Caroline V'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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cbvargas
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Caroline V's Daily Check In

Post by cbvargas » Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:09 am

I'm so excited to be beginning the No S "way" tomorrow, October 18. My immediate goal is to do No S for 21 days and at that point I'm going to weigh myself. I've been familiar with this idea for several years and at one point owned the book but was never really interested in putting it into action. It seems I was always too worried about quick results to follow something this moderate.

Well, I'm ready now and can't wait to jump in! My ultimate goal is to bring my BMI down from 24.5 (where it is now) to 21.5, as that is a comfortable weight for me. Be checking in tomorrow with my results...
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Post by cbvargas » Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:30 pm

OK, had my first day. I was successful in not snacking or eating sweets, which for me is great. However, not having seconds proved to be more of challenge than I thought. Ate embarrassingly large plates of food and technically did have seconds with dinner.

Ideally, I will eat 3 normal-sized, calm meals, instead of shoveling down food because I'm afraid I'll be starving by the next meal time.

I'm sure that will just take some practice. I wish I could say today was perfect but it was just the first day.
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hey

Post by tobiasmom » Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:34 pm

You're doing fine! You'll learn a little bit more about yourself each day. I'm a newbie myself (just finished the second week). It's still a work in progress daily.....

Here's to a great Tuesday!
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