Dawn and Adam's Time To Shine

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Thank you for your continued support! I hope our site, as well as our progress, does not disappoint! Good Luck to all and keep up the fight against fat!

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Heather and Beth发表:

Heres hoping that you have a wonderful day! Your Friends in Weight Loss, Beth and Heather

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3 月 8 日

Alice发表:

Hi, just lovin your site. You are doing great! Love your pics! Good Luck. Alice and Cynthia

3 月 3 日

Tamera发表:

You are both doing a fantastic job! Keep up the great work! We are cheering for you!

Tammy & Justin Tergerson

3 月 3 日

ClarinPattyandDave发表:

Just dropped by to say hi and have a great week. Keep up the great work and good luck getting on the show.

Dave and Patty

3 月 3 日

The Jimenez Menace!发表:

I am so proud of both of you! I love your site, too! I've shown it off to my friends! Keep up the great work and I'll "hop" back to visit soon!

3 月 2 日

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Our reasons for joining the Match-up

Relationship- Husband and Wife
Our home town- Copake, NY
Adam- Starting wt.-355lbs. Wt. loss goal-lose 165lbs. Goal wt.-190lbs.
Dawn- Starting wt.-310lbs. Wt. loss goal-lose 160lbs. Goal wt.-150lbs.
Combined- Starting wt.-665lbs. Wt. loss goal-325lbs. Goal wt.-340lbs.

WHY WE'RE HERE
We have tried many times to lose weight and have gone up and down like yo-yo's for 13 years. After fertility troubles, 2 miscarriages, adoption, Dawn losing 75 lbs., and finally 2 successful pregnancies we have 3 beautiful children. We have tried so hard to have them and we owe it to them to be here for as long as possible. We want to see every milestone, dance recital, baseball game, graduation, wedding, and grandchild. I want to play with them instead of telling them "not now, mommy's tired". I NEED to dance with my son at his wedding and my husband NEEDS to walk his girls down the aisle. We don't want to die because we were too lazy. I never want to see them go through what we went through as children; getting teased for being fat or having fat parents.

OUR PLAN
We have started a calorie diet as of 1/2/08 and we plan to begin our exercise regimend with walking until we are comfortable enough to walk into our local school gym and swimming pool. Our motivation will be to see our children watching us make the right food and fitness choices and making those right decisions for themselves. We will motivate each other by working out together and praising each others accomplishments. We have also been getting great motivation from the great groups of people on here, the online club, and the show.

WHY WE SHOULD WIN
Everyone deserves to win so it's hard for me to say we are more deserving than anyone else, but I can tell you we won't quit no matter how long our journey and to have the inspiration and motivation of trainers, who we can't afford otherwise, would give us what we're missing to get this done right and to stay healthy for the rest of our lives.

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2008/3/14

The show and other stuff I've been thinking about

I was very unhappy with this weeks BL episode. I did not like how Ally came back and treated the people she was supposed to be training with. If she really wants to be The Biggest Loser, she can't go to the finals with any of the men so I don't know why she seems to be going with them. I felt so bad for the girls and it really bothers me that the men talk about beating the girls like it is a real huge accomplishment, most men lose weight more easily and faster than women and should be able to beat women in the types of challenges they are having and it's nothing to gloat about. I just want to see a woman kick the mens butts for once.

Anyway, I am seeing so many people leaving now that the Million Pound Match-up is over, and I have to tell you I am really, super disappointed. I have seen a lot of people start a really successful weight loss journey and I had hoped they continued on with their blogs. However, I really hope the ones that hve decided to give up their blog continue with their journeys and find a support system as great as this one. So for everyone who has left, I wish you all the success in the world reaching your goals, keep going!!!

As far as my journey, I have had a so-so week. I have cut back on my exercise because of the pain I am having in my back and I began physical therapy on Wednesday. The physical therapy is working on the muscles in my back as well as my stomach, so it should make up for the exercise I am missing. I am still swimming and doing the bike. Well, until next time...

Hey everyone- Thank you to the few people who sent me some words of encouragement, I really appreciate them. I still seem to be stuck, but I am also still working on it. My wife is an incredible motivator and I wish I could do for her half of what she has done for me.. I love her and my children and I are so lucky that sge is ours. THANK YOU, DAWN!!! -Adam

2008/3/11

Just checking in

so I weighed in today anyway and am still the same so I did not change any of my charts. I have been exercising a lot more lately and have even begun riding the bike for 4 miles. I never thought I could do anything for 4 miles, well not without dropping dead anyway. I haven't heard anything from the woman that was going to be my partner applying for Biggest Loser 6, so I went ahead and sent in a tape anyway. I hope it doesn't hurt my chances by being on my own. I have been working on my video really hard and I hope they see what I am trying to portray. Anyway, today marks the end of the Match-up, but I hope I continue to get the great support that I have been getting on here because I know I will be here to support anyone who needs it for a long time to come. I have a long way to go and I need this to help me continue losing this weight. For anyone who has helped me and plan on leaving after the contest is over, I just want to say thank you for all the support and motivation that you have given through out these past 10 weeks, so THANK YOU! Also, a special THANK YOU to MSN, NBC, and Biggest Loser for putting this together because it gave me that kick in the rear I needed to start getting this weight off. Well, until next time...

