Round 3 Week 1 Weigh-In!

Alright! This week's challenge was NO CHOCOLATE. So far we have no group challenge for this week, so if you all don't mind, I'll come up with it. And it will be: NO EATING AFTER 7pm! Also, let us know how you did on your personal challenge for this last week. And then tell us your personal challenge for this week!


Jana: 130 2.5 lb loss 180 minutes of exercise. Ate some good chocolate. I reached my weight loss goal but not my exercise goal b/c I didn't exercise after I got home from camp. I guess my personal challenge should be to exercise...five times this week, and lose a pound.

Meredith: 163.0 3.4lb loss. 215 minutes of exercise. I didn't eat one bit of chocolate. And I don't care what event there was, if you ate chocolate, you lost! :) As far as my personal goals, I did reach my weight loss goal, and actually surpassed it! When it came to my South Beach eating, I followed it 5 out of 7 days. I wish I would have done better. My personal goal for this week is to lose another 1.5 pounds and to drink at least 2 liters/day of water.

Eric: 222 1lb loss 75 minutes of exercise. Ate chocolate. Did not meet personal challenge of going to rugby; had to go to Omaha for three days for work. Personal challenge for this week is to, again, go to rugby and I'm going to do the water thing with Mer.

Christine: 177 4.2 lb loss 305 minutes of exercise I did eat chocolate since that's what I'd planned for josh's baptism, but I'm still so glad we did that challenge! We totally would have gone out for dessert the other day, but I couldn't think of anything good without chocolate so we just didn't go! Personal goals-- I did really good, but when I made my goals I totally forgot we'd have company for half the week! My goal was 5 servings of produce every day, and I did it 4 of the days. Exercise goal was 360, I did 305. Personal challenge: Okay. I've decided I HAVE to get to my wedding weight by my birthday! So that's still 7 more pounds in 21 days. I've written down a diet plan and my goal is to stick to it to the LETTER every day this week. heehee, i'm so verbose today!

Karen: 175 3 lb loss! About 345 exercise or more. I really need to write it down daily. I did eat chocolate BUT I ate FAR LESS than I would have. At Christine's for Josh's baptism, jessica told us "just don't count it!" when we wanted to eat the brownie and ice cream refreshments. So we didn't. But I did still eat. As I bragged already, I met my challenge of running for 5 minutes. I plan to try to do it more. My Personal Challenge will be to write down everything I eat this week. It will be very difficult and will be a miracle if I actually remember to do it but I will try. I may suggest this as a group challenge later. My weight goal will be 2 lbs again. Hmmm, I have 2 after 7pm eating events this week.....

Bonnie: 212.5 2.5 lb loss. About 100 exercise minutes. So, I have to get used to paying close attention to all these details and reporting to you losers. When I'm away for the week training I never know if I'll have internet access or not and if I'll have a scale. Whine, whine. I didn't read about the "no chocolate" challenge and totally blew it. I just read the new challenge and will be very good about it for the next 3 days...I was actually out of commission last week. I had a corneal erosion and had to come home on Wednesday (missing my last 3 days of $) and when my eye felt better my antibiotics made me throw up for a day. Thus, I must attribute my weight loss to that. 50 minutes is also a big step for me but I am up for the challenge! I gave away my training this coming week because I've been so sick and was nervous about being in the dry, dry desert since my "unorganized cornea" was giving me problems. After reading that Nerak ran for 5 minutes I ran for 1 minute. I must top her! (no, I already "top" her but I mean top her minutes, silly). I like using different colors:-) My goal this week will be to exercise 5 days, no chocolate, no eating after 7 pm, run for 1.5 minutes (I hate running, by the way), and do the new challenge as well! Go me!

Wahoo!!!
I accomplished my personal CHALLENGE this morning! I ran for 5 continuous minutes on the treadmill. + an extra 15 seconds. And I didn't die. That's the greatest part! Yea Me!

Round 3 First Weigh-In

Alright! Here goes! Post your weight, and your individual goals. This week's group challenge is NO CHOCOLATE!

