IS IT REAL OR NOT?

A bunch of people have asked us if we cried on que or if our emotions were real. Come on everyone. Did it look like when I cried that I was an actress? No our emotions were real. No we didn't cry all the time thru out the summer. I cried once (you saw that on tv), Chris Jr. none, Chris Sr. once (at Cynthia's Sweet 16- he was so proud of her) and Cynthia - twice. It just happens whenever you have emotions, MTV is in the action. Crying, fighting, any anger, it all makes for a great show. Don't ya think. Cynthia did teach a class last week on reality tv and if it is real or not. What do you think? Todays big hi goes out to all the people I met last Friday who saw our show. Thanks for watching. Bonnie

NEW OPPORTUNITIES

Cynthia is getting some new opportunities because of this show. She is going into a communications class on Friday for junior high school students to teach them and show parts of her video on the show. She is teaching the whole class that tv and media isn't always what it seems. How they edited our show to look like Cynthia and I were together one day and we weren't or how they staged a few scenes. She has a whole agenda that she is following. I am helping her with her speech tonight. She may be shooting something for a magazine with our trainer, Alicia Marie. Look for her she may be famous again. If we find out she is definately doing a magazine shoot her and I will be at the gym double time. Cynthia loves Alicia Marie. If you live in Atlanta, Georgia or New York City look her up she is an awesome trainer. Her website is www.aliciamarie.com. You won't believe your eyes. Especially if you are a male. She is top in her field. Bonnie

Healthy Natural Enlightening Cuise

I will post later but I had a lady whos name I don't remember, sorry, ask me about this cruise. Here is the link for it: http://www.costacruise.com/B2C/USA/Shopping/Month/CruiseDetail.htm?&Period=200803&DepPort=FLL&VIti=FO_7_C_H0_S_C_FLL_SJU_SXM_TOV_GTU It is from Costa cruise lines. It sails out of Ft. Lauderdale on March 30, 2008. Leave me a comment if you need more info on it. Bonnie

WE ARE STARS!

Hi Everyone, We got the front page of The Litchfield Enquirer on Friday. This is a newspaper that comes out once a week in our town so if you live near and want to read about us it is a very long article. We went to Target's tonight in Torrington (one city over) that just opened and a teenage girl came up to Cindy and said were you on MADE. Yup, Cindy replied. Oh, I thought I regconized you. I have four friends that think your brother is hot. Then a mother and a daughter noticed Cindy too. The lady's other daughter went to The Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts (one of Cynthia's two high school she attends) with Cindy. How funny it is to be regconized while you are shopping. A bunch of people have asked us about the food scene where our trainer and a nutrionist came and took all the food out of our house. It was not staged and we didn't know a head of time about it. I bet you could tell by the expressions on our faces that we did not know. We actually had just went grocery shopping the night before. Everyone in the house was very upset because: 1) we were going on vacation in three days so we had lots of groceries that we had picked up in the last month stock piled in the pantry closet 2)we just went grocery shopping so we had lots of healthy food in the refrigerator 3)They emptied out Chris Sr.'s refrigerator in the cellar were he had a big collection of different kinds of beers for everyone's taste. 3)Chris Jr. probably knew once the sugary stuff was out of here. Mom was not going to bring it back. 4)Cindy felt at the time they were crazy. Now she feels like I do that it had to be done. 5)Me I looked at it like bye bye money. MTV producers got the word from higher up that all they wanted to see was a white refrigerator and white walls. The producers, our trainer, and the higher ups at MTV did not know we had that much food in our pantry, etc. The trainer asked us if we were stashing away food in case of a war. LOL. NO we just like to shop at Coscos and stock up. MTV couldn't bring it to the soup kitchen because it was closed by the time they got done and the food kitchen does take fresh food, etc. What a mess. My husband and Chris Jr. had to see our food get throw away in the dumpster of the food kitchen. We wished they would have filmed it and then let us give away the food to our family (especially the beer Chris Sr. says). MTV didn't actually give us money for the food but need pay for us to grocery shopping for our vacation and bought us some fresh produce one other time. It had to be done. Todays hi goes out to Carla the nutritionist who we met with one other time after she took our food. Bonnie

SORRY TO ALL OF YOU THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE SHOW!

