Wagon Jumpers - December 21 - 27th, 2008 (Closed, Waiting List Available)
Welcome
(We are currently transitioning to 20 members (from 30). If you are interested in being on the waiting list, knowing that it will be a longer than usual list, please read below and e-mail me.)
Welcome to the Wagon Jumpers weekly thread. We are a group of CC members who have identified that one of our main challenges with achieving our weight loss, maintenance or general health goals is consistency.
This thread is designed to encourage long term commitment to our goals by publicly declaring them and asking the other members of this thread to hold us accountable. The primary focus of wagon jumpers is not how much weight you have lost, or need to loose, but what you need to do on a daily basis to meet your long term goals.
There are two rules for Wagon Jumpers:
1. All members must post once per week between Sunday and Friday.
2. All members must check the thread for members who have not posted by Saturday (a short list is posted on Thursday) or are on the MIA list on Sunday and send them a polite and positive message to stay involved in the group and on track with their goals.
If you would like to be a member of this thread please see the guidelines below and send me a PM if you are still interested (there may be a waiting list).
Medium Size Group = Some Time Commitment
The original idea of Wagon Jumpers was to create a close community where participants could get to know each other and hopefully form virtual-life and perhaps even physical-life bonds to create a support network as they attempted long term weight loss.
We quickly discovered that this was impossible with an 'always open' group as there were too many people coming and going. For this reason the group is capped at 30 participants.
A medium sized group means that we have an active thread that produces between 40 - 60 posts per week. Members do not need to read / respond to every post every week. I do notice that those who respond regularly do tend to keep their goals top of mind, and have a better chance to achieve them. I estimate the average time spent by an active member on Wagon Jumpers to be between 1-2 hours per week.
If you are looking for an always open group on CC there are several that operate by different weight criteria, similar motivational patterns etc... There are also many small groups that cap their numbers between 4-10 people to keep the group more intimate, and easier for members to keep up with.
Interested in Joining?
General Guidelines for Joining
1. Are you a wagon jumper?
Do you know how to loose weight, you often have success but then you find yourself loosing interest in your plan, or sabotaging your plan. It's not the "how" to loose weight that is the problem, it's the "how" to stay motivated.
2. Do you have a long way to go?
This group is designed so that members can get to know each other and support each other. Ideally you are planning to be a CC member and part of this forum for at least 6 months or more to achieve your goals and hopefully stay in motivation for a further 6 months or more.
Yes. This is, a long term plan.
3. Do you have the time?
This is a medium sized group, the thread does move fairly quickly each week. If you do not have regular internet access this is likely not the group for you.
Still interested?
Send Supersized a PM. (Please do not reply on the thread)
An overview will be sent to you, you will have a chance to ask questions and an invitation will be sent to you once a spot is open.
Wagon Jumpers Participants
Week 33 Riders:
Supersized (myself)
Week 30 Riders:
Week 29 Riders:
Week 26 Riders:
Week 24 Riders - Congratulations on 6 Months!:
Week 23 Riders:
Raven21 - Vacation December 24 - January 3rd, 2009
Week 22 Riders:
Week 19 Riders:
Week 18 Riders:
Kyashiis - traveling to January 10th, 2009
Week 17 Riders:
Week 16 Riders - Congratulations on 4 Months!:
Week 15 Riders:
Week 13 Riders:
Week 12 Riders - Congratulations on 3 Months!:
Week 9 Riders:
Lam7 - Moving, back December 27th, 2008
Week 8 Riders - Congratulations on 2 Months!:
Maureenz - Vacation to December 27th, 2008
Week 6 Riders:
Week 5 Riders:
Week 4 Riders - Congratulations on 1 Month!:
Carryonandon - Vacation Dec 15 - Jan 8
Week 3 Riders:
Week 1 Riders:
Missing In Action:
Missing In Action - 1 Week:
Missing In Action - 2 Weeks:
Current Membership: 28
Current Waiting List: 0
Outstanding Wait List Invites: 0
12 Week CONSISTENCY GOALS
(as set w/o October 19th, 2008)
By January 11th, I will be...
At least 8 weeks successful on my 12-week consistency plan. That is 8 weeks at an average of 1500 cal/day (weekly avg) and gym 4x/week 2 hrs/session.
Working out 5x week. I will be eating 1500-2000 calories a day dependng on exercise.
Sticking with the NROL nutrition (40%-30%-30%) and working out 3x/week. This should have me almost complete with stage 4 of the program.
