Congrats SUSAN J.!

It was a race to the finish line, but Susan J. pulled it off in the end. Congrats to everyone for all the work you've put into eating better and living healthier. I hope we can all keep it up! Here are the final numbers.

1. Susan J. 10.29%
2. Mary 8.9%
3. Cristine 8.26%
4. Hailey 4.99%
5. Brigitte 4.65%
6. Ginny 3.95%
7. Suzan H. 3.9%
8. Tami 3.8%
8. Gary 3.8%
9. Chad 3.76%
10. Ray 2.8%
11. Kristi 2.78%
12. Robyn 1.19%

Ericka
Rebecca

Ranking for Wednesday, June 16th

This will be our last week before the big winner! Susan has kept the number one spot throughout our contest.....who will dethrone her? Or will she continue to reign? We will find out next Wednesday!

1. Susan J. 8.33%
2. Mary 6.5%
3. Cristine 4.82%
4. Hailey 4.4%
5. Tami 3.8%
6. Brigitte 3.14%
7. Ginny 2.86%
8. Robyn 2.38%
9. Ray 1.2%
10. Ericka .62%

Ranking for Wednesday, June 9th

There are some pretty serious numbers out there! Good job everybody!

1. Susan J. 6.86%
2. Mary 5.3%
3. Chad 4.49%
4. Hailey 4.4%
5. Robyn 4.17%
6. Tami 3.55%
7. Gary 3.2%
8. Kristi 3.03%
9. Ginny 2.72%
10. Suzan H. 2.7%
11. Brigitte 1.76%

Cristine
Ray
Rebecca
Ericka
Elaine

Ranking for Wednesday, June 2

1. Susan J. 5.88%
2. Mary 5.6%
3. Chad 4.49%
4. Ginny 3.95%
5. Cristine 3.61%
6. Gary 3.2%
7. Tami 3.1%
8. Hailey 2.93%
9. Suzan H. 2.7%
10. Robyn 2.08%
11. Kristi 1.94%
12. Rebecca .66%
13. Ericka .62%
14. Brigitte .25%

And the Winner is....

SUSAN J.!!!! Congrats! There were some really great improvements this go round, so congrats to all! There are four weeks left for everyone to do what they can to get to that #1 spot! Good luck this next week and think healthy thoughts.:)

1. SUSAN J. 6.37%
2. Mary 5.3%
3. Chad 4.08%
4. Cristine 2.93%
5. Kristi 2.91%
6. Hailey 2.63%
7. Tami 2.56%
8. Ray 2.3%
9. Elaine 2.26%
10. Gary 2.1%
11. Ginny 1.5%
12. Ericka 1.23%
13. Rebecca .66%
14. Brigitte .13%
15. Robyn 0%
16. Suzan H.-NC

Will you be our Half-Way Winner?!?!

This is our last week before our half-way mark and someone is going to be coming into some pretty decent cash-o-la. So, stay strong EVERY DAY this week and it could be you! Here's the ranking.

1. Susan J. 4.9%
2. Hailey 3.23%
3. Mary 2.9%
4. Tami 2.56%
5. Chad 2.3%
6. Cristine 2.24%
7. Suzan H. 1.95%
8. Kristi 1.57%
9. Brigitte 1.51%
10. Ginny 1.09%
11. Rebecca .66%
12. Robyn .59%
13. Merrilee .5%
14. Ericka 0%

Ray
Elaine
Gary-out of town

Helpful Tips and the Ranking

I did some searching online for some tips on how to lose weight because who wouldn't want a little extra help and advice, right? So, after a lot of work on my part (I think I may have lost weight doing this) here are the ten latest diets. Feel free to take a look and see if one will work for you!:) The ranking is below!

1. The Internet Diet. You lose weight because you're so addicted to being online, you don't eat for days at a time.

2. The Fantasy Diet. You eat a Collard Wrap while fantasizing you're really eating Death by Chocolate.

3. The Play With Your Food Diet. You're so busy making a castle out of your mashed potatoes, you forget to eat them.

4. The Food Chess Diet. You and a friend play chess using food tidbits as chess pieces. You are only allowed to eat when you capture your friend's players. You lose the game and you lose weight.

