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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cab54
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by cab54 » Sun Nov 14, 2010 7:43 pm
The going is slow, so I thought maybe keeping a journal (check in) would help.
Last night--Saturday--had a bit of sweets. Going to try and not have any tonight. Once a weekend is enough, I think.
Have lost about 15# so far. Wearing 1 size smaller jeans.
Have been increasing the distance of my walks, and today I went 3 miles in about an hour. I measured it with my car, lol. Walking is my exercise of choice. I have been on and off with it, but doing well the last couple of weeks.
My DH snacks a lot in the evening, so that can be hard for me. But I'm dealing.
Cheryl
Starting weight--200 (gah!)
Currently--185
Goal weight--135, or wherever I end up