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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Littlebat
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by Littlebat » Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:40 am
Hi!
First day today! Am looking forward to some sanity.
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determined
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by determined » Fri Jan 13, 2012 2:23 pm
Welcome littlebat!
janie
"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day."
Winnie the Pooh
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milliem
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by milliem » Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:26 pm
Welcome to NoS! The very definition of sane eating
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Littlebat
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by Littlebat » Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:33 am
Thank you Determined and Milliem!
Loved today. One beautiful vanilla day down.
Looking forward to tomorrow and another of those sensational sandwiches I had for supper. I enjoyed, relished every bite because there wasn't more food to rush to.
Incredibly grateful to have stumbled in here last night
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milliem
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by milliem » Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:08 am
Ooh I love a good sandwich - tell me more!
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Littlebat
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by Littlebat » Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:10 am
Millie- I've just been reading your check-ins! I really enjoyed following your journey, thank you for sharing it.
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Littlebat
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by Littlebat » Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:52 am
Success!
2 vanilla days under my happy belt
Treated today as a No S day since I only just began yesterday and like the practice. Will take an S day tomorrow as a compromise to get through to next weekend.
Very content.
Oh and as a habitual daily weigher am proud to have resisted today. I know not weighing is important to my finding a new, sane way of living and eating.
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Who Me?
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by Who Me? » Sun Jan 15, 2012 3:21 pm
Sounds like you've started well!
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Littlebat
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by Littlebat » Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:19 pm
Thanks Whome! I was moved reading about your partner's spinal cord injury- I'm so sorry that happened. For both of you.
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Littlebat
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by Littlebat » Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:44 pm
Loving this!
Yesterday was an S day.
Today all is going swimmingly. Am so enjoying my food AND all the extra space in my head and time.
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Littlebat
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by Littlebat » Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:59 am
Success! (9.5 hours between lunch & dinner but i did it!)
And this is for Wednesday- not sure if my time setting is accurate...
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by franxious1 » Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:51 pm
Great job!!!