5. The Rolling Table Diet. You sit on a chair on wheels, trying to eat at a table on wheels. The motorized floor under your table is constantly shifting, so you don't get to eat much, and thus lose weight. (This is similar to The Seasick Diet, but takes place in your own land-lubbing home.)

6. The Fisherman's Diet. A fisherman holds a pole whose end is attached to a morsel of food in your mouth. Every time you try to bite down on the food, the fisherman pulls the food away.

7. The Puffed Food Diet. All your favorite foods are re-made in the style of puffed wheat or puffed rice. Your Cheese Ravioli is now mostly air, so you don't gain any weight.

8. The Mock Puffed Food Diet. In this diet, all the foods you like to eat are made of styrofoam, to resemble the Puffed Food Diet. Now you can't eat the food at all. (You try to, and spit it out.) You really lose weight.

9. The Edible Flowers Diet. You are only allowed to eat edible flowers. You get bored with them and eat nothing, thus lose weight.

10. The Love Diet. You munch playfully on your sweetheart's hand. You gain no calories; you lose weight. Your sweetheart loses interest in you because s/he preferred you with love handles.


1. Susan J. 4.41%
2. Mary 3.5%
3. Tami 2.9%
4. Hailey 2.05%
5. Robyn 1.78%
6. Ray 1.8%
7. Gary 1.6%
8. Suzan 1.5%
9. Kristi 1.45%
10. Chad 1.36%
11. Merrilee 1%
12. Brigitte .88%
13. Rebecca .66%
14. Ginny .41%
15. Ericka 0%

Cristine
Elaine

Where do you rank?

Alright, most of the numbers are in, so here they are! You never can tell how the first week will go, but we are looking pretty good! Good luck this next week everyone!

1. Susan J. 2.95%
2. Chad 1.5%
3. Tami 1.4%
4. Brigitte 1.13%
5. Elaine 1.12%
6. Kristi 1.09%
7. Ginny .95%
8. Hailey .9%
9. Suzan H. .7%
10. Rebecca .66%
11. Gary .5%
12. Cristine 0%
12. Mary 0%
12. Robyn 0%
12. Merrilee 0%
12. Ray 0%

Meghan
Ericka

Jack Pot Weight Loss-Round #2!

I hope everyone is starting off the first week of our contest well. I don't know about everyone else, but I'm really excited to shed some more pounds and get my body in shape and healthier. Here is the list of participants. If you are planning on doing the contest and your name isn't on the list, be sure to email me and let me know! Each Wednesday I'll post the results after I recieve everyone's percentage emails and throughout the week I may put up some other tidbits, so feel free to check in whenever. Also, if anyone has any tips or fun things they'd like to share on the blog, just email me and I'll put it up!

Brigitte
Chad
Cristine
Elaine
Gary
Ginny
Hailey
Kristi
Mary
Merrilee
Ray
Rebecca
Robyn
Susan J.
Suzan H.
Tami

Well, for the first time in Jack-pot Weight Loss history, which coincidentally hasn't been very long, there is a tie for first place! Here's the ranking!

1. Ginny 10.7% Suzan 10.2%
2. Audrey 8.9%
3. Brigitte 8.45%
4. Gary 6.8%
5. Audrey 6%
6. Robyn 3.83%
7. Jessica 3.56%
8. Mary & Ray 0%

Thanks everybody! I'd love to do this again with anyone who would like to participate. I think I'll send out a mass email in the next couple of weeks....so be looking for it if you'd like to join in again.

Suzan, your $$$$ will be on it's way shortly, with a little something extra, too.

ONE MORE WEEK!!!

Well, this is it folks. Everyone has a fighting chance, so be sure to put in your all this week! Here are the numbers for this past week!

1. Suzan 9.8%
2. Ginny 8.23%
3. Brigitte 6.71%
4. Gary 6.7%
5. Robyn 3.83%
6. Jessica 3.56%
7. Mary 0%
8. Ray 0%
9.

Audrey ?

Countdown!

