After the first 7 weeks of NFL football, my ”Healthball Hulks” stand at 4-3 in the fantasy football standings and I stand at 5-2 for my Fantasy Healthball scores. My most painful healthball loss was week six where I scored a very respectable 124 healthball points (surely enough to win, right?) and my fantasy opponent, the Malvern Manglers, scored 143 points. The Manglers had Matt Schaub passing for 392 yards and FOUR touchdowns and Maurice Jones-Drew adding three more touchdowns on his 133 yards. Oh, and two of Shaub’s TDs went to the Manglers TE Owen Daniels – WHO, by the way, only had 2 touchdowns all of last year, but he decides to go on a tear and the Manglers total 143.
Looking back at my 124 healthpoints that week, I had an amazing Monday through Thursday and I started to fall apart on Friday and Saturday. I got cocky and thought I had scored enough points to win. On Friday, I only met 3 of my 7 challenges and on Saturday I met 2 of 7. I needed to follow our health advice and our exercise advice. This is a great reminder about consistency. Had I finished strong, I might have even beaten the 143 points from the Manglers. I coasted in the “4th quarter” of the week and it resulted in the “L.”
Let this be a reminder to the Healthball Hulks and also to you. Meeting your health goals is an everyday challenge. You can’t coast and be as successful as you want. You only meet 2 of your 7 challenges and you probably deserve the “L!” Push it out, finish strong, and you are likely to record the “W” for your health.
Am I fearsome?
Oh, and one more thing, I picked Matt Forte as the #2 pick in the entire draft and was proud to have the great Chicago Bear who I could watch with pride all season. Now he looks like Gnat Forte as in “couldn’t hurt a gnat.” Ugg! – Jim Ballard
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