Fair food:(



Photo of the fair taken by my sister Brandy from the fair's helicopter ride

      So this week is the Bloomsburg Fair...and anyone who lives in NE PA knows that this is one of the biggest fairs around with over 1200 vendors!!! MOST of which are food!!! Anything from cheese stakes...to french fries...ice cream...orange juliuss...BBQs...pizza...ALL of which I had!!! It is one of the biggest temptations to be faced with. I went all day on Tuesday, so I had lunch and supper there!!! BUT it was the only day I was planning on going so I guess it isn't as bad as going every day!!
    But now I will have to head to some EXTRA Zumba classes to make up for all those calories! If one pound equals 3500 calories.......... Well lets just say I really need to get to those Zumba classes!!!

Biggest Loser, episode 2

   For anyone who missed the biggest loser this week...It is completely different this season!! This season they are doing the weigh in at the beginning of the show! This week the yellow line was half way. So eight were safe and eight were up for elimination. Of course there was only one girl in the top and only one guy in the bottom. (It is just a proven fact that it is easier for men to lose weight than women). Out of the 8 that were up for elimination one was chosen by the guy who had the highest percentage of weight loss. This person was also going to be safe, and of course he chose the only man who was below the yellow line. Which left 7 girls to compete for their safety. They had to sprint and the first one to get to the finish line was safe and then the remaining  6 would sprint,then 5...until there were only two left to be up for elimination. I kinda liked it this way because it gives them a chance to earn their safety as well as their right to be on the ranch, but at the same time it was hard to watch because they all wanted it so bad and some of them were just not physically able to keep up!
   I felt bad for Allie, the girl who was eliminated, because she called her mom and told her she had been eliminated and that she was going to have to do this on her on, so she asked her mom to get all of the chocolate out of the house as that was her biggest temptation...and when she got home there was an open chocolate bar laying right on the counter!! I know what this is like, because no matter how many times I say I want or need to lose wight, there are always snacks at my families house and it is hard to say no when everyone else is having some!!! BUT she contacted Danny a previous winner of the BL and he has been there for her as a support system and she has lost over 60lbs at home!!

    So it just goes to show no matter how many temptations there are...you can still succeed!!!

Win Ali Vincent's book "Believe it, Be it"

     As some of you know I recently had the opportunity to meet Ali Vincent, season 5 winner of "The Biggest Loser"...the first female biggest loser!!! It was very motivating to hear her story and know, that you are not the only one going through what you are going through! In her book she talks about her experiences on the Biggest Loser ranch as well the events in her life that got her to the point where she felt the only option...was the ranch!!! I have a copy of her book that I had read prior to meeting her that she signed for me, I also purchased a book and asked her to sign it for one of YOU!!! The inscription reads "LIFILIA (lost it, found it, losing it again) blogger, Remember one minute @ a time..."

    

     If you would like to win this book all you need to do is become a follower of this weight loss blog! Those of you who have already become followers will automatically be entered! It's that easy!!! I will be choosing a winner on November 1st 2010, so be sure to become a follower, and if you know anyone who would benefit by becoming a follower of this blog, feel free to invite them as well. The more followers we have the more motivating it will be for each of us!!!

GOOD LUCK

Biggest Loser

   So tonight was the biggest loser season 10 premier, 5 min in and I am already crying!!! Man I love this show! For anyone who missed the show...her is a run down: This season there are a lot of contestants who have lost loved ones! There was one girl who lost a brother to sids, then one of her brothers drowned in a kiddie pool when she was three, and she was the only one with him at the time. When she was 16, her and her little brother, the last one left, were in a bad car accident. He survived but when her father saw her he slapped her across the face and asked her if she was trying to kill another one!! You could just feel her pain!! I can't even imagine what that would have been like. There was one contestant who had to rush her daughter to the hospital only to find out that she was so severely dehydrated that her hydration levels did not even measure on the charts. She later admitted she had not eaten or drank anything in the last couple of days because she didn't want to be fat like her mom!! There was one girl whose brother tried out for last season and 5 days later died in his sleep! One guys mother recently just died due to weight related issues and he was over 400lbs himself! One girl reminded me of one of my friends because she was a BEAUTIFUL girl who happened to be over weight and her mother physically and mentally abused her, told her no one would love her because she was fat!!! I really related to her because I know the pain it has caused my friend.

   There were so many emotional stories!!! It just goes to show that we are not fat because we are lazy couch potatoes...or because we are pigs who like to eat!!! There is an emotional factor that plays into it! Sometimes in order to be able to lose the weight (and be able to keep it off) it has everything to do with figuring out WHY we are over weight, and then working through those emotions!! I know it sounds silly it sounds to be grateful for a tv show...but I really am grateful for the show and for all of the knowledge I gain from watching it! I am also grateful to know there are people out there who are going through the same things I go through!

