Last night was the premiere of the Biggest Loser: Season 9. Of course, I was watching intently. I had to just let my negative feelings about the show go and just give in. I still would LOVE to be on that show. I'm thinking casting calls for season 11 will be sometime in February or March. I'm hoping they will try for a Virginia location again. My first casting call was in Suffolk, VA back in March 2008. They still have not found a contestant from Virginia to be on the ranch. But, I'm losing weight on my own, so they may miss their chance. I made a promise to myself that with each casting call I go to, I will be thinner than the previous one. Thus far, I have kept that promise.
I have watched every season of the Biggest Loser. It's a cry-fest for me. I hear the contestants stories and they reflect my own story. As Jillian Michaels said last night, when someone gets to the Biggest Loser ranch they are at their lowest. I believe that. As someone who is willing to put on a sports bra and biker shorts, stand in front of the nation, and tell them what their weight is, I know what low is. But, I'm not exactly at the lowest. I was at the lowest between January 2007 and June 2009. My weight was at its highest and my morale was at its lowest. It's starting to slowly turn around for me. The funny part is, I have no clue what caused me to be so low or what has caused me to improve. I'm moving on though. As part of moving on, I decided to use the Biggest Loser in a different way last night. Back a few seasons ago, my husband and I would watch the show and eat snacks. Watching them exercise used to make me really hungry for some reason. The past two seasons, my husband has been working during the Biggest Loser and didn't watch the show with me. I would do chores during the show and play on the computer. Bob and Jillian have said many times that during commercial breaks, viewers should do exercises. Well, last night, I gave it a try. I have a set of 5 pound weights and a resistance band beside the couch. Back in January of 2008 I started lifting light 3 pound weights while I watched TV. I did this for all of 2008. In January 2009, I moved up to 5 pound weights and bought the resistance bands. I stuck with it for about a month and then quit. Last night I dusted the weights and bands off and started "working out" during the commercials. I can laugh about it now because it is over, but you never realize how many commercials there are during a show and how long they are. If I had been doing laundry or going to the bathroom or something, I'd have to rush to get back before a show started up after the commercials. Not last night. It seemed like the commercials would never end. During one commercial break, I even did some wall pushups (standing up and pushing against a wall instead of getting on the floor...same motion and form as a traditional pushup, only standing up instead) like Bob suggested last year on the Biggest Loser. By the end of that commercial break I was out of breath, sweating, and my arms were quivering. At the end of the two hour premier, I was exhausted!! That's sad. Anyway, I feel like I actually did something good for my body. I woke up feeling great this morning and my 45 minute workout at the gym on the Nu Step machine breezed by. Now I just have to watch what I eat today. So far, I've had my vitamins, one banana, and a mug of hot unsweetened green tea. My fingers are crossed that I can be good for the rest of the day.
