Amy's Checking In Again

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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Amy3010
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Re: Amy's Checking In Again

Post by Amy3010 » Sat Aug 16, 2025 7:19 am

It was good, Ellis, thanks for asking :D - we were busy with the girls and then we enjoyed our little weekend away, came back and started right back at work again. It always takes me a few days after being away to get back into my normal eating/sleeping/exercising routines, but I'm in the swing of things now.

Foodwise, working on pre-planning my meals for the day ahead on N days and my basic No-S habits throughout the week. Not perfect by a long shot, but as I mentioned before, focusing on consistency over the long haul, without beating myself up about slips. :mrgreen:
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Re: Amy's Checking In Again

Post by Ellis » Sun Aug 17, 2025 2:52 pm

Sounds like you enjoyed it to the max! And I get it, it's a challenge to get back to the normal routine after, but you are doing great! :D
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Re: Amy's Checking In Again

Post by Amy3010 » Sun Aug 24, 2025 6:17 am

Thanks, Ellis! Last week was all over the place (lots of red) but it made me realize how much better I feel when things are more reasonable. Being all over the place does not feel good, even though in the moment whatever it is (snack, wine) seems like a good idea. :wink:

The coming week will be stressful at work, but I am determined not to let it completely derail my habits. I will pre-plan my food each day (I sat down yesterday and picked out a couple recipes for the week ahead and got the groceries for them in). Fingers crossed!
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Re: Amy's Checking In Again

Post by automatedeating » Tue Aug 26, 2025 3:20 pm

Hope your stressful week is going as smoothly as possible!
Month/Year-BMI averages
2013-26; 2014-24; 2015/2016/2017-26
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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Re: Amy's Checking In Again

Post by Amy3010 » Wed Aug 27, 2025 5:42 am

Thanks, Auto! I am gritting my teeth to get through this week at work as team leader. The biggest thing is the way it affects my sleep - I wake up and start ruminating about all the things that will need to be taken care of, or about things that happened the previous day. Feeling like I didn't get enough sleep makes me feel more stressed. Sigh.

Monday was great, it felt really good to have a good plan and just stick to it; Tuesday less so. Red for snacking :oops:

Which feels demoralizing, waking up tired and bummed about having to mark red. But I just have to get right back to my plan and my habits and keep going. Not starting over, but getting right back on the horse and continuing. Being consistent in most of my habits most of the time, instead of chasing perfection.

I have my food plan for today written down, and will do my best to stay with it. Will get my exercise in, because even though I feel crappy, I know it will make me feel better to have done it. The thing is, it always feels better, in the end, to have done what you promised yourself you would do.
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