healthy triggers to get back 'on the wagon'

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2hdesign
2hdesign Posts: 153
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well, i feel off the wagon for a few weeks. and you know what got me back into the swing of things? going grocery shopping! never would have guessed that grocery shopping was a 'healthy trigger' for me! after 2.5 weeks of no exercise (and longer eating crappy), as soon as I got back from the grocery store (that included items for a preplanned healthy week), I wanted to go for a run. So I did! And I feel so much better already because of it! (too bad I have to look forward to withdrawal headaches again... stupid pop!)

what are your 'healthy triggers' when you've fallen off the wagon

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  • mlemonroe2
    mlemonroe2 Posts: 603
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    My trigger is just thinking about why I started losing weight in the first place. To set a good example for my daughter!
  • eillamarie
    eillamarie Posts: 862 Member
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    It's a "healthy trigger" for me too! I too get excited about all the good tasting healthy foods!
  • tam8374
    tam8374 Posts: 270 Member
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    Well that is just great!! I am glad you found a trigger that works for you. I have a hard time staying on the wagon. I think I am being dragged by a rope at the end. I can't seem to stay on but I don't want to get off either.. LOL.

    My triggers vary. Sometimes it might be a challenge from a friend (usually money is an incentive), other times it might be something I read. But no matter what they are; I start out strong and tend to fall shortly after. I am thinking of re-joining weight watchers again. IDK

    I guess I haven't really found my staying on the wagon permanently trigger.
  • boomstick13s
    boomstick13s Posts: 70
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    i gave up caffeine in january... made for a rough week or 2. you'll get past it and forget about it after awhile.
  • cammi317436
    cammi317436 Posts: 1
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    falling off the wagon is just one of the many trip ups to losing. Keep up good work.
  • cynusps
    cynusps Posts: 72 Member
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    I have a really hard time as my food diary will atest to. I think it really helps making myself enter all the food I eat and not cheating. so I may fall off for a day or two but then try to get back on. If I can lose only a 1 pound a week that will be good. As spring gets here I am hoping better weather will bring more motivation.

    Hang in there. We need each other. :happy:
  • lduffee
    lduffee Posts: 14
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    Nothing against WW, but, why don't you consider putting the weekly fee in a sealed jar, making up a calendar and weighing yourself weekly. When you hit a goal, the money would be yours to use for a special treat? Set small achievable goals and "pay" yourself for your positive efforts. Good luck, you can do it. :smooched:
  • TripleJ3
    TripleJ3 Posts: 945 Member
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    For me its the Farmers Market....I love seeing all the different fruits and veggies that alway look better then what's in the stores.

    I'm more willing to try a new fruit/veggie, a new recipe. You feel better eating stuff from there. We have an indoor farmers market but I haven't gone. I like the whole outdoor part and indoors I think its more of the stuff I don't need in the house.

    That's another thing...the free samples or buying one really good cupcake/cookie. You can splurge but not have to have a whole package of treats at home you feel you have to eatbecause you bought them!
  • tam8374
    tam8374 Posts: 270 Member
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    Nothing against WW, but, why don't you consider putting the weekly fee in a sealed jar, making up a calendar and weighing yourself weekly. When you hit a goal, the money would be yours to use for a special treat? Set small achievable goals and "pay" yourself for your positive efforts. Good luck, you can do it. :smooched:

    Well when I did WW, I did well. I think it was that I was accountable to someone else besides myself. If it were up to me to just put money in a jar, then it wouldn't happen. But that's just me personally. Right now being accountable to myself has not gotten me anywhere. So with spring and summer here, I am ready to try anything.
  • 2hdesign
    2hdesign Posts: 153
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    For me its the Farmers Market....I love seeing all the different fruits and veggies that alway look better then what's in the stores.

    I'm more willing to try a new fruit/veggie, a new recipe. You feel better eating stuff from there. We have an indoor farmers market but I haven't gone. I like the whole outdoor part and indoors I think its more of the stuff I don't need in the house.

    That's another thing...the free samples or buying one really good cupcake/cookie. You can splurge but not have to have a whole package of treats at home you feel you have to eatbecause you bought them!

    I totally get you about the farmers markets... but around here they don't really start until late may. But still a good suggestion when they come into season.

    I also like your advice about the one realy good cupcake/cookie. Good quality = better satisfy craving. Plus if there's only one, I can't possibly eat more (which is the problem I have if I try to make cookies at home).

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