Only TWO more weeks folks! Time to step it up...literaly! Here are this week's numbers. Hope everyone has a great week ahead!

1. Ginny 8.86%
2. Suzan 8.4%
3. Brigitte 7.18%
4. Audrey 6%
5. Gary 6.2%
6. Jessica 3.56%
7. Robyn 2.36%
8. Ray 0%
9.

Mary

This is anyone's game. Someone could easily gain or lose enough for anyone to take the lead! Here are the numbers for this week. Only three more weeks left!

1. Suzan 8.4%
2. Ginny 7.59%
3. Brigitte 5.79%
4. Gary 5.7%
5. Jessica 4.76%
6. Robyn 3.24%
7. Mary 0%
8.
9.

Ray
Audrey

Only FOUR more weigh-ins until the end of the contest! It's time to step up our game and make our goals a reality! Good luck everyone!

1. Suzan 7.7%
2. Ginny 6.32%
3. Audrey 6%
4. Brigitte 5.9%
5. Gary 5.2%
6. Jessica 4.17%
7. Robyn 4.13%
8. Mary 2%
9. Ray .2%

There are some pretty serious numbers out there this week! Great job everybody!

1. Suzan 7%
2. Audrey 6.9%
3. Ginny 5.69%
4. Gary 4.8%
5. Brigitte 4.63%
6. Robyn 3.83%
7. Jessica 2.97%
8. Mary 1.8%
9. Ray

Good Ideas

Here are some great recipie ideas that Jess sent me to put on the blog. Enjoy!

Breakfast shake: buy some brown bananas on sale, peel them, and freeze. Then I throw in a whole banana, some skim milk (or soy), ice, and sometimes some vanilla yogurt. If you like it sweeter, you can do some honey. Makes a great breakfast, lunch, or snack.

Also found a nice treat idea (thanks biggest loser recipe book). Buy some fat free cool whip, and make some cool whip sandwiches with graham crackers. Freeze, and enjoy. Some places you can get the flavored cool whip!

THE NUMBERS ARE IN!

Well, the big winner for this past week is ROBYN!!! Congrats! A very special package is on it's way to your place soon. Here are the numbers for this week. Audrey is in the first place spot again this week! Congrats!

1. Audrey 6.9%
2. Ginny 5.06%
3. Suzan 4.9%
4. Gary 4%
5. Brigitte 3.59%
6. Robyn 3.24%
7. Jessica 2.97%
8. Mary 1.6%
9. Ray .2%

Here's your motivation

I know it's hard to keep motivated from week to week, even though there is a nice little pot of money at the end of the rainbow, I thought it would be nice to have some extra motivation. Whoever has the highest percentage of weight loss for just this next week....so from today to Wednesday, March 3....gets their own special prize. I would tell you what it is, but surprises are more fun, don't you think?! Good luck to you all this week and the percentage that improves the most next Wednesday is in for a treat!(don't worry, not one with calories)

Here's this weeks results!

1. Audrey 5.2%
2. Suzan 4.9%
3. Ginny 3.79%
4. Brigitte 3.13%
5. Jessica 2.97%
6. Robyn 1.18%
7. Mary 1%
8. Ray .2%
9.


Gary

The Jackpot

So, the jackpot is at $100 and I thought it would be nice to let you all know a few things that could be done with the winnings. Here's a list of a few possibilities.

1. 10 eco water bottles....to share?

2. a portable dvd player

3. a fabulous outfit to go with your fabulous new waistline

4. a new digital camera

5. an elliptical trainer or with only a few more bucks, a treadmill

6. a new gas grill for outdoor bbqs

7. 5-10 new movies....depending on your picks

8. a new bike

9. 10,000 wishes in a wishing well or fountain

10. Donate it to a fund on the tithing slip or another charity

These numbers are looking good! Look this week for an extra post or two on the blog.....helpful hints and other goodies.:)

1. Audrey 5.4%
2. Ginny 4.43%
3. Gary 3.9%
4. Suzan 3.5%
5. Jessica 2.97%
6. Robyn 2.95%
7. Brigitte 2.43%
8. Ray .4%
9. Mary 0%



I'll put the final numbers up when they arrive!