Jana: 132.5 Weekly Weight Goal: Lose 1 pound. Exercise Goal: 200 minutes. Eating: Normally I'll be doing South Beach but probably not this week.

Meredith: 166.4 (vacation ruined me!) My personal goal/challenge for the week is to stay on South Beach and to lose 1.5 to 2lbs. Jana...I modified the post...sorry. I suppose I volunteer to be the blog posting person or whatever.

Eric: 223 He hasn't come up with a personal goal, so I will make it for him....to go to rugby this week.

Karen: 178 (the summer ruined me!) Challenge: I will run for 5 minutes on the treadmill at least once this week. I will lose 2 lbs. I will be doing my Low sugar & carb, high protien plan like last time, and taking the Pine oil capsules that Christines says help her lose.

Christine: 181.2 This week's goal: eat at LEAST 5 servings of fruits and veggies every single day. Exercise 360 minuts. (christine can you design another page for us to print and keep track of our stuff? i really used that a lot and need one for this time around. you're such a good daughter!) Yes I can design another one, what should I put on it? Like the other one...daily excercise, the weekly challenge and weight, and our own challenge.

Bonnie:Sugar said...
Big dork here. I can't figure out how to edit this post so I can add in my goals (albeit almost a week late!).I'm staying in hotels for the next 2 weeks and was in one last week. My food is basically provided for me. I didn't check this blog until today so I will do the no chocolate this week in addition to the new challenge.I DID exercise 3 times in the hotel fitness center!!! I'm not up to 50 minutes but I could probably get there this week. Oh, and I can't count on the scales at these hotels (the last one said I weighed 230!!) So, for now my weigh in will have to be on Sundays. But I know that doesn't matter to anyone and you're wondering why I'm telling you so much:-)I have an old picture of me when I wanted to lose weight (beware...it's scary) that I'll post when I find it.Current weight 215Goal weight 14075 lbs!!!!And my other goal is to fit into the fitted Hawaiian mu`u mu`u temple dress that I had made in 1995. On a side note, a 34 B would be lovely but I'll settle for a C.I bought a pedometer so 10,000 steps a day is my daily goal as well-beginning next week when it arrives.Smiles, Fave
August 3, 2008 10:17 AM

Too many rules?

I was just looking at the things I put as possible rules and am wondering if it is too many things for us to post. Do you want to post the individual goals? Challenges for yourself? And does someone want to volunteer to be the .....webmaster or whatever you are who figures it all out like Christine did? (Christine?) I am not quite smart enough on the McPuter to do it.

IF we are posting our own goals, then my first one is:

Challenge: I will run for 5 minutes on the treadmill at least once this week.
I will lose 2 lbs.
I will be doing my Low sugar & carb, high protien plan like last time, and taking the Pine oil capsules that Christines says help her lose.
And that's my stuff.

No Chocolate!!!!!
I guess I did say first come.... so The first challenge next week is no chocolate.
And I was just trying to figure out how many minutes we should get in each week so I am fine with the 250 minutes however we can get them in.

OK! I have tried twice to post this as a comment and I keep boo-booing on Bonnie's Mac so now I will attempt my own Post.

How about 1.5 lbs per person per week for the next 4 weeks (till Christine's b-day). And 50 min. minimum exercise 5 days per week. This adds up to 42 lbs and (get this!) 7000 minutes of exercise. We still report lbs lost and minutes each week. Who would like to issue the first challenge to us all? First Come first served .
Any changes ?

Let's Get This Party STARTED!

Alright people, when are we doing this??? I was thinking of starting next Tuesday, with Karen being out of town and all. What do you think???

I like the weigh-ins on Tuesday, because that seems to be the best day for me weight-wise! It's just enough time for me to recover from the weekends...

Me too

OK, I need to get in on this. My goal won't be to lose weight, but I need to start exercising again and go back on some semblance of the South Beach Diet even though I REALLY don't want to! I think my mysterious energy deficiency and nausea may be coming from my eating habits :::sigh::: so I need to try to fix that.

Our Idea

Eric and Mer here...

