One day down, a lifetime to go?

A friend complimented me in the parking lot...another gamer, one of my best friends was there....the complimenting friend asked "how long will you do this?  It's alot of work for you in charge of it?? That's crazy!"  My gamer best friend looked at me and said, "You are going to do this the rest of your life."

Hours later, this remark, although we have said it to each other and I probably have said it to anyone reading, is probably the truth....good thing is, for me, it feels do-able...Like I could, and very well might, do this the rest of my life...

I have had wonderful conversations with some of our 60 players today...those who took time off during the holidays and are SO glad to be back on track...glad to be starting the new year with focus, purpose and knowing the direction they are going.

And then our wonderful NEWBIES...LOVE their excitement, their enthusiasm, their questions...because it keeps it all new and exciting for those of us trudging along...it seriously kept me up at night and looking forward to stepping on the scale today...and doing my new habit this morning (Sun Salutation three times when I wake up---did I feel different, not necessarily, but hopefully, by the end of this game, I will...but I digress)...

So how did our group of 60 do??  There were many facebook posts (that's how we all communicate, through a private fb page) about how much they had to pee...and how much they had to eat (ever been on a diet with that complaint??!!) ...and how they missed their beer...well, true to all the above...  But tomorrow, many will weigh themselves in the morning.  And they will be shocked by seeing the number on the scale...  BUT even more, they won't believe how in control they felt today and how in control they will feel TOMORROW...and even, on a day they count as an "OFF DAY" how they will come back to the game...because even if they didn't feel strong enough to, their teammates will help them come back.

The fun, in this particular game, is the bantering...lots of fun, "we are going to kick your skinny asses" and "the deli man tried to get me to eat a SNACK by offering me a slice of deli meat!"  But it gets everyone laughing, which is what makes this GAME, FUN!!