Adam here, just figured I'd try to continue posting as often as possible because it really does help. I did okay this week except one day I went to Denny's/ I ate a cheeseburger and fries and I felt sick afterwards. I guess that was my body's way of saying I am done with this crap and I will protest anytime you try to eat it again. I am just not losing and I am getting really frustrated and when we went out I just got fed up and had a moment of weakness. I have been swimming, but I have not begun any other exercise yet. I am getting really discouraged. Anyway, I guess that is it for now.

I just wanted to add that I am really proud of Adam. He is trying so hard and I feel really bad for him. Please, if you stop by, leave some encouraging words for him because he really needs to see that there are other people who are supporting his efforts. Thank you all! -Dawn

2008/3/5

weigh-in and show

Well we weighed in last night, probably for the last time before the contest ends since we will be away next Tuesday, and the results were good. I lost 2 more pounds bringing my total to 25.4 lbs. and Adam lost 3 lbs. bringing his total to 22 lbs. I think we did pretty well for the 8 or 9 weeks we did ths. We are not done, we are continuing our journey even though the MPM is ending. I hope a lot of you stay with us to continue on to your goal and to continue on with supporting each other.

Okay, the show was good. I did not want to see Bernige go, but I really wanted Kelly to stay. I am still rooting for Kelly to become the first female Biggest Loser, GO KELLY! They are all doing amazing though and I can't wait to see how awesome they all look at the finale.

Well, I am getting ready to go work out so until next time...

Hi everyone, Adam here, thought I would stop by and write little of what has been going on in my world. I have been struggling a little with staying on track with my calories as well as with my exercise. Dawn has been great trying to get me to workout with her, but I just can't seem to get into a routine. She always helps by making sure i am eating right, but weekends I have to depend on myself and they don't always go as planned. It seems to be getting to that point where I get discouraged and end up falling completely off the wagon. I am hoping by writing on heremore often and getting all the great support from everyone on here that Dawn talks about, I will get past this and continue on until I am at my goal. I also just wanted to say to you Dawn, that I think you are amazing and without you I would have not gotten as far as I have. You work so hard and I just really admire you for your dedication to this and to me. Thank you so much for being there for me, I love you !

2008/2/29

Home from my birthday trip and about BL6

I went away with my husband for my birthday and we got home yesterday. We had a really good time with each other, but we didn't really eat too well. I am not going to stress over it though, we went right back to our diet when we got home. We didn't weigh-in on Tuesday because that is the day we left and we forgot. I guess we will just skip this week and do it next week. Too bad too because I weighed in a couple days early and I was down 4 lbs. and now with the couple days we took off I will probably be back up.

My partner for BL6 and I are in the process of putting together a video, I hope we get a call this time. I am trying to be as optimistic as possible, but it just felt like they didn't even see me when I was there. It is started to get to me and I am losing confidence again. I always do this to myself, I look for something to say "that is what messed me up". I just feel like if they look at me and see someone not worthy of being on the show and losing weight, then I am not worth it, I can't do it, I don't deserve it. I am not giving up that easy though, I am getting up dusting myself off and trying again. I want to be on the show so badly, I think it is the one thing that can save my life and I AM NOT GIVING UP, NOT THIS TIME!!!!! My life is worth living and my kids are worth living for!!

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2008/2/24

Biggest Loser open call

Well, I didn't hear back, but they did encourage us all to make a video too. So, my new awesome friend, Tiffany and I are putting together an awesome video and I know they will pick us. We did get to meet Bill from last seasons Biggest Loser and Poppy from season 3 at home contestant, that was awesome. Here are a couple pictures...

It was an experience of a lifetime and even though I froze my butt off for 5 hours, I have no regrets. I am still as determined as ever and one way or another those BL casting folks will see that there will be no show without us. We have the potential to be the first female Biggest Losers and that is exactly what the show needs and what everyone wants to finally see. Well, my BL journey is far from over so I hope everyone will continue sending all the good vibes and well wishes and maybe you will see us on the next season of The Biggest Loser. Thank you everyone for all the well wishes and lovely comments you have left so far, they mean a lot to me and they give me the confidence that I need to push forward. So, until next time...

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