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Nina and Christina

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St. Louis, MO
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Biggest Loser Eating TV Movies and coming soon....FITNESS!
Nina and Christina...(aunt & neice)

Our Goal: Lose 144 lbs!

We desperately NEED personal trainers so we can be as attractive on the outside as we feel on the inside!

Location: St. Louis, MO
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Our Goals...
Our Goal: Lose 144 lbs! We are here to prove that we have what it takes to be BIG LOSERS!

Nina's Goal: Lose 66 lbs and wear a two peice on the beach - WITHOUT a cover-up on! And, I want to participate in a 5K.


Christina's Goal: Lose 78 lbs and wear single digit designer jeans (and maybe even gain a hot guy in the process!).

Why are we doing this?
Nina:It’s time for me to take my life back. I’m tired of sitting on the bench and watching the rest of the world play the game. I want in on life, too. I want people to see ME, not my size 18 jeans. I want them to stop saying “You have such a pretty face….” – we all know what that means. I want them to stop judging me before they even get to know me.

Christina: I am a 22-year-old girl, who is missing out on a lot of fun things, and not feeling great in my youth because I have emotional and physical issues with my weight. My self-confidence level has dropped drastically, and I know that my health will be next. I have diabetes and high blood pressure on both sides of my family. My grandmother died 9 years ago in her 50's from diabetes. I do not want that to happen to me. I want to be able to be active with my family, and be there for my children that I may have one day.

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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
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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?
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February 19

The Slippery Slope

OK, 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
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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
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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 :)
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Oct. 3
Catamountwrote:
Thanks so much for the add!  Will check back in with you soon!  Love Cat
Apr. 16
Alicewrote:
Hey, We miss you girls, our friends. You better hang in there with us. We started this together and we will continue to be there for each other.  Ok I haven't done well for two weeks, but it's time to start new. Phase II. Hang in there.............Alice
Mar. 22
"Duke" & "Punky Doodle"wrote:
 Clapping Hands Keep up the great work! We're so proud of you both!!
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Our Story...
My name is Nina (36yr old) and I have a 22 year old niece named Christina. We have teamed up and committed ourselves to lose 144 of the 1,000,000 pounds America needs to shed.

Why, because we are both severely obese. We have diabetes and heart disease on both sides of the family. My mother (her grandmother) died in her 50’s because she, too, was obese and it eventually killed her. Now, I currently have all of her same health conditions and Christina is well on her way to having them too. WE MUST STOP THE CYCLE! I do not want to die young, and I certainly don’t want my niece to either. I want to motivate her to do something about her weight NOW, before it becomes a health concern. Not to mention, we like to think we’re pretty cute and cool people, but the world can’t see it through our fat. We want the world to see the REAL us!

Thanks to Biggest Loser & MSN, we now have the motivation and the means to go ‘public’ with our personal struggles. We have set up this Live Space page so the world can watch as we reach our goals. We will be sharing our progress, our food/exercise journals, pictures, daily thoughts, and maybe even a video or two.

The plan is to maintain a healthy, balanced diet, exercise every chance we get, and learn to LOVE IT! This is going to be a challenge for couch potatoes, but we are ready to take it on.