Stackdiesel's 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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Stackdiesel
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Stackdiesel's Check-In

Post by Stackdiesel » Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:24 pm

Hello All,

I introduced myself at the beginning of the year and haven't had much to say, but I'm keeping up with my program of using No-S as a fat loss plan (as opposed to a post-low carb diet maintenance plan) by doing a better job of complying with the spirit of the "no seconds" rule (no snacks and no sweets are pretty much effortless for me).

I'm in pretty good shape with a healthy metabolism, have been athletic my entire life, and train hard, so I do require a fair amount of food. Thus, I don't necessarily follow the one plate rule to the letter, but I have a good sense of what does and doesn't constitute overating for me.

So far I'm down 5.5 lbs. for the year, from 199.5 on 01/01/2011 (I gave myself a 200-lb ceiling for the holiday caloriefest) to 194 on 01/31/2011.

Regards,
Stack
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