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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grothkat
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by grothkat » Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:14 am
Day 1: Success (how do I make this green?)
Anyway, today was a black and white, vanilla no s success! Yeah, but I am looking forward to eating normally with my family and not just eating diet food. Also hoping to build a healthier relationship with food as I have seen such inspirational stories on here. I will begin my first 21 day streak here and then hopefully continue from there.
Katrina
SW: 189
CW: 185
GW: 165[/list][/code]
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Strawberry Roan
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by Strawberry Roan » Sun Oct 14, 2012 11:56 am
Nice to meet you, this is a very supportive group and I hope you are an active part of the community. We love sharing our ups, our downs, our in betweens.
To your health,
Berry
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grothkat
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by grothkat » Tue Nov 06, 2012 1:38 am
Coming back to check in most days. Today was a success but I underate a little for dinner as I was really hungry.
Breakfast: strawberries, 1 cup protein cereal, 6 oz non fat greek yogurt
Lunch: 1 banana, 1 cup non fat milk, 1 1/2 cup Total cereal, 2 tb peanut butter
Dinner: 2 whole wheat tortilla, lean ground turkey, ice burg with low fat caesar dressing, 1/2 cup protein cereal with yogurt
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grothkat
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by grothkat » Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:42 am
It has been such a long time but here I am again.
Starting a new 21 day streak tomorrow and going to post my meals too. Here I go.