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Asheville, nc

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We are a mother daughter team and we are taking the first steps to change our lives forever! We are not dieting we are choosing to live a whole new healthy lifestyle!! I believe that together we will accomplish our goals and in the meantime become so much closer. I know that together we can do anything!

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March 17

we are still hanging in

Well, I havent been able to post for a few days. We have had alot of saddness going on within our family the past week or so. We have had a cousin pass away and then a dear dear friend of ours.

But......I must say we are doing so well. We have been within our points range everyday and have also managed to walk 3 miles a day. I have also been working out for 2 hours a day to go along with the walking. I was able to wear a size 14 skirt to church yesterday!!! it had been hanging in my closet for 2 years!!! I was sooooo excited. Mom is also seeing great results in her clothes and has even gone down a size or 2...

I am really excited to see who is gonna get to go to LA for the finale....I wish they would tell us already!!!

Hope everyone has an awesome day!!!

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March 11

so sad

so sad that today is the last day of the challange. I will miss everyone!!! As for us we are going to continue to blog and post our results. It helps so much!!!!

I wish all of the challangers the best of luck on your contiued journey and those of you who are lucky enough to win a trip to the finale please give Jillian a great big thanks from us lol!!

I honestly do not know where we would have been if it had not been for this challange. We got so much more out of this than we ever dreamed possible. First of all we are on the right track to getting our lives back and we are becoming so much more healthy and motivated, second this challange has given me a new best friend. My mom and I have become extremely close with this process and That is something I will cherish more than anything. I feel that I have won the grand prize already!!! I never knew what an amazing woman my mother is and all that she has to do on a daily basis!!! I know now that she is superwoman and I am glad that getting healthy she will be around alot longer!!!

Thanks to everyone and we wish you contiued success in 2008!!!!

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March 10

ONEderland!!!!

I am so excited to say that I no longer have a 2 as the first number of my weight!!!! We went to weight watchers this morning praying they would let us weigh in and they did. Well I am not at 198!!!! I cried..... I cant remember the last time I was below 200. Mom is doing great as well, she is 5lbs away from onederland.

It has motivated me soooo much more than I ever imagined it would. I wish Jillian was here so I could give her a great big thank you hug in person!!! she has truely been my motivator this entire challange.

well it is early and I just wanted to share my good news. I will let you know how the rest of our day goes later!!! I posted a new pic of me at my new awesome weight of 198!!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!!!

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March 09

so excited!!!

Well for the fun of it I decided to try on my "skinny Jeans" today and they fit!!!!! I screamed and scared poor daughter to death!!! I was able to zip them and button them without laying on the bed. hehe. I also can breathe in them. I was getting so frustrated because the scale wasn't moving but now I see that I have lost alot of inches. Maybe I can wear my skinny jeans to the finale?? lol (hopefully)

Anyways, mom is feeling better and we actually went to the lake and walked. We both stayed with our points range as well. We have moved our weigh-in day to tuesday because we missed last Monday and with weight watchers it has to be exactly a week, so......now its Tuesday. I am getting more and more excited on weigh-in day because its so nice to see that you are actually making progress. When I am having a bad day I just remember what I am working so hard for and it gets me through.

Off to bed now, early kickboxing class at the gym in the morning. I also start my personal training certification classes in 2 weeks. I am so loving life right now!!! I cant wait to see what the future has in store for the new Shirley and Teresa!!

STAY TUNED

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March 08

busy day

well I am loving all my new energy that i have since I have been in this challange, I got into one of my cleaning modes today and cleaned everything I could get my hands on in my house. I stayed within my points range and I didnt do any other exercise besides the 10 hours of cleaning.

Mom is still sick, she FINALLY went to the dr today and whatever she has turned into a sinus infection. She is now on meds so hopefully she will be back to her routine in the next couple of days.

We are really sad that this challange is coming to an end this week, I do believe we have decided to continue with our space. It has helped so much having so many other people to chat with that are dealing with the same challanges that we are. Makes this journey so much easier with all of the support!! I wish you all the best and I hope everyone reaches their goal in 2008.

