My motivation
One of my big motivators to work out and lose weight is watching the Biggest Loser. Seeing all the contestants lose weight and hearing their weight loss stories.
Current and past contestants were in the news and on talk shows a couple weeks ago. I found out that on the Biggest Loser they have a total of 7 months to lose the weight. Don’t get me wrong that is by no means a very long time to lose 100+ pounds but it is longer than I thought they had. For some contestants that is an average of 4-5 pounds a week for 7 seven months. Knowing that, I feel a little better. Sometimes I get discouraged when I see some of them lose 10+ pounds in 1 week and think “man I haven’t even lost 1 pound this week” LOL! I know that they eat, breathe and sleep weight loss and they have trainers yelling in their face and pushing them to keep going but it just seems crazy.
I also found out that these contestants workout about 8 hours a day. I totally could lose 100 pounds in 7 months if I had 8 hours a day to bust a move on some workout machines.
I guess my point is that they dedicate months of their time to losing weight. I am hearing more and more from the trainers that how the contestants are losing weight is by no means normal.
I think it was Extra that I was watching and they showed 3 past contestants from some of the first seasons, had all gained a bunch of weight back. One guy had gained more than half of what he had lost. He had lost 214 pounds and gained back 122.
I think that is what keeps me thinking that I am doing things right. I mean the man weighed over 300 pounds when he started. In 7 short months he dropped a ton of weight – it is so easy to go back to old habits if you don’t change your whole idea of food and eating.
It has been a while since I have been to the gym, but I am still losing weight….a little. I still for the most part watch what I eat and I don’t pig out. I learned a lot about calories and fat. What is good and what isn’t. I have a few things going on right now and that is what is keeping me from going.
I no longer deprive myself of the things I want to eat. I may even eat some every day but I don’t go crazy.
Even though I have not worked out in a few weeks, watching the Biggest Loser is what really keeps me on track. I also look at pictures of myself from right after I had Isabel. OMGoodness, I can totally tell I lost the 60 pounds and I can’t believe I ever let myself get to that point. I will never go back there.
Once my move is complete and I can get some organization to my life, my priorities and everything in between I am going to start working out again. I will get to my goal, one day at a time!
