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Wagon Jumpers - July 6 to 19th, 2008 (another, two week special!)
Jul 06 2008 13:15
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Welcome (Sorry we're closed to new members until the group is smaller)
Edited for Week 2: July 13 - 19
Welcome to the Wagon Jumpers weekly thread. We are a group of CC members who have identified that one of our main challenges with achieving our weight loss, maintenance or general health goals is consistency.
This thread is designed to encourage long term commitment to our goals by publicly declaring them and asking the other members of this thread to hold us accountable.
Each member on this thread (listed below) has agreed to check into the thread at least once per week. If any member does not check in by the end of the week, we ask all members to politely and positively PM that member and encourage them to make a post and stay on track (or get back on track).
If you would like to be a member of this thread please see the guidelines below and send me a PM if you are still interested (there may be a waiting list).
Managing Motivation
The original idea of Wagon Jumpers was to create a close community where participants could get to know each other and hopefully form virtual-life and perhaps even physical-life bonds to create a support network as they attempted long term weight loss.
The good news is the idea caught quickly. The bad news is that it became more of a list group and less of a community.
With one organizer and many posters, I felt overwhelmed trying to send out so many reminders, and; members felt overwhelmed trying to read so many posts, no one was really getting to know each other so the purpose of the group was lost.
I was hoping that some extra hands could help manage the first problem, but now I realize that doesn't address the second problem of members staring down a 100+ post thread that they feel too tired to read... and really... that's not motivating.
New Structure - July 7th, 2008
Effective this week I am reducing the "official" participation in Wagon Jumpers to 30 people. I was stretched at 50 people and I think 30 will be a good number. I think this will also encourage people to think though why they want to be part of this group, what they hope to get from the group and give to the group and for us all to learn these things about each other.
No one will be deleted now unless they have requested that I do that. The scary numbers have gone. I will still keep an MIA list for 3 weeks (as we all need forgiveness) and I will keep a waiting list. Once the group drops below 30 members I will ask people on the waiting list if they are still interested in joining the group.
General Guidelines for Joining
1. Are you a wagon jumper?
Do you know how to loose weight, you often have success but then you find yourself loosing interest in your plan, or sabotaging your plan. It's not the "how" to loose weight that is the problem, it's the "how" to stay motivated.
2. Do you have a long way to go?
This group is designed so that members can get to know each other and support each other. Ideally you are planning to be a CC member and part of this forum for at least 6 months or more to achieve your goals and hopefully stay in motivation for a further 6 months or more.
Yes. This is, a long term plan.
Still interested? Send Supersized a PM.
Wagon Jumpers Participants
Week 10 Riders:
Supersized (myself)
Karenie - Bad weather may not be able to post
Kaydeefalls - Traveling to July 25th, 2008
Week 9 Riders:
Week 8 Riders - Congratulations on 2 Months!:
Healthfirst - Traveling to July 23rd, 2008
Week 7 Riders:
Rwbsmom - traveling to August 16, 2008
Writestuff - Iowa, sever weather, may not be able to post
Week 6 Riders:
Week 5 Riders:
Hurley_Mom - away to July 21, 2008
Week 4 Riders - Congratulations on one Month!:
Ka2007 - traveling to July 19, 2008
Week 3 Riders:
Week 1 Riders:
Missing In Action
Missing In Action - 1 Week:
Missing In Action - 2 Weeks:
Current Membership: 42
Current Waiting List: 3
Previous Threads:
Wagon Jumpers June 22 - July 5th, 2008 (two week special!)
Wagon Jumpers June 15-21, 2008
Wagon Jumpers May 25 - 31, 2008
Wagon Jumpers May 18 - 24, 2008
Wagon Jumpers Week 1 (May 4 - 10)
Wagon Jumpers - Anyone Need a Lift? (initial thread)
As always all members are encouraged to tag this thread so that it is easy to find.
Jul 06 2008 13:40
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New Format
This post was originally a plea for some volunteers on this thread, in case the three last week were unread. Then we had two members say the group was just too much for them this week and it's getting too much for me.
When I started Wagon Jumpers the key was to keep it a motivating, positive space, and that can't happen if I feel overwhelmed and you feel overwhelmed.
So while my democratic tendencies lead me to try to get the group to choose a direction, with two drop outs, me being tired, and a clarity that suggests many more than the two drop outs are finding it challenging to read though this thread I made an executive decision.
Everyone here at wagon jumpers has taught me a lot about re-tooling, re-adjusting and re-working plans as opposed to just scrapping them.
So, we're getting back to the basic idea of forming a community of like-minded individuals with similar weight-loss challenges (that being consistency). I am not going to accept any new "official" members on the thread until the group is under 30 people.
Ideally this will mean that the people who are here today are the ones you get to know. We will likely have some move on, or out in the next few weeks but hopefully we will distill into a supportive community of people who know each other and can support each other.
Suggestions are always welcome.
Jul 06 2008 13:43
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Two Week Thread (Again!)
Okay folks I promise last one of these for awhile. I'm off white water rafting the weekend of July 11 - 13, 2008 so I won't be able to post the weekly thread on Sunday as I'll be getting back very late and then will have all unpacking / washing etc... to do. So we've got another two week thread.
Reminder: all participants (unless traveling) must post one time per week, that is one time before July 12 and one time between July 13 and July 19
This is the last one of these that will happen for awhile, there may be another two week thread towards the end of August.
Jul 06 2008 13:49
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THIS WEEK's TOPIC
Canada and the United States both had our long weekends in the last week and the wagon has taken some heavy casualties this week so lets go back to talking about consistency planning.
What is your consistency plan to be on the wagon in 1 month?
NOTE: Planning for weight loss and planning for consistency are different things. Your weight loss plan may be something like: I am going to eat _____ cal/day and exercise for ______ min ______ days per week.
