Week 12 Non-Weigh-In!

This week's challenge was the most getting up to 7 gallons of water (not who could drink the most), and we are not weighing in today; the final weigh-in will be Saturday!!! But I'm leaving in last weeks weight results just for fun. And remember...no desserts/treats/sweets this week!!!


Christine - 3.75 gallons, 585 minutes of exercise

Annette - 123.4

Jana - 128.5 total 1.5 lb gain.

Don - 153.3

Mom -4 gallons (meredith can definately drink us under to table...) 300 minutes Exercise 175.5 total 10.5

Jason - 250 minutes of exercise

Meredith - 7.12 gallons 200 minutes exercise 158.5 12.7 lb total loss

Week 10 Weigh-In!!!!

This week's challenge was the most minutes of exercise, unless you did the tv thing, then the minutes will be next week for you!


Christine - 182.2 2.6 lb loss, total 11.4 loss 425 minutes of exercise I did the tv thing this week, but we can just count my exercise minutes for the challenge this week too. I'll put my tv hours up next week.

Annette - 124 And once again, when I posted this morning, it didn't save it. Annoying.

Jana - 126 1.5 lb gain, total 1 lb loss. Exercise: No Comment.

Don - 154 again.

Mom - 175 1 lb loss, total 11 155 min exercise Karen, you were 176 last week, so it's only a 1 pound loss, not 1.5. :)

Jason - 187.4 2 lb loss 300 minutes of exercise

Meredith - 161.2 10lb total loss 370 minutes exercise It wasn't a very good week for me, but at least I rounded out to 10lbs down! :)

Week 9 Weigh-In!!!!

This past week's challenge was to get the most miles. Post that in BLUE.


Christine - 184.8 2.4 loss, total 9 lb loss 720 minutes of exercise 40.83 miles Mer- I granted you admin privileges, so you should be good to go. I've written down everything every week, so no problems there. Your points last week were 184 exercise, 294 weight loss, total 478.

Annette - 123.4 2.2 Lb gain, Total 2 lb gain. 100 minutes excercise. 4.2 Miles

Jana-124.5 4 lb loss, (yeah right my scale must be on crack) total 2.5 lb loss? 60 min exercise, didn't do the challenge

Dad - 154 again. 605 min exercise. Undisclosed miles (but probably not more than 40!)

Mom - 176 1 lb loss total 10. 620 exercise 24.5 miles

Jason - 189.2 1 lb loss 365 minutes of exercise 16.1 miles

Meredith - 161.4 9.8lb total loss 250 minutes exercise 6 miles Christine, let me know if you need my other minutes of exercise, because I have them written down on that chart you made. I don't remember all of my weights from every week, but I do know my starting weight was 171.2. Also, I want to put my picture back up on there, but it looks like I don't have "enough" permission on this blog to do so.

Week 7 Weigh-In!!!

This past week's challenge was getting to 75,000 steps. Post that in BLUE. Remember, we all could have won this challenge!!!!

Christine - 189.8 2.2 lb loss, total 4 lb loss 600 minutes of exercise More than 75,000 steps (there were 2 days I didn't have numbers for, because my pedometer reset itself. so I was going to average my days and add that BUT it turned out that with just 5 days I still had 75,000! I know, I rock.) Oh, And! Not only am I at my pre-cruise weight today but I am also officially NOT obese!! Woohoo! Only 25 lbs to go till I'm not overweight.

Annette - 122.2 .9 lb loss, Total 1.1 lb gain. 40 Min Excercise. 75,000 steps. I said a whole thing the first time I tried to puplish like 5 hours ago, but apparently it didn't think I was worthy of publishing, so nevermind.

Jana-126 1 lb loss. Total 1 lb loss. 205 min. exercise. 75,000 steps.

Dad - 153. 82,000 steps 320 minutes exercise

Mom - 178.5 down 1 lb, 7.5lb total loss 76.000 steps 580 min exercise

Jason - 188.2 1.2 lb loss, total 8.2 lb gain 660 minutes of exercise 75,000 steps Meredith- I don't see how you can win this one if you didn't even wear a pedometer every day. It was a major pain for us too, but that was the whole point of the challenge.

Week 6 Weigh-In!!!

This past week's challenge was not eating after 7pm. Post that in BLUE. Remember, we all could have won this challenge!!!!

Christine - 192 2.4 lb loss, total 1.8 lb loss 415 minutes of exercise NO EATING after 7:00 (as long as it's okay that twice we started dinner before 7 but didn't actually finish till about 7:10)

Annette - 123.1 3.3 lb loss, Total 2 lb gain. 30 Min Excercize. I did eat after 7 a couple times.

Jana-127 3 lb gain. Total 0 lb loss. 30 min. exercise. Ate like a maniac after 7 every day of my life! Ha ha I gained it back. I think I'm done losing and I'm just going to yo-yo these couple pounds all the time. I guess maybe I could actually try.....

