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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mondurvic
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by mondurvic » Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:04 am
I keep leaving.
I keep coming back.
As of now, I'm here.
Thanks for being there!
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Sinnie
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by Sinnie » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:36 pm
Well it is great to have you back!
And don't worry, I seriously have done the exact same thing (coming, going, coming back...etc). I find the last time I came back I couldn't go back to anything else like calorie counting! You will find the eventually you want to stay forever
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This path is my life
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by This path is my life » Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:29 am
Welcome Back!!!
"There is no such thing as a bad choice, there is only the next choice"