NOTE: Planning for weight loss and planning for consistency are different things.
Your weight loss plan may be something like: I am going to eat _____ cal/day and exercise for ______ min ______ days per week.
Your consistency plan is how you are going to be following your weight loss, health or maintenance plan long term, it may be something like: I am setting 2 week goals, every time I am on track for two week's I ________.
Jul 06 2008 14:14
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hello. i am in. hope i will be able to post more often. at least this week (i have 2 weeks off, the first one i will be in my hometown, the second one i will do some travelling).
am back on track after some days of eating too much, and feel well again, my energy and good mood are back.
regarding your question:
What is your consistency plan to be on the wagon in 1 month?
First and foremost, i have to plan my meals better. This means 1) shopping either daily or every other day for fresh fruit and vegetables (this is a good time for it as the summer brings many tasty fruits and vegs), 2) keep having healthy snack at work )after i return from my holiday), 3) for travelling, ALWAYS carry healthy portable snacks that do not require preparation - i am really not sure how readily available healthy food will be in the places where i go, and do not want to make compromises.
actually, today i did a bit of shopping for my holiday, and apart from a nail file and a hand sanitizer i bought also some healthy portable stuff. for me, planning is very important.
I know that some people find it better not to diet while on holiday, but for me, it is not the best idea-the feeling i have when i eat healthy is something i desire to have even on my holiday. yes, i might indulge in a frappuccino or something, i wil not be absilutely ascetic for 2 weeks, BUT in general i want to stick to my calories.
Regarding calories: i want to eat between 1200 and 1500. 1200 is for non active days and 1500 is for the days when i will spend several hours walking. i know i might lose even or 1800 cals, but this limit of 1500 i find better. (i am not doing anything more active than walking, so i do not really need more-i am not a marathon runner or an avid cyclist).
Jul 06 2008 14:51
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Weekly Check In
This week has been rough, the calories were completely off, first because although I did well for the first part of camping (last week) I did not do well on the second part of camping (this week). Secondly, I've been sick with a nasty cold for the remainder of the week, which has meant the boy has been feeding me (nice, but high cal) and I constantly have sucky candies in my mouth because my throat is so sore.
I also only achieved 44% of my life balance goals this week, which is also understandable due to trip and then cold.
Nothing to beat myself up over. I'm still not feeling 100% but I am definitely on the mend and hope to be better mid-week so that I do feel like white water rafting at the end of the week and hope that I don't get sick again!
My goals for this week are to eat a daily average of 1800 cal and to get to the gym for 4 days for 2 hours per day. Four more weeks to go until Phase I complete!
Answer: This Week's Topic
Well many of you have seen this one before from me. My plan currently is all about developing consistency and done in three phases. I am currently in phase I.
Phase I
Get my eating under control by working my way down from an average of 3000 cal/day to an average of 1500 cal/day. I am doing this by lowering my cal/day by 100 each week and calculating my calories on a weekly average. If I miss a goal one week I repeat it. This is week 20 of trying to get my calories to 1500.
Increase my exercise from nothing, to 4 days per week 2 hours per day. I have achieved this goal. I started by exercising once per week for 30 min, and then adding a day each week until I reached 4 days per week. Then each week I added more time until I reached 4 days per week 2 hours per day.
I am not allowed to look at the scale during this phase.
Reward: Retail Therapy
Phase II
Stay consistent for 12 consecutive weeks of eating a weekly average of 1500 cal/day and working our 4 times per week for 2 hours per day. If I miss a week, then I need to deduct half the weeks already achieved.
I am not allowed to look at the scale during this phase.
Reward: Get to look at the scale.
Phase III
Stay consistent weighing myself only 1x per week, while keeping my calories at a weekly average of 1500 cal/day and working out 4 days per week for 2 hours per day. If I miss a week, then I need to deduct half the weeks already achieved. My weekly average cal/day cannot go below 1200 and I cannot add more than 7 days/week 2 hrs/day exercise. I can track the progress on weight loss to determine if I want to adjust the program at the end of the 12 weeks if I am not satisfied with my progress.
Reward: TBD.
Jul 06 2008 14:54
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Ka2007 I think you have a good and sensible plan to eat well even when on holiday, and a good calorie range. I think you missed the point of the question though. Now that you have a solid plan in place for what you need to do to loose the weight, how are you going to keep yourself motivated to do that? Why are you going to keep buying healthy food and planning for snacks? What will keep you motivated to do so in the long run.
Jul 06 2008 18:42
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aha. i thought "What is your consistency plan to be on the wagon in 1 month?"meant "what do you plan to do", not "how to motivate oneself". oh, the joys of not being a native speaker:-))
so, to answer the question better, ie what will keep me motivated, and what my rewards are, etc.
the whole process is actually generating pretty much motivating things i was not aware of before i have started. all the compliments and extra energy and stamina tell me to go on. i especially like new clothes and cosmetics and such, so i buy things for goals accomplished, and sometimes also buy clothes a bit small to fit me in weeks or months. when i am at 85 kilos i will drink a mini bottle of champagne i have bought, and so on.
what i have tried to use as motivation before and plan to do in the future is also looking at beautiful pictures of thin women. i have kept an airplane magazine with a pic of Emmanuelle Beart (a french actress who is in her 40s and has a beautiful figure - i am a relist and know my body will not be like hers, but that photo-she is wearing elegant wooly black pants and a black jumper which looks very elegant) and i look at it ocassionally to remind me that elegance is so... pretty.
as for "Why are you going to keep buying healthy food and planning for snacks?" - apart from this, i have a trip with a friend in mind. she is now living abroad and i do not know when we will see each other, probably next summer, but anyways-she is hiking a lot and i would like to go with her on one of her hiking trips to the mountains. also some of my other friends are hikers, and although there is not rip planned, i want to BE ABLE to take part, being fit enough.
there is more. in general, there are several main reasons (being fit, being beautiful, staying healthy) and several ways i motivate myself (buying clothes as rewards and as motivators, buying cosmetics as rewards, setting mini goals, playing with plans what to do after losing more weight etc). this also keeps changing.
i do hope i got the point:-))
Here's my weekly check in. I had a tough time hitting my caloric goal of 1800. I either over or undershot the mark almost every day last week, which concerns me. Thus far I haven't really been planning out my meals, I just had a few familiar elements that I worked with loosely to meet my goals as closely as possible. If I continue to miss my goal I'll have to start planning them out.
