Ok...DRoth'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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Ok...DRoth's Check in

Post by droth » Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:25 pm

Day 1 (Monday) Success!
Day 2 (Tuesday Success again

My problem is bedtime snack is needed to keep a.m. sugars at a low range, if no snack, sugar is high. I have to find a way to have a 1-carb snack at night, maybe take it away from the dinner plate. What do ya think?
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Day 3

Post by droth » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:43 pm

Day 3 Success (almost)...did eat a bowl of cereal with milk for snack before bedtime. Sugar was great this morning. I guess this is going to have to be standard for me.
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Post by droth » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:49 pm

Day 4 Failure Had too much food today. Drug rep lunch at work, and then I couldn't stop. Tomorrow and Sunday are S days, but will try again for 3 plates on Monday.

Day 5 S Day
Day 6 S Day

Day 7 Monday Success but with a bedtime snack. I think this is gonna be standard for me for a while and it needs to be in place there, I just need to watch out for what I choose for that snack.
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Post by droth » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:44 pm

Day 8 - Tuesday success although we went to Shoney's for dinner, I didn't have seconds or sweets. BS 132.

Day 9 - Wednesday - Success again but instead of the milk at bedtime, DH brough home a ham/cheese subway and I only ate 1/2 of a 1/2, which is 3 inches. BS 135. Sugars are looking good.
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Day 10

Post by droth » Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:05 pm

Day 10 - Thursday - absolute success!! BS was great at 95 this a.m. Weight is down 0.5 lbs since 10 days ago. (I must weigh for chart to send to my doc.)
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Good so far

Post by droth » Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:39 pm

Day 11 - Friday SUCCESS. I know we are going on on Saturday so I'm looking forward to that.

Day 12 - SDAY - Saturday. Had a few drinks and light dinner. No snacks or sweets though today.

Day 13 - SDAY - ate Hummas and pita chips for snack today. Had 2 cheese sticks and jalapino poppers for lunch instead of a regular lunch and 1 piece chocolate cake for a sweet.
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Day 14

Post by droth » Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:10 pm

Day 14 (Monday) - FAILURE. I at half my son's egg sandwich before dinner (to keep it from being wasted) and a BIG bowl of cereal before bed. Sugar was 229 this morning. Big fat failure! Will do better tomorrow.
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Post by droth » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:11 pm

Day 1 (Tuesday) Success but cautioned success. No late snack before bed though. :o
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2nd go 'round - day 2

Post by droth » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:56 pm

Day 2/2 (day 2, second start) Wednesday SUCCESS BS was 119. Walked 10 minutes around parking lot today. :P :P
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3/2

Post by droth » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:39 pm

Day 3/2 (day 3, second try) Thursday Success today.

Day 4/2 (day 4, second try) Friday Failure, made it an S-day.

Day 5/2 (day 5, second try) Saturday S-Day

Day 6/2 (day 6, second try) Sunday Success
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