I'm happy to announce

THE WINNERS!!!!!!

1. SANDY-13.5%
2. JULIE M.-13.3%
3. LINDA-11.8%
4. JASON P.-10.3%

5. Shone-8.1%
6. Julie R.-7.4%
7. Jason R.-6.9%
8. Tammy-6.8%
9. Helena-6.7%
10. Melissa-5.)%
11. Alex X.-4.5%
12. Wayne-3.9%
13. Daniel-3.4%
14. Brenda-0%
15. Dave-0%
16. Greg-0%
17. and 18. Lianna and Matt S.-Fatter than last week (a direct quote)

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!!! Not to sound cheesy, but congratulations are due to every single loser. SEe, you may not have the money but you are still skinnier!!!!

I will have the money in the mail by Thursday. Hey, life is crazy, give me two days to get myself organized!!

Thanks again for playing. It's been a lot of work on this end, steadily putting on weight. Hopefully I can be one of the losers next year!

REMINDER

TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY OF THE BIGGEST LOSER CONTEST!!!!

DO NOT FORGET to send results tomorrow. I will not accept anything sent after midnight on Monday. Sorry, but it's the only way to be truly fair.

Have a great day, congrats on weeks of dedication, and GOOD LUCK!

Week 9 Results

ONE WEEK TO GO!!!!!!

1. Sandy-14.7%!!!!
2. Julie M.-11.0%
3. Linda-10.3%
4. Jason R.-8.5%
5. Jason P.-8.3%
6. Julie R.-7.4%
7. Tammy-6.8%
8. Helena-5.8%
9. Melissa-4.8%
10. Alex X.-4.5%
11. Wayne-4.2%
12. Daniel 3.1%
13. Matt S.-3.0%
14. Lianna-2.9%
15. Matt C.-2.5%
16. Brenda-0%
17. Dave-0%
18. Greg-0%

This is it, the final week!!! Let me reiterate that next week I will not take any results after midnight on Monday night. I will send a reminder email out this week. Is everyone planning their celebration meals??

Good job, there are some big numbers out there!

Week 8 Results

1. Sandy-10.8%

2.Julie M.-10.2%

3. Linda-9.2%

4. Jason P.-7.5%

5. Shone-6.9%

6. Tammy-6.8%

7. Helena-5.6%

8. Alex X.-4.5%

9. Melissa-4.4%

10. Daniel-3.8%

11. Wayne-3.5%

12. Lianna-2.5%

13. Matt S.-2.5%

14. Matt C.-1.7%

15. Brenda-0%

16. Dave-0%

17. Greg-0%

Julie and Jason Reynolds were in Spokane this weekend so couldn't do an official weigh in since they were away from their official scales. I will say they are looking hot hot hot though. :-)

We have also lost Aunt Diana as a competitor although she has paid so the money for winners doesn't change. Thanks to everyone for paying up, all dinero is accounted for. Two weeks to go!

Week 7 Results

Okay slackers, where are your results??? I'm missing so many that I think I'm going to send out individual, get your booty in gear, emails.

As for my slacking, and not posting until Wednesday, I have two reasons. 1) I kept waiting for more people to send me their information and 2) I have had massive intestinal illness for the last 24 hours. Just in case you were curious.

Results

1. Sandy- 9.6%

2. Julie M.-9.5%

3. Linda-8.4%

4. Jason P.-6.4%

5. Jason R.-6.3%

6. Julie R.-6.2%

7. Alex F.-5.2%

8. Alex X.-4.5%

9. Tammy-4.1%

10. Wayne-4.1%

11. Daniel-3.3%

12. Matt C.-3.2%

13. Matt S.-2.2%

14. Justin-2.1%

15. Lianna-0.8%

16. Anna-0.6%

17. Brenda-0%

18. Greg-0%

Week 6 results

Due to the long weekend I am missing several results. I think a few people just forgot or were on vacation. Here are the results I have as of Tuesday night. I am willing to do updates tomorrow for any stragglers.

1. Sandy-9.6%

2. Julie M.-8.7%

3. Jason R.-7.9%

4. Julie R.-6.8%

5. Tammy-6.8%

6. Linda-6.6%

7. Alex F.-5.2%

8. Alex X.-5.2%

9. Shone-5.2%

10. Helena-5.1%

11. Wayne-4.4%

12. Matt S.-3.8%

13. Matt C.-3.7%

14. Daniel-3.3%

15. John-3.2%

16. Lianna-2.8%

17. Justin-2.1%

18. Anna-0.6%

19. Brenda-0%

20. Greg-0%

A few notes this week:

1. There were a lot of ties this week. I always post in alphabetical order so make sure you take into account a tie before truly judging your relative position. You may have done better than it first appears!