Dad - 153 I'm bouncing. 300 exercise. ditto to Karen on eating. Didn't meet the challenge.

Mom - 179.5. bummer. .5 gain 6.5 lb total. 300 exercise . 5 days before 7 or close and 2 days quite late. But last night was late because we were doing a good deed. Don't qualify. boo hoo.

Jen -114 0 lb loss/gain. 180 min. exercise (has 3 strikes)

Jason - 189.4 total 9.4 gain 550 minutes of exercise NO EATING after 7:00 (with the same stipulation as christine)

Week 5 Points

I'm putting the challenge points separately to make things a little more clear.
exercise points+challenge points+weight loss points=total points

Mom- 157.5+0+210=367.5

Chris- 230.5+10+0=230.5

Jana- 86.5+10+90=186.5

Jason- 159+10+0=169

Dad- 73+0+45=118

Jen- 42+0+0=42

Annette- 24+0+0=24

Week 5 Weigh-In!!!

This past week's challenge was not eating chocolate. Post that in BROWN. Remember, we all could have won this challenge!!!!


Christine - 194.4 0.4 lb gain, total .6 gain 305 minutes of exercise NO CHOCOLATE!

Annette - 126.4

Jana-124 3 lb loss. Total 3 lb loss. 50 min. exercise. Don't ask me how this happened. It doesn't make sense, but I'll take it!! No Chocolate. Except on Sunday I ate a little bit of cookies 'n cream ice cream, not thinking...I didn't even remember till the next day! I had purposely bought strawberry icecream and was eating that, and Jeff had me trade a scoop of mine for a scoop of his. We don't really think of it as chocolate because it doesn't give him migraines. I'll let the officials decide if I lost the challenge because of that.

Dad - 150.5 5 lb loss how can that be??? 300 min exercise Ate Chocolate once.

Mom - 179!!! 2.5 lb loss and 7 total. 505 minutes of exercise! (Dad tricked me into 5.5 miles last night. It was dark when we got home!) Sorry folks, I ate chocolate. Started out accidental and then......

Jen -114 0 lb loss/gain. 180 min. exercise (has 2 strikes)

Jason - 188.8 0.4 gain, total 8 lb gain 230 minutes of exercise NO CHOCOLATE!

****Hey Everybody**** this is chris, I vote that Jana and Dad should still get challenge points since the chocolate they ate was totally on accident and in very small amounts. If you disagree, speak now or forever hold your peace.

**update, it's just Jana that deserves it, Dad ate more chocolate than we thought!**

Week 4 Points

I'm not doing fancy colors today. The first number is exercise/challenge points, the second is weight loss points, the third is of course your total.


Mom- 107+135=242

Christine- 190+0=190

Jason- 136+0=136

Jana- 81.5+0=81.5

Dad- 43+0=43

Jen- 42+0=42

Annette- 24+0=24

And this week's challenge winner is ............. MEREDITH!

Week 4 Weigh-In!!!

This past week's challenge was most water consumed. Post that in BLUE. And if you need the conversions, follow the numbers on the conversion post.

Christine here, just clarifying: Wanted to make sure everyone has been counting ONLY water. No juice, pop, kool-aid, etc.


Christine- 194 4.4 lb loss, total 0.2 lb gain 500 minutes of exercise I didn't keep track of water . . . I knew it would be too pitiful!

Annette - 126.4 I don't want to talk about it. 2.75 gallons of water.

Jana-127 1 lb gain. Total 0 loss/gain. 140 min. exercise. 4.24 gallons water = 16.09 liters (Which is over 8 cups a day, which is good, so I'm fine with that)....Mer and Jason, that is a lot of water....talk about lots of trips to the bathroom....but GO MER, I can't believe you've already lost your Logan weight! That's so fast!

Dad - 155 no water, exercise? a bunch but don't know how much. He needs to post this himself next time...

Mom - 181.5 hmm,.. how did that happen? 4 down. Next week I had better see a 7 in that number! 300 min exercise. Water - 4.4 gallons which is 15. something liters. My brain is too tired. I guess I made it to 1/2 bushel. Meredith, did you almost drown?

Jen -114 0 lb loss/gain. 180 min. exercise

Jason - 188.4 1.2 lb loss, total 7.8 lb gain 360 minute of exercise 8.5 gallons of water

Week 3 Points

Okay, I just put up the points for last week, but now I've taken them down, and these are the revised points.

You guys . . . . you weren't seriously thinking we would get points for losing a pound we just put on the week before were you? That completely defeats the purpose of the contest. This isn't a weekly contest, it's for 3 months. To see who can exercise the most and lose the most in 3 months.

At the very end, we'll have all of our exercise points, plus points for the number of pounds we've lost since the start. So yeah, points will fluctuate a bit in the mean-time. I, for instance, lost a bunch of points this week.

