The Road to Fitville 9.19: live blogging The Biggest Loser

Posted on Sep 20th 2006 11:00PM by Larissa Brown

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss, Nutrition & Supplements

[That's Fit blogger Larissa Brown chronicles her journey to health and fitness through this regular weekly feature. Once a month she checks in with her fitness stats.]

September 19
Today's weight: 160 lbs.
Up 1.5 pounds since August's check-in
Pounds lost since June: 6
Minutes it took to run my fastest mile this week: I don't even know

I've gained 2 pounds since the Hood to Coast relay, and I'm feeling a little lost.

Even this post is a day late. I normally blog the Road to Fitville on Tuesday. But what can a person say when her mouth is full of baked brie?
"Every day I try, and every day I fail." That's what someone just said on the premiere of this season's The Biggest Loser, NBC's reality show that pits teams of obese people against one another in a weight loss competition. And at this low moment in my journey I can relate. As I ~~wallow~~ sit here on my couch watching the premiere and eating poached pears with low fat ice cream, I can't even remember how many times I've had that feeling.

Looking at all these people lined up hoping to be chosen to lose weight at the Biggest Loser ranch, I can't help but wonder how easy it would be for me to gain that much weight. To get that far off track, simply by going forward the way I am. Waking up every day intending to eat right ... and failing.

Then my mind rebels and says no way. I will never let that happen. Just last week I admitted to myself that I am an athlete. Just this morning I got my running shoes on and had a lovely run before work. I've made a real change with my exercise over the past several years, and now I'm a person who has to exercise. I feel terrible when I don't.

So how can I get there -- to that level of total change -- with my eating?

Stay tuned. And in the meantime, send me your ideas and inspirations. I'm a loser who could really use them.

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Tags: diet, eating, food, mindful, mindfulness, slow food, SlowFood

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

TheLoseWeightDiet 9-21-2006 @ 10:51AM

Larissa, care to share exactly what your eating problem is?

I find there's really only two diet related problems a person can have as far as weight loss goes. The first has to do with information. Either the person is using the wrong information (but they think it's right) or they just don't really know what the right information is.

The second is a matter of will power and consistency. The person may have the right information, but they just can't actually get themselves to use it. Or, if they can, they just can't do it consistently.

Sometimes is could be a combination of both, with #1 being the cause of #2.

If you're up for it, give some more specifics. I'd love to try to help as much as possible.

Sera 9-22-2006 @ 8:38AM

Awwwhhhh!

Don't get down on yourself, that will only make things harder! I agree with your laste statements, take pride in how far you've come, in terms of your physical activity. That's an amazing feat in itself.

I find that eating more vegetables really helps me. They are tasty and are full of good stuff, plus the fiber makes me feel full before I overeat. Why not try adding a serving more of veggies at each meal? I think it'll help! :)