[ So, Let Me See ]
[ How Do I Tell, My WW Family ]
[ What, They Mean To Me ]
[ How About Writing Them A Story ]
[ That I Hope, Will Not Come Across, As Being Too Boring ]
[ My Beautiful Wife Started Us Out On This Journey In The Year 2012 ]
[ She Had Talked About It, Maybe A Year Before This ]
[ But I Quickly Put That Idea On A Shelf ]
[ I Was So Unhealthy @ The Time ]
[ It Got So Bad ]
[ I Thought Losing Weight In My Late (40’s) Was Too Big Of A Mountain To Climb ]
[ That Kind Of Made Me Sad ]
[ So, Nicole Brought Up The Idea Again ]
[ This Time, I Asked (OKAY, WHEN?) ]
[ (WILL THIS BEGIN?) ]
[ We Picked A Time & A Day ]
[ When The Day Came ]
[ I Had No Idea, What I Would Weigh ]
[ Well, There Was No Reason To Suck In My Gut ]
[ When She Told Me, I Was Shocked, Because I Asked ]
[ (I WEIGHED WHAT?) ]
[ So, The Journey, Began ]
[ I Had To Convince Myself, That I Was Not Embarking On A Diet ]
[ I Was Told That It Is A Lifestyle Change, So @ First, I Wasn’t, The Biggest Fan ]
[ As I Was Learning The Ropes ]
[ I Started To Have Hope ]
[ I Began To Look Forward To The Saturday Meeting ]
[ I Found That The Scale Doesn’t Lie ]
[ Sometimes It Can Really Tell, What You Have Been Eating ]
[ It Wasn’t A Hard Sale ]
[ To Get Me Convinced ]
[ That WW Does Not Completely Focus On The Numbers That Show Up On The Scale ]
[ But, This Past Year We Took A Step Back, As A Cost Cutting Move ]
[ In A Short Period Of Time, We Fell, Out Of Our Groove ]
[ Then Nicole Received A Text, From A WW Friend ]
[ Well, What She Said ]
[ & What Nicole Read ]
[ Helped Us Bring Our Hiatus, To An End ]
[ We Really Missed Our, TEAM SATURDAY ]
[ We Missed The Comraderie ]
[ We Missed The Smiles & The Friendly Waves ]
[ It Is A Proven Fact That When People Of Like Minds Gather ]
[ Together ]
[ There Is More Success ]
[ When People See, Others Succeed ]
[ Then, They Trust The Process ]
[ If You Ever Think That It Doesn’t Matter, If You Are Here Or Not ]
[ I Am Putting You On The Spot ]
[ It Does ]
[ For Every Reason, That Starts With (BECAUSE) ]
[ Because Of This ]
[ & Because Of That ]
[ Let Me Check My List ]
[ To See Which (REASON) We Are @ ]
[ I Am So Lucky To Always Have My Wife, My Best Friend & My Biggest Advocate By My Side @ All Times ]
[ Plus, She Is A Captive Audience ]
[ Whenever I Want To Read, Out Loud, One Of My Latest Stories That Rhymes ]
[ It Is Extremely Hard To Do This On Your Own ]
[ Whenever You Come To A Meeting ]
[ You (ARE) Someone, That Is Not Alone ]
[ Mahalo, To Each & Every One Of You For Making Us Feel Welcomed, Like We Were Never Gone ]
[ The Feelings We Get By Coming Here ]
[ By Seeing You All ]
[ Could Never Be Bought Through Amazon ]
[ If You Don’t Believe Me, Give ‘Em A Call ]
[ & Amazon Sells Everything ]
[ But, Not This Feeling ]
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~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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Tag: #team
(566)▪︎[ Team SATURDAY … 9•4•2022 ]
[ Well Jori, You & Team Saturday Forever Changed My Life ]
[ Because Of Unforseen Circumstances ]
[ Myself & My Wife ]
[ Had To Stop ]
[ I Am Sorry That It Feels Like An Abrupt Drop ]
[ We Are Trying To Stay On Our Feet ]
[ But In The Meantime We Will Have To Remember All That You
Have Taught Us When We Sit Down To Eat ]
[ We Started The WW Program (2) Years After 2010 ]
