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August 20

Progress Report

Hello everyone! Just thought I'd take a few minutes to update our status on our weight loss journey! I have currently lost a total of 50 pounds since Leslie and I started all this last September, which I'm really proud of considering all that I've been through since I broke my ankle April 1st! Leslie and I both got off track those 4 months it took to heal up, but are working really hard to get back into things. Leslie has been doing great with walking, and though she's struggled week to week, she lost over 4 pounds this week when she weighed in! I'm so proud of her for that, she had been getting frustrated with her results, but she kept going and didn't give up!! I haven't had the time to work out as much as I would like to, but have been trying to get it in when I can, which is a lot harder now that my girls are back in school. But Leslie has offered to keep my youngest a couple of days a week, so that will help me out!

I started working on the treadmill last week, which my ankle didn't approve of I guess as it's been giving me fits, but I'm working through that, and know that things will get better! I'm just taking things day to day, and keeping focused on my main goal of losing 100 pounds by the time my oldest daughter graduates next May! I'm half way there, so I know I can do it!! But the main thing is to keep losing it slow, keeping my patience with it, to be able to maintain my loss for the rest of my life! I don't want to lose it fast, only to gain it all back again and then some!!

Hope everyone out there is doing well, and keeping themselves and their partners motivated!!

July 11

UPDATE ON PROGRESS

Hello everyone out there. I'm not sure how many of you are still keeping up with your pages, but thought that I'd put an update to our progress on here. It's been way too long, but with all that I've been through, guess I slacked off on keeping this page up to date!

I have been doing very well with my ankle, had my last visit to the physical therapist today, and hopefully when I go back to have it x-rayed at the end of the month, it will be completely healed. It still swells a whole lot, which is restricting the range of motion in it, but they said that could take up to a year before it goes down and stays down.

I'm still on the blood thinners, did well for 2 weeks, but then when I went back yesterday it was too thin again, so am back to starting over again and trying to get it at the right stage. So will have to once again go back next week to see where the level is at and whether or not they'll have to adjust the doseage.

Leslie and I both slacked off during all of my ordeal, but I've been doing really well the last three weeks at getting back on track on losing weight, and she has too. I didn't gain any back during the time I had stopped while trying to get healed up, which was really great! I've had two great weigh ins the last two weeks, and I've currently lost a total of 36 pounds since last September. I think Leslie is around 29, so she's doing well too!

I hope that everyone out there still has their buddies at their side, and are continuing on with their weight loss. Don't ever let anything stand in the way of what you want the most. I plan on being 100 pounds lighter for my daughter's graduation next May, so I've got a lot of work to do before then, but I'm back on track with WW and I've also joined the wellness center at the leisure center and have been working out almost every day. It will be harder for me to work out daily when school starts back up, but I will do my very best to be able to.

Keep your head held high, and your body motivated to move!!

May 12

Life

Well, it's been almost a month and a half since I broke my ankle, and then ended up in the hospital for the blood clots in my lungs and leg. I have been poked so many time with needles since then, that I lost track!! I have been doing good though, got my cast off a couple of weeks ago, and now have a boot cast that I can take on and off. I walk with crutches on my foot without the boot cast while I'm at home, to try to stretch the muscles out in my foot and calf, and it doesn't feel too great but it's helped a lot!! I go back to the orthopaedic doctor in June and hopefully it will be healed enough to get a brace to wear.

I'm still trying to get the blood thinner medication worked out, had it good a couple of weeks ago, but had to go back in this morning because I've had a head ache for a week. My blood is now too thin again, so we'll have to work on getting it back on track once again. Had to also have a CT scan done today, but that came back good!!

I haven't done much in the way of exercise, mostly because by the end of the day I'm so worn out! They said it would take a good couple of months or so to not be so tired, and I guess they weren't joking. Once my ankle heals more, and I don't get so tired from walking short distances, I'll start going for walks again.

I haven't been to a WW meeting in so long now, but am going to talk to my doctor to get her okay to start back next week. I know that since I've been laid up Leslie has not been staying on track either, so I really want us to start going back to the meetings.

