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| Wed, 05-04-2005 - 3:46pm |
Thanks Staci for taking the lead on starting a buddy system. I was planning on doing it later today but things got hectic for me! So nice job on being motivated.
I wanted to give you guys some tips on the buddy system. And Dawn can add to this as she sees fit.
Dawn and I have been communicating about our diets for a little over two months. We chat almost daily and email each other several times a day. We tell each other about our meals for the day, how we are feeling and our overall status. We also discuss goals and timelines and such. We give each other encouragement as well as the occasional butt kick to keep us in line.
My suggestion for the buddy system is to find someone you have a good line of communication with and someone who you can talk easily and openly with. I think it might be a good idea to post some weekly reports on each other. Take what your buddy has given you over the week and let us know how they are doing. It really helps to have someone else give a synopsis of how you're doing.
Rely: I would LOVE to see a "Buddy" category on here if this takes off.
So that's all I have to say about it for now. I hope we can start motivating each other and getting the REAL support we all seem to want and need!



Well, I can't add much more to what Kerstin said.
Today, for example, we went online and looked at the menu where Kerstin is going to eat tonight. Then, we planned out her meal so that she wouldn't blow all her hard work out the window.
One thing we do is to really get tough on each other when we start to mess up. I don't mean a "its ok, you'll do better next time"....I mean a real reality check! Its not pretty sometimes, but let me tell you what.....IT WORKS!
Things have been working out well for us....I know it will for you guys too.
Dawn
Thanks for all the support and advice! I'm sure that this buddy system is going to be great for all of us. It would be great to see a buddies section on the board. Maybe if we can get that up we can all challenge each other!
Staci
I think the buddy idea is absolutely great!
Well, I've noticed that the "Tips from Liz Neoprent" folder gets VERY LITTLE traffic, so maybe we could make that our BUDDY folder, then add the Tips from Liz into the Recipes, Hints and Tips folder--since that one is supposed to contain tips, too. I think that would work well. Or, maybe we could expand the Journals and Challenges folder to contain the Buddy posts also, since they will be somewhat related. Those are about the only things I can come up with!
Staci
Definitely replace Lizzie's Folder. She hardly ever comes here, and only popped up for a bit when we mentioned replacing her, and I honestly don't think she has the time for us.
A buddy folder would be space well spent.
I like the idea of replacing Liz's section, but if that's not feasible, maybe we can make the Hints/Tips, Buddies and Recipes or maybe Journals and Buddies. What do you think?
LOL Rely...sometimes men are more than we ALL can handle! lol
Fear
I say let's just use Lizzy folder and just go with it....we know what we are doing so it doesn't really have to have the correct title on the folder....I mean how many of us really use the flour bin for our flour?
SQ
Good one! That flour bin thing cracked me up!
dawn
Fear