Inspiring others

I received an email today from a friend who joined Weight Watchers a few months ago. He joined largely because of Robyn and I. He was amazed at how good we looked and wanted to loose some weight himself, so he and his husband decided to join. We got a few emails from him at first, asking questions and talking about his initial experience. Then nothing. He's not someone either of us really talk to on a hugely regular basis. We see them both at parties and gatherings, but that's about it. This this morning, he sent Robyn and I the most wonderful email. Here's part of it:

Yep, as of tonight I'm the proud owner of a Weight Watchers (tm) key ring. I reached my 10% target goal!

Two of us got our key rings tonight. Lorrie [their ww leader] asked us if there was anything that inspired us to join WW and stick with the program. So I had the opportunity to tell the group about my friends Robyn and Andrea, and how fantabulous they looked after doing WW, and how whenever I'd gotten frustrated I just thought about how well they'd done.

And Scott's doing even better. I'm eating his dust. He's like the Olympic Champion of weight loss in our group. 13 weeks and he's dropped almost 35 lbs.

How awesome is that? I am so excited and proud. It's one thing for people to tell you how great you look and how they wish they could have the willpower that you have and blah blah blah (and btw, to quote someone on the WW boards...willpower is HIGHLY overrated). But to actually inspire someone to go after what they want, to become healthier and happier.....that's just awesome.