"on the wagon" , "off the wagon"... there is no WAGON!
Danilynn1975
Posts: 294 Member
For the last week I have been seeing posts everywhere about this stupid wagon.
Some are getting back on it, others claim to have fallen off it, yet others can't seem to catch the wagon to fall off of just to climb back on it again.
THERE IS NO WAGON!
You can't fall off something you refuse in the first place.
Do you really want to ride this wagon the rest of your life? Just to fall off and hurt yourself. Because from my point of view here, if you keep telling yourself you failed Or "fell off the stupid wagon" you are never going to find what it is you are trying to find.
There is no wagon.
There might be an off meal or a treat meal, or an I'm so exhausted I got take away Chinese food. But there is no wagon.
I've learned quite a bit here lately about living to the fullest. Watching people you love die slowly will do that to you.
My weight may stall for months on end, it may plateau. I may eat cake, I might eat Chinese, I drink.
But I have not fallen off any wagon. The whole notion just sounds painful.
Find some peace with your body. If you haven't reached goal, if you have reached goal or just midway to it. Make peace and LIVE without regret. LIVE and EAT with the people you love. Tomorrow is so not promised.
Tomorrow morning they could be gone, forget about the wagon and enjoy the food you ate that was made with love or shared with love and chopsticks over a DVR'ed TV show.
One meal, one day in such a structured world we live in with counting calories will not kill you. I promise.
I am in theory 19 pounds away from where I ultimately desperately wanted to be.
My body however has had other ideas, this has taught me where my Maintenance level is.
45 pounds lost is hellishly good to where I was this time last year.
If another pound doesn't drop off. That's fine. I didn't chase, ride, fall or otherwise involve wagons in the process.
It is what it is.
But I have found where I can comfortably eat to keep those 45 pounds away for the rest of whatever life I have through some of the worst stress you can go through.
But please back away from the wagons, there are no more prairies to cross with that wagon. You are enough as you are. Leave the wagons alone, they just seem to cause a lot of anguish.
Eat, and live and realize it's one meal. It's not going to kill you or magically make you regain all the weight you lost or undo the work at the gym.
Be at peace. It's nice to find, and comes when you leave the stupid wagon alone.
Some are getting back on it, others claim to have fallen off it, yet others can't seem to catch the wagon to fall off of just to climb back on it again.
THERE IS NO WAGON!
You can't fall off something you refuse in the first place.
Do you really want to ride this wagon the rest of your life? Just to fall off and hurt yourself. Because from my point of view here, if you keep telling yourself you failed Or "fell off the stupid wagon" you are never going to find what it is you are trying to find.
There is no wagon.
There might be an off meal or a treat meal, or an I'm so exhausted I got take away Chinese food. But there is no wagon.
I've learned quite a bit here lately about living to the fullest. Watching people you love die slowly will do that to you.
My weight may stall for months on end, it may plateau. I may eat cake, I might eat Chinese, I drink.
But I have not fallen off any wagon. The whole notion just sounds painful.
Find some peace with your body. If you haven't reached goal, if you have reached goal or just midway to it. Make peace and LIVE without regret. LIVE and EAT with the people you love. Tomorrow is so not promised.
Tomorrow morning they could be gone, forget about the wagon and enjoy the food you ate that was made with love or shared with love and chopsticks over a DVR'ed TV show.
One meal, one day in such a structured world we live in with counting calories will not kill you. I promise.
I am in theory 19 pounds away from where I ultimately desperately wanted to be.
My body however has had other ideas, this has taught me where my Maintenance level is.
45 pounds lost is hellishly good to where I was this time last year.
If another pound doesn't drop off. That's fine. I didn't chase, ride, fall or otherwise involve wagons in the process.
It is what it is.
But I have found where I can comfortably eat to keep those 45 pounds away for the rest of whatever life I have through some of the worst stress you can go through.
But please back away from the wagons, there are no more prairies to cross with that wagon. You are enough as you are. Leave the wagons alone, they just seem to cause a lot of anguish.
Eat, and live and realize it's one meal. It's not going to kill you or magically make you regain all the weight you lost or undo the work at the gym.
Be at peace. It's nice to find, and comes when you leave the stupid wagon alone.
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Best. post. ever. !!!!0
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What an awesome post.
