TexArk'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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TexArk
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Post by TexArk » Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:12 am

Finally a green day.
Here is going for 2 in a row.
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la_loser
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Hang in there!

Post by la_loser » Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:45 am

Just mark them one day at a time and keep on keeping on. I do empathize with your situation. My mother lived with us the first five years of our marriage after her 2nd debilitating stroke--in 1978. . . she did come back significantly afterwards but was never able to drive again. But she was "only" 70 at the time. We lost her in 1983 to a quick heart attack. It was a rough five years, especially on young newlyweds (my husband is by the way, a saint) but I never regretted our decision to have her live with us. It sounds as if your situation is a lot more strenuous and demanding on you however. And the dealing with the other family members must be quite difficult.

Hang in there. . . and get on here when you can to talk about food OR vent or the weather or whatever you need to. You know someone's ALWAYS lurking around!
LA Loser. . . well on my way to becoming an LA Winner. :lol:
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