I just found out that I can go to the gym in the mornings. They open at 5 a.m. I'm only going to get to the gym two times this week total, but next week, beginning on Monday I'm going to try and go before work. I'll have to take stuff to shower and change but I'm hoping that it will get my heart rate working earlier and help me to burn more calories through the day. My other daughter Sherri and I have a biggest loser contest going between the two of us and our final weigh in is on February 25th so I'm going to have to really push to win. The bad weather kept me from the gym this week but I'm really going to try hard to make it there a lot next week.

Joining the gym has helped me and Sheila out a lot. I lost 5 lbs this week. I can't remember when I did that before. I've been sick for two days this week and off on Friday so I've been a bit under the weather. But starting tomorrow I'll be right back on track. Everyone keep up the good work.

Well, I joined the gym last Monday and have gone 4 times this week. Every other day I work on weights along with arobic, and on the odd days I work on arobic by itself. I won't be going on the weekends simply because I go there on my way home from work. But the weather is getting a little warmer so I plan on doing some arobic on the weekends in my garage. This has really helped me. Yesterday I even increased the amount of weights I'm using on all but one machine. My doctor told me not to put a lot of weight on the leg pushes but do more reps, so I doubled those. Can't wait until our weigh-in on Tuesday.

Well, we did it, we joined a gym today. Sheila, myself and my other daughter joined all together and did our first workout. They start us out with low weights and we increase it as we feel we are ready. Then we meet with an instructor every 4 weeks for sixteen weeks to see how we are doing and add more machines to our routine. We also have cardio workouts we have to do. It is much better than going into the garage in freezing weather, and it is daaaaaaaaark out there!! I did good, except I couldn't keep up with the cardio I was suppose to so I just walked on the eliptical for 20 minutes. my legs and arms are hurting right now. But it is a good hurt. We are keeping on keeping on.

Well, I have a challenge of 200 miles by March 11th, but we have a detached garage and my elipitical and bike are in there and it is -6 degrees outside right now.  It's a little too cold to try and heat the garage with an electric heater. So, Sheila and I have decided to join a exercise gym. We have an appointment tomorrow at three o'clock. If everything works out like we think it will I'll be able to stop on my way home from work and work out. They have a 16 week program that they set up for each of us to do and every 4 weeks we meet with one of the employees there and get measured and weighed and what not. Just having someone else seeing my weight will be an incentive to work a little harder.If I keep pushing eventually I will find something that works. Please let me know how the rest of you are doing.
Betty

I lost a half a pound so on the video (when we make it) I will be even now and it will so no weight lost. Working in whole numbers is the only way my daughter can to the weigh-in scale. Hey, everyone notice that we added a exercise goal to our site. My biggest problem is not exercising so I needed to really push myself. That is why my goal is 200 miles and my daughter's is only 100 miles. I'm doing this on the eliptical, the bike, and the treadmill. So wish me luck. Today is my first day I did 1 mile on the eliptical (it almost killed me), and 3 miles on the bike. After I get to the 200 miles I will consider upping the resistance . . . . Maybe!!!!
Hope everyone is doing better than I am.

Just a note to let everyone know that last week I lost 2.5 pounds but my daughter had to round the number for the video so she rounded up. Be sure to watch the video each week of our weigh-ins. I sure hope I keep losing, hope my daughter loses really big this next week. I will be taking  a half pound off my weight this week to make up for the extra half pound that was added last week.

Ok, I've got all the groceries and more to stay on my diet for at least a month. Can't fit anything else in my freezer . . . full of Lean Cuisine. Frig is full of fresh veggies, K20, fruit, yogurt, etc. all the good stuff for you. Now I have not excuses. It's all right at my finger tips. I just need to get moving . . . I mean my body needs to do something. Tomorrow is the day I will join Julian's website . . . I know she will MAKE me move or she will throw me off this site. I'll let you know how it works out tomorrow. For now good-night and good luck to everyone

Ok, it just isn't working. I'm not motivated to go out and exercise so this weekend I'm going to join Julian's website and pretend she is standing behind me yelling and telling me to keep moving when I to the exercises. Wish me luck. I'm also going to make Sheila do it with me. She will do it, after all I'm her mother and all good daughters listen to their mothers.

Hey, eveyone I lost 2.5 pounds this week. I haven't talked to Sheila yet to find out what she lost but I hope she did good. The first week is always the hardest, I know I will do better next week. Hope everyone is enjoying the competition and has lost some weight. I will watch Biggest Loser tonight and try and pick on one exercise that I can do with out workout equipment.
Everyone keep up the good work.
Betty

So far I've done really good. Had a banana and K20 juice for breakfast. For snack I had a fat free yogurt, and for lunch a Lean Cuisine, and an apple. I'm finally home from work and this is my hardest time. Tired from work and want to sit and eat. One thing being in this contest, I go to the computer when I get home and start reading peoples pages. Everyone has done such a great job.Tomorrow is the big weigh in day. I have to tell how much I've lost. This is good for me, I mean reporting to someone makes me more responsible. My exercise program has not been so great but Sheila and I are trying to encourage each other to get a move on. If I didn't have a job it would be much easier but guess I do and so I have to deal with it. Good luck to anyone reading this.
Betty

hmmm! That's funny when Sheila told me she went to Olive Garden she said she "just had the soup and salad". Oh, well at least it shows she is being honest and seriously wants this to help her. Talking about honesty . . .This first week I have been determined to start, and I did. I haven't had any candy (did have ice cream at the restaurant) or cookies, peanut brittle, fudge, banana nut bread etc. All that good stuff we eat at Christmas time. I made sure and ate it all last week before I started my diet. I know that's not good . . . but I did it anyway. Today my goal is to clean out the fridge and cabinets and get all the bad stuff out of the house. I weighed 257 last Tuesday. We are weighing in on Tuesday nights the same night Biggest Loser comes on. My goal for the upcoming week is to try and lose as much as one of the girls on the show. I know it is harder since I don't have 6 hours a day to exercise but if I am strong I think I can do it. One of my dreams has always been to have a personal trainer, even more so now since I had double knee replacement. It is a little harder to know what is ok to do and what is not. I figure if I just keep moving it will help. I do have some exercise equipment in my garage. Sheila and I are planning to dust it off this weekend. I wish I had purchased a treadmill instead of a eliptical trainer though because it does hurt my knees somewhat and my husband can't even do it for more than 5 minutes because of his knees . . . oh well, something to try and save some money for. It took about five years (or more) to accumlate the stuff I do have. Just last year we moved it all in the garage thinking I would use it more now because I had new knees . . . but you know how the story goes. THIS TIME IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. Hope everyone out there doing this has great success, the one thing that Biggest Loser has done for me already is prove that it can be done without surgery.