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Healthy living and weight loss encouragement | all bets are off

March 13, 2013 by Tamara 30 Comments

In January I hosted a DietBet (lose weight, have fun, make money and BUILD COMMUNITY). Over half of my participants lost at least 4% of their body weight in just four weeks. Many of those needed to lose much more and were thrilled to find a group of motivating, encouraging and inspirational peers to share the journey with.

At their request, I decided to host a second weight loss game. Happy to continue providing a platform for positive lifestyle change and delighted to see so many people sharing their tips for curbing the munchies, fitting daily exercise in and getting back on the horse after a binge meal (or two).

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Despite the success of this second game (44% of players met their weight loss goals; you guys rock!), I won’t be promoting a third anytime soon. This decision is not a reflection on the game itself (it clearly works for people who have significant weight to lose), but a personal decision on how hosting the game made me feel unhappy with my body.

You see, I not only hosted the games, I anted up and participated as well. Despite the fact that I didn’t (and don’t) really need to lose weight.

The act of stepping on the scales weekly (and being sent email reminders to ‘weigh myself more frequently to improve my chances of winning’) did a number on my head.

It made me think that my body weight SHOULD be 4% less than it is (it stressed me out to not see the scale moving despite my very clean eating habits and almost daily visits to the gym)
It made me consider taking extreme measures to cut calories (even though I know that caloric restriction undermines my attempts to gain muscle mass and makes me a very cranky female dog).
It made me think back to all the different weights my body has been during the last 20 years (marriage, pre-baby number 1, post-baby number 1, pre-baby number 2, post-baby number 2, pre-weight lifting, pre-baby number 3, post-baby number 3, teaching 10 group fitness classes a week, the arrival of peri-menopause) and decide that the lowest weight was the best (never mind that I was considerably younger and had no muscle mass…)
It made me forget that I love looking and feeling strong (I love having a ‘big butt’)
It made me think that I’d be happier if I were 6 pounds lighter (happiness doesn’t come from a number on the scale)
It took the joy out of eating (food is fun) and exercising (even more fun)

It took watching some of my own #FatblasterFriday workout videos to realize that the body everybody else sees is NOT the same body that I’ve been seeing when I’ve look in the mirror as of late. (That girl in those videos has a rocking bod! Strong arms, toned butt and lots of confidence in her appearance…)

While I’d love to continue motivating and encouraging my friends and followers who aren’t yet through with their weight loss journey, I just can’t do it by hosting another DietBet (at least not right now; I need to deal with my own body image issues first). Instead, I’ll continue to support and inspire by sharing workouts, healthy eating tips and thought-provoking discussions about body image and weight loss here, on the blog, and in my Facebook group (if you haven’t ‘liked’ my page you’re missing out on twice-weekly free home workouts).

And my bathroom scales? I’m finding another use for them.

Does the number on your scale influence how you feel about yourself?

What other ways do you measure progress towards your health and fitness goals?

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Introducing the workout reward jar | get fit and fashionable at the same time

February 18, 2013 by Tamara 28 Comments

If you follow me on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest or Sweet Relish, you’ll know that I have a ‘thing’ about shoes.

A love of funky, chunky, fashion-forward, high-heeled leather footwear. Shoes, boots, sandals, I love them all. (Exercise shoes too, of course, but it’s Fluevogs that really get me excited!)

I’m not alone in this obsession. Many women (particularly women, cough, cough, my age) have a fascination with shoes, handbags and jewellery.

I have a theory about this.

Accessories always fit, regardless of the size of your body.

A killer pair of boots can cheer you up when your favourite skinny jeans won’t zip up. Sparkly bracelets never make your wrist look ‘puffy’. And handbags can divert attention from your body (as well as provide you with something to disguise your belly; remember Elaine’s giant purses when the producers of Seinfeld were trying to hide Julia Louis Dreyfuss’s pregnancy?).

Upon some self-reflection (and a frank look at my own naked profile in the mirror), I realize that the level of my interest in footwear varies inversely with how satisfied I am in my own skin.

When I feel fit and strong and lean, my shopping trips focus on jeans and curve-hugging sweaters.

When I feel not-so-fit and have put on a few extra pounds, my tastes gravitate towards shoes and boots.

I’m in a ‘shoe’ phase right now and I’m doing something about it (something other than just buying shoes, that is).

My solution? Dial in my nutrition (bye bye sugar), kick up my workouts (more intensity and consistency) and reward my hard work with a new pair of shoes.

