I just love that show.  I watch the reruns on TVLand every weekday.  No matter how many shows they do and I watch, I usually end up crying when they say “MOVE THAT BUS” and I see the families reaction.

I love that they help deserving families and I am just amazed that they can finish these houses in 7 days.  I mean these houses are huge, usually, and very detailed and filled with beautiful furniture.

They usually help people who have experienced a natural disaster or have a disability or a life threatening disease and they have an unsafe home.

Yesterday I watched a show where the girl had a blood transfusion and hasn’t been able to live in her mold ridden house in 10 months.  They built them a safe, clean home to come home to.

They also helped a family with a son that has cerebral palsy.  This boy was kicked off his baseball team because they thought he was too much of a health risk.  The mother took that opportunity to start a baseball team for children with disabilities.

At the age of 14 (the show aired 3 yrs ago) he was moved to a larger wheelchair which kept him from maneuvering around his house as well as he would like to.

Ty and the team came in and gave this family the home of their dreams.

I just think they do such a good thing for families in need, just like Habitat for Humanity does.  I would love to volunteer my help to Habitat for Humanity.  I don’t have the money to be able to donate to charities or anything and not that I have any skills to build a home..LOL! But I would just love to help.

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!

I am a little bothered by this show.  I usually watch it on and off through the seasons until it gets down to like the top 10 and then I watch consistently until the new American Idol is “crowned”.

However this season I have been watching every week, both days it’s on.  All of the auditions.  I recorded on my DVR last nights episode and I got around to watching it today.

I am a little disturbed that there were a number of people who were denied the “golden ticket” because they were a little rocky but a girl in a bikini makes it through because Simon loved her body.

Another guy made it through because they all thought he was funny.  A girl with a decent voice last night just made it through because they felt bad for her brother, he gave  a sad puppy dog face and they let her through.

I don’t think their judging is very fair and consistent at all.

Now, will I stop watching?  NO!

I will however, be very not very happy with some of the judges decisions.

For all those who partake in the weekly American Idol ritual…..

Happy viewing!

I was watching Regis and Kelly this morning and they played a “Germ Game”.  I was shocked at some of the answers.  Let’s see how many you get correct.

1.  How many surfaces does the average person touch in 30 min?

a. 10

b. 40

c. 100

d. 300

2.  Of your personal items, most germs can be found on

a. mascara

b. face powder

c. lip stick

d. hair brush

3.  Most germs enter your body through

a. eyes

b. mouth

c. skin

4.  Which has more germs?

a. woman’s hands

b. men’s hands

c. dog’s paws

5.  More than a quarter of all colds are passed by what?

a. kissing

b. someone sneezing in close proximity

c. hand contact

6.  What is considered the job with the most germs in America?

a. truck driver

b. garbage man

c. teacher

d. custodial worker

ANSWERS:

1. D

2. C

3. B

4. A

5. C

6. C

For more questions and answers check out Regis and Kelly’s site.

Let me know how many you got right, I think I got all of them wrong.  LOL! j/k I got a couple right but it wasn’t because I knew the answers.  I guessed on most of them. 

Is a funny, funny woman!!! Nuff said.