2.) Mandy (the mommy from Thintervention) posted on my finale blog in the comments! WHAT?!? How neat is it that people from the shows I love love the love that I am pouring out?
I am blessed. :)
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Why my life gets more awesome every day. . .
2.) Mandy (the mommy from Thintervention) posted on my finale blog in the comments! WHAT?!? How neat is it that people from the shows I love love the love that I am pouring out?
I am blessed. :)
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Thintervention with Jackie Warner- episode 8- THE FINALE!- "I didn't know you were female!"
How did everyone do? Bravo put together this slide show with great before and after pics. We know that Jackie has got the goods because these folks look amazing!!! But it isn't just their outsides. Everyone has a light in their eyes, more awareness of how they got to the size they were, and the realization of the things they need to watch out for in the future.
Mandy: Started at 167 lbs- Goal was 137 lbs- Finished at 133 lbs- 34 lbs lost!
- Has decided to get her personal trainer certification
- Helped her husband lose weight
- realized in order to be there for her kids she needed to be there for herself first
- has reprioritized her life by putting herself first
- has fought against her depression
- doesn't let her kids treat her badly anymore
- "She struts!"
- admitted she had been abusing laxatives since she was 12-years-old
- discovered that she loves to dance
- lost almost half of her body fat percentage
- learned to hold himself accountable for his actions
- has learned he wants emotional connections with women, not just focusing on looks
- has earned the nickname "Mr. Muscles" from Jackie
- her biggest struggle was her self sabotage
- tells her friends she is "not calling to cocktail, but calling to hike"
- has learned that she actually enjoys exercise and taking control of her own life
- even with PCOS managed to more than double her expected weight loss
- learned that food didn't have to be her security blanket- now she goes to the gym
- no longer has cankles- take that, Joe!
- can now fit into his partner Miguel's clothes
- looks about nine feet taller
- has really worked on his relationship with food and knows when to step away
This show was so much fun to watch and I enjoyed getting to "meet" Bryan and getting to share all these wonderful stories of achievement. Who would have thought this ragtag band of characters would have made it so far? I am looking forward to Jackie and Craig motivating more people for many seasons to come!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Thintervention with Jackie Warner- episode 7- "Camp Jackie!"
After last week's interview with Thintervention's Bryan I was ready to throw in the towel. How will I top that? Then I realized there are still two episodes of the show left and I should probably finish what I started. Okay.
Still reeling from Bryan's surprising loss in the Pussy Cats Doll sex off, the Thinterventionists are on their own for the first three days of the week, promising to eat cleanly and workout to intensity. At the end of the three days everyone packs their bags: We are going on vacation! Fitness vacation, but still!
The team heads to Renaissance Club Sport to meet a grinning Craig in the lobby with a stack of gift bags. Inside the bags: Swim suits! Suddenly the air is out of everyone's happy balloons. "So, yes, we are doing a pool workout," Craig says. There is a lot of fuss, mostly with the ladies, and Joe of course shows his sensitive side by telling them to suck it up. When Shay seems overly sensitive about showing her body because of stretch marks, Craig offers to show her his own and some tears in the process. I am loving Craig more and more every episode-- hot gay guy that is also sensitive? Does he like musicals? Let's talk, Craig.
Out by the pool, Jackie is looking Terminator Fab in her bikini, eliciting a "Turn around, let's see" from Joe. CREEPY. Jackie says no and threatens some bodily harm after he asks again. What is with this guy? It's almost like he doesn't know that there are cameras on him. PS- Jackie likes ladies. Didn't he watch "Work Out"? Joe thinks his charm knows no bounds.
After an intense pool workout, Stacy wins her own hotel room. The others are paired up: Joe and Bryan, Mandy and Shay, and Jeana and Nikki. "I'm being punished," moans Nikki, hurting Jeana's feelings. Even though Stacy is in her own room, she still comes to Shay's to gossip about Joe and talk about his toddler sized package.
Meanwhile, Joe is working one on one with Craig who is trying to teach Joe some manners with the ladies. Joe thinks his sense of humor is fun and Craig tells him that making fun of Stacy's cankles and asking to see Jackie's ass are not considered funny. And if Jackie took it personally, she is taking it out on Bryan, who decided to have a one on one with her. "I'm SO glad I asked Jackie for an extra workout today," he sweats.
Joe meets up with Jackie and apologizes for being crude, rude, and socially unacceptable. Jackie tells him he needs to stop being so caught up in trying to look like her and focus on his insides. With that fresh knowledge, Joe asks a Bible reading Bryan ("It's the Good Book. It's really good.") if he would like to go to the bar and get a drink. Bryan reminds him that they are on a workout show called Thintervention, leaving Joe to meet up with Jeana and Craig. No Nikki, though. Improvements all around!
For the Extreme Workout, Jackie breaks the participants into two teams to compete in a rowing race. The winners get a day at the spa and the losers get to wake up early for a two hour morning workout. Bryan, Joe, Nikki, and Jackie compete against Jeana, Shay, Stacy, Mandy, and Craig. Not surprisingly, the team with five people wins the race. "It's so great to beat Jackie Warner!" says Mandy.
