Day Two

Hi everyone! I am back and ready to get this train started with you all! I am so excited there are so many people participating.

People that are fed up. People who are ready to make a change. People who refuse to give up. People who are going to push through when times get hard. People who are going to encourage eachother. People who are ready to make 2012 their big year.

I remember being so ready to lose those pounds. TO GET RID OF THEM. I remember being so ready to make healthy choices in the kitchen and in the gym. I remember watching other people go ahead of me and do the HCG diet, or a meal replacement program and drop weight like crazy fast. I felt jealous and insecure because my weight was coming off so much more slowly.

I am going to tell you now, don't be jealous. Don't be insecure. The weight you shed through blood, sweat and tears is weight that stays off. It is weight that is GONE from your life. And the journey you take to get there is worth a celebration every step of the way.

Maybe the scale doesn't move one day. But you drank 10 glasses of water, and you avoided sugar that day. That is a success. Maybe the scale doesn't move, but you walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes for the first time, or you tried a new class at your gym. Maybe the scale doesn't move, but you ran up the stairs without getting winded. Maybe the scale doesn't move, but your blood pressure is down, or your cholestrol is better than it has been. Those are all success stories, and don't YOU forget it.

If you ever feel down and out, I challenge you to scribble down the things you ARE doing, to move your body to be a healthier version of yourself. Human nature focuses sometimes on the negative things. (I had a soda, I ate ______, I didn't exercise) Get those negatives out of your vocabulary, but most important get them out of your mind. Just like every aspect of life, when we focus on the positive-- more things really are positive.


I have commitments from the final 4 people on our list to do this challenge, but I haven't heard a weight. Remember that you need to text or facebook me your weights tomorow by NOON, and then again EVERY WEDNESDAY by noon until the end of February.

Each challenger is allowed to miss one weigh in after this week. After that, you are forfeitted from winning the challenge, if you skip more than one weigh in. We are all making the commitments to eachother and to ourselves to SHOW UP for this competition, and it is important that we are accountable to ourselves and the others. I wont be texting and messaging all day on Wednesdays to get weights. This is YOUR challenge, and YOU need to take it seriously... this is YOUR year. YOUR time to create a new YOU. Do what it takes to get the results you want. Make the sacrifices necessary to ensure your success.