I went to the Maximized Living Class with my daughter Kristina and my friend, Jenn. The class was about four hours and we got a book that gives you the details of what foods are doing to us.

In May 2009 my scrap booking group meets the third weekend of the month and consists of 8 women all decided to do the Biggest Looser for a year. We are putting $5 a month into a pot to see who will win the challenge! To date no one has lost more than 3 pounds and then puts it back on.

During Lakewood’s Chiropractic Biggest Looser challenge being offered I decided to go for it. I have been watching what I eat, and following it strictly. I have been eating brown rice, sweet potatoes, and a spinach salad with romaine lettuce, tomatoes, a few croutons, chicken and salmon with salsa and avocado. Snacks would consist of almonds and apples. Drinking 8-8oz glasses of water a day. I would have a cup of coffee on the weekends and the rest of the time I drank an organic green tea from Sam’s Club that was full of antioxidants. I cut out breads, sugar and pop and fast foods. I gave myself permission to eat pizza once a week or a sub from subway. I have surged trained a few times. I need to improve on the exercising. I cleansed 4 times during that month.

During the 30 days I felt really good and had lots of energy. I suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome and found that it was more under control eating the same foods. I always gain weight because my body wasn’t absorbing nutrition. There was nothing processed in my diet. Since Thanksgiving I haven’t felt as good. I ate sugary foods again and I am tired all the time! I am jumping back into my good habits like yesterday!

During the Thanksgiving holiday I guess it was a noticeable amount of weight lost. My daughter Kristina asked, ‘How much have you lost now?’ My friend Jenn noticed the change when we went shopping with me and I went down a size in my jeans. My brother-in-law asked, ‘You losing weight Lisa?’ I need new PJ’s because they look like big bags! I lost 20 pounds and I lost 11.5 inches in 15 days and on the 30 day mark, I lost a total of 20.5 inches total. It is a great start to being a healthy person!