Biggest Loser *Spoiler*

If you did not watch The Biggest Loser last night, I advice you stop reading this if you do not want to know the details.  ;)

Last night on the show my chin hit the floor when I heard that the contestants were going to be running a full marathon with 26 days notice.  People train for a YEAR or more to run a marathon.  To watch them go from doubt, to struggle, to success, it was amazing.  I sat rapt with attention through the entire race.  At the end of the race when all of the contestants and all of the previous TBL contestants gathered around Ron and helped him finish,  I welled up!  When I saw Mike standing at the end of the line with tears streaming down his face watching his father limp across the sand, I broke.  To watch a man at Ron’s age, and with all of his difficulties, walk 26.2 miles and not give up, it just floored me.

Tara is my girl.  She has been since Day 1!  Each season I pick someone that I think I would be able to best relate with and I choose Tara this time.  She is so going to be the next biggest loser.  *fingers crossed* (Some other faves were Michelle and Suzy)   Watching her cross that finish line last night, it sparked something in me.  I have been struggling with keeping myself eating healthy and exercising the last little while.  Watching last night really inspired me and I knew that today would be a good day.  I woke up to freezing temperatures and rain.  Normally I would have called Sean at work and asked him to take Connor to school for me but you know what I did?  I threw on my running clothes and off I went.  I did my 30 minutes and stretches when I got home.  I was wet!  But I was proud of myself.

It just goes to show that when you think you cant, you actually can!  Now, I dont plan on running any marathons any time soon but if they can go from not being able to walk a mile, to running 26 miles, surely I can push myself a little farther every day.

For those of you who may not have the time to get to a gym.  Or may be you cant afford the gym, there are many things out there that you can do at home and still lose weight!  Try going for a walk, or doing some yoga.  There are about…oh three billion exercise DVDs out there that you can try from dancing, to Pilates, to walking in your living room, aerobics, you name it, its out there.  If you are anything like me though, you like change so you dont get bored!  Try YouTube!  It is a wealth of information at your fingertips and you could try a new exercise daily!

Here is a good one that gives you some basic exercises that will target every muscle group.  If you want some real inspiration, check out her website at LiveOnce and click on the videos.  WOW!