- an average of 80% compliance over the entire year 💪🏼🎉🥳 (yes! That was my goal)
- a new record of months 🌟 scored 80% or higher
I have been doing No S for about 6 years now and have been tracking my compliance for 4. It has helped me tremendously in breaking free from disordered eating habits but I am going to add some new rules that I believe are necessary for me personally. (If you want to read more about the basic principles of No S, check out www.nosdiet.com, there also is a book).
This was the first year I added the extra options or "colors" into my habit tracker. In "Vanilla No S" they use 3: green (success), yellow (exempt) and red (fail). But the all-or-nothing mindset is something I have struggled with my whole life and that did not help with overcoming binge eating ("Oh no, I slipped up. Might as well eat more junk today"). The extra color and half score options gave me a chance to make a U-turn and not go down the path of no return.
So, a couple of days ago I posted about how I gave myself permission to eat junk and didn't binge... Well, it kind of went downhill after that. I consider myself recovered from binge eating disorder but I think I have to accept this will always be a problem for me. That is why I'm adding the color BLACK (for a binge) back into the system, forever. To remind myself where I came from. I am an overeater, I need to accept that and remain conscious of it.
S days (exempt days/weekend days/special days) therefore remain a problem for me. I tend to go crazy on these FREE/"all is permitted" days. At first I didn't want to make too many extra rules out of fear of making myself feel deprived, but I feel like now I'm ready and also that it is necessary (ice cream followed by potato chips and cookies in one sitting just doesn't feel like how a normal person would eat). So that is why I am incorporating a new rule for S days: one treat allowed in between meals. This still allows for 3 treats per S day, which is more than enough.
I feel good about these plans (My Rainbow No S 🌈😁) and look forward to learning how to take better care of myself so I can focus on other important things. ❤️
