Oh yes, we’ve made it to Thursday thank goodness! How is your week going? Mine is busy busy busy but good. It seems the busier I am, the more productive and fulfilled I am. What kind of personality does that give me? I’m definitely not Type-A so…not sure!
On Rachel from The Biggest Loser
Of course I caught up with all the chatter about Rachel from the Biggest Loser. My main reaction is — this poor girl! I can’t imagine all the tweets and emails and everything else she is getting. Let’s give her a little breathing room.
I did think she looked too thin. But, none of us know anything about the situation. We don’t know her body. We don’t know if she’s listening to it or not. We don’t know if she really needed that money and did whatever it took. We don’t know if this will all balance out now that the show is over. Imagine spending 7 months completely obsessed with losing weight and winning this contest. Talk about screwing with your head.
The reaction in Jillian and Bob’s faces was concerning. It was pretty obvious what they were thinking but none of us should be judging this until it pans out in the long run. I hope Rachel doesn’t have an eating disorder. I hope the Biggest Loser doesn’t screw people’s minds up, like some have said. I simply hope Rachel has found freedom — and is able to adapt a healthy, balanced lifestyle from here on out.
What do you think about the hype? Too much too soon? Did you watch this season of the Biggest Loser?
Getting My Work Out On
Work has been BUSY but I’m still making time to workout. Sunday I swam my heart out and Tuesday I spent reading a mag on the bike and elliptical.
Since taking some time off, I’ve noticed that I’m less concerned with the amount of time I spend exercising and just able to relax with taking multiple days off. This is a great thing!
While part of me wishes I could run and train right now, another part of me is relieved that I’m not planning everyday around running piles of miles! When marathon training is on, it’s so hard and I’m constantly obsessing over when to get the miles in.
I went to spin class last night at L.A. Fitness. I am not a huge fan of spin but needed something different. After going to really fun classes at Revolve DC, I knew this class was probably going to be kind of lame.
I was right and actually left early. In my experience, I just cannot handle 60-minute spin classes. I hit my limit at 45 minutes. I’m sure my legs will be sore tomorrow! I then went home to finish up the day with the Core Power Challenge video. Good stuff!
Let me tell you, 10 minutes of core can really get to you! It’s been great having this accountability because there is NO WAY I would have come home to do it if I didn’t!
In other fun news, I came home today to three boxes full of good stuff from ZOOMA. As part of my ambassadorship, I am helping promote products like Muscle Milk — which is awesome! I’ll spotlight some of that in another post.
I also got a special delivery of the latest issue of Runner’s World, which includes a very cool — first-time ever in-magazine video advertisement from Brooks for their new shoe. And hello, Blue Diamond Almond delivery — Olympic-themed! I’m slightly obsessed with Blue Diamond 🙂 Here’s the stash:
The last exciting thing from yesterday was a little online interview I did on the piece I wrote for Victory Girls blog this week. You may have heard that there was some criticism of the “America the Beautiful” Super Bowl ad from Coke. I spoke against the backlash, which was interesting to some because many conservatives were not in agreement with me. While I don’t usually bring divisive issues onto this blog, I thought this taping went okay and it was fun to dip my toe in the debate waters on something a little lighter.
How is your week going? What are you looking forward to this weekend? Time for a little Core Power now 🙂
Core Power Challenge Day #11
- Weighted ball crunch: Hold an exercise ball, weight or something weighted above your head with both hands. Bring ball down to one side and back up. 20 reps.
- Single Leg Lunge: 10 reps on each side, as show below.
- Push-ups: It’s my experience that most women cannot do correct push-ups. A pushup in correct form is REALLY tough — and you don’t want to do them incorrectly (most people do.) So I recommend doing wall push-ups or bench push-ups to keep form. You MUST keep your core extremely tight. Keep your arms narrow, under the shoulders and bend elbows back, not out. 10-20 of these, you decide!
- Side to side crunch: Sit upright, hold your weight. Keeping your core forward, move the ball from one side to the other. Do 20 reps total.
Great perspective on BL and Rachel. I am a self-proclaimed die-hard BL fan and I have to say that the finale shocked and effected me. I think the conclusions everyone has jumped to is crazy but I do agree that she looks veryyyyy thin. Yes too thin. I am eagerly awaiting NBC's/BL's response.
ps. Spinning grows on you… it aint running but it's okay…
I'm wondering if BL will respond as well. I saw that Jillian and Bob are not commenting because they weren't her trainers…we'll see what happens. I'm also curious to see what Rachel has to say.
I've never been that into the Biggest Loser stuff, but I'm sure a few people were triggered by this. That makes me incredibly sad for them. However, it's not our place to judge and we certainly don't know her motives. We can hate on BL all we want AS A SHOW, but it should never get to a personal level. Discussing her weight all over the internet definitely isn't helping her or others. So, yeah, I think we have similar views on this. 🙂
I have watched it from time to time. For all we know, her body is "naturally" thin when she listens to what it says! You can never know what's happening inside someone else. I hope she responds.
