Maura007's daily 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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maura007
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Maura007's daily check-in

Post by maura007 » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:09 pm

I've been doing the no "S" for two weeks. My biggest problem so far is the evenings. I begin my day at 5:00 a.m. so breakfast comes very early as does lunch. By 5:00 p.m. I am starving and eat dinner. Of course, that leaves a long time between dinner and bed time.

I have used the "glass of milk" some evenings to get me through, but didn't have to last night. So I can count yesterday as a SUCCESS.
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Maura's check in

Post by maura007 » Fri May 09, 2008 5:35 pm

Well it's been another week. I am doing well with staying with no snacks, seconds or sweets.

Haven' lost much weight. I figure that may be because my "S" days are too, too. Or, my plate is too large during my "N" days. I am going to wait a couple more weeks before making adjustments to these so that I build the No "S" habit.

So far, so good.
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