Putting Failure into Perspective

I'm a miserable failure. I am not a Loser. The office biggest loser contest has come to an end and I have lost...nothing. Except $50 that is.

We started 14 weeks ago and I was an early favorite to succeed since I work out daily and have won the contest in the past. But I never really got motivated. My workouts continued consistently. That's never been my problem. But I was not able to change my eating habits.

My colleagues did have some success. Many of them reached the 10% lost goal that we had set. I'm happy for them, but kind of angry at myself for not giving my best effort.

Just like any failure though, all I can do now is set my sights on the next goal, learn from this and move on. I have a Florida vacation planned for late March. Beaches and sun will have to be the new motivator. Money clearly was not enough.