My Lessons Learned From The Biggest Loser

Every week on The Biggest Loser brings out all kinds of emotions in me, but this past Tuesday really hit home with me in a couple of ways. It was the light bulb going off in my head, not once but twice.

When the black team wound up going home for the week, Danny had a moment when he realized that he became so different from the person he was 15 years ago...someone he didn't even recognize. He is determined to get back to that person he was: ambitious and full of life. I recognized myself in that. It has also been 15 years for me, and it started when my mom had cancer and then passed away. I had lost all the weight a few years before that, but it all started coming back on during that time. I miss the woman I was before...and slowly but surely I'm finding her again!

My other epiphany moment came when Jillian was working with Daniel, and she knew something was bothering him deep down...something that was holding him back from his fullest potential. He had a breakthrough moment when he realized that in the back of his mind he was still hanging on to childhood feelings about his mom. When she would get on his case to lose weight, he would get mad and eat even more. He now realizes that she was doing it out of love and trying to get him healthy, and he wants to make it up to her now.

Even though I am doing well on my weight loss journey, I know that there is still something inside of me holding me back from going all out. I'm proud of how far I've come, but I really want to tap into my full potential and be my best. I'm doing a lot of soul searching now, trying to figure out just what is holding me back. It may go back further than 15 years, or it could be something more recent. I don't know yet...but I will figure it out.

I am so thankful for The Biggest Loser. Not only do they working on eating and weight loss, but on what's eating at the contestants. This in turn helps me on my journey, in weight loss, health, and life!