Ali Vincent hung out with our favorite people, OUR CUSTOMERS! Listen to her tell great stories about the Biggest Loser Season 5 Finale, about her mom and about her diet.

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Hey Biggest Loser and Designer Whey fans!

Ali Vincent is an amazing and inspirational person...

I am so EXCITED to have this opportunity to continue to share my journey with all of you.  It truly is a journey!  If I had thought of it as a destination I know that I would never have been able to create the results I did.  Some days I wake up rearing to go, others not so much.  That is why it is soooooo important to have support systems and routines in place, so when you forget why you are waking up at the crack of dawn or packing a weeks worth of snacks… there are people to remind you

So as I sit here drinking my Red Raspberry Protein 2Go (since I’m traveling) pondering how to explain what you can expect from my Blogs, I’m realizing that there might not be a ‘perfect’ way to wrap up my blogging   I just want you to realize that everyday is a new day with new opportunities.  Now I imagine that some blogs will be more inspiring than others as I travel throughout the country meeting all of you and sharing those experience here on ‘our space’ if you will and then there will probably be those that are just me sharing day to day experiences and new AW HA’s.  It’s so amazing to me the things that I know I have heard a million times over in my life and on my journey to living an active, fun filled, balanced life that I never really heard before and become AW HA moments

Also keep in mind I am just a regular girl like most of you or maybe like a friend or a sister of your’s and not a Pulitzer prize winning author.  So if smiley faces and run-on sentence’s make you kringe throughout your body, like nails on a chalkboard do for me, then please allow me this opportunity to apologize in advance as I blog like I think and talk.  Those of you who know me from the Biggest Loser or magazine/TV interviews or from meeting me throughout my travels, know that I get so excited that I often get ahead of myself   So, I am sorry and hope that being me does not prevent YOU from checking out my blog and hopefully getting helpful information or an opportunity to just smile at times.

So there you have it in a nutshell, oh and if you have any questions email them and I’ll do my best to answer them

Believe It. Be It.- Ali

Ps-  I’m in Spokane this weekend for the Woman’s Show so come down and say Hi as well as I’ll give you a Biggest Loser protein 2Go sample…. you can always find out where I’ll be on my website www.alivincent.com ( How do you make that show up in pink? instead of blue )

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We open up to Sione having a pity pat that Ron wanted him voted off verses Aubrey. This goes on and on for the first 15 minutes of the show. They then cut to everyone coming into the Gym and they see Ali Vincent the winner in Season 5. Why? Allison, the host had her baby.

Ali has a surprise for them. Just like in Season 5, former contestants come back to weigh in to see if they can get back on the show. 3 former contestants were brought back. They are Estelle, Nicole and David. The winner gets immunity from the weigh in as long as they don’t gain any weight and they can give a one pound penalty to whoever they want at weigh in. Everyone is just shocked at how much weight Nicole has lost. They get on the scale right then and there. Nicole wins. She has lost 87 pounds at home!!!  Bob, walks into the kitchen and wonders why everyone is so quiet. They say they have to show him something. Nicole walks out and Bob is stunned and overjoyed by Nicole and her weight loss. Tara is scared. Nicole coming back has the second highest % loss. Right after Tara.

 While everyone is working out, Mike begins to have chest pains and is taken to the hospital. After many tests etc…they find he has a bleeding ulcer from his gastric bypass a few years ago. All is fixable and he comes back to the ranch.

 The contestants then are taken to the pool where they meet Michelle the winner of Season 6. The challenge is all about balance. They stand on a platform over 40 lines of rope which are located 6 feet above the pool. Lines will be cut and the winner receives a pound advantage. Mike is the first to go in the water and at the end with 9 ropes left are Kristen and Sione. Kristen ends up in the water and Sione gets his one pound advantage.

At weigh in they begin with Nicole. Everyone is stunned when she gains 5 pounds!!! Tara of course can’t help but smile because is then still in front of the pack. Below the yellow line is Ron and Nicole. They send Nicole home. She cries but hangs in there. At the end of the show they show her trying on wedding gowns. The first time she went in her size was 24 and now she fits into a size 12! She is hoping to be a size 8 by the time her wedding comes. Go NICOLE!!! She is an inspiration to everyone that you can lose weight at home and not just on the Biggest Loser Campus.