2. There are still a few people out there who haven't paid. You know who you are. You are the ones who can't sleep at night with the knowledge that you are an unpaid biggest loser participant. FYI, if you haven't paid by the end and happen to be in a money position you won't get the money. Just so you know.

3. This is a few weeks in advance but I want to give PLENTY of warning. When it comes times to post the official END RESULTS on week ten, I will ONLY ACCEPT final weights I receive on that Monday. No Tuesday morning stragglers will be put into the final count. SO DON'T FORGET!!! I will send lots of reminders but this is to be fair to everyone else and ensure that there is no number fudging. You will have until midnight of that Monday and then THAT'S IT. Man, using all these capital letters makes me feel fierce.

What will YOU eat?

If the rest of you are anything like me, then you're probably already dreaming about that "big meal" you'll eat 10 minutes after your final week 10 weigh-in. I know I am! So I was curious: what will YOU eat? It's probably cruel to even ask such a question while we each try to "be good" with our diets, but... I'm curious! (And yes - I'm hoping a few of you will read the responses, get hungry, then eat a bunch... just hoping...) :-)

I'll start it off. I'm a big breakfast food kinda guy. Anytime of day - doesn't matter. So for me, I think I'll have a HUGE plate of French Toast with copious amounts of butter and syrup. I'll have some sausage with it, large glasses of milk and orange juice, and perhaps some powdered sugar to top it all off.

So... What will YOU eat?

Week 5 results

Seems like an evening posting of results is as good as it gets for me. Thanks to everyone for playing, there's a lot of good competition going on!

1. Sandy-8.1%
2. Julie M.-8.0% (E. coli diet)
3. Jason R.-7.4%
4. Linda-6.7%
5. Julie R.-5.9%
6. Alex X.-5.2%
7. Wayne-4.8% (E. coli as well)
8. Alex F.-4.6%
9. Shone-4.6%
10. Helena-4.5%
11. Tammy-4.1%
12. Jason P.-3.8%
13. Melissa-3.6%
14. John-3.2%
15. Matt S.-3.2%
16. Matt C.-3.0%
17. Justin-2.2%
18. Daniel-2.0%
19. Lianna-1.6%
20. Anna-1.0%
21. Dave-0.5%
22. Brenda-0%
23. Greg-0%

Aunt Diana, we missed your in the results!

Also, it is appearing as though the real way to take control of your weight loss is to contract food poisoning. Let this be a lesson to the rest of you: great illness equals great weight loss. Raw meat anyone?

Superbowl Sunday!!

I may have to indulge in some chips & dip and some football festivity foods and drinks. You all make sure you do the same so I can keep my lead! ;)

Week 4 Results

Sorry it took me until this evening to get the numbers up. Today consisted of preschool driving, the grocery store, making dinner, a well child doctor appointment, and two plus hours at JC Pennys picking out window treatments. So, here it is, 8:00 p.m. and I'm just posting results. It doesn't make your numbers any less impressive though!

1. Jason R.-6.8%

2. Sandy-6.8%

3. Julie R.-6.7%

4. Linda-6.3%

5. Tammy-5.4%

6. Jason P.-5.2%

7. Alex F.-4.6%

8. Shone-4.5%

9. Helena-4.4%

10. Julie M.- 4.3%

11. Melissa-3.5%

12. Matt S.-3.4%

13. John-3.2%

14. Lianna-3.2%

15. Alex X.-2.8%

16. Diana-2.6%

17. Matt C.-2.5%

18. Wayne-2.0%

19. Justin-1.6%

20. Anna-1.0%

21. Dave-0.5%

22. Brenda-0%

23. Greg-0%

The only person missing this week is Daniel and he is out of town. Thanks for getting me all of your information. Good job everyone, you're almost halfway there! Remember, there are six weeks left and still plenty of time for the standings to change A LOT.

Have a skinny week!

