Thursday, April 14, 2011

SPOTLIGHT #1

Karlie Badger


Hey guys! I am Mindie’s cousin. My name is Karlie. I am 27 years old. I’m a wife mother of two beautiful kids. I am a florist by trade and a stay at home mom. I own my own company Garden House Floral my website is www.gardenhousefloral.com check it out. I love plants and flowers always have. I’m a friend to everyone, easy to talk to, and I’m a great listener.

Let me take you back to the prime years of my life. I was 20 years old, the healthiest I had ever been. Exercise was a joy and eating healthy was not a problem at all. I was all about myself and what I wanted and what would make me happy. It was great. I met my husband Mike (who will be spotlighted this weekend) we fell in love and got married shortly after in 2005.

I knew marrying Mike would be wonderful and great and awesome. It IS!!!! What I didn’t know is how being married and all the added responsibilities would affect my personal life. We had our little boy exactly a year after we got married. The weight quickly piled on. I was so comfortable in my situation I forgot how important it was to keep myself healthy, my focus shifted to my son and the care of my home and my husband. We had our baby girl in 2008 and it got worse and worse. I was at my fattest Fall of last year. Mike and I decided it was time. Enough letting ourselves go. There were a few instrumental occurrences that got us to the mentality we are in, (post for another time).

I am here, NOW!!! It’s TIME and I am in it to WIN it!!!

My weight has always been an issue ever since I can remember much like a lot of you I’m guessing. Until recently I just didn’t care about myself. I was careless with what I ate and how much I ate. I sat on the couch all day and was super depressed in the winter. I would get spurts of motivation to try a diet, but that would quickly fade. Out of frustration and with lack of results, and I was back where I started maybe even worse off than when I started. I’ve heard the term yo‐yo dieting. I was there. I was sad, I was depressed.

Me on the left: 2005 before I got married Me on the right: 2011 how did that happen
TODAY!!! I am 30+ pounds lighter and not even halfway to my goal, but I am on my way. I am consuming 1200 calories a day and counting every one on My Fitness Pal online. I drink 145 ounces of water a day. And I exercise at least 4 times a week. Accountability is essential. I have a group a few of us started at our church, we meet every Monday to weigh in and talk about our accomplishments and struggles for the week. Mike and I are a part of Slim Down Sandy, we weigh in weekly and meet up for meet and greets with others on board. I couldn’t do this without the support of my Husband Mike he is my inspiration. I can’t wait for everyone to meet him on here.

Find and do what works for you. Stick to it, exact to the plan. That is my advice. I’m no expert ;)

Thanks Mindie for getting this going! Just one more way to be successful!

Good luck everyone!

I post on www.skinnyjeansgalforme.blogspot.com feel free to become a follower!

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Okay, okay, okay. I am sure most of you are anxious to see this months results. I will have to say that there are a couple that still need to weigh and still more that just couldn't or didn't want to this month, which I get. I know we will all hit a wall or have a bad month so I have decided that everyone gets one month that they don't have to weigh if they choose. But, I will also say, that it won't really matter in the end, your percentage loss is your percentage loss. If you didn't do well this month don't give up. Keep pressing on and just like me your inner diet light bulb will switch on. Mine finally came on because summer is coming up and with summer coming up swimsuit season is just around the corner and I really don't want to put a swimsuit on the body that I have now. I am also competing in a couple of half marathons which I would love to have anyone join me. The first one is this next Saturday. I have one in Provo in June and another down Bryce canyon in July. I am contemplating signing up for the lottery for St George marathon which is in October. I know crazy, right? I am not 100% on that one though. Remember you don't have to run a half marathon, you can walk too. Which I will do for this first one but hopefully by July I will be able to run most of it. We shall see. If any of you need an extra hand in the diet area I am going to MD Diets which has a great plan. You can look them up on the web to find out more information. Alright now onto the serious stuff.....

Aprils loss percentages
Jennifer Loukas 5.3%
Mindie Booth 3.9%
Karlie Badger 3.8%
Lindsey Montague 3.6%
Michael Badger 3.5%
Don Rowley 2.9%
Barbara Larsen 2.6%
Ryan Fenton 2.4%
Mandi Frost 2.2%
Kathy Brasher 1.9%
Kathy Smith 1.8%
Joel Frost 1.7%
LeRoy Larsen 1%
Tina Irwin .8%
Vicki Peterson .5%
Tammy Hetherington .5%
Caren Solt .5%
Aundrea Hill 0%
Jay Brasher N/A
Brent Peterson N/A
Tyler Solt N/A
Dawn Booth N/A
Jessica Ward N/A
Alex Munoz N/A
Lenna Hanson N/A
Natalie Stansworth N/A

I just want to add that some of the N/A people still are planning on weighing, so when they do weigh I will update them below. I am excited for this week that we are starting our spotlights. Again if there is anyone that doesn't want to participate it that please let me know. Thank you all again for participating. I am really looking forward to the next five months to see how well we all do.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Last week

So we are coming up on our last week for this first month of the biggest loser. I am so excited to see how everyone has done. I will admit I didn't do as well as I had hoped for this first month but thats why we are doing this for five more months. I know I said that I would post some recipes and I haven't forgotten, I will get to it some time this week. I hope everyone is glad that they entered this competition, if you put your minds and bodies to it its really going to pay off!!