Weight Loss

Those two words strike fear/hope/exasperation in the hearts of men and women everywhere on a daily basis. There are few other two word phrases that scare a person as much. Maybe "I'm Pregnant", but that's for totally different reasons.

Back in the Fall I revealed to you all that my girlfriends and I were doing a Biggest Loser competition. Round 1's competition was over the first week of December and we all struggled through it. The Blue team, Nicole and Cathy, won with the highest percentage of weight loss. I can be proud of the fact that as an individual, I was the Biggest Loser. I lost over 8% of my body weight in those 12 weeks. It was hard work, but I got through it. With that said, Christmas came and along with it came about 7lbs!!

I was ready to cry when I stepped on the scales on January 6th for Round 2 of Biggest Loser, Oops Edition, but I sucked it up and I tried to make some healthier decisions and yesterday when I stepped on the scale I was down 3.6 lbs. Losing weight, to me, is the most frustrating thing EVER!!! Now, the reason I say this is because, LAST WEEK I HAD PIZZA AND OTHER VERY UNHEALTHY STUFF AND STILL LOST 3.6LBS!!!! I told you I tried to make healthier decisions, I didn't say I always succeeded. This past Fall, when I was trying to so very, very hard and was more perfect than not, I never lost 3.6lbs in a single week! So, what gives? Your guess is as good as mine.

As always, much love,

The Southern Sass

The Biggest Loser

I know I've been MIA for a bit, I'm sorry, but the Country Boy and I are trying to turn over a new leaf. We've both been out of shape for quite sometime. The Biggest Loser is one of my favorite shows. So, I've taken the plunge, along with the Country Boy and my baby group.

My new mantra is you'll always get what you've always got, if you always do what you've always done. So, I'm changing. If you are looking for a place to start, try watching The Biggest Loser and check out www.SparkPeople.com.

Spark People is a fabulous site. It has the Spark fitness plan and the Spark diet. The diet has REAL food and easy to follow demos of the exercises. The thing I love about the Spark diet is this...YOU CAN PRINT OUT YOUR GROCERY LIST!!! You can even customize the list based on the number of people you need to feed. It's truly fabulous. Give it a try and tell them DZmom76 sent you!!!