Dietribe - MyLifeTime TV

"DietTribe" is Lifetime's new reality series that follows the emotional journey of five friends as they attempt to go from "fat" to "fit." These women have made a commitment to lose their unwanted pounds together.

Close friends Anna Lloyd (30, Pasadena, California), Lydia Moody (26, Los Angeles),Megan Stewart (29, Anaheim, California), Shawna McClellan (27, Anaheim, California) and Morgan Lancaster (31, Monrovia, California) have stuck together through thick and thin, sharing a strong bond that has lasted for many years.

Over the course of 90 days, Anna, Lydia, Megan, Shawna and Morgan will try to turn their poor habits into healthy choices by attempting to lose 30 pounds or more with the help of their trainer and therapist.

Depression

This weekend I was very moody, lonely and depression that I didn't want to do anything and didn't care about anything. It was very hard to get out of the mood just to feel happy or feel normal. I tried to go out and have a picnic and tried to go shopping to a mall and do some walking but nothing worked. I even went out to saw a movie, "Wall-E" which is a good movie but it made me more sadder cause I was alone. I can't have pet cause I live in an apartment.

So if you are in a moody mood, my best way to get out is to call a love one which I called my mommy. OR do something that you like doing like I like to look at craft workshops like go to an store that have art supplies and I think more about creativity. Do something that makes you think and meditate/focus that thought towards what you like. OR listening to your favorite music to get you up and running which is a great motivator.

Motivation Success Stories

Success stories are a great motivation and they remind you that if they can do it, you can do it. Here are some I found on Women's Health website. Click here to see them.

I always have a list on my ice box why I want to loose weight. Sometimes I do tend to annoy it but see and reading other people success stories get me back on track.

Weightview.com

weightview.com is a motivation in point of view of vision. Take a picture of your self now and upload it to their website FREE and they will show you later how you would look like if you lost 20 - 50 lbs. Seeing is believing. Don't get discourage or upset about wishing or why I didn't loose weight earlier...do it now, start and commit to yourself, get up and move. Reach that goal for being happier and living a life of activities. Go to weightview.com.

Deadline

I figure out that I have only 4 weeks to my vacation to Maine and my goal is still to loose 30lbs. by June 11. I only have 18lbs. to go (I wish I lost more during the 5 months but life keeps pushing stress my way). I still have to take it easy because I still don't know about my condition in my colon (My doctors thinks I might of injured myself and tore some of my tissue in my rectum. I found blood in my bowel last week. I started putting in PH tablets up there and I hope it will help heal the cut and avoid surgery. I have an appt. with a colon surgent, May 27 to see what going on. I pray that I will be OK so I can go on vacation). Well, I got to move on and get cracking on my 18lbs. loss.

I believe I am going to focus on my food intake but still do some exercise until I know everything will be OK with my colon. I'm going to focus on fish, fiber and my fats. With my age, I should have 25 grams of fiber a day, wow. Click here if you want to know how much fiber you have daily. I'm also going to have at least 3 fish portions a week along with salmon which is my favorite. Of course, I have my at least 2 portion of vegetables (I don't like veges). My fats well I will only have 1 small bite of dark chocolate/candy (I still female who craves for chocolate). Over all, small portion meal size is my goal to my 18lbs. loss.

Pantene - Beautiful Lengths

Being a cancer victim, I came very close on board to a life changing situation, but I caught my disease at a early time. I had uterus cancer last year and the cancer didn't spread to my major organs. I had to have a fully hysterectomy surgery and internal radiation. It was the roughest 6 months of my life and I had to overcoming the situation I can't have kids. I'm still not out of the loop, just yet, it can still come back but I'm going to fight it all the way. Today, cancer is becoming an outbreak disease like the flu. Small or big situation, everyone has a little bit of cancer cells in their body, but I didn't know, at highest rate that heavy weight people can get it even it is not in her family history.

When I was there at the hospital, there were a lot of other people doing the fully radiation and they say that the hardest, emotional thing is loosing your hair as a women. Pantene Hair Products has a promotion to cut your hair at 8 inches long and donation to create free wigs for women who have lost their hair due to cancer treatment. When I went thru internal radiation, they told me that my hair will be OK but I did loose more then some. I felt scared, frustrated and sad. I mean beside loosing my women hood of having children, I was loosing some of my dignity.

I have been growing my hair for about one year and I think next year, it will be long enough to share to those who need a little self-esteem. My Aunts, Cousins, my Dad and everyone else who had/has cancer that you can contribute a small piece of your heart, HAIR, and help someone fight for their strength to live a little better in our fight of cancer. Website click here.

