Whats Up??

Some of you may not know me, however, I feel the need to comment on your game. I started THIS BLOG along with my family a few months ago when we played the game. I have played the game for 10 weeks and consider myself a "veteran" Game On player.
I feel like I have a perspective that may (OR MAY NOT DEPENDING ON YOUR ATTITUDE) be helpful. I have been following your game and it seems that too many of you are getting caught up in the drama of the scale. I understand the desire to lose weight and see it reflected on the scale. I learned after about 6 weeks of playing that when I based my happiness on the number on the scale, I was usually disappointed. So many things affect the number, that if you weigh yourself everyday, you are just asking for trouble. I now weigh myself one time a week, on friday morning. Whatever the number is... that's what it is. It doesn't define me or even how hard I worked out. I try to keep my perspective LONG TERM. Am I going in the right direction? Am I doing my best? Am I being honest with myself? If I have made good food decisions and have worked out then I consider it a good week, even if I didn't lose as much on the scale as I hoped to. After 2 1/2 months of playing this game I have lost 9 pounds- some of you may not see that as a big deal. However, you look at it from a different perspective- I have also lost several inches, dropped a pants size, gained 5 pounds of lean muscle mass and feel healthier than I ever have in my life. I am better than I would have been had I not made a commitment to myself to play this game and do my best. I absolutely love this game and plan on playing for many more weeks. However, I play on playing with people who are positive and who are accountable to themselves first, who don't make excuses and who are doing it for the right reason. I never once was motivated by the money- I looked at it completely different. It was a fun way to communicate with my family and get healthier. My advice to you is to put things in perspective--this is not a game about who can lose the most in a day or a week or even in a month. It is a game that is supposed to be FUN and supposed to help you gain a healthier lifestyle. It is a game about making good choices as often as you can. It is about supporting others in their journey but more importantly being ACCOUNTABLE TO YOURSELF. I would suggest you each play for yourselves... of course, you should want to do well for your partner, but it is YOUR LIFE! IT IS YOUR BODY! You need to decide to take control of it yourself, for yourself. And in taking control, you will be less inclined to worry about others and what their score is, what their weight is, what they ate for lunch. Worry about yourself.

I also wanted to point out that it is alot of work to get a blog started and to initiate a game, especially with a big group of people. It is very time-consuming and stressful to have people not take it seriously or to constantly be needing clarification of rules that are clearly posted. I am sure most of you are taking this seriously, but when you are taking the game seriously and trying to do your best, and others aren't, it can be very frustrating.

I hope there can be more positive energy and more of the great posts about "feeling better", and players feeling happy with themselves for their hard work and determination. It is so much better to try to be positive than to always tell yourself "it is too hard" or "i can't do it" or "it is not fair". Decide that you can do it and that the scale may not always say what you want it to say, but you need to decide that it is about more than your weight. It is about how you feel and how proud you can be of yourself when you finish a hard workout or pass up a fattening dessert. Play for your life, not for the money. And quit weighing yourself everyday, for heaven's sake, you will make yourself CRAZY!

I want you to know that part of the reason I feel so passionate about this is because I know it works. My family group that I played with a few months ago lost over 80 pounds in the 2 months that we played. I have talked about this game with a friend of mine, who will be featuring me and this game on her blog in a few weeks. She will be directing her followers to the blogs that I have started and this is one of them. I want her followers to get a true picture of this game -- healthier choices, more working out, more water, more sleep, better decisions, etc.. I hope that they can see, through your posts, that this is fun and weight loss is possible.

To those of your who are fully committed, BRAVO! You will be so proud of yourself at the end of these 8 weeks! I know it is hard and life sucks at times. But, you can control your life, if YOU are willing to make it a priority. Good Luck to you all!