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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Swarah
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by Swarah » Tue May 03, 2011 5:36 pm
Here goes, hope this helps me! (after I failed last time - bumcakes
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Day 1 - SUCCESS
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Hoeka
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by Hoeka » Tue May 03, 2011 7:32 pm
Welcome back, and congrats on the green day - keep it that way!
Our bodies are our gardens to which our wills are gardeners - Shakespeare
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Swarah
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by Swarah » Wed May 04, 2011 12:26 pm
Thank you Hoeka.
Feeling very pleased with myself today! I'm trying to listen to my natural appetite and stop the all-day-long grazing that has been my habit for such a long time. I know this works and makes such total sense. And I think the daily check in is a great idea!
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by Swarah » Thu May 05, 2011 8:20 am
Day 2 - Success
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by Swarah » Fri May 06, 2011 4:49 pm
Day 3 - Success!
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Swarah
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by Swarah » Fri May 06, 2011 4:51 pm
Day 4 - yep - did it again!
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by Hoeka » Fri May 06, 2011 8:09 pm
Ah, a nice green week - enjoy your S-days!
Our bodies are our gardens to which our wills are gardeners - Shakespeare
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by Who Me? » Sat May 07, 2011 3:18 am
Good for you!!!
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by SkyKitty » Wed May 11, 2011 6:13 am
Well done on a fresh start Swarah.
Keep checking in, we're all behind you!!
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