Week 2 Results

Another week down and another 20 lbs lost. Great job!

Week 1 Results

The results are in. After just one week we lost 22lbs as a group. WAY TO GO!!!

2012 Fall Sprint

Welcome to fall. The summer is nearly over and hopefully you've had a chance to experience all that summer has to offer. For many of us, that includes BBQs, family gatherings and trips to the cabin - all of which typically include gorging on your favoite foods, deserts and cocktails. I for one have done more eating than exercising this summer and feel it's time for a little Weight08 motivation.

The next round of Weight08 will begin Friday, September 7th. This is both the official weigh-in date and first day to earn exercise points. Below are a couple of changes implimented during the previous round:

1. Shortened the timeframe from 12 to 8 weeks. (The competition period will run September 7th - November 2nd.) This will also be known as a "Sprint".
2. More ways to earn - $5 will be awarded to the top point earner each week. If there is a tie, that money will carry over to the following week and the person with the highest two-week total will earn both. (You must report your points by Sunday to be eligible for these bonus bucks.)

Please let me know by EOD Friday, September 7th if you are interested in participaing. As always, please feel free to invite friends, family and co-workers. The more people around you focused on eating better and exercising the better you'll do.

Good Luck!

The Results Are In... Well, Mostly.

From the very beginning till the very end it was a fierce competition. However, Jon Stodola won both the point total and highest % loss (by only .03%). This is the first time in Weight08 history that Jon has won either of them. Congratulations!!! (to me).

Observations:

- Overall, this was an exercise heavy competition (I’m guessing because people had more options for exercise with the nicer weather.)

- Although we started and finished strong we dipped in the middle – especially the week before last.

- Besides the top few people I feel like the weight loss points were fewer than in past competitions (I know it was harder for me with all the great BBQs, fairs and summer travels.)

- 5 people finished with an average of 8 points per week or more.

Great work everyone! Hopefully as the top people keep losing weight it will leave the door open for new Weight08 winners – I don’ think John E. or Tommy have much more weight to lose.

Below are the totals from last week as well as total points, weight loss % and total $ owed. Please send your payment in as soon as possible so the winners can be rewarded ASAP. Give Jon S. a call or email for mailing address if necessary. Hope to see you all again next time.

WEEK 7 RESULTS

John Ellis leads the way with only one week left. Although Jon S. gained a point on him last week I'm not sure it's going to be enough to surpass the 3-time champion. Dan Boxrud isn't too far back either - he could turn it on this week.

Even if you're already out for the final prizes, you still have a chance to win the $5.00 weekly bonus prize. Good luck and let's all finish strong.

IT MIGHT BE TIME FOR AN INTERVENTION!

John Ellis dropped an amazing 5lbs after already losing 12lbs. If he loses 2lbs more he will match the most he's ever lost during a weight loss competition... and that was in 12 weeks, not 8.

As I'm sure you could have guessed; John Ellis is our bonus $ winner this week with 12 points. Below are the results for the group.

We did better this week losing a total of 16lbs. Can we hit 20lbs next week? Let's finish strong!!!

WEEK 5 RESULTS

On Facebook I posted: "Apparently there's been a few of us who couldn't control ourselves at the State Fair this week. As a group we only managed to lose 9lbs." Then I realized the fair only started last Thursday so we may be in for another low week with points being reported again tomorrow.

Dan was the big winner for the 2-week bonus prize netting him $10 - straight cash homey!

Congratulations to Tom Stodola for being the high point earner last week. Unfortunately it doesn't get him anything except a couple points closer to the current point leaders: tied between Jon Stodola and John Ellis.

Hopefully we can see an improvement next week even with the Minnesota State Fair going on. Laura, Karen and all you out of towners should have a leg up on us Minnesotans this week. Gook luck to all!