Long story short, I won. I am the biggest loser at work. Yes there are a lot of things you can comment on in that sentence. I choose a $100 gift card to Wal-mart. I think they allow you to buy other gift cards with them. I was going to purchase Visa and by wood. They gave me a Target gift card and Target does not allow you to do that type of thing. So we bought things we needed for the house and clothes for the boys. But I did get this nice little plaque:
So now what? I ended up losing about 28 lbs. My pants don't fit and I have the need to continue being healthy. I have found out a few things about me that I have forgotten. I have more energy and I feel lighter. After completing something like this I find the question is "Now what?" Does it end? Many times it does. What is the motivation to keep going? With the weight loss I like how I feel and that I can now run two laps around our table chasing our sons before getting tired. I can fit in some clothes that I have had for a couple of years hoping that I would fit in them again.
What motivates me to to continue at work, continue at woodworking, self improvement, religion, being a friend. These are just a couple of things that I have been thinking about. The motivation is different in the different areas however there has to be something driving one to do things. I have also thought about is there better types of motivation. I would have to think yes. I could have lost weight to be healthier but my initial drive was the money. It has been interesting to reflect on the motivations in my life.
Yes that was a little to abstract, not about woodworking but I needed to get it out. I have been working a lot with some puzzles. Here is my latest one. It is a unicorn on hard maple. It turned out nice. I am getting better at the scroll saw. My wife said it looks mean, so it is at work.
On a side note, I just purchased a mattress for the bed and found out it is the same size as the other one. The internet lies, but the bed still looks great. My son loves it.