Sammy'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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Re: Sammy's Daily Check In

Post by Sammybunny711 » Sat Mar 21, 2026 11:52 am

S DAY

W: 229 (still hovering)

B: Atkins shake + 6 peanut butter crackers

L: Steak n Shake Frisco Melt with cheese fries (so bad for me, but we have so much stress right now I don't care)

S: a little rice krispee treat and a packet of dried apple chips (no sugar added)

D: half a bowl of cheese tortellini with red sauce and shaved parmesan + red pepper flakes + 1 apple + 1 garlic knot + a shot of creamed spinach (Which I loathe, but I was trying to set a good example, lol)

A: 1 serving Honey Whiskey

This morning, we're heading to the house we're trying to buy to meet a painter, our contractor, and a hardscaper yo figure out estimates for all the work that must be done. I'm nervous as hell. I'm so scared it's all going to cost too much for us to take it on. 😬

All the house stuff was...a LOT. We were there for HOURS going over all that needed to be done with a contractor, a painter, and a hardscaper (sounds like the set up for a joke). We're starting to think this might be too much to take on, but we'll have to see what the estimates are and also what the seller is willing to do price-wise. If we can get her down low enough, this could still work out.

We are putting our own house up for sale on Monday and that is WILD. There is a world in which this house sells and we're not in our next house yet. Thankfully, my mother in law with early-onset Alzheimer's is not living in her house anymore and we haven't sold hers yet. So worst comes to worst, we can live in her house for a bit, but it's in another city, so it would create a huge commute for us until we could get into the next house.

SO MUCH STRESS. And also...still family horribleness going on and work stuff heating up with spring semester rocketing toward graduation weekend (Which means I have lots of events to put on). I am...trying to listen to Disney music and just zone out right now.
Last edited by Sammybunny711 on Sun Mar 22, 2026 11:21 am, edited 1 time in total.
Start: Feb.1.26 (-14.4 lbs)
HW: 242.4 lbs / 110 kgs / 17.31 stones / BMI: 41.6
CW: 228 lbs / 103.42 kgs / 16.29 stones / BMI: 39.1
GW: 125 lbs / 56.71 kgs / 8.93 stones / BMI: 21.5
Height: 5'4" / 162.56 cm

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Re: Sammy's Daily Check In

Post by pinkhippie » Sun Mar 22, 2026 1:20 am

You have so much going on right now! I hope things calm down for you soon. I feel much the same as you, like Im not really ok, but I have to keep on going as there is no alternative.

I hope you were able to enjoy your S day and that the estimates were in your price range!

Do you get Spring Break? At my community college next week is Spring Break and everything calms down for a week.

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Re: Sammy's Daily Check In

Post by Sammybunny711 » Sun Mar 22, 2026 11:25 am

Thanks, Pink. At my college where I work, only students and faculty get spring break, and it was a couple of weeks ago. But it was nice to have my building to myself then, haha. I wish I could take a solid month off work. But I can't. I'm sorry you feel like you're not okay. I DO understand and I empathize. I hope for everyone who's struggling, life calms down a bit.

So with the estimates, we won't get them until Wednesday most likely. Then we'll need to seriously look at a cost reduction on this place because it needs a TON of work. Like, a TON. It's a historic house built in the 1930s and the owner has done nothing to fix problems. Just slapped bandaid fixes on things. So... We have to make sure we cna afford to take it on, lol. Not an easy decision.
Start: Feb.1.26 (-14.4 lbs)
HW: 242.4 lbs / 110 kgs / 17.31 stones / BMI: 41.6
CW: 228 lbs / 103.42 kgs / 16.29 stones / BMI: 39.1
GW: 125 lbs / 56.71 kgs / 8.93 stones / BMI: 21.5
Height: 5'4" / 162.56 cm

*^..^711

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Re: Sammy's Daily Check In

Post by Sammybunny711 » Sun Mar 22, 2026 4:10 pm

S DAY

W: 229.4

B/S: from scratch blueberry pancakes (3) + sugar free syrup

L/S: from scratch blueberry pancakes (3) + sugar free syrup + most of a banana

A: Seagrams Escapes drink (a single can)

S: A tiny amount of cookies and cream ice cream with my daughter

D:

Today, I'm feeling weak. I am exhausted. I am so tired. I wish I could follow intuitive and mindful Eating to lose my weight. But I know my boundaries around food are solid and necessary. I'm just feeling weak today and that's okay. Today, I don't have to like it. I just have to do it.

I am so tempted to go back to the Geneen Roth eating guidelines today. But I honestly think it's just that I want to EAT. I don't feel satisfied today. I want to eat everything in sight.
Start: Feb.1.26 (-14.4 lbs)
HW: 242.4 lbs / 110 kgs / 17.31 stones / BMI: 41.6
CW: 228 lbs / 103.42 kgs / 16.29 stones / BMI: 39.1
GW: 125 lbs / 56.71 kgs / 8.93 stones / BMI: 21.5
Height: 5'4" / 162.56 cm

*^..^711

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