The meeting topic this week is about celebrating a choice you made last week. I tend to think I make pretty good choices most weeks but there is definitely one that I want to celebrate. The choice I'm choosing to celebrate this week is my Tuesday meeting-as-a-member. Even though I'm a leader I still take the time to sit in a meeting and be a member. I celebrate with my fellow members, I participate when questions are asked and sometimes I even write on my weekly when there is a writing activity. For nearly four years I have gone to the same meeting with very few exceptions. Finding a meeting group that I clicked with was tremendously important to the success of my weight loss.
On Tuesday I wrote an email that I sort of dreaded having to write. I wrote an email to Karen, my leader, to explain that I wouldn't be able to come to the meeting anymore because I was going to be leading a meeting at the same time in a different city. She replied and told me she knew the day would come. So, I want to celebrate Karen. I know that without her constant encouragement and guidance I'd have given up within months of joining. It's what I always did. She is the leader I want to become...
To the ladies and gents of the Tuesday 4:30 group... know that you have inspired me in ways I never thought possible. You encouraged me to get active - I'm looking at you Kim C and Jen
BF. Your success kept me going because I wanted it too, Diane F. You made me laugh (and want to eat Reese's Peanut Butter shapes), Kari B. You made me really think about my goal weight, Melany S. You helped me understand how to be a location coordinator, Martha. You laughed with me... or at me... either way you always laughed, Patti A. You became my friends and I wish I knew how to thank you, Sue W, Faith B, Kathy J, Colleen R and so many more that I know I'm forgetting.
You guys helped me change my life. I only hope to do the same for someone else in the future. I'll miss you all and hope that our paths cross again, soon. Until then, take care of yourselves and each other.
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