Shape Up HP

Just when I had this epiphany of motivation to want to make my life better by losing weight (or should I say, hit my all time low in self-esteem & general healthiness and all time high in weight), a beam of yellow light seemed to have poked it's head through to help me out. The Monday after my epiphany, I received an email at work talking of a new wellness initiative called Shape Up HP. It was a chance to be on a team and challenge others in the company on 3 different sets of challenges, weight loss, pedometer steps and minutes exercising. It's as if a higher power knew of my plans and said, let's give her a gentle nudge in the right directions with some help and motivation. Plus, they were facilitating all of it online and providing everyone with a free pedometer. On top of that, on completion of the 12 week challenge, you receive a $100 gift code to Amazon.com. Either way, I stand to gain at least something out of the program - a healthier me or a $100 gift card! And even more so, on top of that, if I created my own team, it would serve in multiple ways to show my leadership abilities and keep me motivated toward my goals by having responsibility to others. Seems like it's a win-win-win for me, myself and I. So I did it. I created a team, sent a call out for AsM team members to join and copied the leadership. I got 6 members (including me) on my team and a nod from my manager's manager. I also have tons of plans on how to keep people motivated and interested. I'm very excited about this opportunity. The contests start int he beginning of May and I received my pedometer in the mail. I'm going to be taking some initial readings this week. From now on, I will be trying to track my steps, exercise and weight loss daily here (if not, then weekly). I'm also going to try to track my food intake as well so I can get a handle on what I'm eating and see where I can improve on that as well. Here's hoping!