For the next month, I will eat 1800 calories a day, except for one designated cheat-day each week, where I will record, but not restrict my calories. In order to earn my cheat day I need to work out three times each week, two workouts must include 30 minutes of cardio, and the third must include at least 1 hour of vigorous exercise including calisthenics, cardio, and strength training (this one is usually a personal training session). I will take my measurements and body fat percentage on the first Sunday of every month, and once each month I will adjust my caloric goal to accommodate my weight loss.
Jul 06 2008 21:25
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Your weight loss plan may be something like: I am going to eat __1500-1800__(depending on type of exercise)_ cal/day and exercise for ____45__ min __60____ days per week.
Your weight loss plan may be something like: I am going to eat __1500-1800__(depending on type of exercise)_ cal/day and exercise for ____45__ min __60____ days per week.
Your consistency plan is how you are going to be following your weight loss, health or maintenance plan long term, it may be something like: I am setting 2 week goals, every time I am on track for two week's I __get a gift but nothing food related. Maybe something like a DVD, CD, or something______.
I am willing to help you out but I can't do this a lone. You are going to have to get another volunteer as it is really hard for me now because I am taking a night class and working 40hrs a week. August the class goes away but in the fall I become a full time student again and I'll be working 15 hrs in a week.
My goals for this week is to eat between 1500-1800 calories, exercise 45 minutes and get my running shoes so I can start my running plan next week.
Edit: To answer the question
After being a wagon jumper for 1 month I hope to be eating no more than 1800 calories. I want these calories to include healthy food. I want to follow this plan on the weekend too. If I can do this, I will have a better chance at loosing my weight and reaching my goal.
For my exercise plan I hope to be back at 60 minutes of cardio exercise. I want to add light weight training back into the mix. By then I should have different ways of exercising added to my plan because it is good to switch things up.
To keep myself motivated I will buy me something new like DVDs, CDs, visit a local place I've never been, continue putting stars and smiley face on my calendar for each goal accomplished for the day. Smiley faces are for food and stars are for exercising. I have been getting my stars but not the smilies. I am working on that. I can achieve them during the week but not weekend.
Jul 06 2008 22:09
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Supersized you are right about not beating yourself up over not eating good. It sucks that you got sick during your trip. I hope you are all better for the white water rafting trip. I wish I could do that but I have issues with rapid flowing water.
Your plan is so in depth. I really like it. So, during phase 2 you can't look at it the scale but after it you will? You should plan something really nice of the end of phase III. I have no suggestions though because I'm not good with goal planning.
Ka2007 I like your plan. It is good. Extra energy and good comments are definitely good motivation points to keep you going especially on a bad day. Buying yourself stuff is fun too especially things that you enjoy. I am using your picture idea now. I have pictures of Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie hanging around. I don't want to be their size as they are too small for my body type but they are my motivation for days when I'm not feeling up to the challenge. When I get down to idea body size, I can give these ladies a run for their money. The trip is a good way to stay focus too. I think you got the point.
The_vitamin_dominatrix working towards a cheat day is good. I like that idea.
What is your consistency plan to be on the wagon in 1 month?
I have to stay consistent with my working out. When I don't work out I tend to over eat. I don't exactly know why I do. But I DO know that when I work out I don't want to mess up with my eating bc then I think "Why work out if I'm gonna go ahead and eat whatever". I don't want to feel like I work out for nothing.
Last week I only made it to the gym once and I overate quite a bit, but the week before I went 5 days and did really well with my eating. So even if I go and do alittle workout it keeps me on track.
I want to lose at least 6 lbs by the 21st. I go to my pain mgt dr then. I go every 3 months to be reevaluated and refills.... They have an old picture of me on their computer to make sure they have the right person and the last time I went they were all so shocked at the amount of weight I had lost. So in April when I was there I weighed 192 bs and I now weigh around 177 lbs. So that's about 15 lbs in 3 months. That's about 5 lbs a month, that's not too bad, is it?
My last "gift" to myself was a haircut. Every 10 lbs I give myself something. So far I've given myself a manicures, massages, new clothes, and a haircut. I'm going for hair color on Friday! :D
Well, I've rambled on and on! I will definitely check back in tomorrow! Love reading everyones posts. Keeps me going! :D
Jul 07 2008 05:36
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This week I'm just trying to maintain and figure out how to get enough calories in a healthy manner, I may have some big news in the next few days that takes dieting completely off the table for a while.
Jul 07 2008 13:29
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I am happy to check in and report that I have been SO on the wagon this week! I have amazed myself, even with the holiday weekend.
My goals this week will be to:
-- continue journaling all food -- it helps me realize I am not off the wagon . . . I tend to beat myself up over the slightest indulgence without realizing it can be worked in; journaling consistently has helped greatly with this.
-- stay on the wagon, eating-wise.
-- exercise at least three times this week, 30 minutes per session. This is a return to regular exercise after a 4 week hiatus due to a sprained ankle. (Yes, I know I could have taken up pilates or increased weight work, but . . . sigh.)
I have not been a member here long enough to really help with the workload, but will resolve to participate regularly so as not to cause anyone any work on my behalf . . . how's that?
