JSMB Biggest Loser means that I have to get off my butt...

With spring coming, some of my coworkers got together and decided it would be a great thing if we did our own Biggest Loser! Everybody chipped in $10 and the winner gets to take home our "pot money." (Quoted from Miss Lizzy Alva. We still laugh about it.) Those who really want to participate got together at Char's house Sunday night and weighed in. Not my greatest moment. Afterwards, we had loads of fun playing on the Wii. So great! 

This is exactly the jump-start and kick in the rear that I needed. A few weeks ago, Carrie came up with the idea of my "24 in 30," meaning that I would exercise 24 hours in the next 30 days. I was doing okay with that idea but work continually got in the way. Too many sweets. Too many carbs. Right there in front of me for my disposal. My exercise would be for not. When I first starting working there, I was worried about the food, especially when Andrew told me that he gained 10 lbs. after he started. Yikes. I don't need to add extra weight. I need to get rid of it. I did try and watch what I was eating. I am not at work binging in the corner. My problem in simply that each work shift involves a lot of manual labor and therefore they provide a large amount of carbs to keep us moving. Smith Chicken, Baron of Beef, or Lion House Rolls do NOT help me lose the 20 or so pounds that I really want to lose.

It was such a comfort to talk to my fellow servers and learn that they were having some of the same troubles. Within a mix of return missionaries, brides-to-be, and college students suffering from the "Freshman Fifteen," this is an awesome answer! And I am way excited :)

Problem: I still work at JSMB. 

Day 1 was great. I watched what I ate. I wrote it all down. I stayed pretty on track. I exercised with my good friend Jillian and ended the day feeling pretty good. Day 2 was a different story. I started work at 6:30 am which meant that I had to wake up at 5:15! There is no way that I was going to wake up at 4 something so that I could exercise before work and then spend the whole day doing manual labor and hating my life. Not a chance. I went to work and I was careful with breakfast. Yogurt, fruit and granola. And 1/2 my favorite danish.... Then lunch was at the Roof! I have never been there before. I will probably not go there again for a very, very, very long time. So a blurred the lines a little bit and had more carbs than I should have. I was on my plan 50%. I'll keep thinking that the cup is half full because today is Day 3 and I kicked it again. I've been watching what I eat. I exercised for a little over an hour. Thank you Mr. Treadmill and Denise....(whats-her-face) on Exercise TV. With the exercise of two days and the hard work of the day in the middle, I'm sore. But it is a good sore. One I haven't enjoyed completely for months. Bring it on JSMB friends! I am totally going to win this thing!

(But in all reality, I'm seeing this as a win-win situation. The money would be nice. But I really want to smile more when I look in the mirror. If I can keep this going for this month and a half, I've got a habit. And then I'll get to my goal soon. I'm ready to kick some trash!)