The New Habit Challenge

Meditation - 24
Exercise - 24
Self-improvement - 36/42
Walking - 28/42
NoFap help - 13/21
No news - 0/21

Thank you for your kind advice on breaking free from "compulsive news consumption" iHappy, I have taken it on board. It makes perfect sense, but because it slightly goes against this world of all-or-nothing counters we're in I've been a bit resistant - I want to stop completely, or I won't even try! How silly is that?

I have Leech Block set up to block various sites and I could jiggle around with that to give your limiting idea a go. I can still celebrate and count the days I achieve my goal. I've managed to survive without Facebook OK. No reason why I can't do the same with the BBC.

 

~ Day 39 / 65 ~
NoSugar Rules for Today (Friday, 29 July 2016)

GOAL ~ Today, I promise to not eat any lollies, cakes, ice creams or chocolate, or drink any soft drink.
Below is a series of If > Then plans for how I will implement this goal today.
If I experience an urge to eat sugary foods or drink sugary drinks...
Then BY THE POWER OF THE OLD GODS AND THE NEW I SHALL NOT ACT ON THIS URGE.
​

 

0/21 Morning walk or run at 6:00 (previous record 38)
2/21 15' meditation
10/21 Avoiding bathroom scale (88.5kg / 194pounds / 25%MG on 2016-7-19)
11/21 Intermittent Fasting
17/21 Cold shower (previous record 39)

38/60 Neck practices
37/60 Gratitude attitude Challenge

62/90 No alcohol
70/90 NoFap

Spoiler: Next moves

0/2115' to write in my journal
1/40 Water + fresh lemon juice
0/30 No Carbohydrate for diner (including bread, rice, potatoes, pastas, etc...)
0/21 No screen after 10:00 pm

 

Meditation - 25
Exercise - 25
Self-improvement - 37/42
Walking - 29/42
NoFap help - 14/21
No news - 0/21

Yesterday's scores on the doors.

 

@Cleaning Colin Of course you can live without it, it just takes a little time to get used to it. Bad habits are not easy to break
I have used that add-on in the past, it works great You can set it up the way you want to.

 

This was potentially terrible day but it went out great. I could and should have finished all the habits but I was a bit lazy.

 

0/21- Wake up at 6:00am
37/42- 15mins of meditation
29/42 - Neck exercises
0/21- Affirmation & Visualisation
3/21- Read for 15:00mins
4/21- Exercise - Gym/Walk
35/42 - Cold Showers
1/21- NoFap

 

0/21- Wake up at 5:30 am
2/21- Go to the gym (probably gonna relapse today)
4/21- Brush twice a day/ floss once a day/ mouthwash twice a week
0/21- Only use phone and internet when I have to
3/21 no pmo

 

~ Day 40 / 65 ~
NoSugar Rules for Today (Saturday, 30 July 2016)

GOAL ~ Today, I promise to not eat any lollies, cakes, ice creams or chocolate, or drink any soft drink.
Below is a series of If > Then plans for how I will implement this goal today.
If I experience an urge to eat sugary foods or drink sugary drinks...
Then BY THE POWER OF THE OLD GODS AND THE NEW I WILL NOT GIVE THIS URGE THE TIME OF DAY.
​

 

0/21 Morning walk or run at 6:00 (previous record 38)
3/21 15' meditation
11/21 Avoiding bathroom scale (88.5kg / 194pounds / 25%MG on 2016-7-19)
12/21 Intermittent Fasting
18/21 Cold shower (previous record 39)

39/60 Neck practices
38/60 Gratitude attitude Challenge

63/90 No alcohol
71/90 NoFap

Spoiler: next moves

0/2115' to write in my journal
1/40 Water + fresh lemon juice
0/30 No Carbohydrate for diner (including bread, rice, potatoes, pastas, etc...)
0/21 No screen after 10:00 pm

 

I'm going to do the same

 

Meditation - 26
Exercise - 26
Self-improvement - 38/42
Walking - 30/42
NoFap help - 15/21
No news - 0/21

Yesterday's scores on the doors.

