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Biggest Loser-Maria Goes Home

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Tonight on Biggest Loser I was surprised at how many people did not want to try to win the temptation. Since Michael and Sherry were tied I was a bit shocked that Michael came that close and then gave the game up. Since the candies were only 5 calories each and all he would have needed to eat was few more it was a bit surprising.

Okay, so pink team got the power to control the game. They got to choose who would be the teacher and who would be the student. It didn’t seem like they were real careful in their choosing as they seemed to stack the deck against themselves

The challenge was a bit weird but it was nice to see a challenge that wasn’t putting the thinner people in a position of power. It seems that so many of the challenges are physical to the point that those who are the most overweight are the ones that end up losing. Thus, those who need to be there the most often get the short end of the stick and then they usually end up going home soon because of it

I think that Michael had the right plan but boy did it backfire when it turned out that his mother would have to undo all of the ribbon that he had twisted and knotted up and had to do so blindfolded to boot.

It may have backfired against them but I was happy that it did put a wrench in the plans of the red team.

Melissa throwing the weigh in last week irked me but her comment tonight about Michael being 500 pounds was mean. After all, she is overweight too so who is she to be throwing stones?

Speaking of throwing stones? It seems that stones weren’t the only thing that Melissa was throwing. She threw the weigh in this week too. Then she gets mad at Bob and Jillian when they called her on it. Excuse me, does she think that we are all a bunch of IDIOTS here???

We all can see what she is up to and she gets mad because she got called on it?

She is so busy playing the game it makes me sick. There are so many people that want and need to be there to lose weight and here she gets this wonderful opportunity and she is wasting it because of game play?

It seems that her husband is doing what he needs to do to lose the weight but in my opinion, his wife is putting a target on their back by her game play.

Josh feels that way too. Josh and I are in total agreement about wishing that Melissa would go home

Does anyone else feel that way?

I know that Biggest Loser is a reality show, it is a game, BUT, when people are so focused on game play it seems that it is a slap in the face. They were chosen to go on Biggest Loser so that they could lose weight and get healthy but all they care about is the money and they are so obvious about but the think that they are fooling us?

That is the surest way to get me to dislike a player..

So the gray team got immunity and they got to choose a team to switch teacher/student status which then sent the opposite person, in this case Michael, onto the scale with HIS weight being the deciding factor. I understand that they feel that he isn’t working as hard as everyone else but , as someone that roots for the underdog, I would like to play devil’s advocate and remind people that when Bob put on the 330 pounds it was very difficult for him. Michael being the heaviest player, some contestants might not be aware of just how much weight he is carrying around and how hard it is. Remember Ron struggling because of his weight and his health? I am hoping that Michael getting some of this weight off will make it less of a struggle and then maybe he can do more. I would hate to think that someone who so obviously needs the help would waste it by not putting in the effort. I am glad that he is being given the opportunity to prove himself.

As hard as it is for Michael to have his mother go home I am wondering if it might be a blessing in disguise. Michael has been so concerned about his mother that maybe being at the ranch on his own he will be able to concentrate and do what he needs to do for him to lose the weight and get healthy.

Ok, so did you see the preview for next week?

OMG! I cannot wait to see it. Now I know that Biggest Loser likes to fool you by showing things in the preview that makes you think one thing when it might be another totally. So, in looking at the scale it looks like Melissa drops from 212 to 186 which would put her at losing 26 pounds. I find that hard to believe

What do you think?

Who are your favorite contestants? How do you feel about Melissa’s game play?

Right now my favorite teams are Black- they are from Michigan but I would like them even if they weren’t ;0)

I like the white team- Michael needs to lose so much weight or he will only have a few years left.

I like the orange team-Darris has endeared himself to us. He reminds me of Dan from the past 2 seasons and he is even in orange just like Dan :0)

I like most of the other contestants but those are my favorites for right now.

My least favorite contestant? Melissa.

Who would you send home if you had the power to?

I know who I would choose….

Btw, I would like to apologize for not posting like I should and how I want to. Our computer is old and it is EXTREMELY SLOW. It takes me hours to get done what I should be able to do in 30-60 minutes. I wanted to get a new tower- newer and more powerful- but our property taxes were more than I thought that they would be and we still need to come up with over $200 or our place will go up for foreclosure the 1st of March. It seems that life has been handing us a bunch of lemons but we are trying to make lemon-aid.

You can help us. We have created a FREE Stuff site. We are adding all kinds of free items from all over the net. This is going to be full of free trials, free samples, free downloads, etc.

Some of these actually make us some money by you just taking advantage of the free offer.

We will be adding more often so please bookmark the site and keep checking back. It would be a great way of helping yourself while you help us too.