Gotta go get my brood out of the house this morning . . . I'll be back.
Let's have a good week, all!
Your weight loss plan may be something like: I am going to eat healthful foods like veggies, lean meats and low fat dairy each day for the next 2 weeks (South Beach) and exercise for 60 minutes 5 days per week following a bootcamp plan that one of my friends gave me.
I am setting 2 week goals, every time I am on track for two week's I get a gift but nothing food related. Maybe something like a DVD, CD, or a pedicure.
Motivation, I need this on the weekends. I am GREAT during the week but I totally fell off the wagon on Saturday (really Saturday evening) and Sunday afternoon and evening. I know I need to plan out my meals and I didn't have any snacks in the house that were healthy that I wanted to eat so I ate food that I shouldn't have and I had 3 beers on Saturday.
BUT, instead of feeling worthless this morning, I got up with the dog, took him walking as I do every morning and I will endeavor to do better from now on. I need to have something with me at all times that I can look to for motivation so I don't cave again this weekend. Ideas?
Jul 07 2008 14:39
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Ka2007 Are you first language French? I'm guessing French because of the reference to Emmanuelle Beart. I'm first language French, but I was raised in a bi-lingual schools until I went to highschool and then I went english only. I use the friends I haven't seen in awhile and being able to do physical stuff with them as a motivating point as well. This white water rafting trip does not see me as fit as I'd like to be, but better than I was back in February when I started.
The Vitamin Dominatrix It's not necessarily a bad thing to not hit the same calorie number every day. That can often lead to a plateau. This is one reason I use a daily caloric average. For example I'm aiming for 1800 cal/day averaged across this week. Obviously I don't want to hit extremes of eating over 2500 cal, or under 1200 but if I have 2000 one day and 1600 another I find it works out.
I wasn't sure if you were answering the weekly topic or not, you seem to have a detailed plan on what you need to do to loose the weight you want to loose, but I didn't see anything about how you are going to keep yourself motivated to stay on that plan.
tiegurl I agree that more volunteers are better than less, Peera suggested awhile ago that we have weekly captains, which would be ideal, but I don't think we have enough people in a position to do that. I think having 1 volunteer per 3 or 4 week groups (which once the groups are above the 12 week mark, I think will mean 1 volunteer for no more than 10 people) should be a manageable time commitment of no more than 2 hours per week for each volunteer.
I will wait and see if we get more volunteers, otherwise I think capping group size to make it manageable will be the way to go.
I like the motivation of going to a local place you haven't been before. That's a great one. I live in TO and each summer we try to do some touristy stuff that as local's we don't usually do. Each year we discover there's so much of TO that we don't know. So it would be doubly motivating for me.
In my (super detailed - uh, yah that's me) plan I can't see the scale from when I started (20 weeks ago) trying to reduce the food and increase the exercise until I've got the food under control and the exercise going (end of phase one) and then kept that up for 12 weeks (end of phase 2), so at this point I figure it'll be close to 36 weeks if I stay strictly on plan since I've seen a scale. I also didn't weight myself at the beginning. I find when I weight myself I freak and do stupid things like crash diet. So I'm trying to build the consistency before concentrating on weight loss results.
momof2funykids Welcome to the Group! Sounds like you have identified exercise as a motivator for eating right that's a great step. And you've gotten the non-food reward down. I think the only comment I would make is how can you keep yourself on plan if you are not loosing. I know I know don't say it.... but it happens to all of us, the dreaded plateau.... so if you hit one and it takes you 5 months to loose 10 lbs and right now you are used to loosing 5lbs per month how will you keep yourself motivated. I don't say this to scare you, I just think pre-planning scenarios really helps, and weight loss tends to slow the more you achieve.
Peera I know what you mean about being great at making a plan but not sticking to it. Or at least that's what I did with weight loss a lot. I'd set calorie goals, work out goals I'd be great at them for awhile but then I'd screw up scrap the plan, go off the wagon, and then I needed a whole new plan before I could start again. I think this is why this time is about focusing on consistency as that is obviously my problem instead of weight loss. I know when I eat right and exercise I do loose weight, the trouble is doing it long enough that it doesn't become another yo-yo diet.
Jilly_Bean Congratulations on being on the wagon over the long weekend! You sound like you have good weight loss goals, what you are going to eat, how much you are going to exercise. What are you going to do to make sure that you stay motivated to achieve them long term?
Raven21 I like the two week goals, I'm big on rewarding effort rather than results (well at least in a weight loss environment). Weight loss is never a straightforward downhill journey, so I think it's important to recognize when we are and are not putting forward the effort.
LOVE the dogs, what kind of dog do you have? What is his/her name? We have 2 dogs, Mr. Brown (Beagle) and Jenkins (Shepherd thing) and having them around kicks my butt off the couch when I'm lazy and they are so constantly happy that I can't stay in a funk too long around them.
Jul 07 2008 14:56
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Jul 07 2008 15:05
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Ser25 Thank you for letting me (us) know. I'm definitely (obviously) looking for ways to make it more manageable for everyone and can completely understand that it is getting away from me (and others) at this point.
Jul 07 2008 16:02
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I've also been spending minimal time on calorie-count, and it seems to be doing me well. I'm at a healthy weight now, and I think if I would just stop obsessing over the last few vanity lbs, and ending up in binge cycles because of it, I'll probably have an easier time of getting there.
Thanks for all you help and friendly reminders!
Good luck everyone!
Jul 07 2008 18:15
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Sarah Again Thanks for letting me know, it is very appreciated. Congratulations on reaching your healthy weight!
Jul 08 2008 00:18
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I'm back for hopefully another two weeks of being good. I really enjoyed the previous thread and feel like it helped me stay on track.