Introducing my workout reward jar, AKA the ‘Fluevog Jar’!

Since January 1st, I’ve been tossing a ‘toonie’ (that’s Canadian-speak for our 2 dollar coin) into my workout reward jar every time I complete a workout, with the goal of rewarding my efforts with a new pair of Fluevogs this summer (Fitbloggin’, Portland, June; will you be there?).

It’s only mid-February and I’ve already saved $70. (Do the math! That’s 35 workouts in 7 weeks). If I keep it up, I may not only be able to buy the shoes I’ve got my eyes on, I may also be able to afford a new pair of jeans; in a smaller size!

Do you reward yourself for making fitness a priority?

How would you spend YOUR workout reward jar money?

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Weighing in on weighing in | how often do you weigh yourself?

January 7, 2013 by Tamara 35 Comments

Yesterday was Day 1 of the DietBet I’m currently hosting (I’m super excited, as the ‘pot’ is just over $5000!).

Participants submitted their initial weights sometime between Friday morning and Sunday lunch. Amazingly enough, by mid-afternoon Sunday, nearly 20% of the participants had already updated their weight (and even more amazing, some had already lost significant percentages of their body weight…).

Somehow, I hadn’t expected participants to weigh in daily. DietBet only requires initial and final weights. That’s certainly all that I was planning on. How often do you weigh yourself?

Now I’m not really a huge fan of the bathroom scales. And Friday’s weigh in was the first time I’d stepped on mine in about a month. (The number was higher than I expected, so maybe I stayed away too long..). My rationale? My scale weight isn’t a true measure of how fit and healthy I am. I’d rather focus on the number of pushups I can do and how many pounds I can squat, than how much my body weighs.

Truth be told, I’ve always found my scale weight to be higher than I think it should be (given what I used to weigh before graduate school, marriage, kids and peri-menopause…) and get discouraged when it shows no sign up changing despite healthy eating and frequent exercise.

But comments from some of my DietBet participants indicate that not everybody shares my view:

~ I have to weigh and post weight daily….whether down or up on the scale….to be accountable. …. I’ve tried that once a week thing & for me it is a disaster, LOL!

~ I weigh myself every day, usually twice a day (a.m. and before bed)

I’d like to hear YOUR thoughts.

How often do you weigh yourself?

Why that frequency (as opposed to any other)?

Why not more (or less) often?

How do the scales help or hinder your weight loss (and weight loss maintenance) efforts?

Please discuss below! (And if you’re participating in Fitknitchick’s DietBet, let us know!)

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#FatblasterFriday | Fitknitchick’s DietBet ‘Weigh In’ Workout

January 4, 2013 by Tamara 27 Comments

So, you’ve all seen my recent Tweets and Facebook updates about the DietBet I’m hosting, right?

Well guess what? It starts THIS SUNDAY! Sometime today or tomorrow, participants will receive a prompt to photograph and weigh themselves (don’t worry, photos and starting weights will be seen only by DietBet’s programmers ) and to submit the info directly to DietBet.

If you’re interested in dropping a few pounds, having a few laughs and winning a few dollars, now’s the time to commit! Still on the fence? What if I were to dangle the carrot of a hand knit pair of socks in front of you?

Go on, click the link and ante up –>>>> Fitknitchick’s DietBet; today’s #FatblasterFriday workout will be here waiting for you when you come back!

Today we’re doing tummy work. Six exercises targeting that soft spot around your middle (the place where all the shortbread cookies are hiding). Get out your timer and set if for 6 rounds of 1 minute each. Move from one exercise to the other without a break. Rest at the end of the circuit, re-set your timer and go again.

Next week’s #FatblasterFriday workout will be an all new, real time, full body workout! Guaranteed to help you shed those pounds and win your DietBet!

Disclaimer #1: Although I am a registered Personal Trainer, I am not YOUR Personal Trainer. Always adapt workouts to suit your body and fitness level. Always consult your doctor before beginning a new exercise program.

Disclaimer #2: The above is a sponsored post; DietBet provides modest compensation for all contest hosts.

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January motivation and inspiration | tearing into 2013

December 12, 2012 by Tamara 25 Comments

Assuming we survive the Mayan end of the world, January 2013 will be here before you know it.

Even with the best of exercise and health eating intentions, most of us will indulge over the holidays and be looking for ways to get back on track come the new year.

How about we jump on the January motivation and inspiration train a bit early this year?

