Wagon Jumpers - June 21 - 27th, 2009 (Closed, Waiting List Available)
Welcome
(If you are interested in being on the waiting list, please read below and e-mail me. We currently have 3 people on the waiting list.)
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 finding its optimum level is between 20 and 25 participants.
A medium sized group means that we have an active thread that produces between 30 - 45 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.
Google Group
We have recently added a google group as an option for members, past members, and members on the waiting list. If you would like access to the google group (and are in one of the above categories) send a message to beaglesmuggler (at) roger.com with your username and e-mail address and I will add you to the google group.
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12 Week CONSISTENCY GOALS
(as set w/o April 5th, 2009)
By June 27th, I will be...
Msmeg1984 - Maintenance: I will continue to eat less than 1800 cals/day on average New: Exercise at least 3x a week at least 9 of the 12 weeks.
Defrog3 - To continue eating healthfully for me and my little fetus, which means I need to stick to 2,000 balanced calories/day. My NEW goal is to start exercising regularly, meaning moving my butt in some fashion for 30 minutes, 3 days a week.
Cawilder - NEW: Attain a 30 / 30 / 40 food combo 80% of the time. MAINTENANCE: Running @ least 5 hours / week and 2X weight lifting.
Unlimitedana - Maintenance goal: Eat 1550-1650 cals a day. New Goal Achieve the 40-40-20 at least two days per week.
Raven21 - 1. Exercise at least 3 x a week (maintenance) 2. Average daily calorie intake of 1450-1650 (new)
Figurethefat - For maintenance: I will continue to complete a minimum of 1,500 exercise minutes per month. New goal: I will drink at least 1.5 litres of water per day.
Supersized - MAINTENANCE: Continue to eat at or below 2,000 cal/day average for at least 6 of 12 weeks, and never over 2,500 cal/day average. NEW: start going to the gym (again), and achieve at least 4 weeks where I attend the gym 3x/week.
Lam7 - NEW GOAL: Participate in our Navan Walking Club 10 Week Program (Tuesdays) starting April 21-June 26; as well as attend 6 "Spring into Spring" Interval Classes which will run on Thursday evenings starting April 9th, 2009.
Constanza - (new) Eat an average of 1700 calories/day. (maintenance) Exercise at least twice weekly (calculated by average)
Kyashiis - Maintenance goal:Exercise for a minimum of 20 minutes a day 5 days a week. New goal: I will zig-zag on my food intake consistently throughout the week and end up with an average daily calorie count of 1,200 cals.
Nannygabber - Maintenance goal of doing NROLFW 3x per week with an allowance of two weeks slack for this 12-week session.
Pelkeyjm - Maintenance: Exercise a minimum of 30 minutes at least 3x per week. New Goal: Log ALL food on calorie count.
Previous Threads:
Wagon Jumper - June 14 - 20th, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - June 7 - 13th, 2009
Wagon Jumpers May 31 - June 6th, 2009
Wagon Jumpers May 24 - 30th, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - May 17 - 23rd, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - May 10 - 16th, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - May 3 - 9th, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - April 26 - May 2nd, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - April 19 - 25th, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - April 12 - 18th, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - April 5 - April 11th, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - March 29 - April 4th, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - March 22 - 28th, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - March 15 - 21st, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - March 8 - 14th, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - March 1 - 7th, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - February 22 - 28th, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - February 15 - 21st, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - February 8 - 14th, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - February 1 - 7th, 2009
Wagon Jumpers - January 25 - 31st, 2009
As always all members are encouraged to tag this thread so that it is easy to find.
Sara - I have become somewhat of an OCD stickler when it comes to commitments, punctuality, and details. Again, lesson learned, I commited to a pass/fail on this. Oh well!
BUT, like I said, I don't consider 91% to be failure, it isn't, but I can't take the win. I just have to be more careful how I structure the wording of my goals!
Maintenance goal-is to be at a total of 1600 calories by the end of the day so I should be at 1600 after exercising.
