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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Tammyjoe
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by Tammyjoe » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:34 pm
Found the article in Woman's World and was curious to see if it was something I could do.
I think this is exactly what I have been looking for. I have never been able to count calories or eat certain foods. My Mom lives with us and is on a special diet. Unfortunately I hate to cook and a special diet has never worked for me. Can't tell you how many I have tried.
Starting tomorrow so I'm be back to check in.
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Tammyjoe
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by Tammyjoe » Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:39 pm
Can't believe how hard it is focus on just 3 meals a day
