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Biggest Loser Pigout?

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

I was just reading an article that talked about how so many people do not know when they are full.

When do you know that you are full?

Is it when your plate is empty?

When the food is gone?

When everyone else is done eating?

Did you know that there are a lot of people out there that consider the start of the Biggest Loser tv show to be their signal to start pigging out?

That people gather their friends and family as well as a table full of snacks in order to pig out during the Biggest Loser?

The Biggest Loser being used for a pig out fest?

I cannot imagine. I very seldom even eat while the Biggest Loser tv show is on. And I sure the heck try to avoid eating fattening food while watching it.

I don’t know about you but it just doesn’t seem RIGHT to pig out while watching a show about losing weight and getting healthy.

I may ‘pig out’ on occasion by having a treat or maybe eating a bit more than I probably should but I sure do not use the Biggest Loser as my excuse for loading up on junk food and stuffing my face

Do people think that they will be able to watch the Biggest Loser and just lose weight automatically?

Can you absorb the results of someone else’s exercise just by watching?

Can you lose weight by simply watching the Biggest Loser tv show?

Is this what people think?

Is that what YOU think?

I know that a lot of the people reading this blog are doing so because they want to lose weight and get healthy

I myself would be ashamed to pig out during the Biggest Loser tv show. It almost seems, I don’t know….sacrilegious?

It just doesn’t feel right.

Yes the Biggest Loser is entertaining and we love to watch it for it’s entertainment value.

BUT, if you are watching it in order to try to lose weight and get healthy how can you justify pigging out while doing so?

Heck, even if you are skinny as a rail how long do you think that will last if you continue to pig out for 2 hours every week?

So, if you really want to lose weight try taking a look at your behavior while watching the show.

If you find yourself guilty of indulging too much while watching the Biggest Loser then try making some changes.

Feel the need to snack while the show is on? Try having fruit and vegetable platters at hand or reschedule your HEALTHY, LOW FAT, meal to be eaten while watching the show.

They say that you shouldn’t eat while watching tv as you are not fully enjoying your food and you are much more likely to eat many more calories than you need to but at least eating a healthy, low fat meal would be better than pigging out on high calorie junk food snacks.

Remember Phil and his wife Amy Parham on season 6 of the Biggest Loser? I know that ’evil’ Vicky was who so many were talking about but you should remember Phil and Amy as Vicky couldn’t stand Phil and made Amy cry. Remember?

Now do you remember them talking about pigging out on ice cream while watching the show?

See, a lot of people are guilty of it but you CAN change those behaviors and lose weight.

If they can do it then so can you :0)

Here are a few tips to help you .

Try to avoid eating while watching tv

When you do so then try to have healthy snacks available- fruits, vegies, fruit sorbets, popcorn (pop it yourself and you control how much butter and salt it has on it)

Drink water whenever you feel hungry as sometimes it is really thirst being confused for hunger

Really want that high calorie snack?

Try cutting the portion in half or in quarters. Try having just a quarter of half portion instead. Really want more? Wait 30 minutes. If you still want it then go ahead and have another partial portion.

When you make fattening snacks like cake or brownies the cut them into serving size portions. Have 1 and put the rest in the freezer. By having to wait it gives you time to realize that you are already full so there is no more eating the whole cake and then being depressed when you realize what you have done

Not sure how to tell when you are full? Put only normal sized servings on your plate. It you are unsure of how much this is then look it up on the side of the package or in the recipe.

Eat slowly and chew your food thoroughly. They used to say to chew each bite something like 30 times before swallowing it.

Set your eating utensil down between bites.

Savor the flavor. Don’t have distractions.

Listen to your stomach. When it says you are full then stop eating

Need some help with this? Still can’t tell when you are full? Do you REALLY want to be able to watch something and be able to lose weight simply because you watched it?

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Biggest Loser Gets Married

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Biggest Loser winner Michelle Aguiler , from season 6, is getting married tomorrow.

I am sure that we all remember Michelle, and her mother Renee, from season 6 on the Biggest Loser tv show?

