Let the games begin!

Ok, so here goes. If you are reading this blog, you have been selected to join my journey of weight loss with me! I hope you find it interesting and I would love for you to join me if you feel motivated to do so! I know many of us battle our weight. I will always struggle with mine because I was not blessed with the "skinny" gene! For those of you who have been blessed with that gene, CONGRATULATIONS! You have already won. Now, since I do not know any of these people, I will continue for all of my peeps who struggle daily with their "thunder thighs", "jello bellies", and things of the like.

I have officially signed up for a competition amongst my friends we are calling "Biggest Loser Blogger" (hence the name of my blog). We have until the morning of July 4 to see who is capable of losing the most weight and body fat %. We each put in $30 and in the end, the "biggest loser" will win the pot! I think it is up to like $430 or something! But, in the event that I don't win, (which is not going to happen), I have still gained (or rather lost), weight and body fat. The point is, in the end, we are all losers...I mean winners! ;)

We are actually in the 3rd week of the competition at this point. The first week I was out on vacation, so I did not start until last week in week 2. I did really well. I dieted beginning on Wednesday ( I couldn't diet Mon and Tue due to the fact that I couldnt get to the grocery store before then). I also worked out on Wednesday and Friday. I burned like 550 calories each day. My friend Kelly and I lost a bunch of weight working out together before I got preggers with Lola, so I have been working out with her on MWF at Lady Riviera. (I work on Tuesday and Thursday) I also have a membership at another gym called 24/7. I dieted until Sunday (mothers day) and then took the day off. I am doing a program called Body For Life (BFL) which I cannot say enough good things about! www.bfl.com Though I got off to a good start last week, I have to step it up a notch! I have decided beginning this week I am going to continue my workouts with Kelly as usual, but, I am also going to add working out at 24/7 on Tuesday and Thursday mornings before the kids get up. I will have to be at the gym so early, at least by 6:00 AM, but I am going to do it! I have to work on these days so I dont have any other time I can do it! I just haven't been feeling that 3 days a week is going to do it for me! So, tomorrow will be the first day of that. I will keep you posted on how this is going!

As I have mentioned before, yesterday was Mothers Day! It was wonderful. I spent the day with both of my babies and Phillips family. Phillip got me an AWESOME heart rate monitor! Don't worry, I asked for it. He did not get it for me trying to tell me I was fat! I used to have one that came with a chest strap, but the strap broke rendering the rest of it useless! He got me one without a chest strap and it is awesome! I can't wait to use it! It tells you how many calories your body burns while working out based on your heart rate and other info you set into it. It also helps you keep yourself in your ideal heart rate zone! I love it! Everyone who is working out should get one! You would love it too!

Okay, so the game is on! I am prepared to go the extra mile to get this baby weight off. QUICKLY! I need your encouragment and comments! I will be posting photos, measurements, weight lost, and anything else I can think of to motivate myself. I am really putting myself out there. I hope you can see that. But I can't be embarrassed by this information anymore. I have to use it to my benefit and embrace it! It may be more than you ever wanted to know about me, but I am laying it out on the line. Do with it as you must!