Are we still alive.........

We have a month left until this is over. I am not sure what I can say to motivate anyone, but I am making a commitment to everyone that I am going to work hard this last month.

Weekly Winner- Ethan

This week I lost 3 lbs. I think it is due to stress and not exercise. Maybe I should keep up the stress, seems to work!

COMPETITORS	Weight Loss	% Weight Loss
Mom	0	0.00%
Dad	0	0.00%
Ethan	3	1.32%
Jake	0	0.00%
Amy	0	0.00%
Jodie	-3	-1.11%

Weekly Winner- MOM

COMPETITORS	Weight Loss	% Weight Loss
Mom	1	0.66%
Dad	-2	-0.91%
Ethan	-2	-0.89%
Jake	0	0.00%
Amy	0	0.00%
Jodie	-2	-0.74%

MOM IS THE WINNER THIS WEEK WITH 1 LB LOST. GREAT JOB MOM. KEEP IT UP.

SO ON A SIDE NOTE. WE ARE LESS THAN 2 MONTHS FROM THE FINISH LINE ON THIS RACE. WE NEED TO START MOVING THE NEEDLE. THIS WEEK I STARTED A NEW DIET BECAUSE I AM TIRED OF NOT SEEING ANY DIFFERENCE. I SUGGEST THAT WE KICK IT UP A NOTCH AND TRY TO SEE SOME BIG RESULTS THIS WEEK AND THROUGH OCTOBER. I LOVE YOU GUYS. HAVE A GREAT WEEK.

Weekly Winner

This weeks winner is Jodie. Jodie lost 3 lbs. This is great!!! Everyone has hit a wall and it looks like Jodie is working hard. Great job jodie. I am proud of you.

PS- If you will notice below, Angela has dropped out of the competition. It will be impossible for her to loose weight while she is growing a baby in her belly.

COMPETITORS	Weight Loss	% Weight Loss
Mom	-1	-0.66%
Dad	0	0.00%
Ethan	0	0.00%
Jake	1	0.54%
Amy	0	0.00%
Jodie	3	1.10%

Update

I worked out 4 times last week. I got sick and then have not worked out since Saturday. I am just trying to rest and get some energy back. I hope everyone is doing great. Have a good night.

Weekly Winner

Sorry this has taken so long to post from last week. I have been sick and have not had a chance to post it. This weeks winner is mom. Mom is the only one that lost weight. Great job mom. I know you are going to the gym every week.

COMPETITORS	Weight Loss	% Weight Loss
Mom	1	0.66%
Dad	-9	-4.09%
Angela	0	0.00%
Ethan	0	0.00%
Jake	0	0.00%
Amy	0	0.00%
Jodie	-2	-0.74%

Frustrated

So Angela and I worked out again this week with P90X and we still gained weight. I hope that this is muscle and not fat, but only time will tell. I feel better but want to see some results on the scale. Does anyone have any good ideas. I am working out, but need to see a pound or two come off on the scale. Maybe I am looking at this the wrong way. I don't know. Well, on to another work out.

Weekly Winner

This weeks winner is Jake, Jake has done a great job of consistently loosing weight. Great job Jake. Keep up the hard work. Are you still going to the gym?

COMPETITORS	Weight Loss	% Weight Loss
Mom	-1	-0.66%
Dad	0	0.00%
Angela	0	0.00%
Ethan	-1	-0.45%
Jake	1	0.54%
Amy	0	0.00%
Jodie	1	0.37%

Our work out this week

So this week was a great week. Angela and I started P90X and it is a butt kicking. We worked out every night for an hour. Tons of sweat and soreness. Last night was an hour and a half of Yoga which was a great work out and very hard to do. I am glad Angela and I are doing it together because we motivate each other to finish each work out. We both gained weight this week but I think it is due to muscle gain, because the workouts are muscle intense. I feel better and have slept better all week. I hope everyone has a great week week and keeps working at it.

Week 7 Winner

COMPETITORS	Weight Loss	% Weight Loss
Mom	1	0.66%
Dad	0	0.00%
Angela	-1	-0.74%
Ethan	-1	-0.45%
Jake	2	1.06%
Amy	0	0.00%
Jodie	1	0.37%

Jake is our week 7 winner with 2 lbs lost. Great job Jake. Keep up the work outs. Mom and Jodie also lost weight so congrats to them both. 

