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June 06 It's about time! I know, it's been a really long time since Christina and I updated our page - sorry. As we know, life can get in the way sometimes. Seeing as how this live space is a social networking tool, it's ironic that the very thing that took me away from this page is the fact that I was busy launching an online community for the company I work for. :-) So - what's been going on with us girls? A LOT! We didn't make much progress during the months we were away, but we are back up and running strong now. I'm embarrassed to admit that we both actually gained during that time. However, we have been working on it religiously for the past 3 weeks and now we are both right back to wear we started the BL contest. So...time to look forward. I will try to keep this blog updated - and make Christina do the same. Nina February 21 And another 1 down...Another day, another pound down! WOOHOO!! I knew part of my last weigh in was due to retaining some water, but when you have such an up-close and personal relationship with the scale - a pound up is a pound up, regardless of the reason. :-(
Christina and I are sending in an audition tape for the next season of BL. However, I'm not sure how to edit the videos we took. The entrance guidelines said to take them through our day, etc. So we filmed a lot of different things but now I have to figure out how to slice and dice it. Any suggestions on some free software out there that might help us with that? February 19 The Slippery SlopeOK, this is like the 5th time I have written this blog...Because after proof reading all the other ones I would realize that they were riddled with EXCUSES!!!
I can not afford to keep hanging onto excuses as to why I didn't workout, or why I ate pizza for dinner, or why I had to have a chocolate milkshake after dinner. Sure, I justified each action at the time. But guess what? All those justified actions added up to some serious weight GAIN for me! No wonder I am fat!
We always hear how you have to take dieting one day at a time, and baby step yourself into it. Well, I baby stepped myself right back into weight gain! I have no right to be surprised at the scale - not when I sit down and really think about what I did, or didn't do, over the past 2 weeks.
So....I spared you all my excuses (and believe me, some of them were GOOD!! lol). I will be uploading a new yellow-line chart for Christina and me, so be sure and check back to view our shame. :-(
Nina February 12 Confessions of a fat person...I owe everyone an apology....I let myself down, and all of you (my new friends & support group). I forgot to weigh in this morning, but I am pretty sure I forgot on purpose. I went on vacation last week so that took me out of my regular routine as it was, but when I returned from vacation it was time for my midterms. So, since I returned from vacation I have been focused on studying, studying, and studying.
But here's the thing....I have to learn how to deal with the stress of midterms, school, and crazy, demanding schedules...but apparently I didn't. I didn't make it a priority like I KNOW I should have. I took a peek at the scales tonight it was UGLY!!! I am really feeling ashamed of myself.
Watching the show tonight and seeing everyone breakdown in therapy really got to me. I sat there and cried with them because I KNOW I have emotional ties with food. I wish I could afford the luxury of a therapist to talk to about it, but the reality of it is - I don't.
I'm going to try and get a good night sleep, weigh-in tomorrow morning and report my gain. Then, I am going to step right back out there and do what I know has to be done to take my life back and take control of health, both physical and mental.
To new beginnings...
Nina BIGGEST LOSER TUESDAY!! YAY!!Well hello, all! It is finally here.. another episode of the Biggest Loser! As much as I love the blue team, and don't want them to fall below the line.. I really feel like one of the two brothers on the Blue team will be going home tonight. Just by the way they are advertising it! We shall see! I wish that other young purple girl would be the one to go! :)
I feel like I am doing much better on eating this week. I just have to work in that exercise. Nina and I were too lazy over the weekend, and we are playing catch up now on our weeknights to get the laundry done and junk! At least the eating is much better!
Any thoughts on the show tonight, guys?
Christina :) February 11 Man Alive!Well hello America! I can't wait for Biggest Loser Tuesday tomorrow! I will say that today is Monday.. and I am finding a whole new motivation. I am feeling great today. I am ready to do this thing. Being up a pound was def. hard to swallow. I know that I need to do more exercise and do a better job watching the calories. I have been going out with friends way too much, and I am going to try to cut that back for the sake of my health. I have got to get this weight off so that I will have a long, happy life! I wanna get married one day and not have the fat-bride complex! :)
How is everyone else doing? February 07 The results are in......And no one is very happy about it. Christina put on a pound and I basically didn't lose anything (.2 lbs down doesn't really count). BUT - we won't beat ourselves up over it. I was on vacation and Christina had a lot more responsibilities to manage while I was gone. All in all, I am not unhappy with our weigh-in.