We don't think that there should be a cash prize at the end.

We think that this round shouldn't be about competing, but rather working towards a goal together as a team. Meaning we all win, or we all lose.

We can have some sort of group reward at the end if we meet the goal, and if we don't, maybe some sort of consequence. But either way, it would be small and not a big deal.

We've discussed this with Mom and she agrees with us and likes our ideas.

The New Biggest Losers 3

The time has come for us to start a new Biggest Loser contest! We are excited to begin again because we NEED to begin again! We still have flab we want to say good-bye to and muscles we want to build up and show off! We all should say (as Dad/Don does every time he lifts weights :) " I AM STWONG!!" OK, this just HAS to be our new motto ! I have talked to Meredith & Eric & Christine and these are the ideas we have come up with so far. Please let us know what you think in a new post!

1. Weekly weigh-in and minutes exercised
2. We will set group goals of pounds to lose to achieve by 3 birthdays: First Christine's, August 26, then Mom's, September 18, and Mer's, October 24th which will be the ending date of the contest. For instance, If there are 6 people, we decide we want to lose 15 lbs by the 26th. That's 2 each and a few more we hope some of us will achieve.
3. We will each post our own Weekly Goal . i.e. the first week my goal is to lose 2 lbs and exercise for 300 minutes. Posting it for all of us to see should make us more determined to achieve our goal! AND our own personal challenge, like... One time this week I will run for 10 minutes (that would be 3 times longer than I have done this). So whatever YOU choose.
4. We will each post our diet plans at the begining. It is important to know what you will eat because we have discovered it really doesn't work to say "I'll eat more healthy" or something generic like this. You need a real plan like "low carbs" or "Low fat" or "South Beach" or "High Protien" . However you want to do it.
5.We will have Weekly CHallenges which we will take turns choosing. (most water, no sugar, most minutes exercising etc.)
4. AND WE WANT MONEY AT THE END! How about we charge $20 per person again and Dad and I will put in $100. We could say Winner take all OR have a first and second place OR wait and see if our totals are so close that we need to divvy it up between the Biggest Losers.

I will handle the money and will want it sent in soon. We hope to start this week so chime in with your opinions quickly!

Let's make this work and start getting STWONG!

The e-mail message went out to Eric, Mer, Christine, Karen and Bryce

And the winner is . . . .

CHRISTINE!!!

This is christine posting this . . . I didn't want to be the one to declare my own victory if I was the winner, but it turns out Jana is a) really bad at math and b) too busy. SO, I'd just like to say,

BOO-yah!

Iwin I win I win! I am so proud of myself, I have NEVER wanted something so bad or worked so hard at it. I'm especially proud that I won despite gaining 10 pounds on my cruise! Thank you guys so much for doing this and motivating me, I never would have lost this much by this point if it weren't for the biggest loser! Speaking of which, as of today I have passed the 50 lb mark! Woohoo!

Here are the final points for the top 3 people:

Christine: Today's weight: 178.2, Total loss: 15.6 lbs. Percentage lost: 8.05%
Weight loss points: 468 Exercise/challenge points: 664 Percentage bonus: 250 Total points: 1382

Mom: Today's weight: 172, Total loss: 14 lbs. Percentage: 7.52%
Weight loss points: 420 Exercise/challenge points: 466.5 Total points: 886.5

Mer: Today's weight: 158.1, Total loss: 13.1 lbs. Percentage: 7.65%
Weight loss points: 393 Exercise/challenge points: 303 Total points: 696


Oh and MOM is this week's challenge winner! You're the only one who did it, go mom!

Poor Fools

I'm really sorry that some of you (Christine, Mer, Mom) seem to have the impression that you actually have a chance of winning this competition. I guess you haven't noticed my dedication and motivation, my competitive nature kicking in....

Well, what I'm really trying to say is, sorry, but I'm going to WIN by a MILE!!!!

MWAHAHAHAHAHA

Week 12 points

(for those who weighed in anyway . . . )

I figured these with our weight loss points from last week, so I'm just putting up grand totals.

