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How do we put into words what, not only winning but, losing would mean for us. My sister puts it best when she says "Missing Person" I think we find out selves hiding out, not only from the camera but from family and friends too. Its not that we are ashamed of who we are but more embarrassed of who we have become. Each day we are driven by fear. Its fear of, "what will they say" or "who will see me now". I can't go to my ten year High School Reunion looking like this. I was the heavy girl then and WOW look at me now. Winning the Biggest Loser means a little but losing the weight and becoming part of out real lives means so much more. My sister and I are putting up a fight but it's not against the other contestants, it's against ourselves. I never really cared to try before but I know that it's time to try. I have to try for my sister and my kids but mostly I have to try for my own servival. I can't face you or anyone else in the battle because really I am my own worse enemy. We don't come into this with a fear of losing because if we try and finish it was the vitory we set out for ourselves.

Weekly Weigh In


Week 1 Lena 346 lbs Goal 4 lbs Angela 247 lbs Goal 4 lbs

Week 2 Lena 345 lbs Goal 4 lbs Angela 244 lbs Goal 4 lbs

Week 3 Lena 343 lbs goal 4 lbs Angela 241 lbs goal 4 lbs

Week 4 Lena 339 lbs goal 4 lbs Angela 240 lbs goal 4 lbs

Week 5 Lena 338 lbs goal 4 lbs Angela 240 lbs goal 4 lbs

Week 6 Maralene * LBS Angela * LBS

Motivation

How do we Keep up the motivation


Picture Reminder When nothing else works get out the pictures. We need to remember why we are doing this and really who we are doing this for. Looking at pictures helps both of us to remember where we were and then we talk about how not get there again.

Laughter Sometimes I just can't take it. The best way to get things right again is making a joke. Maralene is the one person that really gets me so no matter the mood I can make her laugh, that lets me feel free and I laugh too. Its good therapy

Taking a break When we have just had to much durning the day. A break is the perfect way to get back on track. Maralene and I go for a drive or walk around a store to clear our heads and getting back to the program

Talking When we are at home there are times that we don't want to do this. If I want to eat out Maralene reminds me that we have food here that is better for us. Just talking it out makes the stress easier to handle

E-mails all day at work Both Maralene and I send e-mails from work with little notes on different things. Did you drink your water, Don't forget to deep breath, relax for a moment, what have you done today to help your weight lose. Its just a simple reminder to stay on track.

Things to work on

Getting to know us better


Eating better at work I need to start eating better at work. Its easy to get side tracked when you have others great food around. I have trouble saying no when others ask me if I want to go in on pizza. Oh and the vending machine looks so good. This is a big no no.

Adding my kids Yes I can lose the weight but if I can't help my kids along the way, really whats the point. I will find heathly things for us to do as a family. If you are coming along I think we are going to the park.

Get moving Okay the first thing we will do I get out of the house. I love my couch but I don't like what it has done to my hips. My sister and I will take little steps to get heathly and you are going to see one wild ride. Hold on tight :)

Learning to eat right My goal is to not only lose the weight but change my whole life. I want to learn to eat better and teach my family how to make the changes too.

This is the Goal list

Small but effective goals


First goal; Health food choices Eating Heathly: This is something that has already started in our home. Both Maralene and I have cute back on sugar intack and added vegies to every meal.

Second Goal; more movement its is time to get moving: This goal is a little harder to do. Both Maralene and I can come up with a number of reasons why we can't work out. But with the help of the kids we can do it.

Third goal; losing Weight This will just be a healthy out come of the first two goals. With the right foods and more exsercise weight lose will kinda happen on its own

Fourth Goal; Getting more Sleep I feel like i toss and turn most nights. I think if I can just get a good nights sleep that will help me to feel more motivated and less stressed out

Ready for a New Life? Make sure you're ready for change


MAKE THE RIGHT MOVES Commit to move more (even if it is just parking the car further from the building at work) Its the little steps that will help you with the bigger ones.

BECOME FOOD WISE Eat mindfully by understanding key healthy-eating principles; includes a visual guide to real portions.

TAKE ON THE TRIP-UPS Get support, get past plateaus, manage stress, enjoy festive occasions (not too much) , start over

LIVING WELL Have a long-term plan (set long term and short term plans to keep you motivated)

WHAT TO EAT 28 DAYS TO A NEW, THINNER LIFE: Breakfast, Lunch, Supper - under 1,500 calories/day

EAT WELL BY COOKING WELL at home try implementing more vegetables into your meals instead of carbs.