I’ve got four announcements to get through today. Three of them are exercise and weight loss-themed. The fourth is for my fellow healthy living bloggers (or any of you are thinking of starting a blog, but haven’t the faintest idea where to start).

January motivation

Choose one (or more!) of the options below, commit to following through come January and enjoy the holidays knowing that you have a plan in place to quickly (and painlessly too, I hope) get right back to where you were health and fitness-wise before the seasonal madness began!

1. Need to lose a few pounds? Join my DietBet!

I’m excited to be partnering with the newest online weight loss program, DietBet! Ante up ($25), challenge yourself to lose 4% of your body weight in four weeks (January 6th through February 2nd) and split the pot with everyone else who succeeds! DietBet provides an online platform for interacting with the other challenge participants; a place to motivate, inspire and encourage each other daily. More details to follow!

Click on the link to join Fitknitchick’s DietBet. I’ve already thrown my $25 into the pot; I know that I’ll be looking to shed a few pounds in the new year…

2. Fell out of your gym routine? Try my #freshstartfitness challenge take 2!

Last fall’s #freshstartfitness challenge was such a success, I’m repeating it this January, with a twist. Rather than have participants visit my blog and log their responses to the weekly challenges there, I’ll be taking the whole thing over to my Facebook page. Each and every day in January, I’ll be posting a pinnable workout that you can print and take to the gym with you. Workouts will require minimal equipment and will be appropriate for new and returning-to-exercise-after-a-hiatus peeps.

All you need to do to join in is ‘like’ my Facebook fan page and make sure you add it to your interests list (otherwise you may not see all of my posts!). Don’t know how to do this? See below*** for step-by-step instructions!

3. Need a little one-on-one attention? Try online personal training!

I’ve had so many queries about online training, I decided to plunge right in! If you’re interested in working with a certified and knowledgable personal trainer to achieve your health and fitness goals, I’m your girl!

I’m a big believer in ‘relationship-based training’. In order for personal training to really work, clients need to trust their trainer. And trainers need to take the time to really get to know their clients before creating an individualized roadmap to health and wellness. Click the links to read more about my credentials, some client testimonials and the online personal training services I offer.

And as a special incentive to commit to a January training plan, I’m offering the first 5 registrants a 33% savings on the introductory 8 week package ($100 rather than $150). What are you waiting for?

4. Want to expand your blogging skills? Register for The Blog Genie’s “Blog Challenge Program”

Rita, the owner and chief designer of Blog Genie is running a year long Blog Challenge Program to help new and aspiring bloggers to take their ‘baby’ to the next level. Each month, her online learning program will feature a different topic, ranging from content creation to social media marketing to monetization and beyond! Registration is ongoing, but register before December 19th and you’ll also receive your choice of one of two ‘gifts’; free transfer of your existing blog to WordPress self-hosted OR a Premium StudioPress Theme.

Why am I sharing this with you? Last April, Rita worked with me to redesign and transfer my WordPress.com blog to WordPress self-hosted. She also happily held my hand as I learned how to manage the ‘behind the curtain’ details of my blog. Just this past weekend she answered my desperate email about fixing a broken blog (why do blogs always break on Sunday nights???).

I think referrals are the highest form of praise, don’t you?

And Rita was kind enough to give me a coupon code to share with my readers! Valid from December 12 until 11:59 (MT) December 19th, it’s good for $50 off the cost of the program!

There you have it. January motivation and inspiration before December is even finished. Just what you need to tackle the holidays with confidence and hope!

Have your regularly scheduled fitness and nutrition routines taken a back seat to holiday preparations?

Do you have a plan for getting back on track?

*** If you want to see ALL of my Facebook updates, please take a moment and do this-

Facebook is now pushing administrators to PAY to promote every post/update from their page. In an attempt to make page administrators pay for “promoted posts,” Facebook will now only let 7% of you receive each update I post.

Meaning that now, in order to receive all of my messages/posts, you must do the following:

1) Go to my Fitknitchick fan page.

2) Hover your mouse over where it says “LIKED” and click on “ADD TO INTEREST LISTS”

Easy peasy, lemon squeezy!

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Create a visual fitness and food journal: Instagram for motivation and accountability

September 10, 2012 by Tamara 45 Comments

Love it or hate it, keeping a fitness and food journal is one of the keys to successful weight loss and weight loss maintenance.

