Biggest Loser of the week...

...KASSIE!!! Way to go!

**Note: this is a LONG post...sorry!**

Congrats to all!

I just wanted to share with you all a brief moment of inspiration...words that I'm telling myself.  In the first week, I lost 2.2 lbs.  This week, exactly 1 lb!  I'm not terribly happy with that weight loss, but guess what...it's the principle!  The weight is still going in the direction I want it to go. I'm the least amount I have been in months! I am feeling better about the life changes.  And, I accomplished one of my goals this week that I've been trying to attain for over 2 months!  So, yes, -3.2 lbs in two weeks isn't much; but it's definately not a time to get frustrated and give up.  So, here's to week three! I know some of you feel the same way as I, but WE DESERVE to PUSH ourselves!  And, week 2, our body is thinking "wow, what's going on?!?" And, it tends to "hold on" to what we don't want it to!  Good luck with week 3!!

Results Week 2:

1. Kassie: 1.65%

2. Rachelle: 1.50% (1.00% without 1 pound advantage)

3. Adam: 1.09%

4. Christina: .99%

5. Kari: .89%

6. Nikki: .80%

7. Lynsey: .52%

8. Reenie: .44%

9. Stevie: .32%

10.. Tom: .32%

11. Emilee: .26%

12. Lynda: 0%

13. Melissa: 0%

14. Nancy: +.53

15. Amy: ????

Quiz Answers:

1. How many calories are in a pound? 3500 calories

2. How many minutes a day is recommended for an adult to workout? 30 minutes a day
3. How many minutes a day is recommended for a child to workout? 60 minutes a day
4. What has more calories in it? a. a LARGE apple b. a yogurt (vanilla dannon) c. 5 walnuts b. Yogurt
 110 calories, Walnuts 108 calories Large apple-90
5. How long does it approximately take to burn off a 210 calories granola bar by walking fast on a treadmill? a. 10 minutes b. 20 minutes c. 30 minutes B – 20 Minutes
6. What does the FITT principle mean? How do you apply it to your workouts? Frequency – How often you work out, Intensity – How hard you work out, Type – What type of activity/exercise you are doing, Time – How long your work out is
7. What are the 3 parts to every successful exercise routine (...which you should be including in your workouts)? Warm up, stimulus(actual workout), cool down
8. List a 350 calorie healthy breakfast which includes protein, carbs, and a veggie/fruit. Orange, hard boiled egg (no yoke), fiber bread, and yogurt
9. Tell me the principle of losing weight-ie; concept – Take in fewer calories than you use on a daily basis aka eat less move more!
10. Should you eat prior to your workout, after, or both? why? You should eat a small meal before and after a work out, and make sure that your after work out meal has protein in it. You need to eat before, because you need to fuel your body to burn calories. You need to eat post a work out because your body will turn to your muscle mass for energy should you not refuel it.
11. BONUS: (Just in case you got one wrong) Tell me a way to beat stress other then finding something to eat/make excuses not to get to the gym. Make the right choices if you are stressed and want to eat. Choose to put something healthy in your mouth, instead of the cake, candy, chips etc…as for making excuses, you need to change your way of thinking and realize how different you feel when going to the gym, it will help you with not making excuses to not go, once you realize that you feel better once you get there, even if you don’t want to go.

**Thank you Stevie, Emilee & Rachelle for participating!  I had Sean draw the random winner...

And, the winner is...

Rachelle, you have earned a ONE POUND advantage, good until the end of the eight weeks!

In conclusion, motivational quotes:

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Never, never, never give up.

Winston Churchill

Only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly.

Robert F. Kennedy

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

Confucius