P90X

So I bought P90X. It is an intense 90 day workout that Angela and I are starting tomorrow. Wish us luck. Hopefully the weight will start falling off and we can start seeing some results. Love you guys. Have a good night.

Week 6 Winner

This weeks winner is Mom. Mom lost 1 pound and did a great job this last week. Congrats Mom.

COMPETITORS	Weight Loss	% Weight Loss
Mom	1	0.65%
Dad	-1	-0.46%
Angela	-2	-1.49%
Ethan	0	0.00%
Jake	1	0.53%
Amy	-3	-1.70%
Jodie	0	0.00%

Week 5 Winner

This weeks winner is Amy. Amy is the only one that lost weight this last week. Great job Amy. What ever you are doing is working. Keep it up. Does any one have a good suggestion for getting my butt in gear? Too much work and not enough time is my excuse, but that is not going to help me loose weight or win this competition. Any thoughts would help.

COMPETITORS	Weight Loss	% Weight Loss
Mom	-2	-1.32%
Dad	-1	-0.46%
Angela	0	0.00%
Ethan	-1	-0.45%
Jake	0	0.00%
Amy	2	1.12%
Jodie	0	0.00%

Week 4 Winner

Sorry we are late for this week's posting. Our winner this week is ....... Mom. She lost 2 pounds for 1.31% weight loss.  Dad came in second. Congrats! Great Job!

Week 3 Winner- No One

COMPETITORS	Weight Loss	% Weight Loss
Mom	0	0
Dad	0	0
Angela	0	0
Ethan	0	0
Jake	-2	-1.08%
Amy	0	0
Jodie	0	0

This last week, no one lost weight. The good news is that no one really gained either. Jake gained 2 pounds, but he is blaming it on the Chicago deep dish pizza he had on his trip. This week will be better. Just try and focus on portion control and sugars. Love everyone and have a great week.

Thoughts

Amy, I loved the post. I think you are right on. I have even been re-thinking the way I eat and trying to make it more realistic. I need to do better on exercising. I was doing great and then life set in. I am worried about tomorrows weigh in. We will see how it goes. Love everyone and hope that they keep it up. Thanks for posting Amy, it is a boost for me. Have a good night.

First Weekly Challenge

Here is our weekly challenge results.

Samuel-53 push ups
Avery- 50 push ups
Angela- 30 push up
Ethan- 25 push ups
Austen- 17 push ups

In my defense, I was the only one that did full length push ups. Samuel just got mad at me for saying this.

Amy's Super Awesome Weight Loss Program

The title of this post may be a slight exaggeration, but what I'm doing is working for me.  It's what I did before, years ago, when I lost 50 pounds.  Unfortunately, I didn't stick with it.  All I'm doing is eating more fruits and veggies and less carbs, cutting down my portions, and exercising 5 days a week.  I also drink TONS of water.  I only have one diet soda a day, which is a miracle.  Jodie says he hasn't seen a pack of Diet Pepsi ever last so long in our house.  I make totally normal dinners, including things like lasagne and enchiladas, but I have a small portion of it.  And instead of having two carbs (like lasagne AND bread) we just have a veggie or side salad.  Or when we had tacos Jodie and I just had them as lettuce wraps instead of with a shell.  And you know what?  They tasted really yummy that way. 

For exercise I alternate days of cardio and muscle strengthening.  I use Just Dance 3 for most of my cardio (which Connor digs) and different exercise videos from Netflix streaming.  I do it for 30 minutes. 

Hopefully I can keep all this up.  It's only been two weeks and I feel so much better.  So let's all do this!  Don't starve yourselves!  Every Saturday Jodie and I have our "off" day.  We get one meal to eat whatever we want.  One meal a week isn't going to kill your weight loss, as long as you don't go too crazy.  Last week we had pizza, but only two slices.  Or if I go to Wendy's or something I don't upsize the meal.  Stuff like that.  Hope this info helps.  I'd like to know what everyone else does!

On an unrelated note...when you guys are doing group text messages please only text Jodie.  Jodie has plenty of text messages per month, but I only get 250.  Jodie lets me read the messages, so I'll still get them.  I keep going over, and it's 25 cents per text message over.  I love hearing from everyone, but our bank account doesn't like it.  Of course, if you're sending a text to JUST me, it's not a problem.

Love you guys!  Keep up the good work!