biggestloserchallenge

Week 6

HALF WAY DONE!!! Can you believe it?? Congrats on making it this far!! A huge pat on the back to anyone who has lost weight these last 6 weeks... it's not easy but somehow you managed to dig deep and do it!! And I'm sure it feels good!! For some of you those clothes are fitting a lot better.. for some, you may be swimming in them... and for a select few, I know you've gone down a size if not 2 or 3!! What a great feeling!! As always the week 6 results are posted over on the right... we lost 8 contestants this week... which makes my heart sad, but is good news for the race to the $$! A big congrats to CPA'sRule and Jim who took the title of biggest loser in the week 6 results!! Great job!!

We had a drive crash in our server this weekend... right after a 24hr crop which made the weekend a little rough on me... so I'm sorry that I didn't get a chance to write to you guys this week... please don't take it personally!!

And... in case you need some extra motivation... here are the overall standings at the half way point....

USERNAME	WEIGH IN	WEEK 6	TOTAL LBS	TOTAL %
Mom3Girls	216.0	198.2	17.8	8.241%
HappyOne	164.6	151.4	13.2	8.019%
Scrappy01	223.0	205.5	17.5	7.848%
Wet&Wild	206.4	191.0	15.4	7.461%
Jims Cupcake	229.2	212.4	16.8	7.330%
Court08	196.8	182.8	14.0	7.114%
CPAsrule	237.4	222.0	15.4	6.487%
UnravelMe	284.0	267.9	16.1	5.669%
LabLink	142.0	134.0	8.0	5.634%
PennyThoughts1	270.0	256.4	13.6	5.037%
Molly91874	172.8	164.4	8.4	4.861%
RunningMommy	181.8	173.0	8.8	4.840%
Rasmattaz	196.8	187.4	9.4	4.776%
4me&BH	232.0	221.0	11.0	4.741%
NoScrapbook4me	170.0	162.0	8.0	4.706%
LoveMyTwins	247.5	236.0	11.5	4.646%
MindyH	199.8	191.2	8.6	4.304%
TravelMamma	202.7	194.6	8.1	3.996%
Queen Bee	224.2	215.6	8.6	3.836%
JJBlondyB	205.9	198.1	7.8	3.788%
Sandys50/50	208.0	200.5	7.5	3.606%
Raven	234.8	226.4	8.4	3.578%
Iriis	170.0	164.0	6.0	3.529%
SSW	154.0	148.8	5.2	3.377%
MB10	196.4	191.0	5.4	2.749%
MLipparelli	165.0	161.0	4.0	2.424%
LittleMinnie	124.0	121.0	3.0	2.419%
MommyX3	186.0	181.6	4.4	2.366%
Freckls4	129.7	126.7	3.0	2.313%
Bailey	203.9	199.3	4.6	2.256%
GinaBina	210.0	205.4	4.6	2.190%
BoyMama	162.0	158.5	3.5	2.160%
Gjean	190.4	186.6	3.8	1.996%
LJJ	252.0	247.0	5.0	1.984%
GettingMotivated	217.0	212.8	4.2	1.935%
LiveMyBestLife	232.4	228.0	4.4	1.893%
NavyMom	176.2	173.4	2.8	1.589%
TwinMommy	298.8	295.0	3.8	1.272%
LoriOd	278.7	275.5	3.2	1.148%
Crabs	172.0	170.2	1.8	1.047%
BlessedBy4	238.0	235.8	2.2	0.924%
RaeJean	159.8	159.0	0.8	0.501%
Jaded	241.0	240.6	0.4	0.166%
TimeToLose	188.2	188.0	0.2	0.106%
SoccerMom	199.6	200.8	-1.2	-0.601%
LarieM	247.0	248.5	-1.5	-0.607%
Jim	268.6	244.0	24.6	9.159%
supRg33K	270.0	250.5	19.5	7.222%
Wbolar	212.0	198.1	13.9	6.557%
Randilicious	236.0	226.4	9.6	4.068%
BBeavers19	252.0	242.0	10.0	3.968%
Tarheel	305.4	298.6	6.8	2.227%
DolphinFan	269.6	264.1	5.5	2.040%
LuisMmss	174.0	172.0	2.0	1.149%
DoinIt4wife	245.0	245.0	0.0	0.000%
Jester	284.4	285.6	-1.2	-0.422%

