MustLoseWeight's Daily 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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Mustloseweight
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MustLoseWeight's Daily Check In

Post by Mustloseweight » Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:45 pm

S Day and wasn't a total idiot!

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Re: MustLoseWeight's Daily Check In

Post by Strawberry Roan » Sun Apr 06, 2014 10:18 pm

MustLoseWeight wrote:S Day and wasn't a total idiot!

That good to hear :D

I rarely even notice the S days as I try to eat sanely most days, rare occasions call for a dessert - and they are truly occasions.

Welcome to the boards, may each day find you not a total idiot - wait, did that sound right? :roll:
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Post by eschano » Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:06 am

Well done!!
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Post by Mustloseweight » Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:54 am

Monday April 7 - Success

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Post by eschano » Tue Apr 08, 2014 9:03 am

Yay!
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Post by Strawberry Roan » Tue Apr 08, 2014 10:20 am

:P
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Post by Mustloseweight » Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:48 am

Tuesday April 8th

SUCCESS!

Even used my kettlebell for first time, but not for 14 mins, was dead after about five. Will see if I can do longer today and slowly build it up.
September 2017 - Starting weight: 19st 9lbs
March 2018 - 17st 2lbs
July 2018 - 16st 4lbs
July 2020 - 17st 10lbs 😟
Target Weight: 11 stones

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Post by Mustloseweight » Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:22 pm

Wednesday and Thursday

Two successes! Yippee!
September 2017 - Starting weight: 19st 9lbs
March 2018 - 17st 2lbs
July 2018 - 16st 4lbs
July 2020 - 17st 10lbs 😟
Target Weight: 11 stones

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Post by Simpless » Sat Apr 12, 2014 8:48 pm

Keep it up! I've been a Vanilla No S-er a little more than a month and was told it gets easier. I do believe that :) and the boards have been key for me.

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Post by Mustloseweight » Wed Apr 16, 2014 7:16 pm

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday all to plan!

Don't feel I need to do a daily check in any more but will post weekly weight loss on the other thread.
September 2017 - Starting weight: 19st 9lbs
March 2018 - 17st 2lbs
July 2018 - 16st 4lbs
July 2020 - 17st 10lbs 😟
Target Weight: 11 stones

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Post by Mustloseweight » Sat Apr 19, 2014 6:46 pm

Thursday, Friday, all good.

Easter Saturday, looked like an N day. Now this wasn't planned to be an N day just no treats, sweets or snacks were good enough to tempt me.
September 2017 - Starting weight: 19st 9lbs
March 2018 - 17st 2lbs
July 2018 - 16st 4lbs
July 2020 - 17st 10lbs 😟
Target Weight: 11 stones

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Post by oolala53 » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:35 am

Are you using habit cal? Habit theory says physically keeping track of the target behavior (not the result) is key. Habitcal is a fast way, if you don't want to post on a check in thread.

Or maybe the idea of the mouth gremlins is all it's going to take! I find that one fades as the visit to the dentist gets more distant. :oops:

Nice to hear things are moving along.
Count plates, not calories. 11 years "during"
Age 69
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
1/21-23

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Re: MustLoseWeight's Daily Check In

Post by oolala53 » Thu Feb 11, 2021 7:04 am

I think I saw you post that you are back. Great! May I ask if you feel you have any other reason to change your eating habits than weight loss? It just seems that people who concentrate only on that are very vulnerable to plateaus. I myself just couldn't stand the idea that I would keep overeating compulsively nearly daily for the rest of my life after decades of it. Just consistent compliant N days felt like such a gift. I did lose some but then stalled multiple times, but it didn't matter because it took time for my appetite to change and health goals to get real. When health is the issue, it's harder to fool myself. I got somewhat thinner still eating a fair amount of convenience or fast food (along with a lot more nutrient-dense food, too), but when I started to worry more about the health issues of aging, I made more changes to the foods on my plate and some meal timing for awhile, and some more came off. Cutting way back on ultraprocessed foods has made a difference. I won't lie, that makes things harder because I prepare 90% of my food myself now, but I just feel it's too risky to eat much of the other stuff.

Hope to hear from you sometimes here or on the main board.
Count plates, not calories. 11 years "during"
Age 69
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
1/21-23

There is no S better than Vanilla No S (mods now as a senior citizen)

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