WINNING....

….no, not Charlie Sheen..... 

Our “Biggest Loser” weight loss challenge finished up on Monday, and the winner was…..

 CALEB

 Caleb completed the contest at 30lbs lost!  No lie.  He looks absolutely amazing.

If I’m being honest, this has been bitter sweet.   I am extremely proud of him, and happy that not only did he meet the goal, but that he walked away with $750 in reward money.  However, it kinda makes me feel worse about myself….(by no fault other than my own I realize).  Not only did I not stay serious about the progress I made the first ½ of the contest, but I feel a little frustrated at the seemingly little effort that he had to put into this.  HEAR ME ON THIS….he absolutely DID work at this….most of the time.  It’s just frustrating to see how much faster he sees results.  We usually eat together, so it certainly wasn’t like he went on this strict plan and cut out beer and carbs or something…. No!  He really just said (the last couple weeks of the contest)… “I’m gonna be good” and it felt like each day he would say “I’m down another 8lbs but I don’t know how”…..   I MEAN, REALLY?? Of course that’s not exactly how it happened….but that’s certainly how it felt.

We head to the Cayman Islands at the end of June, so now I’m in full panic mode again.  I want to lose 30lbs, and while that’s probably not possible before then, I’m thinking I could be down 20lbs by then if I stay serious and work hard.  Soooo, some of us from the challenge are starting ANOTHER challenge on Monday.  This time, there are not as many participants so the reward pot is not as big.  I think the competition will be much stiffer this time b/c people are mad at themselves and frustrated with the failure of the first contest.  We’ll see….  Maybe this is what I need???  Seeing Caleb down the exact amount of weight that I wanted to lose is tough b/c it makes me realize if I had stuck with it I would be either at or very close to my goal weight right now. Let’s hope that ends up being motivating.  I have a plan, and it seems to be working so far (this is day #5).  I’m just frustrated and bummed that this is always a struggle.   But anyway…..

Yeah, I said Cayman Islands.  How cool is that!?!?!