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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mjhalso
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by mjhalso » Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:40 pm
I just placed a Green NS3 on January 3rd on my office calendar!I had a great dinner and though I made certain the whole plate was full they were all very healthy foods! I also went to the gym and did 20 minutes on the bike (I have a gym in my building so no real excuse not to go)... I drank water with some lemon and struggled for the rest of the night but I did not eat another crumb! I made my lunch and did not snack my way through the fixin's either... So I feel pretty good about getting through 1 day...thanks for the supportive comments folks!
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Eileen7316
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by Eileen7316 » Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:02 pm
MJ,
You should post this update at the bottom of the thread you started the other day. Posters are waiting to see how your dinner was!
Eileen