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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Csv
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by Csv » Sat Sep 14, 2013 9:34 pm
What is Vanilla No S?
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by jw » Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:23 pm
welcome, csv! Vanilla No S is No S exactly as described by Reinhard: No snacks, no sweets, no seconds, except for sometimes on S-days. Some people tweak the diet or introduce modifications, but I follow Vanilla No S and will do so without tweaks until it stops working (it's not quick, but it is steady). I've been at it almost three months now and think it is amazing! Best of luck!
"The second you overcomplicate it is the second it becomes the thing for which it is a corrective." -- El Fug
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Csv
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by Csv » Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:31 am
Thank you jw. I think I'm going to like it as well.