I beleive this challenge is really hard when you have a partner that lives in another state than you.  It becomes frustrating.  Has anyone else having this same problem?  My daughter/partner lives in another state and although I call her daily to see if she has exercised or not, how she is doing etc.  It seems like it is so hard on her. I keep encouraging her but I feel that is not enough.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Tomorrow is weigh in day for us.  I don't want Erika, my partner/daughter to get discouraged.  Thanks in advance.

Okay...I know I'm not so smart when it comes to computers.. .but I am having trouble cut and paste or copy and paste my weight loss ticker.  I go to ticker factory and do my ticker and do wha t it says and all and it don't work.   Can someone help me,please?   Thankls

 Good Morning New friends.  Today is gonna be a great day!  Although my body is sore from the Power Scuulpt DVD workout.  I feel good.  Today is Cardio today and I have encouraged my son to join in.  So we are gonna have a cardio party tonight consisting of sweat  and water...lol....Well it is half way through the week.  My weigh in is Friday and I am not loking forward to any disappointments.  I'm  sure that all you "LOSER'S" in this challenge are doing just great. Let's all kick some butt.  Til later........

Holey smokin....working out is a BITCH!  I just added a 40 minute ifit weight loss program on my treadmill to add to the Biggest Loser DVD workouts. that I am already doing.   Got to say ganing the weight was so much pleasureable than to lose this fricken weight, as I love to eat.  Don't we all.  I just trying to tell myself eas to survive and not to eat just because it looks, feels and taste good...  With only into the 4th week it is time to step it up.  So I am adding this to my weekly routine.  At least 4 times a week.   Well today is Tuesday , Friday is weigh in and I hope to see them scales decline more than 1 or 2 pounds. 

My match up partner, which happens to be my lovely daughter, has lost 3 lbs this week.  WTG!! That sums it up to a total weight lost for her of 5 pounds.  Together we lost 10 pounds of unwanted, ugly fat.  In just as little as 3 weeks..And do we feel good. Yes, Yes we do! So anyone that reads this and thinks they can't do it!  Think again. You can do anything once you put your MIND to do it.  Have a support system. This match up is just what my daughter needed.  I am so proud of her.  Hey twinkle toes.  Keep up the good work, I know it's hard , but  look what you have done for YOU latelyThat makes YOU feel good

Well, I made to week 3.  It has been the week from Hell.    Under extreme stress and some very difficult problems and no exercising ( bad me) I was able to loose 1 pound. Yeah I did it! 1 more pound outta here, gone forever. for a total loss of 5 pounds in 3 weeks.  I was very surprised when I weighed in.  I really thought that I would have gained some weight as I was not focused on diet nor exercising.  Although I did lose a pound, I'm sure that it I really stuck completely to my diet and exercise I would have seen a larger weight loss, (or not) but I know that I did choose healthier and lower caloric foods to snack on. Portion size etc.  So I am learning. upon writing this my partner here in crime...The match-up...to be exact.. has not yet weighed in.  I am hoping she has lost this week. As my favorite quote goes....Turn the Page..go forward and finish what you started...get over it! Tends to haunt me and I got to say...I'm glad it does.

So it has been two weeks into The Biggest Loser Million Dollar Matchup. I am so proud to report that I have lost 2lbs. this week.  This gives me a total for the 2 weeks of 4 lbs gone forever out of here, gone!!  Yahoo!!  I feel good!!.  I thought that the screw up last week with the pizza and cookie would have hurt me, shucks if may have, but i did loose and that's what counts.  This week when desire or temptation came knocking  I have some sugar free jello and fat free whip cream with just a total of 15 calories.  That indeed took care of the cravings.  So onward I go.  I open my arms fully to week 3. Come on baby lets go. Plus for added attraction, I did my workouts with Bob and Jillian, their marvelous DVD , for 4 days, oops I did miss day, don't shoot me ... I did walk 3.5 MPH  on the treadmill for at least 30 minutes a day. everyday. So this is what I have done for me Lately, what had made me feel good.  Sounds like the opening of the BL show. okay now it's your turn Erika.  What have you done lately that made you feel good?  Erika, if you don't know , is my Million Dollar Match up Partner.

