CONGRATULATIONS
               TO WEEK 10 WINNERS!
                     DI AND MARC!!!!

....AND THE BIGGEST OVERALL LOSERS FOR THIS CHALLENGE ARE.....MOE AND MARC!!!! Congrats to both of you. 
There have been rumblings about an August challenge and another for the fall, so if you have thoughts or ideas feel free to post them!  Hope everyone is enjoying the summer and before it passes us all by, lets make a plan to get to together to celebrate the completion of the challenge, as well as congratulating ours losers.

WEEK 9 LOSERS AND WEEK 10 WEIGH-IN

WEEK 9 LOSERS ARE AC AND MYSELF...
CONGRATS AC!

WEEK 10
THIS IS OUR LAST OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN FOR THIS CHALLENGE.  TWO LOSERS WILL WIN THE WEEK 10 WEIGH-IN AND THEN ONCE KAREN C. HAS EVERYONE'S PERCENTS SHE WILL  DECLARE THE OVERALL GUY AND GIRL BIGGEST LOSERS AND THEY WILL WIN THE GRAND PRIZE!  GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE! 

JUST ONE MORE REMINDER TO CHECK WITH MOE AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE PAID UP FOR ALL 10 WEEKS SO SHE CAN PAY WEEK 10 AND OVERALL LOSERS!

Week 8 Losers and Housekeeping

Happy Summer Losers! 
 First and foremost, let me apologize for last week's post confusion.  It was a crazy week and I forgot to create a new post...once I remembered some losers had just used the previous week's loser of the week post.  Not to confuse things more I just left as is.  Some losers did not get to post last week, so please include last week's loss or gain with your comment for this week's loss or gain....Karen C. needs your % to keep the spreadsheet accurate.

Week 8 Losers
 Our Week 8 Losers are Marc and Donna....CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

WEEK 9 WEIGH-IN
Please use this post to post Week 9 %

HOUSEKEEPING
All losers who owe money for past weeks or the remainder of the challenge must touch base with Moe and pay in full by the end of next week as overall losers will need to be paid at the end of Week 10 on June 29th! 

Karen C. came up with a great 31 days of July challenge....pay $31 and if you lose 5% of your body weight by the end you  get your money back!  It's a WIN - WIN...you stay on course for the most part and get your money back.....you only weigh in at the beginning of the month and at the end!  If you do not stay on course and lose 5% your money is split between those who did.  If you are interested please plan on paying your $31 no later than July 1.....I guess I am packing my scale for the beach!

If anyone has any questions or concerns please post with your comments.

 Can you believe we have been doing this since April??????   One more week to go......good luck to all of you.  If you reached your goal...congratulations!  If you have a little more work to do, but are smaller than when you started...Congratulations!!!!  If the weight didn't go on in ten weeks, it's not all coming off in ten weeks, but this was a fun weigh to jump start getting in shape with friends....I personally love the friendly competition and look forward to July!

WEEK 7 LOSERS

Congratulations to Moe and Dave!! They had a "Turneriffic" week!  Good job losers!

WEEK 7

                Good luck losers on your
                    Week 7 Weigh-ins!!

WEEK 6 LOSERS

        Week 6 Losers Di and AC!!!!!

WEEK 6

Hey Losers!  Good luck with your Week 6 Weigh-ins!  We only have 4 Weeks left until our finale, so be thinking about some ideas.  We will all be up at the beach at the same time(Quinns typically cross the bridge for a visit or we can go to them and the Skeffs are good for a visit up as well), so perhaps a themed based celebration to complete our Biggest Loser Competition??  Use your imagination and post your thoughts. 

Congratulatiuons to our Week 5 Losers Moe and AC!

We still need to have a challenge, so all losers must chime in with an opinion.

Also, what's a biggest loser challlenge without a finale....be thinking of what we can do......maybe something up at the beach???? We will all be up there at the same time(I am sure Skeffs will be visiting)....so put your thinking caps on.

Happy Memorial Day!!

WEEK 5 WEIGH-IN

GOOD LUCK LOSERS! WE ARE 1/2 WAY THROUGH OUR CHALLENGE!

Week 4 Losers

Congratulations to Dave Week 4 biggest loser for the guys and Donna and Tortoise(me) tied for the girls!

Week 4 Weigh-in

Good luck losers!

Week 3 Losers

Week 3 Losers

Congratulations to our Week 3 Losers
Karen C. and Marc!

Good luck losers with Week 4

WEEK 3

WEEK 3 WEIGH-IN

Hey losers!  Hope everyone had a great week.  Good luck!

Don't forget, you need to come up with some fun challenge ideas and post them on the blog.  The next couple of weeks will be tough without some friendly competition and motivation....PLUS I think you burn like 100 calories for every idea you think up....I  think it's been scientifically proven! 

Also, remember to let me know if you would like to post any recipes on the blog! 

