After a whole year of no blogs, instead of I'll Be Back it is ...
And why would I not start the newest blog with a picture of one of the greatest action hero's of the 80s!! An Action Hero who is also one buff dude but also a strong supporter of being healthy ... which leads into why I started to do these blogs again ... my motivation to get healthy!!
I figure I would continue to share my journey of losing weight and getting healthy by picking off where I left off last year with my weekly blog posts. Entertaining the masses on this crazy journey! So here we go....
THE MOTIVATION
Everyone who knows me know I am a very competitive person. I love a challenge, I love the competition, I really love being number 1!!! My work is taking the lead to get employees healthy with a challenge. 100 employees were provided a Garmin Vivofit. The challenge...Start walking to compete with other employees on who can get the most steps. Starting January 12th and going on for 8 weeks. At the conclusion the employee with the most steps will be the winner. Did someone say there will be a WINNER!!! I was in!!!
DO I HAVE A PROBLEM?
Some might say, yes. Those that do, guess you just do not know me that well, I am really just that competitive, where competitiveness is more like a drug. Is that a problem, hell no, becasue I admitted it, I know about it and I know I gotta be first!! So how did I get this way? I for sure did not have a Dad who told me "If you are not first you are last." So it was not in my upbringing. My guess is being a winner is in my blood!!! If it is in your blood then winning flows through your entire body!! I guess in summary that is what makes me awesome!!
The first week of the challenge is almost up and for those that are reading this your first questions, so are you in 1st. The answer to that (as I bite down and clinch my fist) NO!! However, has that motivated me to work harder and get to the top HELL YES!!! I am in the top 10 as we speak, wait syncing my Garmin now...ok now top 8!!!
HOW AM I DOING IT
First week has been tough, well at least with my competitive addiction. As the first day was closing I looked at the rankings, what I saw blew my mind, someone has 10k more steps then me!! Of course I could not stand for that and went to the treadmill...at 11:30PM!!! Yep had to squeeze as many steps as I could get to close out the day!!! Nothing like working up a sweat and then trying to sleep!! The rest of the week I have motivated myself to get up at 6am and get some walking in. I guess we will see how long I can keep that up!!
IN CLOSING...Something 80!!!
As last year I always ended with something from the 80's. Why you ask, well that was my childhood and I had so many good memories and cool things that happened during that time. So it is another good motivator to end a blog on something fun!!
Only because we are talking about getting in shape how about we watch a true American Hero with his cartoon debut.
Have a rad day and an awesome week!!
-= Kurt =-
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