It all started with a Tweet

You know, people joke about Twitter being a silly thing, but one person's Tweet has truly changed my life!

It all started with one Tweet from @problogger, an Australian blogger I follow, who mentioned @MishBridges in one of his Tweets. I didn't know who @MishBridges was, so out of curiosity, I went to her Twitter page.

From her Twitter page, I went to her website and found out that she is the trainer for the Australian version of The Biggest Loser. After reading over her website, I got a sense of her personality and liked what I saw.

On her site, she was advertising a really cool new program called the 12 Week Body Transformation, also known as 12WBT. She promised personal interaction with users on message boards, weekly mindset videos, menus, exercise plans and more, so I signed up, as did more than 1,000 other people, mostly Aussies!

Once I signed up, I got a VERY unexpected, but welcome, surprise. Mish had a one-month PREPARATION phase before the diet even started. We prepared our minds, our kitchens, got the right training gear, set goals, listed obstacles and more.

Wow, I had never prepared for losing weight like this. This was so different than my usual proclamation on Sunday that I would "start on Monday." It was so new and different, it HAD to work, right?!

This program is JUST what I needed. At JUST the right time. And how cool is it that I am doing this challenge with a bunch of new friends on the other side of the world?!

Nancy