New goal-exercise 6 times a week which includes strength and cardio.
Julie-Nannygabber-91 percent is awesome. That means you'll give it a 100 percent the next time around. Pat yourself on the back.
Update-I'm officially moving to Massachusetts at the end of August. Yay!!
Thanks for your responses folks! I am quite sure that my inability to balance my intakes has much to do with the fact that I am BORED TO TEARS over what I eat. I tell everyone that at any moment I may sprout feathers or fins! I am slowly becoming an expert in the varieties of Mrs Dash. I love spice and cutting out the sodium has limited that greatly.
I don't have a nutritionist...but a dietitian. You know the type...she is about 5' tall...weighs maybe 90...dripping wet. She never tells me what I CAN eat...her answers are limited to yes, you can have that...but mostly...no you can't have that. I will ask about a nutritionist next time I go to clinic.
My potassium levels were too high last visit...and ya'll do not want me to explain the medication they give you for that. ACK! I looked back over the two previous weeks for something that would cause me to have high numbers. When I couldn't see the potassium I hit the Internet and started looking up everything I had ingested for two weeks.....ya ready for this....?? The culprit...decaf iced tea...which I brewed myself....I drink it by the quart....UGH!
Anyone who has interesting....easy recipes for chicken, turkey or fish that are low sodium, low fat and low sugar. I am more than happy to try them. Feel free to send them I need some excitement on my plate! :) You guys are the best!
Thanks for the feedback Sara. I have done (not all running) the 5k distance 3 times now so I'm good to go with that. I do enjoy the feeling even if I can't quite go the whole distance without some fast walking. That's actually why I'd like to make it a goal. I'm going to go with doing eight 5k runs per month for my primary goal, and the 1,500 minutes of exercise for the maintenance.
Again, thanks for the kind words. I'm kind of with Julie, I'd like to be 100% when I finish the goal period. That's why I'm not doing the daily goal this time -- too much room for failure with that route :)
Julie I know we're in the same place there, I just figure it's my job as moderator when someone is so close to do that double check and make sure you aren't self sabotaging. As long as you are happy with the results and motivated to keep going, that is what really matters.
Tiegurl Sounds good, don't forget to post it next week. Congratulations on the move, is it for school?
Vicki I've got a chicken caccitore that is massively high in sodium... but it's all added salt, I think if you simply left out the salt and soy sauce and made sure to use a low-sodium tomato sauce it may still be a pretty decent dish, here is the recipe: Chicken Caccitore.
Laura No problem, as I said to Julie, I mainly want to make sure you are not self sabotaging, I figure many of us are much better at failing ourselves and beating ourselves up than we are at praising ourselves when we deserve it. I agree wholly that there needs to be room for life to happen in the 12-week goals.
Ok, so I will definitely try to get back to reply to everyone but only have a few minutes to put my ideas for my goals out there for feedback. I did want to say Welcome back Vicki! And also welcome to our newest member!
So what I'm thinking is that I am great with the exercise goals but not so much with the calorie counting goals since I loath counting every single thing I eat (funny that I should say that considering what website I'm currently on). I have found though that if I am conscious of eating whole foods, 4 times a day, 5 max (meals and 1-2 snacks) and not eating at least 2-3 hours before bed, I see changes on the scale. So here's what I'm thinking for my goals this time around:
Maintenance Goal - exercise at least 3 times a week
New Goal - Either 1) No eating after 9pm at least 95% of the 12 weeks OR
2) Chocolate and/or another treat only 2 times/week, sticking to portion size, 95% of the 12 weeks.
I know these are a little wordy, but I find my biggest challenge is not eating during those last couple hours I am awake 9-11pm AND not over doing it with chocolate or other sweets. I know I can't cut them completely, doesn't work for me. BUT, I have stopped buying them and bringing them into the house. Suggestions?
Post again later this week.