I hope that makes sense to everybody-- but if you really think about it, it just wouldn't be fair. Jason and I just gained 10 pounds each that we're going to lose really fast -- how fair is that if we get points for it? Or like for round one, Jason's weight went up or down a pound all the time. He would have gotten tons of points for losing the same pound over and over again.

So I'm going to put up the points as 2 sets, the exercise ones that will stay the same and we'll keep adding to, and the weight loss ones, which will fluctuate from week to week.

**Remember, we don't lose points for gaining, we just un-get the points we got for losing.

exercise points + weight loss points = total points


Christine- 140+0=140

Jason- 100+0=100

Jana- 67.5+30=97.5

Mom- 77+15=92

Dad- 43+0=43

Jen- 42+0=42

Annette- 24+0=24

Conversions

OK, here is a conversion chart that I found at this website. Let's use this to convert our water measurements, however we are doing it. That way we're all converting the same way. How does that sound???

Liquid Measures

16 ounces = 1 Pint
32 ounces = 1 Quart
128 ounces = 1 Gallon

2 Pints = 1 Quart
4 Quarts = 1 Gallon
8 Gallons = 1 Bushel

1 Cup = 8 Ounces
1 Pint = 16 Ounces
1 Quart = 32 Ounces
1 Gallon = 128 Ounces

1 Gallon = 3.785 Liters
1 Liter = 0.264 Gallon
1 Liter = 1.0567 Quarts

And how did everyone do with their water drinking yesterday? I drank way more than I actually thought I would. I set a goal, and more than doubled it!

Week 3 Weigh-In!

This past week's challenge was least amount of time watching TV. Post that in BLUE.

Christine- 198.4 8.6 lb gain, total 4.8 lb gain 360 minutes of exercise about 3 hours of TV (I didn't really keep track because I knew Jason would beat me!) Heh heh, told you guys I gained! What can I say, eating was pretty much the best part of the cruise! I'm actually pretty happy today though, because I was 202 yesterday!

Annette - 124.4 2.2 lb gain. Total 2.8 lb gain. 120 minutes of excercise. I lost track of the TV.

Jana-126 2.5 lb loss; Total 1 lb loss. 240 min. exercise. Many TV hours and much movie watching. It seems that I should shout praises to South Beach Phase One, even though I detest being on it.

Dad - 152 1 lb loss 230 exercise 3.5 hrs TV

Mom - 185.5 boo hoo. 1.5 gain. 280 min exercise. TV was 8.5 hours
Jen -114 0 lb loss/gain. 180 min. exercise

Jason - 190.6 8.4 lb gain/ total 8.4 gain 380 minutes of exercise 0 hours TV Ah, but the food was good!

Agua

Just a reminder that tomorrow starts the MOST WATER CONSUMED challenge week. So drink up!

And don't forget we're measuring in LITERS!!!

From wimpy Mom: Please can't we do quarts because I am always drinking 16 oz bottles or cups of water. I don't know how to change it to liters!

Christine here: Track water how ever you want, we can convert it at the end. (we're tracking ounces too mom.)

Points for Week 2

Here's where we're at after week 2! Total points are in GREEN, points earned from this week are in (parentheses).

Christine -- 224 points (+66 points)

Mom -- 109 points (+88 points) (mom corrected this)

Jason -- 52 points (+24 points)

Annette -- 48 points (+45 points)

Jana -- 43 points (+32 points)

Dad -- 43 points (last week's since he hasn't reported in yet)

Jen -- 42 points (+18 points)

This week's challenge winner....CHRISTINE!

This Week

So this week's challenge is the TV one, right? Too bad I already lost by watching American Idol before I realized what the challenge was...but David Cook was worth it, my friends! Anyway, make sure you all watch at least an hour so I will not lose.

Net Here: Crap, I forgot about the tv thing too, so after we watched American Idol, we also caught up on the two New Amsterdam episodes that we had missed. At least I don't really watch TV during the day though. Does anyone else find that there is exactly NOTHING tempting on TV during the day?

Week 2 Weigh-In!!!

Last week's stats are in PURPLE, be sure to change it to the right colors. This week's challenge was most time spent exercising. I, Mer, volunteer to post the winner and points later on since Christine is on vacation.

Christine- 189.8 .4 loss 440 min. exercise! (doesn't make sense, does it???) This is mom posting for Christine since poor Christine is out on the ocean doing her exercising this week.

Annette - 122.0 1.2 lb loss. Total .6 lb gain. 90 minutes of excercise.

