Although trained as a lawyer, I have been unable to persuade myself to move my exercise program to the next level. That is why I entered to be a contestant in the FWSW program and I am thrilled to have been chosen.
My journey toward better fitness started in 2000 when one of my five sisters encouraged us to “age with vitality.” For me that means achieving a healthy body weight and developing a healthy fitness level.
As the mother of five in a blended family, with a very supportive spouse, I have a big fan club and expect to make them so proud.
I love having you as my older sister as you are so encouraging and grounded…..you make me stop and think….also to take a step back and see things from a different perspective…..thanks !!!!
Hi Cici, can you believe we are in week 5?! Keep up the good work.
Karen
Hey Cici, keep up the hard work. It’s great to see your progress so far! GO BLUE!!
you are such a great part of this group! Thank you for all you do to motivate and encourage all of the contestants! You are doin so well! Just keep going!
You have the ability to make people soar,you are so amazing…
keep it up!!!
Green Team Jen
Hey Lady! I love your all your wisdom! Love it! Get some rest tonight…because BLUE team is going to burn some big calories tomorrow morning! Thanks for your encouragement!
Meagan
GO BLUE!
Cici, thanks for being my older sister in this journey. I thank God for you and all your encouraging words. Keep up the great work and lets plans to do nails or some other “play date” soon.
Kathleen
You are so funny, and you’re butt looked great in Amber’s class today!!LOL!!! But, you are also very insightful. Thank you for sharing so much and allowing us to learn from you. Keep up the hard work!
CiCI, I looked you up at the Embassy yesterday and couldn’t find you. You wouldn’t have been over at King Gyro getting a Gyro and small fry…..hmmmmm? lol JK Did look for you though. Could have used you around about the time they passed out the cup cakes. Take care and keep pushing forward.
You are such an amazing woman!! Thank you so very much for the “counseling”. I really relate to you a lot, it’s nice to feel normal, a little. Although, things didn’t go the way I had expected, I am still confident in God’s plan and sovereignty. Talk to you soon! Get better!!
I am sorry about your injury but it won’t stop you!!!
keep it up
GReen Team Jen
Cici, I am so blessed that I have met you…I can’t thank you enough for taking time to have me over. That really did mean the world to me. Of course, I want to lose as much weight as possible during the contest but no matter what happens, I am already a winner, I have met so many great people that I hope will be in my life for a very long time…
HUGS,
Shannon
I have mastered the one crutch run, working out on the bike to a huge sweat, eating during the golend hour after the workout, no peanut butter, no mayo, no bars (thanks to Tina and Rick)!
Happy Mother’s Day! You’ve been doing great! Keep up the good work.
Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. Can’t wait for you to come back to your blue team family!
Praying for you. You are so strong…remember your blue team loves you and wants you back very soon! love you, Meagan
praying, praying, praying for you!
We missed you today. Praying for a speedy recovery!
Karen:)
Hope all is going well and cannot wait to have you back with us working hard. Miss you and you are in our prayers.
** GO PINK **
Miss you!! Miss you!! Miss you!! Miss you!! Miss you!! Miss you!! Miss you!! Miss you!! Miss you!! Miss you!! Miss you!! Miss you!! Miss you!!
I’m glad the surgery went well, I knew nothing could keep you down, can’t wait to see you back again!
LOVE YOU!!!
Can’t wait till you are back with us!
Cici,
Hope your road to recovery is going well. How are your laptop aerobics working out for you? LOL. Hang in there. Hope to see you soon.
Holly
So – here is the official update. I am up from my morphine fog long enough to bring you all up to speed.
About 2 weeks ago, I learned I have a stress fx of the 5th metatarsal on my right foot. I suspect this was caused by the exercise itself. For that, I am wearing a boot, have crutches and am not supposed to take the boot off or do exercises that would be weight-bearing and cause twisting. I was able to do sufficient exercise to sweat but was really impaired with walking and keeping up with life in general.
At about the same time, I learned I was facing surgery due to the presence of a large ovarian mass. 6 days ago, I had a complete hysterectomy and the removal of one benign mass that was nearly the size of a volleyball and another that was nearly the size of a basketball. My stapled midline incision is from bellybutton to pubic bone.
Needless to say, this disouraging set of events has tested my strengths in every sense of the word. I wll be seeing both of these attending doctors this week, and hope to hear good news about what progress I have made and limitations I will face in the near future.
My goal is to just get back to regular life!
Cici, it was so great to see you last night! I appreciate all the encouragement that you offer to everyone even during your times of pain and struggle! You motivate me to have a positive outlook on life! I am continuing to pray for healing and strength!!! I can’t wait until your back full steam ahead!! Love ya!
