Intro

Welcome to Larger than Life! Sarah and Emily's complete guide to weight loss in 2011. Or perhaps "guide" isn't the right word. No, I'd say it's more like our feeble attempt at losing weight during the first 6 months of 2011. And here we are at the end of January already so make that 5 months.


First, a little background: Emily and I have been best friends for 23 years. Yep, count 'em, 23. We had the benefit of not sharing the same middle school and high school experience, as we attended different schools. I say "benefit" because those teen angst years can be so trying on a close friendship. Cliques are formed and hearts are broken - but since Emily and I didn't share the same school, we didn't really have that potential problem of one becoming more popular and leaving the other in the dust (as is so often the case). No, we were able to maintain a strong friendship that tested the weight of the teen angst years. In fact, we created our own little "clique" through the church youth group that we both attended. But more on that later. When we "grew up" we went to different colleges but the friendship bond remained strong. After graduation, we both found ourselves back in Atlanta. And while we have pursued different things, a few things remain steadfast in our friendship:

• Home Alone is our go-to Christmas movie every year
• Whenever we talk it's like not a day has passed
• The Backstreet Boys are the #1 loves of our lives

Which brings us back around to why we're starting a blog. Emily and I found ourselves battling our new years resolutions earlier this month and as we got to talking, we both had this great idea that we should totally start a weight-loss blog centered around the Backstreet Boys. Why the Backstreet Boys, you ask? Well aside from the fact that we've seen them at least 10 different times in concert since 1997, it's primarily because we're both attending the NKOTBSB concert this summer (Emily's in San Fran, I'm in Atlanta). And how freakin cool would it be to be as skinny as we were the first time we went to their concert back in 1997??? I know, SUPER cool, right?


Ok, maybe not everyone will be able to wrap their heads around this idea. Some of you are like "so over" the Backstreet Boys. Some of you were never into pop music in the first place (and for that I pity you). Some of you are closet NSync fans. Some of you are outspoken NSync fans. Some of you are hung up on 5ive or BB Mak. But some of you are totally with me, aren't you? Admit it, you'd be just as stoked as I currently am if you were lucky enough to snag tickets to the shows in June and July.


Well, we're doing it. We're both signed up for Weight Watchers (going 3 weeks strong now) and we're both going to concerts in June/July. So here will be our forum for how amazing/awful we are at losing weight. Some things you can expect out of this blog:

• Depressing Motivation(s) of the week
• Where are they now? A throw-back to the great Pop Sensations of the late 90s and early 2000s
• Photos of our favorite pop stars when they were on the cover of Teen Beat and Seventeen Magazine
• Low points and high points of the week (both weight related and BSB related)
• And lots more!

So if you're a fan of losing weight or a fan of BSB, follow our blog! We'll make it worth your while. And feel free to leave comments.


~Sarah