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.
Moderators: Soprano, automatedeating
-
Buffalo Gal
- Posts: 99
- Joined: Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:11 pm
Post
by Buffalo Gal » Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:15 pm
Great day ... sun is shinning and I get to check off another green box. I still cannot believe how fast my cravings went away! I joined the Urban Rangers last week (put my car up until winter) and love walking. Really need to get a good pair of walking shoes. I even got one of my co workers to walk on lunch with me...we take the corporate dog (Pete) with us.
If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
-
Jamiebf
- Posts: 102
- Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:50 pm
- Location: Elmira NY
Post
by Jamiebf » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:04 am
Great job, your doing great. It is so good to not to have the love hate with food any longer, now I just love my meals and love the control even more.