Winners!!

Way to go we all made it!! We are all winners because we all just made ourselves a little healthier and a little lighter! Congrats to the 3 winners
1st place was Ashley with 11.48% wins 70% of the pot
2nd place was Camille with 10.95% wins 20% of the pot
3rd place was Lindsi with 10.79% wins 10% of the pot

Nice Job Ladies! I am just waiting for the rest of the money to come in so that I can give the three winners their money! So Please send me your money this week so they can reap the benefits of winning!!

 Now I hope everyone can continue to be healthy and hit your weight goals, I know I still have some work to go. So Maybe we will do another challenge in the winter!! Enjoy your the rest of summer and Fall!

First week!!

Wahoooo, we made it through our first week!!! Way to go everyone! Let's keep up the good work!!

Weigh in!

Okay everyone, some people are worried about others cheating and then the pot would be smaller. So we decided to have everyone text me your weight every sunday as well as entering it into the spreadsheet. Thanks!!

Okay Everyone.. here we go!!!!Here's to being healthy! So far I have 22 people and a few stragglers i Think!

Weigh in

Okay I have only gotten 6 peoples weight so far. I am hoping you weigh yourself in the morning because that is when you are the lightest. Please text me your weight today sometime 251-6108!

Start

Okay everyone we start this coming Sunday the 7th. I need to collect your $10 buy in.
 This is how Sunday will go... You will stand on your own scale and take a pic with your phone of your feet and the numbers and text it to me. I will put them in the spreadsheet that day and then every Sunday after that you are just going to put your weight in by yourself. We will all weigh in for the Last weigh in on Sept 1st at my house. everyone will just bring their scales that they have been using the whole time! We need everyone to put your weight in by Monday so that we can all see how everyone is doing! If you are worried about others seeing your name on the spreadsheet with your weight then you can give me a code name like Jane or something so that no one has to know!! My phone is 251-6108!

Who's in it for another Challange???

Ok everyone are you ready to loose some weight! I have found out that the best motivation for me is money! So We thought we would let money be our motivator! Here are the rules:

So to get into the pool everyone pays $10
Every Sunday morning you will weigh yourself ( Don't Cheat)
If you loose half of a pound or more then you don't have to pay anything!
If you stay the same weight as the week before then you pay $5
If you gain then you pay $10.
You also have all day Sunday to put your weight on the google Document that will be attached, if you don't have your weight in by Monday then you will be disqualified! We all like to see how everyone is doing so we can evaluate ourselves!

I know it sounds CRAZY!! Well it is! But it is so fun and it really does work!! So the one that has the highest % lost will win 70% of the pot,
and the second place will win 20% of the pot,
and the third will win 10% of the pot!

 Let's start July 7th that way everyone can have their BBQs  and let's do 8 weeks and end on Sept 1st.

Please don't cheat! It is not fair to anyone.. including yourself!! We are all adults here so let's act like it

Money!!

So I am still waiting on $25 to come in before I can give all the money away but the total was $315.00.
70% is $220.50 for Lindsi
20% is $63.00 for Michelle
10% is $31.50 for Ryan

Way to go you guys!!

IT'S OVER!!

YAY!!!!! We are done!! Now I know that everyone is probably binging out and eating everything in sight but be careful because the weight will just creep back up on you!!! So here is what I do to maintain, I weigh myself every couple of days to make sure that I am within one or two pounds either way of my ending weight and then if I am up I eat better for a couple days to make sure I get back down! After you maintain your weight for a couple of weeks then your body thinks that is your new weight! So Keep it up! I was so excited to see how everyone did! Way to go! Together we lost 149.1 lbs. I thought that was pretty cool!
So the winners are;

1st Lindsi at 13.74%
2nd Michelle at 13.4%
3rd Ryan at 11.04%

Sarah at 9.94%
Monica at 9.52%
Susan at 9.13%
Lisa at 8.29%
Melonie at 4.05%
Dian at 3.96%

It was so close between 1st and 2nd!! It really made you work harder, so in the end you really won because you lost so much weight!! It's such a great feeling and a sense of accomplishment!
Thanks for everyone participating, I hope you all enjoyed losing weight and had more motivation because of this! I am sure we will do it again sometime in the future so I'll keep you posted! Also some of the ladies want to keep using the spreadsheet and try to lose some more weight and keep going. So feel free if you want to do it too!

Last Week!

Well it's official, we are going to weigh in on Friday Morning!!! Yay the last week!!!! Aren't we all so excited?? So let's just all meet at my house at 8:00am and bring your scale. I know that some people weigh themselves in their underwear, (such as me) so you might want to bring as little clothes as possible like shorts and a sports bra and we can sneak in the bathroom if you would be comfortable! It will be just like last time. I just want to make sure no one is cheating especially since there are a lot of people around the same percentage!! Way to go everyone!! I have been impressed with how much everyone has lost!! I am sure glad this was a motivator! We might do this again!
Spread the word about ending on Friday!!!

