I am 29 years old. I have 4 children and we are all so excited about my journey on losing weight. I have struggled with my weight for a long time and I am so excited about losing this weight once and for all! I am looking forward to being able to do fun and exciting things with my kids that I haven’t been able to do. I enjoy going to the movies and just hanging out with my kids.
Nicole,
GREAT JOB with your weight loss this week. Keep your chin up. You are doing good even though you have been hurting.
Good luck at the doctor tomorrow. Please let us know what they say when you find out. We are ready to have you back on the floor!!
Keep believing in yourself, you can do this!
Rick and Tina
Monday night another quote from my bulletin board kept popping up in my mind:
“Failures don’t plan to fail; they fail to plan.” -Harvey Mackay
Nicole,
Keep pushing forward! Remember that every step on this journey is another step to being healthier.
Kristi
I see you over at the bikes every morning and think what wonderful dedication you have to this program. Even with all your pains you are at it every day. Keep up the good work.
Nicole,
Look at YOU!!! You had a AWESOME weigh in this morning! We can see your hard work paying off! Even though you are fighting thru the pain, you are still getting results!! This shows you are working out hard and paying attention to your diet. Thank you so much for sticking with this program and taking advantage of all the resources offered.
Oh yeah, you can yell and scream when you have a great weigh in! We love it!! LOL
Rick and Tina
You are like a warrior, you keep pushing through the pain and get better and better. Excellent job!
Naomi
Nicole
You are a great team mate. Keep up your strength. It seems like your getting better every day. Soon you’ll be back to 100%
Rhonda
Hey Nikki,
We missed you this morning. Thanks for taking the lead on our assignment. I’ll be calling you today to catch up. You are doing GREAT in this program.
GO YELLOW!
Leslie
Nicole,
You are looking really great! Your hard work is really paying off! Keep it up! I look forward to you trying Hydro Burn!
Kristi
Hello Everyone!
Just checking in to say I miss u guys. I’m in Baltimore for a conference, and I’ll be back in the gym Friday am. Have a good class with Amber on Thursday.
Leslie
Nicole,
I swear you were glowing today at the gym. Have you been training with Bruce Leroy from the Last Dragon?
Buck
Nicole it was great seeing you at the gym last night. You can definitely tell a difference from 10 weeks ago. Keep up the good work. You are doing great. Hope to see you at Hydro burn saturday morning.
Nicole,
Look at you working hard even though you have pain. Thank you for always changing it up to get the best work out you can!! You are always willing to push and make it work!
Way to keep up the great weigh ins. Your hard work is paying off! Keep pushing forward you can do this! Way to work hard in Amber’s class!
Please know we are always here for you. You are in our prayers and know things will get better with what you are going through.
Rick and Tina
I think you will really enjoy the water class. It doesn’t hurt my feet but man do they kill my arms in there. And they really work your abs.
have a great weekend!
Nicole I have seen such a dramatic change in you. You look amazing. Thanks for being an encouragement to me although your in pain, you still work hard. Thanks again
Thanks for being my partner and way to push through your injury and you don’t let it stop you!!!
Nicole-
Glad you are feeling better and moving around the track instead of sitting on the bike. Keep working hard and getting stronger every day.
Diana
Nicole,
GREAT job on the presenation – thanks for pulling it all together. We have a great team, and I’m proud to know you. You did great today on the track.
Leslie
Nicole,
Way to go on the weight loss! Look how far you have come!! You are down 25 lbs in 10 weeks. You have worked so hard with having your injury. We see how you are really pushing forward and we thank you!! Way to really work it on the track this morning!!! You are really working hard!!
Thank you for the great comments you wrote on our blog, you are too kind!
Also, good job on your team presentation last night. Way to take the assignment serious. We appreciate all your teams efforts!
Keep up the great work!!
Rick and Tina
Nicole, If Rhonda and I can do it. So can you stay focused we got this. We can work through our injuries and still have a great weigh in. Keep up the good work.
Sassy Steph
We haven’t talked much lately, again. I want to let you know that I think You are amazing. You have pushed through your pain, and continue to be successful, even though you are very busy. Keep up the good work.
Naomi
Nicole,
Think back to January…fast forward to today…pat yourself on the back! You have truly made lifestyle changes and it shows!
If you cannot make it to Hydro Burn, you can ask the lifeguard on duty for some of the equipment and do some of the same activities on your own time in the pool…especially stretching!
Keep it up! Be a LOSER!
Kristi
Nicole,
You are such as great member of our team. I really enjoy our workouts and talking to you. You can do anything you want to do even with your injury. Keep trying, you know you have done amazing things so far.Your goals will easily be reached by someone as determined as you!!
Rhonda
You are doing great! You’re not giving up!
DanE
Nic,
Keep pushing like Salt n Pep. You ‘member them!
Buck
Nicole,
Girlfriend, you are movin and groovin on that track! I am sooooo impressed how you push thru the pain and achieve results. Thanks for your support this week. YELLOW IS DA BOMB!
Leslie
Nicole-
We haven’t had a chance to chat in a long time, but I see you pushing yourself and NEVER giving up. Way to go!
Diana
You did awesome. I was just along for the ride. Now you know what you can do. So we’ll push it again tuesday. Then eventually we’ll be able to do this on our own. But for now we’ll help each other.