I was away for the weekend and did surprisingly well considering my options. Not to say that I stayed under my calorie limits, but I definitely could have done so much more damage.
for my consistency plan, I am trying to make my goal of losing around 12 pounds by the time school starts up for me in august(the 26th) I am looking back on how I have felt the past 7 months as my motivation to keep on track, as well as looking forward to fit into ALL of my shorts and pants that fit perfectly less than 10 months ago. My motivation to be more active stems from those reasons, as well as getting my body healthy. My family has some history of health related problems, so I am going to get a jump start to prevent that now.
For short term goals, I might give myself a little treat if i've done particularly well during a week or two week period. momof2funykds, I like your ideas of manicures, pedicures clothes, and things like that. I usually don't treat myself that often to those, so I think it would be pretty good motivation.


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Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?)
I'm not an expert by any stretch on this stuff and to be honest didn't really understand what function this device performs. However, it's working so I guess it's doing it's job. The hold-down screws are weak - I had wires come loose after securing them "tight" (numerous warnings about over-tightening so I heeded those). Also, access to the Gain controls is a challenge - they're recessed and difficult to gauge where they're set. Oh, and the plastic tool is attached to the product but you have to just notice that, it's not in the instructions.
Pros: Seems to do the job it was designed to do. Compact size
Cons: Hold-down screws for wiring not very stable. Gain controls hard to adjust or visualize where they're set.


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Democracy has different ways of showing itself...
Britain's Westminster, the Mother of Parliaments, uses the " yay" or " nay " lobby system.
In the Ukraine, punches are traded when there is a disagreement over a vote.
But battling MPs made sure they kept away from one figure as a rumble broke-out ... former heavyweight world boxing champ Vitaly Klitschko.
It is not the first time politicians leaders have been seen scuffling.
The towering 6'7" MP, with a 79-inch reach squeezed his way through the battling Kiev parliament.
The disagreement occured as the current government called a surprise vote to bring in tougher laws to stop street protests after dumping a trade deal with the European Union in favour of former Soviet masters, Russia.
The opposition, caught on the chin, lost and chaos broke out as punches were thrown.
But no one laid a political glove on Klitschko.
Even British world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis retired instead of a rematch with Klitschko, who quit the ring after winning 45 out of 47 fights - 41 by knockout.
Now the he is seen as the only rival who could deliver a knockout blow to current President Viktor Yanukovich at the next elections.


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We're having a hard time keeping track of Michele Bachmann's historical gaffes, but we're pretty sure she spoke glowingly about abolitionist founding father Denzel Washington today. President Obama will meet with Senate Democrats to discuss the GOP plan to cut taxes, reduce the deficit, spur economic growth, burn fat and tone your core. And, yeah, it took five decades, but Texans are finally starting to realize that America should stop sending their leaders to the White House. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Tuesday, June 28th, 2011:
MEDICARE CUTS MOVING TO CENTER STAGE - Because the good lord knows Democrats don't want a winning campaign issue, the party is desperately trying to hand back its Medicare advantage to Republicans. Joe Lieberman today teamed with Tom Coburn to push legislation that would cut Medicare by $640 billion over the next ten years by reducing benefits and making old people pay more for their care. That's called courage in Washington. President Obama, meanwhile, is floating heavy Medicare cuts in his talks with Mitch McConnell and John Boehner, meaning that Lieberman and Coburn's proposal could become the basis for some type of bipartisan knifing of grandma any day now. [HuffPost]
David Rogers, who knows of what he speaks, reports that "Obama and Reid appear prepared to reach [agreement on cuts] much higher [than previously discussed], putting substantial Medicare savings on the table if Republicans would accept added revenues. With the House GOP leadership in New York, all of Monday's White House maneuvering was Senate-centric. But Obama's hope is that Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), with whom he met privately last week, will be intrigued by a bolder package that might also help neutralize the Medicare issue now hurting the GOP among elderly voters." [Politico]
DEFICIT HAWK REPUBLICANS CONTINUE THEIR LOVE OF PORK - Tonight in Roll Call from John Stanton: "How does a policy earmark worth more than $214 million garner the vote of conservatives like Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and Ron Paul (R-Texas)? On Thursday, the House approved an amendment that would provide a direct benefit to The Medicines Co., which faces the loss of its patent for its flagship drug, as well as law firm WilmerHale, which is on the hook for a $214 million settlement with MDCO because it was tardy in submitting the drug's patent extension request. How MDCO and WilmerHale got the legislation through the House at a time of deep public cynicism about how Congress works is a testament to the abilities of the companies and their lobbyists to take the long view."
PRESIDENT OBAMA TO MEET WITH SENATE DEMS ON DEFICIT - AP: "President Barack Obama will meet with Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday to continue discussions over debt negotiations. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will meet with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Sens. Dick Durbin and Charles Schumer. The meeting comes two days after Obama met separately with Reid and with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. The White House announced no new meetings with Republicans." [HuffPost's Debt Ceiling Liveblog and Discotheque]
Is the debt ceiling even constitutional? HuffPost Hill and the resurgent Countdown will discuss it on Current this evening.
@Todd_Zwillich: Sen Dem aides clarify: tomorrow's White House mtg is not officially on debt, though it will "surely come up." Semantics.
