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.
After contemplating my food future the past couple of weeks, I've decided that it's best for me to get back on the No-S wagon. While eating what I wanted, when I wanted was nice for awhile, and I lost weight, I think I actually LIKE more structure...so here I go...again!
Day 1 - SUCCESS!
Breakfast - Cascadian Farms fruit & nut granola, skim milk, banana, coffee with half & half and sugar
Lunch - Whole wheat wrap with turkey, american cheese, romaine lettuce, pickles, and goddess dressing, mineola orange, vitamin water
Dinner - Pubhouse battered cod, brown rice cooked in chicken broth, steamed green beans with butter
Hugs from Sunny South Africa Vanilla No S with no Sugar due to Health issues - 11 yrs No S - September 2016 (some good, some bad (my own doing) but always the right thing for me!)
But not because I couldn't stick to the plan...but because I was HUNGRY. I either need to increase the size of my meals, or eat more frequently, because this isn't working.
