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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middleager
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by middleager » Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:03 am
I can't remember now why I stopped doing NoS but I am back today. Silly me, imagine where I would be now if I had kept going since january! Oh well I am here now.
Longest run so far: 22 days
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Skelton
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by Skelton » Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:44 am
Welcome Back, middleager! I've stopped and restarted No S many times, always come back to it. This time I'm back for good, hope you are too
"We stop looking for the better diet and start looking for a better life." pangelsue
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automatedeating
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by automatedeating » Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:42 am
Hey, where's your old thread? There's no shame in picking up where you left off!
Month/Year-BMI
8/13-26.3
8/14-24.5
5/15-26.2
1/16-26.9; 9/16-25.6
8/17-25.8; 11/17-26.9
3/18-25.6; 8/18-24.5; 10/18-23.8;
3/19-22.1; 10/19-21.8
6/20-22.5; 7/20-23.0; 9/20-23.6
4/21 - 25.2
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snapdragon
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- Location: midwest
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by snapdragon » Thu Jun 19, 2014 9:42 pm
I think I need new glasses! At first I thought your screen name was middlefinger.
Nice to meet you!
Starting weight 185
Healthy BMI 139
Willingness without action is fantasy
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automatedeating
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by automatedeating » Thu Jun 19, 2014 11:20 pm
Haha! For the longest time I thought it was middle eager!
Month/Year-BMI
8/13-26.3
8/14-24.5
5/15-26.2
1/16-26.9; 9/16-25.6
8/17-25.8; 11/17-26.9
3/18-25.6; 8/18-24.5; 10/18-23.8;
3/19-22.1; 10/19-21.8
6/20-22.5; 7/20-23.0; 9/20-23.6
4/21 - 25.2