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Have you ever thought of making a game out of weight loss?  I have.  I have two friends, one I met in my job at Wal-mart and one I met online three years ago who has become my best friend.  It was something I thought of a couple of months ago.  You know how hard it gets to get in water, exercise and how easy it is to make excuses to get out of it.  Well, our game gives incentives to get them in.  Basically the way it works is, we get five points for water (each bottle), 30 min of exercise, fruit ( one per meal and snack up to 6), veggie (same rule as fruit), breakfast, and each pound lost ( weighing in no more then once a week).  If you don’t get in any of the previous with the exception of weigh ins, then you have to subtract five points.  You get bonus points for not eating out with the exception of subway.  You also get bonus points for exercising for an hour a day.  It may sound silly to some but it usually keeps me from making excuses of not exercising and all of the above.  Our points challenges run six weeks at a time.  Whoever has the most points at the end of the six weeks, gets rewarded with an angel we are passing around and with a personal gift from the last place person that costs only $5 or less.  It is fun and we give each other a lot of support as well. 
I believe that you can never have to much support. I love getting and giving support.  My friends there and here are absolutely awesome.  I know I can come on here and read other blogs and get inspiration and get comments on my blog.  It’s great because I’ve been other places where you can spill your heart out and no one seems to listen, comment, or care.  I don’t expect comments everyday but so far I’ve gotten one here everyday and it feels great. 

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My family is supportive as well. I know Mary was talking about in her blog how her husband wouldn’t let her quit.  It was very inspirational.  My hubby is the same way but he’s been very hard on me.  The poor man came up to me the other day and told me that I needed to buy him some jeans that were a size bigger then he’s been wearing.  I had to laugh.  This is the first time he’s admitted he needs a bigger pair of jeans.  He used to wear  a size 29 and now I’m getting to buy him a size 36.  I’m trying to convince him that he needs to do this with me.  I think after I go into phase 2 and the food in the house changes that hopefully  he’ll lose.  He keeps saying that he’s going to go to the Y with me and wouldn’t let me cancel the membership.  I don’t mind paying for it as long as someone is using it.   He’s not a big man.  I just don’t want him to end up with a bigger weight problem.  He is starting to understand my plight more now.  He’s always been supportive but not understanding.  He thinks you need  willpower and that will do it.
Anyway, I’ve rambled on enough. I’m in a talkative mood tonite.  Thank you all for listening.  I love it here.