Drumroll, please .......

And our winner is .................. Brandi!!!
Congrats! I'll get you your money shortly.

Second place is ................. Jen H.
Let me know if you want the Biggest Loser workout DVD or a custom announcement (Christmas, baptism, etc.).

Third place is ................ Jen P.
Also let me know what kind of announcement you'd like made. Once I get your pic I can make the one you'd like. (Obviously if it's Christmas we'll wait until Fall.)

CONGRATS to everyone on healthier living and weight lost. I should add up the totals, but I'm thinking all together there were more than 100 pounds lost in this challenge!!!

Once again, please let me know if you have any ideas for the Fall challenge. I try to have different ways to earn points to keep it fresh for those who do it more than once.

Keep posting if you'd like, and keep up the exercise and self-control all summer. I hope to get to under 200 this year, and once I'm recovered from baby I plan to get started. Maybe us locals should plan to do a 5K together in the fall?

Thanks to you all for your commitment and dedication. This has really been fun and inspiring!

Congrats!

Well I know I have disaperd here for the last couple of weeks but with good reason. I just wanted to write today and thank Denise for inviting me to be a part of this and congratulate the winner! My whole family was sick the last time I wrote and then i got it, Except when I get any kind of stomach sickness it throws my whole system of for a couple weeks and I have to be carefull what I eat and when I eat so I couldn't do this challenge anymore. Longer and more complicted then I am saying but you don't want all the fun details. Hope everyone has had sucsess and gets to wear those smaller clothes!

So Proud

Dear weight loss buddies,
I just have to say that I am so proud of how well all of you have done. Now if I could only get my slacker butt back into gear and join you all in your success. I totally think that everyone should keep posting and keep up with the great work that you have started. Here goes.
I decided each week that I would start cutting out the foods that are my worst enemy, one week at a time. Last week I cut out soda, so far so good. This week I am cutting out...you may want to sit down for this...chocolate!!! Next week it will be popcorn, that is about as far as my thinking has gone. The idea for this is that I don't suddenly deprive myself of all the things I love but rather gradually take them out of my diet.
My husband had taken our scale to work for a challenge they were having. He brought it back a week or so ago and I weighed myself, 240 lbs. This means that I have gained back ten pounds(out of 25)that I had lost when this blog was first started. Dang it!!! I am determined not to repeat this cycle. I am going to start losing weight again and it will not find its way back.
Yesterday I went walking the trail around our neighborhood. It's amazing how out of shape we can become in a short amount of time. When Denise and I started walking the trail last year it was hard, but eventually I got to the point were it was a breeze. Yesterday I thought I was going to die, my calves hurt so much. Hopefully it won't take long before I find it to be a breeze again.
Hope to hear form all of you on your journey. Just because the official challenge is ending doesn't mean that we can't continue to challenge one another to lose the weight. So my first official challenge to you all is to keep posting.
Gwen

jen p

71pts. I missed a point on sat. My uncles birthday party with lots of yummy treats. Congrats on the baby. I lost a wee bit of weight this week. Weighed in at 221.8.. its something!

The End . .

Well, I tried to make an end run, a little late. Which of course I realized about two days into this week and kinda gave up I guess. I ended with 63 (plus 2 bonus) for 65 weekly points with a grand total of 797. So close, yet so far. And of course, in giving up, and not exercising because of it and this lingering illness, I gained half a pound. My total weight loss for the challenge is 19.5 lbs. I would love to keep posting. I'm already feeling like I'm going to let myself down (I had dessert at dinner tonight), but I can't! I'm going back to the pool tomorrow--I already have a play date/sitter lined up! I'm going to Spain in a month and I really need to lose a few more pounds to make the airplane seat a bit more comfy. That's a long flight. So, I'm with Brandy, let's post away. And congrats Brandy, you were a tough challenge. Maybe in the fall I'll win it! Thanks Denise! And congrats on that baby!

I am sad this is over, because I like the weekly accountability, if anyone wants to keep posting with the accountability, please let me know, it really helps me progress. My week was ok, had 1.4lb loss and 68 pts. Total challenge points are 808 and I met my goal with 20.8lb lost. Yeah. Have a great week, off to SL to spend time with in-laws.

Week 12 points

My numbers for the week: 7 lbs. 3 oz. Need I say more? :)