After a hard day of boating, Jackie takes them all out to dinner. For starters, she orders a bevy of unhealthy choices: Fried calamari, artichoke dip, coconut shrimp, kobe beef sliders. "What is Jackie doing? Is she stoned?" wonders Joe. Bryan and Stacy become visible upset when the food arrives, and when Jackie asks why, Bryan says, "It's like throwing cocaine at a drug addict."
"This is how the world operates," Jackie replies. And it is true. When people are trying to lose weight and be "good", the temptations of food and things you can't control sometimes appear to be too great to resist. Nikki doesn't know what the big issue is, stating if she was upset over the food she "would realize I'm not ready". Nikki gets totally Oprah and starts offering some really sound advice about dealing in the real world. "When Nikki is the voice of reason, anything is possible," Jackie says.
The offending coconut shrimp is removed, and everyone starts to order their real meals. It is every waitress's nightmare: A bunch of special instructions that TV shows tell you that restaurants are totally cool with ("Can you give me four ounces of a six ounce steak and wrap up the other two ounces for me?") that they really are not. Modifications within reason are acceptable- sauce on the side, no cheese, etc.- but when you start asking to change the portions? My chef at my job would rip me AND the customer a new one.
Later in the evening, Nikki and Bryan are tucked into bed and Nikki shares that the program is really starting to work for her. "My one concern is motivation," she says. Luckily, she had Bryan there to keep her going over the next six weeks when they have to go off on their own.
After a naked Craig in the jacuzzi interlude, the ladies at the spa and the losers in the gym, it is time for the therapy and weigh in. When asked what their biggest challenges were, everyone has a lot of good observations about themselves. Realizing they are emotional eaters, that food is not love, food is a crutch, not caring about themselves, putting others before themselves, and not feeling like they were worth it are all major discoveries that they have made.
And Joe finally apologizes to Stacy. What if they ended up together? Wouldn't that be nutso?
Mandy: From 145 lbs to 144 lbs- 1 lb lost
Shay: From 184 lbs to 185 lbs- 1 lb gained
Jeana: From 162 lbs to 161 lbs- 1 lb lost
Joe: From 211 lbs to 208 lbs- 3 lbs lost
Stacy: From 206 lbs to 204 lbs- 2 lbs lost
Nikki: From 205 lbs to 205 lbs- 0 lbs lost
Bryan: From 234 lbs to 227 lbs- 7 lbs lost
Not the greatest weigh in ever. Shay gained because she ate three breakfasts, Jeana is barely half way to her weight loss goal, and Nikki thinks this is getting "ridiculous". I mean, if you can't lose weight at Camp Jackie, how are you going to do it at home?
Jackie reminds everyone what they will need to do to stay successful during their six weeks apart:
1.) Intensity of exercise
2.) Eat clean and control your portions
3.) Rely on each other for support
Good advice! Let's get ready to see some results on the Season Finale next week!
Here are some memorable quotes from the episode- enjoy.
Still reeling from Bryan's surprising loss in the Pussy Cats Doll sex off, the Thinterventionists are on their own for the first three days of the week, promising to eat cleanly and workout to intensity. At the end of the three days everyone packs their bags: We are going on vacation! Fitness vacation, but still!
The team heads to Renaissance Club Sport to meet a grinning Craig in the lobby with a stack of gift bags. Inside the bags: Swim suits! Suddenly the air is out of everyone's happy balloons. "So, yes, we are doing a pool workout," Craig says. There is a lot of fuss, mostly with the ladies, and Joe of course shows his sensitive side by telling them to suck it up. When Shay seems overly sensitive about showing her body because of stretch marks, Craig offers to show her his own and some tears in the process. I am loving Craig more and more every episode-- hot gay guy that is also sensitive? Does he like musicals? Let's talk, Craig.
After an intense pool workout, Stacy wins her own hotel room. The others are paired up: Joe and Bryan, Mandy and Shay, and Jeana and Nikki. "I'm being punished," moans Nikki, hurting Jeana's feelings. Even though Stacy is in her own room, she still comes to Shay's to gossip about Joe and talk about his toddler sized package.
Meanwhile, Joe is working one on one with Craig who is trying to teach Joe some manners with the ladies. Joe thinks his sense of humor is fun and Craig tells him that making fun of Stacy's cankles and asking to see Jackie's ass are not considered funny. And if Jackie took it personally, she is taking it out on Bryan, who decided to have a one on one with her. "I'm SO glad I asked Jackie for an extra workout today," he sweats.
Joe meets up with Jackie and apologizes for being crude, rude, and socially unacceptable. Jackie tells him he needs to stop being so caught up in trying to look like her and focus on his insides. With that fresh knowledge, Joe asks a Bible reading Bryan ("It's the Good Book. It's really good.") if he would like to go to the bar and get a drink. Bryan reminds him that they are on a workout show called Thintervention, leaving Joe to meet up with Jeana and Craig. No Nikki, though. Improvements all around!
