Figuring it out

Monday's are my weigh-in day.  I was sick with the flu earlier this month and weighed in at my lowest ever of 247.  I didn't want to celebrate too early as I knew that some of that was from water weight loss due to having the flu.  

I had been sitting between 255 - 250 for awhile now.  I realized at the beginning of January this was partly due to the fact that I had set Sparkpeople.com to have a goal of getting to 250 by 11/2 - my 40th birthday - which I accomplished.  But then the system kept me at 250 as my goal and so I was maintaining the caloric intake for a 250lb person.  Ooops! =)

After switching the goal earlier this month I got the flu a few days later.

While watching The Biggest Loser two weeks ago Dr. H recommended to one of

SunFoods

David Wolfe is one of the icons of the raw food movement.  He has a commerce site that is a quick way to expose yourself to some of the amazing super foods out there.

http://www.sunfood.com/

A quick video of food empowerment from David Wolfe.

http://www.youtube.com/user/SuperchargeMe#p/u/16/WYkLm7Le04Q

A&E's Heavy

If I am not watching comedic programming - I use cable and internet programming that teaches me more about weight, health and healthy eating and lifestyle choices.

A&E and the producers of their famed Intervention program have a new show called Heavy.

Heavy covers two people per episode for a 6 month period.  So far a man and a woman each episode who are in need of help.  They go to a controlled environment for 30 days, then return home.  If they are unable to continue their weight loss, they return to the center for another 30 days.  In the end the return to the center after 6 months for their final weigh in.

http://www.aetv.com/heavy/

They have full episodes on their site.  It's no Biggest Loser, or Intervention - but it gives a further glimpse into the lives of people who are food addicts and deal with depression and other crippling issues that have caused them to get to their weights and a high level look into what they need to do to take it off.

Everyone is trying to kill us... including us.

Wowee...

The word that best describes the last few months for me could be:

Overwhelming.

Starting in August we went to MN for our trip home.  Although it is so awesome to see and spend time with my family, and all of our adventures were awesome - it is just that strong reminder that we are not where we want to be geographically.  We want to be in MN.  I want to be closer to family and I miss them all so terribly.  Homesick is an understatement for me.  Leading up to that trip I was focused on my goals because I had an event/date to work towards.  However, when we returned home both D and I were overwhelmed

Amazing things are happening!

Never fear, I'm still here.  =)

There are some really amazing things happening right now in my life.  I want to do a ton of writing and updates, but it just isn't in the cards just yet.  So if you are reading this now - have patience my pretties.. muhahaha

If you are reading this later.. lucky duck.. even I wish I could fast forward to see all of the things that are about to come....

My patience is tested every second with excitement and anticipation...


=)

More to come..

Biggest Loser - Season 10 - Episode 2

Biggest Loser - Season 10 - Week 2 - SPOILER ALERT

14 arrive at the campus.

Lisa, 31 - Stay At Home Mom
"Every pound hides a piece of who I used to be and who I know I am deep on the inside. Part of the reason I am here is to find myself again."

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The contestants meet Allison Sweeny.

Yellow Team is introduced.  Bob and Jillian are each allowed to pick one person who didn't make it onto the ranch.

They are given second chances. =)

Bob picked Aaron so he could make his son proud and Jillian picked the asthmatic Elizabeth who kept going until she passed out and lost the challenge for the yellow team.

Allison reminds them, even though they have colored shirts that match

Biggest Loser - Season 1

Not only are hubby and I watching the current Biggest Loser - Season 10 which just started last week.  We are also going through all of the other seasons. =)

We just stated and we are in Episode 3 of Season 1.  So if you never watched they had the two teams with Bob and Jillian but they were called the Eat More and Eat Less teams.

In Week 1 they all had great losses, but Jillian's team definitely did more and more intense workouts than Bob's team.  The most that was lost was 20+ lbs in the first week.  In Week 2 they had from +3 to -7 I think was the most - but most were at 0, 1, 2lb losses across both teams.

In Week 3 Jillian talks to her team about how they are all going to plateau.  How their bodies are going into