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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by xJocelynx87 » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:33 pm
Day 1 - SUCCESS!
Breakfast: Bowl of Kellog's Frosted Mini Wheats with 1% milk, banana, latte made with 1% milk
Lunch: Peppered turkey, cheddar cheese, and mayo on a kaiser roll, strawberries
Dinner: Pan-seared sea scallops, brown rice, green beans
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by xJocelynx87 » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:11 pm
Day 2 - SUCCESS!
Breakfast: Slice of whole wheat toast with peanut butter, strawberries, latte made with 1% milk
Lunch: Peppered turkey, cheddar cheese, mayo on a kaiser roll, navel orange, glass of 1% milk
Dinner: Delmonico steak, brown rice, green beans with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and garlic powder
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by xJocelynx87 » Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:57 am
Day 3 - SUCCESS!
Breakfast: Bowl of Kashi Heart to Heart cereal, 1% milk, banana, latte made with 1% milk
Lunch: Salad made of spinach, cucumbers, tomatoes, gorgonzola cheese, grilled chicken, and balsamic vinegarette, whole wheat roll
Dinner: Whole wheat linguine with tomato sauce, caesar salad
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by xJocelynx87 » Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:33 am
Day 4 - FAILURE!
I slipped and had a kitkat after a much-too-early dinner. Unlike past attempts, I'm not going to dwell on this...I've marked it and I'm moving on!