Week 5

hi everyone... week 5 results are up on the right!! check out how you did this week! this week was hard for me to get through the results.. 1. because the store was crazy busy (good news) and 2. because less than half of you lost weight this last week (bad news). i get so wrapped up in this contest.. it's so hard to have people sign up, knowing that they want to lose, need to lose, and had some flicker of motivation to do so... and then to see them not losing! i want to scream at half of you...because either you never got started on healthy changes or you have already given up... come on people we are not even half way there... this is still anyone's race! i know that you didn't all just decide that you were happy with your current weight... get off your bum and do something!! set some goals, makes some changes... you can do this!!

a huge THANK YOU to the other half of you who are actually making changes and seeing results! it's your emails that i look forward to... it's your emails that put a smile on my face and have me bragging to the staff!! i am so proud of some of you... if i could jump through the computer and hug some of you i would! just think... we're not even half way and lots of you have hit the 5lb, 10lb, 15lb, and even some of you have hit the 20lb mark!! so IMPRESSIVE!! for some of you that's like losing a whole toddler off your body!! i'm sure your clothes are fitting better, which is one of the best feelings in the world!! keep going and imagine how great you'll feel in another 2-3 weeks... it only gets better!! a big CONGRATS to SupRg33k and Mom3girls this week for taking off the pounds and earning the titles of biggest loser for this week!! Doing a happy dance for you right now!!

Hope everyone is having a fun and healthy week!! The weather sure makes it easy to get some sun and exercise in together! See your feet this friday!

Week 4

Okay...so after 3 calls to tech support and installing new anti-virus software on 2 computers... we are finally able to post today!! woot woot!! gotta love computers... when they are working that is!! so, as always this weeks results can be found over on the right hand side of this page. this week proved to be super tough for lots of challengers... we had at least a third of you who gained weight... yikes!! the road to a healthier you is not easy but the rewards are huge if you can hang in there. don't give up... stick with this.. it's your body... and you only get one!!

congrats to all the challengers who dug deep and lost weight this week!! i'm proud of you!! and an extra big congrats to happy one and randilicious who shed the most pounds in week 4 and therefore won this weeks challenge!! great job... come on in and nab yourself a prize!! 

Since we are 1/3 of the way through the challenge i thought it would be a great time to post the overall standings in the race for the cash. Check out where you are at... set some goals... plan how to acheive those... and move forward!! Best of luck these next two days... can't wait to see your feet on Friday!