Once we have our property taxes taken care of we would like to donate a portion of what we make from the FREE Stuff site and use it for helping those in Haiti or for helping people with cancer or some other great cause.

Check out our FREE Stuff page-we will be adding more soon- see what is available for FREE! http://oaksblogs.com/index.php?p=1_13_FREE-Stuff

 

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Biggest Loser Season 9

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

My computer is so slow that I started this 2 hours ago and this is all I have done. Biggest Loser is getting ready to come on so U will need to finish this later. Sorry. I AM trying :0)

Biggest Loser season 9 starts tonight! YESSSSS!
Okay, so I have been a bit busy and. believe it or not, I haven’t seen any of the Biggest Loser commercials. So, I had no idea who all is going to be on season 9. So, I decided to go searching through the land of Biggest loser and see what I could find out.
Then I realized that maybe you all would be interested in know who is going to be coming into your living-rooms for the next few months.
So here we go:

First of all it looks like there is a really good variety of contestants this season: men, women, young, old and it looks like some of them may be even heavier than last season’s heaviest contestants. Can’t say for certain but the scale should tell us tonight

Let’s meet everyone and then find out at the bottom who is the heaviest player this season:
We’ll start with the pink team
Meet Sherry and Ashley a mother/daughter team

Sherry, the mother, started gaining weight after the death of her husband
Sherry is 51 years old and one of the oldest woman to be on the show
She is 5 dt 1 and comes from Knoxsville,Tenn
Here daughter is Ashley a 27 year old, 5ft 5 inch woman

The yellow team consist of

I have tried to get the rest of the video’s to embed them here for your ease of viewing but my computer is old and is acting up. So, if you would like to see them you can go here
http://www.nbc.com/the-biggest-loser/video/

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Biggest Loser Tracey Goes Home

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

What can I say about this week’s Biggest Loser show? For us, it was a dream come true. Believe me, there was a lot of cheering going on here and I am sure, by what I have been seeing and hearing, that the same was true for many other homes as well.

Tracey found a place in our heart when she collapsed the first week before she could even get on the Biggest Loser ranch. We worried about her while she was in the hospital and hoped that Moe could keep them there so that Tracey would have the chance to utilize the Biggest Loser facilities and to gain the necessary knowledge she needed from Bob and Jillian.

If we had known then what we know now we probably wouldn’t have (Ok, we definitely wouldn’t have) been rooting for her so much.

It seemed that right from the moment that Tracey came on the Biggest Loser ranch that she was all about ‘the game’. I understand that, to a certain extent, many people are. But, she was so obvious about it. She lied and she backstabbed people that trusted her.

THAT is what I don’t like. And as soon as Tracey started doing that…..we kicked her right out of that place she had been in inside our heart. Well, maybe not ‘as soon as’ , we did try to give her the benefit of the doubt. After all, maybe it was panic because she wouldn’t be able to exercise like the other contestants were.

But, with one dumb, or mean, move after another we found ourselves beginning to truly dislike Tracey. From everything we have seen and heard, both online and off, it seems that Tracey brought out a lot of anger, and for some it seems she brought out hate, in many people.

The more that we watched Tracey the more it seemed like we had another Vicky on the show. She made us want her to have to go home NOW! But week after week she managed to win challenges and stay above the yellow line. Even when she fell below the yellow line and we were certain that this was our moment, that this was going to be the week that Tracey actually went home… she always managed to stay.

When Tracey fell below the yellow line we were certain that with how she had backstabbed so many people on the Biggest Loser ranch that she would be sent home without hesitation. Yet Liz didn’t follow through on her promise to ’send Tracey home the first chance she got’ and Moe stepped in and gave up his opportunity to stay on the ranch. We couldn’t believe that Moe took the fall for Tracey.

Well, as the weeks wore on I had nightmares of Tracey being a finalist and actually winning the prize money- UGH… the HORROR! I hate the idea of someone that lies and backstabs winning the money and being someone that people should ‘look up to’

We found ourselves wishing, and praying, that Tracey would go home. In our opinion, there were much more deserving people on the show that were dealing with the issues that got them where they were.

Well, we FINALLY got to see Tracey sent home! Actually, after how Liz didn’t send Tracey packing as she promised, and how she then turned around and became best friends with her, our opinion of Liz became lower and lower. We began wanting Liz to go home nearly as much as Tracey.

So, to have both Liz and Tracey face going home was an unexpected treat after so many weeks of seeing these two still on the ranch while people that we liked were being sent home one after another.

This was, without a doubt, one of our favorite Biggest Loser episodes this season.

How do you feel? Did you like Tracey? Were you happy or sad to see her get sent home?

