Dana's Daily

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 automatedeating » Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:43 pm

Welcome Dana! :-)
Hope today is green for you!
Month/Year-BMI
8/13-26.3
8/14-24.5
5/15-26.2
1/16-26.9; 9/16-25.6
8/17-25.8; 11/17-26.9
3/18-25.6; 8/18-24.5; 10/18-23.8;
3/19-22.1; 10/19-21.8
6/20-22.5; 7/20-23.0; 9/20-23.6
4/21 - 25.2

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Post by automatedeating » Sat Mar 28, 2020 3:31 pm

There are lots on this board that eat (or have eaten) 4 meals a day. A planned snack is a common mod, especially early. I think Alene was doing that.

I personally have never done that (on purpose, lol). If I am hungry between meals I have decaf coffee w/milk or cream.
Month/Year-BMI
8/13-26.3
8/14-24.5
5/15-26.2
1/16-26.9; 9/16-25.6
8/17-25.8; 11/17-26.9
3/18-25.6; 8/18-24.5; 10/18-23.8;
3/19-22.1; 10/19-21.8
6/20-22.5; 7/20-23.0; 9/20-23.6
4/21 - 25.2

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Post by automatedeating » Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:43 pm

Sounds like a good plan! Figure out your inner rebel and reasonably appease it while you build sustainable habits.
Month/Year-BMI
8/13-26.3
8/14-24.5
5/15-26.2
1/16-26.9; 9/16-25.6
8/17-25.8; 11/17-26.9
3/18-25.6; 8/18-24.5; 10/18-23.8;
3/19-22.1; 10/19-21.8
6/20-22.5; 7/20-23.0; 9/20-23.6
4/21 - 25.2

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Post by oolala53 » Tue Apr 07, 2020 4:10 pm

Hi, Dana! I gently suggest you start thinking that you tell your body when to eat, not when it wants it. We have paired eating with countless situations, thoughts, places, people, and on and on and on. It almost never had to do with need, just a paired stimulus. Humans are opportunistic eaters! But we are all free to choose how often, how much, and what we eat. No S is about trying to decrease the decisions. It's the deciding all day that wears us out! But it's also true that we can phase in the habits. As someone said, lots of people start with a planned snack during their hardest meal gap. Others use a beverage. That was my go to because having a decaf mocha with stevia never made me want to go to town on food, but small snacks often led to WTH (what the hell, an actual willpower research term)! Sounds like you've made your choice for this week, and that's perfect.

Another great thing about No S is it's built in that you have to adjust as you go. It is not some prescribed program that you're either not going to be able to keep up or have to adjust a lot later anyway for other reasons. But it means that up front, it's more "mysterious." Am I doing it right? people often think. It can take awhile to figure what is doing it right for you, but it's also true that it probably won't be that far off from what has kept traditional societies slim for generations.

Glad to meet you!
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

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Post by DMJ75 » Thu Apr 09, 2020 12:12 am

Wed. 4/8 GREEN (without the afternoon snack :) )

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Post by automatedeating » Fri Apr 10, 2020 3:21 pm

Great greens!
Month/Year-BMI
8/13-26.3
8/14-24.5
5/15-26.2
1/16-26.9; 9/16-25.6
8/17-25.8; 11/17-26.9
3/18-25.6; 8/18-24.5; 10/18-23.8;
3/19-22.1; 10/19-21.8
6/20-22.5; 7/20-23.0; 9/20-23.6
4/21 - 25.2

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Post by automatedeating » Thu Jul 09, 2020 5:25 pm

Welcome back! I enjoy reading your thinking about your goals and what you'd like to keep track of.
Month/Year-BMI
8/13-26.3
8/14-24.5
5/15-26.2
1/16-26.9; 9/16-25.6
8/17-25.8; 11/17-26.9
3/18-25.6; 8/18-24.5; 10/18-23.8;
3/19-22.1; 10/19-21.8
6/20-22.5; 7/20-23.0; 9/20-23.6
4/21 - 25.2

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Welcome back

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Post by automatedeating » Fri Jul 17, 2020 3:26 pm

Hope you got to bed reasonably! :-)
I wear a fitbit that gives me my sleep score and that is a motivator for me to get to bed and prioritize sleep.
Month/Year-BMI
8/13-26.3
8/14-24.5
5/15-26.2
1/16-26.9; 9/16-25.6
8/17-25.8; 11/17-26.9
3/18-25.6; 8/18-24.5; 10/18-23.8;
3/19-22.1; 10/19-21.8
6/20-22.5; 7/20-23.0; 9/20-23.6
4/21 - 25.2

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Post by lpearlmom » Sun Nov 22, 2020 5:19 am

Welcome back!
:twisted: SW: 210 lbs
CW: 172
GW:160

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90 second fitness sounds like the perfect workout for me. :-)
Month/Year-BMI
8/13-26.3
8/14-24.5
5/15-26.2
1/16-26.9; 9/16-25.6
8/17-25.8; 11/17-26.9
3/18-25.6; 8/18-24.5; 10/18-23.8;
3/19-22.1; 10/19-21.8
6/20-22.5; 7/20-23.0; 9/20-23.6
4/21 - 25.2

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