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January 30 finding our way backWell nothing has changed as far as my grandfather. But mom and I are really trying to get back on track. Its gonna be a long haul with my grandfather so we are trying to get back to some sort of "normal" routine with exercise. I have started working out twice a day to see if that is going to make a diffrence in my numbers on the scale. Even though I haven't been posting as much as I would like, we are still within calorie range everyday and both getting some form of exercise in everyday.
I loved the show last night. I love the fact that even though Jillian is a hard core trainer that she still has a heart and loves the people she trains. I cried with her! I love her!!! I would love to get the chance to meet her and tell her in person what a wonderful motivator she is. But Im sure the chances of that happening are one in a million since there are so many couples entered in the contest. Anyways, Im glad to be back on track and I am hoping I will start dropping bigger numbers on the scales. We shall see.
Thanks to everyone for the kind words about my grandfather.
wish you all the best  January 27 still hanging inwe are still hanging strong!! staying within calorie range everyday(and thats hard to do with hospital food). I have even managed to get exercise in here and there by taking stairs everywhere I go at the hosp. Mom not getting much exercise at all because she is having to help so much with my grandfather. We weigh in tomorrow so im hoping we have a loss considering the week we have had.
I think all of this has really shown us that we are stronger than we thought and we will succeed this time!! if anyone reads our blogs please keep our family in your prayers.
Thanks and God Bless all of you! January 25 we passed the test :)well we did it!!! my grandfather made it thru surgery and we also managed to stay within calorie range for the entire week!! of course we didnt get to exercise because we have been at hosp everyday but we didnt let the stress interfer with our progress. I think we are finally on the path we have been trying to get on for years.
I am so proud of us both and especially for my mom staying strong thru this whole ordeal.
Stay tuned to see what other obstacles we conquer together!! January 22 the test begins.well our true test begins. my grandfather fell today and has to have a partial hip replacement in the next couple of days. so what does that mean for us,,,,,well hosp food, lots of added stress,,,,,and little to no exercise. This is going to put what we have learned to the major test and see if this makes us or breaks our success. the next little while is going to be very hard because after surgery then we are facing rehab. So away we go!!!
of course we didnt even come close to calories because we sat at hosp all day, and of course no exercise either. but we will get past this together.
January 21 what????well we weighed in tonight at ww. mom lost 4 and i lost 1. she has now lost a total of 13 and im at 4. its so frustrating!!! I feel like im doing what I am supposed to but the weight just isnt coming off like mom. My goal for the week is to shake things up a bit and try some diffrent things to see if it makes anymore of a diffrence. I hate having PCOS its so difficult to lose weight no matter what you do!
I will not let this get me down though, 4lbs is 4lbs and its weight that is gone from my body!! I just have to figure out whats gonna work for me. obviously what Im doing isnt.
we both stayed within our calorie range and I worked out to biggest loser cardio blast for 50 min. I did the whole dvd, i was very impressed with myself.
we are so excited about the biggest loser tomorrow night!!! I LOVE TUESDAYS!!
Hope everyone is doing well on their journey. I look at alot of the pages that the couples have come up with and they are so awesome, I just wish I could do most of that stuff, Im not very good at all the graphics and stuff. we are lucky we even have a page lol :)
well, lets try and have a great week, stayed tuned to see if I figure out whats going wrong with my weightloss :) January 20 we are on our waywe are so going to succeed this time!! we have managed to stay within our calorie range for last two days. no exercise yesterday, but today we became mall walkers since it was so cold. I also managed to do a 30 min cuircut at the gym.
We put up our 3 week pictures today and I must say you can tell we are slowly changing. We are going to post pictures every 3 weeks to show our results. Mom was extremely happy because she could tell she is actually making progress. this has been such a great thing for her and me!!!! It gives you so much more strenght to continue on when you have people noticing all your hard work! cant wait to see what the next 3 week pic will look like.