BECOME YOUR OWN WEIGHT COACH You need to set goals and learn to track yourself

Blog

February 13

We Gave Up On The Race

I am sure that some of you have noticed that both Lean and I have stopped posting. Let me just tell you why. It was really hard to lose the weight or even try when all we could think about was this webpage and the contest. I really want to drop the pounds and i found I was spending more time infront of the PC then I was working out. I even noticed that if i thought i didn't have time to walk that night I would still spend an hour fixing my page or reading blogs and looking at new ways to change or make things better. Yes we wanted to win the biggest losser but we wanted to be part of our lives even more so we took ourselves out of the running for the chance to go to California. I need my family and my life back and not trip is worth giving up my time. we are still working out and we are eating right, the only thing that changed was our relationship with all of you and our comitment to this PC is over. I have faith that all of you will do just fine. You just have to keep pushing

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January 26

I am so tired

It just feels like the days are getting longer. I am not snacking and the urge to snack is much easier to battle then in the past. I am having fun and working out more. We have now added a weight ball to out workouts and it makes it nice to have a change. I need more sleep thought, I wake up each day just wanting to stay asleep :( its just a little to cold out side and the weather has been over cast so that always makes things a little worse. Today was good we went to the park and played with the kids again and then as a surprise we took the kids bowling. I am not good at this game but its great fun and keeps you jumping up and moving around. I had a tough week I didn't lose one pound... but I didn't gain anything either. I guess nothing is better then putting on the pounds right? Well I am tired and my son is ready to crash out so I need to pick up the house clean the dishes and get the laundry done. Talk about working out :) a mothers job is never done. Well I will be back again hopefuly thinner. Wish me luck I think this week I need it :(

Angela

January 20

Sunday morning

So we are keeping it up, but as we go on it just feel so hard to try. Fast food is always the easiest choice but finding a healthy replacement is a lot more work. We have not cheated ourselves yet but the temtation is there. Maralene is learning new recipies and I just want to say YUMMY. We are still cooking dinner together and that is a great feeling. Its nice to see the kids in the kitchen wanting to help. Lots of little things show me that we are changing, but its not easy. We will be going to the park today for an extra workout. I don't know if you saw but this week I only lost 1 pound and for me thats a tough number. I want to be out of the 240's so bad and here i sit at 240 :( I will make it no doubt in my mind but its just getting there that i have found to be hard. Well off to the park. I will write you later

January 14

It's Monday

I thought I would finally sit down and let you all know how I feel and what I think so far. I must admit my frustration is growing with each week that passes and little weight comes off, but I have figured out a plan to hopefully help with this problem. Since I work so early I have found bordom to be a big part of the problem that I have. So with all this extra time I plan on going to visit my husbands grandmother and go walking with her. Since she recently moved she has been talking about wanting to explore her new surrounding to better familarize herself with the area. My plan is to make that happen I will start going over and walking with her every day I figure that would help us both. I am still working on other issues that I have been up against but I hope to resolve them quickly I don't like feeling discouraged and stressed out so hopefully Angela and I will come up with more ideas to improve our current situation. Thanks for listening I will talk to you all next week and let you know how the plan is coming along.

So I lost 3 pounds

Its was a nice weekend but kind of a let down. I lost 3 pounds not the greatest but I think that its okay. Maybe I should change my goal to 3 pounds LOL. Both Maralene (Lena) and I are stressed out. Its not easy trying to lost weight and track our days and its really hard to get online and put my failures here for the whole world to see. I don't know if a trip to LA is great enough to stress out over. I am making friends doing this and its great to get out and see others trying to. I mean we were at the park on Saturday morning and really busted a move trying to work out, what do we see, two other women pushing a workout too. It was great, made me smile knowing that even though I feel alone, I really have others trying too. Lena didn't have a great week again and its starting to upset her, so last night we made dinner and packed lunches together. It was nice, after that we got ready and walked around the block. Its still cold out and the walk seems to last forever :) I am sure by the end of this whole thing I will be okay with the blogging and the walking but its a hurdal for me. i do have to say something about the food we are eating now. I mean before I looked at diet food as gross and it was surely nothing I wanted to take part in, but now I see that if you really try the food is wonderful. I have found new ways to make things that I love and its great. Well here we are in week three and I have another 4 pound goal to try and reach. Lets see if I can do it. Maybe after I reach that goal then I can move it up to 5 but thats for a different blog. I will check in again later

This is Lena and I making dinner!!!

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