VIDEO: Let's get ready to RUMMMMMMBLLLLE!

FINALLY.  it's here!!!   Tomorrow morning we weigh in and START the team challenge to get fit, get slim, and get $10,000 :)

before i forget - PLEASE VOTE!

we slipped down to 4th place, and you can take us to 1st!!  :)

if we win this mini-challenge for best team photo - we win more $$ to our prize :)

soooooooo whatcha waiting for???

  vote HERE for TEAM THIN IT TO WIN IT 

on your mark .... get set... GO!

August 27!

TECHNICALLY... the challenge begins today.

but we can't weigh in until tomorrow.  so my team member (who is our fearless leader Jennifer!!!) and I were laughing about how it must have to do with all the mental preparation that we must need to do before getting on the scale for our initial weigh in on Friday. hehehe

Tomorrow is gonna drag by like molasses in January.  ughhhhhh.

come on come on come onnnnnnnn!  get here already!!!

oh - have you voted yet for our team to win "best photo"  ?!?!

seriously - did i forget to say this is not just for kicks and giggles.... it's for extra CASH.  MOOLAH.  GREEN.  DOUGH.  POUNDS.  
WE WANT THE MONEY, HONEY!!! lololol

so..... come on :) how hard is it to toss your vote in our corner???? :)

one vote from each of you will make us win!!!!  we are currently 46 votes behind the leader.  we can catch up SO fast with your votes!!!!

vote HERE and look for our team.  This is the picture you're voting for :)

these fiery warriors in pink and black!!! :)  TEAM THIN IT TO WIN IT

thanks in advance for your support and vote!!! :)

HELP!!!!

ok everyone!!!

now we need your HELP!!!   :)

this is our team pic - and we need VOTES to win "best team pic" :)

DO NOT HESITATE... GO VOTE NOW!! ;)

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in 3...

I hated this break that I've been on - in some ways, I felt like I was losing steam and was worried that I was gonna get used to this "waiting" stage and not feel like getting back on track.

But as we get closer and closer - i'm actually REALLY looking forward to diving headfirst into the deep end ;)

One of my teammates (Hi RaeRae!)  was talking about this super intense workout program she's going to start, and a few weeks ago - i just thought she was plain nuts! LOL

She was looking forward to the hard work and the intensity - and i was like ummmmmm. not I!

but these weeks of relative inactivity and being lax with my eating has had the OPPOSITE effect that i thought it would.

In the very beginning, I worried that  I'd just be like - ahhhhh it's so nice to not have to worry about exercise or watching what i eat.

But - I've come so far!  I'm halfway to my ultimate goal - and being forced to NOT workout has made me WANT to work out that much more!!!

Now.... like Rae Rae - i'm looking forward to the pain ;)    but in a good way.  I can't wait to work hard, eat healthy, and watch my body transform.

I'm even actually looking forward to sweating again ;)

I can't wait to keep you all updated on our progress and our rankings - and i hope you're all cheering for us!!!

GO TEAM THIN IT TO WIN IT!!!!  NOVEMBER 20, 2015 WINNERS!!! :)

countdown!

Our team is SOOOO ready - we are texting each other all throughout the day with encouragement, tips, articles, laughter and all around cheerleading! ;)

I can't believe it's just days away from the challenge starting!!!!

I actually started writing this post early this morning - and now the day is almost over which means...

ONE DAY CLOSERRRRR!!!!

Friday we get our official weigh-in and then November 20 - I will be looking at a new me!!!!! and YOU will be looking at a new me!  :)

Starting on Saturday, I'll be back to making my weekly videos!  (don't worry you haven't missed anything - i look the same!!)

4 more days....... aghhhhhhhhhhh i'm so excited :)

is it time yet???

Today, my hubby told me I'm slipping on my blog. LOL

but i'm not!  I'm just still in that holding pattern for my weight- and it seems kinda silly for me to keep making videos each week (or even writing posts daily) when nothing is changing! hahahaha

so instead of writing blogs about how I'm basically just counting down the days til the challenge starts - I thought I'd just take a break from writing too.  don't worry - when this challenge starts, i'll be back to blogging and back to video-ing!!!!

