Wagon Jumpers - May 25 - 31, 2008

 

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.

Each member on this thread (listed below) has agreed to check into the thread at least once per week. If any member does not check in by the end of the week, we ask all members to politely and positively PM that member and encourage them to make a post and stay on track (or get back on track).

If you would like to be a member of this thread, either leave a note here and I will add you, or send me a PM. 

 Wagon Jumpers Participants

Week 3 Riders:

Supersized (myself)

Jane3001

JCR

Shrinking_Caro

Newsjunkie1

Juicer17

Safina1

Karenie

Kreitter

Kaydeefalls

Thin27

Jburgin

Vicki8seekers

FantasyFlight

Tally-Ho

Got2getthin

Week 2 Riders:

Hopeful31

Gettinghealthy123

Healthfirst

Marlasinger

igrratu

rwbsmom

defrog3

Week 1 Riders:

Mpscarlet

Tamji

New:

Sarah_11235

Peera

Madikim

Ser25

ld1984

Lumcti

Missing In Action:

Tamarbee

DC_Runner81

Sneakafreaka

Writestuff

Previous Threads:

Wagon Jumpers May 18 - 24, 2008

Wagon Jumpers May 11-17, 2008

Wagon Jumpers Week 1 (May 4 - 10)

Wagon Jumpers - Anyone Need a Lift? (initial thread)

As always all members are encouraged to tag this thread so that it is easy to find. 

 

Last week -- mostly stayed on track. More eating at maintenance than weight loss, but as long as I'm not gaining, that's fine. I have a very hectic week coming up -- the play I'm directing is in tech, which, for the uninitiated, is crazy stressful time-consuming insanity, and this after working my usual 40-hr week; plus, I'm trying to sublet my apartment and sort out my move out of Chicago at the end of this month. I'll aim for three times at the gym this week as usual, but I'm not going to punish myself if I slip. Likewise with food -- the goal this week is just maintenance, not weight loss. I'm grateful that I have the luxury of just maintaining -- I may not be at my goal weight, but I am at a healthy weight, and sometimes it's okay to accept that as good enough.

I will not fall off the wagon because I'm happier and healthier at my current weight than I was when I started, and I'd like to stay here.

Jane Oh no! Yummy Swiss buffet food.... eek! Good luck with that I think maintenance is the goal in that situation. 

I think I do have to accept that slow and steady wins the race, the challenge with getting up earlier is I work from home so typically I'm "online" (i.e. will answer my phone / e-mail) starting sometime between 9:00 - 9:30 am. To make sure that I will be back at home after my work out I need to be at the gym absolutely no later than 6:45 which means leaving the house (if I'm walking) at 6:15 am. So on those days that I'm not making it out of bed on time I need to find a way to not just toss it in and go back to sleep since that doesn't help me get up any earlier the next day.

Kaydeefalls Sounds like you are doing great with that hectic schedule setting achievable and reasonable goals for yourself. Good luck!

Thanks to everyone who has posted this week so far. I've just sent out the 2 day reminders to everyone who has not yet joined us. 

Shrinking_Caro

Newsjunkie1

Juicer17

Safina1

Kreitter

Thin27

Jburgin

FantasyFlight

Tally-Ho

Hopeful31

Healthfirst

Marlasinger

igrratu

rwbsmom

Mpscarlet

Tamji

Madikim

Missing In Action:

Tamarbee

DC_Runner81

Sneakafreaka

Writestuff

sorry, i guess i'm always slow in responding... i guess cuz my weigh in day is thursday, so i don't stress until then... ;)  was the question still why we will not fall off the wagon this time?

1.  i'm finally seeing progress.

2.  i'm wagon-sick.  i want to finally just GET where i'm going for once and for all. 

3.  i want to prove to myself and everyone else that i CAN do it.