Christine- 931

Mom- 747

Mer- 678

Jason- 493


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

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

No Tuesday Weigh-In?

Since we will be finishing this round this Saturday (because of the reunions), How about if we do not Weigh-In tomorrow, but only post our Water challenge number? Then we weigh -In and answer the last No Dessert challenge for the last time on Saturday?

Week 11 Points

Only 10 days left!!

exercise&challenge+weight loss=total

Christine- 556.5+306=862.5

Mom- 402+315=717

Mer- 267+381=648

Jason- 468+0=468

Dad- 273.5+0=273.5

Jana- 155.5+0=155.5

Annette- 54+0=54


See Mer??? If the contest ended today, you would win!


And this week's challenge winner is . . . . . . ME! Christine. And I guess I won last week too.

Week 11 Totals

Don - 153.5 lbs (in bouncing mode ) 1.5 hrs movies, 270 min Exercise

Karen - 175.5 lbs up .5. 2 hrs TV 95 min Exercise.....I don't think I won.... But Water, here I come!!!

Christine- 183.6 1.4 gain total 10.2 lb loss 205 minutes of exercise zero TV!

Mer- 158.5 2.7 loss, total 12.7 loss 210 minutes of exercise 1 hour TV

Annette - 123.4. Does walking around for hours in my relatively high shoes count as excersize? I didn't think so. Yeah, jana, I'm wondering the same thing about myself. Ah well, it's fun to be involved.

Jana-128.5 2.5 lb gain, total 1.5 lb gain. Why am I even still doing this? lol

Jason- 188.8 total 8 lb gain 385 minutes of exercise didn't count tv

Week 10 Points

exercise&challenge+weight loss=total

Christine- 536.5+342=858.5

Mom- 392.5+330=722.5

Meredith- 246+300=546

Jason- 429.5+0=429.5

Dad- 246.5+0=246.5

Jana- 155.5+30=185.5

Annette- 54+0=54

Not sure on the challenge winner. Everybody did the exercise challenge this week right?

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! :)

Christine, please enter for me.
From Mom ...My weight is
175 lbs. 1.5 loss. ONLY about 155 mins exercize . I'm a slug. But I'm still losing!

New Challenge Suggestions?

I think Meredith's idea of No Sugar as in No treats or added sugar to replace No Chocolate is excellent. I know I am needing it now! And I want to OPEN THE FLOOR for suggestions for some NEW CHALLENGES if you have a good idea and would like to change any others in these last few weeks. Or is there one challenge we would really like to take on again instead of what is listed?

The Powers The BE

Mix it up?

OK, so I was just thinking about the challenges and how since we're starting to repeat some of them, I thought it might be fun to mix it up a little bit. So there were a couple of things I wanted to put out there....

1. For the "no chocolate"....can we switch that to "no sugar"? I think it would be a lot more difficult, and it's definitely something that I wanted to try and do. It would include chocolate, candy, cookies, cake, ice cream....any dessert with sugar, whether it had chocolate or not.

2. When I was telling the girls at work about our challenges and about the water one as an example, they reminded me that someone here in KC just died from drinking too much water (on a dare) and it kind of weirded me out a little bit. I drank a ton of water that week, and I just don't want anyone, including myself, to go overboard and get sick. So I was thinking of making it a goal, like "7 gallons of water" instead of "the most".

What do you think?

Week 9 points (only 3 1/2 weeks left!)

E&C+WL=TP

Christine- 484+270=754

Mom- 377+300=677

Mer- 209+294=503

Jason- 399.5+0=399.5

Dad- 246.5+0=246.5

Jana- 155.5+75=230.5

Annette- 54+0=54

And the winner of this week's challenge is . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRISTINE!