Consistently drinking 4 500 ml bottles of water per day and working out 3 times a week, this can include running, weights, etc...
Maintaining walking 10,000 - 12,000 steps a day and adding both Wii Fit exercise 2-3 times per week, while achieving a calorie deficit of 500 cal/day.
Exercising 5 days/week (cardio + strength) and eating 1500 calories on exercise days and 1200 on rest days.
Be eating 1450 cal/day, except on non-exercise days (1300) and exercising 6 days/week on a stationary bike, increasing the distance each week by 1/2 mile with a goal to reach 10 miles/session by the end of 12 weeks.
Journaling my food on CC everyday, and getting 30 min of exercise 2-3 times per week.
Adding interval training - Fartleks - to my running to reach a goal of running a 5K at 6 min/km. While maintaining a 600 cal/day deficit.
Eating 5-6 fruits and vegetables a day, and working out 5 days a week.
Eat an average of 1700 cal/day and exercise 4x per week, according to my plan
Eating at 1600 cal/day and walking for 1 hour 3 days/week.
Exercising two times a week for 60 minutes at the gym or at home, and logging all of my food.
Maintaining a complete food log on the CC website daily to remain on track. Exercising 2x a week for minimum of 45 minutes.
Going to the gym 4 times per week (maintenance). Drinking ATLEAST 2 litres of water per day.
Exercising at least 30 min every day. Logging my calories on CC every day.
Previous Threads:
Wagon Jumpers - December 14 - 20th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers - December 7 - 13th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers - November 30 - December 6th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers - November 23 - 29th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers - November 15 - 22nd, 2008
Wagon Jumpers - November 9 - 15th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers - November 2 - 8th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers - October 26 - November 1st, 2008
Wagon Jumpers - October 19 - 25th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers - October 12 - 18th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers - October 5 - 11th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers - September 28 - October 4th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers - September 21 - 27th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers September 14-20th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers September 7-13th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers August 31 - September 6th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers August 24 - 30th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers August 17 - 23rd, 2008
Wagon Jumpers August 10 - 16th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers August 2 - 9th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers July 27 - August 2nd, 2008
Wagon Jumpers July 20 - 26th, 2008
Wagon Jumpers July 6 - July 21st, 2008 (another, two week special!)
Wagon Jumpers June 22 - July 5th, 2008 (two week special!)
Wagon Jumpers June 15-21, 2008
Wagon Jumpers May 25 - 31, 2008
Wagon Jumpers May 18 - 24, 2008
As always all members are encouraged to tag this thread so that it is easy to find.
WEEKLY TOPIC: 2 PARTS
PART 1: GOAL CHECK-IN
For members who were with us on October 19th, 2008 and set consistency goals, we have just passed the 3/4 mark, 9 weeks on our goals. How are you doing? Are you on track to achieve your goal? If not, do you have a chance to achieve it in the next three weeks? If you will miss your goal, how can you modify it next time to be achievable?
PART 2: HEALTHY HOLIDAY RECIPE SWAP
Use the recipe tool on cc to enter one healthy holiday recipe that you are planning to make for the holidays, grab the link, and post the link here so everyone can access the recipe and the nutritional information.
Weekly Check In / Goal Update
I am on track (barely) to meet my goal. I know I've looked the other way a time or two, but not enough to derail me. This week was not a great week, and I don't expect this coming week will be with all the family christmases to attend. I sort of feel like going to see the "4 Christmases" move just for sympathy. I should scrape by, by the skin of my teeth on my goal, but then I'll get my scale back from the last part of my plan, and I'll need to develop a new plan with new targets. I'm feeling fairly good. A jacket that I was give a few Christmases ago which I rarely was able to wear as it was too small, I was able to wear to a holiday party this past week. It was a little snug, but not terrible.
Holiday Recipe
My family is veggie, so we don't do the bird for the holidays. I'm considering a Leek and Potato Pie as the main dish, I expect I'll make some squash, salad, beans etc...
This is the recipe for the pie filling, it's a great pie, this recipe is without the nutritional information for the pie crust. Which I simply buy as my pastry looks and tastes exactly like cardboard.
Sara.
I hope I can get this to link:
http://caloriecount.about.com/stuffed-acorn-s quash-recipe-r76576
Ok that seems to have gone ok. I've been part of the group for a month now, thanks for the message from supersized :) Unfortunately the cold weather we've been having and all the holiday treats have been undermining my desire to lose weight this year. Bah! I resolve to do better!!