 

well.  after a weekend of HORRIBLE excess...lol not even kidding, i was pretty buzzed the entire time and ate like crap..mm...mexican food... and this week began the monthly visit from aunt flo....  despite ALL this, scale says a loss of 2.5 pounds.  what?!  i guess all the walking at the renaissance fair helped even with the booze. 

so that actually really helps motivate me, as i know i can mess up a little, and still stay on track, and it's good cuz i think, well, that's with cheating, what if i don't cheat, how good can i do? 

ok, so that's where i am right now.  :)

Ok, so in response to this weeks question:

"I will not fall off the wagon this time because..." 

I think for me it's because i really really want to have a baby.  I mean of course i want to be healthy and look good.  Oh and of course i want to stop feeling uncomfortable around people.  But the only thing i can think of is having another baby.  I know people have a had babies at my weight but i really want to be healthy for me and the baby.  Plus i need to have the energy to keep up with the baby or wake up every 2 hours ( i like sleep!!!).  So this keeps me motivated.

I think this week's question was like last week's question but I may not have made the difference apparent enough. 

Last week's question was meant to ask people what motivation do they have to stay on the wagon. We got a mixed bag of answers from reasons to stay on the wagon, reward plans, and tools to stay on the wagon.

This week's question is more about how to or the tools to stay on the wagon, we're getting a mixed bag of answer again.

I think that's okay though, as we all go through this and think about what we are doing and why we are doing it then that will help us ultimately be in touch with what we are doing and achieve our goals. 

wow, I'm loving all of these responses! I think it's good to see everyone's motivations and say 'hey, me too!'

I am personally proud of myself. I did 24 miles on a bike ride the other day. I just started biking (haven't owned one since I was 10), and that was my first real ride! Go me! haah

How is everyone?

Hello All!  I'm still on the wagon (sort of), but I'm on vacation this week, so I'm not spending a whole lot of time at the computer (yay!).  I just wanted to let y'all know I haven't fallen off completely, and I'll be back too cc next week!  Thanks for keeping me in check.  :)  

Vicki8seekers 24 MILES! WOW! 

Healthfirst Have fun on vacation!

Hi to all.

I hope we can all keep up the good work.  I have set small goals for the last 3 days and I am really trying to stick with it.  One day at a time. right!!

Thank you for this group and give me crap (and encouragment) if you don't hear from me please.

Talk to you all soon

madikim Welcome to the group!

Hey guys, hope you are all doing well. My week of practically continuous food exposure in now over. As a relatively poor student, all the meat and cheese and other delicious food you can eat is pretty tempting.

The good thing about the week was, that although I overate a little each day, there wasn't a single day were I completely lost it. Which I think is an achievemnet. At home I would normally be good a couple of days, but there is generally at least one where it all falls apart and that didn't happen at all this time.

Tonight I am in Basel, sick and it is pouring rain. Thankfully I got back just before it started. The Netherlands tomorrow. Thankfully the food there is pretty ordinary. I might be substituting fries with peanut sauce (like indoensian satay) and mayonaise a couple of days, btu I am sure it will be much easier to stay on track there.

Anyway hope you are all doing well, 

I'm giving myself a big pat on the back tonight. This has been a very busy week for me. We are officially done our office move and I've been trying to catch up on all the work that did not happen during the move, my sr. partner has wanted me to start all the projects he's had on hold while the office has been moving, I had two "must do" projects a quarterly government grant report (think a full audit every 3 months) and a year end tasting for our parliament. On top of that I've had evening functions to attend Tues - Fri.

So, with all that going on I was somewhat concerned about my ability to stay on track this week. I had hoped to get up early each morning to do the gym before the work day, but that didn't happen. Nonetheless I am slowly getting on top of things at work, and I made it to the gym my goal of 4 times this week for the full 2 hours each time!

I also managed to resist this crazy fast food craving I had yesterday. Fast food cravings are really rare for me, I haven't actually been to a fast food restaurant for almost a decade now, but every now and then I'll get a huge craving which usually results in me making something Alfredo which is no healthier. But I got the craving late as I was coming home, I passed the fast food place and did not stuff my face with junk, just went to bed. Good me!