We will come back strong next week and kick some booty!! We have a solid workout routine in place for this week, Christina is back to being our food nazi, and Biggest Loser this week was super motivating! Watching all the "little guys" drop some serious pounds reminded me that I am just as capable as they are. :-)
BTW - we finally got our video camera back - so look for some home-spun videos coming to our site very soon! (We'll take requests.....:-)....)
Nina Bernie - he's so cute!I am on my way to go find a picture of Bernie with those chocolates all over his face...that was a classic BL moment!!
So, what do you all think about Jackie going home? Would you have voted her off? I LOVE Jackie and hated to see her go, but I can understand, from a gameplay perspective, why they chose her.
I will be posting our new weights later this afternoon.....and you just may be surprised at them!!! :-)
Nina February 05 BIGGEST LOSER TUESDAY!!!You guys are not going to believe this.... I forgot to weigh this morning! I was so excited that I was going to be at work on time (or so I thought... dang traffic)... that I ran out of the house and didn't weigh. I will have to let you guys know the big news tomorrow about what the weigh-in was! Shame on me!
I am so excited for the show tonight. I am just glad Nina is going to be back from her trip. She wouldn't let me watch it without her if she weren't going to be back for it.. LOL! :)
I have been doing so much thinking today.. and I am so ready to get this weight off. I have my best friend from high school, Deanna, coming to see me in March.. and I want to be thin for all of our nights out on the town and dancing! :) I could get a nice chunk of this weight off if I would just get moving! HELP!
Christina :) Ying & Yang ... aka Nina & ChristinaUntil I just read it in her blog, I didn't know little miss Christina wasn't exercising while I was away on vacation....:-)
This is a great example of how well this team effort works. I got lots of exercise while Christina and I were apart, but I could have been better at the dieting. She appaently has no problem with the dieting but doesn't get motivated on her own to exercise. So, we need to make sure that we stay close by each other until we are skinny!! Heck, who are we kiddin'....we need to stick by each other for the rest of our lives so we can keep those nasty habits at bay. :-)
I am sitting in the Portland airport as I type this, so my vacation is coming to a fast close. The thing I am most proud of is how active I stayed and that I did not think that much about dieting - but I made the decision to just eat like "a normal skinny person" and enjoy myself. That's what I did, and the scales will let me if it worked! (weigh-in is postponed until tomorrow)
Enjoy the show tonight - you know I will be glued to my TV for it (don't worry Bob, I always make sure I have weights in my hands when I watch)!!! February 04 Back In ActionWell.. Nina comes back home tomorrow. I found that I did pretty well on the eating while she was gone.. but the exercising was HORRIBLE. I did nothing. I sat around a lot. :( The weather was nasty, and I was snowed in for a couple days, so that didn't help me want to move any!
I can't wait for the show tomorrow night! I look forward to Biggest Loser Tuesday every week.. and tomorrow is another weigh-in. I am hoping to be down more this week! YAY!
How did everyone elses weekend treat them?
Christina :) February 01 Skinny People Suck!And I'm on my way to being one!! :-) (Just kiddin', all you skinny people...I'm really not a hater...just silly.)
I finally realized that since I started watching the Biggest Loser, I am down over 40lbs!! I am being totally serious (and it hurts! ha ha). I didn't start watching BL until about the middle of the first season - when all the hype started. I checked it out because I don't like being the one standing around the water cooler who has no clue what everyone is talking about. From the first show I saw, I was hooked. I won't lie and say I jumped right on the diet band wagon at the time, but watcching the show always made me think twice about what I was eating.
So..guess what....it took a while, but just those moments that BL had me thinking twice and I ended up making good decisions (no matter how many bads ones were made in-between) actually all added up for me.
The extra cool part...I have lost over 10 of those lbs just in this Million Pound Matchup contest! This contest has super charged my desire to be healthy, happy, and HOT!
BTW - I am on day two of my vacation....and I'm holding strong to my new lifestyle. :-)
Nina January 31 Vacation Dieting....any suggestions?Ok, I am off to Portland for 5 days. Does anyone have any last minute words of encouragment and motivation for me? I am trying to get mentally prepared for being on vacation while still trying to remain true to my diet and exercise.
