Doing okay still

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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MollyMouse
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Doing okay still

Post by MollyMouse » Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:26 pm

Have had a good day on Monday and today Tuesday is going well also. Its still hard to get my mind around being able to eat what ever as long as its no more than a plate. Had a good breakfast and for lunch a couple of us gals went for hot turkey sandwiches. It was great to eat it with out guilt. Tonight for dinner I will try and have some thing healthy. This is day 6.
Have a great day
Cheers
Marilyn
aka MollyMouse

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FarmerHal
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Post by FarmerHal » Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:35 pm

Isn't it freeing to eat with no guilt and no overanalyzing each bite?
Keep up the good work!
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