January 18 another day down!well looks like we are on a roll! another day down and we managed to stay within calories again!! I also managed to work out to bl cardio blast today for 40 min.
I am also happy to say that my sister-n-law joined my gym today so now I have even more motivation to workout everyday!!! We already have a list of classes we are going to start trying out to find which ones we like the best. Kickboxing is still my fav :)
Its so amazing the way everyone in our family has started making healthier changes in their lives since we started this journey, which in return makes us more motivated because we dont want to let any of them down.
I have been writing in my journal for a couple of days now and I am loving it. It is so amazing how much of a diffrence it makes writing things down and getting them out instead of turning to food!
This is so changing the way I think about my weight and myself. I am gaining more and more self- esteem everyday. January 17 on a roll!!!once again we managed to stay within calorie range. No walking for mom today because it snowed, but I manged to get my cardio in and I also cleaned all day. It was a tough day for me but I am so proud of myself because instead of eating like I normally would do,I made myself find other things to fill my time.
It is so true that making a lifestyle change is so much diffrent from being on a diet, this is stuff I am going to have to deal with everyday and I am learning so much about myself and that I am a much stronger person than I used to give myself credit for.
I am making good choices without having to think twice about it. for example tonight my husband and daughter wanted dinner from cracker barrel but I knew if I ate there with them I would make bad choices so instead I had subway!!!
Each day is a new challange and I am loving it!!! I am loving the fact that my mom is finally proud of herself for once. She has been a much happier person since we started this journey and like I have said many many times I think this challange has been an anwered prayer for us!!!!!
I am loving this!!! This is finally gonna work this time!!!!! January 16 yeah!!Well I didn't post yesterday but we both stayed within calories yesterday and today. We also both got in our exercise for both days. I found my new favorite hobby....I loved my kickboxing class yesterday. Im addicted!!!!!
I also loved the biggest loser last night. Betty-sue and Allie really touched us last night. We have never been able to tell each other how we feel and I so could relate to allie last night. It was a huge eye opening experience and a huge light bulb moment!!! My mom and I actually cried.
On another note I bought Jillian's book "winning by losing" I have already read the whole thing and I just got it last night!! It is so not like all the other weightloss books I have bought(and I have bought hundreds!) I love her triple threat approach of SELF, SCIENCE & SWEAT. These three things are what mom and I are going to start living by. I bought a journal and I have started writing in it and I am going to make it a priority to write in it everyday. I think it is going to be a huge wake up call for why I am the size I am and why I eat when Im upset.
I am very proud of myself today though, My hubby made me very angry and instead of eating like I normally would I found myself rearranging my office until the urge to eat was gone!! Normally I would have pigged out and then felt guilty afterwards!!! That was a major major stepping stone for me, you have no idea what a confindence booster that was to know that I have come that far in the process to change my life!
    January 14 frustrated We now know how the contestants from biggest loser felt last week! mom only lost 2 lbs this week and I stayed the same! Which I guess I should be thankful I didnt gain. I am very proud of us though for not getting down about it. instead we came up with ideas to change a few things and try some new things. We both stayed within calories today and I worked out to biggest loser cardio blast. I love that dvd!!
Tomorrow I am starting a kickboxing class at my gym. I cant wait!
We will find the right path eventually. we just have to find the path that works for us!
I still have my postive attitude that we are going to win this battle together no matter how long it takes!! off to bed to rest up for my class tomorrow. I am so excited tomorrow night is the BIGGEST LOSER I wish it was on every night. Im sure there are others who feel the same way. i hate having to wait a whole week to see more. I am so addicted.
January 13 on a rollWell we are on a roll! another awesome day for calories and exercise. we both stayed within range for calories and I worked out for 40 minutes to bl cardio blast. Mom walked 1 1/2 miles. I saw her today and I can already see a change in her. I love seeing a smile on her face when some one compliments her and notices she is losing weight. It is so awesome. We weigh in tomorrow night at weight watchers. I cant wait.
