Taking on The Million Pound Match-Up

So I guess I dont know what is wronge with me....I have the best partner ever and look how great she did...then I ended up only loosing 10 lbs total after I gained 5 back.  I have decided that I need to get counceling because I truely think I have so sort of food addiction.  I want to controll it and then I eat with out even thinking about it or really even wanting it.  I am going to do some research to find some where locally to get some help.  Sorry to let you down Sarah, thanks for doing this with me...I want to keep talking about it and trying, sorry if I let you down.

Well, so far I have lost 14.4 pounds.  I am very happy about this and don't intend to stop until I reach my goal.  Slowly, but steadily.  I added my after contest pics to our profile.  I am starting to see a real difference.  Can't wait to see what another 12 weeks can do!!

Hi Cat!

 

Did you lose 2 pounds??

 

Now you think of this weeks challenge...

Well my friends, this is the last day of the official contest.  I have to say that this has been a very motivating way to lose weight.  I could not have chosen any other group of thousands of people that I would have liked to do this with.  Thank you everyone for all the encouraging words.  I needed them!  Catherine, you are the best.  I can't say enough great things about you.  This my be the last day of the challenge, but I will continue to blog and check in on everyone's progress.  So keep it up.  Don't abandon your site or your weight loss goals.  It's really amazing how much weight we have all lost.  Without the Biggest Loser we may still be 5, 10 or 15 pounds heavier!  So keep it up!  Thanks again everyone! 

I guess the good news is I keep getting on this site at least once a week....I have to start doing it more because I must say when I read all the coments and look at all the pages it is inspiring!!!!!!  I haev done some good things like not eating a whole pint of ice cream every night, or not eating candy bars behind my husbands back.  But I do have to get going on my walking again!  This winter has truly just sucked all the energy out of me.  I feel like it has been one thing after another and I just don't deal well with stress.  I am really excited because I talked to Sarah two days ago and she had a really great idea for us, she wants to have a two pound challange this week...so the heat is on.  I have prepared by going grocery shopping this weekend to get some good options for durring the week at work, etc...so I think I am ready to go....GAME ON SARAH!!!!!  Thanks again for all your support and keeping me thinking about this all the time, if not for our partnership I would have long given up and stopped bloging all together!  And as Sarah said in her blog, thanks to everyone for all their support and comments!  It was such an honor to be a featured team of the week!!!!  Hope you all have a great week!

Well, this morning I woke up at 5:15 to get ready for Bootcamp.  I had a few extra minutes so I laid down on the couch.  I set the alarm on my cell phone, but when it went off I made a bad decision.  I kept on sleeping.  I missed Bootcamp today for the first time since I began in January.  I feel very guilty.  I have just cheated myself out of a great workout so I could sleep a couple more hours.  I can tell you know that the guilt is so heavy that I will never miss again. 

Last night I challenged Cat to lose 2 pounds next week.  We will begin this challenge on Monday of next week.  We'll keep you posted.  Maybe we should propose this to everyone else! 

So I must say the coolest part of the week was being the featured team!  We got a ton of hits on our page which was very exciting knowing that all these people are in this too.  The community brought together by the million pound match up is amazing!  We can do this America!!!!! So I haven't lost any weight in a few weeks but the good news is I haven't gained any either.  I have been working on maintaining because if I know I push my self to loose when I don't want to it will just back fire anyway.  THis week is going to be a carzy one for me, busy busy busy!  So I have to make sure that I continue to make good food choices when I am eating on the run!  I think I can do it, no problem.

Sarah, thanks again for the package in the mail this week, helps me get motivated about working out!!!!! Your the best team mate ever!

 

Thanks also to all of the support of everyone out there....this just wouldn't be the same with out all of your words of encouragement!  Here is to a good week and another step in the journey!

 

 

So I weighed myself this morning.  It is the first time since I fell off the wagon.  I can't say I fell completely off, but I sure wasn't in the driver's seat!  So I lost 1.2 pounds.  I was very happy to see that.  I have done really well the last few days, so I think if I would have seen a big gain from the past three weeks I would have lost some steam.  I am so proud of Catherine for sticking with this!  She's the best.  I have seen what she can do.  I know that she is capable of a big weight loss.  It's getting the ball rolling!!  Ok - that's it for me for now.  Anybody have any good recipes for yummy snacks?  I tried the "poop brownies"  they were amazing. 

Well, I must say that I have had about the worst month of dieting....stress, travel, family in town.  I know you should never say I'll start tomorrow but I am getting back on track tomorrow.  I have purchased the necessary foods to take to work to keep me on track there.  I have talked to myself about the plan.  I will begin to count calories again, because it really worked.  I will weigh in every monday morning.  I will drink more water.  Those are three really atainable goals for myself.  I am feeling less stressed at work, less stressed at home and my sister and her family have gone back to NY and I don't plan on eating at my mom's house for a while....she always has a three course meal and I have trouble saying no....I just will never understand how people can turn down desert.  I try it is just not doable for me!!!!!!!!!!!!  I have to try to turn food down more often.  The good news is I have a good meal, then a bad meal, a good day then a bad day...so far I have maintained my weight...I even got some compliments at work last week about how good I looked.....yeah!!!!!!! Have to keep going, keep my eye on the goal...I can say, if it were not for this site, I would have gained my 13 lbs back....

 

Sarah, keep going! I am excited you are back to bootcamp this week!  Good luck and thanks for sticking this through...we have to talk about our diets if it is good or bad.  I have to say, I am excited as I was when we started this....we have to keep going!!!!

 

Here is to the next time!!!! Re-boot our diets!