I have run Game On games for the past 10 months. Gamers have thanked me for helping them, and I really do appreciate the thanks...but credit is due to them...because they are the ones who did it.
How is it that a community of people, I refer to as Gamers, (mostly women) can find such drive from each other? I know some competitive women (some might put ME in that category....college degree came from major football university which is now NUMBER ONE again, but who is counting?), but I don't think it is the competition....
I know some groups are formed, even at the national level and are major businesses, where people come together, talk, compare notes, clap for successes and some people lose weight...some lots of weight. I don't think it is that kind of group, although we do, our community of Gamers, do those things.
The plan, The Game On Diet Plan! works. So, I do think that I can give credit due there.
But these Gamers, have all gotten to a point in their lives where they themselves said, "Sure, I will try...it has worked for you, what is wrong with me giving it a try?" And the women and men, who really tried, for the most part, these Gamers, made it work.
Has it worked for everyone? Nope. I rarely have folks tell me it is not a plan they can follow. I have heard it all though: I can't drink 100 ounces of water, I can't give up my wine, I can't possibly exercise everyday, I can't add or takeaway any habits--giving up Diet Coke is bad enough! AND I have had people who avoid making eye contact with me after trying to play the game. I have had friends who say they are embarrassed because it doesn't seem to work for them.
I told one friend (a Gamer), last week, who has attempted to play this month, that she just isn't ready yet. I would never say that to anyone about to play (unless they hadn't read the book, which makes me CRAZY!), but I said this to my friend because she has 2 good days, then falls apart. And eats whatever, whenever. And ducks around the corner so she won't see me at the office. But she is not ready to throw it all out there for the good of the game and the good of her. She may get there this way, and she may find another way. She knows where my office is if she decides she is ready again.
Some people are not ready yet. Some people cannot believe this can possibly work for them. But for those women and men, who gave it what it was worth, these Gamers need to look in the mirror and thank themselves. I may have given that first encouraging pat, but every Gamer who has succeeded has succeeded because they made it happen. So thank you to me, but thank you to you, Gamers....You deserve how good you feel right now--you were ready to make the jump, try something new and decide there was nothing to lose, but weight. And you did. CONGRATS my Gamer friends!