Week 3 results

Official Week Three Results

1. Jason R.-6.3%

2. Sandy-5.7%

3. Tammy-5.4%

4. Julie R.- 5.2%

5. Linda-4.9%

6. Alex X.-4.1%

7. Lianna-4.1%

8. Helena-3.9%

9. Julie M.-3.6%

10. Shone-3.6%

11. Melissa-3.5%

12. Matt C.-3.4%

13. Matt S.-3.3%

14. Alex F.-2.8%

15. John-2.3%

16. Daniel-2.0%

17. Justin-2.0%

18. Wayne-1.5%

19. Anna-1.0%

20. Greg-0.3%

21. Brenda-0%

22. Dave-0%

I don't have current results from Jason or Diana, so sadly I did not include them in the running for the weekly loss winner.

DRUM ROLL PLEASE: The person who had the greatest percentage loss this last week (this week's percentage-last week's percentage) was...........................

Matt C., with a weekly loss of 2.8%! Contact me with your address and a Starbucks gift card is on the way.

There were a lot of good results this week, keep it up everyone!

reporting your results

Make sure you are reporting your TOTAL percentage lost each week. (The base number will always stay the same) NOT the percentage per week. Actually, I guess you can this week since there are prizes for percentage lost in this week.

I know my uncle John reported 0% last week, but should have reported 'no change' instead which would have left him at 1.3% lost.

Week 2 results

*Brenda lost 2.9%*

Official Week 2 Standings

1. Julie Reynolds-5.9% (strep throat diet)

2. Jason Reynolds-5.3%

3. Diana-5.1% (salmonella diet, seriously)

4. Lianna-4.4%

5. Tammy-4.1%

6. Sandy-4.0%

7. Linda-3.7%

8. Jason Pegg-3.3%

9. Shone-3.1%

10. Helena-2.98%

11. Alex F.-2.9%

12. Alex X.-2.75%

13. Melissa-2.5%

14. Matt S.-2.1%

15. Julie M.-1.7%

16. Wayne-1.5%

17. Anna-1.01%

18. Greg-0.7%

19. Justin-0.6%

20. Matt C.-0.6%

21. Daniel-0%

22. Dave-0%

23. John-0%

I'm only missing results from Brenda. I think that 24 is finally going to be our official number of participants. I will recalculate all the prize totals for the last time.

NOTE: I was teased because I said that the weekly prizes would be random, yet I'd let you know in advance. What can I say, I've never fired on all cylinders.

HOWEVER, THIS IS THE WEEK!!! Not only do you want to keep losing for your total competition loss but this week the person who loses the greatest percentage just this week will get a $10 gift card to Starbucks. Remember, this is not necessarily who is in first at results time, it's the person who has the greatest percentage loss in one week. So, go get them tiger!

Reminder

Tomorrow is Monday, you know what that means...

A few more results

I'm going to say these are unofficial since they came late, but I thought everyone deserved to see their results posted and see where the competition is. Here is where the stragglers fell in the ranks this week:

Diana-1.6%

Daniel-0%

Brenda-0%

Alex X.-0%

Sandy-2.0%

Matt C.- 1.4%

We're closing in on a second round or results. Keep it up!

Results of Week 1

*I updated the list with my Aunt Linda's results.*

Here are the week's results as I received them yesterday:

1. Lianna Sackmann-5.4%

2. Jason Reynolds-4.2%

3. Julie Reynolds-3.7%

4. Tammy Madsen-3.6%

5. Jason Pegg-3.3%

6. Matt Sackmann-3.0%

7. Shone Sonnabend-3.0%

8. Alex Fazzari-2.1%

9. Wayne Montgomery-1.9%

10. Melissa Kaiserman-1.8%

11. Helena Reynolds-1.7%

12. Julie Montgomery-1.7%

Linda Madsen-1.6%

13. John Ansotigue-1.3%

14. Greg Jones-1.0%

15. Justin Baerlocher-0.9%

16. Anna Fazzari-0.0%

17. Dave Kaiserman-0.0%

I didn't get results from anyone from Matt's work, Diana, Linda, or Todd. Give it up guys! I will update this list if I get new results early today but after that you'll have to wait until next week. We also lost two more participants, Hannah and Kirsten. Good luck on your solo journey my dears.

Which brings me to my next point. I am officially closing the contest. If you're in you're in and if you're not you're not. Sorry, but it's becoming too hard to keep track of participants and money.

Next point. Ante up folks!! You know who you are. And yes, thank you to the many who have given me money or are bringing it this weekend for the awesome Jones painting party. Funny, that makes it sound like you are paying to paint...

Great job everyone, I think it was a very successful first week. Keep at it, there is money at the end of this here road!

It's the first Monday!!

