I LOVE this season of Biggest Loser. I haven't really taken time within the last few years to be dedicated to watching a season of the show. And I miss it. Say what you want about reality tv - there's game play, there's disappointments when the wrong person goes home, there are unfair twists, but at the heart of this show, it's trying to accomplish something huge.
I love Gina's attitude
I am rooting for Lori cause she's got this internal drive.
Rob has anger issues that I hope he works on
Mike is the heart of the show (the father whose son died)
The trainers.... I understand Jenn's "Fear or Love" mantra, but I hope she doesn't cling to it the whole season. Jessie is doing ok. I need to see a few more weeks with him. Dolvett's awesome as always. My favorite moment is when he made his team move the furniture across the living room since they didn't have the gym.
Comeback Canyon.... what a great way to use Bob. He's been on every season of BL and he loves the personal one-on-one thing. What a fantastic way to do it. And i love the surprise. I hope they don't bring the Comeback Canyon person back too early in the season. I hope it's like the makeover week, or the week before the finale.
Friday, September 26, 2014
A Long Time Away
So where have I been? good question....
Falling off the wagon, switching jobs, moving to a new city, etc.
April 2013 I purchased a groupon for a week at the Biggest Loser. It was just opening up in Chicago and I decided I wanted to try it out - to take control. I set my week for November 2013.
A few weeks later I realized even though I had made this awesome decision, I hadn't done anything to get ready for it. If I went for the week in my current state of non-fitness, I would never come out alive. So, May 18, 2013 I joined Lifetime Fitness.
Why Lifetime? I knew it was less than 5 minutes from my home, it had a swimming pool, and I just felt good when I went inside. They took me on a tour, talked to me about my goals, and introduced me to Dan. Dan was a trainer there who had an awesome weight loss journey of his own. The combination of all of that made me sign up.
I was there the very next morning working out. I was on a treadmill upstairs walking at my very...slow... pace. I kept looking over at this group of people on a group of treadmills. They had a trainer who was yelling things at them, different numbers, Up, Down, etc. I waved Dan over and asked about that class. it was a Team Weight Loss class. I used my LT Bucks to sign up for two weeks of the course and I loved it! It was teamwork, hard work, and I felt great after the class. It also met three times each week - so I could establish consistency.
And I did. I was a "regular", I made friends and went a lot. I started to adjust some of my eating habits but mostly just did a lot of the workouts. I also started swimming again. working with a swim coach Amanda. The 90 Day challenge came, and it was fun. Extra/bonus workout time, "Try it Tuesday", all sorts of fun. I lost 16 pounds!
The holidays hit and my consistency dropped. I traveled, I got busy. Excuses a plenty.
I had trouble getting back into it in January, and then February hit. On the second day of February I got sick. I thought it was the flu, but that was masking another health problem. Because I didn't recognize the warning signs, I ended up in the hospital for a week. Even though I was cleared for exercise five weeks after my hospital stay, I didn't really go. I'd go once or twice every couple of weeks. This went on for months. Even when the 90 day challenge came around, and I promised my trainer Megan that I'd be dedicated to it... I wasn't.
It was time to get serious again and remember why I joined to begin with. I scheduled a drop dead week for my first week at the Biggest Loser resort. I had rescheduled it twice already - but I wasn't going to reschedule it again. I made sure I had no conflicts at work, with my volunteer groups, or with my friends. I told everybody what I was doing.
This week is going to happen.
This week is going to restart my drive
This week will be worth it during the week and after
Starting soon, I will be at the Biggest Loser Resort and I can't wait!
Falling off the wagon, switching jobs, moving to a new city, etc.
April 2013 I purchased a groupon for a week at the Biggest Loser. It was just opening up in Chicago and I decided I wanted to try it out - to take control. I set my week for November 2013.
A few weeks later I realized even though I had made this awesome decision, I hadn't done anything to get ready for it. If I went for the week in my current state of non-fitness, I would never come out alive. So, May 18, 2013 I joined Lifetime Fitness.
Why Lifetime? I knew it was less than 5 minutes from my home, it had a swimming pool, and I just felt good when I went inside. They took me on a tour, talked to me about my goals, and introduced me to Dan. Dan was a trainer there who had an awesome weight loss journey of his own. The combination of all of that made me sign up.
I was there the very next morning working out. I was on a treadmill upstairs walking at my very...slow... pace. I kept looking over at this group of people on a group of treadmills. They had a trainer who was yelling things at them, different numbers, Up, Down, etc. I waved Dan over and asked about that class. it was a Team Weight Loss class. I used my LT Bucks to sign up for two weeks of the course and I loved it! It was teamwork, hard work, and I felt great after the class. It also met three times each week - so I could establish consistency.
And I did. I was a "regular", I made friends and went a lot. I started to adjust some of my eating habits but mostly just did a lot of the workouts. I also started swimming again. working with a swim coach Amanda. The 90 Day challenge came, and it was fun. Extra/bonus workout time, "Try it Tuesday", all sorts of fun. I lost 16 pounds!
The holidays hit and my consistency dropped. I traveled, I got busy. Excuses a plenty.
I had trouble getting back into it in January, and then February hit. On the second day of February I got sick. I thought it was the flu, but that was masking another health problem. Because I didn't recognize the warning signs, I ended up in the hospital for a week. Even though I was cleared for exercise five weeks after my hospital stay, I didn't really go. I'd go once or twice every couple of weeks. This went on for months. Even when the 90 day challenge came around, and I promised my trainer Megan that I'd be dedicated to it... I wasn't.
It was time to get serious again and remember why I joined to begin with. I scheduled a drop dead week for my first week at the Biggest Loser resort. I had rescheduled it twice already - but I wasn't going to reschedule it again. I made sure I had no conflicts at work, with my volunteer groups, or with my friends. I told everybody what I was doing.
This week is going to happen.
This week is going to restart my drive
This week will be worth it during the week and after
Starting soon, I will be at the Biggest Loser Resort and I can't wait!
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