I'm checking in, because I need to do this right

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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jellybeans01
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I'm checking in, because I need to do this right

Post by jellybeans01 » Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:57 pm

okay, I want to be able to manage no s vanilla for 21 days. I'm letting myself slide a little at night, my only problem with no s diet. So I plan to check in at 7-7:30, my personal danger zone. I only have 5 or 6 pounds to go.

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Post by jellybeans01 » Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:44 am

vanilla, went well.

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Post by Strawberry Roan » Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:22 pm

I will be watching for your daily updates, you can do it :wink:
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Post by jellybeans01 » Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:46 am

Day 2, yay, I did it. I am sitting here hungry on the sofa at around 10pm hungry!! I will not give in.

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Post by jellybeans01 » Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:28 am

day 3 down, I usually get my momentum going good after day 3

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Post by jellybeans01 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 2:00 am

today went well, ate one snack, but I was in the middle of my 20 mile run and was out of fuel. My last major run until my marathon.

The weekend was a little much, I plan to do 2 s events because I went overboard and didn't feel so great

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