Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the Weight Keeper speaks
We started the week with 62 participants. 7 folks have not checked in for three weeks and have been dropped from the challenge. Of course they will be welcomed with open arms if they decide to make a report to me in the future. 2 new participants have joined us this week.

to cats7494 - ??? and praline3001 - Brook that have joined us this week.
We are now at 57 current participants. 19 people did not check in for the week. That is 1/3 of our participants. 5 of them have missed 2 weeks, 14 have missed one week. One newbie will report their first weight change next week.
37 participants weighed in this week. We had 12 gains (almost 1/3 of us GAINED for the week), 8 maintains (that means that 54% of us did NOT lose weight this week), and 17 losses. Only 17 losses this week. That makes the odds of getting into the top ten very good. I should have a number for that since I took statistics but well sorry guys, does anyone even care about any of this stuff anyway?
Now let's look at our cumulative new loss. When folks drop out their losses are subtracted from the total. We had some pretty big losers drop out this week. We lost a 15 pound loss and three 8 pound losses that dropped out. So this week the addition of those pounds really hurt our cumulative loss. This week our 17 losers lost 26.9 pounds and our 12 gains were 11.3 pounds. Losses ranged from .2 pounds to 3.6 pounds and our gains ranged from .2 to 3 pounds. Our net loss for the week was 15.6 pounds and our cumulative net loss is now 411.1 pounds.
Now to the important part - (drum roll and fanfare please)
WISH Biggest Loser challenge #4 Week 8 Superstars!!!
#10 - 0.551% tinkamom - Debi
#9 - 0.568% LaLaroo78 - Michele
#8 - 0.667% dare2dream - Brenda
#7 - 0.722% goofyfan-12 - Paula
#6 - 0.830% Mercobear - Gretchen
#5 - 1.024% lynnielou - Lynn
#4 - 1.144% WDWorBust - Amanda
#3 - 1.485% jakenjacksmom - Suzie
#2 - 1.493% tmfranlk - Tia
and now the WISH Biggest Loser challenge #4 Week 8 Biggest Loser is . . . .
#1 - 1.516% Lisaviolet - Lisa
Great job Lisa. Claim your clippie. Wear it proudly. You have earned it!
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followed by the backslash IMG "". Congratulations Lisa!!! You add so much to our weekly thread and are so welcoming and encouraging to everyone. I'm glad it is finally your week to shine.
Wendy last weeks Biggest Loser must now give up the clippie. Only one loser may reign at a time.
Congratulations to all our superstars. I sure picked the right week to finally get back in the game. It has been a longlonglong time since I have been a superstar. Hey you could be a superstar next week.
This has been a monumental week for two superstars that have arrived in one-derland this week. Yes they now weigh in the 100s. What a one-derful accomplishment. Since we started our challenge one other person has arrived and I see at least 6 other people that could possibly get there by the end of our challenge. I know you can do it ladies!
I am already thinking about my big list to be published after week 10. In addition to our top losers it will name our perfect attendance superstars and those that have not gained at all during our challenge (I hope we still have some of those after 10 weeks).
I'm sorry I can't name everyone a superstar every week. Just by sticking with this challenge and trying to develop healthy habits you are superstars to me. As a group we seem to have had a difficult week. How was your week? Will this week be better? What are your plans to improve things this week? What are you doing to become a superstar?
So my fellow losers keep working your plan. If your plan isn't working then rework the plan. East less, move more. Find something that works for you and stick with it and try your hardest. With hard work we can all be losers and reach our weight loss goals.
Have a healthy day!