Well, the end of Week 1 and I feel a lot better.  However, I am disappointed with my 1 pound weight loss.  Gary (typical of men) lost 4.5 pounds and I am proud of him .  I have to say that but really I am - I just wish that I could have half of his success since I'm exercising twice as much.  I found the show this week very interesting.  I know how the contestants feel.  There's not much more frustrating than putting your whole self into something to come up with results that you could have gotten with much less effort.  I've seen them come out of this before with a lot of success the next week.  That's how I need to look at my results as well.  However, I think I will cut down my exercise to a more reasonable 45 min of cardio per day, six days a week.  It's worked for Gary and I don't put as much pressure on myself to lose a lot of weight each week either.  I will probably increase it again later.

 

Good luck everyone in Week 2.

We went grocery shopping.  This was the first time that we have had only healthy foods in our grocery cart at checkout.  It was great!!  I wasn't even tempted at the other junk that we would usually have picked up. 

 

The exercise has been a bit of a struggle for me.  I got all the exercise in I wanted to on Thursday (2 hours cardio) but it took all my energy and all of Friday to recuperate .  I've been thinking about it, though, and I've decided to exercise every other day and keep the same intensity.  I like that because my kids' schedules are unpredictable and that gives me some flexibility and some days "off" to look forward to.

 

I hope everyone is doing well!!

Gary:  210 lbs. -- goal weight 155 lbs.  (lose 55 lbs.)

Angie: 245 lbs. -- goal weight 130 lbs.  (lose 115 lbs.)

 

Total weight loss goal of 170 lbs.

 

Gary and I are a husband/wife team.  We live in New Berlin Illinois.  We are entering this contest because we have spent too many past Biggest Loser seasons wishing we could get into shape and not doing it.  This season is perfect for us because of the team approach.  We got fat together (me more than my husband) and it is time that we get healthy together.  Both of us have begun to have health issues because of our poor eating habits and overweight, overburdened bodies.  We do not want to pass down this bad example to our three children.

Our plan is to take white flour and white sugar out of our diet.  This will eliminate the most craved foods for each of us:  ice cream and pizza.  We can add these back in at a later time in moderation.  However, we both feel that for too long we have not eaten these foods in moderation and so it is important to eliminate them for awhile to give us a better perspective.  We will increase fresh and frozen vegetables and challenge each other to try new vegetables that we previously haven't eaten like eggplant, squash, etc.  We want to make this fun and appealing and truly learn a new way of living.  Gary is planning to exercise 30 min to 1 hour a day, six days a week - a mix of cardio and strength training.  I plan to exercise twice a day, moring: 20 min cardio, 30 min toning; evening: 80 min cardio.

We should win this challenge because we are big fans of the Biggest Loser and we would like to be an inspiration to others who find themselves comfortable in an unhealthy lifestyle for too long and then finally wake up to find they do not recognize who they have become.

I have watched the Biggest Loser season after season now.  Everyone knows it is my favorite show.  Yet, I still weigh 245 lbs.  This season is going to be different for me.  Instead of watching the contestants lose weight and wish that was me, I am going to be losing weight right along beside them.  No excuses.  There is no better time.