God bless you Cici! You are such a great witness to the rest of us! We will continue to pray for your speady recovery! We miss you at the gym!
Glad to see you last night! We miss you!
Sorry I was not at Wednesday workout, missed everyone
Crohn’s hit Tuesday afternoon
Spent all night in and around the toilet
To the pink power
Steve O
how are you, CiCi? Praying and thinking of you!
Cici
I’v been thinging about you!! I hope your feeling better. Get well soon and come see us!!
EJ
It was great when I saw your BLUE shirt walk in this morning! Thanks for showing up and working out with all of us. Can’t wait to have you back full time! Love ya lady!
Ci Ci,
Great to have you back at the weigh ins. Looks like you are doing a great job. See you tomorrow.
Take Care,
Dan
I was glad to see you yesterday! I’m glad you’re not giving up and you’re sticking with it! You’re going to do awesome, and I’m glad that I’ve had the opportunity to have you as a part of my life. You’re inspirational!!
You are doing an amazing job!! I love seeing your accomplishments when you have had to deal with so much medical issues!! You are truly pushing yourself and giving us all a person to look up too! Keep up the hard work and congrats on having your highest weight loss for a week!
Cici, You are a great older sister….one day i am hoping to be your smaller sister along with being your younger one
You are doing so good with that boot on and what two weeks after major surgery….gotta love that drive and determination 
thanks for always being the great listener you are as well as a women who is wise beyond her years….
Love ya lots sis,
Kathleen
GO BLUE !!!!!!!
I am just so proud of you with all that you’ve been accomplishing, despite a surgery! Your looking so great!
Hey sis….you’re looking so great!!!! That outfit you had on last week showed off your new figure:) Keep up the good work…you inspire me to do better.
Kathleen
Cici,
Wow you are amazing. Surgery and back at workouts right away. You should be so proud of yourself. If you are anything like me, in the past I would have used surgery as an excuse not to exercise. Now you just jumped right back in head first. Way to go!
Thanks for the pep talk before and after the TV show. You are very sweet and caring.
Stay stong and stay focused.
Holly
You are still going strong and doing awesome at it too! Cici, I love to look over and see you continuing to push yourself through the workouts that we have been doing! You are not at all giving up and I am proud of you for that! I know that you have been thrown a couple of curve balls and you continue to push through each one. Keep up the hard work and the determination that you have! You will reach your goals in the end!
CICi-
You are truly a blessing to have as a part of this program. No matter what has happened you stay positive and focused. You help me when I am having a bad day as well. Thank You for the pep talks too!
Good Luck this week at weigh in,
Green Team Jen
Cici,
You are wonderful! You are an inspiration to everyone who knows what you have gone through this season! I am so glad that you choose each morning to join us in the gym even though you can’t fully do the workouts that we are pushed through. I love looking over and seeing you work yourself just as hard. Keep up the good work!!
It has been quite a run and I have been strengthened by it all! Thanks for all of the encouragement!
You’re an awesome teammate. It’s great to see you working back from your surgery and your injury. GO BLUE!
Cici,
I love your spirit and smile. You really are an asset to this program. I hope that your foot feels better. Did you get your cast off? Keep moving forward and way to go!
Holly
It’s so great to see you nearly every day of the week. You’re such a huge inspiration and I hope that we’ll keep each other going when this is all said and done. You look great! Keep up the hard work.
Hey you sexy woman full of vitality!! I’m so glad to see you able to work a little more and hopefully soon you’ll be 100%!!
Cici, Happy Birthday!! Have a wonderful day. See you tonight at Crazy Pinz:)
Karen
Cici, Thank you so much for the hugs tonight. I want you to know you mean so much to me. You have been such a wonderful friend from the very beginning. I am SO here for you. I will help you with whatever you may need (the cooking I may need help with;) You inspire me to be a better person.
Much love and hugs,
Shannon
Cici: I will suport you for your next journy.
IF there is anything I can do please let me know.
This is just a road bump in life, and we can only do it with each other.
The FWSW in total behind you.
Kick buts!!!!!!!!!!!!
To the pink power
Steve O
Reading through the words of encouragement from my teammates makes me feel like I am getting a group hug!
Well consider yourself hugged everyday cuz you are never far from my thoughts and prayers. I am so thankful for this program for so many reasons and one of them is you!!!!! It is so great having an older sister here in town that I can plan some fun activities with. You truely are an inspiration….you do not let anything hold you back….not too many people would have come back so strong and determined after such a major surgery and then breaking you foot twice!!!! You really are amazing lady.
luv ya,
Kathleen