Third Week - Team Gold comes on Strong!

Everyone is still doing great! Again, everyone has either lost weight or stayed the same as their entry weight. We did have six contestants that gained a total of 7.5 lbs from last week, so we have $7.50 to add to the challenge pot. This may happen week to week as people may be retaining water, gaining muscle from working out, etc., so don't be discouraged!

We are almost half-way to our challenge of the first to lose 15% of body weight with three contestants (Lisa, Randy, and Angie G) over 6% now. Also, getting very close to a winner in the race to 100 miles...As of Tuesday, the standings are as follows:

Becky - 74.4 miles
Angela - 69.9
Stacey - 53.2
Joe C - 42.0
Deanna - 39.9
Mirtha - 19.1
Matt - 4.0

And Lisa is still in First position for the individual rankings. Team rankings have had some changes - most notably that team Gold (Joe C & Donald) have moved up to Second position and are right on the heels of Badland's team Yellow (Randy & Michael R). Here are the latest standings:

Individual
Lisa - 7.33%
Randy - 6.64%
Angie - 6.21%
Stacey - 5.84%
John H - 4.95%
Melanie - 4.70%
Donald - 4.61%
Joe - 4.18%
Ben - 4.16%
Kevin R - 3.74%
Kevin J - 3.59%
Michael R - 3.48%
Jeff - 3.06%
Jim - 2.43%
John F - 2.28%
Mike H - 2.11%
Deanna - 1.84%
Matt - 1.48%
Becky - 1.25%
Amy - 0.67%
Kaniz - 0.63%
Angela - 0.28%
Karen - 0.00%
Mirtha - 0.00%

Team:
Yellow (Randy & Michael R) - 4.89%
Gold (Joe & Donald) - 4.41%
Purple (Stacey & Deanna) - 3.92%
Pink (Angie & Angela) - 3.82%
Blue (Lisa & Mike H) - 3.80%
Orange (Kevin & Kevin) - 3.66%
White (John & John) - 3.64%
Red (Jeff & Jim) - 2.73%
Silver-Blue (Amy & Ben) - 2.18%
Black (Melanie & Karen) - 2.15%
Green (Becky & Matt) - 1.38%
Brown (Mirtha & Kaniz) - 0.31%

Great job, everyone!

Second Week - A Little Shake Up

We have $4.10 to add to the pot for challenges as four contestants gained wieght...not to worry as this is expected, especially in week #2. The good news is everyone has still lost weight overall. Great job everyone! Here are the stats:

Individual:
Lisa - 6.23%
Angie G - 5.65%
Stacey - 5.60%
Randy - 5.44%
Melanie - 5.02%
John H - 4.40%
Joe - 3.66%
Kevin J - 3.37%
Michael R - 3.02%
Donald - 2.85%
Jim - 2.80%
Ben - 2.64%
Kevin R - 1.91%
Becky - 1.88%
Mirtha - 1.87%
Deanna - 1.58%
Mike H - 1.23%
Matt - 1.23%
Jeff - 1.22%
Kaniz - 0.94%
Karen - 0.79%
John F - 0.76%
Amy - 0.67%
Angela - 0.00%

Team:
Yellow (Randy & Michael) - 4.10%
Purple (Stacey & Deanna) - 3.67%
Hot Pink (Angie & Angela) - 3.37%
Gold (Joe & Donald) - 3.22%
Blue (Lisa & Mike H) - 2.85%
Orange (Kevin & Kevin) - 2.72%
Black (Melanie & Karen) - 2.72%
White (John & John) - 2.61%
Red (Jim & Jeff) - 2.05%
Silver-Blue (Amy & Ben) - 1.52%
Green (Becky & Matt) - 1.52%
Brown (Mritha & Kaniz) - 1.41%

First to 100 miles in training running/walking:
Becky - 50.3 mi
Angela - 49.0
Stacey - 36.6
Deanna - 33.5
Joe - 28.0
Mirtha - 7.0
Matt - 4

Keep it going everyone!

First Week...Everyone is a Loser

I'm happy to report that NO ONE gained weight! Everyone lost weight and we had one maintain the same weight from week #1. Great job everyone! We also had two new members join up for a total of 24 contestants. Mirtha Liedl and Kaniz Quani are the brown team - welcome!

Here are the stats:

Individual
Lisa - 5.13%
Randy - 4.83%
Stacey - 4.14%
Melanie - 4.08%
Kevin J - 3.78%
Angie G - 3.77%
Joe - 2.61%
Donald - 2.19%
Ben - 2.19%
Michael - 2.05%
John H - 2.01%
Becky - 1.88%
Kevin R - 1.82%
Mike - 1.76%
Matt - 1.48%
Deanna - 1.05%
Jim - 0.75%
Angela - 0.56%
Amy - 0.34%
Karen - 0.26%
John F - 0.00%

Team

Yellow (Randy/Michael)	3.29%
Orange (Kevin/Kevin)	2.90%
Blue (Lisa/Mike)	2.85%
Purple (Stacey/Deanna)	2.65%
Hot Pink (Angie/Angela)	2.47%
Gold (Joe/Donald)	2.38%
Black (Melanie/Karen)	2.01%
Green (Becky/Matt)	1.66%
Silver-Blue (Amy/Ben)	1.14%
White (John/John)	1.03%
Red (Jeff*/Jim)	0.75%

And we have a challenge winner - Lisa is the first to lose 5%. Congrats!

First Weigh-In

Started with 22 contestants. Here is the line-up:

Pink - Angela and Angie
Green - Becky and Matt
Yellow - Michael Ray and Randy
Silver - Amy and Ben
Safety Orange - Kevin Rhodes & Kevin Joyce
Purple - Stacey and Deanna
Blue - Mike Harrison and Lisa
Black - Karen and Melanie
White - John Hess & John Farrar
Gold - Joe Contaoi & Donald
Red - Jim Mikkelson & Jeff Kukulka

A few things to remember...If you are watching the show, DON'T be freaked out by the numbers they are dropping. These people are on lock-down and have their diets monitored every second of every day. They are also working out ten hours a day. There is no way we can compete with these numbers and hold down a full-time job! Keep your goals realistic - a pound a week is awesome! If everyone does that, we will all be winners! And keep hydrated! Make sure you eat healthy foods at regular intervals. Don't skip meals as your body will freak out and retain both weight and water.