Michelle and her mother were on the pink team that season and we were all rooting for her and her mother to go to the finale. The reason why? Most of America just loved them.

Another reason? Most of America could not stand Vicky, Brady, Heba and Ed.

The worst of them all being Vickie. I think that most Biggest Loser fans would have preferred anyone to win as long as it wasn’t Vickie.

You all made your feelings obvious by voting our polls and everywhere I went, all over Biggest Loser land on the net, your opinion of Vicky, Brady, Heba and Ed were made very clear. By far Vickie stood out as the most villainous of the group and probably could take an award for the most hated Biggest Loser contestant ever.

I am sure that most of you agree.

Anyway, through all of the meanness and drama of the villainous four Michelle and her Mom Renee (as well as some others, like Coleen ) stood out above the nastiness as some very nice people. We came to know and love them all.

The Biggest Loser season 6 finale was December 16th, 2008. Renee wasn’t there as one of the finalists but she was there for her opportunity to try for the $100,000 home prize and to support her daughter.

Our polls were showing that most of you were wanting Michelle to win the $250,000 prize and take home the coveted title of America’s Biggest Loser.

I doubt too many of us were surprised to see her win that night :0)

But many of us WERE surprised when we first heard that Michelle was engage to be married only 9 days later.

Many were concerned that her fiance, Micah Whitehead, was marrying Michelle only for her money. Some people thought that this was awful sudden.

I myself, and probably many others, wondered why he had waited until Michelle lost the weight and won the money to ask her to marry him.

If he really loved her wouldn’t he have asked her before she lost the weight so that she would know that it was HER and not her weigh (or money) that he was really after?

Then we learned that they had been dating for 4 months. Okay, four months is better than just meeting him but it still isn’t long enough to really know someone that you will (hopefully) spend the rest of your life with.

In my own case I knew my husband for years before we got engaged. We were best friends for most of those years.

And yet you never can REALLY know a person completely. You never know how someone will be when they get involved with drinking and drugs. That, and domestic violence, was what caused my divorce.

So, I am wondering, is it better to know someone longer before marriage? Or, is it better to know them a short time? Can you know someone well enough in a few months that you can think about spending your life with them?

How many of you think that Michelle is making the right decision? How many think that she is making a mistake?

No matter what we all know and love Michelle and we wish her only the best.

We wish for her all the happiness in the world on her wedding day tomorrow and all of the tomorrows to come.

Hmmm, I wonder if her bridesmaid dresses will be pink? :0)LOL

Michelle will marry Micah Whitehead in Texas tomorrow (June 14th, 2009). We all wish her the best.


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Jillian Leaving Biggest Loser?

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Ever since Filipe had his big blow up at Jillian, about her not training with him that day, we have all wondered if Jillian would be staying on Biggest Loser. We could see how miserable she was.

Then, as I posted about here a while ago, Jillian talked about not being happy on Biggest Loser anymore and that she was thinking of quitting. She was in talks with NBC but it didn’t sound promising.

For weeks all of us huge Biggest Loser fans and those of us that love Jillian and Bob have been wondering if she, if THEY, would be staying on to train future Biggest Loser contestants.

Well, I finally found out and ……

we can all breath a big sigh of relief. From my research I have discovered that Jillian has signed a contract for another 2 years on Biggest Loser and it looks like Bob isn’t going anywhere either.

For those of us that love these 2 trainers, and the fabulous job that they do, this is GREAT news!

So go ahead and enjoy your summer without fear as Jillian, Bob and Biggest Loser are here to stay!!! :0))
Lose Big with Jillian Michaels

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Hi Biggest Loser (and anyone looking to lose weight and gain back their health) Fans…

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Even though it is the off season for the Biggest Loser tv show I still plan on posting information to help you all to lose weight and get healthier.

I want to apologize for not having posted some information more recently. You see, my son and I were very busy getting ready for a craft show (and I have been live blogging about NBC’s new show- I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!).

Well, the craft show was yesterday and OH WHAT A DAY!