Today is official weigh in day for week one of our competition. Don't forget to send me your results sometime today and I'll post a list on the blog tomorrow. I have already seen a few and all I can say is GOOD STINKING JOB.

More people, more dinero

My brother-in-law Matt has worked in sales. He had convinced six of his co-workers to join our competition which means he is good at his job and deserves a raise. They are Daniel, Brenda, Danny, Matt, Sandy, and Alex. I don't have any last names so for now the co-worker Matt and Alex, who have the same name as other competitors, will be referred to as Matt Z. and Alex Z. Boys, if you don't like that, email me your last names!

This also adds $120 to our pot. Last year we had a random prize for a weekly weight loss winner and I thought it would be fun to add that. So, $20 will go to two weekly $10 prizes that will happen at random during the competition. I'll let you know in advance when we'll do those.

That leaves $100. By executive order the $$$ totals will now be as follows:

1st-$340

2nd-$130

3rd-$50

4th-$20

Two random weekly prizes-$20

This is just me and my noble team of advisors' idea so if anyone has grievances let me know. It was suggested that with such a large group it would be nice to include money back for a fourth place and I agreed.

Whew, this year is kicking last year's tail, we have doubled our number of participants! I hope you're all sweating it out this week!

Motivation

I thought since my husband so lovingly wrote a blog last year towards the end of the competition with a great song, (The Final Count Down) I would contribute. Here is a song that motivates me every time I hear it! (Hint, hint, awsome work out song.)

A final round of info

Alright, I'm almost done talking about this competition and ready to let people get busy losing weight. Just a few more pieces of information to pass along.

1. By a narrow margin, Mondays will be the official weigh in date. Every Monday, weigh yourself and calculate the total percentage lost. Email me the percentage and Tuesday morning I will post the results.

2. Everyone seems to agree that second and third place should get more money. We now have 22 official participants. (We lost Brittany but added a friend of ours, Jason Pegg, and a friend of my mom's, Kirsten Gayte.) Twenty-two people is $440!!! After some consultation with trusted advisors we are thinking $300 for 1st, $100 for 2nd, and $40 for third. Does that seem okay with everyone?

3. I forgot to say before that everyone needs to use the same scale for their official weekly weigh in. You know, since my OB office's scale always seems to be 5 pounds heavier than the one I have at home.

4. A current list of the official participants:

Greg Jones

Julie Reynolds

Jason Reynolds

Julie Montgomery

Wayne Montgomery

Shone Sonnabend

Hannah Montgomery

Lianna Sackmann

Matt Sackmann

Melissa Kaiserman

Dave Kaiserman

Helena Reynolds

Diana Schofield

Todd (one name, like Madonna)

Justin Baerlocher

Alex Fazzari

Anna Fazzari

Linda Madsen

John Ansontigue

Tammy Madsen

Kirstin Gayte

Jason Pegg

I think that's it! Can't wait to see what people post and what the first week of results hold!

I think I'm going to have myself a bowl of ice cream. You know, for the baby.

LET'S DO THIS!

We just got back from shopping for our 'diet food'. Fun times with no sugar (trying south beach diet again for a little while)... argh. and I bought a Costco size bag of lucky charms last week. Silly daddy.

I weighed myself this morning after eating almost an entire large pizza from Papa Murphy's yesterday. ouch. but...now that is extra weight I can chart up to the total weight loss in 10 weeks! I may not have as much to lose, but I'm not gonna give up the crown without a fight!

Sooo... I worked out today for the first time in like a couple months-ish. Wen't out and ran for half an hour... dropped 3 lbs. Ahh it's great to be male. :)

muahahahahahaha

More people!

Since last night we have three more participants! They include John Ansontingue (Helena Reynolds brother), Tammy Madsen (my aunt and my mom's sister), and Anna Fazarri (Alex Fazarri's wife). I will be sending out an invite to them so they can become blog authors as well.

Our total number of people is now up to 21! I thought 20 was a good number to reach and we are there! Thanks for spreading the word.

Everyone be sure and weigh yourselves today. This is a private number but write it down and be honest.

After looking at the feedback about weigh ins and monetary prizes, I will post the collective decision on the blog this evening.

Good luck EVERYONE and may your will power be stronger than the desire for chocolate.

Hi Sara,

Thanks for hosting this again.

Happy Healthy New Year!

Helena

Author invites

I think I got all participants invited as authors to this blog. If you have a problem accessing it or posting let me know. Go ahead, post away! Trash talk (nicely that is). Lose weight! Go everyone!!