Before I started my last game, 25 pounds ago, I felt okay about who I am...doing my best to be a good wife, mom, friend....Not feeling great about what I looked like, but okay...Now, although I don't belong on the cover on a magazine or anything like that, I feel good about where I am going. But WHO WE are helping? THAT might be the best feeling of all.
I admit that I went to the Y for another work out tonight...no worries about me...not becoming an exercise fanatic, but tomorrow is the LAST weigh in for this game. My middle one had swim team, so I could play Words with Friends with my friend who might be having a slow night as an ER doc in Ohio...or EXERCISE. Well, with the last weigh in tomorrow, exercise won. I immediately saw a neighbor friend which is like a gift from the exercise gods...yes, someone to talk to. She had seen someone on FB post something about the game, and asked one question...well, you probably can guess the rest of the story...Yes, she's game...well, GAME ON! and has spoken for her best friend and her husband...hope they are ready to play GAME ON! too!
In the lobby at the Y, two women were talking about their weight loss goals for the new year...one said she was down 3...and I am sure she was...but the talk turned to an ad, on TV, if you had tried everything else, see their doctors, etc, etc. I stood there listening until I could take it NO LONGER...
Can someone become a weight loss evangelist?? Oh dear, has it happened to me?? Anyone who knows me well, knows that I talk about what I believe in and believe in what I talk about...this program is EXACTLY that...more than any other weight loss program ever has been for me because it all MAKES SENSE AND it is FUN! Do I need business cards with my contact info so they can join the game?? I live in a small town where truly everyone is connected...my guess? I bet one of these two women is already friends with someone playing the game...
Six months ago, I was concerned about helping me. And my wonderful original teammates: Margaret, Cindy and Jean....I credit them because we jumped out into that world of unknown, because, well, why not?? And all four of us, well less about 90 pounds of us, are all feeling alot better about ourselves today...6 months later.
Today, I am concerned about helping others. Obesity is a HUGE problem (no pun intended) in the United States, and the health costs driven by problems associated with obesity are astonomical...I know I can keep all of this information to myself or just keep it amongst close friends, but WHY would anyone want to do that?? If you find a HUGE bargain, don't you tell everyone about it?? Well, this is the bargain of a LIFETIME...you don't have to take the magic pill, buy all your food from a diet company source, or really, go to meetings...you need a few friends, to read the Game On! book, follow a few rules and compete...Compete to lose...win by losing....we're winning by losing...hmmm....
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