After 6 weeks.....

We are 1/2 way there!!!!!

We are 6 weeks in, with 6 weeks left to go.  I think in January no one realized how long 12 weeks is and the honeymoon period may be officially over.  Last week we didn’t have a lot of people here on Monday to weight in, but this week we had a lot of people just not weigh in even though they were here in the office.  I understand the weekends have challenges for everyone involved in this pool.  I go through the same things as everyone else starting Friday nights, but for the rest of our lives the weekends are never going away.  Skipping the scale Monday morning just because you think you did bad isn’t a way to fix it, and you could be hurting team.

We have some people that have hit plateaus and some people who are dieting and exercising and losing inches, but the scale isn’t moving downward for them.  I’m not an expert at weight loss, (obviously look at me! LOL!!) but I will do some research on this.  

We have received a lot of samples from our vendors in an effort to help us through our challenge.  I’ve got some spares in my office of the items I’ve already handed out if anyone is interested in some extra granola or cereal. I do have to update the vendor section of our site to add the past couple vendors that sent in samples. I’ll try to do it one night this week when I get some free time at home.   An extra big thanks goes to Lauren who helped immensely in getting the samples!  

I was thinking that at the end, on 3-31 we should all have a lunch together and hand out the prize money.  Each team can bring in something (beverages, sandwiches or whatever) but we can decide that later on. Speaking of the prize money, I’ve had a few people mention how they want it to be divided out.  Now provided all 27 of us stay in until the end the total will be $810.  What I would like to do is $30 for the second place male and female, and $90 for the second place team.  $330 for the first place team and $165 for the first place male and female. Email me at our hhbiggestloser email by the end of the week. You tell me how you want the money split, and the majority wins. If you don’t place a vote, you don’t have a say, so no complaining afterwards.  J

If you gave me your weight goals at the beginning of this, I’ve been able to keep track of how close you are to your goal and by weeks.  I have everything updated on the column to the left but for some reason they aren’t showing the commentary lately that I’ve been putting in, I’ll have to fiddle with that later.  As of weeks 4 & 5, Lauren and Len hit 75% of their goals and as of today, Jamie and Marilyn have hit 50% of their goals.  Great job folks!

Collectively we lost another 19 pounds this week bringing our total to 261.7 pounds to date, 4.69% of our starting weight.  Our leader board still looks the same, Bonnie, Dave Jr and Team 4.  Congrats to our leaders, keep up the good work! 

Standings are below, everyone hang in there for next week, and don’t forget to drink your water, lots of water!

KO