I am sad to admit that for a day or two I was telling myself..."It's ok to not worry about dieting while you're on vacation, because you're on vacation!" But I know that's not right. We are doing this to change our lives, and our lifestyles. I need to learn how to go on vacation and not think that "vacation" means I eat whatever I want.
I really need to strap some strong duct tape around my inner fat kid's mouth, so she'll SHUT UP!! :-)
Nina January 30 You go girls!!!I want to send out some serious CONGRATS to Alice & Cynthia! I was SO excited when I saw them being featured last night. How incredible is that!?! Great job, ladies. You inspire us.
How odd was that show last night? Watching the trainers compete was weird, but very exciting. I was a little surprised by Jillian's lack of energy - but I know I couldn't have done it. I felt bad about her crying when Bob picked the Black team. She's always so tough.
I love Bob, and I understand why he chose who he chose. But I couldn't help but feel bad about Bernie & Brittany. I still would have done the same thing Bob did. I hope he went and explained himself to them afterwards so they won't take it so personally.
Now....let's keep this train moving in the right direction!!
Nina January 29 MOLD ME! MAKE ME! MOTIVATE ME!America.. I NEED HELP!
I found myself having a weak weekend.. and now I am struggling to get back on top. I NEED THIS! I need a personal trainer, I need my health, and I NEED my life! I really do not understand why this isn't enough for me to put down the chocolate and get some weights in my hands. I mean seriously.. how is everyone else doing it?
The show always motivates me sooo much.... so I am really hoping that the show is powerful tonight and shows me exactly what I need to be doing, and remember why I need to be doing it!
Help me America! I know that I can do this.. I have to find it from within!
Christina :) January 28 We need a TRAINER!If any of you care anything about Christina and me, please tell Biggest Loser to give us a trainer for a year!! :-) OK, that might be asking a bit much - but it sure would be COOL! Christina and I are pretty ok with the dieting part. Yeah, we have our moments of stupidity and weakness, but we know what to do to get back on track quickly. It's the darn exercising that we struggle with. We just don't know how to keep it interesting and to keep pushing ourselves. We fall into a rut where we do the same workout over and over. We are happy when it seems to be getting easier, but the reality of it is that if its easy it isn't as effective.
Any suggestions on how we can push ourselves more? We don't have gym memberships, but we have workout stuff at home.
Nina
BTW - we FINALLY posted our horribly embarrassing before pictures. If you check them out, just remember that we have cute faces and GREAT personalities. ha ha January 25 New Jeans - smaller size!!Guess what time it is.....its time to buy new jeans!! And the best part....they will be 2 sizes smaller than when we started this Million Pound Match-up!! How cool is that??
I would prefer to wait for another size smaller, but I am going on vacation next week and I NEED jeans that I can wear without having the baggie butt. :-)
Anyone else headed to the store for new clothes yet? I'd love to hear about it - it helps keep me motivated.
Nina
By the way....if you want to smile, check this out: http://redeemedlife.org/sc.swf
(I thought it was adorable, but I'm not sure how they did that.) January 24 Working LunchI was proud of myself for going out to lunch with my friend, Kim.. and not getting anything bad. I had a nice salad and a low-cal soup. It was actually really filling. YAY ME! :)
That was a challenge let me tell you!
Now I just have to be good over the weekend! Wish me luck! Any advice for having fun and being good over the weekend? Bye Bye Betty Sue - we'll miss you!I can't believe I forgot to voice my oppinion yesterday about them kicking off my mother - I mean BETTY SUE!
I understand the Yellow Team's reasoning behind their choices, but I really didn't want to see Betty Sue leave. However, am I alone in thinking they could have handled it with a little more tack than they did? It did make it a little easier to see them go when they started getting a little rude about it.
Am I alone in thinking they could have handled their elimination with a little more class??? January 23 She MADE me do it!!OK, so maybe I should take some of the responsibility for our weakness and fast food run last night, but it sounds better to blame Christina. :-)
BUT - I ordered grilled chicken strips instead of tacos. And you know what? They were GOOD! Because it's near impossible to never eat fast food (because of the time issues and convenience at certain times), I am always looking for somewhat healthy fast food alternatives. This is definitely my new favorite. Go ahead, try them... |
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