Monday, September 30, 2013

The missing piece...

I was missing a key piece to my weight loss puzzle and I was about to find it!  Much of last year I spent watching a friend and neighbor battle her way through weight loss.  After her first pregnancy and a devastating personal loss in the death of her father she had to reclaim her whole health.  I was blown away by her dedication!  She was getting up early, staying late, eating right, and fighting for it even when it was miserable!  During a time when I couldn't walk up and down my stairs she and 24 other people were running the stairs almost every morning at Spiece Fieldhouse www.spiecefitness.com.  They were all contestants in the 5th season of a local weight loss competition called Fort Wayne's Smallest Winner www.fortwaynessmallestwinner.com

In February 2013 new applicants were being accepted for FWSW Season 6 and I was the first person to turn in that application!  I was SO disappointed when in March I found out I was not selected to participate.  However, there was an alternative and if I was going to do it I was going to do it all the way!  So I joined the "public division" of Season 6 and I was off and running, quite literally!  As part of the PD, we were given a FREE membership to Spiece along with opportunities to attend nutrition classes and other group workouts with the FWSW trainers.  By some random coincidence (of which I believe in no such thing) I had the opportunity to meet another contestant from Season 5 of FWSW and I asked him what his advice would be.  He then introduced me to my favorite new tool for health and wellness, My Fitness Pal  www.myfitnesspal.com.  When Season 6 kicked off on April 1, I was armed and ready for the challenge!  All the pieces were in place for success and I began, to quote recording artist Toby Mac, the "Race of my life".
 

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