USERNAME	WEIGH IN	WEEK 4	TOTAL LBS	TOTAL %  LOSS
HappyOne	164.6	152.4	12.2	7.412%
Court08	196.8	182.8	14.0	7.114%
FriendshipIsAGift	245.5	230.5	15.0	6.110%
UnravelMe	284.0	266.8	17.2	6.056%
Scrappy01	223.0	210.0	13.0	5.830%
Mom3Girls	216.0	203.6	12.4	5.741%
JJBlondyB	205.9	194.3	11.6	5.634%
NoScrapbook4me	170.0	161.2	8.8	5.176%
Wet&Wild	206.4	195.8	10.6	5.136%
Jims Cupcake	229.2	218.0	11.2	4.887%
TravelMamma	202.7	193.3	9.4	4.637%
CPAsrule	237.4	226.6	10.8	4.549%
LoveMyTwins	247.5	236.5	11.0	4.444%
LabLink	142.0	136.0	6.0	4.225%
MindyH	199.8	191.4	8.4	4.204%
PennyThoughts1	270.0	260.0	10.0	3.704%
Sandys50/50	208.0	200.5	7.5	3.606%
Thord	222.6	214.8	7.8	3.504%
Rasmattaz	196.8	190.0	6.8	3.455%
4me&BH	232.0	224.0	8.0	3.448%
BlessedBy4	238.0	230.0	8.0	3.361%
Molly91874	172.8	167.0	5.8	3.356%
RunningMommy	181.8	175.8	6.0	3.300%
Raven	234.8	228.0	6.8	2.896%
LJJ	252.0	245.0	7.0	2.778%
Queen Bee	224.2	218.0	6.2	2.765%
MB10	196.4	191.0	5.4	2.749%
BoyMama	162.0	158.0	4.0	2.469%
MLipparelli	165.0	161.0	4.0	2.424%
GinaBina	210.0	205.0	5.0	2.381%
Iriis	170.0	166.0	4.0	2.353%
LiveMyBestLife	232.4	227.0	5.4	2.324%
Disneyland	168.8	165.0	3.8	2.251%
TammyW	216.5	212.0	4.5	2.079%
GettingMotivated	217.0	212.6	4.4	2.028%
SSW	154.0	151.0	3.0	1.948%
Bailey	203.9	200.1	3.8	1.864%
MommyX3	186.0	183.0	3.0	1.613%
LittleMinnie	124.0	122.0	2.0	1.613%
Freckls4	129.7	127.7	2.0	1.542%
Crabs	172.0	169.4	2.6	1.512%
SoccerMom	199.6	197.4	2.2	1.102%
Gjean	190.4	188.4	2.0	1.050%
Jessy23	152.8	151.4	1.4	0.916%
LarieM	247.0	245.0	2.0	0.810%
NavyMom	176.2	174.8	1.4	0.795%
Boomer	191.8	190.4	1.4	0.730%
TwinMommy	298.8	297.6	1.2	0.402%
RaeJean	159.8	159.2	0.6	0.375%
Cybergal	295.8	295.8	0.0	0.000%
LoriOd	278.7	279.2	-0.5	-0.179%
TimeToLose	188.2	189.7	-1.5	-0.797%
Jaded	241.0	245.0	-4.0	-1.660%
Jim	268.6	252.4	16.2	6.031%
Wbolar	212.0	203.0	9.0	4.245%
BBeavers19	252.0	241.5	10.5	4.167%
supRg33K	270.0	259.0	11.0	4.074%
Randilicious	236.0	230.0	6.0	2.542%
Tarheel	305.4	299.4	6.0	1.965%
DolphinFan	269.6	265.8	3.8	1.409%
LuisMmss	174.0	172.5	1.5	0.862%
DoinIt4wife	245.0	246.0	-1.0	-0.408%
Jester	284.4	285.6	-1.2	-0.422%

Week 3...

Congrats to everyone who lost weight in week 3!! This last week proved to be a tough one for many of you... but overall we still lost 58lbs as a group!! Great job!! An extra round of applause goes out to BoyMomma and Sup3rG33k who both won their categories and claimed the title of biggest losers this week! Come on in and snag a scrapbooking prize!! With that said here are a few great tips from Raimi!!

How was your week 3? I am so proud of all of the weight that has come off. You are all amazing! I loved reading your comments on the blog. I enjoyed reading about what you were committing to do better while living in your environment. How did your “to do betters goals” work out for you? Do you feel like they are on their way to becoming habits?

 

I was recently blog hopping and came across this list (see below). There are 69 ideas/ways to cut the fat calories from your diet. You may already incorporate some of these ideas into your daily diet. Maybe you need to start working some of these tips into your world.

 

            69 Ways to cut fat calories from your diet:

At Breakfast

• Ditch the Pop-Tart for a slice of high-fiber toast with strawberry jam.
• Gotta have carbs? Split a bagel with a coworker.
• Drink your two cups of joe black. Or order a single espresso instead of your usual latte.
• Swap OJ for the real deal—one fresh orange.
• Trade a side of regular sausage for turkey.
• Top your waffles with Reddi-Whip instead of syrup (or use sugar-free).
• Skip the whip on any Caribou Coffee 16-ounce drink.
• Eat your granola from a 4-ounce mug, not an 8-ounce bowl.
• Lose the Yoplait Thick & Creamy and have a Yoplait Fiber 1.
• Order pancakes, but hold the butter.
• Scramble together 4 egg whites instead of 2 whole eggs.

At Lunch 

• Leave the Swiss cheese out of your sandwich.
• Slather your bread with mustard rather than mayo and save 80 calories per tablespoon.
• Pass up croutons at the salad bar.
• Use up to 10 pumps of ranch dressing spray instead of pouring 2 tablespoons from a bottle.
• Devour a slice of Pizza Hut cheese pan pizza instead of the meat lover’s variety.
• Take your iced tea unsweetened.
• Reach for a Snapple raspberry white tea instead of a Snapple raspberry iced tea.
• Stuff chicken salad into a whole-wheat pita instead of between slices of multigrain bread.
• Make your burger turkey, not beef.
• Slurp minestrone soup instead of cream of anything.
• Go bunless—shed your hamburger roll.
• Use south-of-the-border savvy: Have a quesadilla made with two 6-inch corn, not flour, tortillas.

