Hangin' with the Losers!

I've never really watched much Biggest Loser, but I have been watching it faithfully this season. Rulon and Justin are from Logan and that is what initially caught my interest. I have been inspired by the contestants this season and amazed at the changes (for the most part . . . Dan and Don anybody?) they have made. When I heard that several of this season's contestants would be visiting Logan, I thought it would be fun to meet them. The sneak peak at how they are looking right now before the finale was added incentive! The contestants were going to be at Golden Corral from 4 to 8 p.m. Yes, I'm aware of the irony of the location, but thought it would be fun to check it out. My pal (and awesome loser herself . . . just check out her blog) called ahead of time to see if we had to pay to eat or if we could just go and say hi. She was told that there was no cost involved unless we wanted to stay and eat. As we walked in, there were a lot of people milling about and several waiting in line to pay. We didn't see anyone around telling us otherwise so we wandered in.

The first contestant we saw was Kaylee. We visited with her for a minute. Then we zerored in on Courtney. This girl amazes me. She has such a positive attitude all the time. She is such an inspiration to me. It was nice to be able to tell her that to her face. Whitney and I got our picture taken with her and then let her move on to her other adoring fans.

We were on our way over to say hi to Justin when this cranky guy in a Golden Corral shirt came up to us and asked us if we had paid to eat. Whitney said that no, we hadn't because we were told we didn't need to. After he accused Whitney of lying, he told us in no uncertain terms that we either needed to get in line to pay for food (that none of us wanted to eat) or leave. Whitney's description of the guy is hilarious and very accurate! She felt bad for him because "it was like someone kicked his trike in the ditch, peed in his Cheerios, and gave him a wedgie all at the same time." We turned around and starting inching toward the door. On the way out, we met Arthur. Dude was a lot shorter than I thought he would be. He gave Whitney and I autographed pictures of him. We saw Moses, Austin, Sarah, Justin, and Brett the trainer before we left. They all look great and seem so happy and at peace with themselves. How I crave that feeling! I took away from the experience the inspiration to make the healthy changes I need to in my own life and the loss of whatever desire I ever had to eat at Golden Corral.

Here are the pictures courtesy of Whitney:

Me, Courtney, and Whitney. Check her beautiful smile!

This is the before and after picture Arthur gave us. Got his autograph on the back!

Me, Arthur, and Whitney.

That is Austin in the middle there. He is super fit looking and finally cut his hair!