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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Dons1975
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by Dons1975 » Wed Apr 19, 2017 12:41 pm
Hi I'm just starting today after years of success then failure on slimming world I decided i needed to change something.
Halfway through the day and so far its a success - I've not had my usual 10am snack or after lunch yoghurt, crisps and chocolate
Feeling quite positive that I can do this!
Dons x
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Dons1975
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by Dons1975 » Thu Apr 20, 2017 6:28 am
First day a success! Breakfast porridge and banana, lunch salad with cold meats and lentils, dinner beef ragu with pasta and broccoli
Hope today is as good.
Dons x
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Skycat
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by Skycat » Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:46 am
Congrats on a great start, stick around and I'm sure you'll see the benefits.
I CAN do this.