weighing-in and opening ceremony.

so yesterday was the big day. after a long friday at disneyland with laura, jeremy and anthony, i woke up at 6:30am, put on some tight-fitting clothes and headed to the gym. i didn't know what to expect when i got there, but i was welcomed with smiling faces, and a girl who was in line with me when i signed up for the competition. we waited in line, then got on the scale, got measured and got our picture taken. after that, we turned in our donations and headed home. we were to return at 4pm to find out what team we were placed on and more details.

i arrived at 4 with my brother, sister, nephew and mom and surprisingly got a call from carlos saying he was going to sneak away from work to come see me. i was so excited that he came. at the opening ceremony we got placed on our teams. they called us up one by one and threw us a shirt with our team color. this is also where we met our coach. (side note: i told anthony how much i hoped i got a male coach because i knew it would push me more than a female, to my luck, i got the owner of the gym!) we also met our teammates.

next was on to the donations. every single person brought their $20 donation for week one immunity. dave, the head of the valley's biggest loser, told us that about 12 people brought in the highest amount of donations and get the second week immunity. he called out 12 names, and guess who was one of the top donation collectors? ME!!!!!! thank you SO MUCH to everyone that donated. it makes me feel so great!

after that we found out that my team works out on wednesdays. (side note: i was hoping for wednesdays so that my work schedule would be more balanced, and i got it!) we also were told that on october 24th we will be running a 5k. hooray! i can't wait! :)

all-in-all, i'm SUPER excited for this life change. everything is falling into place perfectly. i found this competition that ends in december, when i want to buy my wedding dress. i wanted a guy trainer so that i would be pushed more, and i got the guy trainer. i wanted wednesday workouts, and i got em! lastly, there will be no "at home" team. so if i get kicked off (fall below the yellow line, or the lowest % weight-loss for the week) i still get to workout with my team every wednesday!