[thinchickie]

I just logged in here tonight, knowing I am going to get support wherever I can find it. I joined the gym's Biggest Loser competition on Friday. There is a $600 prize, four winners. They make it men and women, but who loses the most weight and who loses the most on their BMI.

I have to have attitude that I am going to win, or why join? I knew I wasn't committed to my summer plan, like I thought, until I had joined the contest, suddenly I was totally like, 'what was I thinking?' LOL

I am happy to say I got through the first weekend pretty darn good. We always have date night and eat out of course... we went to our favorite Italian place. My DH gets pizza and I get spaghetti with italian sausage, then eat about four slices of pizza when I am done... btw that is horrible just reading that I do that.. YIKES

However, I ordered the small plate, which is a small salad plate of spaghetti, I said sausage but then changed to their marinated mushrooms, which turned out to be way better than the meat. They are only marinated in red wine vinegar.

But I didn't touch the pizza and I was proud I scaled way way way back. I saw that regular plate of noodles come to the table next to us and was really surprised at how huge it was in comparison to my little plate. I eat alot!! No more fellow thin chickies!!

I will keep you updated. I have to change my ticker because it says 334 I think, and I weighed in at 352 pounds.. oh, well, at least now I am trying. I really am approaching this all different, I have my husband involved, which I have not done before, he is great.

Thanks everyone, and hope to jump on here at least once a week. Good luck to all of you guys out there fighting the good fight on this weight thing!

[oneLess]

That sounds fun! Kudos to you. I never join these biggest loser things in embarrassment of my weight. I would love to though.

[thinchickie]

Well, they finally got the board posted up with men on one sheet and women on the other. You are identified by your number, not name. Thank God.

I looked today, I am the fattest one out of 54 people. By FIFTY + pounds!!! That is an advantage for me, if I stick to this, I should lose some pretty quick. But it did motivate me.

Most women who signed up were averaging 240 pounds. There were about 6 women who weighed in under 175 pounds. The only other person to weigh even close to me, was a man who weighed 300 pounds. I weigh 52 pounds more than him.

I never go walking after the gym, I just justify I did 'something'. Today, I drove straight to the park and walked an hour. I feel good about that. I hope I can keep it up.

One good thing, is when I went to my acupuncturist, who practices Chinese medicine, she got me and my husband off all kinds of chemical laden food and eating clean, so this isn't like I am having to overhaul my entire diet, just my exercise and portion control.

Believe me when I say, you can eat clean and 2500-3000 calories EASILY in a night, hello steak and potatoes. LOL ...not really funny now though that I am the heftiest in there.

I will keep everyone posted as to how it goes. They gave us the first challenge, whoever loses the most weight before February 5th gets a $25 subway card. Nothing big, but it just might set the course for who is going to win. Thought I might seriously try for it.