AND THE WINNER IS..................

Hey everyone!!! Sorry I didn't post this last night, I wanted to wait for a couple late-weighers... Anyway here are the grand totals:

#1 ANDREA with 20lbs off and a total 11.68% NICE JOB!!!
#2 EMILY with 20lbs off and a total 10.87% SO CLOSE!!!
#3 Craig with 20lbs off (magic number I guess) total 7.6% WhaHoo!!
#4 Aaron with 29.8lbs off total 7.3% can't believe how close that was!!!
#5 Virgil with 12.8lbs off total 6.82%
#6 Sue Ann with 17lbs off and a total 5.78%

Our top 6 winners! Awesome job!!! Great game, was seriously down to the last weigh in!!! I will get the TOP THREE winners their money once I know exactly how much each one gets!! :)

For those of us who fell short of our weight loss goals I plan to host another contest starting January 1st- details to come if interested please let me know! Thanks again everyone I hope it helped even just a little bit to try and be a little better!

Virgil

Grandpa finishes this contest 12.8lbs lighter for a total loss of 6.82% !!!!

Big Daddy C

Worked hard this week to not eat my normal stuff and lost 4 lbs. So my final numbers are 20 total pounds total % loss is 7.6%. Congrats to all!

Aaron Eldridge - total

All in all this was a fun challenge.. i would love to try again.

total pounds lost 29.8

total percent lost 7.3%

Lisa C

Ooops, forgot about my free lb. My total will be 3 lbs. and 1.52%! Thanks!

Sue Ann

Sue Ann is cashing in her free lb today and her final total is: down 16 (+1 for 17)lbs for a total % of 5.78%!!!!!

Virgil

Grandpa Carter lost some this week but he isnt home with his total numbers so I will post his final results later today! Stay tuned....

Katie...

Well after a great 1/2 effort this week I did lose the lbs I gained but didn't get below my lowest weigh in during this contest. On the up side today I ran 7 miles with my fam and if someone told me I would do that at the first of this year I would have laughed at them- so this contest has definately gotten me out of my "box" and really helped me head up this weight loss journey- I still hope to lose 20lbs in the coming months but feel like it is a definate do-able goal now!

Thanks everyone!!!! Good luck! I end at -6lbs for a total of 3.46%

Emily

Okay all I am down one pound

Total lost 20 lbs
Total% 10.87%

I am still pretty far from where I was after the first weight loss challenge we ever did, but I am happy to say I am down about 3 pant sizes since Andrew was born. I hope I stay motivated I really want to lose another 20 lbs. or so. Thanks for doing this it is always so fun! Good luck to everyone else

Lisa C.

Well, I am happy to say at least I'm not at 0, but did not stick with this challenge as I had hoped. Truly allowed life stress to dictate my actions. I only lost 2 lbs., so my total percentage is 1.02%. Congrats to Andrea & Emily...looks like it was so very close!!! Craig is out trying to shed some more this morning at the gym....he has been a really good boy the last few weeks without seeing the big results. Thanks Katie for organizing. Good Luck to all...may the joy of good health bless you all!!!!

Andrea

So who knows if it was enough but I gave it my all this week. I didn't cheat, made 2 dinners most nights (one for my family, and one really low fat one for me), and went on LOTs of walks with my kiddos. Tough but I'm glad it's over so I don't have to be so strict. With that being said I'm down 3.6 lbs this week. My grand totals are:

Total weight lost: 20lbs (on the button)
Total percentage lost: 11.68%

Whatever the outcome, I wore my pre-pregnancy (before ALL 3 kids) jeans yesterday and they weren't even painted on! Woot woot!! Thanks Katie for the motivation. xoxo

LAST WEEK ALERT!!!!!

Alright Folks this is it!!! Our FINAL WEEK in this CHALLENGE!!! As you can see on the graph we have a close game with 1st Place and almost a 3-way tie for 3rd place!!! So really if anyone puts up BIG numbers this coming week, who knows who the WINNER will be?!?

Also wanted to remind those that won any of the challenges to PLEASE include their free "pounds" in their total % lost, with this race 1 lb might be the breaker/maker!!!

Lastly just a reminder... I want to make SURE that I get the exact total % weight loss for everyone so on your FINAL weigh in this coming Saturday, OCTOBER 15, please use this formula to get me your numbers:
TOTAL LBS LOST / STARTING WEIGHT = TOTAL % LOST

Thanks! It has been such a fun time- even though some of us took a month vacation from losing weight, let's ALL end a "lighter" note... Haha...

Aaron Eldridge - update

After being plateaued and gaining and re-loosing the same 5 pounds over and over again for a while i'm finally heading in the right direction once more.

weighing myself yesterday morning i've lost another 4.8 lbs since my last post for 1.25 %

total pounds lost 27.8

total % lost 6.81 %

big Daddy C

Big Daddy C is down 1 whole pound wow! So my total % loss to date is 6.1%. Let's all try for a big finish. Thanks Katie for doing this again - it does help, at least for me.

Good luck this week!

Sue Ann

Sue Ann lost 2 lbs this week for a weekly % of .71% and 16lbs lost thus far, awesome job!

Virgil

Grandpa stayed the same... Plus one.... I told him he is still in the running if he has a good week so hopefully big numbers from him next week!

Katie....

I didn't even get on the scale- I was too depressed about my poor choices of dieting this week- mix that with nasty cold = not good numbers. One more week hope to get something wonderful for our last weigh in next week!

Lisa C.

Big Mama who had a birthday and chocolate cheesecake.....nothing lost! One more week....I may fast for 7 days! xoxo Good work to you 4 that have stayed focused!!!

Andrea

Same, same...

Emily

FINALLY!!!!! I lost one wonderful pound!!!!!! so my total is 0.6% weekly and 10.33% for the total!!!! Yay!!!! I still am really far from my original goal but I'm still happy i'm losing!!! Hope everyone else had a good week.

Emily

Okay frustrated! No weight loss, but I swear my jeans aren't as tight....o well I can't believe how long I've been at this weight!!!!I think my scale is broken. Here we go....major diet this week hopefully some extra exercise if I can get off my bum when the kiddos go to bed!!!!

Sue Ann

Sue Ann did awesome losing weight this week- but it was the same weight again so not any new numbers!

Virgil

Grandpa Carter stayed the same this week!

Katie

Well...Well...Well... Nothing knew to report, darn it! Really bad week- I let my "stress eating" get the best of me so I hope to try again this week..

Just so everyone knows Saturday OCTOBER 15th is our last WEIGH IN!!!! So get losing! :)

Andrea

I don't know if it was the pizza ordered one night, the greasy B&D Burger the other night, or the tub of cookie dough sitting in my fridge but it's a big fat ZERO pounds lost for me. Last week. No cheating. No treats. More veggies. More exercise. Going out with a bang...