I haven't written on here in forever. Life is crazy busy, but the weight loss is still a main priority. My total weight loss in the Million Pound Match-Up was 22 pounds. I didn't reach the goal I wanted to but I am proud of myself. I am also proud of my mom and sister who did amazing as well. Even though it is over I am going to try and continue writing. I was going through past blog entries and I am so pleased with the progress I made. Today is my first personal training session. Even though I lost weight I have not seen too many inches being dropped so I am hoping working with a trainer will help.

P.S. We met Bob Harper on his book tour. Check out our pictures. He is an amazing and inspirational person.

- Jessi

So I know I haven't updated in a while. I have been sooo busy but don't worry I have def still been working out. I started working with a personal trainer every other week to see if that helps me to lose more weight. So far since I started I think I have lost about 20 pounds! That is awesome. I am slowly seeing the results little by little. :) I can't wait for the finale! Woo Hoo!! -Cheryl

So I lost another pound this week. It is so hard for me to do weight watchers but it is working. I guess I always though dieting was eating less, but I have to eat more than I normally would on weight watchers. I exercise almost everyday for at least an hour, which means I need to eat more. I guess it is what Jillian always talks about. How you need fuel to run a car so you need to eat if you work out all the time. I have been eating all my points, but not adding in my gym points. Now I have to eat even more the days I go to the gym. I will get this eating thing down eventually. But I am happy. :)

Hope everyone else is having a good week. Show should be good tonight!

- Jessi

I passed my plateau!! Finally!! Ughh it feels so great to get on the scale and see a smaller number. I was seeing the same number for weeks it was making me crazy. I think I had to be on Weight Watchers for more than a week to see results and it worked :) To everyone else who might be at a pleteau DON'T GIVE UP!! I swear it may seem hopeless but it is not. I have been going to the gym systematically the past few days and I feel so much better when I go. After I weighed myself this morning I felt so good I got my haircut (split ends) to make my good mood stay

For dinner tonight my friend wanted to go to Red Robin but we convinced him to go to Applebee's. The food is really delicious AND it tells you how many points. There aren't tons of options but for dining out it was very good.

I hope everyone else is having a good week!

Jessi

So I am really trying to get to the 100s. I think if I can get there I will be more motivated to lose more weight. I am at 209 now so I am almost there! Just 9 more pounds but it feels like so much. I have had a bad couple of weeks. I traveled with my work to California and Washington D.C. and I must say it was hard to exercise.

I tried to make sure that I ate as good as I could but the exercising was so hard. I was in San Francisco so I made sure I picked large hills to walk up.

I just feel like I have no time to work out because I work so much but hopefully my work life will slow down soon and I will have more time.

At my Weight Watchers meeting out leader told us to count down the weeks to July 4th and if we lose 1 pound a week until then it will be almost 20 pounds. Since July 4th is my goal that really motivated me. I realized that I only have a few weeks left to my goal and am no where near I want to be.

I need to step it up!!

-Cheryl

STILL AT A PLATEAU!!!! I really don't know what to do anymore. I started weight watchers last monday. I feel like I am eating so much more than I used to. I have a salad for lunch most days. I add chicken or tuna and stuff to it to spice it up but it is really no points unless I add to it. I'm not big on a huge lunch though but now I have to bring something else like a sandwich to make my point for the day. I think I just need to do more exercising I think. I don't know anymore, all I know is I am still not going to give up. Old Jessi would be done by now but not anymore. I have 20 more pounds until I reach my goal weight. So far I have lost 15 pounds and even though I don't think I look any different I saw my cousin on sunday for the first time since christmas and she was like what size are you down to, so I guess I look like I'm losing weight. July 4th is my goal date and I WILL BE THIN by then!

- Jessi

P.S. I know the challenge is almost over but are people staying with the community after?

So I have yet again not lost any weight. I tried changing my calorie intake last week because I thought maybe I wasn't eating enough. That didnt work either so I have decided to do weight watchers with my mom and sister. I did it in high school and it worked and I pretty much eat the same things all the time so it isnt hard because I know all the points already. I am also going to do less cardio and more strength training.

My mom amazes me....and makes me mad. She started weight watchers about three weeks ago and already she lost 20 pounds. I am so proud of her but annoyed at the same time because she doesnt even work out and I do and I cant loose weight. I wish I had her metabolism. She was always thin when she was younger. I have my dad's metabolism, but I'm not going to let that stop me.

I got a smaller size pair of jeans last week. They dont fit perfectly, I still have to squeeze a little, but they fit and a few months ago they wouldnt have fit at all.

- Jessi

So I weighed in at Weight Watchers and I lost weight! I was so excited. It's not a lot but at least it's something seeing that I haven't lost in a while.

I know I am going to run into a problem this week though. I am going on a business trip for 5 days and I have to eat out every day. Let's see what happens and I will let you know if I still lose next week.

- Cheryl

So I have once again not lost any weight. This plateau is so annoying I feel like giving up sometimes BUT I'm not going to. I have a question for everyone. I have the biggest loser weight loss guide. It tells you to multiply your weight times 7 to get how many calories to eat every day. I feel like I am not eating enough. Right now I am eating between 1,100 and 1,200. TECHNICALLY I am supposed to be eating 156 x 7 = 1,092. That doesn't seem right to me. I feel like maybe I should have stopped decreasing my calorie intake at 1,200 or something. HELP!