But.... i guess I'll write about the last 2 painfully slow weeks! :)

we have our team!!!  and i can't wait to introduce them to you!  we've all been counting down the days until this challenge begins. and the encouragement! oh my gosh.  it's like we've all been friends for a long time!  we really have this tightly knit group that just loves to love one another.  It's so cool that we're able to gel so well, and we are each going through the same struggle! you know, if you're on an individual journey - it's great!  you're focused - you're motivated - you're just in that mode!   but when you get to be a part of a team, where the whole mindset is that same focus, that same motivation.... it is just so electrifying!!!!  it's contagious - and as each person adds to that energy and excitement - the whole team is lifted!

as far as my holding pattern - the successful completion (and WIN) of this challenge will take me so close to my goal weight that I can't afford to lose any weight right now.

let me just re-read that last statement and let it soak in.

   mmmmmmm that feels good.  I don't think I have been able to say "I can't afford to lose any more weight right now"  in.... well, forever. LOL

now i'm not saying I'm skinny! (yet!) hahahaha  i'm just saying - i have a specific amount of weight i need to lose for the challenge, and i'm going to be focusing hard on that.  and i really think it's going to take all my energy to hit that mark.  (and i'm SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT!!!)

so - wait wait wait.  it's getting so close.  but right now?  wait wait wait.

in the meantime, i'm focused on other things. summer is ending, and school is right around the corner.  for the first time in 15 years, I'm considering going back to work.  (but that is a waiting game too! ugh!)  Two other projects that I've been blessed to be working on are edging nearer to their completion - and anticipation is building there.  and then, there's just the normal daily grind (which is nice!  but.... I WANNA START THE CHALLENGE!!!!!)

but day by day, minute by minute..... the challenge is getting closer.

i can't believe that by November 20, of this year -  I will be back to my high school weight.

How do I know?  because.... we're gonna win :)

One of my teammates today shared the cutest idea.  we all love it and we're each gonna do it as a visual motivation and reminder of how far we've come and how determined we are to finish it!

My daughter and I decorated mine today.   The left jar holds all the pounds that are waiting to be conquered.  The right jar holds the pounds that have been destroyed and will never ever return :)

i ammmmm READYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

seriously? how cute are these weight loss jars!?! 

Our team was talking over text today and saying how we should put all our prior weight loss in there - even before our challenges - and I agree!  Every single pound of weight that I've lost is in that "Pounds destroyed" jar!!!  Cuz i did DESTROY them!  Healthy Wage has helped to stay on track and keep going - but even before Healthy Wage - the pounds were coming off!  :)   Can't wait until all those pretty beads are in the destruction jar hehehehe

VIDEO Just for giggles!

We have LOTS of fun as a family!!!

We were watching Cupcake Wars - and cracking up at our own commentary about how ridiculous the contestants sometimes seem!  When my daughter and I started cracking jokes- we didn't stop until we were cackling and decided that we needed to make our own version!

Cuppycake Battles

We were laughing so hard during the filming of this - we have about an hour of bloopers!  LOL

just a little break from everyday life - hope you enjoy! we sure did!!!

and don't worry - i didn't even LICK the icing during the making of these cupcakes.  i was 100% focused on my diet all the way!  hehehe

(My daughter and I are the goofy contestants.  I am the crazy organic chick with thick glasses LOL - and she is the valley girl who loves sunshine and sprinkles!  hahahaha My son is the host.  My husband is the snotty, mean judge. My sister is the sweet, smiling judge, and the star of the show is my 2 yr. old niece - the best cuppycake judge in the whole wide world!!!)

Laugh at us... laugh with us... just LAUGH!  :)

$10,000 - we want it!

Yep!

Not only do i have an individual challenge with Healthy Wage - but now.... 4 other hard-core chicks and I  (hey girls!!!)  have formed a team to go HARD for the $10,000 team challenge!

so i need you all to be rooting for us!  :)

it ends November 20th and I SOOOO want to come back here and say WE WON! WE WON!  :)

When it officially begins - I'll share our team name and our team picture hehehe

but for now - ughhhh you have to wait... and I have to wait!  (i HATE waiting)

I'm excited though - because like i said - this is the perfect time for me to try some other things that I've been hesitant to try because of potential weight gain.  But now - while I'm waiting in the wings for this challenge to start - I can add these things into my routine without any fear of gaining weight - at least for a little while!

But when the start date begins - i want to be BACK to my birthday goal weight and ready to hit the ground running!

i feel like a horse at the starting gate - ready to break through!!!

I'm ready! put me in, Coach!  :)

But for now... i need to gather steam!  Maintain an even burn.  Build some muscle.  and when that gun goes off.... watch out!  :)

i'm super excited!!!!  Root for us!  we want it BAD!!! :)