Have a great week! Hope you're not all drowning in rain like it is here 
Raven
Good Morning Everyone! Top of the morning to y'all! Wholly hot sun out there, here in Ottawa! Not complaining...but the air conditioning does not help..I have picked up another cough as a result.
Goal Evaluation: I am proud to say that I have achieved this round of goals and some. I believe the nice weather plays a big role. Yay me!!!!!
New Goal: I would welcome some advice on ensuring that this next goal is worded properly. I wish to ensure that I maintain a proper deficit each day, to allow me to loose weight slowly yet regularly. As mentioned in previous threads, I was successful with exercise, yet without counting calories properly, and knowing that I have not lost weight during this last round...all that great exercise was somewhat wasted. So...I would like to know what level of deficit I should target for this next goal.
I wish to maintain a deficit of "500 calories"??? each day to to allow me to move toward my weight loss target date, as set out by CC.
Do you understand what I am trying to accomplish with such a statement? Any assistance on rewording and more importantly on identifying proper deficit level would be greatly appreciated. I believe that if I focus on a proper deficit level this round, as opposed to writing something around logging my calories and exercise...I will get the best of both worlds, with an easy measurement to follow this time.
Thanking you in advance,
Lee-Anne
Lee-Anne, a few months ago I was part of a challenge that had us set a monthly goal for our deficit, then post daily deficits, etc. It's hard because first to get that deficit you have to keep track of your activity level, and your food intake. For me it was a big ask everyday. And some days I had a surplus! Eek! I'm happy if I can just get my calories logged and while the deficit challenge was enlightening -- I saw right away why I wasn't losing :), it was way too tedious.
I'm not sure what the answer is. Maybe to reword your goal without a specific deficit, but just to say "I will burn more calories than I take in." Hope others can give you some more positive direction!
Hey figurethefat...I appreciate your prompt reply! Thank you! I will await to see if I get more feedback, but you know what, I really like the wording..simple, yet powerful!!!
Guys,
I just can't leave this topic alone.... although I know it isn't in line with this weeks discussion. SORRY.
I keep going back to my Toxic Vocabulary article. I am trying to erradicate even more of the negatives from my life. I have discovered this to have profound impact on my behaviour. I have a personal example of how this works.
I have two cats who, once I moved into my new apartment, decided they would start drinking out of the toilet. YAY. Interesting new potty, I suppose! Well, I figured it was MY JOB to make them stop, so I decided to post a little note near the TP saying: "Don't forget to close the lid."
Well, I battled with myself a few times a day and became irritated because regardless of how many times I reminded myself to "Don't forget to close the lid."...while I was sitting there, I would inevitably get up, flush, wash my hands and walk out. Only to return to see kitty litter foot prints inside the bowl. UGH!
I thought about this... and I remembered the article. I decided to change the note to say: "Remember to close the lid."
Unbelievably, I have not forgotten it once since I changed it!
I was focusing on what I should NOT do, which is what was stuck in my mind. I am thinking I would have had the same result if I had posted: "Don't leave the lid open." I would have left it open every time.
Interesting how the mind works! Now lets just reprogram our words in respect to our health/life and the habits we have surrounding all that...
I have thought about asking you guys if you wanted to play a little game... Listing a negative phrase that we find ourselves saying in any area of life, and countering it with a positive one. IE: "I will try to get to bed early tonight." v/s "I will go to bed at 10 pm tonight, regardless." ... or - "I can't have junk food today." v/s "I am having a nice juicy pear for a snack in one hour." Anyone care to add some?
Just "food" for thought...
Have a healthgain day,
~Julie
yes the move is for school at the end of August which means I have work to do. I also have a job. Yay me.
congrats lam.
julie (nannygabber)-I love that activity. Do it all the time.
Ok, i made it....
I'm going to be restarting NROLFW after the festival is over, so i think mine goal will be pretty close to what I did this time: exercise 3x a week for 9 of 12 weeks and since i'm switching back to weight training i'm upping my calorie average to 2,000 a week.