You see, we were under the impression that the craft show was to be inside- after all it is a large building.

So, we got there to find out that it was actually outside. Luckily (sort of) it was a nice day. Why do I say ‘sort of’? Well, we were not prepared to be outside from 9:30 am until 6 pm.

Normally I spend a good part of my day inside at work and here in front of the computer. When I go outside to work in the garden it is usually after 2pm when the sun isn’t so hot.

Thankfully my son is more used to being outside and so he didn’t get sunburned anywhere near as bad as I did. He got sunburned on his lower arms and that is pretty much all. Even it is starting to turn to a tan whereas my sunburn is BRIGHT RED and it hurts.

I am including a picture here for you to see.

Don't get suburned like I did

Don't get suburned like I did

Notice that I had sunglasses on? Yep, now I get to wear them all the time or walk around with white around my eyes, across my nose and on both sides of my face. Already the jokes about ‘raccoon eyes’ are flying. Josh even told me that my face is so hot that I could bake bread with my head.

I’m just thankful that he wasn’t at my side the whole day so he didn’t get burned like I did.

Anyway, this picture was taken right after we got home yesterday and it got even redder after that. Luckily I know a bit about natural healing and sunburn so I was busy with that all evening and throughout the night.

One time when I got up in the night I looked in the mirror to discover that not only was my face a darker red than it had been but it was actually swollen to the point my eyes were open not much more than slits.

I upped my vitamin C and water intake as well as applying a lot more aloe.

Today I still feel crappy but my face isn’t so swollen anymore and it is not quite the same shade of red. My arms are actually getting a little brown mixed in with the red and the red isn’t as fiery red as it was last night.

This is the absolute WORST case of sunburn that I ever have gotten in my life. 2 friends were concerned about sun poisoning, as was I, so I have increased my water and vitamin C intake to the point that I needed to use the bathroom about every hour during the night and spent this awake time as time to drink more water and take more vitamin C as well as apply more aloe.

GAWD, even my lips are sunburned- which I have never had happen before.

At least I am getting better. If I hadn’t have started feeling better I would have had to go to the hospital. Which is why I am starting a blog about natural remedies for sunburn. I will be telling what all I did to help for my bad case of sun burn and what others also recommend. Keep checking out my new sunburn blog to see my progress through pics and video.

Hopefully you all will learn a lesson at my expense and be better prepared than I was. I should have thought to ask if the craft show was inside or out. I took it for granted that the person running the show would have told me if it were to be outside.

So, when you plan to be gone for the day be prepared for ANYTHING! I wish I had been. I had all sorts of things in the car in case we needed them but not what wes needed to be out in the bright sun all day.

 

BTW, in case you didn’t know it- Mike Morelli was chosen to be a diets in review correspondent and will provide video episodic recaps throughout season 8 just as Coleen from season 6 Biggest Loser has done throughout season 7.

For those of us who loved Mike it gives us a chance to continue to see him and see how he is doing. Many of you will be happy about that :0)

Well, I am off to watch some of the Biggest Loser auditions and relax for a while.

Later :0)
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Biggest Loser Tuesday….

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Yes it’s Biggest Loser Tuesday but since Biggest Loser isn’t on I feel like a fish out of water :0(

Around here when Tuesday rolls around it is Biggest Loser day and we cannot wait for evening - 8 o’clock specifically- for Biggest Loser to come on.

Now we DO have a good portion of season 5 taped and all of season 6 and 7 but watching reruns is not the same thing as sitting anxiously waiting to see what is going to happen ,what the challenge will be, how the weigh in will go and who will be sent home.

I wish that we had started taping Biggest Loser right when it first came on. To have Biggest Loser season 1, 2, 3, and 4 would be so great. I KNOW that we watched the episodes but I can’t really remember any right now. I DO recognize some of the contestants from back then but not all of them. So, watching Biggest Loser from the beginning would be like seeing iot all pretty much new.

OOOOHHHH, an IDEA! They aught to show Biggest Loser season 1 for reruns all summer.

