The Biggest Loser night

While I had already decided around Christmastime to join Weight Watchers in the new year, I hadn't yet realized all the inspiration that would help me stay motivated. As I've been mentioning, my kids are a big inspiration to me. But it was on New Years Day when I actually had one of my first biggest boosts of inspiration. On tv... The Biggest Loser marathon. I had been aware of the show and had caught parts of it here and there, but I had never really watched an entire episode, much less a season. However, just having joined Weight Watchers (actually a few days before the beginning of the year) the show marathon caught my attention. So I watched the show (rather, many shows) for the very first time. I was hooked, simply blown away by the transformation of those people!

Fortunately, I don't have nearly as much weight to lose as most of the people on that show, but to see them so fit and trim and the end of the seasons was just amazing to me. If I hadn't seen how they looked at the beginning of the seasons, I would have never guessed they had ever been overweight. I was truly inspired and even more ready to begin my journey!

Since then, I've made a point to watch the newest season of The Biggest Loser every week. It happens to come on Tuesday nights, right after I go to Weight Watchers for my weekly weigh-in and meeting. So it's perfect, making this is one of my favorite nights of my week!

As for my own progress, today was a good one! I had yoga class, as usual. With a little time in-between the end of the class and before Weight Watchers I got a chance to walk a mile on the treadmill. It's somewhat insignificant compared to what I need to do, but I got a chance to chat with Dana (who was on the treadmill next to me) and so I had a good time :) Then we went to get weighed in. Wow, this is my best week yet! I've been losing each week, but this week I lost 3 lbs, making my total-to-date a loss of 8.2 lbs! I am soooo excited! While I still have a way to go, I am proud of the progress I've already made. In the beginning, my goals seemed to be so far away, but in just a short time the progress feels so good. I'm happy :)

On the other hand, I am really going to miss the rest of my team over the next few days. David and Dana are taking a mini-vacation and won't be back until late Saturday. So, I'm on my own for a bit, and will hopefully get to run with them on Sunday. I definitely look forward to then!

Well, since it's The Biggest Loser night, and I've done my part for the day/week, it's time to get back to the show... Later!