Evaluation:
the past 12 weeks have been a huge rollercoaster for me... on the wagon, off the wagon and repeat. I hit my exercise 100% but only hit my eating at about 50% which isn't bad, considering all the crap i've dealt with over the past few weeks. My weight is still hovering at where it was 12 weeks ago, so for only eating 1800 for 6 of those 12 and who knows what the last 6, i'm not mad at myself.
I'll have to remember to check in sunday to set goals, i'll be super busy next week setting up for the fair... I'm going to be working pretty hard next week, so i'm going to enjoy some festival food for once! :)
Julie - i had a discussion with a friend at work about a similar thing... so many times i find myself saying "Do i want a salad, or do i want to be bad and get a burger" she said to me "Stop saying that! Its not about being good or bad!"
I didn't notice I was saying it! So now I have definately stopped that habit :)
Have a great week ladies - congrats to everyone who reached their goals! I'll be back in full force after the 4th of july!
-Meg
Hello all!
Well, goals. I have to admit, that I did that classic wagon jumper move this round, where I realised along the way that I was beyond making/assessing one of my goals so I just kind of threw it out. That was my 1700 cal goal, and I for sure did not make it. I did, however, make my exercise maintenance goal, (I averaged 2.75 times/week) so I'll give myself 50%.
I have to say that I'm pretty proud of myself. I'm usually terrible at reaching any consistency goals, but I made the maintenance one, which means that I've been successful on that for the last 24 weeks.
In terms of intake, though, I've spent some time thinking about the approach I had/have been using, and whether it's sensible for me to continue it. On the one hand, I'm a little worried that switching strategies is a convenient way to avoid holding myself accountable for not making the goal I set. On the other hand, lookinng back over my journey (7 months of which has been with wagon jumpers! omg!!), I have to note that I've had all kinds of calorie goals, and I generally fail at making them, even though they've gotten somehwat more lenient. Which is not to say that I shouldn't have calorie goals, but I think I should try a different tack for a while. Something about repeating actions and expecting different outcomes not being a solid plan of attack.
My best assessment of my eating habits is that most of my regular meal choices are actually pretty good. The trouble starts when I give myself dispensations - I'm PMSing and my appetite is raging, so I have snack after snack; I'm out at a party so I ravage the food table; I'm out drinking with friends, etc. I'd like to build some discipline into my eating.
So... with that in mind, my proposal for the next rounds of goals is:
1. (maintenance) Exercise an average of 2x/week
2. (new) Create the habit of an eating schedule according to these parameters: 3 meals/day, plus 1 snack and 1 dessert; max. of 4 alcoholic drinks/week. The daily goal would have 12 slack-days built in for the twelve week period, and the drink goal would be an average. To keep track of them, I'll carry a little notebook around so I can write things down wherever I am.
I welcome thoughts/feedback! Will write a bit more to reply to others' goals in a bit.
Nice post about the Toxic Vocabulary Julie.
Works well with kids: 'Don't leave your sweater at school' versus 'Remember to bring your sweater home.'
Emphasize the positive not the negative :-)
Hi everyone,
I apologize that I havn't really been responding to everyone elses posts since I joined. I am painfully shy and it takes me a while to feel comfortable. As I have said though, the past month I find myself really falling off the wagon. I'm not eating healthy and I never established any real excercise into my routine.
Since I managed to keep my calories under control for five months or so I know that I'm capable its just remotivating myself. So I was thinking maybe my goal should be to excercise. My logic is that I know I can log calories but I have never shown myself that I can excercise on a regular basis. I'm hoping that by introducing excercise that it may remotivate me to eat healthy so the excercise wasn't all for nothing. I'm not sure if it will work but I have really been struggling for the past month to get my eating under control and it seems that I'm just not motivated enough. Maybe excercise will be my motivator.
Anyways for the past three days I have been excercising with my younger sister. She wants to get fit for cheerleading in the fall so we went on a nice bike ride one day, swimming the next and the gym on the day it was raining. I would like to keep it up since its really energizing me. Also I really enjoy the time spent with my sister, we don't live together so I rarely see her and she is like myself painfully shy so she hardly talks to me, but already I see her opening up and enjoying my company which makes me really happy.