Jane Congratulations on exercising moderation in food heaven! That's really hard to do. I figure it's better if you have so much temptation around you to over eat a bit each day than to completely loose it. Netherlands.... I'm thinking Fries with Mayo... (mmmmmm fries with mayo - I add malt vinegar). I've never heard of Fries with peanut sauce, that sounds weird - Says the girl from the land of poutine (fries with gravy and cheese curds..... mmmm.... death by cholesterol). 

Thanks Sara for adding me as a new member and hello everyone.  I think this forum is a great idea.  I'm new to this site, but I've been struggling with a weight problem for years.

One reason I think I won't jump the wagon this time is that I understand that this has to be a lifestyle change and not a temporary problem fix.

Another reason is that I understand that reaching my long term goal of 163 pounds will take a long time, I'm currently 286.  My plan is to shoot first for an intermediate term goal of 263 pounds and then try to maintain that weight for 10 to 12 weeks before proceeding on to a second intermediate goal of 236, then maintain that, and so on until I hit my long term goal.

Good luck everyone!

I think I've actually done pretty well this week.  I've been exhausted at work so I'm getting more sleep, and I haven't been eating as many snacks.  I haven't weighed in in a long time, but I thinkn I'm doing alright.

lumcti I'm a big believer in going slow is the way to stay on track. Welcome to the Group.

 

Fantasy Flight Glad to see you are still at it.

Thanks to everyone who has posted this week so far. It looks like this has been a tough week for people to post. Here is the list of people who have not yet posted this week. 

 

Shrinking_Caro

Newsjunkie1

Juicer17

Safina1

Kreitter

Thin27

Jburgin

Tally-Ho

Marlasinger

rwbsmom

Mpscarlet

Tamji

Missing In Action:

Tamarbee

DC_Runner81

Sneakafreaka

Writestuff

 

I have to say that this website has helped me stay on track better than anything I've done in 20 years.  Posting my food regularly and my weight (and getting reminders that I really am seeing progress) really helps me stay on board.  I recently had knee surgery, following knee injury, so haven't been able to move much for a year, and really still can't.  This makes most exercise impossible, which means my food intake has to be very strict.  I've gained weight with the whole knee injury thing, on top of weight gain over a thyroid tumor and thyroid removal.  But now is the time to REALLY get back on board and stay there, or who knows where I'll end up a few years down the road.  Right now I need to lose about 75 pounds.  If I can stay on track, I should be at goal weight by next year some time. 

The reason I won't jump off the wagon this time is:

I hate the way I look in pictures, so avoid being in them.  I want to be able to show up in my family history again.

I get extremely depressed when I bring out last year's clothes only to find I can't wear them and have to put them away again.

I want to lose weight before my health suffers because I have neglected of my body. 

 

Thks for the messages, I'm still here.  I was laid up with a bad muscle spasm in my back for a week, couldn't sit, stand, drive, breathe.....I basically laid on my back on the floor with my legs up on a chair.  So I missed a week of work.  I have had two sessions of acupuncture and it really helped.  It's still there and I'm trying to stretch it out, but the pain is almost completely gone.  I'm back at work and it's been crazy busy trying to catch up.  I still can't exercise, other than a little walking and the stretching, I've been trying to stay on track diet-wise since I've been back on my feet.

I went up three pounds, and now I'm back down plus this a.m. was down another three pounds yipee!  It's also TTOTM, so I'm happily surprised.

I'm going to try to start exercising again today (slowly) and we'll see.  8 weeks to family reunion, 6 week til camping trip, I will not fall off the wagon this time because I want to feel comfortable in my clothes and enjoy myself camping and then at the reunion - I don't want to spend the entire time upset about how much weight I've gained and miss out on everything.

OK, a more positive spin:

I will feel good about myself

I will feel comfortable in my clothes

I will have a great time camping and enjoy the activites

I will enjoy the family reunion and join the fun

Hey guys! I am alive, I promise. It's been an awful week so I haven't thought much about this challenge. Despite it all, I stayed on the wagon for the most part, I didn't break many of my goals. Still on the no soda thing. Tomorrow will be the 5th week. :) Sorry I haven't had a chance to respond to all the posts, I'll try to do better next week.