This is my public weight loss journey! I am an obese Registered Dietitian who has all the knowledge to lose weight and yet I can't. After not being accepted on the Biggest Loser for Season 10 I am officially going to do it on my own! I figure if I was willing to be on national television showing my weight and being humiliated, why not make a blog about it instead? I am going to show you videos, pictures, talk about the ups and downs of losing weight, talk about eating healthy, recipes, and so on and so on. So sit back and enjoy the journey!

IT'S TIME TO LOSE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

IT'S TIME TO LOSE IT!!!!!!!!!!!
This is my picture I submitted for the Biggest Loser audition. I had to purposely show all 279 pounds.

Monday, March 21, 2011

It's Going To Take A Little Mind Over Matter This Week........

I have a fun little story to tell you but first I have to explain the title for the post this week.  So I have been planning to hit it into high gear this week.  Last week I was doing pretty good, but not 100%.  All week I kept saying that I was going to build back up to 100% for this week.  I think I cursed myself.  It always seems that when I get in the groove and start doing really well w/ my goals that something happens, usually I get sick, go on vacation, etc. and get off track.  Well I have had a little set back already to start out the week.  Time for a story.......

Friday night I got the opportunity to go up to my friend Monty's cabin up Big Cottonwood Canyon.  This cabin and I have a love/ hate relationship.  The first time I went to the cabin I got major rope burn (blisters, cuts, the whole 9 yards) on both of my hands after falling off their homemade zip line.  I live in Utah, so of course there is still a lot of snow up there in the middle of March.  We went early and trudged a path in the snow to the cabin.  Just on the side of the road there was enough snow piled up that it was taller than me.  Since we were the first people going to the cabin, it was a little rough walking through the snow.  We kept sinking, in fact multiple times I went down in the snow up to my hips.  But we made it!  The problem arose on the way back to the cars.  It was late and dark.  We were using our friends cell phone for a flashlight.  Luckily all the people that came after us compacted the snow better, so we didn't sink in as much.  Right at the end we had to go down a 3-4 foot drop and around the pile of snow on the side of the road which then  led to the road.  As I took my first step down the drop, my purse started sliding off my arm so I went to adjust it, lost my footing, and fell head first down the hill into the hard compacted snow from the road.  As I was hitting the snow, I thought to myself "ah crap, this is going to hurt" and heard my neck pop, followed by belly flopping against the rest of the snow.  It hurt.  It still hurts.  Luckily I didn't break anything (especially my neck) and I can still move, it just hurts to move.  I have been taking it easy the rest of the weekend, but things are getting more sore and stiff at work today.  I can't let this stop my progress though.  I still want to be 100% for this week.  Darn cabin and working out curse! 

So here's the plan:  I am going to eat healthy everyday.  No goof ups.  Next week, I am going to post my food intake on the blog to keep me on track.  That way it'll keep me from goofing up even more because I have to tell you all what I ate.  I am going to still work out, but things that will be low impact on my back and shoulders/arms/ neck - so I'm thinking it's going to be a recumbent bike week.  We'll see how it goes.  I am going to break this curse one way or another.  I'll check in with you next week! 

Thanks for all your support.  I have about 2 months until my 1 year mark for starting this whole weight loss adventure.  It's time to kick it into high gear.  Hopefully I won't have any more things come up to side track the progress.  Until next week!

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