What do you guys think, should I make my goal excercise or suck it up and work on my calories?
I think that doing the exercise will keep you on track with the healthy eating. The two go hand in hand. As a fellow wagon jumper I can tell you that when I'm not active enough I tend to eat way more.
The time spent with your sister sounds lovely Jacqueline, hope your schedules allow both of you to continue with it :)
Checking in: I keep having trouble keeping up with posting to various groups and my own journal. My journal is really important to me as it helps me to work through the various thoughts I have on this lifestyle change. I have been having a hard time keeping up with exercise on a regular basis. My excuse is that I am so busy. Even when I am so busy, I think I should be able to fit exercise in more. The other reason is that I am really tired during the four days of the week that I have too much work, so on the other days, I don't feel like doing much. Even then, I have so many commitments that I am busy...
I have done well with the zigzagging throughout this entire period. In the middle of the last 12 weeks, I lowered my calories intake a little as a result of the revised guidelines on my burn rate. I haven't felt hungrier at all, and I managed to get back down to my last year's November weight. I do think it is the combination of zigging and zagging along with slightly lower calorie intake.
I'm thinking about the next twelve weeks for a maintenance and a new goal. I think I will continue the zigzag calorie intake. It's easy to manage and is bringing results despite my being lax on exercise.
On a new goal, I'm still thinking about it.
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Jneilsen - I was painfully shy until I was about 32 years old. When I realized how it was interfering with my life, I volunteered to work at a radio station. I figured that I could write out everything I needed to say before hand, and I didn't have to have other people in the booth to speak. It took about a year before I could loosen up a bit. Then, another year until I could actually embrace speaking out without a script. It was really good for me because I love music and knew a lot about different kinds of music. If you think about it, maybe you can find a place in your life where you can be a little more outgoing. It really helps to practice. When I was 32 years old, I discovered that I am not so shy when I am teaching. It's really strange, but I know lots of Japanese teachers who are painfully shy except in front of a class. Sorry for the long post, but maybe knowing other peoples struggles with shyness will help you to deal with it if it is an issue for you.
Carrie How did you do on your goal this past session?
As I'm sure you know I'm going to say that number two is in fact 2 new goals not one...
For no eating after 9pm just figure out how you will track the % of time, 95% does not go cleanly into 12 weeks, it may be easier to say no eating after 9pm for 12 weeks with no more than 12 or 6 or 8 days slack.
The chocolate /other treat no more than 2 times per week (or allow myself a treat up to 2 times/week - to adopt Julie's positive speak) is easy to measure.
Portion sizes need to be defined.
Lee-Anne CONGRATULAIONS!!!! I'm so gald someone is declaring a success this time round, we had a few last time for the first time so I'm glad we get to add one more.
Here are the questions I would consider when you are setting the deficit goal:
1 - do you already log your calories every day?
If you don't, you may want to work yourself up to this because to calculate your deficit you need to log calories and activities every day... this can be REALLY overwhelming if you don't already do it. I would start by simply setting a goal of logging regularly if you are not in the habit of doing so, sometimes this simple activity (as tedious as it is) will help you reduce your intake.
2. - do you already log your activity on days you exercise?
Same as above, it can be tedioius and overwhelming if it's not already a habit. Also, I know a lot of people get frustated with CC's activity logging section, and it does have a significant learning curve to figure out how to use it.
If you answer yes to both of the above then I think you are in good shape, the only adjustment I would make is to consider some 'slack' time. So a goal like Maintaining an average calorie deficit for 500 calories for at least 9 of 12 weeks. This allows you some daily slack, if you are over one day you can compensate the next withing a week, and would give you some room if you have a week where you are off. The worst thing is to screw up the first few days (or weeks) and then ditch your goal altogether because you're not going to make it.