Then next Summer they could show the reruns from season 2, etc. These would be reruns but they would be back far enough that it would almost be like seeing them for the first time. And for anyone that didn’t watch all of the first seasons of Biggest Loser tv show they would get to see them for the first time

So anyway, if we go back to season 5 and start watching what we have taped it would be fairly new. It HAS been a while and we might not remember everything that happened so- though it won’t be like watching brand new episodes of Biggest Loser it will be nice to see old friends.

I only wish that we had started taping sooner. We started taping about the time that Paul (Kelly’s ex-husband) went home. We like Paul- matter of fact Paul is now a friend (though he thinks I’m a bit of a brat for teasing him about the chicken wings that he loves to eat :0)

Anyway, It would be great if we had all of season 5 as it was a great season. Season 6 was ok. We liked a lot of the contestants on Biggest Loser that season but there were a few that made it a hard season to watch. You KNOW who I am talking about.

Now season 7 was GREAT and we loved pretty much everyone on there but it just got done so who wants to turn right around and watch it again? I mean, it was a great season but I would rather see Brand New Episodes of Biggest Loser (Hint to the powers that be :0) Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have Biggest Loser on year round? All brand new episodes?

AHHHHH……. HEAVEN!

Or maybe Hell if there were people on there like certain contestants from season 6…..

Anyway, so here were are on Biggest Loser Tuesday with no new episodes to watch and, although I got through last week pretty easily (surprisingly) I am now starting to feel my Biggest Loser withdrawals starting to kick in and I think that I might go stark raving MAD before Fall gets here and the new episodes start playing!

Wait! It is only the second week without new Biggest Loser episodes. I can handle this. I should be able to get through until at least week 3 or 4 before having to be carted away by the men in white jackets, right? :0) lol

Ok, so back to my original plan. I am going to write all Summer about ways that you can lose weight, tips, recipes, etc.

I have the My Biggest Loser Blog Community up and going- or at least it should be. I worked on it yesterday.

I want people to come over and introduce yourself. Let us know if you want, or need, to lose weight. If so, how much? What have you tried in the past? Did you lose any weight? Did you gin it right back?

What is your reason for wanting to lose weight?

For YOU? Your health?

To live longer for your kids?

To be able to have kids?

To get boyfriend or girlfriend?

To make an ex jealous or to make them want you back?

Did you know that your REASON for losing weight is important? Yes, that is because if your reason for losing the weight resonates within you it will keep you eating salads, turning down that LARGE piece of cake for a small one, drinking lot s of water when you are sick to death of drinking so much water.

When your reason for losing the weight is strong within you, you will be much more able to stick it through until you reach your weight loss goal.

Another thing that is important and you have seen them do this on Biggest Loser, is to have a weight loss goal outfit. Make it something that you want to be able to wear so much you can taste it.

Hang it up in an area where you will see it often.

Trying to lose weight for your kids?

You probably already have pictures of them hanging up. Whenever you feel like weakening or giving up just look at those beautiful faces and remember the REAL REASON why you are doing this.

Here’s a tip: Drinking lots of water helps your body to eliminate toxins put off bu your body breaking down fat stores.

It also helps your metabolism.

BUT, when you have had glass after glass of water it can get a bit boring.

Try adding a little lemon juice. Lemon juice will perk up the flavor, make it something different and it will help you to detoxify.

And remember, get outside and get moving. Taking a walk or gardening are great ways to get you out in the sunshine and get you breathing some fresh air which is also great for helping you to get healthy and lose weight.

Try to avoid walking right beside a busy street as when you are doing a lot of walking you will be breathing more and deeper. You don’t want to be breathing in all of those nasty exhaust fumes.

An option is to walk on a country road, a park or at least a street that isn’t so busy.

Enjoy the fresh air and the feel of the warm sun on your face and know that life is good, you WILL get healthy, you WILL lose weight, You CAN Do This!!!

