Kevin's new check-in

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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Kevin's new check-in

Post by Kevin » Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:03 am

Okay. I'm the prodigal fool. After more than a year and 25 pounds - then a year and a half of gently easing off - I'm back up to almost where I started.

It was so easy to backslide. A celebration at work here, a Friday night there... then I'm back to my old ways.

So, today starts a new 21 days.

Wish me luck.
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Post by gratefuldeb67 » Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:53 am

Kevin you are certainly not a fool. Cut out the negative talk..
I too back slid into old habits from about last August till mid Summer this year.. I gained 12 lbs back and became completely inactive.
The most important thing is that you are back and turning things around now!
So let's stick it out this time!
I'm rooting for ya!
It's so great that all these NoS people are still here. I think the danger comes when one goes away from the bulletin board for too long.
Have a good week :D
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Thanks

Post by Kevin » Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:13 pm

Nice to hear from you, Deb. I have been away from the board for too long.
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Day 1 - Success

Post by Kevin » Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:34 am

Day 1 - Success
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Day 2 - Success

Post by Kevin » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:20 am

Day 1 - Success

Lunch was not quite No-S purist: there were sandwiches at work, and I took only a half the first time up, because I wanted to leave more of a selection for the other meeting members. Then I took another half.
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Day 3

Post by Kevin » Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:35 pm

No-S Success

(I did put a piece of chicken in my mouth while I was cutting it up for dinner, but I'm not going to declare the day a failure because of that.)

SG - Success
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Post by reinhard » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:19 pm

Kevin,

It's great to see you again here. If it's any inspiration, things worked out pretty well for the original prodigal son, as I recall. :-)

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Post by Kevin » Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:15 pm

That's just because the end of the story is missing. The prodigal says sayonara to his Dad again, and his brother tracks him down and opens a can of wupass on him for being such a jerk. And the big brother is a tough guy becuase he spends all day swinging heavy farm implements, you know... :wink:
reinhard wrote:Kevin,

It's great to see you again here. If it's any inspiration, things worked out pretty well for the original prodigal son, as I recall. :-)

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Post by gratefuldeb67 » Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:50 pm

Hey Kev :)
A quick congrats on a good start this week! :D
Have a nice weekend.
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Post by Kevin » Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:59 pm

Kevin wrote:That's just because the end of the story is missing. The prodigal says sayonara to his Dad again, and his brother tracks him down and opens a can of wupass on him for being such a jerk. And the big brother is a tough guy because he spends all day swinging heavy farm implements... :wink:
reinhard wrote:Kevin,

It's great to see you again here. If it's any inspiration, things worked out pretty well for the original prodigal son, as I recall. :-)

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Day 4 (Friday) and Day 5 (Saturday)

Post by Kevin » Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:46 pm

Day 4 (Friday)
No-S Success
SG - Exempt because my hands hurt from Wednesday's and Thursday's sessions (damned wooden handle is just too skinny).

Day 5 (Saturday)
No-S Exempt, but I was very moderate on snacking, which feels really good.

SG - Intend to SG tonight after wrapping the handle with some tape to increase my grip.
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Day 6 (Sunday)

Post by Kevin » Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:00 am

No-S S day, but I did not gorge like I have on previous weekends. So, success.

SG- Success . Heading for the basement right now... much happier since I taped the handle last night. Hands hurt a lot less.
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Day 7

Post by Kevin » Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:40 pm

No-S - Success.

My daughter baked cookies and before I could think about what I was doing, I had half of one in my mouth. It was a nice moment with the kid. Not going to feel too bad about it.

SG - Success.
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Post by MerryKat » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:30 am

Well done for getting back up out of 'do your own thing' land and back to the happy reality of No S.
Hugs from Sunny South Africa
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starting again

Post by Kevin » Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:44 pm

Starting again today.
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Post by 3aday » Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:00 pm

Welcome back!
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Post by Kevin » Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:23 am

Thanks. :)

Day 1 was a success.
3aday wrote:Welcome back!
:D :D :D :D :D
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Post by Blondie » Tue Jul 01, 2008 3:56 pm

Heyyyyy!
What Navin said.
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Post by reinhard » Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:37 pm

Kevin,

Great to see you again here!

I've quoted you in so many places on the site that you can't ever really leave, but still :-))

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