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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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Day 46: SUCCESS
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Wow - I scrolled up and didnt see any failure days.
WOO DAYUM HOO!!!
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Thanks :) I restart the count when I fail.

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Day 48, 49, 50: SUCCESS
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Day 51: SUCCESS

Getting up early: FAILURE
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Getting up: FAILURE
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Day 54: SUCCESS

I seem to be up even though it's not a work day, I'm not sure if that's success or failure.
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Day 55, 56: SUCCESS

Well maybe. Closer to regular weekend S days than the one luxury/day I aim for.
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Day 60, 61, 62: SUCCESS

(easier for a few weeks, on holiday again)
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Day 63-67: SUCCESS
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Hey mstevens,

You're doing great! Just wondering as a new person- is it getting easier? Are you feeling better or losing weight?

Congratulations again on your successes!
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Day 68, 69: SUCCESS

I lost some weight at first, at the moment I seem to be holding steady.

It does get easier.

I think combining no-s with exercise helps (as you'd expect).
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Day 75, 76, 77: SUCCESS

Back to work today, gets harder again.
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Day 79: SUCCESS

I was a bad person earlier in the current unfinished day - I was feeling a bit weak and shaky about 10:30 so I had a latte full of sugar and milk to perk me up.

Further research into sensible amounts of toast for breakfast obviously required.
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Woah! Three pages of spartan success since I last popped in here. Nice work!
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Day 80-83: SUCCESS

I think I'm being a little more generous with myself this time around, but still doing relatively well.
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Day 84, 85: SUCCESS

I think I have a cold.
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Day 86: SUCCESS

I definitely have a cold, lots of sleep and painkillers appear to be doing the trick, though.
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I have a cold too. bad for eating for me. I cant taste anything so I eat more. UGH. Hope you are doing good! I still see so many successes that its almost blinding! <wink>
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Day 87-91: SUCCESS

I still have a cold, it's improving, but I'm losing my voice instead.
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Sorry about your cold :(
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I seem to have fallen off the wagon somewhat.
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Starting again today.
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Good luck M! :wink:
I'm back too.
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Day 1: SUCCESS!
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Welcome back!

Looking forward to a triple digit record this go :-)

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Undecided how 3 bowls of soup translate into plates.
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Day 2: FAILED
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Day 1: SUCCESS
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Day 2,3: SUCCESS

Day 4: FAILURE

Ran out of cereal this morning and didn't handle this very well - had a hot chocolate and chocolate croissant on the way to work instead.
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Did somebody say croissant?
SMACK!
Oh, sorry... I'm still a fat girl at times & just love pastries :)
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Days 1-4: SUCCESS

Anyone recommend any websites on healthy vegetarian eating?
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Day 5, 6: SUCCESS

Ate far too much chocolate yesterday, I ended up throwing some of it away because I couldn't face any more.
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Day 7-11: SUCCESS
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healthy veggie eating: www.vegsource.com

also try vegweb.com

and

www.fatfree.com
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Day 15-20: SUCCESS

Still eating everything at weekends.
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Day 21: SUCCESS

(woo, 3 weeks again)
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Day 24: SUCCESS

(slightly estimated success, whenever I have asian food that comes on a million tiny plates I have to guess somewhat)
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Day 25, 26: SUCCESS

Weekends are easy.
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Day 30: SUCCESS

It is very cold here. There is snow.
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Day 38: SUCCESS
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Day 39: SUCCESS
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You ROCK! How do you feel?
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Day 40: SUCCESS

Not any thinner, but fairly healthy, I think.
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Day 41: SUCCESS

Slight loss of appetite for chocolate at the weekends I think.
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Day 42: SUCCESS
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I have been a bad person and had a major sugar snack. I'm not decided how to count this, given that I was in one of those "I am really hungry and will fall down if I do not get some food soon" moments.
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Birthday = Chocolate.
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mstevens wrote:I have been a bad person and had a major sugar snack. I'm not decided how to count this, given that I was in one of those "I am really hungry and will fall down if I do not get some food soon" moments.
Umm I would say after the long run of success you have had, just to forget and move on....You are doing great!
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I think i do best when I keep the standards high, so I'm going to start again.

Days 1, 2: SUCCESS
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inspiring.
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Day 5: SUCCESS

I'll look at topics other than my own one of these days soon, honest.
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Day 6: SUCCESS
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U have been going at this for a while. Congratulations. How much success have you seen?
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Day 7: SUCCESS

Not losing so much weight lately, but it's not going up and I do feel better about the whole thing.
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Day 8: SUCCESS
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I think I just slipped again, had a starter with lunch.
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Day 15: SUCCESS

(our central heating is dead! :( )
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Day 16, 17: SUCCESS

Heating working again.

I'm off on holiday for a week! I count holiday as S-days so this'll be easy :)
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Day 18-24: SUCCESS

Annoyingly, it was easy on two grounds, I was on holiday and ill.
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Day 25: SUCCESS

(S-days are easy)
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Day 34, 35: SUCCESS

Looked at the scales yesterday, I've been putting on weight :(
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Congratulations on all your successful days.

I am sorry to hear your weight is up a bit - hang in there, I am sure No S will win the day.
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I'm going to try to cut down on a few things that are allowed by No-S but not necessarily a good idea, like fried things and chips for lunch.
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