Lolly'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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Lolly's daily Check In

Post by Lolly » Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:49 am

I’ve had a bit of a difficult start to No S, with far more red days than green, so I’ve decided to check in daily and attempt to do 21 days of successful No S.
To begin with, I’m going to make my meals a bit bigger than usual, even though that might mean that I’m eating too many calories to lose weight. As soon as I get into the rhythm of No S, I’ll reduce them a bit. I’ve found sticking to three meals much more difficult than I expected, and maybe establishing that habit will be the most difficult part of the diet for me.

DAY 0 - Failure
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hey

Post by tobiasmom » Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:19 pm

Welcome!! Hope you have a great day today!

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Post by Lolly » Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:04 am

Thank you :-)

Unfortunately I didn't have the best first day of tracking. I was so sure I was going to do it this time and have 21 days of success, then some friends visited me in the evening bringing snacks, and I ended up joining them and really pigging out :oops:

I think I'll count today as my first day and start again. Hopefully the embarrassment over failing straight away will stop me doing the same thing.

DAY 1: Success

A good day today, my first N day in a while. Only one more until the weekend :D

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Post by Lolly » Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:45 pm

Day 2: Success :-)

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Post by Lolly » Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:25 am

Day 3: S day

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Post by Lolly » Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:07 am

Day 4: S day

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Post by Lolly » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:20 pm

Day 5: Success :-)

9:30 pm and I'm very very tempted to eat. Stomach is growling. The only thing that's stopping me giving in and eating something is the fact that I'd have to start again with my attempt to do 21 days of No S. I must try and eat later tomorrow night.

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Post by Lolly » Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:23 pm

Day 6: Success

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Day 7: Success

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Post by Lolly » Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:06 am

I'm a bit worried about today as I'm going for a few drinks tonight for a friends birthday and there will be a birthday cake. I don't want to take it as an S day, but the combination of having a little wine and friends encouraging me (I imagine) to eat some cake will be really tempting. I hope the fact that I have 7 successful S days behind me will stop me though, as I really don't want to have to start from day 1 again.

Day 8: Success :D

Nearly blew it, really glad I didn't now. I had quite a bit of juice , more than ideal but managed to stick to No S rules :-)

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Post by Lolly » Fri Nov 12, 2010 9:52 pm

Day 9: Success :)

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Post by Lolly » Sat Nov 13, 2010 5:29 pm

Day 10: S day
Day 11: S day

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Two weeks of FAILS

Post by Lolly » Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:11 pm

15th November - 26th November
FAIL, FAIL, FAIL, FAIL, FAIL, S Day, S Day, FAIL, FAIL, FAIL, FAIL, FAIL

Really not sure what happened here. I was doing so well with No S (for me). I really thought I had finally got it, and then it all fell apart. Spectacular fail day binges. At first I was so disappointed with myself, and vowed to get back on track , but as the fails mounted up I just thought 'I've blown No-S now, can't go back and post so many fails'. I tried to justify my excess as having a healthy appreciation for nice food, but without the limits that No S gave, that nice food wasn't anywhere near as enjoyable and was accompanied by the usual feelings of guilt and self-loathing.

Anyway, I'm back and determined to succeed this time. I really love the structure of No-S especially now its nearing Christmas, and there are so many temptations about. I'm going to try and make the rest of November and December perfect No S :-)

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Post by Over43 » Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:33 pm

Well, like Lenny Kravitz says, "Dig in..." You'll get there.
Bacon is the gateway meat. - Anthony Bourdain
You pale in comparison to Fox Mulder. - The Smoking Man

I made myself be hungry, then I would get hungrier. - Frank Zane Mr. Olympia '77, '78, '79

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Post by Lolly » Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:23 am

Thanks Over43 :-). Feeling optimistic. Can't wait to start again tomorrow.

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