That is a lot of exciting news! I agree on Rachel- I didn't even watch it but saw all the chatter yesterday… I'm sure obsessing over food and weight loss to such an extent makes it a little difficult to know when enough is enough… hopefully she'll find the right balance now.
Exactly, she needs to level out before everyone freaks out!
I didn’t watch this season but did read a lot of posts about the result. In all reality I would probably go to extremes too if 250k was on the line.
Unrelated, those spin bikes are my Favorite!!!! Smoothest ride and I love the monitors. I used the monitors for contents and stuff When I taught it was really fun!
Agreed! It would be hard not too! Really? I'm so not familiar with spin bikes! I did like the monitors though, easier to gauge where you are exactly.
I looked through other "amazing transformations" from BL and everyone looks super dramatic. I looked at her progress photos and definitely thought she looked best about 10-15 pounds heavier. I hope she finds what works for her and is healthy. I am curious to hear her response to everything, I'm sure it's been difficult.
I agree with you about BL and Rachel. I hope she can find a happy and healthy place.
And I'm also with you on the 45 minute spin class, 60 minutes is just overkill.
In watching the BL finale I thought Rachel looked quite thin, but my first though was whether we would feel the same way if we dropped her onto the red carpet with a crowd of Hollywood starlets instead of putting her on a stage with people of various body types. I suspect that her "too thin" look would fit right in with many of the women in Hollywood. It seemed really hypocritical to me that people were quick to point how how thin Rachel is but then likely changed the channel to watch a similarly thin woman acting on TV without raising the same objection.
Thats a great point. No doubt most in Hollywood are that thing…
I guess I have a different perspective on this, having lost a lot of weight in what everyone perceived as a little time. I lost about 113 pounds in 6.5 months. I did weight watchers. I began lifting weights. And I did cardio. And was religious (okay, maybe fanatical) about it. But I definitely was not unhealthy about it. I didn't have any money on the line – I had my kids and my husband and my life. I am VERY Type A and when I have a goal in front of me, I will achieve it because I don't fail. It just isn't in me. But through it all, I had the loving and watchful eyes of those that love me the most to make sure that I most definitely was eating and wasn't going crazy, spending 12 hours a day at the gym. People making sure I wasn't taking crazy pills or diuretics. Not everyone's body is the same and people can't judge what another's body will do once intense cardio and weight lifting, coupled with healthy eating will do. For me, it was quickly transformative. Not saying it wasn't incredibly hard work. But I absolutely do know that my very hard work enabled me to drop weight and tone up (oh, and the fact that I was still relatively young – no way would the same thing happen today) quickly. It bothers me that a large number of people immediately suggested that she has mental problem and needs to seek help. Of course, I can't say that she DOESN'T – but we shouldn't jump to conculsions and say that she does.
Agreed, I do not think jumping to conclusions was the right thing to do. And I'm sure you can emphathize having lost a lot of weight yourself. We don't know what's going on in Rachel's head or body and it's too soon for her to even know how things will balance out in the end. She's spent 7 months doing this, no wonder she went for it all the way.
About the Biggest Loser, I have to say, I get the hype about her weight, but what she said to her hologram (the overweight Rachael) was even worse. She called herself gross. She was never gross. Weight does not make you unlovable or a bad person. I hope she is ok, I hope she got so thin to win the money (and I can't say I wouldn't have done the same), I hope her body is healthy. Most of all, I hope she truly learns to love herself, no matter her weight.
Oh wow I didn't realize she said that! I totally agree with you on this one.
I think only time will tell regarding Rachel and TBL. I'm an inch shorter than her and weigh 125. Losing 20 pounds would feel damn near impossible (I mean mostly I just wouldn't wan to at all!) for me, but every body and person is different. Hopefully she is healthy ands stays that way.
It is a low weight for sure but like many are saying, every BODY is different. I too hope she finds hapiness and peace at whatever size is healthy for her.
This is the first time I've ever watched the Biggest Loser. I've got to think you're under a lot of stress to bring in the big numbers, especially being a finalist. And when there's money on the line, people will do whatever it takes to win. On the one hand it's good that it shows people that anything is possible, on the other hand maybe a little perspective was lost in the process .
I like BL but can definitely see how there are some questionable practices. It's hard to see without being there….it's definitely inspiring but I would like to hear from people years later for their perspective.
I stopped watching BL after the first season for so many reason but I agree with you that we should just give this girl a break! It was a CONTEST and she won. Just say congratulations and be done with it. Who are we to judge from afar? She looks great to me.
Love all the goodies you got in the mail!
Sorry your spin was so lame. I think my class would die if there were mirrors in our spin room – yikes!! 🙂
Yeah, thanks for your input on that one….I'm wishing her the best. Oh really on the mirrors? I never thought about it but I was watching myself sweat the whole time, ugh!
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