The Loser!

I lost! Mark totally beat me ;(  AND.... I even cried about it. I tried so hard to win...I've been winning this whole time. But then he beat me on the last afternoon. Yep, the last afternoon! I was beating him yesterday morning, but then he ran 7 miles and came in from behind to take the $$$. I hate him, seriously I do! He beats me at everything. But Mark looks amazing...he lost 36 pounds! yippee!! He weighed more when he graduated high school. And he's starting to look like he has muscles (I like that!). I lost 20 pounds, and look like I could gain a few! lol....but I told him I would go anorexic to beat him- and it nearly came down to that. His parents and Jesse did really good to! I'm so proud of everybody who worked their butts of on this- now hopefully we can all maintain for a while longer. (I think we need to bet on that too!) And I'm serious when I said I cried...I really thought I could be him. He'll never let me have my glory.

.:all about the pose:.

 This is my Sister Amanda. She's younger than I am...I'm not going to

say how much younger. Let's just say she's the baby of 6 kids, and I'm in the upper half

of 6 kids. She has a look, or a pose that she does in every picture she puts on

facebook. This is her "top half" pose. Camera angled down, eyes looking up. Sometimes

she has her lips in a little pucker/pout because she says it makes your cheek bones stand out.

And sometimes she has her mouth partially open. Remember: this is only her "top half" pose.

She has a whole different one when you see her "whole body". But, I'm not here to spot-

light that pose today. I'm just keeping it basic, simple, and straight forward.

I've been trying to master this pose that she does. It's a serious thing to master if you want

your shots to turn out just right, and my gosh....I'm tired of all the ugly pictures

that people are posting all over faces-pace and blogger-land. It's time I make

you all aware that you're posing all wrong. So, here are some of my attempts to

master this pose. It's a hard thing to do. It always takes me so long to get a decent photo.

Maybe if I start taking them with my phone rather than my camera I would get a

better picture. But remember, I'm just practicing. I have yet to learn the art of the "perfect

pose".  As soon as I master the "top half" pose, I'll move on the the "whole body". It

might take a while longer. Or maybe I'll just watch Zoolander and master the

"blue steel" look. I don't know which one is more flattering.

I'm going to win the race! (maybe!)

On November 9th Mark and I started a "Biggest Loser" with some of his family. We had the weigh-in, nobody wanted to do measurements or pictures! (boo!) and it took some convincing to even write some of the weights down on the same piece of paper. But....we started. We all put in $10.00 to give some motivation....there are 7 people doing it...and Marks dad said he'd throw in $100.00 to whoever wins. I think at the time he was pretty sure that he would win. We all agreed the only "fair" way of measuring would be to do it by percentage of weight lost. Fast forward to week 2 of the bet, only Mark, Jesse, and Myself are giving effort! And now, still only Mark, Jesse, and Myself are giving any effort! Talk about disappointing. (none of them besides Jesse ever read this, so I don't have to worry about making anyone mad, but I'm still holding back on a lot of opinions!) Up until Christmas I was beating Mark....but now he's slipped into the lead! ahhhh....time to step it up for me. If Mark makes his "goal weight" of 170 lbs, then I have to weigh 103 to beat him! What a sucker....but I'm going to beat him! Even if I have to go anorexic for the last week to do it, I'M GOING TO BEAT HIM. He beats me at everything, but not this. I think Mark and I are having success is because we feed off of each other and we're competitive with each other. We are having a lot  of fun with it, and are always trying to out-do one another. (in everything) But don't you worry, we LOVE each other & it's all in good spirited fun. I'm doing Insanity & Mark is just running on the treadmill, and weight lifting. We both have changed our dieting, but we give our selves one meal on the weekend that we go all out on and don't hold back. Although, we did just finish the holiday season, and we had three straight weeks of no holding back! I gained 3 pounds, and Mark gained 10! (so maybe I am beating him again, I should figure that out really fast.) But now, with the final weigh-in in just 5 weeks...the game is on! Hopefully more of his family will join in. They all have said that they'll do it starting Jan. 1st. And most of them, if they put forth an effort, still have a chance to win! Of course I want to win, but if somebody else does that's just great too. I just want everyone to have success and see that living a healthier lifestyle isn't as hard as people think it is, and how being healthy truly changes your lifestyle! Wish me luck, because in about 5 pounds I'm hitting my wall and I'm going to have to work my butt off.

 

This is the only picture that I have of Mark and I from over the holidays. (PLEASE don't

judge our shirts...we were at an ugly sweater party) Mark was down to 9.4 % and I was down 10.55%



Maganda Studios: Giveaway!!

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Maganda Studios: Giveaway!!: I want to thank you all for your business and support last year.  I am excited to giveaway a $25 gift certificate to my site as a thank you!...