02/10/2024
Back in 1993, when I first joined WeightWatchers, I never believed that I'd be careering down a mountaintop on a toboggan in 2024. I'm no spring chicken even though I looked like a chicken (probably an old chook) as I stood at the top of the hill wondering what the hell I was doing, thinking I could get to the bottom safely. With legs trembling and no instructions from anyone about how to steer this thing, I carefully sat on it and quickly noticed it just started moving downhill by itself. It gathered up speed. Talk about SCREAM! I couldn't steer it no matter how hard I pulled on the rope or leaned a certain way, so I ended up in the back of some poor guy's toboggan profusely apologising and feeling extremely embarrassed.
Did I let that stop me? NO WAY! I tried again and again before finally asking someone "What's the best way to steer this thing?" He told me to take my feet out of the toboggan and steer and brake with them😵💫😳. Made sense. I can't believe I didn't think of that. I was completely lost until this man helped me. He looked like he knew what he was doing. On my last glide down the hill, someone crashed into me🤣. So I taught him to use his feet😁.
This is similar to how my weight loss journey and career with WeightWatchers evolved. I knew I wanted to lose weight but I didn't know how to do it. I tried many times on my own but I was lost. I stood trembling at the door of my first Weight Watchers meeting. I jumped in not knowing what I was doing and failed my way to success. In the end, after completing my mission of reaching goal weight, I ended up helping others to get to their goal weight by becoming a Coach and then a WeightWatchers Australia New Zealand Ambassador.
I am grateful to WeightWatchers for so many things. I'll get to that in my next post. With all the changes that are happening here in Australia and New Zealand with WW, I'd just like to say to all my past members and current members, keep your chin up. WW will be providing you with alternatives and I will stay here to support you too.
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