RON JOHNSON TRIES TO STOP THE SENATE - Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson today went all Jefferson Smith on the Senate floor when he threatened to block basic Senate activity, such as quorum calls, until the debt ceiling negotiations are made more transparent. Please don't stop our quorum calls!!! "[U]nless we receive some assurance from the Democrat leadership that we will actually start addressing our budget out in the open, in the bright light of day, I will begin to object. I will begin to withhold my consent," he warned. Johnson's old plastics company, as was reported last week, basically paid for his Senate campaign, so Ron has very much earned the right to bring democracy to a grinding halt. Tyler Kingkade: "Shortly after when there was a request to relinquish a quorum call, Johnson objected. Several Republican Senators were seen speaking with him on the floor, including Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) Rand Paul (R-Kent.) as were Mitch McConnell's staff members, discussing procedural moves. Johnson called on the Senate to pass a budget of only $2.6 trillion, to reflect what the President's budget outlined as what the U.S. would receive in tax revenues for next year." [HuffPost's Debt Ceiling Liveblog and All-Night Do-It-Yourself Omelet Station]
SENATE PANEL VOTES TO SUPPORT U.S. LIBYA MISSION - Responding to last week's vote by the House to oppose the U.S.'s ongoing
war military operation series of bomb-filled care packages it's sending to Libya, the Democratic-controlled Senate Foreign Relations Committee today voted to support the mission. The final tally was 14-9, with Republicans including Ranking Member Richard Lugar and Tea Party darling Jim DeMint opposing. The House last week also tried to cut off funding for the mission but failed to garner enough support. [Bloomberg]
DAILY DELANEY DOWNER - Today Gov. Rick Scott made Florida the stingiest state in America when it comes to unemployment insurance by signing a bill the legislature had sent to him back in May. "The most important thing for us in Florida to do is to send a message to the business community and let them know we're open for business," bill sponsor Rep. Doug Holder told HuffPost at the time. Depending on the state's jobless rate, layoff victims starting next year could find themselves as eligible for as few as 12 weeks of benefits (federal benefits will likely have vanished by then). The standard in almost every state has been 26 weeks for the past half-century, but since spring several states have started cutting back. Florida takes first place in what worker advocates have called a "race to the bottom." Congratulations, Florida!
LABOR DEMONIZES MANAGEMENT - Working America, the community organizing affiliate of the AFL-CIO, tomorrow is launching its fourth annual "Bad Boss" contest to vilify rotten management across the land. Previous entries include "a worker whose boss had her making pizza between contractions" and "another whose boss forbade employees from calling health authorities as workers stood in sewage while making food." The contest is open until July 20, with winners announced August 2. Nothing will matter by that time, however, because Congress will have blown the debt ceiling and society will have descended into zombie anarchy. [Working America]
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DCCC BLASTS SUPER PACS AS PELOSI & REID RAISE FUNDS FOR ONE - Whenever we're outside of D.C. (HuffPost Hill is filing from the Bay Area right now), we try to explain to folks why living in -- and reporting on -- Washington makes us want to lobotomize ourselves with a rolled up copy of CQ Today. *This* is a good example of why: In an email blast to supporters today, DCCC Chairman Steve Israel took aim at American Crossroads, the "Super PAC" founded in part by Karl Rove, telling recipients that, "Your contribution today makes you a stakeholder in our people-powered movement." Yet as Israel works on his "people-powered movement" Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have begun to solicit for a Democratic "Super PAC". John Bresnahan and Alex Isenstadt write: "Both Pelosi and Reid are limiting their solicitations to $5,000 or less for House Majority PAC and Majority PAC, which will spend money in House and Senate races, respectively. Liberal financier George Soros has already given tens of thousands of dollars to House Majority PAC. Pelosi's fundraising for House Majority PAC has not been previously disclosed. Pelosi informed her colleagues that she had taken this step at a recent members' dinner." [Politico]
HUFFPOST HILL FACTS OF LIFE: The first fully-terrestrial vertebrates, amniotes, evolved about 340 million years ago.
REP. LAURA RICHARDSON UNDER FIRE FOR POSSIBLE ETHICS VIOLATIONS - The professional ethicists at the Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington released a report detailing alleged ethics violations by Rep. Laura Richardson. The complaint focuses on emails obtained by the group in which senior Richardson aides appear to instruct her House staffers to participate in campaign activity. "Internal emails regarding a fundraising event dubbed 'Democratic Idol' show Richardson Chief of Staff Shirley Cooks told employees they were required to attend the event, wearing staff shirts embroidered with the phrase '37th Congressional District.' In an email from her official House account, Ms. Cooks stated that spouses and interns were expected to attend as well. In addition to having Capitol Hill staff work on her campaign, the congresswoman also routinely required staffers to perform personal errands for her, such as picking up her dry cleaning, a violation of the law requiring government funds to be used only for official purposes. Relatedly, by certifying that staffers were paid only for work done for official purposes when she submitted payroll forms, Rep. Richardson appears to have made false statements to Congress." It's hard enough being a congressional intern -- what with all the menial tasks, predatory male staffers and lack of salary -- without being sucked into a possible ethics investigation. [CREW]
POLL: APPROVAL OF OBAMA'S ECONOMIC AGENDA AT ALL-TIME LOW - A survey out today from McClatchy and Marist finds only 37 percent of registered voters giving President Obama the thumbs up for his handling of the economy. Nearly two times as many respondents disapprove of how he is handling the federal deficit. It's probably time the president tells Seal Team Six to go do something awesome again. [McClatchy]
SENATE CONFIRMS THREE STALLED DOJ NOMINEES - The man whose nomination to the country's top law enforcement agency had been stalled because he wanted to -- you know -- enforce the law, has finally been confirmed to the post. The upper chamber today confirmed James Cole to be the next deputy attorney general. Republicans had strongly opposed his nomination, in part, due to concerns over his previous support for trying terrorists in civilian court (to be fair, they also weren't crazy about his work for AIG). Chuck Grassley had put a hold on Cole but lifted it after the DOJ provided him with documents pertaining to a botched arms trafficking operation. Also confirmed, by voice vote, were Lisa Monaco, who will run DOJ's terrorism division and . [Reuters]