And you are looking great. It was nice to see you without that huge t-shirt you’ve been wearing lately.
Nicole, Nicole, Nicole, There I got it right.
Awesome job this morning. Isn’t it amazing to see how far we have come. Who would have thought we could be doing this. I know I didn’t have faith in myself before this. Thank goodness someone believed we could do this and pushed us to this level. It was fun running with you today. Please seriously think about the septemeber marathon. What a way to stay focused after this competition. I would love to run with you in it. Just let me know.
alrighty dighty its on and poppin’! just checking in to remind you to eat something substantial tonight, eat tomorrow around 4 am, drink plenty of water, goto bed early tonight and remember that we are the healthiest we’ve ever been…we can do this…
also wanted to mention that it’s not only going to be a challenge physically tomorrow…it’s also going to be a big mental challenge as well. dont let your mind hold you back…its going to try to trick you…its going to tell you that you can’t go on…take yourself somewhere else…push yourself…push through the physical pain…think about how far you’ve come…not how far you have to go…
good luck to you tomorrow friend…
mello d
WE DID IT! Congratulations on your strong finish today! 13.1 miles? been there done that! holla! way to go!
have a great 4th!
mello d
Nicole: Can you belive we did it, you never gave up. Be proud of what you did today. Stay strong this next week
Steve
Nicole – I am so proud of you! I know how much you were hurting yesterday but you kept going through the pain and finished strong. You are really an inspiration to me. Great job!!!
Nicole-
I don’t anything was going to get in your way yesterday. Way to push yourself and finish strong! You can do anything!
Diana
I hope you are swollen with pride (and little pain). You did such an amazing thing yesterday to push past your pain, anxieties, anything negative, and accomplish a half marathon. Fantastic!
Naomi
Nicole,
YOU DID IT!!! I enjoyed talking to you when we did a lap together. You have accomplished so much!! You did 13.1 miles!!! You need to know anything is possible!! You inspire so many people and you pushed thru a lot of pain and never gave up!!! WAY TO GO!
It was great to see you had your family and friends to support you!!!
We are proud of you!
Tina and Rick
Just wanted to let everyone know, what an awesome group I think you are, I would never have believed we could do and I’m not sure that without each other we would have, but look at us today, proud and strong,
WE DID IT!
Thank You, Rhonda
Nicole Nicole Nicole, You blew me away on saturday with your Determination and Dedication to finishing the Marathon. I know you were in so much pain but you pushed through it and finished. I’m so proud to be apart of this team with you. And to watch you go beyond what you ever thought was possible. Thank you for inspiring me to better myself and to push myself past my mental obsticles. I am so happy to have gotten to know you and look forward to running with you in the future.
There is no going back now. We have come too far!
Nikki,
Way to go on Saturday!
Buck
hello everyone,
i know that i havent blogged very much throughout these 14 weeks, but i wanted to take the time and tell you all how important you are to me. all of you have inspired me in some way. being the youngest, i look up to all of you. i know that if you can do it, so can i! i have had some tough times throughout this competition, times where i didnt feel like getting up and coming to workout, but after thinking about it long and hard, i knew that i needed you all and i didnt want to let you down. i would have a bad day, but just thinking of all your smiling faces pushed me through. i want to thank you for all of your encouraging words and thoughtful prayers. i couldnt have done this without all of you. if any of you ever need anything, all you have to do is call. call me to workout with you or just to talk. im here for all of you like you were for me. you are like my second family!!!! so thanks again for everything. good luck to all of you in the future. remember, we can do anything! we have proved that by what we all have accomplished in these last 14 weeks!!! my thoughts and prayers are with you all!!!
love you all,
Whitney
(414-3335)
p.s.- PAIN IS JUST WEAKNESS LEAVING THE BODY!!!!
Nicole,
You did a great job on Saturday. And not once did I see you frown, or even look like you wanted to give up! I was inspired by your fortitude.
YELLOW ROCKS!
Leslie
Nikki,
Great job so far, keep up the great start…
Lao Tzu said about 2600 years ago that:
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
And another thing that he said was:
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
So we have done them both took a first few steps and changed directions to avoid ending up in a not so good place for our health, let’s keep this up… and make it a life time change…
Remember..
Pain comes an goes, yet memories and friendships made in struggling times last for a life time.
First of al than you for all the encouragement and all the great support on my low days.
This has been a blast, almost as painful as boot camp, but only better; got to sleep in my own bed.
You girls and guys rock.
As an older song named: Down Deep Into The Pain says…
You gotta go down deep down into the pain
Let it purge your soul like flesh to a razor blade
Dig down deep into the pain
Surrender, surrender, dig in, dig in
Put yourself down deep into the pain
Embrace the bliss of pure sensation
You can’t escape from the ultimate pain
So let your senses drift into Euphoria
Thank you again to Rick, Tina, and all the trainers and other people who made this possible.
I hope to see you around, I feel like I live at Spiece anymore, but what a place to call a second home.
My very best regards,
Love, lots of it…
Dorin
Nicole: Pround of you Girl! Great to see you back this year. Keep up your work outs and your support of those around you
Steve O
To the Pink Power