I think we have finally found the road to a healthy lifestyle. I am so excited about summer!! it will be the first time in 10 years that I will be wearing shorts and a swim suit!!! I CAN'T WAIT.......stay tuned for the new teresa and shirley!
January 12 back on track!Well I think I am finally back on the right track! I worked out for 40 min today and I also did 20 min of strength training and as soon as mom got off work we went to lake and walked 1 1/2 mile.We both also stayed within calorie range. for once in our lives we look forward to our weigh-ins. lol
I am so happy that we are going on week 3 and still going strong! I normally would have given up by now. But like I keep saying this time feels diffrent and I know this time its gonna work and I am finally gonna be the skinny girl that is stuck inside me!!!
January 11 not so good well it was one of those days!! i went over with calories and I didnt exercise. I let my stress get the best of me. the good thing is I didnt let it blow my progress. I realized what I was doing and I put myself back on the right path. This is such a challange trying to reprogram yourself to be healthier. I didnt get the way I am overnight and I know its gonna take time to learn new habits. I just get so frustrated with myself when I slip up. Mom did great on her calories. she did get in 10,000 steps today though. thats awesome. she is so motivated and determined to do this right this time. I need to pay more attention to what shes doing and start following in her footsteps.
I had a bad day but tomorrow is a new day right! back on the right path.
wish everyone the best! January 10 Great day!Another wonderful day! Mom and I both stayed in our calorie range today and mom walked 1 1/2 miles again today. I worked out to biggest loser cardio blast for 30 min and I also did 30 min of strength training! I am loving how motivated we are.
I hope all the other teams are doing as great as we are. Like I have said many many times this challange has been such a blessing! We have realized that together we can accomplish anything that is placed before us.
2008 is our year to shine and to show everyone what we are made of. January 09 back on trackWell I am back on track with my exercising. I worked out to the bl power sculpt and cardio blast dvds today. I am feeling so much better!!! Mom and I also stayed within calorie range and she even walked 1 1/2 miles today. I am so proud of her, she is really taking this serious and doing such a great job.
My husband has even joined in and is making much better food choices when he has to eat out. Its amazing how many postive changes we have made in just a short amount of time. I really and truely believe that we will succeed this time because we have a whole new approach to the way we are doing things. I must say that ww is a pretty great thing and it also teaches you about healthy weightloss and not about how fast you can lose weight. I think that with ww and the biggest loser workout dvds we are on the path to victory!!! January 08 Couldnt believe my eyesWe are sitting here in total shock at the results of tonights weigh-in on our favorite show the biggest loser!!! It goes to show that no matter how hard you work there will be weeks that you will show little or no results. It only means that you have to work even harder the next week, I love the mother daughter team we are so cheering for Betty-Sue and Allie. I felt so bad for brown team. Its gotta be hard to have to go home after only 2 weeks.Well as for our results, mom and I did a great job on calories today but we did no exercise today. My neck was hurting really bad(which should be no excuse!) We both know that we have to work past all of our excuses and push thru no matter what. This is still a learning process for us both. We are still doing great in my opinion but we still have so much more to learn. I cant believe we have to wait another whole week for the biggest loser!! I am addicted to the show. I tivo it and when I need a little extra motivation during the week I just watch! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! I just hope we get to see the finale live! I wouldn't even be upset if we didnt win the grand prize I would just love to be one of the 5 teams to get to go to LA and meet Jillian. She so rocks! I would love to have one hour with her training me. I do believe that one hour would change my life forever!
Well off to bed, tomorrow is a new day and Im sure that will be filled with all new challenges for us. But we are taking this one step and one pound at a time and we will work thru whatever comes our way TOGETHER! This is biggest loser couples right????? I will not leave my mom to deal with a weakness on her own and she will in return do the same for me.
