Kari and Peggy - Biggest Loser Challenge!

The cooking challenge was fun to watch!  I am glad that the black team won...they needed the morale boost.  And yeah black team for winning the weigh in!  They all did great with their eating (calorie intake) and their workouts throughout the week!  Blue had another great week too, but just not quite enough.  Elimination was tense and quite sad since Jackie was leaving her son behind.  And Dan wasn't very happy with the rest of his team, so it will be interesting to see how that plays out.  Dan has consistently lost a large amount of weight, and I hope he can keep it up without the encouragement of his mom. 

OK, trying to remember the episode from 2 weeks ago...

 

It is called Biggest Loser Couples...why did they break up into individuals??? 

 

I thought the it was fun to see Bob and Jillian battle it out in the challenge...Bob was lucky he had longer legs!  What wasn't fun was watching Bob pick a team that seemed impossible to beat.  I know Jillian is a great trainer, but you could just see the looks of frustration and sadness on the faces of the new black team.  The smallest people and mostly females were up against the larger, mostly males.  The teams were very uneven, and it was no surprise that the blue team blew the black team away in the weigh in. 

 

Kudos to Britney for hanging in on the challenge.  She was the last black member standing and totally held her own against the blue team guys.  She is one tugh and dedicated girl! 

I can't believe I haven't added a new blog for almost 2 weeks.  Time to catch up today...

 

In week 5, neither Peggy nor I lost any weight.  For me, week 5 was a disappointing week...I was disappointed in myself.  I did really good through the first month, and then for some reason, that little voice inside said "Kari, you did so well in the first month that it's OK to start adding food/beverages that you like back into your diet."  So instead of doing this in modification, I dove right back in...Taco Bell one night, ice cream another, drinking regular sodas, etc.  I'm really lucky I didn't gain any weight in week 5...good thing I am working out so much. 

 

I was also a bit disappointed in my one-month weigh in with my trainer.  I was really hoping to have lost a significant amount of body fat, but I only lost 1%.  At least it was a loss!  I did lose 4 lbs of fat, so that was good, and I lost 1 inch in my belly, which is where I need to lose it the most, so that was good too. 

And for the month 1 results...drum roll please...

 

I weighed 249 on 1/1 and on 1/29, I weighed 241.  That was a total loss of 8 lbs and a % loss of 3.21%.  Yeah me!  I also lost about 3.5 inches total in my measurements!

 

Peggy weighed 186 on 1/1 and on 1/29, she weighed 183.  That was a total loss of 3 lbs and a % loss of 1.61%.  Yeah Peggy!  She also lost 2.5 inches! 

 

Although we both really won, the winner of the month 1 contest was...Kari!  That means that Peggy will be buying me CSI Season 2 and I am really looking forward to watching it!

 

It will likely take me an entire year to lose the weight that I want to.  12 months seems like a long time, but I just made it through a month and there are only 11 more to go.  The first month I imagine was the hardest since I was just getting started, but now that I am exercising and eating healthier, it just seems like a normal way of life.