Take care

~Michelle

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Ice Cream Sandwich Torture and burning zillions of calories

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Hey everyone- isn’t it a beautiful day out today? I am posting here and then I am heading outside to enjoy the sun, great weather and fresh air.

Course it won’t be for fun and games. There is lots of yard work and gardening to get done right now but I try to see the positive side of it all. Lots of fresh air and moving around (ie: exercise) will help me to burn off all the calories I had last night.

Was someone trying to tell me something or what? I decided that since it was hot out that it had been a long time since we had had ice cream and it sounded good.

So, we get a box of ice cream sandwiches. My son and I each have one while in the parking lot of the grocery store as it is so hot out and something cold sounds so refreshing. We figure on having the rest in the freezer to enjoy over the coming weeks of hot weather.

Little did we know that disaster was about to strike :0(

So, we get home and go to put away the ice cream sandwiches and discover, to our horror, that the freezer has quit working.

Now, this is awful as we had the chest freezer nearly

full in our efforts of stocking up for emergencies.

All of our meats, fruits, vegetables, etc. have thawed and spoiled as from the smell when we opened the door of the freezer the dang thing quit a couple of days ago- probably right after we got in there the other day.

So, not only do we have literally hundreds of dollars worth of food spoiled that we REALLY could not afford to lose- BUT we have this whole box of ice cream sandwiches that are getting softer by the minute. It’s too late to call friends and have them over so what’s a girl to do?

Yep, you guessed it- we ate the WHOLE BOX OF ICE CREAM SANDWICHES!!!

Now for someone who recently lost a lot of weight this could be a disaster as big, or bigger, than losing hundreds of dollars worth of food.

But, in my effort to try to look at the positive side of things (though I STILL haven’t seen the positive side of losing all of that food we had stocked up on) I must say that eating that many ice cream sandwiches has definitely changed the way that I feel about ice cream sandwiches.

Right now I am not sure if I will EVER enjoy eating one of them again. So, maybe that will stop me from buying them for a long time. If that doesn’t- not having a working freezer should.

So, I am now in the market for a low cost, used, freezer that runs GOOD- if you live in the thumb of Michigan and have one then please let me know.

I have also decided that maybe we will stick more with dehydrating and canning from now on. STILL, a freezer is nice for some foods and for things like ice, ice cream ice cream sandwiches….. just kidding :0)lol

Anyway, with all of the yard work that needs to be done I am not even going to worry about gaining weight from that binge last night.

I will drink LOTS of water and eat some fresh veggies.

Just a reminder: you can get my free e-book about how to easily lose weight- just look below for all of the details.

BTW, a word of advice ALWAYS make sure that your freezer is working before buying ice cream

Now I am off to try to burn a zillion calories :0)lol

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Biggest Loser season 9 casting call…

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Yes, Biggest Loser is looking for people for season 9 :0)
They are looking for family members- teams of 2 that each need to lose at least 100 pounds.
Yes, you read that right- 100 LBS!
It seems that season 7 was such a big success on Biggest Loser with so many losing over 100 pounds that they are looking to repeat that suiccess and in the process help people that REALLY need to lose the weight.
Now, from one of the polls that I had on my ‘My Biggest Loser Blog’ that I had at blogger I know that a good many of you that are reading this have said that you need to lose 50 pounds or more. So, maybe some of you will qualify to sign up to be on Biggest Loser season 9.
Sign up now http://www.thebiggestlosercasting.com/
It does state that if you do not have a partner that you may audition on your own so don’t let that stop you :0)
As a Biggest Loser FANATIC it is good to know that we are guaranteed at least 2 more seasons of Biggest Loser (seasons 8 & 9) and hopefully there will be many, MANY more Biggest Loser seasons to come :0)
Thought season 8 is probably being filmed now it has been pretty hush-hush as to whether or not Jillian Michaels will be staying on as a trainer.
I am scouring the net trying to find out if Jillian has changed her mind and decided to stay and I will let you all know as soon as I hear anything.
If you know of anything- legitimate, not just rumours- then please let us know.
I plan on posting after the Biggest Loser finale tonight so check back later

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