I've done well not to gain any weight back, but feel like I'm starting to fall back into my old habits and will start gaining if I don't start going back to the meetings! I've done away with drinking soda's for the most part. But for some reason I have went to drinking sweet tea to get my caffeine in, which is not good. Ever since I've been in the hospital, dt. pepsi, etc. just doesn't even sound good. When I do have soda I usually have sprite or 7-up. So if I can get off the tea kick now, I'll be doing good!!

I really hope that everyone is still doing well with their weight loss, and will continue to do so! I can't wait until the next season of The Biggest Loser starts!

April 13

Don't Take Things For Granted

Well, it's been quite an experience since I broke my ankle and not a good one by any means. The weekend after I broke it, I wasn't feeling well, and was short of breath just doing short walks to get things taken care of at home. Monday I went to work, still didn't feel well, and just basically tried to stay at my desk most of the day. Monday evening, picked up my youngest daughter from school, went through the drive through, because I didn't feel like doing any cooking. Got home, she took care of her bunnies, ate dinner and gave her a bath. But when I went to walk from my bathroom to my kitchen, I could not catch my breath and thought I was going to pass out. I sat in the chair until I could breath well enough to call my mom (she's a nurse). She of course said that I needed to go get it checked out, and to call Leslie to have her take me. Me being stubborn said okay, but I still had to get my daughter out of the bath, so when I got off the phone, I walked back in to get her out. By the time I got there, I again, couldn't catch my breath, and was really getting scared. I had my daughter bring me the phone, called Leslie, but couldn't talk, so she just said "I'm on my way" not knowing what was wrong and thinking it was my foot.

By the time she got here I was at the kitchen waiting for her, and was so glad to see her. I walked down the two steps of my deck, and could not catch my breath once again, so she pulled up right next to me, so I didn't have to walk any more. We went to the urgent care about 30 minutes away, she dropped me at the door, and I barely made it in, and some nice lady proceeded to get me in a wheel chair and take me to check in. By the time Leslie came in, I was really having a hard time with breathing, so she got the nurse and they took my straight to the back. They hooked me up to the EKG machine, and every other thing, my heart rate was sky high, oxygen level way low, blood pressure high, so they didn't waste much time with me there. They told me that they were going to send me on to the hospital by ambulance that they thought I had blood clots related to my broken ankle, gave me a shot and got me ready to go. Leslie called my husband in NJ to come home, and took my daughter to her house to get her to bed.

I proceeded to the hospital in the ambulance, and once there they proceeded to get me into have some type of scan of my lungs, x-rays and then came the bad news. I had two large clots completely blocking my right lung, and two other clots in my left lung. The doctor asked me if I knew just how close I had come to having a stroke or heart attack. I was trying to be calm, but really was scared. Leslie came back to the emergency room right after I had found out the bad news, and waited for a while with me while I was waiting on a room. I called my mom to let her know, and then had Leslie call my husband because I was so exhausted I didn't want to try to talk anymore. Leslie left before I went up to a room, as she still had to go by my house to pick up clothes for my daughter, and such.

I was sent to the ICU that night, and they also did some tests on Tuesday morning and found several more clots in the leg that I had broke. I stayed in the ICU through lunch time Wednesday. They then moved me to a step down unit for the rest of the week. I was having two shots a day and a pill to thin out my bloods and had to remain on complete bed rest the entire stay in the hospital and even though I hated it, I didn't want to move and take the chance of a clot coming loose and getting to my heart.

So my message to everyone out there is very simple, if you break a bone, and are taking birth control pills, be very careful, and if you start feeling bad or short of breath, get to a doctor, it just may very well save your life. I realize how close I was to not being here, because I am very independent and don't want to inconvenience people. If I had been stubborn enough to just wait it out on that Monday night, I may not have been alive by the next morning. I have a wonderful family, and plan on being around to see my girls grow up, but I very well could have not been doing that. Thankfully my husband and I both have great people to work for, so he is home for the rest of this month to help me out. I will not be able to go back to work until at least the 21st of this month, hopefully I'll be feeling well enough by then, and my blood thinners will be doing what they need to be. I will be on the blood thinners for 6 - 9 months, and have it checked often to make sure it's not to thick or thin. It's going to be a very long road, but I'm very thankful for the loving people around me. Leslie was there for me at the most critical time, so I am so grateful to have her as such a great friend. She's had a rough week dealing with taking me to the hospital, starting her new job Monday, and then her husband's grandfather passed away this week, so she's had a very stressful week!!

