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Have you ever had a simple little comment throw you off, get you going, or rile you up in some manner? It happened to me recently and I am hoping I can use it for motivation. My blog friend Tony Posnanski called me out recently for a weight loss blog contest I decided to throw this month.

Basically I’ve just been in a major rut and haven’t been able to get anything going on my weight loss so I am falling back on things that are easier than writing about gaining weight – like giving away money. It probably wouldn’t surprise anyone to learn I am working on a redesign of my blog too. I’m a classic procrastinator looking to focus on the less important things while my weight balloons.

Anyway, I thought Tony’s comments were dead on the mark and I didn’t have any problem with them at all. He liked the way I used to write and was simply calling me out for not writing like I used to.

So what was the comment that set me off?

The first comment posted on his post, from rottie69: “My hat is off to you Tony. It sounds like you and John are 2 of a kind.”

Now I don’t know for sure if this is what she meant, but I took it to be the opposite of a standard saying which would be “you two are one of a kind” – in this case I would love to be one of a kind with Tony because the guy has lost 200 pounds, is a prolific writer and and all around nice guy. And he cooks, and I love to cook.

But saying we are two of a kind? Well to me that means I’m the opposite – I’m the yang to Tony’s ying. And let’s face it – the truth hurts. I’m not losing 2 pounds let alone 200.

So rottie69 – here’s to you, thanks for the wakeup call.

Tags: comments, motivation, weight loss