The Making the Right Moves with TOPS blog series made its OPENING almost one year ago (April 25, 2025). The ACTIVITY of refracting on my journey to a healthier me has been a great ADVANTAGE.
Using the knowledge I have obtained and sharing it across the RANK & FILE has been a wonderful DEVELOPMENT, helping me and others avoid a HOWLER that may create an impasse in our travels. This may be the last installment of this series; however, it is certainly no CHECKMATE.
I am honored to be in this POSITION, helping people develop a STRATEGY to find the right COMBINATION to ATTACK this dreaded disease, obesity.
At times in my pre-TOPS life, I felt lost in a CRAMPED SPACE, thinking the only path to success was to SACRIFICE. I now know not to feel FORCED and use the OVER THE BOARD EXCHANGE of support to help me navigate around any BLOCKADE that life always seems to throw my way.
Some may think a game of chess is challenging. I agree. However, the game of life seems a bit more challenging. All the noise out there that tells me the latest and greatest new way to lose weight makes me feel like a PAWN. I’m constantly trying to avoid the next STALEMATE.
There are many pieces in the game. TOPS has helped to find the right ones at the right time. Once a KNIGHT, I refract on the best path, deciding to move like a ROOK or a BISHOP.
In TOPS, we all strive to be a KING or QUEEN. A member knows that the first move is to reach their goal and become a KOPS. The equivalent term in chess is a GRANDMASTER.
A chess GRANDMASTER is the highest title a chess player can achieve. It symbolizes exceptional skills, a great grasp of using the right pieces and considerable dedication to the game. Does this remind you of someone special in TOPS?
In TOPS, we cannot all be royalty, but we can all be a GRANDMASTER.
A KOPS is indeed a GRANDMASTER of TOPS. In chess, it is a lifetime honor, and in TOPS, these are the members who have mastered the key to longevity. I hope you soon become a GRANDMASTER of TOPS.
