Okay, Maybe I Could Do Better
Last night I was watching the Week 13 episode of The Biggest Loser: Couples online. To make a long story short, this season has been different from all the others. Instead of eliminating people by the week, they immediately sent half of the contestants home after the FIRST week – basically to prove to the viewers that they could do it from home too.
Eventually most of the contestants made their way back onto the ranch in Week 5. The three that didn’t return were given a chance to come back in last week’s episode.
Let me digress for a second. I don’t ever like to compare my weight loss to the results on TBL. The contestants have Bob and Jillian riding their asses on a daily basis and their only real purpose in life is to lose weight for 18 weeks straight. You can’t compete with that. Or maybe you can.
Upon returning to the show, the contestant named Nicole revealed that she had lost a total of 87 pounds in the 12 weeks – mostly from home. In case you were wondering, that is a 7.25 lbs. per week. She has the 2nd largest percentage of weight loss in the entire group. This is from dieting and exercising – AT HOME! I haven’t seen that kind of dramatic weight loss since the early 90′s when my coworker was constantly doing crystal meth! And no, I am not implying that she is on crystal meth.
Considering that I have lost 13 lbs. in 14 weeks (this week was another “zero” … but I blame the big bloat from PMS). I totally feel like I can step it up a notch. In fact, I feel like I can step it up a big notch. Why prolong the agony of posting my nominal weight loss every week? Why not kick myself in the butt a little more, get up a little earlier, work out a little longer? It’s time to get serious. Summer is just around the corner and I want to wear a dress. Or at least shorts for goodness sakes.
In other weight loss news, Bernie from Yo-yo No More asks the question:
“You’ve got a big event coming up, and your still not at a “happy weight”, how do you combat those feelings of self doubt and have a good time without getting caught up in the “I’m so fat, I look so bad” crazy talk running around in your head?”
Nurit, Joie de Vivre and Sunny weigh in.
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Geez, now I’m bawling. What an inspiration. Nicole and YOU! You’re doing it Giyen, your way, your style and it’s awesome.
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Giyen,
Thanks so much for the tag. You are a sweetie. 7 lbs a week is NOT healthy. That is starvation. You are doing great with your 1 lb. a week loss.
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Woman! My “get up and go” just got back. Thanks to this post. Somehow in those few words – your “GO!” called mine back into action. Get up a little earlier – run a little farther. Put down the cookie. Thanks. Really.
I absolutely love The Biggest Loser (I never miss a week!) and I was also impressed by Nicole’s weight loss – at the same time while she did do it all at home (I believe that she was even the first team kicked off) I’m fairly certain that TBL provides gym time and a personal trainer to those who get kicked out so that they can compete for the secondary prize.
Most people don’t have that luxury.
They way that you’re losing weight is actually better than how they do it. Slow and steady wins the race. 1-2lbs (or 1% of your body weight) has proven to get better results for people keeping the weight off as opposed to those who lose 3 or more lbs per week.
Just keep doing what you’re doing. Sure, you can kick your workouts up a notch but I would definitely aim to lose only 1.5-2lbs per week (at most).
That’s how I lost 55lbs over the past 11 months. For the first time in my life, I’ve actually been losing and maintaining the weight loss too! I remember being in 8th grade and fitting into a size 13/14 dress. Now? I’m wearing a size 6 jeans and 8/10 dress.
I stopped thinking of it as a diet and started thinking of is as a lifestyle change and I think that was what made all the difference for me
Don’t worry. I oscillated all month and ended up unchanged a month from my last measurin’ expection by my trainer.
No candy next month for me!
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Bahh! I love The Biggest Loser! Tara’s gonna take it!!!!
Sorry for so much exclaimation!!!!
Andra´s last blog post..AndraLeah: @dooce I think that’s some sort of pop culture reference, ’cause frosted tips are all over Twitter right now.