The biggest loser... INFORMATION UPDATE

Well it looks like the number of contestants is growing, which means.... MORE MONEY for the winner :) After talking to some of the local crowd who are participating, we talked about doing some "FUN" events to go along during the competition. Ex: "Weight Watchers" meals pot luck at someone's house then going to do a fun activity- bowling, put put, (something that requires movement) ;) So its not going to be just an average sign in each week thing. This is going to be fun and self-challenging. What do you guys think of meeting up next week sometime (maybe Wed)- weighing in, measuring, and taking before pics (courtesy of my camera)? For the out of town folks, please take a BEFORE picture and then take your measurements(Chest, arms, waist, thighs, and hips). I'm sorry you can't partake in the activities, but if you have people around you to do this with- let me know and well sign em up. I can't wait to get started and it sounds like you guys are getting excited too!

I had my BAD meal of the week lastnight at Terranova! I'm going to try and get it all out of my system this weekend so I'm ready to go on Monday! For those of you who want to join the gym- I attend Lady Riveria and LOVE it. They have so many classes and a great variety of cardio machines and free weights. I'll be happy to start you a program if you want :) They have people who can train you as well if you feel more comfortable going that route. Several of you already have accounts, so I'll see you there :) We can even meet up for classes sometime. Whatever you want to do, but I plan on winning :) he he! Bring it on!!!!!

PS- I need each contestant to somehow get me the $30 next week.

The Biggest Loser- BLOGGER Contestants- So far...

1)Kelly Albert
2)Natasha Broomfield
3)Stacey Smith
4)Kate White
5)Jeannette Wyttenbach
6)Lucy Albert
7)Louise Hipp
8)Keri Burry
9)Gwyn Culpepper
10)Theana Albert
11)Sarah Brown
12)Claire Lesinski

If you decide that you want to join, please e-mail me at kelly.k.albert@boeing.com or just post a comment saying that you want to partake.
I am going to follow the biggest loser process and calculate the winner from your percentage of weight lost overall. So if your starting weight is 180 and you lose 18 lbs, you lost 10% of your weight (18/180 = .10 = 10%).I would LOVE to get before pics to post too for each contestant, so everyone who is competing, make sure you take a before picture and send it to me. Also, every Wednesday please track your progress on my blogger. I'll be asking for comments!
I would like to start the competition next Monday- April 28th. Each contestant please send me or get me the $30 next week. I'll put it in safe keeping for the winner! The competition will end the morning of July 4th!!! Good luck girls!!!

Hanging with the relatives

This past weekend we had some family come to town for a visit. Aunt Claire, Cousin Rebecca, Rob's parents- Jim and Louise Sims, and a friend of the family, Debbie. We had a great time hanging out with all of them. Thurs night we went to dinner at Casa Blanca- imagine that- hehe- we had to show it off. Jason had to leave Thurs morning, so he didn't get to see them. Friday night we went to Jeannette's for dinner and games. It was a lot of fun. We played Family Feud and my team won- it was me, Brady, mom, aline, lucy, and louise. It was a lot of fun and loud. Kelson was a good girl and slept in the crib upstairs. By the time we were ready to go (around 11) Becca wanted to spend the night, so she did. Kelson woke up when we got her up and she DID NOT want to go back to sleep, so I didn't go to sleep that night till almost 2. Luckily she wasn't too loud- just fussy so Becca got some sleep :) Anyways, Becca and I went and worked out at the gym- it was fun having a partner. My arms are still sore from lifting the free weights. Then we went home- got showers - then we went to look at dead people and trees- hehe. The aunts wanted to go see the dogwood trees at the cemetary, so we did. It was very pretty outside. I saw a few babies tombstones and I immediatly started crying. I couldn't handle that. We were playing a game trying to find the OLDEST grave we could. I think we ended up with someone dying in 1838. The trees were pretty. We had lunch at the Market Street Cafe- in Providence- it was really yummy. Def will go back there again. After all that excitement we went back home and they cooked out. We got to watch Jason's show live on the internet at countrythunder.com. It was awesome to see him perform again. Rebecca and I went out on the town to Sammy's T's to go see David Allan Coe. Good lord that man is homely. He sang for an hour straight- didn't stop to breathe- he was good, but you could tell that he was just hammered. Our buddies band, Backwater, opened for them, so that was fun too. We ended up back home around 2 and I convinced Rebecca to crawl through Lucy and Bob's window to get us some grub. It was hilarious. I just about pissed myself.Neither one of us ate before we left so we were starving. We were trying to be quiet too, and I guess we were since no one knew we were there rading the fridge. So we ate and went to bed. Had coffee and breakfast and they left Sunday afternoon. I didn't do much, but lay around the house taking naps with Kelson. It was very relaxing.

Look out World...

Kelson is so freaking smart. We have been doing patty cake with her for a few months now and now she is doing it all on her own, even the pick pick part (Canadian french version). Its so cute. Lucy (aka Memere) has been teaching her something for the last few days and she just started doing it yesterday. She says- De vous la belle fille a Memere? (Where is Grandma's pretty girl?) and now Kelson points to herself and Memere says Oui, ici ici ici- which means yes- here, here, here- I'm going to try and capture it on video. Its so cute! Everyone was amazed. She picks up things so quick. I'm trying to learn French along with Kelson so come next year when I'm in Europe I can talk some french. She is doing the sign "more" by bringing her hands together and sorta clapping. She's really so much fun! Like a sponge. Picking up all kinds of things. She has two teeth now, she knows who her family is, she still says Dada and Lala- nothing more yet. She loves to be on her stomach and tries to crawl, but I think she'll be walking before too long. Esp since she's been building up her leg muscles by using her jumperoo for months.

New pics

I went and saw Jack Thomas White (7 lbs/ 19 1/2 inches long). I couldn't believe how small he was. He is soooo adorable. I just couldn't imagine that Kelson was that small, but I know it wasn't long ago. He slept the whole time. He was pooping, so I went in to help change the diaper- what a difference. I didn't mind- Michele is still getting used it to. She seems to be handling motherhood great and is in good health as well. So happy for them!