I wish everyone the best with their weight loss journeys, and just want to remind everyone how important that every minute of every day is. Don't take anything for granted, and don't ever let a day go by without telling the ones you love the most that you love them!! Red heart

April 03

Broken

Here's a picture of a bug similar to the one I was killing when I ended up breaking my foot while exterminating it!!! They are so nasty, and can get up to 1 1/2" in size!

I want to say thanks to those people who read my blog the other day, and left a comment! I did unfortunately break one bone in my ankle, so I spent a few hours at the urgent care, only to have them splint it, and send me on to meet with an orthopedic doctor. Luckily, I only broke one bone clean through, and didn't damage the other side, so they were able to put a cast on it, rather than have to pin it.

I was very happy to hear that! I will have to wear a cast for 4 weeks, then will go back to have them x-ray it to see if it's healed enough to wear a boot cast. If so, then I'll have to keep that on for 2 months, but at least I can take that off!!

Three months at the minimum to heal, so guess I'll be trying to figure out other ways to exercise to start knocking off some more of these pounds!! I'm very thankful that I have already lost a little more than 10% of my body weight, because that extra weight could've made the break worse.

Today I feel like I was run over by a truck, my arm, chest and back muscles are so sore from the crutches, left leg is sore from carrying all of my weight, and the right leg is just sore from everything!! Of course, it didn't help my right foot when I fell on it last night when I got home, trying to go up my deck steps!! It added a huge bruise to my knee, and a nice scrape on my arm! All I could think was, I really don't need to break my arm too!!

House cleaning will be quite a challenge this weekend, I guess my 7 year old will learn how to run a vacuum! She's been so amazing though, really helping mom out with everything! My friends are really great too, offering to help me out with everything too! I may take Leslie up on letting her get groceries for me, as I always park at the back of the parking lot when I go to stores for two reasons! One, so that nobody doors my truck, and two, to get in some exercise. So I guess we'll see how I feel by the weekend!

I hope that everyone continues to stay on track, and continue to lose their weight to get to their goals! And I'm hoping that Leslie will be able to stay motivated, and will continue to go do long walks on the weekend, even though I won't be able to do it with her!

Thea

April 01

Life Sucks

Okay, so I finished watching The Biggest Loser tonight, and was so sad to see Jay go home. But I pretty much knew that Jay wouldn't want his brother to have to go home a second time, so I sure hope that Mark makes him proud at the next weigh in. I think that's only going to put that much more fire into him, as I know he won't want to let his brother down.

Anyhow, after that, I saw this huge palmetto bug (the only thing I hate about living in the south is their huge bugs) crawling on our wall, so I rush to grab the can of raid, and he runs behind a big mirror that we have hanging above our couch. So I patiently wait for him to come out, because there's no way that I can go to bed knowing that sucker is running loose in my house. So I call my husband to talk to him, since he's currently working in New Jersey, and we didn't get a chance to talk yesterday. While talking I decide to take matters into my own hands with the nasty bug, tell my husband that I'm just going to spray all around the mirror, starting at the top. That way the little sucker won't jump out at me. Well, I start spraying, while talking, and the little sucker runs out the bottom part of the mirror, I spray him with the raid, and wouldn't you know he jumps on me. I freak, have the phone in one hand, the raid in the other, leap from the couch to the coffee table, but since I have socks on, I slip and fall. And wouldn't you know it, I frickin' fall right on my right ankle, and crack. It's 10:30p.m. at night, my youngest daughter is sleeping, my oldest daughter is gone to school, my husband is in New Jersey, so guess what, I have to wait until tomorrow morning, after I take my youngest daughter to school to drive my butt to the urgent care to see if I broke my ankle.

