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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moderatemeals
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by moderatemeals » Tue Apr 08, 2014 10:51 pm
Hi everyone -
Just trying to get back on track. I'm a firm believer in No S as it gives me complete sanity around food when I follow it strictly! I'm going to log in for awhile until I feel I've got the habit down again:
Tuesday, April 8th:
SUCCESS!
wt: 120
exercise: ran 5 miles
breakfast: Ezekiel muffins with peanut butter and honey
lunch: fish, green beans, pop chips and sweet potato fries
dinner: chicken, green beans, sweet potato fries, pop chips, greek yogurt
* I also allow myself skinny mochas from starbucks or mixing in cocoa powder with my greek yogurt. I find it saves me from feeling totally deprived and also saves bingeing later on which is one of my biggest struggles.
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eschano
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by eschano » Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:21 am
I love seeing old-timers check back in! The sanity aspect is great and I think it's wonderful that you know what you need to make NoS work for you without feeling deprived.
eschano - Vanilla rocks!
July 2012- January 2016
Started again January 2021