TRAINING
My team is made up of fellow
White Oaks team members and their
spouses. Nice people, most of the
time. There’s Bob from finance and
his friend Sue, also an accountant.
They are quite precise about things
and I do believe were a big influence
Regular
This challenge started with
measurements, a quick fitness
test and a weigh-in. The idea is to
work out four times a week to gain
points, and then toss in additional
program elements like attending
seminars, taking racquet lessons
but he definitely berated me and
his workout partner Wes. poor, poor
innocent Wes! Yes, Ed Lepp. I said
berated and I’m not changing it.
and participating in member events
to gain more points. To help us
all on our journey, each team is
assigned a personal trainer. We
will discuss our trainer shortly…
Tina, Jenny and I worked out with
the trainer at other times and then
the last couple, Bob and Sue set
an entirely different schedule! very
hard to get all of us together and we
all had very different goals. Okay…
mostly everyone’s goals were to lose
weight, feel great and be fitter.
Ed Lepp and Wes from our team
worked out together with the trainer.
ALMOST NO ONE
PAYS HIM TO
HARDLY WORK
OUT WITH THEM
in voting against my suggestion of
team name – The cheaters. That’s
what I heard anyway. There’s Jenny
from the Spa who doesn’t even need
to work out because she’s gorgeous
but she’s in it because she likes to
buy new gym outfits. Tina from Sales
and her lovely husband Wes, who
both work busy full time jobs and
have three kids under five (one five
year-old big brother and then three
year-old twins!). I think we can all
agree that these two just want to
get out of the house. And last but
not least my husband Ed Lepp. Yes,
we call him his full name, no one
knows why. Ed Lepp. Not Ed. Not
Edward. Definitely never Eddie.
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We appointed my darling husband
Ed Lepp our team leader. Honestly,
we figured his job was to get
the ratings, and send us emails
reminding us of upcoming seminars
and events. What a sucker he was,
taking this admin job on! Well…
turns out Ed Lepp got a bit more
into it than we’d anticipated. He
became a tad competitive and
berated the group weekly! Okay…
maybe he encouraged the group
My goal was just to get through it
and survive. I hate working out. I
hate being sweaty. Blech…I think
sweating is the body’s way of saying
“Hey lady, you’re overheating here
and you’re starting to leak! You are
exploding slowly. Stop what you’re
doing immediately and lie down.”
But I’m told that is utterly wrong.