Just as I was starting to get on track again with my walking, this. Life really sucks some days!!!! Sad

The only good things, I didn't drop the phone, I didn't cry, and the frickin' bug is DEAD!!! Open-mouthed

So, here's a reminder to all you people out there, don't try to spray a bug with raid while standing on the couch with socks on, with a phone in one hand, because you if the little sucker jumps on you, you may end up like me!! So, I'm going to bed, to elevate my foot, ice it, and read my book since I'm definitely not tired anymore!!

Hope everyone has a great week, stays focused on their weight loss goals, and continues doing their exercise, and if you wouldn't mind, do a few extra steps for me too!! I know Leslie is going to freak now, because we're supposed to be doing our long weeks on the weekends, and right now, I'm walking on crutches just to get around my house!! Driving in the a.m. will be quite interesting!! Confused

March 27

Back on Track

Well, I think that I'm finally getting my head back into things and getting back on track. I went and walked 2 miles yesterday during my lunch hour, and I felt so much better afterwards! When life doesn't go exactly as you want it to, it's so easy to slip back into old bad habits, and just give up on everything. So for the last month I really have slacked off on losing weight. I did manage to maintain the weight loss that I had already accomplished, so that was one good thing!

Leslie is on vacation this week, and I miss being able to call or email her daily, but you know you can't have someone else to motivate you anyhow. You have to want to do it, or your going to just keep making excuses for things. So I've been doing things myself, trying to keep my goals that I have motivating me enough to get back on track, and continue to lose the weight.

My goal is to lose 100 pounds before my oldest daughter graduates next year, and I know I can do it, as long as I stay focused on what I want. I've done pretty well, and am not going to beat myself up for slacking this last month. I will reach my goal, and I will look and feel so much better when I do!!

I hope that Leslie is getting time to relax, get her focus back on what she wants as well, and I know that once she starts her new job and relieves the stress that she's been under, that she'll be able to get back on track and reach her goals as well.

We are not doing very many charity walks in the near future, which I hate, but with the price of gas I'm trying to cut back on many things to make up the difference. This month I have to make 3-4 trips to my daughter's school in Greenville, which is 2 hours away. It's $70 to fill my gas tank right now, and it take 1/2 tank to go up and back, so you can see why I'm trying to cut back!!

But I will continue to walk at lunch, and meet Leslie on the weekends to do one long walk, we've currently been doing 3 miles, so I hope that we will bump that up and do 4 miles the next week. And since it's now so nice here, I'm able to do a lot of yard work, so that is also helping me to get in some exercise and burn off those calories!!

I hope everyone is doing well in their weight loss journey, and will continue to stay focused on what they want.

March 12

Real Life

Well, I was so happy to see that EVERYONE had at least lost weight that had been previously eliminated from The Biggest Loser. That is such a HUGE accomplishment for them to be able to lose as much as they have, at home!!

I'm sure everyone can relate how hard it is to be in the real world, with all the distractions and temptations out here. I still haven't managed to master how to deal with all of that, but at the same time, I've learned not to just give up when I do bad one day. I used to say that I don't care what people say about me, that it didn't matter. But you know, deep down that wasn't true. I do care, and I don't want my daughters to think that it's okay to be overweight, because it's not. I don't want them to get into my habits of just saying, I'll do it tomorrow, or it's okay to sit and eat an entire box of cookies, etc., etc. It's not okay, it eventually catches up to you!

One thing that I look back on in my past is the fact that I was told to always clean my plate, and I don't think that was a good thing to teach me. Because now I still feel like I have to clean my plate, and there are plenty of times that I'm full, but find myself still eating because it's on my plate! It really didn't sink in until my youngest daughter would say mommy I'm full, do I have to finish, and I would always tell her no, I'm getting full too. She would reply "Then why are you still eating?", and I had to stop and think why I am still eating. I couldn't answer her, because there was no reason for me to still be eating when I was full!!