Good morning my fellow wagon jumpers! I hope everyone is doing great and are enjoying this beautiful time of year. This week was a good one but not when it came to working out and eating right. I was so busy with everything at work that I didnt go to the gym at all and with all the cookies, baking and candy that I got from my students...well, I'm sure you can figure out how my eating was. I not stressing myself out though because I get two weeks off and plan on going to the gym everyday(except for those special days that the gym will be closed). Hopefully in two weeks I will be feeling awesome and will be more motivated to go to the gym after work.
This is my one month anniversary as a wagon jumper and I just wanna say thanks to everyone who has helped me thus far. Happy Holidays everyone!
Weekly Check In
Part 1
I am not 100 percent on track! Maybe 50 percent...? I certainly don't have a chance to achieve my goals in the next three weeks. However, I am pleased that I am 50 percent of the way there and I hope to do better when the holiday season is over! Maybe next time I should cut my aims by about 25 percent and I might achieve them!
Part 2
I have used the CC recipe tool to enter a starter that I am planning to make for the holidays. It is very tasty and simple to do, but I am not sure how healthy you would consider it to be...!
Asparagus, mozzarella & prosciutto parcels
Have a very Happy Christmas everyone!
Christine
Laura I'm a huge squash fan, that recipe sounds great. This week I'm letting myself off the hook a lot so long as I log everything I eat. This does two things for me, it allows me not to stress, and logging in and of itself seems to help keep the calories down.
Jessica The big challenge with long term success is finding routines that fit into your life in the busy times. If you can use the two weeks as a spring board to figure out what will work for you in the hectic times then that will be a big success.
Christine Half way there is good. I didn't meet my goal the first time round either. Small achievable goals is a big part of the success. It always sounds so small in the beginning, but it takes a lot to follow through for 12 weeks. Half way is a big success in itself.
Cheers,
Sara.
I'm so sorry I didn't check in last week, it's been a doozy. My temp work suddenly ran dry and I've been clamoring to find more permanent work, the entire household has been sick with something, and as icing on the cake, my fiance totalled his car yesterday. He's unhurt, thank God, but looking over the damage done to the car I have no idea how he walked away without so much as whiplash.
I'm afraid the only holiday recipe I have to offer is just an appetizer, but it's a crowd-pleaser. It's rather high in the carbs department, but it has a pretty high amount of fiber and it pretty low in fat.
Pumpkin Pie Dip (makes 3 cups):
Ingredients
- 1 8 ounce package neufchatel cheese, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 15 oz can pumpkin pie filling
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger (you could use 1/2 tsp if you feel the ginger taste is too strong)
Directions
- Beat neufchatel cheese and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Add pie filling, cinnamon and ginger; beat well.
- Cover and chill for 8 hours.
- Serve with apple slices
The Vitamin Dominatrix Sorry it's been such a rough week for you, glad you are back, and that your finance is physically okay.
If you have time, the purpose of this recipe exercise is that people can easily tag them and have them in their recipe database, with nutritional value, so I am asking participants to use the cc recipe tool to enter the recipe and provide a link to it.
Using the CC recipe tool
1. Go to the Foods Menu
2. Go to the New Recipe tab
3. Enter the servings
4. Enter Ingredients
5. Click Analyze Recipe
The database will analyze the recipe, if there are ingredients that it does not recognize it will highlight them in yellow or red. If it is in yellow it does not recognize a portion of the ingredient, if red it does not recognize the whole ingredient.
6. To fix yellow or red ingredients, try phrasing it differently, if that does not work, then you can open a second browser window and look up the item in the cc database, when you find it there is a 5 to 6 digit code at the end of the item, type in the ingredient that you are using with the code in square brackets behind it {123456] but with both brackets being square.
7. Click Analyze Recipe
8. Now you should have the option to Save Recipe
9. Enter a title for the recipe
10. Enter the cooking directions and any notes you would like.
11. Assign a course to the recipe (note this must be done or it will not save)
12. Click Save
Placing a link on this thread to the recipe
1. Open two browser window.
2. In the first window go to Foods Menu
3. Go to My Recipes
4. Click on the recipe that you want to link to.
5. In the second browser window come to this thread.
6. Open a reply (just like you normally do to reply to the thread)
7. Type in the name of the recipe
8. Go back to the first browser window
9. Highlight all of the text in the browser bar (where you type in website addresses)
10. Click Copy like you would to copy and paste on a word processing document.
11. Come back to the second browser window where you have typed the recipe name.
12. Use your mouse to highlight the text.
13. At the top of the reply box , to the left of the spell check icon, and the right of the forward/backwards arrows you should now have something that looks like a chain link highlighted. Click it.