* IMPORTANT INFO:
I have figured out how to make everyone an author of the blog, but I have to invite you to be an author, so as soon as you can,  I need all losers to send me your email address via text or email and I will send you an ivitation. Please send email address even if you think I already know it....just to make sure they are correct...TY!

WEEK 2

WEEK 2 LOSERS

CONGRATULATIONS WEEK 2 LOSERS.......
MARC AND DONNA! 

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE AS WE BEGIN WEEK 3!

WEEK 2 WEIGH-IN

WEEK 2 WEIGH-IN
Happy Friday Losers! Good luck to everyone with your weigh-ins.  You can use the fit-watch calculator link from last week's post and plug in last week's weight and today's weight to find your % of weight loss.  Please be sure to post under comments for this post and start with your name. 
Now that everyone has a few weeks under their slimmer belts, perhaps we should start thinking of a fun challenge?  Whatever we do, it should start and end at Skeff's Pub...I am thinking a lap or two around the cul-de-sac should definately cover the physical aspect of the challenge and then we can rehydrate at the pub, which as we all know is very important after an extensive workout!  Please feel free to offer suggestions while posting!  I will put up a post on Saturday announcing our Week 2 Losers!  Good Luck!

WEEK 1 LOSERS

Congratulations to our Week 1 Losers.....
Marc and Donna!

So here is how it works...once everyone has paid for Week 1 and Week 2 the payouts will be as follows:  For the girls....the weekly loser payout will be $15.00 and the overall loser at the end of the 10 weeks will win the $100.00 grand prize, as well as, the bragging rights to being Season 2 biggest loser!  Now if you so choose, you can put your winnings towards weekly payments, so Donna if you would like, your Week 1 winnings can be put towards Week 1-3 payments....just let Moe know.

For the guys....the weekly loser payout will be $10.00 and the overall loser will win the grand prize of $100.00 again along with bragging rights to being Season 2 biggest loser.....bragging rights seem to be worth more than the cash.  Same as for the girls, Marc if you wish your winnings can go to payment for Week 1-2.  Girls weekly payment is a little more than guys just because we have one more girl than guy.

Good luck to all losers Week 2.

 Remember, the blog is here not just to weigh-in and post winners but also if you wish to share and idea or a recipe...we all love new recipes.  Last season we came up with some interesting challenge ideas as well....so keep the ideas coming!

Week 1

Welcome Losers to our Week 1 Weigh-in!
Here is a refresher for previous losers and info for our new losers.  I have included the link below for you to go on  and plug in Monday's weight and today's weight.  Remember, we go by % of weight loss, not pounds lost.  Once you have your % of weight loss you  can post it under the comment section of this post(be sure to start with your name). 
Now keep in mind, at some point you need to get your money for Week 1, as well as Week 2, to Moe.  She won't be able to pay Week 1 losers if she has no money:).  If it is easier and you see me, you can give it to me and I will pass it along to Moe.  You may want to pay  a few weeks at a time.  Moe can give reminders to those who do if/when they owe money
Good luck losers!
www.fitwatch.com/qkcalc/calculate-weight-loss-percentage.html

One last thing....I am not sure why no other losers are listed as followers of the blog.  I will figure it out sometime this weekend.  Remember, last season you all signed-up to be authors of the blog and you could write posts as well...nobody took me up on it, but you may tire of me in the next 10 weeks and want to post one week, so let me know!

Welcome Spring Losers

Welcome Losers! 
Before getting started everyone will need to make sure that you can access the blog.  If anyone has any trouble we have this week to tweek things.  Tommy and Donna, when you try to post a comment the blog should walk you through setting up either a yahoo or google account, if you do not already have one.  You can share one account or you can have seperate accounts and post individually(so long as its just not a family account as we do not invite the kids on our blog). 
 Everyone else should have accounts from the last time.

According to my quick calculations, 10 weeks should bring us roughly to the end of June (June 29th).  $5 a week per person will be paid to Maureen...you can pay weekly, every so often, or all at once.  Same as last time, half the money will go to the weekly loser and the other half will go towards the overall loser. We will once again have a girl and guy winner each week and overall. 

One change from last time, everyone must post % on Fridays.  Some losers did have  computer isssues last season, which is understandable and I had some issues with the blog, which made it impossible to post, but it makes it difficult to determine losers and payouts if everyone doesn't post on the same day, so please just do your best!

Please text or e-mail any blog issues before Friday's weigh-in.  Everyone should weigh-in tomorrow(Monday, April 23) to get your start weight.  I know this will be a short week, but it seemed as if everyone wanted to get started sooner than later.  Before Friday's weigh-in I will do an addtional post with % calculator site.  You can use this post on Friday under comments to post %.

Good luck losers!  Please let me know if I forgot anything.  We have a few new losers this time and I want to make sure we give them all the info they need!