Leslie and I have gotten off track, with the many distractions that we both have in our lives, and hopefully we'll get back on track. She's waiting until she gets back from vacation to start going back to the WW meetings, but is going to walk this weekend, so hopefully that along with her vacation will get her motivated once again. I'm going to start writing in a journal, both food and life, because I think that will really help me. I have a lot of trouble sleeping, I have my entire life, so I'm hoping that once I start back walking again, I will begin to sleep at least 4-5 hours straight, without waking up!

I hope that everyone is doing well with their weight loss journey, and don't forget that even if you lose 0 pounds, or 2 pounds like Maggie and Brittany last week, it's better than gaining!!

You just have to look back at the week and recognize what you did wrong, and fix it! It will be a life long journey to lose the weight and keep it off, it didn't take you a short amount of time to gain that weight, so don't expect to lose it in a short amount of time!!

Keep up the great work everyone, we are all right there with you!!

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March 05

The Biggest Loser

I was so mad last night, because we were having bad storms in our area, and our stupid weather man kept interrupting the show, at one point he held it up for 7 minutes. I wanted to call down there and chew him out, because I missed so many great parts of my most favorite show!!! This is the one night of the week that I make a point, if at all possible, to be home on time so I can watch my show!

Anyhow, enough of the griping about the weather man! So here is the great guy, that could have chose not to even use his ammunity pass, but instead gives it to his partner Brittany because he wanted to make sure he did everything he could to make sure that she was there until the very end. Who doesn't love this guy? If he had chose not to use the pass for her, she would have been the one going home. Bernie is a truly great person, and I hope that he will be able to continue his journey and will have all of the support at home that he needs to remain successful in keeping it off for the rest of his life!!

As for Jay, I was very happy to see that he was really working hard to get the weight off! I had told Leslie last week that I thought that he would do more now that Mark wasn't there, and I was glad to see that I was right! As for Roger, well, I was glad to see that he stuck to his word and didn't vote Kelly off the show. It shows he's an honest person, with a lot of integrity. I was also glad that he made it past the 100 pound mark, he has really been working hard to get there!

I can't wait until next week to see what will happen, and I'm really hoping we have good weather, so I don't have to miss half of the show!!

Hope everyone has a great week!

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February 27

The Biggest Loser

Wow, what a show last night. We all knew that after the last week's weight loss, that the blue team would probably have a low number week. I knew that if the blue team went to the elimination room that Mark would eventually realize that he would be the one that needed to go. He had to keep his word, but he also knew that from the game stand point, he had the least amount to lose. I think that once he had time to sit and think about it, he knew that he was getting to a point where he wouldn't be able to pull the big numbers anymore. I love Mark, I always thought that he would be the one to take it all, and won't be surprised if he comes back and still wins the prize out of the ones that were eliminated. I really hope that his brother will do well, and continue to lose weight. I have always felt bad for him throughout the show, because he has been trying really hard to keep up with his big brother, and you could always see the disappointment when he didn't lose as much as Mark. And when he lost more than Mark last week, you could see that he was just thrilled!

I can't wait until next week, but it will be hard for any of those left to fill Mark's shoes. He was a great motivator for them, because he was such a threat. Mark will be missed, but I hope he knows we'll be rooting for his brother to make it to the finals!

February 20

The Biggest Loser 2/19

How in the world did all the blue team members drop so much weight this week? Especially when they had to go home and live in the real world for a week? Even though the black team had much smaller numbers, I think all the contestants were winners last week because they were at home, facing their old temptations and they all lost weight. I hate that Paul is gone, he didn't seem to have alot of willpower and the weight loss is a life and death situation for him. His family and friends didn't seem very supportive either, taunting him with all that food like they did. You can do it Paul, keep trying!

Weigh In

Well, last night was our weigh in for the week! I was worried, because I haven't had the time to get as much exercise in, and I had a couple of bad days where I fell off the wagon and ate things that I didn't need to! So I was happy that I had a loss of 1.6 lbs. for the week! The lady at first told me I had gained that, and I was really upset, then looked in the log book, and noticed that my weight was less, she just added my weight loss instead of subtracting it! So I went from being very depressed, to very happy!!

