Illustrated birthday cards with thoughtful, sentimental verses and expressions of gratitude and love.
I'm a sucker for a good birthday celebration, in years past I have organised surprise parties and all sorts of themed activities to celebrate not just my own, but my children's, and friends birthdays.
This week, I'm celebrating my birthday, well, not the actual anniversary of my birth. However, something of near equal importance to me, the anniversary of becoming a Weight Watchers Leader.
Becoming a leader, was like putting an exclamation mark on my weight loss journey to date.
Last night, I arranged to go out for coffee and cake (yes, we eat cake at Weight Watchers) post meeting, to celebrate with a handful of co-workers, support staff and meeting members.
What a lovely evening, my support staff really surprised me toward the end of my meeting talk for ww's members, with an amazing bouquet of flowers (of course, there were not many dry eyes in the house), and a beautifully written card.
After the fantastic coffee date I arrived home to emails of gratitude for my leadership and good wishes for the future.
I'm quite chuffed, so I thought this would be a good place to share :)
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Hi,
Just a little note to say that tonight was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed meeting some of the other members of Ali's merry men - that jen is a crack up! And I met the prettiest girl I have ever seen. Good job all round.
I know you have had it tough over the last few months, the earth moving, the end of Ali's Cupcakes, illnesses, bad backs and some nasty peeps interrupting your mojo, but this is just to let you know that you have a HUGE fan club out there. As I said at your meeting, there was a very strong trend in tonight's meeting from all those who were brave enough to share their personal journey's as they all mentioned that their own motivation is possible because of your support and ability to understand. They could go to any one of the ww meetings in Christchurch, but they choose to stay with you because of all the support and encouragement that you give us. No judgement, no lectures, just advice and a bit - nah, a lot, of laughs to help us through.
The more I get to know you, the more I am blown away by your courage, your strength through adversity and your creativity. Thank you for being you.
Just sayin'........
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Ali has been a huge inspiration to me, after initially losing the weight, having it come back was really upsetting, I was going to a meeting who just wasn’t inspiring me, then I found Halswell!
Finding a leader who had the same starting weight as me was a great help, knowing that if Ali could do it, so could I. Now I work for Ali at some of her various meetings and I am back on track and motivated.
Ali is very supportive and my countless questions never seem to irritate her. Thanks for your support and motivation, and especially for getting up at 5am with me to exercise.
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Dear Ali,
You are always there for me, whether it is a small question to you, it will be a large one to me. Your commitment and dedication is admirable and is never ending. You never make me feel a bother.
You are a true inspiration to me and when I need a kick up the bum I know where to come. You made me acknowledge I am worthy of this journey, I take my hat off to you, that was no easy task. I want to thank you for your never ending support, love and inspiration you have given to me in the past year and I hope in many years to come.
Your journey has only just begun, just like mine and I sure look forward to sharing that journey with you! And most of all I thank you for your open arms and friendship, remember I am always here for you!
Congratulations on your first year as a fantastic, stunning and inspirational leader. Your following is a true testament to how fantastic you are.
Thank you for being you!
XO
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Even my area manager got her 2 cents in, I'm pretty glad she did:
Ali - I just wanted to say what an awesome Ambassador's Meeting you led tonight at Westfield Riccarton! I love success stories - they are part of what kept me motivated on my own journey and each one had a common theme - the support we get from meetings and having a motivational Leader! You are an inspiration to your members and to your staff and go above and beyond the call of duty. You are a force to be reckoned with and I am lucky to have you on my team! Happy first anniversary! xx
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Thank you Ali. You are so amazing. I wouldn't be where I was today if it wasn't for you, and I don't just mean that in a weight loss sense either, you have helped me in so many ways. And also the fact that my boyfriend wanted to come say hi instead of going to the Fox for beers is really saying something about how awesome you are Mrs Woodhouse. :D
___________________________________________________________________________________I think that's enough showing off for today, but how lucky am I, to get to catch up with these amazing, loving people every week! I've learned and gained so much in my time as a leader, and the friendships I have forged with many of my members is totally priceless!
Ali xo
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