14 November 2006

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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hexagon
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14 November 2006

Post by hexagon » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:18 am

Breakfast:
2 slices whole wheat bread w/peanut butter (the natural stuff--only peanuts and salt. Yum!)
2 clementines
coffee with creamer (I only put in a spoonful, not half the container)

Lunch:
Whole wheat pasta
Homemade mega vegetable sauce (tomatoes, onions, garlic, mushrooms, spinach, broccoli slaw, olive oil, spices)
Awesome to the max homemade marinated chicken breast piece (not the whole thing)*

Mini-meal:
1 Power Bar Harvest (haven't had time to pack a real mini-meal)

Dinner:
Same as lunch (yeah, I usually cook a pot of stuff and eat it for a few meals--I don't have time to constantly cook)
1 clementine

Exercise:
~30 min walking (too much deskwork today)
~30 min circuit weight-lifting
15 min of crappy bike riding on an exercise bike that's seen better days
15 min elliptical trainer

*It's such a simple recipe and it always turns out so amazingly good. Look up the Betty Crocker lemon herb marinade online. I always use olive oil and I broil the chicken. It really perks up boneless, skinless chicken breasts! That's why I call it "awesome to the max."

I knew I'd eaten properly yesterday because I woke up hungry...I don't always put down my portion sizes, but rest assured they're way less than the standard U.S. portions.

Yay! Today was a success.
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