Posts Tagged suzy hoover biggest loser resort fittness ridge

Today marks the 5 year anniversary of when I boarded a plane from Seattle to LA, not knowing what was totally ahead of me. I remember getting a call to come be a finalist for The Biggest Loser and right away I told my friends and family that I would make it on the show. That is the one thing I got right, but after that, there is no way I could have predicted these next five years. The best way to describe them is like a roller coaster. The highest highs, and the lowest lows. In these last 5 years, I have been on a reality show and lost 95 lbs, met my now husband and got married, plus I got pregnant and have had 2 amazing little boys. Not only that, but I have traveled the country and have done things I would have never thought. In those five years, I have worn size 24-4 and every size in between. I have had the funnest times of my life, but have had the saddest times to. I have laughed more but I have also shed a lot of tears. These last five years I would never have predicted nor would I change a thing.

This last year in particular has been challenging. With a 2yr old and a 1 year old, sleep was something I have read about but really didn’t experience mush . Not just the busyness of having 2 toddlers, but Matt and I did so much travelling it was hard to keep track of. Matt also decided to take on the Ironman in Kona which brought a lot of fun, but took a toll on our family. Slowly I could see myself start to make a little less healthy choices for myself. I started skipping workouts because I was just “too tired”, started grabbing food, because well we are traveling and it’s convenient. I could come up with every excuse to support my negative behaviors. During this year, I would crash off 5 lbs, only to find them that much quicker. The pressure of losing my “baby weight” was always screaming at me in my mind. This pressure caused me to try to do quick fixes. This summer in fact, I crashed off all but 15lbs of baby weight. I was so excited, but couldn’t ever maintain this. The weight would creep back as soon as i tried to eat normal. This was so frustrating and getting me down. I finally hit a low a couple weeks ago when I could not button my only pair of jeans. I noticed them getting tight, but blamed it on the dryer. Well they reached the point where I could no longer place blame on anyone but myself. I was starting to feel out of control and needed to stop this before I got too far gone!

I quickly put together a plan in my mind and talked to Mattt about it. He is always supportive of me and encourages me to do whatever I think is best. I sent an email off to Renee @ The Biggest Loser Resort at Fitness Ridge and quickly made plans to come out for a week. I knew I needed something quick and extreme. Renne was very supportive and helped me make these quick plans. Before I thought about it too much, I booked a flight and started calling clients to open up my week. When I really stopped and thought about what I was going to do, I would break down in tears. The thought of leaving my boys for a whole week was really hard, but I knew they would be in good hands. I not only have an amazing husband, but a great family who loves my boys and always is there to help!! In fact, I think my boys would rather be with grammie, grandpa, or auntie sometimes as apposed to there boring mamma .

The week before I left flew by and before I knew it, it was the night before I was going to leave for the Resort. Bags were packed, pictures of boys packed and all that was left to do was head to the airport. Sunday at 5am came rather quickly and Matt and the boys dropped me off to embark on my journey. With tears in my eyes, I waved goodbye not knowing what my week would hold but open for the future.

Follow me everyday and I will share with you how my week went. I ask one thing of you that you would please be respectful of my openness and honesty and know that I am on a journey myself and won’t be able to comment or return your emails about my journey. Thanks for reading, talk to you tomorrow