Hi Everyone, We feel sad for all the people and events that didn't make it on the show. We really hoped a lot of you would have made it on the show. We were really hoping that some scenes and people from Litchfield High School would have been in the episode. A bunch of teachers there have really supported Cynthia in her many endeavors that she takes on. For those of you who know Cynthia real well she is a very busy girl. She loves to be busy and always is challenging herself in different ways. She keeps us very busy as parents and never lets us rest either with all her enthusiasm for life. Her theory is if you don't try you won't know if you could have succeeded. I have always told her this and she actually listens. (pat, pat, on my shoulder). When she tried out to be on MTV she asked me if I thought they would pick her because she ONLY wanted to be fit. I told her remember what I always tell you and she said I know mom if you don't try you won't know. Here we are today because of those words. I hope all of you watch us again today at 5 pm EST. I won't be blogging for a few days. Chris Sr. and I are going camping from tonight thru Sunday. Todays big hi goes out to all the students and faculty at Litchfield High School who gave Cynthia their support. Bonnie

It was all about the journey and not the destination!

Look for us in the Litchfield Enquirer this week. We should be on the front page. We did a big interview with Emily, the editor, last night. She took pictures of us on our couch. I hope we look good. I hope the article comes out good. I get a little nervous because some of the questions had negative responses. Like would you do this again, me, yes, Cynthia, yes, Chris Sr., no, Chris Jr., no. Maybe because we are female and you know females can do a million things at once or if it has to do with who Cynthia and I are but the males in the family felt the filming schedule was terrible and hated not knowing what we were doing or going at every moment. Them knowing everything would just have caused more hassle because they would have argued if they wanted to do the activity or not. Blah, Blah, Blah. Anyway for Cynthia and I it was about embracing everyday because it was a new day and we would be doing something different. It the end it wasn't about the weight loss, it was about the journey not the destination. Todays big hi goes out to Megan at The Spa at Litchfield Hills who cut Cynthia's hair and did our make-up, all for free. We looked wonderful the day of the party. We were running very late that day and she evening went out and bought us a healthy lunch. Bonnie

EDDIE GEORGE

A lot of people have mentioned Eddie George. I have to tell you about him. He came to CT on his own dime. It was not in the filming budget for him or his coach, Joe. They came here and coached us on their own time and money. Both of them are truely awesome people. Eddie George came to our house and spent time talking with my daughter, Cynthia, in her bedroom. He was very down to earth and never came across as being better than anyone despite his many accomplishments. My daughter really liked him. He is genuinely nice person. He really cared about us. I have been in touch with his coach, Joe after the show and he is the same way. Eddie and Joe couldn't make it to Cynthia's Sweet 16th because of other work committments (now being a commentator for a football game on FOX network is more important than us, ha, ha) but Eddie called Cynthia during her party. Boot camp with Eddie and Joe and the long walk was a turning point for us. What we learned is that you are only as good as your weakest member of your team. We also learned how to challegne ourselves and you CAN do things in life especially physically that you wouldn't think you could do. Believe us you can do anything you believe you can do. It is a mind thing. At one point I was so exhausted and walked away from everyone when we had a ONE minute break and Eddie or Joe asked me what I was doing and I told them I was ready to cry and they said o.k. I then realize I will NOT cry because if I get it out of my mind that I can't do it I will get thru it and I did. Todays hi goes out to Eddie and Joe. We did appreciate every thing you did for our family. We learned more from you than you can imagine. P.S. If you leave a message on this blog and what us to e-mail you back you need to e-mail us at goody2shoes81370@yahoo.com or leave us your e-mail because we can't reply to you unless you do this.

WHERE IS EVERYONE?

We have gotten a lot of comments from around the country. The most ask question is . . . Does Chris Jr. own a shirt? LOL. NO. He really likes to wear little clothing. He does love his body. He is very proud of it. Like you heard in the show his dad use to look like that, NOT! Chris is hyperactive and NEVER stops moving. If all of us moved as much as him we would all be skinny and ripped like Chris Jr. So all of you should get moving. The thing we loved the most about our experience this summer is EVERYTHING. We embraced everything that we did. We now think about what we can do every day to challenge ourselves. What we can do to go just a little farther than we did yesterday. Talk to all of you again tomorrow. Did I tell you it is on again 5pm EST this Thursday OR you can go to mtv.com and watch the whole episode any time. You should go there anyway and see some pictures of us and other footage of us. Todays big hello goes out to my cousin Eric and his girlfriend Lindsey in Colorado who watch the whole episode on the internet.