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Hey Friends,

Are you as excited as I am seeing ‘my’ Designer Whey being held by Bob the trainer on the “Biggest Loser” show tonight? I was so excited I had to write in! It was so cool. I am very  happy for Designer Whey. They deserve it for having the best and purest protein powders out there. Best of all they keep it affordable for all of us! It takes a lot of guts for a business to rise up so far yet remember us down here struggling with being healthy by keeping their products within a monetary reach for the greater of us. So… a HIGH FIVE to Designer Whey!

Me on the other hand…I have been having 2 difficult days, just all messed up with my eating, almost out of control, probably very close to really screwing up and my only conclusion is that I came off the detox with out a plan. I also was off my Weight Control whey and the cravings have been unbearable. I gave in…sigh. I am too embarrassed to even say how badly but trust me, not good at all. All I got to say is tomorrow is another day…someone please kick my butt back in gear! I am going to bed early so I will wake up to a better attitude. Off to make me a shake to get back on my Designer Whey Plan. If you don’t know it now, Designer Whey has a great diet plan for free…Check it out then you just follow it! Ok Camille, take your own advice! Make a plan…Keep a plan…Drink your Whey and move your body everyday! It’s that simple.

Good Night Friends,

Camille from Michigan

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Hello Friends,

I hope this finds you well. I am on day five on my detox diet. I am doing pretty good, had food today! Beef and tomatoes. I like tomatoes in salad just not by themselves so I opt for 100% tomato juice.  ½ cup is about the same as a whole tomato. I did cheat a little and had a very small no-bake cookie (size of a half dollar) from a batch I made for a neighbor whose husband died. I made spaghetti and no bake cookies for her family and let me tell you, those no bakes were talking to me. I caved a little to stop the annoying “eat me…eat me, eat just one…one won’t hurt. No one will know…” nagging.  Did I fail? Maybe. But normally I would have eaten 5 by then. So in my eyes I did well to limit the amount and size.

One thing I am learning with the plan is that I can be in control. And that my friends, is priceless. Today my kids had an ice cream social and I can proudly say that I did not have any ice cream. Instead, I had flavored coffee with a dash of cream, no sugar!

Did you watch “The Biggest Loser” show this week? We did not see the first half because of the Presidential speech. Part of me had a hard time watching because most of the contestants weigh less than me after starting out much heavier than me. The other part says they worked for it and deserve the loss. Several contests are at 100+ pounds loss in 12 weeks! I know its not my reality but it CAN happen if I want it bad enough. I sure wish I had the same opportunities as the contestants do. I’ve got to hand it to Tara. She pulled through a difficult time wanting to give up and in the end she soared. I wonder why the contestants kept their shirts on this week. All other times the men took their shirts off and women wore the sports bras.

I hope your week is going well and remember Designer Whey Products are swell…lol!

Take Care,

Camille

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Hello Friends, 

Did you know desserts spelled backwards is stressed? LOL… I hope this finds you well. My daughter and I are going to do a detox diet for one week. She wants to do this so I am going along to support her. It can’t hurt. It’s exciting to see her excited; the one in control of the “diet”. She made the grocery list and put it all together. When you have a teen that needs to lose a few, you support her efforts. The talks about eating healthy come to mind. She feels we need to do this and make a plan. So I will comply. The plan was created by GM and the FDA. You can ‘Google it’ by searching General Motors: Weight Loss Diet Program.

I kind of chilled today. I was pretty exhausted after cleaning house for 6 hours Friday. My days have been pretty busy and I just wanted a day of not doing anything. Never works out like that. Kids…

Can you believe that the “Biggest Loser” contestants did a 13 mile run? I would love to be able to do a 13 minute run! Someone said to me that it is not reality to do the things the contestants do in everyday life. Maybe not, but it is inspiring to see people who were bigger then I am jogging, being able to go 13 miles and all the challenges they do… it amazes me and gives me hope that I can too and that it is possible. It pushes me a little further in my journey to become healthy! Knowing that, “Yes I Can” lifts me to a higher level.

I hope your weekend is great. Get out and enjoy its beauty.

Camille From Michigan

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The contestants got to go home this week. They find out they would be running a half marathon for their challenge. They were also given cookies. For every cookie they wanted to eat, they could add 5 minutes to another contestants finish time. Of course Tara and Sione finished in the top spots. Did anyone eat the penalty cookies and risk gaining weight. You bet. Helen ate one cookie and the result was Tara losing the challenge and $10,000. Tara’s attitude was great about the loss. She’s such a competitor!