BTW, after Biggest Loser was done did you happen to catch Tracey on The Jay Leno show? We couldn’t believe how much weight she had lost. Since she didn’t seem to deal with the issues that got her on the Biggest Loser ranch in the first place how did she manage to lose so much weight?

There has been talk that she was using diet pills while on the ranch- why else would she lose so much (enough to stay above the yellow line) when she couldn’t exercise? I can’t imagine that the Biggest Loser would allow that as it is in their rules that you cannot use diet pills. But, it does make me wonder if that could be how she managed to lose so much after she went home. I am not saying she did, I am just saying that it makes me wonder.

And did you notice that she still is all about ‘the game’? When Jay asked her how much she weighs now she wouldn’t tell because she doesn’t want the other contestants to know how much weight she has lost

Sorry Tracey if the truth hurts but I got to say that I am glad you went home. The Biggest Loser ranch is a much better place without people like you there. I also must admit that I am hoping that you don’t win the Biggest Loser at home prize. People that would step on those that they call friends just to get to the top are not people that should be rewarded for it.

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Biggest Loser last week and tonight

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Hi All.

I am sorry that I didn’t post last week. I had every intention of doing so until the last few minutes of Biggest Loser.

I really enjoyed the show and from how everything was going we were so SURE that Tracey was going home.

I don’t know about all of you but Josh and I are fed up with her being all about ‘the game’ and how she has stabbed every one in the back.. but that’s ok because it’s just ‘a game’

It seemed like everything was lining up just perfectly and Tracey was going home. We were laughing and so happy because we were so sure that we had seen the last of her so that the rest of the players could get back to being supportive like they were before she kept pushing ’the game, the game’

Liz was talking about how southern women get even, how she was going to be so nice to Tracey and then send her home first chance she got and she wouldn’t even see it coming.

Then Coach MO spoke up and all of that went right down the drain.

WHAT HAPPENED????

Did everyone conveniently forget how Tracey had stabbed them all in the back?

So anyway, all through Biggest Loser last week everything seemed to be on the right track and we were getting so excited and then…..

They sent Coach MO home :0(

So tonight we sat down to watch Biggest Loser not really sure how things would go.

to be honest we still had hope that maybe the blue team would wake up and see Tracey for what she is and that if they had to send someone home it would be her.

All through the challenge we were rooting for the black team. Sorry Bob, we love you, but we just cannot stand Tracey.

It just seems like Vickey all over again

Does anyone else out there see the similarities?

Vickey made that whole season absolute misery

Is Tracey going to do the same this season? Isn’t she already?

Okay, so the blue team sent the black team home for the week thinking that it would give them the advantage.

So at the weigh-in the blue team went first and I must say that for the fact that the blue team was there at the Biggest Loser ranch all week their numbers were not that impressive.

Then the black team got up to get weighed. Even though they had been home all week we had great hopes for the, From what we had seen it looked like they all did pretty good. They seemed to make good choices and exercised.

Then the numbers that they were putting up weren’t very good. We started to worry that the black team would be sending someone home. Then Danny got up there and pulled off a 15 pound weight loss.

FIFTEEN POUNDS!!!

Dan only had to lose 11 pounds and the black team would be safe.

11 pounds….

We were so sure that Dan had it, that he could do this.

Then the horrifying news that Dan had gained a pound

G A I N E D!

OMG!

of all people Dan gained a pound. we couldn’t believe it. then we were worried that Dan would get sent home. He finally had a break through and might be able to finally deal with the emotional issues that got him where he was when he came on the ranch last season.

Don’t get me wrong, we like Dina too but we really would like to see Dan go to the finale.

So how does everyone else feel about Tracey? How do you like how the show has been the last couple of weeks?

Are we the only ones wanting Tracey to go home? I wouldn’t think so.

Go ahead and leave your comments and let us know what you think about Tracey and the Biggest Loser…

Later

~Michelle & Josh

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Biggest Loser Season 8

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Hi All,

First of all I would like to apologize for not having blogged about Biggest Loser in so long. I had every intention of doing wonderful posts about Biggest Loser all summer and I couldn’t wait for the new season to start so I could blog about that.

Well, the best laid plans…. :0(

You see, I had all of these plans but God had other ones for me I guess.

This year has been one of the worst years we have had since my Mom died.

2009 started off badly and it has continued to be that way.

As I mentioned before we found our cousin in a pool of blood dead earlier this year. My friend’s sister died 2 days later. Her mother died shortly after that and then her other sister hung herself last month.

We have lost numerous relatives and family friends this year. I lost my job, gained a new one, have had a lot of health issues and the stress has been unbelievable.

