Mother's Day and ending a game...

We are about to end another "game."  Fifty or so folks working together, supporting each other, helping, laughing, joking, answering questions for each other.  Some folks may be "done" after this game...I have a few observations from what is now, my 9th game.

1. Some people don't like how this works.  The food is not "it" for them.  The posting daily on Facebook, doesn't work for them.  They don't want to exercise, or drink the water, or change because, maybe they are not where we have been.
2. Some people LOVE how this works.  The comraderie of exchanging recipes, motivating through suggestions, leaning on each other for support, encouragement, and oftentimes, just sympathy or empathy...Misery loves company?? Well, sometimes, particularly, week 2.  But, what I have seen more often than not, is that happiness LOVES to be shared.  Favorite quotes of this week:   "I think I need to go shopping.  My last year shorts are getting really baggy!"  "It is amazing how differently you look at food after you play this game."  "I am so glad that I am so aware of what I eat and feel so good about it!!"  "No movement on the scale, better move my tale..."  "Went to my nephew's 1st Communion today.  Wore a dress I found in the back of my closet I forgot I even owned.  Was surprised to find out it fit."


In a group like ours, mostly moms, mostly juggling a million things at once, mostly crazy busy, we have found time to put ourselves in the front of our the family pack.  We may be getting up a bit earlier, leaving work a tad earlier or arriving a tad later, passing the buck for dinner to be cooked by a spouse, or getting ourselves a bit more organized so that we have the time to work out, fix our "good" meals, get our sleep...but all of us are getting healthier, better, and losing weight.

Ending a game to me is ALWAYS bittersweet.  The time off we take between games, even just a week, helps center many of us...jumping off the wagon a bit, is normal...but one week away is usually enough for most of us to want to jump back on again...And to those of us who really did the two 4 week games in a row, I say BRAVO...enjoy Mother's Day, enjoy the week off, don't go overboard because getting back on the wagon for everything is TOUGH...but we deserve it...Happy Mother's Day...you already have the best gift you can have....a better feeling you.