Ricci Weekly 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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mricci
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Ricci Weekly Check-in

Post by mricci » Tue Nov 14, 2017 1:38 am

Hi All-

I'm new to No S (and shovelglove!). I'm about 20 pounds overweight and have had issues with late night snacking. I convinced myself it was time to make a change, but the thought of going to the gym for traditional strength training felt like a non-starter. I turned to google looking for alternatives and stumbled across this page. I just finished my first week and was successful on all of the N days. I will try to check-in roughly once a week.

For now, I'd like to thank Reinhard for sharing his ideas in an honest and thoughtful manner. I really appreciate the balanced approach of No S and I think you are onto something with the "useful movements" and "visualization" aspects of shovelglove. I've found myself looking forward to swinging my sledge hammer when I get home from work.

Ricci

gingerpie
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Post by gingerpie » Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:03 am

Hi, glad you found us. I hope this turns out to be just what you're looking for.

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Post by SpiritSong » Tue Nov 14, 2017 2:41 pm

Best of luck to you! There are plenty of ways to strength train without going to a gym. Glad you are enjoying Reinhard's! :D

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