I was hoping that I would make enough money online that I wouldn’t have to work outside the home due to my health issues but that has not been the case. I have taken on some part time jobs that have irritated my health issues but I have been thankful to have what money we have had. Though living on less than $10,000 a year is not easy by a long shot.

Ok, anyway. Enough about all of that. I just wanted you to understand why I haven’t been blogging on here like I had planned. It has been a heck of a year.

But, on to the Biggest Loser…

I CANNOT believe tonight’s show. What is up with Tracey???

I am in shock that she thought that 2 pounds was worth not being trained by Bob and Jillian and I do not believe it was fair of her to take it upon herself to choose that and take away the training from her teammate like that.

Then she got control of the game and almost literally threw everyone under the bus.

THEN when we wanted her to go home so bad that we could practically taste it she puts her team in first place putting 2 other teams in the hot seat.

She lied to people and backstabbed and from the previews for next week she doesn’t seem to ‘get it’

Do we have another ‘Vickey’ on our hands here or what? Hmmmm….

I want to applaud Dan for going to bat for Shay and I REALLY must say that I cried like a baby when Antoine and Sean sacrificed themselves for Shay like that.

I had a feeling that they would but I still was amazed that they actually did it. How humbling that even though they wanted to be there they put Shay, and her health, before their own wants

We saw a lot of emotions on the show tonight which is nothing new for Biggest Loser but it sure did bring out the emotions here. Tracey’s behavior has not won her any fans in this home.

Antoine and Sean should be praised for their sacrifice. You two are AMAZING! It was so wonderful to see the results that you both have had at home. WOW! Over 100 pounds each!!!

Shay? We are so glad that you and Dan will be able to stay on Biggest Loser. I know that you have had a hard life but PLEASE Do NOT Give Up!!! You ARE Worth fighting for. You DESERVE to be happy!!! And last but not least…. You CAN Do This!

Many of us have had hard lives. Josh and I have been through Hell and back. A strong person gets back up and brushes them-self off. For all you have been through You ARE a STRONG Person! Don’t give up now. Wonderful things are just ahead for you if you don’t give up.

 

As always, Biggest Loser has made me laugh, it has made me cry, I have rejoiced in the progress being made and I have been angry by the behavior of one contestant who needs to stop playing the ’game’ and realize why she is there- to lose weight and to deal with the issues that got her there in the first place.

Yes Tracey lost 11 pounds this week- I don’t know how. Even Tracy didn’t know how. That kind of weight loss won’t continue and it won’t last until she deals with the issues that got her obese in the first place and why she behaves the way that she does.

Can’t wait till next week to see what will happen next

I will try to be better about blogging about Biggest Loser each week. Just please understand that if I don’t it is because of all the chaos in my life right now. Earning enough money to pay the bills, buy food and to have heat during the upcoming Michigan winter is top priority right now.

Donations or your purchasing any Biggest Loser items you see listed on this blog would be greatly appreciated and would help to take the pressure off.

Hope you all are well?

How are your weight loss goals coming?

Whatever happens don’t give up trying to lose the weight….

You CAN Do It!!!

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New Biggest Loser Game

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

A lot of us that have had a whole lot of fun playing the Biggest Loser memory game where we matched the different contestants before and after pictures.
Now there is a brand new Biggest Loser game and I must say that I am becoming addicted to it :0)LOL
I have surprisingly managed to handle not being able to watch the Biggest Loser tv show. A big part of the reason why not being able to see Biggest Loser all summer hasn’t been as bad as I had thought that it would be (and as bad as it usually is) is because my mind has been so totally consumed by everything that has been going on around here.
The year started off on a really bad foot and has continued to stay that way for the most part.
I was working for my cousin and found her lying in a pool of blood at the bottom of her stairs. She had fallen down her basement steps and hit her head on the cement floor.
We lost a very good friend, our cousin and my job that day.
Since then we have lost more friends and relatives, I have had health problems and we have had car trouble several times that extended into a much bigger ordeal than we had thought and hoped it would be.

On top of all of that, one of my best friend’s lost her sister just 2 days after we lost our cousin Judy (when I lost my job) and her mom died shortly after that. Her other sister just committed suicide and her nephew was the one to find her. She had hung herself.

Now I am concerned about my friend and her nephew. I am worried that this all might be too much for them. She says that she would never do that. But I still worry. She is like a sister to me and an Aunt to my son.

So, we have been trying to be supportive to help her to get through these tough times.

With all of this that has been going on I hope that you can all understand why I haven’t been blogging as much as I had planned on.

