To My Competitors

First I want to congratulate Danielle Salomon on being the biggest loser this time out!!!! As for the other 19 participants, many of us need to put our hearts into this competition. Now before you say anything I want you to know that I have given myself a good tongue lashing for just plain not trying hard enough. I have not been trying hard enough, I have not been watching my food intake, I have not been consistent in my cardio and I have just not taken this competition seriously!!! AND it looks like many of you are in my same boat!!

I think we have our eyes on the prize at the end of the journey and think "I HAVE A WHOLE YEAR TO DO THIS." Well sisters three months has quickly gone by and I for one am ashamed that I have no progress to show for the last three months. This is not about the pot at the end of the rainbow. It is about accountability, day by day consistency!! If you have pounds to lose, rather 10 or 75, it is a one day at a time journey. I have learned that I, for one, cannot set my goals aside for even a day, although I have done that for three months!!!!

SO I challenge each of you who committed yourselves to the BIGGEST LOSER CONTEST to strive and dedicate yourself to a loss of at least one pound or more (I am reaching for 5) at our next weigh in on April 10th. Let's forget about the prize at the end of the journey and set our personal goals for this competition weigh in by weigh in. I want to lose 75 more pounds this year. I haven't gotten off to a very good start but that ended on Friday March 27th when I weighed in and realized that I had gained nearly 4 pounds in the last 4 weeks!!! This is NOT ACCEPTABLE to me.

Now reclaim you determination to reach your weight loss goal and if you do not have one then set one. LET'S PUT OUR HEARTS INTO THIS COMPETITION!!!!!! Keep to our meal plans and do that cardio regularly and fiercely!! SWEAT! SWEAT! SWEAT! See ya at the scales!!!
Thank for coming along on this journey!! As you can see sometimes there are valleys to climb out of and we can do it!!! Love ya all, Faith

Weigh In Week

It is weigh in week and I have learned to take it one weigh in at a time!!! I must confess that with the loss of 75 pounds I am getting too laid back, or "blazay" if you will, about my work out and eating. It is a real struggle now. Why, you ask. Well I must admit I am enjoying my new size!!! Of course to most people a weight of 278 is not something to enjoy but when you weighed 351 it is a big change. Now unless you have made a drastic change in your life for the better it may be hard for you to understand where I am coming from. I feel like a bird let out of a cage and I want to spread my wings!! I can thank Gloria at Body Dimensions and Lorin at Living Lean Meals for that.

I can buy clothes that do not look like they are made for Grandma Moses!!! You would not believe what I found at a local consignment shop. I guess I can name names in my blog. I was told to check out the local shop "Plum Pretty." Since I have 75+ more pounds to lose I hate to pay full price for clothes that in a few months I will probably not be able to wear. So I thought I would check out this shop. I got some beautiful things at a very reasonable price!! Anyway, with all the new clothes and feeling so darn good (no asthma-lots of energy-no back pain-no knee pain-etc. etc!!) my mind has not been on my eating and work outs as intensely as it should.

So I gave myself a real good talkin' to and committed myself to the next 75 pounds!!! I know that these pounds may be harder to shed than the first 75 but I also know that I can do it!!!

By the way, if you order meals from Living Lean Meals I sure hope you are enjoying the new menu items as much as I am. They have really come up with some delicious dishes that are good for you. If you do not order from Living Lean check out their website at www.livingleanmeals.com. If you do not at the present time have a work out trainer, well, the best trainer in the world is at Body Dimensions Fitness and you can check out their website at www.bodydimensionsfitness.com. Gloria Trull is the best!!!!!

I want to thank those of you who have been following along on my journey to a healthier me. I guess you could say i am about half way through this journey and made some pretty remarkable strides. I know that I have not accomplished this by myself. The Lord has been and is always by my side and with me through whatever comes my way. My husband is always in my corner 100%. Then there are my co-workers, friends and family. Most of all I have a great trainer and "food preparer." It takes alot of support to continue on this journey. Keep me in your prayers and thanks again to all of you!!!!!

Email me at healthierfaith@yahoo.com. Love, Faith

Busy Days

It seems that my life gets busier and busier!!
I should have blogged before now and I hope you will forgive my tardiness. I weighed on February 27th and had lost 3 pounds. I just knew I would be a biggest loser but no I wasn't. I did not even make the top five. You see our qualification is based on percentage of body weight lost. To calculate that you take the difference between the old and new weights, then divide it by the starting weight. Well the more you weigh the lower the percentage. Anyway I was a little disappointed that I did not even make the top five. So I will just have to try harder.

I have begun jogging a little on the treadmill at the gym. Now I can only do it for about 5 minutes but I plan to work on going longer and longer. Since the weather is so beautiful I have measures off a mile in a couple directions from my house and an beginning to walk more. I want to walk in the Susan B.Komen walk this year and DO NOT want to be the last one to finish--so I am in training

There is alot for me to report right now. I am trying very hard to stay on the P90X and am praying the weight turns loose. Thank you for coming along on my journey to a healthier me!! Love, Faith