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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by zoolina » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:31 pm
Hi Guys,
I'm hoping this extra check in could be a good way to help each other work on our no-s habit building during this Special time of year.
I'm facing a crazy holiday season, tons of treat-full Sish days at the in-laws plus vacation right after. Here's my plan: I'm taking as S days: Sinterklaas (Dec. 5), the first day of Channukah (Dec. 15), and December 24-26 (The Dutch celebrate three days of Christmas and each one comes with a 5 course dinner.)
I don't really know how to approach vacation. We're going cross country skiing in Lapland and I can imagine a lot of snacking through the day. Maybe a one S a day plan?? I hate the idea of a week off-habit right now, when the habit is so unhabitual.