And They're OFF!

Baltimore is a bit of a horse town...well, once a year at Preakness..Big fun pretty hats, huge concert, some horses run around.   Part of the Triple Crown..another one in Kentucky (Derby) and then, the Belmont Stakes (I had to look those up)  I don't really follow horse-racing (more of a college football girl) , but I like the starting up analogy, because we are prancing around excited!!

Because here we go again.  More "newbies" playing the game.  Newbies make it fun.  They keep it exciting.  They ask fun questions ("I can eat a hard boiled egg??" LOVE IT!)  And they remind us all why we keep playing again, and again.  It works, it is fun, it is supportive, it works, it is motivational, it is accountability, and, did I say, it works?  It does.  Again, and again and again.  We have 50 plus folks playing the February game--36 of us have played before!  And it is a bit of a race.  Four weeks at a time.  My calendar seems to be divided into games now, not necessarily months.

A nutritionist listened to me rattle off what I basically ate on a daily basis.  She nodded, nodded and nodded again.  She seemed to approve of what I said although the game points made her laugh...communicate with each other? Okay, makes sense.  Good habit, bad habit?  Alright, maybe.  Sleep, hmm...Water, sure. Food, sounds right.  Day off, meal off, yeah...  Long term? Do we know long term? 

No, we don't know.  At least the "WE" that is playing in my game and has been playing in my games in the past don't know...WE are not there yet.  But part of WE is getting there.  We have Maintainers who are going to play a bit with the game.  They will still be a part of WE, but THEY will have a little more wiggle room than WE do...and that is okay...Because WE all hope to be apart of THEY soon!!  WE hope THEY can show us how to maintain rather than lose.  Although for the majority of WE, we can't believe that WE will get to that point...but believe, because if you stick with it, it WILL happen.  I BELIEVE :)

These horses are ready.  They are jumping around inside waiting to get out.  It is exciting because, for many, their lives change TOMORROW.  And we helped them. And they helped us.  And no matter who wins the 4 week race, we ALL WIN.   WEIGH IN tomorrow morning...HERE WE GO!!  GAME ON!  AND THEY'RE OFF!