Vote for Cristina AND win $20!!

Cristina needs YOUR help! Despite an AMAZING 7.5 pounds lost (!) this week, Cristina is in the bottom two (just barely) again.

That makes 25 pounds total in 8 weeks!!

Now, she needs YOUR help to stay in the competition and continue toward her goals!!

How can you help? It's so EASY to vote.

Just go to http://atlbiggestloser.com and on the right side will be a poll.

Choose CRISTINA to stay (you are voting for who STAYS)!
Enter the six-digit verification code and you're done. (until the next day!)

You can vote once a day from each computer from now until Friday at 10 a.m. EASTERN TIME. So you West Coast people will need to get up early that day (or vote late on Thursday!)

And PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE have everyone you know vote or post something on their blog, too.

This is such a small-scale contest in reality, so your vote WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Last time Cristina was on the block there were just under 5000 votes cast and Cristina won BY 13 VOTES!!

Cristina is NOT done and is so motivated to win this thing!

AND -- here is where we bribe you. I'm adding a $20 Amazon giveaway as incentive to vote AND spread the word!

Here's how to enter:

1. Comment on this post AFTER you VOTE for Cristina.

2. Post about Cristina on YOUR blog for FIVE extra entries. Comment again, and let me know your blog link (if I don't already know it).
You can copy/paste from my post, if you want. Just be sure to include this link: http://ATLbiggestloser and tell people to vote FOR Cristina, because we're voting for her to STAY. Tell everyone to go vote and then leave a comment here (honor system, people!).

Here's what you could win:
On Friday, once the voting is over, I will give away $20 in Amazon gift certificates!


Ok -- now go VOTE! And spread the word! You could win by helping Cristina win. :)
Ahhh yes, spread the love!

P.S. If I get over 100 comments on this post, I will draw for an extra prize on Friday! You can comment each time you vote (be honest)!

This kid would want you to vote:

Cristina Rocks The First Weigh-In!

Posted by: Drew

Yesterday was the first weigh in for the Brown Team on Atlanta's Biggest Loser and Cristina had worked sooo hard the last two weeks. The Good Measure Meals are really good (some of them -- I get one meal/day plan, too and really like it) and Cristina supplements it with her own diet (on her two days off the GMM she's on an 80/20 raw diet).

She is working out so hard, too. Basically, they meet every day with their trainers (usually at 11 a.m. or so in their studios about 15-20 minutes from our house) for either a cardio or strength training session and have a boot camp session every Saturday. She's also doing a night session at our YMCA (shout out to McCleskey East Cobb Family YMCA who is really supporting of her!), so she's basically getting two good workouts in every day and I can attest that she is working out hard.

For those that don't know Cristina, she is a very positive person and believes very strongly in the power of positive thinking. So let me just say I have to pick my words carefully. Which, of course, I rarely do, so I've been on the wrong end of several rebukes for being too negative... Anyway, if you know Cristina you know she is very determined and plans on winning this whole thing and hitting her ideal weight goals.

So..... on to the weigh-in.

On our home scale, Cristina was showing big-time weight loss, even weighing in once at 170! So she was definitely expecting big numbers and was actually a little surprised when she got on the scale and saw 176 -- a total weight loss of 12 pounds!

The Brown Team's results:

CRISTINA
START: 188.0 lbs -- NOW: 176.0 lbs
12 pounds lost -- 6% lost

KELLY
START: 178.0 lbs -- NOW: 171.5 lbs
6.5 pounds lost -- 3% lost

NICOLE
START: 232.0 lbs -- NOW: 222.0 lbs
10 pounds lost -- 4% lost

PENNY
START: 263.0 lbs -- NOW: 254.5 lbs
8.5 pounds lost -- 3% lost

RASHIDA
START: 198.5 lbs -- NOW: 189 lbs
9.5 pounds lost -- 4% lost

SARA
START: 219.0 lbs -- NOW: 209.0 lbs
10 pounds lost -- 4% lost

So Cristina was the week's Big Loser!

You can vote for either Penny or Kelly on the Atlanta's Biggest Loser Web site once a day/computer until Friday. Cristina's not gonna say who you should vote for, though. Cristina really likes both women and wants them both to do so well. But I know who I'm voting for, and to me, it comes down to who I think is most deserving. You can vote how you want!

Anyway, Cristina loves checking the comments and feeling everyone's support, so even if you don't know her, drop her a line! And especially she wants to know everyone's success stories and make this a spot we can all support each other.

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And on a sidenote, I haven't had a Mountain Dew in three days, which, for anyone who knows me, knows this is quite remarkable. I started at about 180-184 (depending on which scale), today weighed in today at 171. My goal is 150-155 by the Finale (which Cristina will be on, obviously.) I can keep you posted if you're interested.

Again, here is Cristina's personal page on the Atlanta's Biggest Loser site: http://atlanta.momslikeme.com/members/groupabout.aspx?g=767806


This is a picture (right) taken at yesterday's weigh-in, two weeks after her first weigh-in (left).


And here is video from today's show, including the weigh-in and chat with the Bottom Two: