2016 1:16 pm

Day 18 Friday: Fail
Day 19, 20, 21: Saturday-Monday S-days
Day 22: Tuesday Success

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Post by RAWCOOKIE » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:29 pm

reizen wrote:Day 17: Thursday FailSuccess

Have to give this a fail - because of the giant green tea latte that I had in the afternoon that at 300+ calories I could just not justify as not a snack and not a sweet.

However, I have to give myself a success - because I resisted my typical urge to "what the hell" it and have a binge-fest after failing. That is progress!
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Post by reizen » Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:13 pm

Thanks Rawcookie!

Day 23: Wednesday Success
Day 24: Thursday Fail

Early evening work function when at my hungriest - didn't stand a chance - had a bunch of snacks and cake prior to dinner.

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Post by reizen » Wed Oct 19, 2016 7:55 pm

Ok - fell off the wagon.

Let's start again. This time I will give myself little goals to help not feel overwhelmed with the bigger goal.

Overall goal is -35, interim goal is -2.

Method is, day in day out concentrate on habit. N days.

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Post by ModBod » Thu Oct 20, 2016 8:22 am

Don't give up! I had a fail day yesterday which started as a single portion of brownie and turned into a bit of a 'what the hell' spiral. But it's about keeping on making gains over time. We'll get there! You can do it.
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