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	Jim and Christi's Million P...wrote: You have made great progress! And that friendship you've built is priceless! We'll be here tomorrow and on! Jim & Christi Mar. 11
	Dollywrote: Good luck to you both on your journey to being fit and fabulous in 2008. Feb. 20
	Heather and Bethwrote: Comment Graphics at pYzam.com Feb. 6
	Jenny and Juls, The "Bom Ch...wrote: In our fight against fat, hear our battle cry... KEEP GOING and don't forget to breathe Jan. 21
	Talitha wrote: Keep it up girlies! Now that you all have the entire family motivated to eat better and exerscise you can't let us down I know you two are the most determined women I know and if you keep at it there is no way you can't reach your goals. I love you two and hope as a result of this we'll get to drive each other crazy, and lean on each other through the tough times a few more years. Jan. 18

Our Weight!

our starting weight


1/1/08 weight Shirley 230 Teresa 211

1/7/08 weight Shirley 223 Teresa 208

1/14/08 Weight Shirley 221 Teresa 208

1/21/08 weight Shirley 217 Teresa 207

01/28/08 Weight Shirley 217 Teresa 205

02/04/08 weight shirley 217 Teresa 205

2/11/08 weight shirley 213 Teresa 203

02/18/08 Weight Shirley 210 Teresa 203

02/25/08 weight shirley 207 Teresa 200

3/10/08 weight Shirley 204 Teresa 198

"Why We should win this contest"

Well let me first say that we have already won! The day we committed to changing our lives is the day we became winners. Life is hard and it is so easy to keep coming up with all the reasons in the world to stay fat but it takes a strong and determined person to say enough is enough and together we have done that. I would love for us to win this contest for the simple fact that I would have the chance to meet Jillian and thank her personally for being such an inspiration and a great role model. I want to let her know that because of her I too want to become a personal trainer so that I can help others just as she has helped me. It would also be wonderful to have the chance to go on our first mother daughter trip together and what better place is there than the biggest loser finale? We love the show and it would be so amazing to see it live and to see that these are real people who face the same challenges as we do. Last season was such a blessing to me personally because I too suffer from PCOS just as finalist Julie did. I have always used the PCOS as excuse for not being able to lose weight but Julie showed me that with hard work and determination I too can beat the PCOS. We know that there are thousands of other couples that want to win as bad as we do, but please choose us. It would change our lives forever. We could hold our heads up high and show the world that together we can do anything and it would give us a special bond to know that we won as a team and that’s something no one could ever take away from us. No matter what we have already won but this would make our victory even sweeter!

Shirley's reason for joining this challange

My goal for this challenge is to lose 80lbs and become a healthier person for my kids and grandkids. I have had a very rough past couple of years. I lost my best friend a few years ago and it sent me into a state of depression where I didnt care about myself or anything else in life. I shut out everyone that I cared about except for my grandkids. They are the only thing that kept me from totally giving up. I also have the challanging task of taking care of my blind husband and having to take care of everything around our house and at times it can be so overwhelming. I love him more than anything in this world and thats why I have decided to take this time to better myself so I can be around for many many years to come. My family means everything to me and I guess i finally had a "light bulb" moment and realized that I was slowly killing myself with food and that I am worth the effort to change my life. I think my friend would have been proud of me for finally "waking up". I know that she is cheering for me (us) from heaven. I also want to feel better about myself and hopefully make all my health problems disappear or atleast make them managable. I am so blessed to be doing this with my daughter. I want to make her proud and show her that I too can reach my goal. winning this challenge would mean so much to me(us). This isnt meant to be a poor pitiful me story this is just to let you know what brought me to the place I am today and why I think my daughter and I should win this contest. No matter what in my eyes we are already winners.

Teresa's reason for joining this challange

My goals for this challange are to lose 60 lbs so that I can finally be the person I have always wanted to be, but have been to lazy and scared to let her out. I want to be healthier for my daughter so I can be around to watch her grow up and I don't want her to get older and be ashamed of her "fat" mommy. I have tried and failed so many times that I have lost count. I am finally taking charge of my life and I know that no one else can do this for me and its time to be accountable for myself. I want so badly to renew my vows to my husband on the beach but I refuse to do it as a "fat" person. My husband loves me no matter what my size but I want to show him that I can be a beautiful sexy woman. I also have PCOS and losing weigt is the only way to get it under control. So as you can see I have lots of reasons for wanting to reach my goal but my number one reason is to prove to myself that I have what it takes to finally finish what I start. I never follow thru on anything. I will finish this no matter how long it takes me. I also have a dream of one day becoming a personal trainer and being a motivator to so many people that are in the same place I am at this present moment. I also forgot to mention that I would like to be able to wear shorts this year since I havent worn them in 10 years!!!! I want to be able to be proud to take my daughter to the beach and be able to play with her instead of sitting on the sidelines and watching everyone have fun but me!!!!!!

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