Ali Wins from the Biggest Loser Show

Finally a GIRL wins. I am a Huge fan to this show and if you missed it last night, Ali wins the Biggest Loser at 112 lbs lost. Watching these contestants doing the hard core workout with Bob and Julian is amazing. I know that they have more time to work out and they have doctors near by just in case they need assistance but it gives me great confidence that I can do it, too. Check out the website of the their transformation, if you never saw the show. The website also have great tips and recipes to see and download.

Also, to let you know The Biggest Loser show had expand to Meal Plans delivery to your house. (It might take a while till the website comes up because everyone is on but give it time - it will come up.) It's a little too high range price for me but check it out. Or you could see their Cook Book, Success Secrets book, Calorie Counter book, or Fitness Program book. Bob, the trainer, just came out with a book 'Are you Ready?' check out the video on amazon.com (great inspiration).

Success Stories

I don't know about you, but I like to get motivation by reading success stories from other people who met their goal weight. I like to read about them, how they did it and how they kept it up. When I'm down & moody, and I want a candy bar or Wendy's double cheese burger, I always look up on the internet for success stories and saw, if they can do it - I can to. Thats when I choose a healthy salad for lunch. Here are my favorites:

1,000,000 Biggest Loser Winner,
other biggest loser, ediets, WeightWere, YouTube, Jenny Craig

Even looking at pictures make me motivated, too:
Nutrisystem

It Could Be Worse

It's Monday morning and "I should have stayed in bed." Did you ever have one of those days that everything goes wrong? My hair was a mess and frizzy. My body ached from the exercise I did this weekend. Made burnt toast ... TWICE. You go to work and the printer starts jamming, so you got to call maintenance. UGH!!!

What I do, is STOP everything and RELAX for 15 minutes and breathe. Make a cup tea or some other relaxing drink you might like. Breathe in and out slowly. Collect yourself and think 'It can be worse.' Then move on to the next task for the day.

Believe it or not, those couple minutes of relaxation will calm your nerves and muscles, making you your day go a little smoother. What do you do for relaxation or when you have a bad day?

Get Back on the Horse

I have been very lazy and stress out for the past several weeks. Well, I thought it better than never to start exercising again. Everyday, I will do 15 minutes on my Air Walker (its like a treadmill). I thought, I'll do the Core Secrets Ball training every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The Biggest Loser DVD will be on every Tuesday and Thursday. And finally, the Yoga or the Tai Chi DVD on Saturday. Sunday is god day, a day off to relax.

Not a Good Day

I'm not doing so good on my diet, once again. I don't know what I'm doing anymore. I just want bad food most of the time. I guess I am board of the lettuce, turkey, fruit and all other healthy foods that are out there that I'm eating. I want a juicy greasy hamburger from Wendy's or regular ice cream with all the chocolate chips and doughy cookie taste in it, along the sweet chocolate fudge.

It could be the weather, we have been having with the sun, then the rain cold days and then the cold wet snow. It could the stress days from work. Working late nights and the long hours are draining me dry. I need a change in my life. To get out of the daily routine. I didn't get out this weekend that I wanted to, I didn't have time. I'm board and I'm putting food as a substitute as a change. I know better not to but I'm begging for a change in my life.

If this happens to you, Get Out. Sometimes you don't realize it that you are doing it. I didn't know until I paused and thought about it. I was substituting food as a change of my routine in my life. You need to get out and do something new or old, like go to the movies or eat out to some NEW restaurant (choose wisely on foods). Go the any attractions in your city, like the museums, the national parks, lake or beach, or even the new malls that which you want to see. If you have time and have vacation days or sick days, play hookie from work. Remember those days you played hookie from school, if you didn't, its time to do it now or again. Re-live your past, do something different. Remember the movie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off , watch and learn, but of coarse you don't have to fool your parent, you just have to fool you boss and yourself. Re-live and enjoy it.

Starting Over

There are days, you just don't care and you want to do what you want. No Dieting, no worrys, no responsibility and no exercising. We all get in those moods because we all are tried and want to do nothing and need a vacation from reality, but we can't do that. Your world is not going anywhere and need to face those problems. You need to coming back to realism and make a change in yourselves.

Being POSITIVE. Anne Frank quoted on Being Happy: Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. When I read this poem, I think about "what I like about myself." I like to help people when they lease expect it. Like when I go shopping and you see a senior citizen trying to reach a box of cereal on top of shelves and she/he can't reach it. I run over and help, then I ask if they need anything else. It a great feeling, even though something small like that. I feel that I'm wanted, I'm appreciated that I can still do good in the world.

Think very hard about what you like about yourself. Is it your sense of humor (making people laugh), your giving (giving your time to someone at need) or your smile? What makes you happy that you like doing? Do it.