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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confusionisnext
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by confusionisnext » Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:56 am
Day One: SUCCESS
After over two decades of mindless eating, it felt quite odd to eat only three meals today. It wasn't hard, though, because I ate more-or-less exactly what I wanted to. Hope tomorrow is the same!
Exercise: C25K W5D1, Shovelglove
Weight: 253.0 lbs.
Goal: 185.0 lbs.
Difference: +68 lbs.
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confusionisnext
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by confusionisnext » Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:13 am
Day Two: SUCCESS
Another good day. Three meals: egg-in-a-hole grilled cheese for breakfast, turkey & pinto bean chili and a chicken breast for lunch and a turkey sandwich with three fun-sized candy bars for dinner.
I do not consider having a single, small serving of sweets with lunch or dinner a failure.
Exercise: jump rope, Shovelglove
Weight: 249.2
Goal: 185.0
Difference: +64.2
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Over43
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by Over43 » Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:35 am
I love the fun size Snickers after I put them in the freezer. I picked that up from my grandpa.
Bacon is the gateway meat. - Anthony Bourdain
You pale in comparison to Fox Mulder. - The Smoking Man
I made myself be hungry, then I would get hungrier. - Frank Zane Mr. Olympia '77, '78, '79
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confusionisnext
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by confusionisnext » Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:06 am
Day Three: FAILURE
Didn't snack, but ate a plateful of oven baked french fries and two home-cooked chicken quesadillas for dinner. So, technically a failure because I ate more than a plateful.
Exercise: C25K W5D2
Weight: 245.6
Goal: 185.0
Difference: +60.6