Biggest loser winner, Ali Vincent







So this week my sister and I had the opportunity to go see Ali Vincent speak not once but twice. It was a lot of fun and very motivating. We went down to the geisinger on Saturday, as she was going to be speaking, but there were a lot of people, and she didn't get to sign any autographs because she had to catch a plane. So I asked Brandy if she would still go to the dinner sponsored by the Berwick Hospital, because I knew there would be a lot less people, and of course there was. It was so much fun. Some of her speech was the same as she told about her experience being chosen to be on the Biggest Loser with her mother in season 5, and her journey as she went on to win the season and become the first female biggest loser! It was fun to hear her talk about it because I had watched her that season, as well as all the contestants on all of the seasons, and it was neat to get a little bit of the behind the scenes as to how certain things work. When it was over, my friends sister and I ran up because we knew she was going to sign autographs, so we were one of the first ones in line! I have her book called Believe it, Be it, so I had her sign my copy, then I had her sign a copy that I bought in order to give away on this blog (just think if you are reading this...you have a chance to win it!!!). Over all it was a very fun night and I am glad that we got to go~

Weigh in day!! -2.8 (8.7 total)

   So this is week #4 of my weighing in, and I lost another 2.8 lbs for a total of 8.7lbs!!! I am excited! I was a little worried after I gained a pound last week, but I knew I just needed to keep moving forward. I am looking forward to a good week this coming week.
    I have been doing really good with my food journal. I have been writing everything in it since I started it on Monday. I also did really well with sticking to the menu I made for myself at the beginning of the week. I had to make a few minor changes here and there, but for the most part I stuck to it. I am excited for this weekend so I can plan my food for this coming week!!!
    This losing weight is a lot of work...but it will be worth it!

Confrence with Ali Vincent

     The conference at the geisinger with Ali Vincent, winner of the Biggest Loser Season 5, was awesome. It was very inspiring and motivating. Brandy and I had a lot of fun and learned a lot.

     I bought a Biggest Loser food journal. I know that keeping a food journal is a very good way to help you loose weight, but I have never been good at following through with it! The fact that I paid $13.99 will help me make sure I use it! lol I am really excited about it and I know they say if you do something for 21 days it becomes a habit. So I am hoping that this will be a habit I will make and continue to follow through with.

     They also mentioned a few times about how planning ahead helps aid in weight loss. Jillian Michaels also mentions this as well. So this evening I made some food for this coming week. I actually kept track of all the ingredients that went into the dishes so I could calculate how many calories are in each serving. I even bought a food scale! I also used my food journal to write down my meals for the week! This will be the first time I have ever done this and it is a lot of work so I hope it works out! Having put time and money into it as well as telling you and thus making myself accountable...I hope that helps!

Good/Bad

   So this week has been good and bad! It has been bad in the sense that the first half of the week there were no Zumba classes cuz the Y was redoing the floor, and because I haven't eaten the greatest:( Monday our church had a pot luck at Knobles so of course I over ate...and ate unhealthily:( Then I spent time at my families house...it seems like anytime I'm there I tend to eat whatever their eating...which isn't always good! Then Last night (the night before my weekly weigh in) my family invited me to Appleebee's for dinner...and I went! It was bad in the sense that I gained one pound!
   But it was good in the sense that once Zumba started up I went twice in one day and the following day as well, and I went to the gym twice to use the bike, treadmill, elliptical, and the weight room. Plus I am not letting the fact that I gained a pound get me discouraged. I know that tomorrow is a new day and I just need to continue to look forward!
    Next week will be a good week because I am starting it off by going to see Ali Vincent, winner of the season 5 biggest loser, at the geisinger! I am a HUGE fan of the Biggest Loser!!! I never miss an episode let alone make it through an episode with out crying!
     I just finished reading Ali's book called Believe it, Be it. It was really good! Very motivating!!! I will probably quote from it a lot throughout this journey of my losing weight. The one quote I would like to leave you with tonight helped me to realize I need to just move on and not dwell on my one pound gain...

"look, I'm not perfect. Everybody slips, ...Wake up the next morning, go to the gym, and put it behind you. Keep moving forward. Beating yourself up is just going to send you right back to that old place where you used to hang out...The important thing is to remember this is a process; it's not about perfection!!!" -Ali Vincent

Weigh in day!! -1.4lbs ( total -6.9)

   So I lost another 1.4lbs!!! It is not quite as much as last week, but I knew it wasn't going to be! For one thing 5.5 is a lot to loose in one week, but also this week I didn't get a lot of work outs in. They are resurfacing the gym floor at the y...so NO ZUMBA!!! Sad day, plus this week for some reason my back has been hurting really bad so I went to the Chiropractor twice. I did get an hour work out in this morning and I am going to try to go to the Zumba class tonight that is separate from the y.
     I am just happy the number is still going down!!!! I am excited for next week to come so I can see the progress. I will have all of my workouts in plus I have been doing really good with my eating, so the combination of the two should equal a good number!!!

Biggest loser winner Ali Vincent comes to NE PA

Beleive it. Be it.

Staying Positive, healthy and fit!

Henry Hood Center for Health Reasearch

Sat, Sept 11th @1pm

Special Guest: Biggest Loser Winner Ali Vincent

Join Biggest Loser Season 5 winner Ali Vincent as she motivates attendees about being positive, healthy and fit. Immediately following Ali's presentation will be a panel of Geisinger specialists including Christopher Still DO, Sergio Buzzino, MD, John Gerdes, PhD, to answer your questions about nutrition, exercise and behavior modification. Also joining this group will be geisinger executive chef and bariatric surgery patient Hope Scheetz.

To find out more info or to register go to www.geisinger.org/events or call 800-275-6401.

This event is free of charge so it will probably fill up fast!


(Kristy) My sister and I are already signed up so if you would like to join us we would love to have you join us! If you go to the website to register it asks if you want to preorder her book, I did not see how much they were charging, but I have the book and I paid about $15 from Amazon.  It is well worth the price!

The biggest loser

So the Biggest Loser season 10 will be starting in 3 weeks!!! I am so excited!!! Ever since I started this blog a lot of my friends have expressed the need or want to lose weight. I have been thinking about having some kind of competition that we could all keep track of how much we are losing. We could do things like try to lose the most weight, watch the show together and try to see who we think should be voted off, etc. I wasn't exactly sure what or how we could do that though...If you are interested or have any ideas please leave me a comment so we can try to put something together!