It's On!!

I wish I could look this cute when I eat…

Unfortunately, 36 year old women who eat chocolate that goes right to their booheene (my son’s word for behind) don’t look quite as endearing as my cute little 5 year old does! :)

Speaking of cute, look at this cute pic…

It has nothing whatsoever to do with this post, but I just had to share it. My hubby got a new Mac and was fooling around with it last night and took this picture. Too sweet.

But now, back to not looking cute when I eat things that go right to my booheene.

If you’ve ever read my blog posts before, you know that I am often in a battle with my fluctuating weight. Right now I am carrying 23 extra pounds that stand in my way of fitting into most of my clothes. Since I am on a “wants” fast, I can no longer go out and buy clothes to accommodate my expanding saddlebags or make myself feel better by buying a new cute top. Thus, I am forced to wear the clothes I already have in my closet. That is, when I can fit into them!

My hubby wants to lose weight, too. His goal is to run in the NYC Marathon every 10 years, and 2008 marks the 10th year since he ran in the last one! Funny thing…apparently you lose weight when you run (I wouldn’t know since I detest this form of exercise), but you need to lose a little weight before you run so you can actually go the distance. I don’t know – sounds too complicated for me! Can you hear a good excuse coming on?

So, with the Biggest Loser Couples just starting, we decided that it was a perfect time to try to join our fellow TV weight-losers in the effort to lose weight. Our two best couple friends and another very close couple friend of ours have thrown their hats in the ring and challenged us to a full-on competition.

Cue the Rocky music. :)

The Minors (seen below)
…are the green team










The McGees
…are the orange team










The Perrys
…are the pink team










and The Whittles (us, of course)
…are the blue team









Ok, look. I know what you are thinking. And I agree with you. Our friends do not need to lose weight!!!!!! I have already voiced this to them. But each of them insists that they are carrying around 25-40 extra pounds on their frame, and they are doing this to lose it and prevent another 25-40 pounds from slowly creeping on!! How can I argue with that? (Personally, I think they may just like the idea of a competition.) :)

So it is that the Minors, the McGees, the Perrys, and the Underdogs (I mean the Whittles…we might as well be called the Underdogs because my hubby hates to diet and I dislike exercising until I get started – then I still don’t like it!) are in a fierce 10-week competition for a grand prize of a vacation, courtesy of the losing three couples.

All I can say is – it’s on, it’s on, like neck bone. (LOL – This phrase was thrown in there for Bobby, my Midland friend. I laugh so hard when he says it in his country accent!)

None of us wants to lose the competition. Maybe we will lose the weight instead.

I’ll keep you posted.

Go blue!
Lisa :)