Knowing that you have to write down everything you eat is strong motivation not to eat that package of Oreos. And being able to look back at your workouts to see how far you’ve come may be just the push you need to keep going.

Despite knowing the value of keeping a fitness and food journal, I never manage to stick with it for more than a few weeks. Why? Low fun factor, I reckon. (But also, I’ve never found a journal format that really works for me. Do you have a favourite? Share, please!)

Why not make it more fun?

Recently, I’ve discovered Instagram. Love, love, love this app!

Snap a pic with your smart phone, choose a visual effect, select a frame, write a description of your photo and upload. Almost immediately, you’ve shared your meal or workout with the world (or at least the people who follow you on social media…I’m fitknitchick_1 and I ALWAYS follow back!).

Add a hashtag or two (for example, #paleo or #cleaneating) and your photo will be included when other Instagrammer’s search for those terms.

Your friends and followers can ‘like’ your photo (I regularly check to see which of my Instagrams has the most likes!) and comment on it as well (comments make me swoon!).

Instagram makes it easy to share with your other social media peeps as well. Just click on the platforms you’d like the photo to be sent to (Twitter, Facebook, Tumbler, Flicker and Foursquare, for now). And voila!

Once you’ve mastered Instagram, you’ll want to move up to InstaFrame so that you can include more than one image in each photo. I’m totally addicted to creating InstaFrame collages! The most recent version has at least 30 different possible configurations, depending on how many photos you’d like to include.

And best of all? You’re not limited to 140 characters! Try sending someone a recipe on Twitter; bet you can’t do it (even with very creative spelling and shortening of words!).

Why not use it to keep track of your workouts and daily eats?

Use Instagram to create a visual fitness and food journal. You’ll feel accountable to your followers and may even find motivation through their Instagram posts!

Plus, you never know when you’ll stumble across a new #cleaneating #paleo #vegan #glutenfree recipe!

Do you use Instagram or Instaframe?

What are your favourite things to take pictures of?

Are you currently using a fitness and food journal? What type?

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Weight loss vs. weight loss maintenance: different strategies for different goals

July 5, 2012 by Tamara 24 Comments

On Tuesday, I wrote about weight loss. Specifically, what I learned about the best diet for weight loss at the recent Fitness and Health Bloggers Conference. Today, I’d like to expand on that post and compare it to the very different strategies required for weight loss maintenance. Indeed, weight loss and weight loss maintenance are two very different beasts.

To summarize my previous post;

“To lose weight, worry less about macronutrient composition (fats vs. carbohydrates vs. protein) and more about cutting calories. None of the popular diets are superior to all others when it comes to dropping pounds. Choose a nutritional plan that you can follow until the weight is off. And a little exercise won’t hurt.”

If you read the post, you’ll remember that the focus was on restricting calories, rather than on increasing activity. Of course, movement and exercise are important for other reasons (improved cardiovascular health, injury prevention, mood elevation, to name a few), but for those who have lots of weight to lose, portion control and caloric restriction are key.

To lose weight –>> eat less, move a little

But what about once the excess weight is lost? Should you continue to ‘diet’? Will you need to count calories for the rest of your life? What role should exercise play in the maintenance of weight loss?

According to recent research, exercise is more important than caloric restriction for weight loss maintenance. In order to keep the weight off, you need to incorporate 30-60 minutes of physical activity into your schedule, most days of the week.

Of course, we’re all familiar with the saying “you can’t out train a bad diet”. So continuing to focus on reasonable size portions of the healthiest foods you can will go along way to keeping the pounds at bay .

However, increased activity requires you to up your caloric intake. Not by a lot; perhaps a couple of hundred calories more per day than you were consuming during your weight loss phase.

To maintain weight loss >> eat a little more, move a lot

Why such different strategies? It’s all about the numbers.

Each of the following ‘treats’ equals about 500 calories:

grande Starbucks Cookie Crumble Frappuccino
9 Oreo cookies
1 large bagel plus 2 Tbsp Skippy peanut butter
small, butter popcorn at the movies

Yet to burn 500 calories through exercise, you’ll need to spend anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes exercising (calories burned through exercise depend on a number of variables including weight, sex, age, muscle mass and exercise intensity; the more you weigh, the harder you work and the manlier your are, the higher your rate of calorie burn. Not fair, but that’s the way it is).

For many overweight people, sustaining exercise for long enough to burn 500 calories is physically impossible. And most of us, regardless of weight, would rather skip the cookies than head to the gym

As the pounds come off, it becomes harder and harder to shave calories from the diet.

