My name is Alexa, and I am a Workaholic

[spyderchick]

The first step towards beating this thing is admitting to it. At first, I would work several hours a day, usually 8 or so, then I was up to 9 or 10, and now I work all of the time. I was fooling myself by saying, "I'm only doing 70 hour weeks, no problem!" I did the math, and last time I looked 15 x 6 = 90, which is about what I've been working regularly. In the mean time I gained back 20lbs of the over 70 lost almost 10 years ago.

Seriously, I've got to find some balance here, and all the stuff that's been happening with MarkB, Terrance, and some other people close to me, I've got to get some non-work related time back.

So here's the plan:

*Workout 6 times per week, at least 1 hour per day.
*Eat one meal per day away from the shop.
*Get my 'fun' mojo back.

For any of the CCS peeps who would like to join in, you can choose you own goal and $ level, or you can sit on yer bum and egg me on by challenging to match my pledge.

Here's my pledge:
20 lbs in 5 months should be a no brainer. $2 to the Action Fund/$2 to the Red Flag Fund for each pound lost...double that for any weight thats not lost if I don't meet my goal.

Example: lose 10 by October 15th: $20 to each fund for lost weight, but an additional $40 to each fund for not meeting the goal, a total of $60 to each fund.

Any takers?

[gntbldr]

I'll jump in on this! I need to lose about 20lbs myself after gaining 30 with being layed up for 7 mos.  I lost 10 just by going back to work but my body's already used to the new level of activity so I need to step it up a bit.

How do I go about officially signing up for this?

[spyderchick]

We're on the honor system, just post up here and keep us updated. ;)

[gntbldr]

Okey Dokey.
Just ate my last whopper of the season. woohoo!

I'll weigh in at work tonight on the shipping dept.'s scale and post up how fat I am :eek:

170 is what feels best on me and I am pretty scared to find out where I'm at :doh: !

[gntbldr]

Well here it is:

Hi, my name is Jim and I am an eatoholic.

Turns out I weigh in at 200 lbs and I am right along side you, Alexa, at needing to lose 20 lbs but I'm going to try and lose it a little sooner than later.  :ohgeez: lol

[spyderchick]

Well, I'm not posting my weight, you'll just have to trust me. ;)  But I'm off to the gym in a few. Then I'll go in to work.

Walked 5 miles yesterday, and did some assorted other exercise, the we looked at home gyms. (We were going to buy a 37" HDTV) Ah well, you can only spend the money once...

[EX#996]

If anyone needs the exercise, feel free to come on over (I'll be sure to feed ya' real good  ).  Here are a few things that will get your blood and body moving.

Planting the garden
Mowing the LARGE lawn (well, it's green and short, but I really don't know if weeds count as a lawn)
Pick up sticks so we can mow lawn
Pick stones where the geothermal unit was installed so we can plant a new lawn
Trim trees
Put siding on the house
Rebuild a section of the barn wall that's falling
blah, blah, blah, blah.....

I can keep going, but you get the idea. 

Gotta go,

Dawn 

[h2o_motorsports]

ok I'm in.

I'm 188 right now.  I want to be 170 by october.

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Glad to see that you've finally decided to slow down a bit and take better care of yourself.  It's important that you don't let yourself get stressed out.  Are my leathers ready yet?

[HAWK]

Did Alexa mention the new incentive tailoring plan when you dropped said leather off? 

[barb_arah]

Hi, my name is Barb, and I will try not to let a co-worker's "work habits", or lack of, bother me.

[spyderchick]

Down 2.5 lbs! Wooohoooo!

[gntbldr]

ressurection. (sp)

ok. I was unable to work on losing any weight until recently.

so. after my overtime checks arrive I'll be donating. big time.

Are you going to post up an off-season wager?

[resurection]

I've read that if you eat less than 10 calories per lb you will lose lbs

[resurection]

One more thing
How many of you (me to) have spent money on lighter parts and are over weight?
DAAAA!

[Jeff]

If anybody is looking for a VERY good home gym, I have one that I could part with...

Body Solid G3S.  Bought new 2 years ago.  Used for about a year and it's been fairly idle since.  Now that I have the elliptical I'm pretty well set and don't have the time to add the gym to my routine.


http://www.bodysolid.com/Item.aspx?ItemID=354&ItemLabel=G3S%3A+Body-Solid+G3S+Home+Gym

[spyderchick]

Jeff, what are the dimensions on this gym? I have limited space, and have found one that will fit, but this looks pretty decent if it's not too big. Also, how much?

[Jeff]

Floor Space Dimensions: 83"L x 55"W x 831/2"H (210cm x 139cm x 212cm)

Live Working Area: 104"L x 73"W x 831/2"H (264cm x 185cm x 212cm)

Have to check with the wife to make sure she's cool with it going.  I paid like $1100 for it.  Would like to get $750 out of it.

When we bought this we looked at the bowflex, etc, and settled on this one due to the ease of switching between exercises.  It's much quicker than the bowflex, and the motion felt a lot better to me.

[spyderchick]

It's 7 feet high and 7 feet long static? I think it's too big to fit in my space. We're putting it in the spare room and we already have a bench and weights in there. Oh well.

[Noidly1]

Hey Spyder;
You say that your a workaholic and your trying to loose weight?
Get the F off here, get off your butt and get back to work.
You'll loose weight in no time cause your always working... 
That is if you are doing Real work and not working on a doughnut...

[spyderchick]

The problem is that when I'm sewing, I'm sitting in a chair,
and when I talking to peeps on the phone, I'm sitting in a chair,
and when I'm at the computer, I'm sitting in a chair.

See the pattern? Now if I were dancing or kickboxing or playing twister when I was doing all of these work related things, I'd not have a problem. 

[Noidly1]

My mom had one of those pedal wheels that she used when she sat in a chair.
Just a thought...

Heck, Just put everything up on a bench and get one of those stationary bikes, take the handle bars off, and work off that.