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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Braden
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by Braden » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:54 pm
Day 1
Neutral
Had a piece of Moms home made bread
Day 2
Neutral
Ate one cookie for a snack
Hopefully Day 3 will be green!
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Braden
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by Braden » Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:24 am
Restarted today....
15 mins on treadmill, walked to and from school every time, no snacking at night, ate small(er) than small meals...
Green
EDIT:
FAIL!!!!! I never ate lunch (had to do drivers ed), and had 4 BK chicken fries for supper...
I was hungry and had leftover chinese food.