In fact, most nutritionists recommend not letting daily calorie intake fall below 1 200 calories; not only is it hard to stick to such a low calorie diet without experiencing intense food cravings and extreme lethargy, over time, your metabolism may even slow down, making it harder to lose weight and keep it off once you return to a higher calorie intake

So how to keep the hard-earned lost pounds at bay? Up your level of physical activity and eat a little more!

Near daily exercise will not only burn calories, it will build muscle and stimulate your metabolism to burn calories at a higher rate. You’ll need to up your food intake by a bit; the only way to know how much is to journal both food and exercise and pay attention to how your clothes fit!

What’s the bottom line? Lose weight by eating less and moving a little. Maintain the weight loss by eating a little more and moving a lot! Need some workout ideas? Visit my free workout library!

Have you lost a significant amount of weight and been able to sustain it long term?

What tips and strategies did you find most helpful?

Disclaimer: I know I’ve told you this already, but my registration to the FHBC was sponsored by Refuel with Chocolate Milk and FitFluential. Any misinterpretations of the data are my own!

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What’s the best diet for weight loss?

July 3, 2012 by Tamara 22 Comments

What’s the best diet for weight loss? Adkins, the Zone, low-carb, high-carb, low-fat, no sugar, wheat-free, dairy-free, low-cal, Paleo, vegan, HCG?

There are a lot of diets out there promising to be the answer to your weight loss prayers. All you need to do is buy their books or supplements or prepared meals and the pounds will start falling off. Many claim to have scientific research to support their views on nutrition and health.

Yet most fail to be the panacea they represent themselves as.

While it’s certainly possible to find people who’ve lost weight following each of these diets, there are also lots who haven’t lost a pound. Perhaps we only hear about the success stories. When was the last time someone told you they had religiously followed a popular diet and failed to lose weight?

Recently, I attended the Fitness and Health Bloggers Conference in Denver, Colorado. For me, the biggest take home message of the conference could be summed up by the following slide (taken from Dr. James Hill’s presentation, “The Importance of Evidence Based Approaches to Health and Wellness”);

Source: Sacks FS. et al. NEJM 2009;360(9) 859-873.

On the left (circled) at the number of people who lost weight; some ‘big’ losers, a few moderate losers. On the far right are the people who gained weight; as much as 5 kg by the end of the study. Most people are in the middle; at about the same weight they were when they started the diet. Note that the people in the study were all obese (BMI > 30), not those aiming to lose the ‘last 10 pounds’.

(What this figure doesn’t tell us is how hard each of the diets is to adhere to; however, sample sizes in each group are the same, so all of the individuals pictured above made it to the end of the study. Perhaps I should write a post about diet adherence)

The take home message? Macronutrient manipulation is not important to weight loss for the clinically obese. Reducing calories is. Unless you have specific dietary issues (e.g., allergic to gluten or dairy or nuts), any calorically restrictive diet you choose will be equally likely to lead to weight loss.

So, what’s the best diet for weight loss? Any diet that you can stick with for as long as it takes the weight to come off.

Eat less, move more, forget cutting out entire food groups and don’t worry so much about your carb to protein to fat ratio.

Now some of you may remember that I’ve been playing around with macronutrients in my own diet. Specifically, I’ve been looking at programs that encourage people to reduce their intake of particular carbohydrates. While I’m not finished with my research, I do think that prescriptions for weight loss in the obese and those trying to lose ‘those last 10 pounds’ are different.

However, that topic really merits a post of it’s own too. Stay tuned…

Have you ever tried one of the diets pictured above?

What type of results did you get? Was it hard to stick to?

AND, if you haven’t yet entered my giveaway for Arbonne Makeup Primer and a $40 Arbonne gift card, there’s still time!

Disclaimer: I know I’ve told you this already, but my registration to the FHBC was sponsored by Refuel with Chocolate Milk and FitFluential. Any misinterpretations of the data are my own!

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Lessons learned from The Biggest Loser

December 7, 2011 by Tamara 4 Comments

I have a confession to make. I’m not proud of it and I hope you won’t think anything less of me because of it.

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Every Tuesday evening I watch The Biggest Loser.

(Actually, I PVR it and watch on Wednesday afternoons when no one’s home to bear witness.)

