J Wynia Checkin

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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J Wynia Checkin

Post by jwynia » Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:00 pm

9-7-2006

Overall Score: 2:1

Food - 845c through lunch
Breakfast: - 460c
1 apple - 80c
1 orange - 80c
1 slice lemon poppyseed bread - 150c
1 breakfast hot pocket - 150c
2 cans Diet Dr. Pepper

Lunch: - 385c
2 sandwiches
4 slices light bread - 160c
1 T light mayo - 20c
1 tomato - 25c
turkey - 50c
roast beef - 50c
1 apple - 80c


Dinner:
1/2 rotisserie chicken without skin
Mashed potatoes with Laughing Cow cheese
Macaroni and cheese

Food Avoided - This is the stuff I reached for and stopped myself on
Free Girl Scout Thin Mints at the front desk
Chex Mix and Pretzels "on tap"
Big bowl of peanuts set out at 10:30
Chili-dog buffet set out after I ate my sandwiches

Exercise
55 bodyweight squats in one set
12 minutes of sledgehammer
40 minute walk with dogs

Metrics
Weight: 246
Bodyfat: 30.5
Last edited by jwynia on Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:22 am, edited 3 times in total.
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Post by pangelsue » Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:05 pm

Welcome and congrats on the things not eaten. Good job.
A lot of growing up happens between "it fell" and "I dropped it."
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Post by jwynia » Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:37 pm

9-8-2006

Overall Score: 3:1

Food
Breakfast:
1 apple - 80c
1 orange - 80c
Stack of sliced turkey
1 can Diet Dr. Pepper

Lunch:

Dinner:


Food I Turned Down
Free Girl Scout Thin Mints at the front desk
Chex Mix and Pretzels "on tap" in the lunchroom


Exercise
100 bodyweight squats in one set
10 minutes of sledgehammer


Metrics
Weight: 246
Bodyfat: 30.0
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9-11-2006

Post by jwynia » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:55 pm

Lunch was too large, but still "counted" as one plate.

Food: Success
Exercise: Success - 12 minutes sledge, 100 bodyweight squats

Weight: 246
Bodyfat: 29.5%
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