The Biggest Loser Challenge

The mom's club started a Biggest Loser challenge today that will run for the next 12 weeks. There are 7 competitors, and I'm one of them. It's a $10 buy-in to participate in the BL challenge, and each week when we do our weigh-ins, if we gain weight, we have to put another dollar into the pot for each pound. This is serious business. I am so unhappy with the weight I've gained, so I've got to start doing something about it. Shawn is going to do the challenge with me as well, so we've decided two nights a week, after Inara has gone to sleep, we will go to the gym. I'm determined to get to the gym at least 2 other days during the week. I will have to be careful with the exercising though because my back is still causing me problems. Besides exercising, we have to start eating better as well. I'm limiting myself to dessert two nights a week, which is going to be a huge effort for me because I love ice cream and cookies and milk in the evenings. I'm also going to limit myself to 3 coffees and 1 soda a week. I don't drink much soda, so this shouldn't be too hard, but the coffee is going to be a challenge since I love my Starbucks frappuccinos especially now that it's getting warmer. But I have to do this!!! No more slacking and letting myself go. I did so well losing a lot of weight before I had Inara and now I'm creeping back to what I weighed before and I don't like it one bit. So wish me luck and I'll keep you posted on how the weight loss is going.