Biggest Loser Challenge 2011: Time has Flown!!!!! and so have the pounds!

Wow!!!!!!

My apologize for not updating the blog in a while! between loosing all my information with my computer being re-formatted; The holidays in tow and everything in between its been quite the busy time! I will start blogging now every Tuesday & Thursday that we have group and in between if possible!

Where can I start with updating you on the Biggest Loser competition!

I must say this has been an incredible journey to date for all of you!

Since I have last posted we have had a few "challenges" that we had one was the start of our 30 days 30 push ups! as well as our Push ups with Santa challenge!

Congrats to Olivia for winning the push ups with Santa Challenge here is her video beneath!

Santa Push up challenge

Donna wanted to share this with the group:

Mind over matter

Enough of this emotional PAIN!!! I seemingly I couldn’t change my body, but I could change my mind. I put away my bathroom scale and altered my goal from getting skinny to becoming the healthiest fat man in town. I stopped berating myself when I ate something “bad,” and I began to respect my body’s needs and find healthier ways to meet them. Over time I found ways to eat a good breakfast, take my medications as prescribed, and get in a bit of a regular exercise.

For years I assumed that I was unable to lose weight because something was wrong with my psychologically. That may still be true! But it’s not especially helpful. Now I’m slowly learning to view my health-management issues not as failures but as challenges that may be successfully overcome with the right approach. I even have a motto: Personal change is more about strategy than psychology.

My increasing health is measured not just in lab reports or pounds dropped from the scale; it’s also measured by what I do. Though there’s a lot of room for improvement, I’ve made very significant and specific changes I walk for half an hour almost every workday. I eat fewer carbs than I did two years ago, I eat much less fat and I consume many more whole grains and vegetables. I’ve put considerable effort into increasing my ability to cook healthful and tasty foods for myself, resulting in far fewer restaurant meals and much less processed food.

Because I failed so badly to make the big, immediate lifestyle changes I felt were expected of me when I was diagnosed, I have a little trouble giving myself credit for the small changes I still need to make (and, in some cases, revisit). But the small changes, taken together, have become awesome!!