Jane's Monthly 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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Jane's Monthly Check In

Post by janieb » Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:06 am

I don't think I can manage a daily check in, but a monthly one seems appropriate. I'm eating so much that if I lose weight it's not more than 1/2 a pound a week, so it's only in monthly check-ins that I can see what's really happening.

So, 1 month of No S (March 15 to April 15)

4 Failures
4 NWS days (Easter, Passover, Birthday)

I still haven't done a full week of vanilla no s....

What I hope to achieve this month: 21 straight days (just to show I can!)
It would also be nice to lose a bit of weight.

After I get my no s habits under control, I really need to add weight training to my habits. I am in good cardio shape, but my muscles are pretty slack...


Starting weight: 141.5 Lbs.
During weight: 139.5 lbs.
Initial Goal: 135 lbs.
Ultimate Goal: 125
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