Judgement Time

The Judgement card has definitely been the theme of this week.  This card is taken from the beautiful Gilded deck by Ciro Marchetti.  It's back to business in Tubby Town for everyone after December's excesses, and we are running a team competition to see which loses the most weight between now and Easter.  The teams are Elephants versus Hippos and I am the Hippo team leader.

The Judgement card is about rebirth and renewal, and also confronting, facing up to and letting go of the past.   This describes our week perfectly, both Naughty Nellies and Hottie Hippos (I'm not biased with the adjectives of course).  We are all turning over a new leaf for the Challenge (rebirth and renewal) and are also confronting and coming to terms with our past (everyone has to declare a starting weight for the Challenge).  **ouch**.   I can tell this has pushed a few buttons (or muffin tops), mine included.

Judgement doesn't Judge us though, it is about us preparing to move on to a new beginning, which is characterised by its following card in the tarot - The World - the final major card in a tarot deck.  The end of an era,and the start of a new phase in our lives.

And so my lovely Tubby Towners, that is us as we stand poised on the precipice of the first team challenge of 2012.  Facing up to our indulgent pasts, confronting the weight we see on the scales in front of us, and making those changes we all know in our heart of hearts we have to make.

Good luck to you all, and may we all lose tons of weight - although may the Hippos lose more than the Elephants. (of course!).

See you on the scales!