We have several blogs as you can see on our

mepage for Oaks Blogs and right now we are behind on adding new posts because of all that has been going on. We hope everyone will be understanding about it now that you know the reasons why.
So this summer has been a busy and stressful one but recently I saw a tv commercial for the Biggest Loser and since then I have been feeling the effects of having to wait so long to see BL.
So, I decided to do some looking and see what new news I could find about the Biggest Loser and guess what I found?

Yep, you guessed it- a brand new Biggest Loser game.

Seeing how things have been going around here I really was happy to find something that not only will entertain me and get my mind off of all of the sad things but also includes my favorite tv show ‘The Biggest Loser’

The only drawback is the fact that I could see myself becoming addicted to this new Biggest Loser game. When I play and do great I want to try to do better. And when I don’t get a good score then I want to play again so that I can try to get a better score.

I really like this new game. You use your knowledge about which foods are healthy and which foods are unhealthy- but don’t worry- it’s not rocket science ;0)lol

Got you interested? Want to try your hand at it and see how well you do?
You too can play the new Biggest Loser Game.

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Recipe for Disaster-Unhealthy Kids Foods

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

If you have kids you know that they can be very adamant about what they like and what they want to eat.

As adults we don’t always eat the healthiest foods- as is witnessed by obesity and rampant disease throughout not only the USA but all over the world. We need to be more aware of what foods are healthy and which foods are unhealthy. And it is never more important than when it comes to our children

The food choices that we make are never more important than when it comes to kids.

Bad food choices are bad enough for adults but kids being so much smaller these bad choices can add up even more quickly.

IMHO toxins in our kids foods can build up to unhealthy levels more quickly than in children.

Do you realize that there are kids foods that your child should not be eating?

For instance, take tv dinners. They are a popular fast food that many parents choose because they are quick and easy. You may keep your freezer stocked up with them for times when you don’t have time to cook a meal or when your child is home alone while you work as they can pop them into the microwave and have a ‘home cooked’ meal in minutes.

But do you realize the amounts of sodium and other items that are excessive and could be very unhealthy? (This applies not just for your kids but you too)

I am not saying that you should throw out all of the tv dinners that you have in your freezer as that would be wasteful. But, be aware and try to make healthier choices from now on.

Even within brands you will find that certain meals have a lot more sodium than others. Try to lean towards the lower sodium/lower fat meals

Even a popular tv dinner that is geared towards children is guilty of the same thing so do not just think that it is for children and should be healthy. Take a few minutes and look at the nutrition chart and the ingredients.

How about crackers? They are a quick and easy snack that is popular not only with kids but adults too.

There is a popular name brand cracker that is geared towards children and yet the sodium levels in these crackers is very high.

A better choice? Graham crackers. They were popular when I was a child and I gave them to my son as a treat too. I am talking about plain old fashioned graham crackers. The popular new ones with all of that sugar and cinnamon on them has a LOT of sugar so feed them to your child accordingly. One of them once in a while would be fine but not large amounts of them.

 

 

Many parents think that fruit rollups are a good healthy snack for kids to get their vitamins.

Many of the fruit rollups that are geared towards kids are actually high in sugar. Check brands and compare. Better yet? Give your child the real thing. An apple, grapes or other fruit is fast food too and is high in vitamins, minerals and fiber.

Keeping fruits and vegetables washed, cored and ready to eat in containers in your refrigerator makes it easy for kids (and YOU) to snack on them instead of junk food. A container (or baggie) of apple slices with a small container of peanut butter makes for a healthier snack ,or meal, choice.

Fruit drinks

taste great and kids love them. The bad thing? They can be full of sugars, artificial colors and preservatives.

Better? Get your kids to drink real fruit juice. Want to send some for your child to drink with their lunch? Afraid of it spoiling? Freeze some in a bottle and put in with their meal in the morning. This helps keep other items cold and will be thawed for lunch time ready to drink.

Prepackaged lunch trays

are a common item for kids. They are already packaged and so are an easy to take meal for your child. But, these items can be high in sodium and other items such as preservatives.

If you feel you need to buy these for your children then at least compare labels and compare ‘meals’ within each label for the best choice.

The best choice would be for you to get your child an insulated lunch bag with a water bottle or thermos. You can freeze bottles of real fruit juice or milk ( even chocolate) and send sandwiches, fruit and prepared vegetables all ready to eat. These are fast and easy too but are full of good nutrition that will help your child to stay healthy, build strong bones and feed their brains so that they do better in school.

Soup

is healthy-USUALLY. Yet again, you need to be checking labels for ingredients and nutrition. Soups that are geared for children do not necessarily mean that they are healthy for kids.

Better yet? Homemade soup. It is not difficult. Anyone can make it and it will be full of good nutrition without all of the sodium and preservatives.