Kendrick Peak Hike

I'm the skinny one on the left in case you don't recognize me......
On Saturday Dad and I hiked up Kendrick peak. It was a 2,000 foot, 4 mile climb. I didn't even consider goiing with dad and the friends until the night before when he said the Fox family was going and maybe I should try it since we want to do some big hikes in the future months. So I finally thought, Well, I have been exercising hard for 5 months, gained lots of muscle and lost more than 40 lbs, I SHOULD be able to DO IT! So I said Yes. But we took our own car just in case I was going to die anyway and then we could turn around and come down. But I didn't die! It wasn't any harder for me than most of the others! I am really proud of this accomplishment and I deserve a trophy for it. I just may go get myself one... The view from the Ranger station on top was SO AWESOME! You can see all the way around for miles and miles. Such a beautiful sight! It was well worth the effort. Here we are with our fellow hikers in front of the old ranger cabin from about 90 years ago. The new one is 400 ft higher straight up the mt. And we went up there!

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.

Veggies are fun!!

This is Jason:
Christine said you guys wanted to know about how I ate 30 servings of veggies a day.

Here is a basic rundown:

I ate fruit for breakfast and then after my exercise. (fructose does not spike your insulin levels the same as sugar)
Eating fruit just before exercise in the morning gives you quick energy for your workout. Also, the 30 minute window immediately following exercise is critical for muscle recovery. If you consume glucose (preferably fructose) during that 30 mins after you exercise, your muscles will recover quicker and will not be as fatigued. As an added bonus, the calories consumed (within reason) during this 30 minute window after exercise are used instantly by the body to rebuild muscle so they won't go to fat.

So, breakfast was usually a banana, strawberries, and almonds (unsalted, these provide protein and mono unsaturated fats or mufas, these fats are proven to be healthy and actually help with weight loss! Mufa's are found in nuts, avocados, olive oil, and some dark chocolate)

After exercise I had 2 oranges (for muscle recovery and they quench my thirst better than water or Gatorade). Then a sliced apple with all natural peanut butter (more protein and mufa fats).

I usually had one more serving of fruit in the morning, either peach, apricots, watermelon, or grapes.

So I averaged 6 servings of fresh fruits.
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Then I would get out the baggies and prepare for the day. I put 4 servings of baby carrots in a bag, 4 servings of cucumbers, 4 servings of bean sprouts, 4 servings of celery sticks (usually with a thin layer of natural peanut butter for protein and mufas fats), then a bag with 2 servings of organic grape tomatoes and 2 servings of fresh sweet pea pods.

This gave me 20 servings of snacks that I carried with me everywhere in a bag. Watching TV, at my desk, driving in the car; I always had it with me and slowly munched the day away.

I had no idea how much water is in fruits and vegetables, I drank very little water all week and had to go potty all the time!

For lunch I had a wrap, one of these three:
1. Whole grain wheat tortilla, sometimes I would put on Dijon mustard, turkey, avocado slices(healthy mufa fat), grape tomatoes (halved), fresh spinach. This can be good with some Swiss cheese or red peppers for variety. Roll it up, yum!

2. Whole grain wheat tortilla, one can drained tuna (put the tuna down the middle of the tortilla, drizzle on one cap full of lemon juice and sprinkle with pepper if desired). Cut a dozen grape or cherry tomatoes in half and put them on, sprinkle with low fat mozzarella cheese, Nuke it for 35 seconds, roll up, super yum!! I like it even better with diced celery also, but I am to lazy to cut it up sometimes.

3. No carb option: Thick slice of turkey, lay on: thin slices of avocado (healthy mufas fat), tomatoes, and fresh spinach. Roll it up, yum!
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Dinner: One night we had grilled chicken breast and corn on the cob, one night was a salad, sometimes I skipped dinner and just finished off all my veggie baggies. Several times I had a big bowl (4 cups) of steamed broccoli and cauliflower sprinkled with low fat mozzarella cheese.
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When I started getting bored of veggies, I would add some green olives to the mix, this gave me some zesty flavor between bites as well as some more mufa fats.

I found that I really like fresh bean sprouts! They are fun to munch on and help satisfy my craving to munch on something late at night when watching TV. They are super healthy and almost zero calories!

Anyway, I had fun with this diet for a week. Eating so many veggies got me over the "its too much work to chop up veggies" attitude. Now it is second nature and I am eating them more than normal this week, not crazy, just a healthy 8-10 servings a day.

