After our first day at Sweat

So I joined Sweat* again. I actually emailed the owner and told him I was interested in doing it again because obviously I didn’t get anywhere in losing weight. Obviously I had a mid-year crisis – I can’t believe it’s almost July already!? Anyways, he was determined to help me out and had Tyler and I come in to meet with him. He gave us a big discount so we could afford it and stick to it. That was really nice of him! The catch was that he wanted Tyler to do it too because he believes it’s important for us both to do the same thing and have the same goals so we can help each other out.

So we signed up and did the depressing stuff – taking our measurements & weighing in. Then we went over the diet stuff. He expects me to lose 20 pounds in 3 weeks!!! It’s possible but dang… I BETTER lose 20 pounds!

Our first day in the gym was no joke. We didn’t even warm up. He had Tyler do the Jacob’s ladder for 15 minutes while I was on the elliptical bike then switched over to the stairmaster. We were literally sweaty at the end of the hour.

It feels good and I can tell I feel so much better but I’ve been having a few headaches….probably due to the fact that I haven’t had Diet Coke in a while. Overall, I’m looking forward to seeing the results and making lifestyle changes!

*Sweat is the name of the gym. It definitely lives up to its name for sure! People can’t just use the gym anytime. There are many different programs: weight loss, sweat cheer/wrestling, toning, personal training, etc. The way it works is you sign up for the hour you want to go for small group training and there will be a personal trainer working with you individually with about 7 other people. Everyone has different goals. There are also personal training for 1 on 1 but of course those sessions are way too expensive!

I had to keep a secret but now I don’t need to anymore.

I applied to be on the show, Heavy, on A&E last month. I didn’t think much into it and didn’t think it’d go anywhere. Well, a week later the casting director contacted me and told me they were interested and asked me to fill out a questionnaire. The typical questions were like,

• What is your biggest regret that is a consequence of your weight?
• How has your weight affected your health?
• What are your three most important reasons for losing weight?

…and lots of describing myself and telling my story. I answered the questions and sent the questionnaire back to her. She asked me not to tell anyone of our conversation because you know they do that with all TV shows anyways. She even called Tyler to make sure we were aware of that. Meanwhile I asked my boss if it would be okay to take a month (or more) off if I got picked and she was totally supportive of it and said I’d still have my job.

A few days later, she emailed me back and told me I made it to the next round. They were interested in my story and now wanted me to do a videotape. They were asking for a lot….

• Eating bad food
• Cooking
• Show the inside of my fridge
• My closet and clothes
• Old pictures of me
• Things that are hard to do physically
• Show my work place

I got overwhelmed by reading all the things they wanted me to do. I’ll be honest here…..I chickened out!! Actually…Tyler and I talked about it because we didn’t even discuss anything before I randomly applied because I seriously didn’t think they would contact me. After our discussion, we both agreed we didn’t feel financially comfortable with me leaving for a month. And honestly….I don’t think I could go for a month being isolated at a resort without my iPhone UNLESS I was on The Biggest Loser which is my favorite show! I even dreamed that I went through the last chance work out with Bob & Jillian. It felt so real and so I’d like to pretend I did.

Anyways….so yep, it sucks because now I’ll have to live with that regret of not knowing what would have happened if I sent in a videotape. But honestly… I’m not going to dwell on it because I am still working on myself by going to boot camp and doing a 5K run/walk next Saturday. At least I’m not giving up!

So that was my secret. Sorry you won’t see me on TV revealing my rolls of fat & how much I weigh.

After my post about learning to love myself again, a great opportunity came my way to win a month free of boot camp. Now the catch was I had to get as many people as I could to like the boot camp’s fan page on Facebook then leave a comment saying, “I love Adventure Boot Camp because of (my name)”. The most votes would win and be able to bring a friend to boot camp for free too!

Okay, I knew I had to win this! I asked everyone on Facebook to do this for me. My parents and husband rarely use Facebook so I had to login on their accounts to cast their votes. My greatest supporter with this was my sister. She asked her friends to vote and went crazy on liking everyone’s votes! I say this because she even accidentally liking other votes that weren’t for me. I even sent out an email to some close friends, bloggers, relatives and sorority sisters. It was amazing to see how many people took the time to vote for me. If you voted for me, thank you again!!

The next morning I received some comments and text messages from friends  saying they just announced the winner on Facebook and that I won! I was contacted by the trainer to set up an appointment for an evaluation. My mom really wanted to do the boot camp with me so I was more than happy to give her the “free friend pass” so she can do the boot camp with me.

We went in for our appointment and really liked the trainer! So now I’m really looking forward to boot camp that starts next Monday. I even considered the 5:30AM boot camp but knew I would never get out of bed that early so we signed up for the 6:00PM boot camp (4 days a week).

I’m using this opportunity to kick me in the butt and get a head start gaining will power to do this and lose weight. I have so much to look forward to even a 5K walk/run that I signed up for on April 9th!