Sorry I've missed a few days! Congrats on the 13 days PF! I totally understand about the budget, maybe you could just do a bubble bath or something relaxing that doesn't cost money :)

i just realized how brilliant it is to anticipate a potentially stress-filled day and to then proceed with your barriers on and your guard up. thanks for mentioning that, confident. i'm gonna try to incorporate that into my daily practices. still need to get bandaids and keep 'em in my purse, backpack, car, etc. i'm sure it would help to also keep some hats lying around, too. what are your barriers, if you feel comfortable sharing them?

Hehe yeah I try to do that. But the other day I actually forgot my bandaids! Uh Oh. I passed, but played more than I would have if I had been wearing my barriers. (Barriers are bandaids if you didn't get that by now!)

13 days pf and it's the evening of day 14. Bandaids on as my willpower has been slipping. Tends to happen after I've been pf for a period. My urges will be ramping up and up and up! Now is the time to ENFORCE bandaids, come here consistently, and exercise as much as I can, and eat as healthy as I can. I must be proactive or I'll slip. And I"ll slip in a sneaky way. Denying that I'm slipping. Gosh I'm sneaky!!!!!

You are amazing!! Keep those barriers on, you've got this!!!

Oh thanks Manda! Yes, I do need to keep up with the barriers. Urgh. It's so easy to think that we don't need them. And true, we may not NEED them. But they do make things much easier, more stress free, and they're just a great safety net.

TWO WEEKS PULL FREE! That is so WEIRD to type, ha.

TWO WEEKS PULL FREE?!? CONGRATS!!!!!!!!! SO SO SO AMAZING!

oohhh! thanks for the heads up about bandaids as your barriers. i'm happy to hear that you didn't slip earlier despite the bandaids, but i am all for amplifying your use of barriers as much as you want and/or need! <3 <3

Excellent, excellent news!! I know you can do this. I'll try to jump onto your tailwind xoxo

Hehehe do it Phoebe! Thanks so much :)

Thanks Jungle! Very much for your support and excitement!

15 days pf.. woah.

WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!! You're doing awesome! Keep it up!!!

woo-Hoo!!!

AHHHHHHHH! 15 days!!!!!!!!! Beautiful!!! very happy 4 u!

You are on a roll, keep it up!!!

EEK thanks for the support. Honestly in the past few days I have pulled a couple of hairs. But I'm not going to start my count over. If I'm 100% free from now on, I will allow myself to keep my tally going. Sooo, bandaids on!

Ok. I can't live with myself ha! I'm not counting Saturday, Sunday or today as pull free. There are no stickers on my chart for those days. I am starting over, that's ok, cos I have a crapload of shiny stickers on my wall and that's really giving me the motivation I need to keep going. How can I be a failure with all those stickers? Answer is, I can't! HOORAY FOR STICKER CHART!

So barriers? Check.
Determination? Check.
Positivity? Check.
Support? Check (thanks guys!)

Let's go!

It's not the length of a pull free period that defines success. It's how quickly we bounce back after slipping.