ASK RICK SANTORUM - If you happen to see Rick Santorum on the campaign trail, ask him what he did as a highly paid board member for a dysfunctional health care company. Jason Cherkis speaks to an eighth grader who left the company's treatment center with two black eyes and herpes. [HuffPost]
TEXANS WAY MORE INTO RON PAUL THAN RICK PERRY - A survey conducted by Public Policy Polling finds the libertarian congressman performs seven points stronger than the outspoken Texas governor when pitted against President Obama in a general election match-up. Recent polls have suggested that Lone Star State residents aren't wild about their governor going national. [PPP]
A poll of New Mexico voters indicates Democrats hold a slight edge in the race to fill the Senate seat being vacated by Jeff Bingaman. Potential match-ups of Democrats Rep. Martin Heinrich and State Auditor Hector Balderas against Republicans Rep. Heather Wilson, Lieutenant Governor John Sanchez and "dark horse" Greg Sowards all find four to six point leads for the Democrats. The margins are wider if the Dems are pitted against Sowards. [PPP]
Jessica Yellin has been named CNN's new White House correspondent, replacing Ed Henry who is pursuing his hobby of asking President Obama factually dubious questions full-time at Fox News
MICHELE BACHMANN'S ONGOING TROUBLES WITH AMERICAN HISTORY - Yesterday Michele Bachmann accidentally said she wanted to model herself after serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Today she called John Quincy Adams a founding father. He wasn't. His dad, John Adams, was a founding father (in case you forgot or are, in fact, Michele Bachmann). "Well if you look at one of our Founding Fathers, John Quincy Adams, that's absolutely true," Bachmann said during a "Good Morning America," defending an earlier statement that the founders were abolitionists. "He tirelessly worked throughout his life to make sure that we did, in fact, one day eradicate slavery from our nation." When host George Stephanopoulos corrected the Minnesota lawmaker, Bachmann pooh poohed him (Facts Schmacts!), insisting that although John Quincy was very young during the revolution, he was "absolutely a part of the Revolutionary War era." [Daily Caller]
Bachmann supporters have edited the John Quincy Adams entry in Wikipedia to label him a "Founding Father". In a glorious counter-edit, someone added that, "But even as an embryo, John Quincy Adams could feel pain and was a Founding Father." [ThinkProgress]
Tim Pawlenty delivered a foreign policy speech today at the Council on Foreign Relations. He defended the use of U.S. military abroad and rejected calls to take a more isolationist approach to foreign affairs. That said, he needs a new speechwriter: "Now is not the time to retreat from freedom's rise." [Salon]
BECAUSE YOU'VE READ THIS FAR - Bear cub befriends a cat. There are probably a lot of you reading this on the D.C. Metro and you probably look all important and busy. We know the truth: You're watching a video of a bear cub befriending a cat.
According to Illinois Department of Corrections policy, Rod Blagojevich can keep his famously bushy hairdo "as long as it is neat and clean." Check AND check!.
JEREMY'S WEATHER REPORT - Tonight: A cold front is coming in from the west, leading to some pop up storms. It looks like there may be an outbreak exploding late afternoon, so I would say that storms are likely. Tomorrow: A lot cooler, as we dip down into the 80s. Quite pleasant! The beauty of nature And boy is this beautiful. I do love me some supercell action. Thanks, JB!
- Boston terrier enjoys getting belly tickled. Makes funny noise. This video will have ... oh ... 5 billion hits by August. [http://bit.ly/kCPJwo]
- A 1956 ad in Life advising you to feed 7 Up to your baby. Go ahead and judge, but that baby does look awfully happy. [http://huff.to/lKaLnq]
- Tom Petty wants Michele Bachmann to stop piping in "American Girl" at her rallies. Cease and desist time! [http://huff.to/kltOCw]
- A research team from California discovered 300 new species while on an expedition in the Philippines. People still go on expeditions? [http://huff.to/l4frYs]
- We agree with this blogger's assessment that this video of a seagull stealing a video camera was staged, but it's still really cool. [http://huff.to/kgLf2g]
- A collection of cover art from the 1960s British periodical, Anarchy. [http://huff.to/jV4035]
- A film on how to make a beet cake that doubles as a college film class final project. [http://huff.to/jVGBSC]
- An American professional gambler spent $271,000 in one night at a British nightclub. Hey, buddy, America's economy could use some of that. [http://huff.to/kW0fEG]
@samsteinhp: kerry, corker.... awkward
@TeresaKopec: BREAKING! Director of Palin biopic "The Undefeated" announces next project: biography of Newt Gingrich entitled "Always Faithful."
@chashomans: Fun fact! The unique airy texture of NY bagels comes from the CO2 generated by NYers not ever shutting up about them.
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Reason hosts a shindig at its HQ celebrating the publication of The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America, penned by Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch [Reason, 1747 Connecticut Ave NW].
6:00 pm: Debbie Stabenow has her fundraiser at the Mott House. Big apple juice, man. Running the show. [The Mott House, 122 Maryland Ave NE].
6:30 pm: Scott Brown, the most popular Massachusetts Republican since Curt Schilling, works some of that magic. Mark Kirk makes an appearance [Bobby Van's Grill, 809 15th Street NW].
6:30 pm: Pat Toomey is the guest of honor at a campaign function hosted by the Online Lenders Alliance. We suppose they could online contribute and not hold a fundraiser but then Pat wouldn't know their face, amirite? [Online Lenders Alliance (OLA) Townhouse, 330 Maryland Ave NE].
6:30 pm: Sure, they each represent two factions of the Republican party that couldn't hate each other more, but that doesn't mean that Mitch McConnell can't show up for Rand Paul's fundraiser. Kentucky love (really, the National Thoroughbred Racing Assn NTRA PAC, which apparently exists, is one of the hosts). [R.B. Murphy and Associates, 220 E Street NE]
6:00 pm: Tom Harkin raises funds for his PAC, "To Organize A Majority," arguably the most political memoir title sounding PAC out there [Lounge 201, 201 Massachusettes Ave NE]
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm: We don't usually think of the W Hotel as a hotbed of Republican activity, but for at least one night it will be. Saxby Chambliss, John Cornyn and Richard Burr convene for an NRSC event [The W Hotel - DC, 515 15th Street NW].
