Week 11 Weigh In... Take Two!

Since we added another week to the Biggest Loser competition, I'm just repeating week 11 again.

To the left is a picture I took of our Amaryllis flower. I love it! After I lose all of the weight I want, I plan on getting a tattoo to symbolize my weight loss journey.

I'm thinking an Amaryllis because first of all, they're beautiful! Second, there's a little story behind my Amaryllis...

Charlie's mom bought it for me, I don't remember what the occasion was, but I thought it was a nice gift! It came from target in that pot, with a bulb, and the dirt all compacted into a little disc.

I just had to add water to the disc of dirt and plant the bulb in it and watch it grow! So last year it grew, got 2 flowers that lasted for awhile, and then died.

What I heard from a few people is that these flowers don't usually tend to grow back. They only last one year and that's it. After it died, it didn't look like there was much hope for it to come back, but I decided to keep it through the winter anyways just in case. I don't give up on things that easily;)

It was inside the house for awhile, but Charlie eventually kicked it out, telling me "That thing is dead!" But when it got really cold, I brought it back inside and put it in the guest room. It did look like a dried up old bulb, but I still kept it!

To be honest, I didn't even water the poor thing the whole winter! Every month or so I would remember and drown it in a whole bunch of water and Charlie would just laugh at me!

About 3 weeks ago I checked on it and noticed a tiny green leaf starting to grow out of the bulb! At first I thought maybe it would just grow a stem and some leaves, but then it kept going!! I was so surprised and of course told Charlie "Good thing I decided to keep it!!" lol:)

Ever since then it's been on the window sill, soaking up the sun and I've been watering it regularly. They grow so fast! I've taken a few pictures of it ever since it had buds and I plan to make a little picture collage of it growing:)

So I think that my weight loss journey has kind of been like this flower...

At one point I considered myself beautiful and I took good care of myself. Until one day I just let myself go. I stopped caring. Didn't eat right, didn't drink enough water, and never exercised.

I was gross and had sort of lost hope that there was nothing that could be done to improve myself.
Randomly I would get in a really motivated mood to want to eat right and exercise, but it would never last more than a week

Then the biggest loser came along and I started to gain my confidence back. Seeing the results of all my hard work was like seeing that tiny bit of green leaf coming from the flower bulb. It made me want to keep treating myself better and better, till I finally feel like that beautiful person again:)

It just shows that you should never give up hope. I didn't give up on the flower, and in the end it came back to life and it's so beautiful. I won't give up on myself. I'm choosing to be healthy and live a better life for myself and I feel like this flower represents my journey so well:)

Anyways, enough with the sappy story... onto the weigh in!

Previous weight - 206.6

Current weight - 202.4

4.2 pound lost. Total so far = 29 pounds!!!

I passed my 25 pound mark which I wanted so badly and now I'm really close to 30 already!!!:) I'm so happy!! Never would I have seen myself losing 29 pounds in 3 months!!! I would love to get under 200 by my next weigh in, so wish me luck!!

ONE MORE WEEK till the FINAL weigh in!!! Ahhh! So nervous!! I don't know what place everyone is in currently, so I'm trying not to get my hopes up. All I know is, I'm going to bust my butt this week!!!

Stay tuned for next week's weigh in. I might not update till then!

Love you all!!:):)

Anna