14. A pop up box should appear (if it doesn't you may need to disable pop ups)
15. Paste the link that you just copied from the first browser window into the Link URL field in this pop up box.
16. Click "Insert"
17. Finish reply as usual and enter Post reply
Sounds like a lot of steps but it really only take maybe 2-3 minutes to do the recipe and about 30 seconds to do the link.
Cheers,
Sara.
Here's an easy appetizer. It's not the most healthy but you're not meant to pig out on it :) A friend I work with made them 2 years ago and I introduced my family to them last year, this year I am "required" to make them 
Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts
http://caloriecount.about.com/bacon-wrapped-w ater-chestnuts-recipe-r167639
Hi, all, I'm sneaking this in while at work (*shhhh!*). Here's a nice appetizer that I've made a few times (still debating whether I'm going to use it this year or not):
Mushroom Stuffed Mushrooms
http://caloriecount.about.com/mushroom-stuffe d-mushrooms-recipe-r109535
Gotta' run, hope all is well, Happy and Healthy Eating to all!! :D
I have not done anything on my goals although I have been losing weight. I do still have chance to make it. I so excited because I'm about to get back into swimming. 
I have missed it so much. I have no recipe
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Original Post by supersized:
The Vitamin Dominatrix
If you have time, the purpose of this recipe exercise is that people can easily tag them and have them in their recipe database, with nutritional value, so I am asking participants to use the cc recipe tool to enter the recipe and provide a link to it.
Ah! My apologies! Here you go!
Hello all!
Thanks for this recipe exercise, supersized. I've never used that function on the website before. I'm not doing the cooking for christmas (did thanksgiving, so now the in-laws are on the hook), but I made a cole slaw as a side for dinner tonight and I figured I'd enter that as my first attempt with the recipe analyser. Here's the link: cole slaw with raisins .
First, a disclaimer: I usually eyeball the amounts on this, so I guess-timated them when I wrote it down. You might have to adjust as you go if you're bravely trying it! :) Definitely an eye opener - there was way more sodium than I'd have suspected! I'll be using that tool again.
On the check-in: I'm pretty new, which is just as well because this week has been sad for staying on track! The work I have to do for my degree has taken over my life and won't be done until Jan 5th. We're also away from home so I'm away from my treadmill and having trouble getting out the door to go for a run/walk while the sun is up and it's not too cold. This is a problem when taken together with the obscene - and I do mean obscene - numbers of christmas cookies in my in-laws' house. Help! I did go for a long jaunt on Sunday though, and I'm also trying to keep logging so I at least know what the damage looks like. Sigh. Wish me luck, and good luck to all the rest of you who are confronting overflowing holiday sweets!
Hello All,
Wow has 4 months flown by!! i have learned so much from a great set of people here on Wagon Jumpers....the most important to me is that I am not alone in my emotions/thoughts toward food/exercise...I don't struggle alone, and the encouragement and support I have received has been such a blessing and motivating action for me to continue on my "healthgain" journey. I have learned that food is not the enemy in this journey but only a tool. I have placed the unneeded and emotional ties to that food. I have learned that food is fuel only for my body, that the comfy feeling that I may get isn't what I am looking/craving for....but the ties with my loved ones that I am either missing or not clicking on all cylinders with at the time. I have learned that Exercise is not a dirty word but another tool that is such a tremendous help and I feel so much better when I am done. (you will see that I have said when I am done...still not to the lovin' it stage) I also have learned so much about nutrition, different foods, and different lifestyles that make up this forum.
Onto the weeks discussion...I am on track with about 50% of my goals..I am not going to make the bike exercise, I am at 6.5miles and then I have to get off...but I am still exercising 6days a week I haven't given up on that it is just this bike is horribly painful and the padding that was on my glutimus maximus is not the same anymore YEAH!!! but I don't like any kind of pain..and when the ache in the posterior gets too much I stop..but I will admit it might be a mostly mental things since at 35 mins all my Nickelback videos are through and I just don't like staring at a wall... and haven't found anyone that is that nice to look at while I am sweating like a pig!! LOL
I have lost a total of 46lbs since starting the end of June...down from a size 20 to a very loose 14now...I have been able to fit into my wedding dress again!! and I am a very happy camper I plan on wearing it again on our anniversary dinner/dancing out again.
