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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Ruthie71
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by Ruthie71 » Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:42 am
I will succeed. Next week will be the week!
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kccc
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by kccc » Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:58 pm
One day at a time!:)
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snapdragon
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by snapdragon » Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:53 am
Just don't dwell....persevere!
Starting weight 185
Healthy BMI 139
Willingness without action is fantasy
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gk
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by gk » Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:59 am
Hang in there! My habitcal was ALL red for a couple of weeks but I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now....and it's green!!
You can do this!
SW (as of 3/25/13): 172 lbs.
CW: 171 lbs.