Thanks @iHappy. I'll check out my Leechblock. I think I've got it set up with so many safeguards around fiddling with the options (as if I would fiddle with options!) that I need to reset the whole thing to block anything new.

I have a bit of a problem. I have relatives staying for the next few days. It's likely going to make it impossible - in terms of time and space availability - to do my usual exercise routine. I may cut myself some slack here and allow a decent walk or some shorter period of exercise to stand in for the Darebee workouts I'm currently doing.

 

0/21- Wake up at 6:00am
38/42- 15mins of meditation
30/42 - Neck exercises
0/21- Affirmation & Visualisation
4/21- Read for 15:00mins
0/21- Exercise - Gym/Walk
36/42 - Cold Showers
2/21- NoFap

 

So far, so good.

 

~ Day 41 / 65 ~
NoSugar Rules for Today (Sunday, 31 July 2016)

GOAL ~ Today, I promise to not eat any lollies, cakes, ice creams or chocolate, or drink any soft drink.
Below is a series of If > Then plans for how I will implement this goal today.
If I have an urge to eat sugary foods or drink sugary drinks...
Then I will not act on this urge. I have come too far.
​

 

1/21 Morning walk or run at 6:00 (previous record 38)
4/21 15' meditation
12/21 Avoiding bathroom scale (88.5kg / 194pounds / 25%MG on 2016-7-19)
13/21 Intermittent Fasting
19/21 Cold shower (previous record 39)

40/60 Neck practices
39/60 Gratitude attitude Challenge

64/90 No alcohol
72/90 NoFap

Spoiler: next

0/2115' to write in my journal
0/40 Water + fresh lemon juice
0/30 No Carbohydrate for diner (including bread, rice, potatoes, pastas, etc...)
0/21 No screen after 10:00 pm

 

0/21- Wake up at 6:00am
39/42- 15mins of meditation
31/42 - Neck exercises
1/21- Affirmation & Visualisation
5/21- Read for 15:00mins
1/21- Exercise - Gym/Walk
37/42 - Cold Showers
3/21- NoFap

 

Not the perfect day, I've spent most of it online. Good thing is I did most of the habits and I am 20 days of NoFap

 

Hello everyone, based on @iHappy 's recommendation I've decided to copy/paste my daily posts from my journal here as well for greater accountability. I had relapsed last night (and today) so I decided to re-evaluate my plan of attack for efficient habit installation. I look forward to building a great camaraderie with all of you . Here's my first post:

Habit 1: Self-Efficacy Skill 1: Programming
Level 1/50

Well, my fear came true. I messed up on my celibacy. Yesterday, because of staying alone in my room due to the weekend, I could feel the urges kicking in. Then at night, I could not fall asleep; eventually I gave in

I hate that I failed after just 4 days! damn it!
I should have known that celibacy is not something that's "easy to do". I should not have included celibacy as part of my Self-Efficacy habit. This first habit must be easy enough to execute perfectly everyday for 50 days in a row!! celibacy is too hard of a commitment to make when my willpower is weak. But I also know that I cannot completely ignore it and keep binge masturbating like an addict.

Alright, lesson learnt. From now on I'll commit to the following for 50 days in a row:
Meditate (@7 AM) for 20 minutes after waking up and again @10 PM for 20 minutes before bed
Spend an hour on Skill development
Get to bed by 10:30PM
Only Fap once every 4 days if necessary but without any P or P subs, and only when trying to fall asleep.

Now these above commitments are easier, and just a little bit challenging. A good combo that supplements each other.
I'll also restart adding a Pre-mortem section to my daily posts to be prepared for ways I could fail.

Pre-mortem
I failed today because:

• I procrastinated too much after writing this journal instead of getting on with my morning meditation.
• I got tired after packing and organizing to spend an hour on skill development.
• I decided to PMO since I had already fapped this morning and I rationalized it to myslef that today is already wasted.