I need some help with the recipe thing....I can do the recipe but how do I cause a link to end up in the body of my reply???
I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday Season.
Raven Well, part of it is healthy! and it's a crowd pleaser.
Defrog Welcome to the dark side! I like the mushroom stuffed mushrooms, I did those last year.
Tiegurl Yay Swimming! No problem on the recipe, we had a lot of requests for them so they'll pop up, but I know not everyone is into the cooking.
The Vitamin Dominatrix Thanks!
Constanza That's one of the big reasons I use the recipe tool, I know that I cook more when I'm on plan, order out more when I'm off plan. So, knowing which of the things I like to cook are actually healthy is a big bonus. And, it saves me a tonne of energy rather than trying to enter all the main ingredients individually each time. No worries on the goal, we'll be starting a new round on January 11th, 2009, sounds like that may be a good time for you.
Robin Looks like we're on a similar path, I'm also down from a size 20 to a size 14-12 now. I've sort of plateaued for the last few months, but that is more an up and down with being on track than an actual plateau. Come January 11th, I get my scale back and I'm really going to go for that size 10.
Here are the posting instructions:
Placing a link on this thread to the recipe
1. Open two browser window.
2. In the first window go to Foods Menu
3. Go to My Recipes
4. Click on the recipe that you want to link to.
5. In the second browser window come to this thread.
6. Open a reply (just like you normally do to reply to the thread)
7. Type in the name of the recipe
8. Go back to the first browser window
9. Highlight all of the text in the browser bar (where you type in website addresses)
10. Click Copy like you would to copy and paste on a word processing document.
11. Come back to the second browser window where you have typed the recipe name.
12. Use your mouse to highlight the text.
13. At the top of the reply box , to the left of the spell check icon, and the right of the forward/backwards arrows you should now have something that looks like a chain linkhighlighted. Click it.
14. A pop up box should appear (if it doesn't you may need to disable pop ups)
15. Paste the link that you just copied from the first browser window into the Link URLfield in this pop up box.
16. Click "Insert"
17. Finish reply as usual and enter Post reply
Sounds like a lot of steps but it really only take maybe 2-3 minutes to do the recipe and about 30 seconds to do the link.
Sara.
THREE DAY REMINDERS
Okay, it's usually a two day reminder, and my apologies to all of you who have gotten used to posting on Wednesday to avoid this reminder, but I figure there is too much of a chance that I'll forget / be too over-run with family tomorrow to get this out, so it's better early than never.
Here is a list of the folks who have not yet posted this week, please keep a look out for them to post today, Thursday, and Friday. If they have not posted by Saturday please send them a polite and positive reminder to stay on track with their goals and involved with the group.
Missing In Action - 1 Week:
Oops! A week slipped by already??? This time of year is always rockin! Due to my getting a bit sidetracked I am NOT going to reach any goals in three weeks, but I can say I am back on track....and for the past two weeks I am achieving my goals! Tickled pink here!
Wishing you and yours a healthy and happy holiday season! (And hopefully less snow)
I'm actually a pretty simple cook. Not really creative. I say I will get more creative when I get older hopefully before I'm married with kids. By the way, defrog congrats on the baby. I was stalking you and realized you come back and let us know you were pregnant and I want to say congrads.
Well, this week i've been living off of ice cream, jello, pudding etc. due to the healing process of my tonsilectomy....I have lost 8lbs this past week and it's due to my lack of ability to eat. Tonight we are going to my boyfriend's family's house for dinner and i'll be trying to find something soft to eat.
Here is a recipe I found on Calorie Count for Apple Crumble:
http://caloriecount.about.com/apple-crumble-r ecipe-r37
Enjoy!! and Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!
i am off track a bit... after injuries and sickness i had to take a break from lifting. however i am eating well, down 3.2 of the 5 lbs i gained in nov. and im also now a new mommy to a beautiful golden retriever puppy. her name's harley and sheis definately a handful. ive been too busy potty training her to do anything else!
i dont have a healthy holiday recipe to be quite honest, i just eat in moderation...
Figure out what type of eater you are and you might just find the answer to permanent weight loss.
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