Don’t have time? Make large batches and freeze them in individual servings. Use a slow cooker so that your home made meal can be thrown together the night before and sat in the refrigerator overnight. In the morning just get your soup, or meal, going on your slow cooker. When you and your family come home you will have a good for you home cooked meal that was fast and easy.

Many people have switched from candy bars to granola bars as a healthier snack. BUT, some granola bars are full of bad ingredients too. As with everything else- check your labels.

Another healthier option might be to make your own granola bars so that you control what goes in them. Too hard? No they’re not.

 

Macaroni and cheese

is a huge favorite among kids and adults alike. Some popular brands are geared more towards kids with fun shapes and yet they are high in sodium.

I am starting to feel like a broken record…..uhhhhh…scratched cd :0)LOL

Check your labels people.

A better choice? Home made macaroni and cheese. Use whole grain pasta with low fat cheese and milk. This is easy to make. You can freeze small portions for individual servings to be heated later so making a large batch once every 2-4 weeks takes no more time than making enough for 1 meal and you will be all set for weeks.

Waffles

make for a fast easy breakfast and yet some of the prepackaged waffles you buy may not be the best choice due to high sodium and high sugar content.

Do you ever make home made waffles? When you do just make a double or triple batch and put the extra in the freezer for warming in the toaster in minutes for a ‘home made’ breakfast.

Cereal

? Kids cereals are full of sugar and sodium. Start your kids on the path to good nutrition by starting them early on whole grains. Too late? Try getting them to eat a mixture of whole grain cereal an kids cereal. Slowly increase the whole grain cereal and decrease the kid cereal.

I did this with my son and he likes to eat bran cereal, raisin bran and other healthy cereals

Lunchmeat

? Clearly all lunchmeats are not created equal. Check your labels and be aware that it is much better when you are able to to cook extra meat when you make your meals. Make sandwiches out of the extra. Or, make your own lunchmeat. It is not as hard as you might think and you can control how much salt goes into it, avoid preservatives and unhealthy amounts of fat.

I have told you about many choices that you can make to feed you and your family healthier food. Some of them you would be better off preparing at home. Think that it is too hard to make these items at home? Keep your eyes open as I am going to be bringing you an ebook that will give you the tools you need to make healthier foods for your family fast and easy.


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Firm Up & Get Healthy

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

While Having FUN!!!

Hi All,

Happy Father’s Day.

As a single Mom I am both Mother and Father to my son. As such I get cards for Mother’s and Father’s Day :0) So, I usually look forward to both holidays. But, today turned out to not be a great day around here.

If any of you have been checking out some of our other blogs you probably already know that we have chickens. I won’t get into the whole story here as this blog is about the Biggest Loser tv show and about helping people to lose weight and get healthy. But, something attacked some of our ‘baby’ chickens last night and killed 5 of 7 of them. The scene this morning was horrific. We raised these from little fuzz balls an to see how they suffered has made me sick to my stomach. Not really feeling like celebrating today.

Anyway, I promised you another way to firm up and get healthy so here you go

The other day I told you about something called isometric exercises which are not only super easy to do but they work great too. The great thing is that it doesn’t cost you anything to do isometric exercises and you can do them pretty much anywhere without most people even knowing that you are exercising.

Another great exercise that you can do that will not only help you to lose weight, firm up but to also get healthy in other ways too.

This one costs a little bit but it is not too expensive and compared with all of the benefits it is well worth it.

What is it?

Rebounding.

Some of you may not know what this is. A re-bounder is simply a mini-trampoline. It doesn’t cost much, we got ours at a rummage sale in like new condition for only $10.

You can set a re-bounder up in front of your tv and use it while you watch your favorite tv show- that could be Biggest Loser once it comes back on this Fall :0)

You simply get on your rebounder and walk, run, or jump your way to health.

If your health is bad you can still get the benefits of using a rebounder by resting your feet on it while sitting in a chair and then let someone else jump on it.

This will work well for those who may be elderly, obese or just have a lot of health problems.

Before you start you should get the ok from your doctor but if your doctor doesn’t think you should do this then ask them if you just rest your feet on the mini-trampoline while someone else uses it or you just gently bounce your feet if it might be ok to try it and see if you can start helping to improve your health this way until you are able to actually get on the rebounder and use it

Using a mini-trampoline, even like this, can help get your blood circulating and help to cleanse your lymph system. Rebounding affects every organ, helps the efficiency of the lymphatic system and even the immune system.

Your lymphatic system is your defense against , viruses, infection, bacteria and even diseases.

It cleans wastes and infection from all tissues of the body and even removes the toxins we absorb from our environment.