That is the cool thing about these weekly challenges, each one has really helped me shape new healthy habits. After the challenge was over, I didn't keep up the same volume, but I increased from what I was doing before.

The water challenge got me in the mode of drinking water all the time, now I drink more every day then I have in the past.

The TV challenge reminded me that there is life without TV, I have been reading more since then and I am really taking the time to turn off the TV early so I can read my scriptures for a full 30 mins.

The steps challenge got me up and moving, it helped me realize that each step counts. Parking at the far end of the parking lot, walking to the bathroom on the far side of the house, pacing my office while thinking; every little bit helps. I am still trying to move more, even if it is just something stupid like standing up while watching TV. Be active.

No eating after 7 really helped me break my habit of late night snacking. We all know that eating after 7pm, almost all the calories are stored as fat. Except for sprouts, I have been very diligent at not eating at night. If you are going to cheat and eat something bad, do it in the morning or just after you exercise and it won't do as much damage, Eating at night = weight gain.

The no chocolate was easy for me as I have been dieting for almost 1.5 years now and I am in healthy mode.

I haven't been able to lose weight for the last 6 months, I even tried Atkins phase 1, I didn't lose a pound. It is frustrating. I am gaining muscle mass as I lift weights, but I can't seem to get my body fat to decrease even 1 more %. Oh well, for now I am just trying to get stronger and healthier.

I won't win the most exercising minutes challenge, that's for sure. I just got the Epstein Barr Virus and that is kicking my rear, it is terrible. The only exercise I have been able to do for 2 weeks is slow walking and that takes every ounce of energy and motivation to do. I am really having a hard time dealing with this right now. Life happens, we just keep going.

Anyway, I knew going into this contest I wouldn't win, I just had no idea that I would get so much out of it! Thanks again everyone for putting it together and participating!! You guys (girls) are a great family and I love you all.

Jason

Bike Miles

If you are hauling little people behind you that will be worth 1 mile for every 2 that you bike. If you are on a stationery machine it is still 1 for 3.
From Da Judge.

Petition to the Powers that Be

So, I was wondering if instead of me counting a mile for every 3 miles of bike riding, could I could a mile for every 2? Because whenever I ride my bike, I am also hauling 50 pounds of little girl behind me. Not that I would have a chance of winning either way but I was just wondering what ya'll thought. Let me know. Thank you.
Nettie

Groveling

Uh...I want back in.

So, what do you guys think? Please vote. My feelings won't be hurt if you say "No Way Jose!"

But if it gives you any consolation, I promise not to get all Psycho-Mer on you again.

Please note that this was a very hard thing for me to ask to do. I feel quite embarrassed even thinking I could ask to be let back in.

Week 8 Points

Some important notes:

1. Dad is not participating in the miles challenge! This means we all have a chance!

2. If you're doing biking (stationary or real) 3 miles biking=1 mile for the challenge.

On to the points!

exercise&challenge+weight loss=total


Christine- 402+198=600

Mom- 315+270=585

Jason- 363+0=363

Dad- 186+0=186

Jana- 149.5+0=149.5

Annette- 44+6=50

And the winner of this week's challenge is . . . . . . . . . . . JASON!

Week 8 Weigh-In!!!

This past week's challenge was who could eat the most servings of fruits & veggies. Post that in BLUE.


Christine - 187.2 2.6 lb loss, total 6.6 lb loss 500 minutes of exercise 57 servings (I have a new appreciation for fruits and vegetables! I was nearly as creative as mer though. Don't be impressed with my total till you see Jason's. He was completely CRAZY.)

Annette - 121.2 1.0 lb loss, Total .2 lb LOSS. Woohoo! I'm below my original weight! 30 Min excersize. I wasnt very good about keeping track of servings but I sure know I didn't win! Holy cow Mer, you go girl.

Jana-128.5 1.5 lb gain. Um....about 20 servings fruit & veggies...not a good week...whatever...

Dad - 154 and 410 minutes exercise (that's 25 miles of running plus walking). No counting on the servings.