Inspirational

Hi Everyone, We hope you watched our show and it inspired you to get off the couch and get moving. We are all still exercising and eating healthy. Of course we have eaten food in the last month that hasn't been so healthy but that is life. The show is on again tonight at 8pm and Thursday 10/11 8pm EST. We are busy reading all of your e-mails and comments. We will talk with all of you again soon. Just thought we would check in and let you all look at the post we have been holding back from you until the show aired. Please look at all the old post so you can re-live some of the days we had this summer. Bonnie P.S. Todays big hi goes out to my grandparents (Cynthia and Chris' great-grandparents) in Florida who watch us and our proud of us. We love you gram and gramp!

EPISODE AIRING THIS SUNDAY - 11 AM

O.K. so three times is a charm for date/time changes on the show. This Sunday, October 7th at 11 am our episode is airing. Grab some popcorn and watch The Mosher family turn from puffy to fit. We have not seen the episode so . . . this will be fun for everyone to watch. We will let you all know how we feel about it after it airs. We lived the 3 months, over 200 hours of footage only to be edited into 43 minutes and 30 seconds. I hope they did a good job. We love you MTV. You have made us fit and we are still in the mode. Chris Sr. and I will be watching this Sunday with a bunch of friends at a campground in MA on a big projector tv screen so we will be in the moment with all of you. Both Chris Jr. and Cynthia have decided to watch it with their friends separately from us. Bonnie

DATE CHANGE - OCT. 7th at 12 noon

Hello Everyone, They have done it again. Our episode is not airing on Saturday now but on SUNDAY, OCT. 7th at 12 noon (that is the latest update). I will be calling them next week to make sure the date and time hasn't changed yet again. All four of us are doing good. Starting on Monday we are going back to The Litchfield Athletic Club to work out. We have missed going to the gym since MTV left. Getting up at 5am to run/walk was getting too hard for us. Plus the cold weather is coming and 5am runs would be brutal. Cynthia is working at the club babysitting so she is getting her membership for free. Sunday mornings Chris Sr. and I use to go to the club and play racquetball so we are very excited to be able to do that again. A big hi goes out to the women at CHH blood drawing station. Thanks for still being interested in our story. Bonnie

WHEN WILL THE EPISODE AIR?

Hi Everyone, I just got the word that our episode of MTV MADE airs for the first of many times on Saturday, October 6th. I am not sure what time so you will have to go to MTV once and a while before then to see the commercials. We are the first episode of Season 8. Come join us for a episode of a tight knit family who took on a intense summer long weight loss journey to getting fit. We haven't even seen it yet but we hope we can make families around the world realize that you can do anything if you stick together and do it together. This journey would not have worked if we all didn't do it together. I will talk with all of you real soon. Bonnie

CYNTHIA'S OFFICIAL SWEET 16

Hi Everyone, Just letting you all know we have been "MADE" fit this summer. We have rapped up the filming and are going to New York City this week to finish up some voice stuff. Look for our episode to air real soon. As soon as the episode airs I can chat with all of you about it and post some great pictures of Cynthia and the rest of us. We have not forgot all the people who helped us get to where we are today. That includes the hospital staff and doctor's offices who worked VERY HARD to fit us in for many doctors appts to the hairdresser for our big reveal. Talk with all of you soon. Bonnie

Hello Everyone, Just a quick note to say hi and tell everyone we still don't know the date of the first airing. Talk with all of you real soon. Bonnie

WILL I SURVIVE EDDIE?

Before we left Eddie last night he said he would see me in the morning. So what do you think happened? That's right I didn't sleep at all last night. I was literally up every hour waiting for him and the TV crew to come blasting thru our front door to get us to go running early in the morning. He worked us so hard last night I don't even want to think about working out in the gym and doing a workout with him.

How Famous Is This Trainer?

