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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AllieK
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by AllieK » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:22 am
Day 2 actually. I started on Monday.
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by AllieK » Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:15 pm
Darn, forgot to check in yesterday.
Did great on Wednesday. It was a sucess.
I will check in later today for the official Thursday rating.
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by AllieK » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:38 am
Thursday was a success.
Had dinner way too late because of girl's group and was tempted to eat more....but did not. Hooray for me.
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by AllieK » Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:14 am
Friday was a success.
I like this diet.
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by AllieK » Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:00 pm
Saturday was a success. My treat for Saturday was popcorn and too many margheritas with DH. It was movie night.
Tonight will be dessert of fresh strawberries and pound cake. It should be quite tasty.
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by blueskighs » Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:26 pm
I like this diet.
Allie, me too!
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by AllieK » Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:48 pm
I like the Habitcal better for checking in with this way. It's less obvious at work. LOL
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