Comments | howebrook: Boot Camp (Day 10) -- Two weeks down

howebrook

Boot Camp (Day 10) -- Two weeks down

Aug 17, 2007 11:02

I can't believe two weeks have already passed. I'm still loving the class and even managed to run all of the expected running today. So now I am tired ( Read more... )

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nostriliza August 17 2007, 21:51:46 UTC

Can you tell me what you didn't like about the meeting? I've been vaguely intersted in WW for a while, but can't decide if the meetings would be annoying as hell.

howebrook August 20 2007, 12:52:02 UTC

I absolutely love WW and would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone. I also think that weighing in at the office rather than at home will be a bigger motivator for me than just doing it by myself online. The meeting has some great aspects -- positive peer pressure, positive reinforcement. It seems like you'll get a lot of great ideas from other people. It was hokey in the sense that the leader had to do a lot of cheerleading to get people to talk and also tied everything in to WW values. It was definitely good reinforcement but just a little too "ra ra" WW. That said I've only been to 1 meeting and I am definitely going back.

nostriliza August 21 2007, 02:05:09 UTC

Ooh, "ra ra". That could definitely push it over the edge into "annoying as hell" territory. That's the main thing I didn't like about Team in Training. Thanks for the info!

trisigmanc August 17 2007, 22:14:03 UTC

I ran today :)

howebrook August 20 2007, 12:52:18 UTC

Yeah. Keep up the good work.

majorgal August 20 2007, 02:58:47 UTC

I hear ya on the meetings. I think they are almost ALWAYS hokey. But, I will say that I have been attending the meetings pretty faithfully for almost a year now. Going makes a difference for me. NOT because of the content, but because of the people. Once you are there for a while, you start to really recognize folks and when I felt like slacking on plan, I would remember that others will know if I am slacking....and if they are working hard on their plan, I want to work hard too. it is really hard to explain, but I go and it makes a difference with my motivation.

howebrook August 20 2007, 12:54:13 UTC

I really think that having to weigh in at meetings will really be a good thing for me. I totally agree with what you mean about the motivation -- its why Boot Camp is working for me because there is some accountability there that doesn't happen on your own. So I'm definitely planning to at least stick it out for the first month and see how I feel at the end.