Mom - 177 lbs 1.5 loss About 30 servings BUT WHO CARES????? hee hee. And 595 minutes exercise. I do my own thing and then Dad and I walk too sometimes.

Jason - 190.2 2 lb gain 430 minutes of exercise 232 servings (I used this week to go on an all-vegetable diet to finally lose some weight. PFFFBBT. Obviously I'm stuck at this weight for the rest of my life . . . . )

From the Judge
About the Juices...
I took a good look at the labels on Naked smoothie juices. The ones that are thick have about 35 carbs and 20 something grams of sugar. And maybe 1 gram of fiber. V8 has 12 sugars and 15 carbs and 3 fiber. So, let's SCRATCH THE JUICES completely. No points for them. Make yourself a fresh smoothie and it will be more healthy and get you points. If you have already counted Naked or V8 as servings that is fine but from Thursday on they do not count.
The Judge has spoken. Thank you for listening. We Love you!!!

Fruits and Veggies We Love You

How is everyone doing with lots of fruits and veggies? I have discovered it is not as easy as I thought it would be to eat lots and lots of them. I did get to 7 one day but the other days were 4 and 5 servings. Not too great. BUT I am excited to do better and make them take the place of other foods and not just ADD them. This way it will be a real weight loss booster! And I need this if I am going to drop another 8 by cherise's wedding!! Good Luck Everyone!
From MoM

Week 7 Points

exercise&challenge+weight loss=total

Mom- 255.5+225=480.5

Christine- 352+120=472

Jason- 310+0= 310

Jana- 130+30=160

Dad- 145+0=145

Annette- 41+0=41


The parental judges have conferred and decided they're sure Mer made the 75,000.

Therefore, the winner of this week's challenge is . . . . . . .

E V E R Y B O D Y ! ! !

YAY US!

A hearty CONGRATULATIONS to everyone! We never thought all of us would accompish that one! WE ROCK!!!

Gift cards will be sent out soon.

Thanks!

Jason here . . . I just want to thank everybody for this great contest!

I have been exercising constantly and eating like Ghandi, and I haven't lost a single pound since November!

Even though I have no chance whatsoever of winning the competition, it has given me more motivation to continue trying to be healthy. Whoever came up with the idea of the weekly challenges -- THANKS! Having something different to focus on each week has really made it fun, and breaks up the monotony of dieting. I've just had so much fun.

Thank you so much to everybody who's participating, it makes it so much more fun to have more people involved. It's nice to see everybody trying to get healthy together.

I'm totally going to lose the contest, but I'm gonna lose with style!

This Week's Challenge

This week we are seeing who can have the most fruit and vegetable servings. So just so we're all on the same page, 1 serving = 1/2 cup or a "fist sized" portion.

Christine here, I need a bit of clarification. Juice doesn't count, right? And what did we decided about canned fruit?

Let's start a list, shall we?

1 serving=

1 banana

4 large strawberries

1 apple

1 orange

1/2 cup blueberries

10 baby carrots

1 stalk celery

2 kiwis

2 plums

1 tomato (2 roma, 6 cherry)

1 c. lettuce (firmly packed)

1/2 c. spinach

15 grapes

1/3 c. craisins **corrected** it this says on the bag

1/2 cucumber

feel free to add on . . . .
1/2 cup salsa

The Judge is here. It has been decided that the juices V8 and Naked will NOT be counted. Canned fruit only in fruit juice, not syrup.

(corrected)

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 Points

exercise&challenge+weight loss=total

Mom- 187.5+195=382.5

Christine- 282+54=336

Jason- 234+0=234

Dad- 103+0=103

Jana- 99.5+0=99.5

Annette- 27+0=27

Jen- has officially dropped out. And by "officially" I mean one of the other sisters told me that she told them that she really didn't know why she joined in the first place. ;)

And this week's challenge winners are . . . . . . . . . JASON and CHRISTINE!

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)

Oops

Sorry guys I just realized I didn't put up last week's challenge winners!

Ahem:
And the challenge winners for week 5 are . . . . .

