Amy’s 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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tobiasmom
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Amy’s Check-in

Post by tobiasmom » Fri Oct 12, 2018 6:13 pm

Back to the basics. No excuses. One day at a time.

Thursday, 10/11/18: Green
B: egg bacon avocado croissant, banana, coffee
L: chickpea salad sandwich, chips, apple
D: chicken, baked potato
Military wife and homeschool mom of two boys, 15 and 10.
No-S restart 01/08/23
SW: 239

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Post by TexArk » Fri Oct 12, 2018 8:54 pm

I remember you. Glad to see you back on board. You can do it...one plate at a time.
24.7 bmi Feb. 2019
26.1 bmi Sept. 2018
31.4 bmi July 2017

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Post by Octavia » Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:12 pm

Good luck! 🙂 and welcome back.

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Post by tobiasmom » Sat Oct 13, 2018 2:52 am

Friday, 10-12-18: GREEN
B: banana bread, coffee
L: chickpea salad sandwich, Fritos, apple
D: Cajun chicken pasta
Military wife and homeschool mom of two boys, 15 and 10.
No-S restart 01/08/23
SW: 239

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Post by automatedeating » Sat Oct 13, 2018 3:08 am

Hi Amy!
So glad to see you back on the boards! I always wonder how you are doing, and so I'm quite selfishly glad to see your new thread!! My boys are 12 and 9 now.....
Month/Year-BMI
8/13-26.3
8/14-24.5
5/15-26.2
1/16-26.9; 9/16-25.6
8/17-25.8; 11/17-26.9
3/18-25.6; 8/18-24.5; 10/18-23.8;
3/19-22.1; 10/19-21.8
6/20-22.5; 7/20-23.0; 9/20-23.6
4/21 - 25.2

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Post by ladybird30 » Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:08 am

Welcome back & good luck with back to basics.
Three meals a day - not too little not too much, but just right

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