6:30 pm: Pat Robert's PAC is called "Preserving America's Traditions." If his group were true to its name, it'd fund fighter jet flyovers of sporting events and overly pasteurized dairy products. Unfortunately, it just funds elections. [Caucus Room, 401 9th Street NW].
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The purpose of this article is to determine the attractiveness of iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend (NYSEARCA:DVY) as an investment option. DVY has been a strong holding of mine since the start of the year, and has performed consistently well, along with the broader market. With the indexes reaching new highs, it is time to revisit this investment to see where the ETF may be headed from here. I will review DVY's recent performance, current holdings and weightings, and trends in the market to determine if it makes sense to hold on to this investment going in to 2014.
While DVY generally moves in close comparison to the Dow Jones Index, it is not an ETF that tracks the index specifically. Rather, DVY consists of 100 of the highest dividend-yielding securities (excluding real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the U.S. This has been a lucrative investment theme over the past 12-18 months, as investors have sought the relative safety of large-cap U.S. stocks and have sought income with the yields they produce, since Treasury bills have been at historic lows. At this time of writing, DVY is currently trading $70.10/share, with a quarterly dividend of $.54/share, which translates to an annual yield 3.1%. Year-to-date, the fund is up over 22%, excluding dividends, and over the past 52 weeks, the fund is up over 25%, also excluding dividends. DVY has actually outperformed the Dow Jones average by a small amount, and has paid reliable dividends to investors, prompting a steady amount of cash inflows in to the fund throughout the year.
By looking at the stocks that make up DVY, it should be no surprise as to why the fund has performed so strongly. Here is a list of the top 10 holdings (as of 11/8/2013):
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I personally like that the fund has no more than 4% of any one stock in its holdings and with 100 securities (plus some cash), the fund is properly diversified.
Given the fund's strong performance, it is natural to wonder whether the fund can continue its momentum, or whether it makes sense to take some profit and consider other investment options. There are a few reasons why I am going to stay long DVY, given that I expect the market to continue trending higher over the next 6-12 months.
One, I do not believe the investment theme of looking for safety is going away any time soon. Yes, bond rates may rise in the near future, but I personally do not believe that is going to happen at the December Fed meeting as some analysts predict. Unemployment is still above 7%, and the Fed seems committed to seeing that number decrease further before withdrawing stimulus. With that scenario, bond rates will stay low, and dividend yields will continue to be the top place investors will look for safe income.
Two, the industries that make up DVY scream safety. While high yields are important, reliability matters more. DVY is made up of companies that have both high yields and a commitment to increasing payouts over time. The top three holdings are Utilities, Industrials, and Consumer goods. These are sectors that do well in good times and bad, so if the market does take a dive, expect these sectors to outperform and also to have the cash flow to maintain their payouts.
Third, I expect dividends as a whole to rise in 2014, providing an important catalyst for the stock. The Wall Street Journal recently did a study that displayed the massive amounts of cash U.S. companies now hold, and that many are using it to increase dividends.
The companies surveyed paid out about $300 billion in dividends in 2012, up 16% from 2011 and up about 49% from three years ago. Again, I expect this trend to continue, as companies have been actively trying to return more money to shareholders. As dividend payouts rise, so does the yield, providing extra protection against any downside risk. DVY will be a direct beneficiary of this policy, since it holds many of the very same cash-rich companies discussed in this article in its portfolio.
Lastly, investors are also sitting on large amounts of a cash. Wealthy families have about 39 percent of their assets in cash, according to a recent poll of more than 50 large family office representatives from 20 countries conducted by Citi Private Bank. This to me means a few things. Major investors are still under-invested. If these investors decide to enter the market, the results could only be positive for equities. Additionally, I believe that when those who are under-invested re-enter, they will pursue a dividend seeking approach which caters exactly to those already committed to funds like DVY. I feel that if investors are cautious enough to still be sitting in cash, it is unlikely they will dive back in to the market with risky or alternative investments. Thinking rationally, they will tread back in lightly, probably looking for steady income in bonds and dividends, giving further upside to funds that provide exposure to the highest-yielding companies, such as DVY.
Bottom line: The market has had a tremendous run. DVY has performed strongly during it, but investors have made money in almost every asset class since the start of the year, so this alone does not differentiate DVY from other opportunities. However, the fact that DVY has outperformed the broader market, while also sporting a lower beta (.95), has proven it to be a reliable investment to those who seek reasonable returns with reasonable implied safety. Of course, there are risks to such a strategy. One, the market could trend significantly higher and leave the steadier companies that make up DVY in the dust. Or, the Fed could significantly cut back on quantitative easing, pushing bond rates higher and sending income investors out of DVY and in to T-bills. However, based on the above reasons discussed, I still find the upside potential in DVY very attractive and would recommend investors take a serious look in to this fund.
Disclosure: I am long DVY. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Mavericks outlast Hawks in OT
The Dallas Mavericks roared back in the fourth quarter and came away with a 111-103 overtime victory against the Atlanta Hawks Friday night.
Dallas won this game as a 3.5-point underdog, while the 214 points made it over the posted total of 192.
Jason Kidd collected a triple-double with 19 points, 15 rebounds and 17 assists. Dirk Nowitzki netted a game-high 37 points in the win.
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Letter from Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., of Charlotte, North Carolina, to Reverend L. Charles Williams, pastor of Calvary African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Brooklyn, New York and members of church, updating them on his retirement in Charlotte and his desire to regain health rather than spend time on social activities. DeLaine also reminds Williams of upcoming church business.
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