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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by Daisy » Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:17 pm
Hello everyone I am back again
!!!! This time I am definately going to stick to it and not be seduced away by the quick fix diets that keep beckoning me from the pages of magazines, newspapers and bookshops (except the NO S Book of course). Will get my order in for a copy of the book as soon as possible.
Happy 2008 everyone - and good luck with the No S-ing.
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by Daisy » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:25 pm
Monday 21 Jan - Day 1 - Success
Tuesday 22 Jan - Day 2 - Success
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by Daisy » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:56 am
Wednesday 23 January - Success
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by Daisy » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:03 am
Thursday 24th January - Success
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by Daisy » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:09 am
Day 5 - Friday 25 Jan - Success
So far so good - have found this easy so far - but I have now reached my two S days, I think it will probably benefit me if I stay away from sweet food, when I don't eat any chocolate etc I don't miss it, but as soon as I have a taste, then I usually want some more, and then it makes going back to Sing more difficult.
Might just treat myself to a really nice indulgent yogurt.
Have a great weekend everyone.
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by Daisy » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:12 am
Saturday 26th Jan - Day 6 - S Day - Success
Sunday 27th Jan - Day 7 - S Day - Success
Monday 28th Jan - Success
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by Daisy » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:13 am
Tuesday 28 Jan - Day 9 - Success
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by Daisy » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:19 am
Wednesday 30th January - Day 10 - Success
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by Daisy » Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:31 am
Thursday 31 Jan - Day 11 - Success
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by Daisy » Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:16 am
Friday 1 Feb - Day 12 - Success
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by Daisy » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:21 pm
Saturday 2nd Feb Day 13 and Sunday 3rd Feb Day 14 - S Days - Success
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by Daisy » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:21 am
Monday 4th February - Day 15 - Success
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by Daisy » Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:46 pm
Tuesday 5th February - Day 16 - Success
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by Daisy » Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:45 pm
Wednesday 6th February - Day 17 -
Success
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by reinhard » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:24 pm
Daisy,
Belated welcome back and congratulations on your string of successes so far!
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by Daisy » Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:49 am
Hi Reinhard, thanks for the welcome back.
Well so far so good, I always find the first 21 days the easiest, but then things start to get a little difficult, but I am determined this time to carry on and not stray.
Thursday 7th February - Day 18 - Success
Friday 8th February - Day 19 - I am going to call this a success even though it wasn't quite a normal day, I had breakfast (banana and peanut butter smoothie), but then went out to lunch with friends, where I did have a starter and main course (but no seconds, or sweets). I then didn't have anything else to eat all day (apart from a milky drink at about 10pm). So still only 3 plates - does that count????
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by Daisy » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:39 am
Saturday and Sunday 9th and 10th February - Days 20 and 21 - S Days -
Success
Just joined the 21 day club - have lost 4lbs, my goal is to loose about 28lbs in total = so 24lbs left to go.
On to the next 21
Monday 11th Feb = day 1 = Success
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by Daisy » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:49 am
Tuesday 12th Feb = day 2 =
Success
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by Daisy » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:19 am
Wednesday 13th Feb = day 3 = Success
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by Daisy » Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:20 am
Thursday 14th Feb = Day 4 = Success
Friday 15th Feb = Day 5 (have decided to shift my s days this week to Fri and Sat due to some family things going on, so this is an S day)
Saturday 16th Feb = Day = S Day
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by Daisy » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:39 am
Sunday 17 Feb - Day 6 -
Success (sort of!!!)
Found it quite difficult today, due to switching S days I think. Also I had a really early lunch about 11am as we were going out and I didn't want to get caught out and the rest of the family decide to to to MacDonalds or some other fast food place because they were all hungry, thought safest thing would be to feed everyone first. But then we were late getting in and didn't get our evening meal until 7:30pm so I did cheat a little and had some cold chicken, a few raisons and a few almonds before my evening meal (virtual plating) rather than eat the snickers bar that I knew was in the fridge. So not 100% successful but it could have been a lot worse.
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by Daisy » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:03 pm
Monday 18 Feb - Day 7
Tuesday 19 Feb - Day 8
Wednesday 20 Feb - Day 9
Thursday 21 Feb - Day 10
Friday 22 Feb - Day 11
All a
Success
