Move Your Body

Tara and her car

I’ve been thinking more about Tuesday night’s episode of The Biggest Loser. For the first part of this week’s challenge, contestants were able to distribute the pounds they have lost so far (in the form of colored bars) to their competitors’ scales. Tara had a sob fest afterwards because she felt everyone had been ganging up on her (Blah, blah – you’re WINNING and the biggest threat. Of COURSE people are going to gang up on you!). But she was able to successfully channel her rage into the second part of the challenge – eventually winning the whole thing. Contestants had to pull cars (yes, actual cars) with their bodies a 1/2 mile. Each car was weighed down with the extra weight that other contestants had distributed to them during the first part of the challenge. Tara had an extra 257 pounds on her car – more than any other contestant. This girl was able to come back and BEAT EVERYONE – pulling her heavy car across the finish line – easily beating everyone.

Just a great lesson from Tara and reality tv on self-talk and motivation – keep talking yourself through it. Even when the odds are against you, even when you want to quit, even when people are telling you you’ll never do it. Keep going, believe in your strength and your abilities. Step by step, one foot in front of the other. And you just might cross the finish line faster than anyone else.

Tara pulling her way to first place

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