It All Adds Up

Happy Friday - and welcome to the start of the 4th of July weekend!  Many of us will be involved in a variety of celebrations and holiday activities this weekend, so plan carefully and have a great weekend! 

Long holiday weekends can be tough, especially if you've been plan a while and are hitting "plan fatigue."  Do you ever get tired of staying on plan?  I know I did!  Does it ever feel pointless to open up yet another Take Shape for Life/Medifast meal?  Especially for those who have a lot of weight to lose, like I did, getting to goal will require months and months of opening a Medifast meal five times a day, weighing our lean, measuring out our veggies.  There may be times when it becomes boring, or at least not very much fun anymore, and you may wonder if it's worth it, especially when faced with a weekend of holiday cookouts.

Several months ago I read a story about a freshman named Mike at the University of Illinois who, in 1987, found a unique way to finance his education.  He convinced a popular columnist at one of the Chicago newspapers to ask his readers to "send in a penny for Mike."  Mike just asked for a penney because he reasoned that a penny doesn't mean anything to anyone.  He guessed that every reader would find loose pennies in their house, under couch cushions, in their car - forgotten and not valued.

To everyone's surprise, people began sending in their pennies, and in less than a month the fund was up to 2.3 million cents, with donations coming in from all over the United States as well as Mexico, Canada and the Bahamas.  Mike eventually ended up with $28,000 - those pennies added up!

The little things we do today, each Medifast meal in and of itself may seem of little value - but put together, day after day, it adds up!  It's hard for us to have the big picture sometimes when we face what feels like the monotony of yet another day on plan, but there IS a big picture - and it's you at goal :-).

And you'll get there, one meal, one day, and one choice at a time.  Choose wisely :-)