Its amazing how much closer we have gotten in only a week and a half! This challange has been such a blessing.
mortified!!!I had a huge "wake up" call today and It may not be significant to some people but to me it made my reasons for doing this challange that much clearer. My lovely and outspoken 4 year old and I were at target and we were looking at all the cute summer clothes for mommy and she came out and said "mommy thats pretty but i dont think you could wear it, its not made to fit fat people." I wanted to break down and cry right there in target. My response to my daughter was," Your right but mommy is changing that so that i can wear all the clothes that i want." I guess its true that little ears are always listening and Im sure shes heard me complain a thousand times about being fat. I know want this even more than I did before. My daughter has already realized that mommy is fat!!! January 07 What an awesome day!!! What a wonderful day!!!! we had our weigh in at ww tonight and mom lost an awesome 7.4lbs and I lost 2.4. I was so excited for her and I know it gave her such a confidence boost. We also went to the lake and walked 3 miles before our meeting. It is so nice to see great results after we have been working so hard. It gives you that extra little push to get things done. I am so proud of my mom she is giving this 100% as am I. My mom says that me calling her everynite and checking in with her to make sure she stayed within points range has helped her so much. And like I said before I dont think either of us want to let the other down so we are working extra hard!!! I so feel this is our time to shine! January 06 I am so loving this! I am so loving my many changes that are occuring in my life right now. I wake up every morning excited about what new things I am going to learn about my new lifestyle. Mom and I are doing so great. I just got off the phone with her and she had a great day and how again she stayed within her calorie range. I love the fact that she has this little sound of pride in her voice and I hope that it continues to grow louder and louder as she progresses on this journey.As for me I am doing awesome! stayed within calorie range today and its so funny that I actually caught my husband reading the label on something to make sure it was healthy enough for him to eat! I guess when you start setting a good example everyone joins in. My 4 year old has even asked a few times today if something was healthy for her or not. I am soooo loving this. I have such a diffrent outlook on things this time. I guess all these years I was letting the word "diet" mentally mess me up, but since I decided this time that its a lifestyle change that I am so much more postive and I dont even think about the number on the scale. I am more focused on the whole picture and not just one aspect of it.
I found out some really awesome news today from my gym, when I am ready and think I can actually pass, my gym holds personal training certification classes every 8 weeks!!! So I am hoping by April or 1st of May that I will be able to finally fulfill my new dream of becoming a personal trainer and sharing my success story with others who feel they cant succeed with weightloss.
I know I keep saying this but this contest has been such a blessing. It has opened my mind and heart to all these options that I never thought would be possible for us.
we go tomorrow night to weigh in at weight watchers and I cant wait to see our results!!! stay tuned and I will let you know as soon as we get home tomorrow night!!
January 05 getting rid of temptations!What a great day!! I managed to stay within calorie range, no more quarter pounders for me. lol. I decided today to clean out our cubbards and refrigerator!!! I thought my husband was going to die. I was sick and tired of all of the temptations taunting me on a daily basis so I got rid of them. But then after cleaning and throwing out everything I had to go to the dreaded grocery store. It took me twice as long to shop because I was reading labels on everything. I think it took me about an hour and a half. But I am very proud of myself for taking the initiative to take control of my environment!
I didnt get any exercise in today and I can tell. I am so starting to love to exercise! I even have decided that Jillian has motivated me so much to change my life that I want to be a personal trainer. Once I reach my goal I plan on becoming a certified trainer so that I may have the same postive influence on someone else. I believe with all my heart it is something I can and will accomplish. Wow, I never thought I would want to be a personal trainer. stay tuned to see if I reach my goal!!!!
As for mom, I am so proud of her and I am so glad she is my partner on this journey! she is doing so great. I cant wait for us to weigh in on Monday. She has stayed within her calorie range since day one! This has been such a great thing for the both of us.
She was also able to start walking again today.
I love the fact that we are actually communicating about other things besides my daughter. We are acutally giving each other snack and meal ideas and talking about ways to reach our goals. I am so loving this!!! I love my mom so much and I want her to reach her goal and be proud of herself! |
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