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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blue
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by blue » Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:24 am
Allright . I'm going for it again. Today was a mess but tomorrow No sss
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mimi
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by mimi » Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:00 am
You got that right! One day at a time...one meal at a time, if necessary! Welcome back!!
Mimi
Discovered NoS: April 16, 2007
Restarted once again: July 14, 2011
Quitting is not an option...
If you start to slip, tie a knot and hang on!
Remember that good enough is... good enough.
Strive for progress, not perfection!
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~reneew
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by ~reneew » Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:55 am
Welcome back!!!
I guess this doesn't work unless you actually do it.
Please pray for me
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butterfly1000
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by butterfly1000 » Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:14 pm
All we can do is keep trying -- eventually we will see long term success.
Good Luck!