If you suffer from a stagnant lymphatic system you could suffer from any one (or more) of these common diseases:

Obesity

Loss of energy

Low back pain

Viral infections

Arthritis

Bacterial infections

Cancer

Prostate problems

Chronic sinus problems
Eczema and other skin conditions
Loss of Energy
Fibrocystic disease
Chronic fatigue
Repetitive trouble with parasites
Multiple Sclerosis

Heart disease
Edema
Lupus
Inflammation

High Blood Pressure
Headaches
Excessive sweating

These are just some of the diseases that affect anyone that has a sluggish lymphatic system. But you don’t have to have an impaired lymphatic system as using a mini-trampoline is one of the, if not THE, best way to improve your lymph system and gain other benefits too.

You can simply start using your mini trampoline for 5-10 minutes to start and build your time up from there. It may not seem like much and it is so much fun you may not want to get off of it :0)lol but even starting for small amounts of time you can gain great health benefits.

Here is a list of how rebounding can help your body:

1. Rebounding helps your lymphatic circulation

2. Rebounding protects your joints from chronic fatigue and trauma caused by the impact caused by exercising on hard surfaces.

3. Rebounding slows down the aging process.

4. Rebounding strengthens the skeletal systems.

5. Rebounding helps to circulate more oxygen to your tissues.

6. Rebounding creates better equilibrium between the oxygen required by your tissues and the oxygen that is available.

7. Rebounding improves your digestion and elimination processes.

8. Rebounding helps your blood pressure

9. Rebounding increases your capacity for respiration.

10. Rebounding helps in the rehabilitation of a heart problem.

11. Rebounding increases the functional activity of the red bone marrow in the production of red blood cells.

12. Rebounding improves your resting metabolic rate so that you burn more calories even hours after you finish exercising.

13. Rebounding causes your muscles to work in moving fluids through your body to lighten your heart’s load.

14. Rebounding decreases the volume of blood that you may have pooling in your veins of your cardiovascular system thus preventing chronic edema.

15. Rebounding increases your circulation.

16. Rebounding strengthens your heart & muscles so that they work more efficiently.

17. Rebounding allows your resting heart to beat less often.

18. Rebounding lowers circulating cholesterol and your tri-glyceride levels.

19. Rebounding lowers the low-density bad cholesterol in the blood and increases your good cholesterol to help you to avoid coronary artery disease.

20. Rebounding helps your body in tissue repair.

21. Rebounding for more than 20 minutes at a time with a moderate intensity will increase the mitochondria count within the muscle cells, essential for endurance.

22. Rebounding adds to the alkaline reserve of the body, which may be of significance in an emergency requiring prolonged effort.

23. Rebounding allows for better relaxation and sleep which helps you to deal with stress easier.

24. Rebounding helps to improve your balance.

25. Rebounding offers real relief from neck and back pains, headaches, and other pain caused by lack of exercise.

26. Rebounding helps for fatigue & menstrual discomfort for women.

27. Rebounding improves muscle-to-fat ratio.

28. Rebounding results in better mental performance, which could help you and your family with the learning processes.

29. Rebounding helps your immune system so it minimizes the number of colds you may have as well as allergies, digestive disturbances, and abdominal problems

30. Last, but not least, Rebounding is FUN!

With all of the benefits of rebounding there is really no reason not to get started using a mini-trampoline as soon as possible.

Now, for some of you, you may be able to get a rebounder at a rummage sale like we did but for those of you that are heavier you might not be able to find one strong enough to hold you.

Keep watching here as I am in talks with a company that makes the best rebounder around. With a 300 pound weight limit which is 50-100 pounds more than any other mini-trampoline around. It also has a safety bar and is low cost. If you haven’t already done so you may want to bookmark us and keep checking back. I will let you know as soon as I am able to offer you this great item to help you to lose weight and get healthy

Hope you all have been trying the isometric exercises I already told you about. Keep at it and you will start to see results :0)

Happy Father’s Day and First Day of Summer :0)

Later

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Lose Weight & Get Healthy

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

If you need to lose weight and you have health problems then you might want to read this through to the end.

For anyone that is over-weight. and cannot move around a lot due to being so over-weight or due to health problems from their weight:

If you think that you can’t exercise- You CAN!

Even very sick people or elderly people should be able to do this.

You should check with your doctor to be on the safe side since your doctor knows your health concerns.

I am going to be telling you about 2 ways that you should be able to exercise to help you to get healthier and strengthen your muscles. I will tell you one way today and bring you the other method sometime this weekend.

Neither one of these is difficult nor is there any impact like if you are walking, running or weight training. You can do one of these exercises anywhere. Yes ANYWHERE!