While at home, the contestants had to be diligent in working out and eating right. Helen went shopping and felt proud when she didn’t give into temptations of the pasties at the grocery store. Mikey and Ron had to turn down pizza and cookies (that were on the house) from on of their favorite restaurants. Mikey had a salad. Sione was challenged and said he actually had to ‘think’ about what to order off the menu, which turned out to be salmon, no sauce, and a double order of vegetables they only served white rice.

It was all tears when it was time to return to the ranch for a “Last Chance” workout before the weigh-in. Blue team got beat again. Cathy offered herself up on a platter and her team obliged. As much as I like Ron, its time for him to go home. Though he had a good weigh-in, what’s up with only running 4 miles!!!

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Hello Friends,

I just got back from a 14 mile bike ride. Yepper, I rode 14 miles! I rode to the place where I walk the dogs, took them out for their potty break. Rode up to Speedway and got my hubby some lunch. Rode to his work which is out by the airport in GR, had lunch with hubby and rode home. I did not have any houses lined up to clean today so I took advantage of this nice weather we are having here in Michigan.

When I got back from my ride I filled up my 24 oz cup with water and Lite and Lean Powder to help me recover from the ride and get some more energy to finish the second half of my day.

 Dummy me, ate some chips when I got home…ugh! Why did I do that? I mindlessly ate them. I have to figure how not to eat mindlessly! There is a chapter in the book I am reading On Target Nutrition that I talked about in another post so I am looking forward to learning how to stop, ‘the eating and its gone before I know it’, pattern.

Boy, I can tell my legs will be sore from all that riding! My knees are screaming…NO MORE! Lol… but I will be fine. I wanted to ride the 14 miles because the contestants on The Biggest Loser walk that far. Time does not allow me to walk that far. I think the amount of time would drive me nuts… too much time to think…

Its supposed to be nice this week and our yard sure needs some clean up. Dog poop, kid toys, branches, trash that blew in our yard over the winter, all need picked up. Some raking to do, so I am going to get outside and work a little on my yard this week. What are you planning to do to get your body moving this week?

Hope this finds you well. I just realized its St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow. Happy St. Patty’s Day Friends!

Take Care,

Camille

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Hello Friends,

 I hope you had a great week. I am kind of bummed. I weighed in and haven’t lost one stinkin’ pound in a month! I have been cleaning houses on the side to help make ends meet. I have been cleaning 3-6 hours a day! My weight did not budge. I feel I let my friends, Designer Whey, and myself down. I know it has to be because my eating plan gets all messed up. I can’t seem to get on track or stick to my schedule when I am working. In between houses I have been eating a handful of nuts and that may contribute to not losing weight…too many nuts! I need to pre mix my Designer Whey powders and carry a cooler with some fruit, maybe a sandwich and eat that instead of a handful of nuts all day long.

 I am reading a book called ‘Chris Johnson’s On Target Living Nutrition: The Power of Feeling Your Best’. It puts nutrition in very simple terms. Chris Johnson is a Michigan native and lives in the Lansing area. I just started reading. And as I do, I will share with my friends what I learn. One thing I get from flipping through the book is we don’t have to be perfect. To live an 80/20 mix of our healthy plan; that means 80% of the time stay on target the other 20% give our self some slack. I have never seen a book so simple. It lays it all out for you. They give you a list of “target foods” which consist of a variety of proteins, carbs and healthy fats. The list is starts out as the best foods, better foods, good foods, fair foods, and poor food choices;  basically take small steps to changing your health. The book suggests if you are starting a ground zero to do these 3 simple things. Drink 2-3 bottles of water a day, best if its spring water or mineral water (you can refill), walk for 10 minutes a day and to eat 1-2 proteins, 1-2 carbs and 1-2 healthy fats from the ‘best list’ from the list they give you in the book. Slow and steady wins the race! For me, simple is good. This book has me excited and recharged again.

 Did you watch the Biggest Loser this pass week? Were you shocked at the end result? I thought the black team would for sure lose with their binge episode. Jillian was right…they still do not get it…I don’t either. I have to admit I would have done the same thing if I was let loose on 24 hours of pampering. I know I would have because I’ve been to a buffet with my daughter on a field trip. I did well but the dessert table called me. I really had to restrain myself to one dessert and thankfully I was able; because if it had not been time to get back on the bus I would have had more helpings. I wish I had a mindful spirit to resist eating too much but I struggle and have to “talk” to myself and hold my self back. I do not have a natural desire to just say no.

 I will write again soon. Take care , Friends.

 Camille

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