MEREDITH
CHRISTINE
JANA
and
JASON!

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

Weird...

Wow, has anybody noticed what Jen has written under her picture? That's kind of weird...






:::snort snort:::::

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!**

Best Workout EVER!

Last night I did an exercise video that I used to do all the time, but haven't done in a few months now.
First of all I was awesome doing all of it-- I could totally do the whole thing with gusto, jumping jacks and all, and I even did a couple of push-ups on my toes! Never even attempted that before.
THEN I realized that at the jumping parts THE WHOLE HOUSE DIDN'T SHAKE!
AND my favorite of all: There's one part where you kneel on one knee and put your chest forward onto your leg to do some weights. Always before I've had to like move my tummy over to the side so I can go down like that. Well last night I DIDN'T! It's like I'm a normal person now or something!
It was so freaking awesome.

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.)

Prizes

What do you guys thinking of changing things so that there's more than one big winner? I was thinking maybe 1st prize $150, 2nd $60, 3rd $30. Any thoughts?

Christine

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.

excitement

I was just wondering, did anybody else feel that the contest end was a little anti-climactic?  I mean, it was a little more exciting for me because it was close, but I just called Annette and asked and that was it...and nobody else really even cared about the end because they weren't winning.  Is there anything we can do to make the end more exciting?  Like not weigh in for the last three weeks before the finale so it's like the real Biggest Loser?  Or for the last one, send all the results to one person and then they announce it in some grand way?

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!

Jana's After

Hey all, here's my AFTER picture!  I am using my new iMac to post this.  I confess I do NOT love it yet because the mouse is weird and nothing I want to try to do works out because nothing is where I think it should be.  I am very good at navigating on a PC and figuring this out, and it's like somebody with a different kind of brain put this one together and it doesn't work the way I think it should work.  Also it isn't compatible with microsoft word or the version of photoshop I have, which are the two things I use the most other than the internet.  One of the usb ports isn't working for some reason even though it was working yesterday and my ipod won't work anymore either--it got unplugged from that same usb port accidentally and now won't connect to either computer.  iphoto doesn't make sense to me.  I just feel disabled using this computer.  I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually but right now I'm mostly frustrated.  It DOES look beautiful on my desk, though.  Especially next to the ugly Dell.

Sorry, none of that had anything to do with biggest loser.  It was just on my mind.  Here's me, 18.5 pounds lighter than three months ago.

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.

After Pictures

So, here are our after pictures! Feel free to add your own.

Cameron is wearing his old pants, which he now refers to as his "fat guy pants".

Cash Rewards!

We will present Cameron with his winning Biggest Loser check for $240.00 at ceremonies this weekend in Salt Lake City. Jana and Mom's checks for $20 for losing 10% of their body weights will be mailed presently. This is a great way to spend money!

The Results Show

In honor of the final weigh-in of round 1, I have posted special results. The regular groups graphs are there, but I made a little individual chart for everyone showing every weigh-in as well as total weight lost. I must say that I am VERY impressed that EVERYONE has lost weight! My family is quite jealous that Annette and I got involved with this and have actually made significant progress. I want to offer a hearty THANK YOU to everyone for starting this and making it happen with regular support and contact. I know I wouldn't have done it without you, thanks.

Results can be found here.

The FINAL Weigh-In

Dad -152 final weight. 10 lb loss total.

Mom - 186 Final weight . Total 23 lb loss. Wahoo!!!

Christine- 193.8 .2 loss, Total 12.8 Loss

Jana- 127 1 lb loss. Total 18.5 lb Loss.

Cameron - 195.0 1.0 lb loss. Total 29.2 Lb weight Loss.

Kimi - 114 lbs, 2lb loss, total loss 11 lbs?

Bryce- 198

Jason- 180.8 .2 loss, Total 2.2 loss

Meredith - 171.2 0.8lb gain; 17.2 lb total loss This will also be my starting weight for Round two! And check out my new hideous starting photo. Yuck. I'm disgusting.

Annette - 121.4 2.8 lb loss. Total 7.8 Lb weight loss.