I know. It’s a terrible show. I’m the first to agree. The list of things I hate about it is long and includes (but is not limited to):

Contestants doing too much, too soon (400 pound people should not be running; think of the impact on their joints)
Trainers who are verbally and physically abusive (did you see the one where Dolvett repeatedly dropped a medicine ball on John’s stomach to urge him to keep his abs engaged during a core exercise?)
Weekly challenges that involve eating a huge amount of some non-food (cupcakes, doughnuts, Halloween candy) in order to win a 1 lb advantage at the weigh-in (can you say irony?)
Weigh-ins where participants are made to feel like they’ve failed for only having lost 5 pounds in a week (double digit weight loss is the expectation, at least during the first few weeks of the season)
Stockholm syndrome-like attachment to their trainers (participants hug and profess to love those who were previously abusive to them)
Isolation from their family and friends, the same family and friends who will be their primary support system when they leave the ranch
Over-the-top theatricality and histrionics (Bonnie’s ability to cry at the drop of a hat was Oscar-worthy

Not to mention the long, drawn out pauses at the weigh-ins and the dramatic faces of the trainers as the cameras cut to commercial.

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Why then do I subject myself to it weekly?

Because, despite all of it’s faults, I believe that watching it makes me a better personal trainer and healthy lifestyle coach.

Having never been overweight myself, it can be difficult for me to see things from the perspective of a client who needs to lose a lot of weight. Difficult to understand why food holds so much power over them. How physically challenging the basic movements of day to day living can be. How intimidating just entering a gym or fitness studio is.

BL teaches me to be compassionate, sensitive to my clients’ level of discomfort (of course, a bit of discomfort is required ) and realistic in my expectations of their abilities.

Watching the trainers yell, swear and verbally de-moralize the contestants reminds me that we all need to be treated with respect. That dropping the F-bomb will not motivate a client to work harder. That making someone mad at me will undermine the trusting, supportive relationship we’ve worked hard to build. That forcing an emotional catharsis will not lead to an immediate change in attitude and behavior. That creating dependence on me will not equip my clients with the tools they need to reach their goals in my absence.

BL teaches me to motivate my clients with dignity and respect. It reminds me that I’m not a psychologist and that not everyone who needs to lose weight is a victim of some long ago trauma that must be uncovered before progress can be made. It illuminates the importance of education when making life style changes.

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Seeing the transformations (both physical and emotional) of the participants reminds me why I love my job. Last season, I celebrated with sisters Olivia and Hannah, as they lost weight, learned to love themselves again and regained control of their lives. Being the instrument of positive change in people’s lives feels fantastic and inspires me to keep making healthy lifestyle choices for myself and my family.

BL reminds me of the importance of celebrating victories, both big and small. Often it’s the little victories that fuel the pathway to healthy living; doing a pushup for the first time, resisting dessert at a holiday dinner, regularly eating breakfast.

Most importantly, BL reinforces the message that weight is only a number on the scale. Sure, it feels great to see that number getting smaller, but it feels even better to love yourself and be the mother/father/husband/wife/friend that you were meant to be.

The 12th season of The Biggest Loser is quickly coming to an end. I know I’ll be impatiently waiting for season 13 to begin; impatient to watch the show I love to hate.

Do you watch The Biggest Loser?

Does seeing or reading weight loss success stories inspire and motivate you?

P.S. Recently, it’s come to my attention that some of you may not know how to leave a comment at the end of a post. WordPress doesn’t make it easy to find the ‘Leave a comment’ tab. At the bottom of each post you’ll see a footer. Notice the words ‘Leave a comment’ in the bottom line? Click on them and a comments box should pop up. Here, you’ll be able to see all the other comments (as well as my replies) and leave yours too!

Please comment well and often; that’s how we turn a blog post into a conversation!

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Non-traditional uses for your bathroom scale

June 21, 2011 by Tamara 16 Comments

I am no longer friends with the scales in my bathroom.

We used to see each other regularly, in various stages of undress. I thought we understood each other. Now I see that I’ve been misled. This relationships is no longer a healthy one and needs to end. Right. Now.

Why, you ask?

Well, no matter how clean my diet, how challenging and frequent my workouts, how well hydrated I am, the scale stubbornly refuses to budge. Stuck perpetually at 145 pounds.

This makes no sense to me. My jeans fit great. I’m happy with how I look in a bikini. I’m working out six days a week and lifting heavier than ever. Yesterday I did 80 (!) freakin’ pushups in under ten minutes.

I think it’s time. Time to find another use for the bathroom scales.

How about a headstone for the goldfish’s burial site?