 On Your Snack Break 

• Drink sparkling water instead of soda.
• Move your stash of Hershey’s Kisses at least 6 feet away from your desk—you’ll dip in half as often.
• Drain the heavy syrup from your can of fruit cocktail and then rinse the fruit with water before digging in.
• Have 1/2 cup of fresh grapes instead of that little snack box of raisins.
• Lay off the Lay’s Classic potato chips and have a handful of Rold Gold pretzels.
• Munch on a bag of Orville Redenbacher’s Smart Pop Kettle Korn, not Movie Theater Butter.
• Chase down the ice-cream truck for a Good Humor vanilla sandwich, not a King Cone. 

During Dessert

• Stop eating when you hit the crust. The edges and bottoms of baked goods are especially caloric because they absorb the butter used to grease the pan.
• Fill your bowl with sorbet instead of ice cream—you can have an extra 1/2 cup of the former and still slash calories.
• Next time a cocoa craving hits, ditch the dish of chocolate ice cream (about 3/4 cup) for a Fudgsicle.
• Have sugar-free Jell-O instead of pudding. Better your nighttime treat jiggle than your thighs.
• Go ahead and have that piece of birthday cake—just scrape off the chocolate frosting first.
• Eat 5 meringue cookies instead of 2 chocolate chip ones.
• Pass on the à la mode and savor that brownie au naturel.
• Can the cone. Have your ice cream in a bowl.
• Top your dessert with 1/2 cup of fresh berries instead of 2 tablespoons of chocolate syrup. 

In the Kitchen

• Substitute nonfat Greek yogurt for a serving of sour cream.
• Use chicken broth (low-sodium is best) instead of oil to sauté meat and veggies.
• Making homemade mac ‘n cheese? Cut 2 tablespoons of butter from the recipe.
• Replace the oil or butter in cakes with Sunsweet Lighter Bake prune-and-apple mixture or any brand of unsweetened applesauce.
• Next time you make meatballs, meatloaf, or burgers, go half-and-half with ground beef and turkey.
• When preparing packaged foods that call for butter or oil, like rice and stuffing, use a broth instead.
• Swap low-fat cottage cheese for whole-milk ricotta when you make lasagna or stuffed shells. 

At the Drive-Thru

• Pass up a Wendy’s baked potato with sour cream and chives and chow down on value fries instead.  Amazing but true.
• Have a McDonald’s cheeseburger instead of a Quarter Pounder with cheese.
• Downsize your drink: Trade a large fountain soda (with ice) for a medium.
• Go for grill marks. Order a flame-broiled chicken sandwich rather than one that’s breaded (and usually fried in oil).
• Treat yourself to an ice-cream cone at McDonald’s instead of Dairy Queen.
• Crunch on one Taco Bell regular taco instead of a Ranchero Chicken Soft Taco. And all the hot sauce you want.
• Slurp a cup of Panera Bread’s low-fat chicken noodle soup instead of the cream of chicken with wild rice.
• Make your daily pick-me-up at Starbucks a skinny vanilla latte, not a regular. 

When You’re Not Cooking

• Request the lemon chicken with white rice, not fried.
• Skip the crunchy noodles with your bowl of wonton soup.
• Ask for an order of Szechuan Shrimp instead of your usual General Tso’s.
• Choose the pasta with 1/2 cup of marinara instead of 1/2 cup of Alfredo sauce.
• Indulge your inner carnivore with beef stroganoff, not meat lasagna.
• Go with the baked potato (butter only), not the mashed, as your side of choice.
• Dip your dinner roll in marinara sauce instead of olive oil.
• Avoid anything breaded. Flour and bread crumbs not only add calories but also absorb more cooking oil.

 

I know these ideas aren’t rocket science. They are ideas to think about. They are simple things that can be done through out your day. I haven’t had mayonaise in about a year. To be honest, I haven’t missed it one bit. I have used the mustard trick and it has worked for me.  I have also substituted my beloved sour cream with plain Greek Yogurt while enjoying a baked potato. I can't taste the difference and I sure don’t miss those extra calories.

I hope your week 4 is off to a great start! Keep up the great work. Please leave us a comment and share with us what fat cutting idea you would like to work into your day/week/month. Have a great week! I’ll see you on the skinny side of next week!