3 more weeks

How is everyone doing?? We are getting down to the last few weeks!! Can you believe it? As you can see we have had a few dropout, the ones in red are no longer participating! Darn it!! But we only have three more weeks left! Wahoo!!! Someone asked me a question today and I thought I would share it to see if anyone would mind. The weekend that we are doing are final weigh in is the weekend that all the school districts are starting their Spring Break so she was not going to be here for the weigh in and asked what would be fair. So here is where we need to come up with something... I was thinking about doing our final weigh in on that Friday the 23rd. I know this might be a problem for the people who work, or the other option is that we end it the week before which would be the 18th. Any other options? So let me know your thoughts?

Update!

Hello again!! So We have had a few questions come up.... One is, " do I have to pay $10 bucks if I only gain .2 or .3 when it is under a half of a pound?" The answer is... NO. You only have to pay $5 if you are within a half pound of your previous weight. If you are .5 or higher then you get to pay $10. The other Question is, " Do I get a freebie and get to skip a week to put my weight in or is it just to get a freebie on putting my weight in the chart late?" Well We all need to put our weight in every week or it just wouldn't be fair to anyone! So the answer is that we get one freebie on putting our weight in late! This means you need to have your weight in by Monday night and if you by chance forget then we will excuse one time late but we don't want it to become a habit!! For me I can't wait to put my weight in and check out how everyone else did.

Also if you owe money make sure you get it to me ASAP so that we don't have to worry about it in the end!!

How is everyone doing?? I need some HELP!! I have been working out like 8 times a week and I defiantly losing inches and getting stronger but the problem is.. I can't lose weight!!! I am even doing weight watchers!! AGHHHHHH!!! So if you see me Paying then you will know why!! I really am busting my Butt!! Anyone else want to vent?? Leave your comments below so that we all can help each other!!

Super Bowl!

Another Week down!! YAY!! Well Happy Super Bowl, I am sure glad it is on a SUNDAY so that I can have a little cheat and have all week to work it off!! So Good Luck to everyone working off our Super Bowl party treats!!!

WOW!!!

So how is everyone doing??? It looks like everyone is doing really well!! I have been really impressed with the numbers!! It is so fun to see all of us lose weight! Well we made it through the 2nd week!! Only 8 more left!! I was thinking of some words of wisdom but I don't know that I have any that you don't already know. So One thing I was thinking that might help everyone is; losing weight comes from 70% dieting and 30% exercising!! Hope you all can change your diet to a lifetime change instead of just a timely diet so that we can keep this weight off!!!!
HAPPY DIETING!!

First weigh in!

Okay everyone..... are you ready for your first week of weight loss?? The spreadsheet is now up and the link is on the right side top column. Make sure that you put your weight in tomorrow and don't forget to hit the SAVE button so that it saves it! If you have any questions just give me a call!! Hope everyone had a good week!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqddPgfn8NDbdFdLVXZ1Sm5IQ3BJYjB5amtOQ29Bd1E

1 more day!

I hope everyone enjoys their last day of free for all eating!! I know I will!! See you all on Sunday morning at 8 am!

The Competition

Okay so these are the names of who is for sure joining the challenge....

Melonie
Monica
Ryan
Michelle
Susan
Sarah
Kristi
Brittney
Dian
Stuart
Gary
Kay
Lindsey

If you told me that you were participating and your not above then let me know! I still have a four people that are on the fence!! Come on.. Join the skinny side!!

Update!

Ok Everyone I have been talking to some of the participants and we have decided on some things! Some people wanted to do 8 weeks and some wanted 12 so I decided to make it 10 weeks, which is right in the middle! So we will start Jan15th and end on March 25th.
Also So that everyone is honest and no one can cheat we are going to meet at my house on the 15th at 8 am! Everyone will need to bring their own scale that you will be using throughout the 10 weeks. We will all weigh together! Then we will do the same on March 25th to end the challenge! That way you really can't cheat!
I know that sometimes it's easy to forget things so if you forget to put your weight in by Monday then you can have one freebie to be late but after that you are out and you don't get any of your money back! Also if you decide that you don't want to participate anymore then you also do not get any money back!
If you do gain or stay the same the money is due before the next weigh in. You can either mail me a check or drop off the money at my house!
I hope this is all making sense! Let me know what you think!

Who is in it to win it???

Ok everyone are you ready to loose some weight! I have found out that the best motivation for me is money! So We thought we would let money be our motivator! Here are the rules:

So to get into the pool everyone pays $10
Every Sunday morning you will weigh yourself ( Don't Cheat)
If you loose half of a pound or more then you don't have to pay anything!
If you stay the same weight as the week before then you pay $5
If you gain then you pay $10.
You also have all day Sunday to put your weight on the google Document that will be attached, if you don't have your weight in by Monday then you will be disqualified! We all like to see how everyone is doing so we can evaluate ourselves!

I know it sounds CRAZY!! Well it is! But it is so fun and it really does work!! So the one that has the highest % lost will win 70% of the pot,
and the second place will win 20% of the pot,
and the third will win 10% of the pot!

The first weigh in will be Sunday the 15th of January and will go for 8 weeks and end on March 11th.

Please don't cheat! It is not fair to anyone.. including yourself!! We are all adults here so let's act like it!