It is also completely free. You can start this as soon as you read this and you can do it while watching tv, driving, at work, and people won’t even know that you are exercising.

What is this exercise?

It is called Isometric exercise.

Many of you are probably saying, “IS-O-WHAT?”

Isometric exercising is just simply tightening a muscle and holding it for

Isometrics are just “muscle” movements. This places the stress entirely on the muscle fibers. Done carefully and often, isometric (non-movement) exercises can help you to strengthen your muscles around the joints and reduce the wear and tear on them that you get with conventional exercising.

 

1) To start off you can just tighten your arm muscles and hold for 10 seconds. Release and relax for 10 seconds. Breathe deeply throughout. Repeats four more times and then do the other arm.

See how easy that was?

2) Tighten your chest muscles and hold for 10 seconds. Release and relax for 10 seconds. Repeat 4 more times

3) Tighten your stomach muscles and hold for 10 seconds. . Release and relax for 10 seconds. Repeat 4 more times

4) Tighten your leg and buttock muscles and hold for 10 seconds. . Release and relax for 10 seconds. Repeat 4 more times

 

This is one set. When you are finished with these you can repeat the whole set again. Start off small with one or two sets once or twice a week if you are in very bad health or very obese. If you are a bit healthier you can do one or two sets each day or even twice a day.

 

Now, if you are at home in front of the tv and you don’t have to worry about someone seeing you exercise you can also do these extra exercises for your chest , biceps and triceps.

Isometric Hand Press Exercise


While sitting upright in your chair you simply grasp your hands together in front of your chest, and firmly press them together. Make sure that you continue to breathe throughout the exercise. You should hold for 10 seconds and then relax for 10 seconds. Repeat this exercise four more times.

Another one that I like to do is what I call the

Bear Hug Exercise

Hold my arms in front of me and then bring them to the opposite side as if I am going to give myself a hug. Keeping the muscles tight I alternate with right arm above the left and then left above the right. Do this for 10 ’hugs’ Relax for 10 seconds and then repeat 4 more times

This will firm up the arms and chest (triceps, biceps and pectoral muscles). These WORK!

I believe that wearing a bra could be part of why breast cancer is so high. The pressure against the lymph glands stops them from doing their job properly- which is to cleanse the lymph fluid getting toxins out of your system.

So, I don’t wear a bra- even though I have large breasts. My Mom and a friend of mine always joked that I got enough for 2 people- course that was probably because my Mom was small breasted and my friend wears a smaller bra size than I do.

Anyway, without wearing a bra most people would have their breasts hanging down to their stomach. Mine don’t. I simply do these exercises at least once every week or so. My friend and her mother actually asked me why my breasts don’t hang down since I don’t wear a bra.

I believe that the only reason that they don’t is from these 2 exercises listed above. I also do the isometric exercises for the stomach, legs and buttocks. If these exercises work this well using them once every week or so, just imagine how well they can work if you do them more often. And they are not hard to do. There should be no gasping for air, no stress on the joints. Just be sure not to over do it when you first start as your muscles may feel sore since these are so easy you might not realize just how powerful they really are.

You should be able to go ahead and get started if you are in good health. If not, then please check with your doctor first but since there is no cost involved this is a great exercise that anyone can do. It is easy, simple, free and effective.

You might not lose a bunch of weight fast like they do on the Biggest Loser tv show by doing these but these are a simple way to start getting in better shape or as a way to exercise on days that you just don’t have time to get to the gym.

These may be little but they are MIGHTY! :0)

Like these simple exercises? Just wait until you find out what the other type of exercise is and how easy and FUN it can be :0)

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Biggest Loser Contestant-Domestic Violence Charge

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Remember Biggest Loser winner Helen’s daughter Shanon? Do you remember how she was arrested December 16th, 2008 for domestic violence. She was charged with throwing flour into her tenants face.

While many of you were not thrilled with Helen and many did not like the fact that HeHelen stayed on the Biggest Loser ranch while her Daughter Shanon went home for the second time.

A lot of you thought that Helen was being selfish by not only letting her daughter go home again but the fact that she actually ‘manipulated’ Shanon into asking that she be the one to go home while her mother stayed on the Biggest Loserranch

I remember Shanon’s face when she realized that she was going to be going home. I think that she had some doubts and some regrets for volunteering to be the one to go home so that her mother could stay on the ranch.

Well, after months of not knowing what was going to happen this case went to trial and the witness never even bothered to show up.

The judge threw the case out and Shanon is now a free woman.

Life is going well for Shanon and her mother Helen.

Helen wins $250,000 and the title of Biggest Loser while Shanon’s case is thrown out and she is now free to roller derby all she wants to.

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