Jana-128.5 1 lb gain. Total 1.5 lb gain. 345 min. exercise. My findings: lots of exercise + eating yummy naughty food = :( . I guess it's true what I've heard: 80% of weight loss is diet. When you think about it it makes sense. You eat a bunch of junk so the first hour of exercise is getting rid of that crap you ate yesterday, leaving all that previous weight for another time. Alas. Well, good think I'm back to strictness. No more cookies, pizza, or cake. Question: do we lose points for gaining weight? Or is it ignored until I get back to zero and then I'll start earning points for losing?

Dad - 153 1 lb gain

Mom - 184 2 lb loss (corrected) Wahoo! 280 min. exercise I'm so glad Christine has such a nice exercise room! I go down after the kids are in bed and spend a while watching the DVR and gettin sweaty. It's loverly.Yikes, what will I do this week to keep me entertained while exercising? I really need to do a new picture and try to look thinner.... This one is so nasty. ick.

Jen -114 0 lb loss/gain. 180 min. exercise

Jason - 182.2 same weight. 240 min exercise. Thanks to my favorite mother-in-law in the world for posting for me.

Points! -- Updated!

Jason decided to join in! So the prize money is back up to $240 even without Eric!

Here are the standings from week 1:

Christine -- 158 points

Dad -- 43 points

Jason -- 28 points

Jen -- 24 points

Mom -- 21 points

Jana -- 9 points

Eric -- 3 points

Annette -- 3 points


And this week's challenge winner is . . . . . DAD!

Disclaimer: I try very hard to be accurate with the points, but I don't promise perfection. Feel free to double check me and let me know if I'm wrong.

Week 1 Weigh-In!!!

I can't remember who all is in this round, so we'll just add our names ourselves this time. Sorry! Official people, put your names in ORANGE.

Christine- 190.2 3.6 lb loss 500 minutes of exercise 24 miles I lost a lot (for me!) this week, so I think the exercise must be making a difference! I think we should stick with the miles challenge too, but maybe we could do it again next week, instead of the most minutes challenge. If you guys want. I'm not big on mileage so it doesn't matter to me.

Annette - 123.2 1.8 lb gain. 30 minutes of excercise. No Miles. Yes, clearly my head is Not in the game yet. And what with the cheesecake and donuts, I'll do better this week.

Eric - 225.0 30 minutes of exercise. No miles. Darn his work! It's keeping him toooooooo busy! **I think Eric is just going to be an unofficial contestant. He wanted me to remove him completely, but I don't want to do that. He's just so swamped with work that he's never able to do anything but sleep and work. It really sucks. So anyway, he's no longer official, and I won't be putting his money in.**



Jana-127.5 .5 lb gain. 90 minutes of exercise. 4 miles. HolY CRAP Christine, you are out of control! You GO girl! My head, like Annette's, is not in the game.

Dad - 153 1 lb gain 330 minutes of exercise 25 miles

Mom - 186.5 .5 lb gain. 210 minutes of exercise 8.5 miles I haven't really gotten into this yet but starting now I am really IN! Back to the fun grindstone and I'll add a gluteous maximus machine at the gym. Heh heh heh. Pretty soon my behind will be a little as Dad's.

Jen -114 (start weight) 240 minutes of exercise 4 miles

Jason - 182.2 2 lb gain 280 minutes of exercise 2 miles Just building muscle man!

BIGGEST LOSER II

Contest duration: 13 weeks (almost) beginning Tuesday, April 1 and ending Saturday, June 28th (because of reunion week when access to original weigh-in scale won’t be available.)

Entry Fee: $25.00

Grand Prize: $225 (approximately. Total will be the sum of all the entry fees plus $100)


Grand Prize Winner: Most total points accumulated through the duration of the contest


Point System

30 points for every pound lost
One point for every ten minutes of exercise
250 bonus points for the highest percentage of weight lost at end of contest
Gift Certificate for the best homemade exercise video (Don and Karen are the judges. The decision of the judges in final. Videos should be 3 to 5 minutes long)
10 points for winning or accomplishing the Weekly Challenge

Weekly Challenges
The weekly winner will receive a $10 gift certificate

Week 1: Most miles walked/run
Week 2: Most time spent exercising
Week 3: Least hours spent watching television/movies
Week 4: Most gallons of water consumed
Week 5: No chocolate (everyone who meets the goal wins)
Week 6: No eating after 7 p.m. (everyone who meets the goal wins)
Week 7: 75,000 steps (based on pedometer reading, everyone who meets the goal wins)
Week 8: Most servings of fruits and veggies (1/2 C or fist sized)
Week 9: Most miles walked/run
Week 10: Most time spent exercising
Week 11: Least hours spent watching television/movies
Week 12: Most gallons of water consumed
Week 13: No chocolate (everyone who meets the goal wins)

Disclaimer: Organizers not responsible for strained muscles, headaches from chocolate withdrawal, bunions, strained marriages or whistles from construction workers. Prizes not given where prohibited by local laws. Not valid in Canada. Judges reserve the right to award themselves all prizes.