Leslie had a week much like mine, but I'm happy to report she still lost 1.2 lbs. this past week! She was having a hard time getting back on track, but I'm confident that she's now going to do much better this week too!

I finally went shopping for some new work shirts, and I can't tell you how nice it was to buy a couple size smaller, and have them be loose!! It's been years since I've been able to wear a size 18 in a shirt, not to mention I found two nice jackets on clearance that were also a size 18, and they actually fit great!! I haven't had to buy any new work pants because Leslie passed hers down to me, so that has really helped me out! I still haven't found anyone that can pass some clothes down to her, so she doesn't have to keep buying clothes until we get to our goal weight!

I hope that everyone has a great week, and loses some more weight! I am hoping to get to my first goal of losing 50 lbs. by the end of March. It's been a struggle for me to lose the weight so far, but I'm taking it slow, and losing it right, so that in the end, I'll be able to maintain my weight loss for good!! I know from experience, if you stop eating to lose weight, you end up gaining it back and then some!!!

February 18

Charity Walks

Well, Leslie and I did our first charity walk of the year this past Saturday, and did a great job!! It was just a little over 3 miles, and we did it in less than 50 minutes, so that was a great time. And we only had 4 other people in front of us, so that made me feel a bit better too!! Leslie is doing a charity walk this weekend, but I won't be able to join her as my oldest brother will be visiting me, and I have to take him to the airport on Saturday. So, hopefully Leslie will find a walking partner to join up with, or at least have some music to listen to while she's walking. We will also be doing a walk the 1st of March, and then after that we will begin to do our longer walks in preparation for the marathon walk we'll be doing in April.

Tomorrow night is our weigh in, and I sure hope that I did well this last week. I fell off the wagon a bit yesterday, but am back on track today, so hopefully that won't hurt me too much! I've got to find time to work in more exercise in my schedule, so I can do something daily, but haven't mastered that one yet!!

Hope everyone has a great week!!

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February 13

The Biggest Loser

Can you believe, 1 pound was all that separated the blue team from winning? I felt so bad for Jay, because you could tell that he felt so guilty for not losing another pound. But I hope that he realizes that 4 pounds in a week is a great loss.

I don't know about everyone else, but I was so impressed by Trent, and the fact that he was willing to go home, in order to help out his team, and that he wasn't on the show for the money. I guess $250,000 is a great incentive to lose the weight, but I feel like if that's all the person is there for is the game, that once they were to acheive that, they would end up gaining the weight back. Trent was there for all of the reasons that he should have been, and I was very happy to see that when they showed him at the end of the show that he had lost 112 lbs. I hated to see him go, but I believe that he will do very well on losing the rest of the weight and being able to keep it off.

I can't wait to see what happens next week, it should be interesting to see how the weigh in goes, with everyone going home. If they don't have a support network to help them with all the temptations, it will be very difficult for them to be able to maintain their goals.

Good luck to everyone this week in the Million Pound Match-Up, hope everyone manages to say no to the temptations they will face, and will keep losing the weight!!

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February 07

Temptations

Leslie and I went to lunch today, and man was I really wanting to order a cheeseburger and onion rings, the place we went has the best! Leslie was craving their french fries, but I'm happy to report, neither of us had what we really wanted! Instead, Leslie ordered a club sandwich, no mayo and a side salad with low cal. ranch on the side. I ordered the club sandwich, no mayo, and took the bacon off of one side of my sandwich. Leslie took the bacon from mine, added it to half of her sandwich and took it to her husband. So I think we did great today!! We had the temptations at our finger tips, but neither of us took them!

Leslie also said that her she stopped this morning and picked up Krispy Kreme donuts for her son, it's a ritual when he has a dr. appt., but she didn't eat one of them. I'm so proud of her, it would be very hard not to eat one of those when you have the whole dozen smelling up your vehicle!! So great job Leslie, I'm very proud of you for not eating that donut!!

