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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Calycanth
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- Joined: Sat Sep 11, 2010 12:50 am
- Location: Toledo, OH
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by Calycanth » Sat Sep 11, 2010 12:54 am
Here we go...
I'm starting out at age 29, 5'6" and 175 lbs. Today was my first N day. So far, so good!
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Katie
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- Joined: Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:02 pm
- Location: Chattanooga, TN
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by Katie » Sat Sep 11, 2010 5:01 pm
Welcome! And WAY TO GO!! There are a couple of us around this age. Hope you have a S-weet weekend!
Expecting first baby 02/02/2012
Allowing 2 snacks a day