Just like there is no spoon - there is no wagon.0 -
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You are incredible....thank you, thank you THANK YOU!0
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Thanks for that... Just what I needed to hear :-)0
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This is an incredible post and I appreciate you for it! :-)0
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well said!0
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PRRREACHHHHHHH PREACHA!!!!!!! Enuf already!
Happy journey, and happier living!
Shannon, Atl0 -
Very good post! :drinker:0
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Well put. I ate some cadbury eggs this week and simply logged them. I live in the UAE and when treats are here I indulge because life is too short for no cadbury eggs at Easter time.
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Great post!! 0
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Amazing post, and so totally true.
Life is too short to be falling off wagons.0 -
wow, i say this all the time... but no more!!! Thanks for your post, I feel like you were talking especially to me:}0
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I traded in my wagon for rockie road brownies.0
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:flowerforyou:0
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Simply beautiful. Thank you for posting!0
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:drinker:0
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thank you.0
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Beautifully put xx0
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Beyond "love" this! Very well put! Now I can stop looking for a wagon (there aren't many of them in the city!) :drinker:0
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This is fabulous!!!!!0
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well put!0
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Thank you. I needed to read this. 0
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NICE! Well put!!!0
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Wise words! I hope many people read this.0
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Excellent post!
(Just read another post about foods people considered "cheating", which is very similar to the "off the wagon" concept, I think. And I really don't understand who they think they're cheating or why someone would want to cheat himself or herself?)0 -
I like your post, but I view 'the wagon' as something a bit different than I think you perceive it.
When I 'fall off the wagon' it doesn't mean that I've failed or done something horrible or painful. It just means that I've consciously stopped working towards the goals that I've set for myself. Nothing more nothing less.
Running to catch up with my wagon? That's just the struggling effort I go through at times to get back to steadily working on my goals.
And getting back on or being on the wagon? That just means I'm going through a streak where I'm keeping to my goals fairly easily and I can sit back and enjoy the ride.
The problem isn't in the phrase, it's where a person's head is.
As I said, I like your post, I think it's a good point to be made, but I like the phrase and I'll be continuing to use it as it fits in my life.
Respectfully,
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For the last week I have been seeing posts everywhere about this stupid wagon.
Some are getting back on it, others claim to have fallen off it, yet others can't seem to catch the wagon to fall off of just to climb back on it again.
THERE IS NO WAGON!
You can't fall off something you refuse in the first place.
Do you really want to ride this wagon the rest of your life? Just to fall off and hurt yourself. Because from my point of view here, if you keep telling yourself you failed Or "fell off the stupid wagon" you are never going to find what it is you are trying to find.
There is no wagon.
There might be an off meal or a treat meal, or an I'm so exhausted I got take away Chinese food. But there is no wagon.
I've learned quite a bit here lately about living to the fullest. Watching people you love die slowly will do that to you.
My weight may stall for months on end, it may plateau. I may eat cake, I might eat Chinese, I drink.
But I have not fallen off any wagon. The whole notion just sounds painful.
Find some peace with your body. If you haven't reached goal, if you have reached goal or just midway to it. Make peace and LIVE without regret. LIVE and EAT with the people you love. Tomorrow is so not promised.
Tomorrow morning they could be gone, forget about the wagon and enjoy the food you ate that was made with love or shared with love and chopsticks over a DVR'ed TV show.
One meal, one day in such a structured world we live in with counting calories will not kill you. I promise.
I am in theory 19 pounds away from where I ultimately desperately wanted to be.
My body however has had other ideas, this has taught me where my Maintenance level is.
45 pounds lost is hellishly good to where I was this time last year.
If another pound doesn't drop off. That's fine. I didn't chase, ride, fall or otherwise involve wagons in the process.
It is what it is.
But I have found where I can comfortably eat to keep those 45 pounds away for the rest of whatever life I have through some of the worst stress you can go through.
But please back away from the wagons, there are no more prairies to cross with that wagon. You are enough as you are. Leave the wagons alone, they just seem to cause a lot of anguish.
Eat, and live and realize it's one meal. It's not going to kill you or magically make you regain all the weight you lost or undo the work at the gym.
Be at peace. It's nice to find, and comes when you leave the stupid wagon alone.
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