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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heyelpea
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by heyelpea » Fri May 21, 2010 12:56 am
15 days on plan
despite many, many temptations at work
2 pounds lost
Lesley
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by heyelpea » Thu May 27, 2010 12:30 am
I've been "green" or "yellow for more than 21 days. Not sure I'm really seeing any weight loss beyond the initial 3-4 pound drop. I feel like it's two steps forward, one step back or maybe even vice versa! Hanging in there, though!
Lesley