Oh my gosh!!! I gave into desire last night.  Sugarplums!! Damn it!   I ate 3 slices of Papa John's Pizza.  Ouch! and to top that off, I ate a chocolate chip cookie.  What the hell was I thinking of/and doing.    I just lost 2 lbs.   What gives me the right to eat that junk?   That fricken temptation.....God, I hate temptation!  I have to thank Eve for temptation.  No Thank you.  Okay, Okay, now that I got that out of my system, I will "Turn the Page" and go forward and finish what I started. "Get over it"  Get back on the track TODAY, this minute.  you know writing this down makes me feel better.  See Ya

Well it has been a week on this Challenge.  Today it is Friday and it is my weigh in.  I lost 2 lbs.  Yipee!  I have exercised for 5 days.  And have been staying within 1200 calories a day. Drinking plenty af water, ( 8 to 10 8oz glasses daily) and pissing my butt off everytime I turn around.  The toliet has become my new best friend.  LOL  I will be just dong some walking this week-end. But on Monday back to the DVD Biggest Loser workouts.  I have to tell you both Bob and Jillian work you ass off.  I have one more week then I move up to weeks 3 and 4.  I also have to report that my partner (Erika) has lost 2 lbs .  So that brings our team total to a whopping lost of 4 lbs. in one week.  We are off to a good start.

I hope this is where this goes.  Here goes.  Why am I doing this.  Starting with a fricken weight gain over the Hoildays.  Starting weight here is 171.  Yuck. Because I have been on a roller coaster to loose weight for some time.  Dang, I got to admit this , it was a long time, years to be exact.   Last year, Christmas to be exact, my kids, I have 4, bought me a treadmill. Ever since that day in 2007, Jan. I have been working out.  I am 51 yrs old and felt like I was 100.  So I was kidding myself that I could eat whatever I wanted and exercise and I would loose weight.  No no No it doesn't work that way.  So I joined NS in March of 2007 and did loose 40 lbs. I did learn portion contol and the right carbs and such.  But I was getting tried of the cost.  My daughter had moved away from home after she graduated from college.   She moved out of state and she had put on some ugly pounds herself.  So I thought that this would be the best opportunity to help her and myself.  By joining the Biggest Looser Matchup because it is one of my favortie shows.  With health problems that run in our family, High blood pressure, diabetes, lung dieases, heart conditions etc.  it is very unhealtly to have excess baggage (fat) hanging around the mid-section or anywhere to be right to the point.  I was happy to say that my daughter finally watched a episode of the Biggest Loser  actually it was at the end of last season that my daughter started  to watch the biggest looser and she enjoyed the show.  She continued to watch The Biggest Loser this season and when the announcement was made...low and behold, we were on the same page and called each other to join this Match up on the Biggest Loser. What better way to have a mother and daughter team up and loose weight together. Get healthy and look and feel beautiful as we are.  Erika if you are reading this....Great job girl.  We will do this and maintain a good and healthy lifestyles from this point on. Eat the right portions, limit the calories and most importantly be healthy and fit.  With hard work , eating properly and having the support of a teamate we will do this!   Yes!  We are on our way girl.

Why Do we Team Slip-n-Slide deserve to win?  We deserve to win because I (Robin) have lost weight.  I am on a plateau.  I can't seem to blow this dang plateau.  I am STUCK......STOPPED... I need to have a traineer so that I wil be shown the proper way to exercise , if I am exercsing at my target heart rate and to tell me what the heck I may be doing wrong.  As for Erika, my daughter, my partner, she needs and deserves a trainner because she really needs someone to get in her face and motivate her, push her.  Just get on her case...someone like Jillian.  I do what I can, over the phone, but it is so hard and I really can't tell if she really takes a mother's advice or what. Team Slip-n-Slide really would benefit from winning this challenge. So what we have started here with the Biggest Loser and MSN, please let us finish with the win.   And the winners are Robin and Erika, mother, daughter team, long distance  team.   Team Slip-n-Slide........No matter what we are winners.  We are beautiful!

It has almost been a week.  And my daughter and I have been doing the Biggest Loser DVD workouts  The Cardio Max with Bob and the Power Sculpt with Jillian.  My ass is sore.   We have been doing this challenge long distance.   So daily we call each other and confirm that the workout has been done.