I bumped up my running to 25 minutes today :)

- Jessi

So I don't know what to do anymore....I feel like I am no longer as motivated as I was in the beginning. I want to lose weight so bad and I have lost 14 pounds so far, but I don't feel any different. None of my clothes are looser or fit any better, I don't think I look any different. I just wish that there was something that made me feel like this is working, but there isn't. I know that I'm not just going to all of a sudden be thin. I don't know I just hate that I can't see any difference which makes me want to work hard.

As a personal success I can now run for 20 minutes without stopping. I think that is wonderful. Now this week I am going to try and bump it up to 25 minutes.

- Jessi

So I went to visit my friends this weekend for a birthday night. I ate good all day so I had the calories and stuff to go out at night. I even went to the gym in the morning so I felt great. The next day we slept through breakfast and went out for lunch. How come restaurants don't have healthy salads. All they have are salads with all this crap in it and bad dressing. It's like restaurants want you to fail. Also all the chicken is breaded or smothered in something. I wish all restaurants/diners had a healthy menu section. There's all this stuff about how America is overweight, don't you think they would want to help do something about it.

- Jessi

So I'm still at the same weight. What is freaking going on! It's been like 4 weeks and I am still at the same weight. I go to the gym I've been doing weight watchers and nada! I don't plan on giving up, not at all, but this is the reason that I gave up last time. I try so hard and I am not seeing any results. Maybe next week something will change. :( -Cheryl

So I decided that even though I lost 2 pounds this week WOOHOO!! I need to weigh in on fridays AND tuesdays. I let myself go after tuesday and then work my ass off on friday, saturday and sunday. I have to make sure I work out ALL week so now I'm going to weigh in twice. I'm only going to post my tuesday weight but I want to make sure I keep going.

So I joined Weight Watchers yesterday and I talked to the woman in charge. She said I'm not eating enough protein and I am also not eating enough period! I mean I feel like I am eating enough because I get full at every meal but I guess it's still not enough.

I didn't gain weight but I didn't lose any either :( I don't understand!!! I exercise 6 times a week at least 2 hours and I eat healthy yet I am not losing weight. I am not planning on giving up but this is a little discouraging.

- Cheryl

So this week I lost another 2 pounds! Woohoo!! I am excited because the last time I dieted I hit 160 and could not get lower. I am trying really hard not to plateau. That is my biggest fear is that I am going to get stuck at a weight and give up. This weekend was our 23rd birthday. We went out to the bar with my friends but made sure we limited our alcohol consumption. It worked out great. The super bowl was on sunday too. I did great the whole night. Then it got down to the alst two minutes and I got anxious and ate chips. I didn't dip though just chips but I made sure I counted it and I know for next time to stay away from them. I also took my first cycling class on saturday which was intense but a great workout. I hop everyone esle is doing great!

- Jessi

So even though I didn't loose any weight this week I decided that maybe I am losing inches. This morning I decided to try on my "goal" pants which had fit me last year but I grew out of them. They were my favorite pair of jeans and last month I couldn't get one leg into them. THEY FIT!! I was so excited this morning I was smiling for like 2 hours. Stuff like that makes me want to work out more, which is good. This week I am going to try and make myself stay strict with my diet. Mine and Cheryl's 23rd birthday is Saturday. 23 years of being overweight. My plan is to not have to say that next year. I am also not going to go crazy drinking this weekend. I will let me skinny friends do it for me.

- Jessi

So I gained 1 pound this week. I still don't understand it. I go to the gym 6 days a week at least 2 hours a day so I guess it's my eating habits that are messing me up.

I don't know if it's that I'm eating too little or too much. I think counting calories isn't really working for me. I am considering doing Weight Watchers because that has worked for me before. I did it a few years ago before going on a cruise and I lost over 50 pounds. Then I went on the cruise and gained a lot of it back. :(

I really have to figure this out and hopefully soon.

- Cheryl

So I knew it was coming...I was losing weight too fast. I have hit my plateau. I didn't loose ay weight this week. I have to kind of blame myself though. I had one really bad night on saturday of eating. We had Red Robin, and even though I had chicken it has guacomole and bacon on it, and I was craving french fries. I didn't think it would be that bad, one night, but now I know. Even though I worked my ass off the past three days, still the same weight. Now I know I can't let my dieting get off track, even one day means a lot.

I am taking my first spinning class tomorrow. I hope I can keep up, it should be fun to try. I hope everyone else had a better week than I did.

- Jessi

So I lost another 3 pounds this week. Woo Hoo! I feel like I should be losing weight faster than I am, however, I am also comparing myself to everyone on the biggest loser and I shouldn't because they work out like 6 hours a day and I can only squeeze in 2 hours. My life is so hectic and I feel like I should be able to do more but I really can't except for the weekends. On the weekends my sister and I finally got into a routine and we go for like 4 hours. It feels so awesome when we get done because I realize that I am finally doing it!

I added 2 more minutes to my running today. I can now run for 12 minutes and I started at 8 minutes! I can almost run 1 mile and I am so excited for that!!!

Still going strong and hope that everyone else is too! Don't give up! You are changing your life!

- Cheryl

So me and my sis got our mom to diet with us too. It's great because she used to make dinner and make it fattening. Now that she is dieting with us it help so much because she understands what we need to eat. She already lost 7 pounds. I'm so proud of her. Weigh in tonight! I think I lost weight, I don't think it will be a lot thought but losing is losing.

- Jessi