Week 1

Hello all!  

GREAT job this past week, several of you lost A LOT of weight; some a little bit, but together, it all added up to....35.2 lbs for 14 people...that's awesome!!!  Let's see how  much we can lose next week together for the dreaded week 2!

And our biggest loser of the week is.....Rebekah!  I asked her how she did it and she said; "reduced calorie intake to 1200. I was hungry for the first couple of days but it wasn't difficult by the third day. I didn't feel tired or deprived either. when you have that few calories/day I really wanted them to be very nutritious calories too. no junk."

For the challenge this past week, I asked everyone to mark down what it is that you ate...WAY TO GO Nancy & Lynda!!!   The reason why it's good to write down everything you eat is because you will get a better concept of how many calories you are consuming in any given day.   To know how many calories you need in order to lose weight; you can check out this website! 

And, here's our list:

1. Rebekah: 3.135
2. Rachelle: 2.624
3. Greg: 2.083
4. Tom F: 1.986
5. Tom S: 1.401
6. Jamie: 1.187
7. Lynsey: 1.131
8. Allie: 1.086
9. Nancy: .953
10. Melissa: .452
11. Stevie: .341
12. Lynda: +.746
13. Emilee: +.808
14. Margaret: +2.500

**As you can see, more than half of the participants have lost over 1% of thier body weight; if we keep this up; it may be the most successful round! 

And, for next week, I challenge you all to pee...oooo, wait, I mean drink!  Drink so much water that you indeed will feel like a pregnant woman running to the bathroom every five minutes.  I CHALLENGE you to drink 1/2 your body weight in ounces everyday!  Let me know if you accomplish this so that I can put your name on next weeks blog.  Additionally, for EVERY challenge you successfully complete, I will put your name into a hat for a drawing of a 1lb advantage at the end of the session, the more challenges completed; this higher chance you have at winning an extra pound. 

And, as I've mentioned; this is still anyone's game...it's nice to see how well everyone did this past time!  GREAT job!  Good luck for dreaded week 2!!!!!