I waited until my husband went to bed last night and I ate some M&M's that were left over from Christmas.   Truth is, I've hit them everyday this week - just not eating near as much as I normally would.  However.... he apparently heard the bag rustling and came out and made me 'fess up to what I was eating!  I'm glad he busted me.  He gave me a mini lecture and asked me what role I wanted him to play in this endeavor.  He wanted to know whether I wanted him to give me a hard time or just let it go.

The fact is, there is one thing we have always done well together... and that is eat and enable each other.   We've always brought something "good" home for each other when we wanted to bring a smile to each others faces.  It's really sad sometimes.  I think it's time we enable each other to eat right and exercise. 

Today was a good day as far as food choices go.   I am very happy with the choices I've made so far.  Thought late night is toughest for me.  I have some fruit ready for then though.  I am not feeling 100% though and I don't know whether it's because I'm not eating as much or if I'm a little sick or maybe a little of both.  I just feel very weak and chilled, so I spent half of the day asleep (on and off) on the couch.  I need to start making a point to take my vitamins daily rather than sporadically.  I also take B-12 shots and it's time for that too - so maybe that will help some.

Tim has had a good food day too.  He's in heaven right now watching his team playing in the Playoffs - GO JAGUARS!  He talks more to the TV during one game more than he talks to me in a week I think!

Oh yeah, Tim and I were both independently curious this morning and we both weighed for the first time since we started.  Our weigh in day is supposed to be Biggest Loser show day.  Anyway - we were both pleased with what we saw so far.  He has lost 6, I have lost 4.  We'll take it!

Today is our 11th wedding anniversary.  Of course, we decided to go out and eat to celebrate our anniversary.  The delima was, were we going to be good or were we going to enjoy the dinner?   We ended up at Outback and I had Alice Springs Chicken with steamed veggies.  Tim had Chicken, rice, veggies and salad.  Both were much better choices than we would usually make.  I was pleased with my choice and it was REALLY good.   I honestly don't think I have enjoyed a dinner there before as much... even the veggies (which I normally don't eat!) were delicious!  It's amazing what happens to the taste buds and brains after they are deprived of sweets & carbs for a very short time.  Now, if I could only remember how good that dinner tasted when I want to make a poor choice I'll be doing good.

On the exercise front, so far I've done nothing today.  Even my pedometer is wondering what's going on because I've logged so few steps, I'm embarrassed to tell you what they are.  We are aiming for the 10,000 steps but I haven't come close yet.  Tim is at 4,429 today.  I work at home, so unless I go somewhere or exercise, my steps are ridiculous.  Being that we live in Florida and the fact that it's COLD right now (I know - cold to me is probably shorts weather to you Northerners reading this!) I haven't been walking the past few days.  To be honest, I'd rather walk in 100 degree temps than walk in 30 deg temps.  I despise the cold!  I'm going to do some crunches, stretches, jumping jacks & push-ups here in a few minutes though.  Gotta get my husband motivated to do it as well.

On January 1, 2008 my husband and I decided to join in on the Biggest Loser Million Pound Match-Up. We have watched Biggest Loser since the first show and every week we sit here and watch it while eating Dibs ice cream bon-bons or eating something else equally as fattening. We sit around and joke about how we eat while we watch - all the while wishing we would really get serious about losing weight.

Just before the Couples show this week we put on clothing as equally as revealing and embarrassing as what they make them wear on TV. You know, tight shorts and sport bras for women.... showing every roll, bulge and stretch mark. How embarrassing! Well, I only had to do it in front of my husband while he took a photo, but that was hard enough. Then he put on a pair of shorts and I took his photo.

The question is now... do we put them online and share them with whoever finds us here or do we keep them private? 

Also, as hard as this is to write, I will log our beginning weights....

Tim - 261
Robbin - 341

Yeah, as you can see, I am quite a bit bigger than him. I have always been very overweight. However, Tim hasn't. When I met him in 1994, he weight 185. He never had an excess pound on him until he met me. So I kinda feel responsible.

They are also doing a Biggest Loser contest where my husband works too, so he's going to be being watched by more people than just me.

I'm hoping we can motivate each other to eat right rather than enable each other to eat wrong ... as we most often do. I am also hoping we can motivate each other to start exercising together. I watch what they do on TV and know that I would be a big sissy and never make it past day one with Jillian. Sometimes I can feel their pain and think they are just going to keel over and die the way they work out! I don't have the time or resources to workout like that anyway - but I do plan to start a walking regimen, do sit ups, push ups and jumping jacks to start. Then we'll see where it goes from there.

Stay tuned to learn more about each of us and how we got where we are today and how we do as we work towards a more happy and healthy life together!

We'd love to hear from you - especially if you're joining in the Biggest Loser challenge. Leave us a comment and we'll be sure and respond!

Thanks for visiting and may God greatly bless you in 2008!
- Robbin