[CyberTOPS] Barbara T - My Chapter's Challenge

[Barbara T (aka TopsyKatinKS)]

What a great week! We had a net loss of 12+ pounds.....long time in coming.
Our leader presented us with a new challenge. We were each assigned a partner
starting this week to year's end. The major purpose of this pairing is to get
us in the habit of supporting and encouraging each other towards our goals.
But the icing is the reward offer. If BOTH members of a team have a net loss
at year's end of 10 pounds, each member gets $25. We only have one KOPS at
this time, and she's our co-leader and AC, so I'm not sure how that fits for
her. It's going to be interesting to see the result at year's end.
 
I'm with Barb Cady and others that rewards for such challenges should be
monetary or in gift certificates to a non-food establishment. My first chapter
back in Texas had/has a lot of food-related "events" and it sure didn't seem
to help much when we had a "salad supper" and almost everything that was
brought was high-fat, high-carb, high-calorie. Not a positive reinforcement
for changing our eating habits and lifestyle




         TOPS KS 0948, Wichita