Ziggy's Daily Check in

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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ziggy
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Ziggy's Daily Check in

Post by ziggy » Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:57 pm

Yesterday was Friday and I had three good meals, no snacks, no seconds, no sweets. Felt the craving for snacks last night while watching my recording of Mad Men. But I knew I could make it until breakfast. Helps to relate this to my meditation practice--sometimes I just want to get up and go do something but I sit and just notice the impulse to get up. If I can just observe without acting on the meditation cushion I can do the same when I get the impulse to snack. Or go back for seconds. Sweets are not really an issue for me but since they are one of the three S's I didn't eat any yesterday.

Today is Saturday, an S day. But since its the second day I want to get a week under my belt before experimenting with the exceptions.
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ziggy
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So far so good

Post by ziggy » Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:31 pm

Sunday. Since this is the first week i have been following No S--started Wednesday I am wanting to plant the habits of the Normal Days and so I haven't had any S's this weekend. I have been hungry between meals and do feel some anxiety at how much food is on my one plate (not overflowing but my diet mind keeps thinking too much food. My rational mind knows, especially given that I won't go back for seconds, that it is less than I usually eat at meals and without the snacking all day my day's consumption is down probably 20 to 30%.
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Sunday Beer and wine on the boat

Post by ziggy » Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:23 pm

Planned to follow the N day rather than S day since it was my first week. But out sailing with friends I had a glass of wine and then a beer at Fish. Other than those I ate one plate per meal, no seconds, no sweets, and no snacks. 8)
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Post by Amy3010 » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:49 am

Sounds like you are doing well and getting the hang of it! I really liked what you said about the connection with meditation - I hadn't thought of it that way before.
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