For the Extreme Workout, Jackie breaks the participants into two teams to compete in a rowing race. The winners get a day at the spa and the losers get to wake up early for a two hour morning workout. Bryan, Joe, Nikki, and Jackie compete against Jeana, Shay, Stacy, Mandy, and Craig. Not surprisingly, the team with five people wins the race. "It's so great to beat Jackie Warner!" says Mandy.
After a hard day of boating, Jackie takes them all out to dinner. For starters, she orders a bevy of unhealthy choices: Fried calamari, artichoke dip, coconut shrimp, kobe beef sliders. "What is Jackie doing? Is she stoned?" wonders Joe. Bryan and Stacy become visible upset when the food arrives, and when Jackie asks why, Bryan says, "It's like throwing cocaine at a drug addict."
"This is how the world operates," Jackie replies. And it is true. When people are trying to lose weight and be "good", the temptations of food and things you can't control sometimes appear to be too great to resist. Nikki doesn't know what the big issue is, stating if she was upset over the food she "would realize I'm not ready". Nikki gets totally Oprah and starts offering some really sound advice about dealing in the real world. "When Nikki is the voice of reason, anything is possible," Jackie says.
The offending coconut shrimp is removed, and everyone starts to order their real meals. It is every waitress's nightmare: A bunch of special instructions that TV shows tell you that restaurants are totally cool with ("Can you give me four ounces of a six ounce steak and wrap up the other two ounces for me?") that they really are not. Modifications within reason are acceptable- sauce on the side, no cheese, etc.- but when you start asking to change the portions? My chef at my job would rip me AND the customer a new one.
Later in the evening, Nikki and Bryan are tucked into bed and Nikki shares that the program is really starting to work for her. "My one concern is motivation," she says. Luckily, she had Bryan there to keep her going over the next six weeks when they have to go off on their own.
After a naked Craig in the jacuzzi interlude, the ladies at the spa and the losers in the gym, it is time for the therapy and weigh in. When asked what their biggest challenges were, everyone has a lot of good observations about themselves. Realizing they are emotional eaters, that food is not love, food is a crutch, not caring about themselves, putting others before themselves, and not feeling like they were worth it are all major discoveries that they have made.
And Joe finally apologizes to Stacy. What if they ended up together? Wouldn't that be nutso?
Mandy: From 145 lbs to 144 lbs- 1 lb lost
Shay: From 184 lbs to 185 lbs- 1 lb gained
Jeana: From 162 lbs to 161 lbs- 1 lb lost
Joe: From 211 lbs to 208 lbs- 3 lbs lost
Stacy: From 206 lbs to 204 lbs- 2 lbs lost
Nikki: From 205 lbs to 205 lbs- 0 lbs lost
Bryan: From 234 lbs to 227 lbs- 7 lbs lost
Not the greatest weigh in ever. Shay gained because she ate three breakfasts, Jeana is barely half way to her weight loss goal, and Nikki thinks this is getting "ridiculous". I mean, if you can't lose weight at Camp Jackie, how are you going to do it at home?
Jackie reminds everyone what they will need to do to stay successful during their six weeks apart:
1.) Intensity of exercise
2.) Eat clean and control your portions
3.) Rely on each other for support
Good advice! Let's get ready to see some results on the Season Finale next week!
Here are some memorable quotes from the episode- enjoy.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
5 Questions with Thintervention's Bryan T. Donovan!
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| Bryan glowing in his last trimester. (courtesy of Bryan T Donovan) |
FF: In a cage match between Jackie Warner and Jillian Michaels, who do you think would win and why?
BD: I gotta go with Jackie, because I have met her inner warrior, Hank. He doesn't mess around. He has had a few scraps with my inner warrior Ethel, and of course Ethel won, but Jackie is tough. Plus Jackie's balls are enormous and that has got to play a part in fighting til the death, right?
FF: On the first episode of the show, Jackie made you run up and down your stairs with cookies in your hands. Did you eat the cookies after she left?
BD: I actually fu^%&^ the hell out of those cookies, then cried and attempted to hold them, but by then it was too late. Sometimes you just have to let go.
FF: As one of the participants on Thintervention that doesn't kvetch all the time, what is your position on the participants that do? (i.e. Stacy's heavy breathing episodes, being afraid of heights on the pull up machine, Nikki having fat girl knee, etc.)
BD: Stacy should be forced to have her tear ducts removed, Nikki should be taken out to pasture and just left to graze on fermented potatoes and when Jeana's alien leaders allow the real Jeana to return back to earth I'll let you know.
FF: What has been your favorite Extreme Workout on the show? I liked watching you kick butt at the canyon and then having an "intimate" dinner with Jackie and Craig.
BD: Really? Is that a trick question? Hands down, Pussycat Dolls workout. I mean, come on, I am giant homo...Who wouldn't want that? It was like I had died and gone to heaven. I am super excited to be joining the The Pussycats Dolls on tour this summer...OK, that's not true, but a girl can still dream, can't she?
FF: Since this is going into print before the finale, let's say you are still a "Fatty Patty". What is the first thing you want to do when you get super buff and hot?
BD: I'd like to go to the beach and not be harpooned or have Hayden Panettiere show up and try to rally a group to roll me back into the ocean. I'd also like to pose for Playgirl..... or is it Playboy? who knows...
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