[ I Did Not Want To Do It ]
[ & Then … ]
[ Eventually I Reached My Goal ]
[ So I Thought That I Could Reach (LIFE TIME) ]
[ Since I Was On A Roll ]
[ No Joking About Bread ]
[ I Was Talking About Hard Work Instead ]
[ We Stumbled Into (TEAM SATURDAY) & You Off Of A
Recommendation From Another Member ]
[ Right Now, I Wish I Could Remember ]
[ Who To Thank ]
[ But My Mind Draws A Blank ]
[ Now Let Me Explain Something To My (TEAM SATURDAY)
Members About What I Do During Our Weekly Meetings ]
[ I Write A Story With What I Hear So I Can Read It @ A
Different Time ]
[ I Am Also Not Just Reading ]
[ No Checking On Facebook During My WW Time ]
[ As I Listen To All Of The Day’s Information ]
[ I Will Take Notes By Writing A Story That Will Rhyme ]
[ Then I Can Go Back & Read What I Wrote ]
[ For Me, That Is Much Better Than Taking A Couple Of Notes ]
[ Jori, We Thank You For All Of Your Guidance & Advice ]
[ Everytime I Went To The Meeting I Wondered How You’d
Be Dressed ]
[ & Every Single Meeting You Were Always So Nice ]
[ You Were ½ The Reason That We Succeeded, The Other ½
Was Because Of Those Who Were On The Same Journey ]
[ Each Person Walks The Path Differently ]
[ Sherpa Steps, One After The Other ]
[ Trusting Your Brother ]
[ (TEAM SATURDAY) Was The Best, Most Inclusive, Supportive
Group Of People That We Had Ever Met ]
[ People Would Come & Go ]
[ But The Core Group Was Set ]
[ The Only Thing That I’ve Been A Part Of Longer, In Years, Is My
Marriage, 26 & Counting ]
[ We Are Sorry About Being So Hit & Miss Towards The End ]
[ Since The ‘VID19, Pressure Had Been Mounting ]
[ Please Know That This Was Because Of Unfortunate Problems &
Nothing More ]
[ There Have Been Surprises Galore ]
[ Who Knows, When Things Level Out ]
[ We Will Come Back, To Where People Shout ]
[ T E A M S A T U R D A Y! ]
[ Thank You All ]
[ Nicole & Robert DeVoe ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(811)▪︎[ How Is Your Team? … 9•24•2021 ]
[ You Made A Wish Upon A Shining Star When It Was Pitch
Black Dark, In The Night ]
[ It Was So Dark Outside ]
[ You Were Torn Between Your (FIGHT OR FLIGHT) ]
[ That’s The Frame Of Mind That You Get In When You Feel
That You Need To Save Your Own Ass ]
[ It Is Also The Kind of Thinking That You Have When You’re Trying
To Get Away From Your Past ]
[ No One That You Know Likes To Be Passed ]
[ & Then Wind Up Coming In Last ]
[ When The Sun Comes Up, You’re Blinded For A Second Or Two ]
[ Since You’re Not Usually Outside @ This Time ]
[ This Event Was Something New ]
[ You Told Yourself That You Needed To Do This Again ]
[ When It’s A Clear Blue Sky ]
[ With No Rain Or Wind ]
[ You’ve Never Been Fond Of Windy Weather ]
[ It Moves Things All Around ]
[ & That Mixes Things Together ]
[ When You’re Out In Short Sleeves ]
[ Raking Leaves ]
[ Into Piles ]
[ The Wind Comes Along ]
[ & Then Makes A Mess For Miles ]
[ You Guess The Weather Can Put A Crimp In Your Plans For Doing
Yard Work ]
[ The Wind Is Not One Of Nature’s Perks ]
[ It’s More Like The Kid From Down The Street ]
[ Coming Through & Acting Like A Jerk ]
[ You’ll Take The Calm Weather Of A New Sunny Day ]
[ You Could Only Wish That You Could Start Every Morning
In That Kind Of Peaceful Way ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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