Julie There must be some academic studies on this by now! I'm sure you're right, I'm naturally not a very 'positive' person, but even I find myself learning your positive speak and trying to incorporate it into my own goals. I am, on the whole, much more successful when I focus on motivating myself rather than berating myself.
MsMeg Good luck on your big festival! Looks like you are all set on your goals, no comments from the peanut gallery!
Constanza 50% is a good achievement for the first time round, well let me actually reconsider that, it's a good achievement for any go. I keep reminding myself that if I do something that is way more than doing nothing. I was gaining weight at the status quo, so if I at least try a little then I tend to at the very minimum stop the gaining process and that is something. If I do a little more than I see the backwards slide.
Yes, I believe something to the effect of the definition of stupidity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting different resutls.
Right now I'd say the food goal may be overly complicated to remember. I get the idea is to create a meal plan, rather than focusion on the calories, and while we are on a calorie counting site, this group is about finding out what works for each of us as individuals so that we an learn from that knowledge. ...
I'm trying a simple re-phrase here....
For the next 12 weeks, less 12 days, I will eat up to: 3 meals, 1 snack and 1 dessert with no more than 4 alcoholic drinks/week. This is my new meal plan.
If this works for you then next time simply refere to it as the meal plan, but for now I think you'll have to find some way to say it easily so you can remember it without wondreing about the numbers.
Jacqueline Don't worry about not replying to everyone, sometimes I simply don't have the time. I don't think anyone ever really gets offended by it.
Sounds like you are more motivated to focus on exercise now. I tend to believe you will be most successful at whatever has your interest at the moment and it sounds like you are feeling a bit defeated on the food front, so why not pump yourself up with some accomplishments on the exercise side.
To that end you'll need to figure out what you mean by exercise, most people who start off with a first exercise goal will set it by time...
i.e. I will 'move my body' for 30 min, at least 2 days per week.
Dropping in specific requirements usually leads to trouble for first timers as they often find when they are first experimenting with exercise they may have done their 2 days per week (and more) but not of the original exercise they chose.
As for getting back on the food wagon, I'm constantly falling off that one and it's a long haul back up for me. I do it in stages, the first stage for me (because I'm a number junkie) is to simply start logging again, I don't worry about the fact that I'm still eating too much chocolate or obscene amounts of chinese take away... after that then I slowly reduce it back to where I want it to be. I find that by giving myself these incremental steps to get back on the wagon then I am more likely to succeed.
Kathy Good job on the zig-zagging! Sounds like it's been a success for you as well, is it safe to give you a 50% for your goals?
Thanks for the feedback Sara. I think what I will do for my new goal is this:
"No eating after 9pm for 12 weeks with no more than 12 days missed (bascially 1 day per week where I can miss the goal)."
I know it's not a positive way to state the goal, however I was thinking it will actually help with my chocoate/sweet issue as it is usually between 9pm-11pm that I crave these types of foods.
Alternatively I guess you could say:
" I will eat all my yummy, healthy meals and snack before 9pm for 12 weeks, with no more than 12 days missed." Thoughts?
As for my goals this time around, I had thought I had already commented but maybe that was only in my head
I made 100%, maybe 110% on my maintenance goal as I averaged 4 days a week of exercise as opposed to my goal of 3 times a week. I have definitely got the exercise thing nailed at this point. Not so much on the calorie counting goal. That is definitely not my forte. I didn't end up logging so no way of knowing what my calorie intake actually was. However I have been more conscious of the choices I make regarding food and have been seeing a decline on the scale and my clothes are definitely less snug.
Well must get back to work.
Thanks again for the feedback!
Carrie
MID WEEK REMINDERS
I have some time on my hands today, so seeing as I missed this last week, I'm posting a bit early this weeks. Here are our members who we have not yet heard from, please watch for them to post by Friday, if they have not posted please send them a polite and positive message reminding them to stay on track with their goals, involved in the group... and also that this is goal check in / new goal question week!
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