Nice job everyone!

1. Audrey 5%
2. Ginny 3.16%
3. Jessica 2.97%
4. Gary 2.6%
5. Robyn 2.35%
6. Brigitte 1.97%
7. Ray .4%
8. Mary .01%

Sue-on vacation in the middle of no where...numbers to come next week.

Also, does anyone have any more "before" pictures?

Here's our ranking for this week! That's right, we've got a tie for first this week....tough competition. These numbers are really close!

1. Sue 4.2%
1. Audrey 4.2%
2. Gary 2.6%
3. Ginny 2.53%
4. Jessica 2.38%
5. Robyn 2.35%
6. Brigitte 1.39%
7. Mary 0.01%
8. Ray 0%

Looks like Sue has taken the lead this week! Congrats! Nice job everybody!
1. Sue 2.80%
2. Mary 2.40%
3. Jessica 2.38%
4. Gary 2.03%
5. Ginny 1.89%
6. Ray 1.4%
7. Audrey 1.20%
8. Robyn .59%
9. Brigitte .35%

Before Pictures

First Weeks Percentages

Well, we don't have all the numbers in yet, but I'll continue to post them as they come. For now, Gary is in our #1 spot this week! Congrats Gary! It looks like there will be some tough competition and don't sign off on anybody yet, because the underdogs are known to rise up and take the gold! Good luck this next week!

1. Gary 2.03%
2. Ginny 1.89%
3. Jessica 1.78%
4. Sue 1.4%
5. Robyn .59%
6. Mary .09%
6. Kent .09%
7. Ray 0%
8. Brigitte -1.04%

Layne
Hailey

Just say, "NO!" Tuesdays

Alrighty folks, tomorrow is weigh-in day! So, today try to have the motto "Just say NO!" Just say, "NO!" to that extra helping, to the sweet treat after lunch...or dinner...or anytime, to that coupon saying you could get a good deal on pizza, to that cozy spot on the couch, to that little voice in your head telling you it doesn't matter if you munch here and there on goodies.....it does! Say, "Yes!" to playing outside in the snow or going on a walk, to that workout video that's hiding somewhere behind all your other ones, to having veggies with your meal! We can do it, together!
Remember to send me your percentages tomorrow!

Here's Our Line Up

Brigitte
Gary
Ginny
Hailey
Jessica
Kent
Layne
Lee
Mary
Ray
Robyn
Sue
Wendy

So, has everybody weighed themselves? Remember this starting weight, because in three months time, we will all look back at that number and laugh in it's face.
I find that laughing really works my abs, so here are a few dieting jokes to get our six packs on their way.

" A blonde is terribly overweight, so her doctor puts her on a diet. "I want you to eat regularly for two days, then skip a day, and repeat this procedure for two weeks. The next time I see you, you'll have lost at least five pounds."
When the blonde returns, she's lost nearly 20 pounds. "Why, that's amazing!" the doctor says. "Did you follow my instructions?"
The blonde nods. "I'll tell you, though, I thought I was going to drop dead that third day."
"From hunger, you mean?" asked the doctor.
"No, from skipping."


"You have to stay in shape.
My mother started walking five miles a day when she was 60.
She's 97 now and we have no idea where she is."


"Chocolate is a vegetable. How, you ask? Chocolate is derived from cacao beans. Bean = vegetable. Sugar is derived from either sugar CANE or sugar BEETS. Both are plants, which places them in the vegetable category. Thus, chocolate is a vegetable."

On you marks...get set....go!

I hope everyone is pumped up and excited to lose weight and maybe even make a little money doing it! Every Wednesday I'll post the latest results of the participant's weight loss percentages. Luckily, no one will be voted off, like on Biggest Loser, so you always have the opportunity to take that first place slot. If anyone has any weight loss tips or recipes to share, just email me and I'll post them on this blog for all to see or make comments! Our current contestants are:

Sue-UT
Gary-UT
Lee-UT
Wendy-UT
Ericka-D.C.
Ray-TX
Mary-TX
Robyn-TX
Brigitte-UT
Hailey-KS
Jessica-UT
Ginny-MI