Friday, we worked out all by ourselves while Alicia watched us. Alicia is going to a fitness festival in Italy for the next 10 days. I guess she thinks we need to step it up a notch because on Saturday when she came to say her good byes to us she told us she didn't think we could manage this week without her and was bringing in someone who wasn't going to be as nice as her. He (first clue) knows what he is doing and how to get the weight off us. She brought presents (or so we thought) for us. What could be in the bags? All four of us thought it was a picture of Alicia with a voice thing that would yell at us to work out but it wasn't. She made me open the big bag. It was a plastic replica of 5 lbs. of fat. It was discussing. Cindy named our fat, George. What was in the individual little bags. It was our very own pet fat. A l oz. piece of plastic fake fat. It was to remind us not to overeat and lose weight while she was away. Sunday was a new day and we were suppose to be meeting our trainer at 3pm. Gena (the producer) called and asked if we knew where there was a football field (#2 clue). O.k. so now we know it is a male, and a football player. Gena later tells us you don't need to be a sports fan to know who this person is because he is that famous. Guess what? He wasn't so famous to us because we didn't know who he was. He played for the Tennessee Titans (#3 clue). He is second in line to Patan for starting the most games in the NFL. If you aren't a big football fan and can't guess. . . Eddie George. Eddie brought his trainer, Joe, along with him. We were in for some hard workouts. We played football with him and then did workout drills. We had to re-do reps of things if he felt we weren't trying hard enough or we stopped for a second. At the end he had us running around the track and if we stopped we were going to have to run it again. I almost felt like I was going to throw up. What will tomorrow bring???? Bonnie

VISIT US ON THIS WEBSITE THIS FALL!

Hi Everyone, Please visit our blog in November! Thank your for your support. Bonnie, Chris Sr., Chris Jr. & Cynthia

5k Race, Thursday night

O.K. I didn't finish the race. Not even close. Last night they thought they (MTV's Story Producer) would do a test on how well we have been doing. They thought we should enter this 5k race along with runners who run every weekend in races or at least 2x/month. Every Thursday there is 3 races, 3k, 4k & 5k thur White Memorial. MTV found out about this and entered us in it as a test. It wasn't a test at all. We knew Chris Jr. and Chris Sr. would do fine. Cindy ran/walk with the trainer and finished. The paths for the race were very unclear especially for first time runners so Chris Jr. ended up doing 10k and Cindy and the trainer did a little extra. I was last of all the runners and decided about 1 1/2 into it that I was lost and didn't even know were to find the right path. This is the only thing I made my mind up about so far that I was not going to finish. I am very positive and go into everything that way but this was crazy. MTV made us look absolutely like this fatty family. I was not going to let them make us look this way so I ended the race for myself. I don't mind going into something and not know how to do it and look like a beginner but I was just looking dumb and I will NOT put up with that. Me not finishing the race really upset my daughter. I will not even tell you everything that happen after the race because it was a lot of stuff that runs deep in my sole about how I feel about myself and my family and it was a big situation. MTV filmed it so I am sure it will make it on MTV and if it doesn't (which I hope it doesn't) that will be great. Just know that I am the core of this family and if things don't turn out good it usually is my fault. Me not finishing the race put my daughter over the edge. I wrote into MTV and told them that I thought they were wrong to put us in a situation with very advanced runners and let us compete. This is crazy. I wonder what they think of me now. I write into our Series producer almost every day so I am sure what he thinks of me?? Today better me a better day of filming or else. Todays big hi goes out to all of you that leave me comments. I really do appreciate them and thank you for reading my blog. Bonnie

JUST WORKING OUT

Today I got up at 5am and went with my mom walk/running since they told me the weight is only coming off if you do more cardio and then we did water aerobics. Then I did 30 minutes of cardio with Cindy and the trainer. She had us doing us funky things on the treadmill. I sweat like I never have sweat before. Then we did some abs. Filming hasn't been so bad this week because we are doing individual training. So it is only a hour to hour and a half per day. Not so bad. Lets see what the weekend will bring on. Todays big hello goes out to my Mom and Dad. My mom has been my workout partner this week. She has been getting up early every morning just to work out with ME. Thanks mom. I love you. Bonnie

WHO LOST THE MOST WEIGHT?

Who do you think lost the most weight in two weeks? Chris Sr., Bonnie or Cindy? If you guessed me you were wrong. If you guessed Cindy you were wrong. It was Chris Sr. with a total weight loss of 11 lbs. He has worked hard at his diet. He runs almost every day with Tyson. As for me I have to do more cardio. I came in last with only 3 lbs. Cindy lost a whopping 7 lbs. You go girl. She is doing so well. I am down because I have worked just as hard as the others. I do take two medicines that make it harder to lose weight but I am still sad. I have a goal for myself of 2 1/2 lbs per week. If I do that I will meet my goal of 30 lbs by Sept. 8th. Now I have to lose about 3 pounds per week. I am already discouraged. Any one out there got words of encouragement for me. Hint, Hint, this would be a good time to leave a nice comment for me. LOL. Todays big hello goes out to my sister, Tina, who is always checking up on me and telling me I am doing a great job. Thanks, sis. Bonnie