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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joannabanana
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by joannabanana » Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:30 am
Today is my first day back on the diet after a not so brief hiatus (almost 2 years). I tried the No S diet a while back and was having difficulty losing weight. In retrospect, I was loading up my plate beyond anything reasonable
And I didn't lose weight? Go figure! So now, I'm armed with more reasonable expectations of portion control, having some fruit/veggies/protein with each meal, etc. In the beginning, I'm just going to focus on spacing out my 3 meals. Then, when I get that down, I'll look at portion control. After trying out every diet on the planet, I think that NO S is the best. Period. I'm glad to be back in it. Wish me luck
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NoSnacker
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by NoSnacker » Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:49 am
hi welcome back, i'm new and just joined 6/11 and was to the point as well i was tired of dieting. i'm still working on the diet mentality, one meal, one day at a time.
i'm happy that for my june habit cal, i trended green, goal for july trend green and keep my fingers crossed no red, but if i do, i will forgive myself and move on.
have a great weekend.
Age 56: SBMI=30.6 (12/1/13) CBMI 28.9 (2/2/14) GBMI-24.8
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milliem
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by milliem » Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:50 am
Hi Joanna, welcome back to NoS!
how long did you try out NoS for before? I started a few months ago and found that for the first few weeks my meals were HUGE!
They still are occasionally.... but it's getting easier to have green days for sure. Good luck
