Take 2 Days off!

What a DUMB way to diet.

Here is my confession - and I really wasn't too bad. I didn't eat until I was full at any time, and only ate a couple of the small snacks when I wasn't actually hungry.

Over the last two days I ate:
7-8 Dunkin Donuts
1.25 pieces of French toast - with Syrup
Orange Chicken, Beijing Beef, Sweet Fire Chicken, 1/2 steamed rice, 1/2 chow mien, 2 cheese rangoons and a chicken egg roll at Panda Express
7-8 Oreos
2 Nacho Cheese Doritos
5-6 Cracked Black Pepper and Olive Oil Tricuits
A massive grilled cheese sandwich (with green chilies, of course)
A small bowl of tomato soup
A plate of spaghetti and meatballs (about 1/2 - 2/3 of my normal size)
1 square of a Cadbury Bar
3 small cinnamon rolls

(I think that's it)

I drank:
about 3 liters of Pepsi and Cherry Coke (combined)
about 1.5 quarts of Vitamin D milk

I even skipped eating anything at Sonic when we took everyone to get half price shakes.

The result:
10 freakin' pounds!!!

DUMB, DUMB, DUMB

Bring it on!

I gave everyone a SMALL taste of my skills for the Week 7, the second to last weigh-in. You think 7 lbs is pretty good?  OH BABY! You don't even know what week 8 might bring.

(Taunting Bryce and Steven - what a dumb way to diet! Especially if I don't do too good this week.)

Biggest Loser and Littlest Loser (week 6)

And the Biggest Loser for week 6 is... CRYSTAL! 

She wanted a taste of the glory... and she got it! Crystal is climbing the ranks, narrowing the gap between the men and women with her weigh-in win of 2.04% weight loss! Well done, young one. Those boys had better watch out! Maybe her plan all along was to have the $100 prize to the Biggest Female Loser deal come into play before she kicked it into gear and pulled ahead!

And the Littlest Loser for week 6 is... CAMILLE. :(
Camille had an unfortunate gain of .25%, and while that's not as bad as last week, it's still not as good as it could be! If you see Camille at all this week, give her some words of encouragement! Maybe like "Camille's number one. Her muscles are number one. Her eyes are number one" (etc., etc.). Her weekly punishment (chosen by Nikki) is this: Camille must eat something within 15 minutes of waking up in the morning, and must not eat anything after 7:00pm. Failing results in a 2 mile consequence (per offense), to be completed within 24 hours. DEAL WITH IT! 

I'm at work and don't wanna get caught, so I gotta go. But good luck all!
Good luck during week 6! Only SEVENTEEN DAYS remain!

Biggest Loser and Littlest Loser (week 5)

And the Biggest Loser for week 5 is... STEVE! 

Steve comes in with another win this week, this time with 2.02% weight loss! Well done. Word on the street is your top secret technique doesn't even involve exercise!

And the Littlest Loser for week 5 is... NIKKI. :(
I spoke too soon last week, as we had not one, but TWO losers gain. Nikki topped the scale with a gain of 1.20%, leading to a weekly punishment of Cheryl's choosing (which turns out to be sending a new self-affirmation to the group daily via text, with Steven as her chosen Buddy).

We had numbers all over the place this weigh in... some pretty high, some pretty low and some the same as last week. Let's kick it into gear this week and see some strong losses across the board. You can do it!
Good luck during week 6! Only SEVENTEEN DAYS remain!

did you know...

...that our group lost 19.7 pounds (1.34%) during week 4 and has lost a whopping 89 pounds (5.77%) since we started four weeks ago?? That's terrific! That's, like, two or maybe three small children!

Camille mentioned to me that if we match our progress in the weeks to come, we will have an average body weight percentage loss of about 10%! And 10% seems to be the magical number of turning health around. It represents big improvements! So give yourself a pat on the back-- you are changing your life and the lives of the people you love. Keep it up!

Biggest Loser and Littlest Loser (week 4)

And the Biggest Loser for week 4 is... NIKKI! 

There must be some secret ingredients in those gnats and boogers Nikki was eating, because she topped this week off with a 2.46% weight loss for week 4! I think we can all agree she's got made some interesting additions to her diet, but I can't quite figure out how Red Robin, Iceberg and Zupa's fit into the weight loss thing... Only her rumbling tummy knows.

And the Littlest Loser for week 4 is... CHERYL. :(
Cheryl clocked in last place this week with a .82% loss, so despite the fact that she had a healthy amount of weight loss this week, Cheryl's still facing a weekly punishment of Camille's choosing.

I would like to point out that this week's Littlest Loser percentage is the highest we've had so far! What's more is that not a single competitor has had a net gain at any weigh in for dumb ways to die(t)! That's awesome! As a matter of fact, it's beginning to look like the weekly consequences of being Littlest Loser are less like punishments (like you would expect for gaining weight) and more like boosts (a little something to help you lose even more weight than you're already losing)!

So... the average Littlest Loser percentage of weight loss is increasing, and ridiculously large losses seem like they might be fading out... this means that everyone's percentages may begin leveling out. If you're at a low overall standing, take heart! There's still a chance to win-- you've just got to hang in there, stay consistent, but at the same time push yourself where you can without pushing yourself so far that you relapse. Slow and steady wins the race, but it never hurts to run faster if you can without collapsing. 

Although we have set this up as a competition, we are all here to support each other and WE ARE ALL MAKING GREAT PROGRESS. Well done, team. Keep up the good work!

And good luck during week 5!

Since I'm not sure the weekly prizes are worth it ...

Since I haven't seen my weekly prize, I decided not to lose very much this week.
At least that's my excuse.
Dieting only to win prizes, what a dumb way to diet!