February 01

Heart Month

Did you know that this is heart month? I didn't, until I was searching the internet for something else!! I found this little clip art, and thought I'd share it with everyone! I HATE vegetables, there are very few of them that I will eat. I'm also not fond of very many fruits either, so it's really hard for me to get my diet in check, and make sure I have the recommended daily amounts of both of these. Leslie has a much easier time with her points, because she loves fruits and vegetables, and most of the veggies aren't even any points!

I'm having a really hard time getting back on track the last couple of weeks, I don't really know why, if it's stress, lack of sleep or what. I sure hope that I can get back on a routine schedule of walking, and I'm definitely going to my WW meeting next Tuesday night. I know that I haven't lost any weight since I was there 2 weeks ago, but I think that by me going back to my meetings, it will help me get back on track. I do so much better when I make the time for myself to go.

Leslie and I haven't had as much time as usual for us to keep each other motivated either, since we don't get to see each other except at our WW meetings and on the weekends when we meet to walk. We're both are both inside sales, which keeps us rather busy, and we don't work for the same company, so it makes it hard to get together. But she's found a dress that she is purchasing so she can hang it up and see what she's working to fit into to celebrate a particular great event in a couple of months! I'm going to have to do the same, since we'll be going out and celebrating together!

Hope everyone had a great week, and and their partners are keeping them motivated to lose the weight.

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January 31

This week's show

I wasn't surprised at all by Kellie and Paul's results this week. The had such HUGE numbers last week, their bodies probably went into shock! The black team made the right decision by sending Jenn home. Now that there are two teams, it's all about keeping the strongest team members. Jillian may seem to be at a disadvantage now, but she is an awesome motivator and I predict her team will do very well next week.

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January 30

Choices

Well, I loved last nights show!! I have to say, I honestly thought that Jillian would do much better than she did on the competition against Bob(don't get me wrong,I love Jillian and would definitely choose her if I was on the show), but it was great watching the two compete! I wouldn't have been able to do more than 1 time, maybe, so she did awesome, and it shows you just how hard that the steps really are!! As for Bob getting to choose what teams he would be training, you knew he would choose the black and grey, but I was surprised a little bit by the orange, but then, they've been pulling good numbers, so I guess it really wasn't! I think it was a great twist to the show though. The new black team had to make a tough choice on who went home, but I think they made the decision wisely, since the numbers are what will keep them away from elimination. I was shocked by the former yellow team, but it just goes to show you what can happen if you don't eat as much as you need to. I have experienced the same kind of issues in my weight loss journey, it's hard for me to eat all of my points that I'm allowed, and it has really hampered my weight loss in the past. So I'm working hard on balancing it out, and hopefully next week I'll show some good numbers!

I can't wait to see what happens next week, it should be interesting to see if the new black team can get their eating straight, and pull enough big numbers to keep them from the elimation room! Hope everyone has a great week! (Thea)

January 27

Weekend Walk

Well, we finally got back on track with our training today! Leslie and I met up this afternoon and did our 3 mile walk, and I don't know about her, but I really needed that! I've been struggling the last couple of weeks, but I think this is what I needed in order to get my mind back into what we started doing last September. I'm sure I'll be feeling it in the morning, but right now I'm feeling pretty darn good! It was a beautiful day here too, almost 60 degrees and sunny, so that made it even better!!

Hope everyone has a great week, and a great weigh in!!

January 24

Just not right and progress for me!

Like Thea I was upset with how TBL went down this week. The pink team did everything they were supposed to, were never below the yellow line and now they are gone, it sucks! But I know it's a game first and foremost and you have to play the game to survive. I knew that trying to throw the weigh-in to get black out was going to backfire. Reality shows thrive on controversy, so black was not going home!

I was so happy at my weigh-in this week. I lost 5.4 lbs (which really means I lost 2.7 each week for two weeks since I showed a gain last week)! If you are doing what you are supposed to do, a gain one week should throw you off track. The body is a funny little machine. All that matters is what you do long term.

Don't be discouraged Thea, you know what you are doing wrong. You gotta eat all those points girl! And we must do a long walk this weekend, we have to get back to our training!

Everyone keep up the good work! ~Leslie~