Rodrigo'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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Rodrigo's daily Check-In

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21 first days check-in

26/7/2010 - Day 1
Weight: 72.3kg
N-Day: Success
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27/7/2010 - Day 2 (-> Day 0)
N-Day: Fail
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28/7/2010 - Day 1'
N-Day: Success
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Congratulations on Day 1 success, Rodrigo- keep up the good work! :)
-Sonya
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29/7/2010 - Day 2'
N-Day: Success
osoniye wrote:Congratulations on Day 1 success, Rodrigo- keep up the good work! :)
Thanks Sonya! I'm just trying to bring back sanity to my eating habits. :)
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30/7/2010 - Day 3'
N-Day: Success
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31/7/2010 - Day 4'
S-Day
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You can do this!
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You can do this! 8)
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1/8/2010 - Day 5'
S-Day
July2010 wrote:You can do this! 8)
Thank you. I certainly hope I can! :)

Now comes the hardest part: going back to N-Days after two (relatively good) S-Days. :?
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2/8/2010 - Day 6'
N-Day: Success
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3/8/2010 - Day 7'
N-Day: Success
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4/8/2010 - Day 8'
N-Day: Success
Gym-Day (1): Success
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5/8/2010 - Day 9'
N-Day: Success
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6/8/2010 - Day 10'
N-Day: Success
Gym-Day (2): Success

Half way there! 11 more days! :D
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7/8/2010 - Day 11'
S-Day

8/8/2010 - Day 12'
S-Day
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9/8/2010 - Day 13'
N-Day: Success
Gym-Day (3): Success
Fast-Day (1): Success

Just great! Did a 24hr fast from yesterday before 10pm till tonight at 10pm (here we're used to eat dinner after 10pm). Black coffee and mate cocido during the fast, little hunger but doable. Went to the gym for the third day, had a nice workout, still quite light but adding up weight.

Only 8 more days to go! :D
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10/8/2010 - Day 14'
N-Day: Success
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11/8/2010 - Day 15'
N-Day: Success

6 more days to go... :D
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12/6/2010 - Day 16'
N-Day: Success
Gym-Day (4): Success

:D
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13/8/2010 - Day 17'
N-Day: Success

just fantastic! only 4 more days.. the habit seems to be acquiring strength! regaining sanity! :D
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14/8/2010 - Day 18'
S-Day
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15/8/2010 - Day 19'
S-Day
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