Welcome to the WISH Biggest Loser 7 Challenge

[jennz]

Wow Brenda you are doing so much! Thank you! I look forward to reading the list every week.

Vicky - congrats!

Vij - glad you're feeling better!!

 

[LuvBaloo]

Dare2dream (Brenda)

Thanks for all your work!

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

I made my goal! I'm a superstar! That totally made my week, especially since I gained at my meeting last night. My normal weigh in day is Thursday, so if I'm lucky tomorrow will be better. I went last night because I was really needing the motivation.

Congratulations to all the superstars. Especially Vicki! You go girl!

 

[dare2dream]

Hear Ye Hear Ye, the Weightkeeper speaks

Here it is finally losers as promised BL7 trivia. Trivia may not be the best word but let's look at where we started and where we were at the half way mark. Please keep in mind that all these figures are based on the weigh in from February 13. We have had two weigh ins since then and things have changed. This information is only provided as a look at us half way through the challenge.

So much stuff, where to start? First let's compare weekly recaps.

week-----------1-------2-------3--------4-------5-------6
participants---134----134-----139------128----113-----107
additions---------------9-------5---------1------4-------2
removed---------------4-------16--------18-----10-----11
returned----------------------------------2---------------
current-------134----139------128-----113-----107-----98
excused--------2-------3--------3-------2-------2------2
1 wk no report-25------23------20------13------16-----12
2 wk no report--4------18------19------11-----11------12
initial weights---7-------7-------4---------------2-------2
weigh ins------96------88------82------87-----76------70
gains-----------2-------7-------8------19-----16------11
maintains-------8-------7------10------13-----14------14
losses---------86------74------64------55-----46------45
# gained------2.2----12.7----12.6----29.5----23.6------8
# lost------271.1---168.9---122.2---113.9----72.5----81.4
net loss----268.9---156.2---109.6----84.4----48.9----73.4
late losses-----------11---------------9.2----.8 gain---1.5
removed------------------------------45-----16.1-----29
cum loss---268.9---436.1---545.7---594.3---626.3---672.2
% lost----1.36%---0.89%---0.67%---0.48%--0.33% --0.54%


We ended week 6 with 98 participants. 2 of them were new and sent in their initial weights that week. Let's look at our 96 losers. I call this 'before and after'.

-----------before-----after
125-49------3---------7
150-74-----22--------27
175-99-----27--------22
200-24-----19--------22
225-49-----12---------6
250-74------4---------5
275-99------6---------5
300+--------3---------2
total-------96--------96

We have had many changes in weight brackets. I am most excited about a loser that has gone from the 300s to the 200s in 6 weeks and 4, yes 4, ladies that have gone from the 200s to the 100s. Congratulations to these 5 superstars! I will not name them but if they would like to toot their horns they may go ahead and shout for the world if they would like.

Now let's look at one of my favorite lists - Perfect attendance. Perfect attendance is also awarded to those with excused absences. To be excused you must notify me BEFORE your absence. Posting a note on the thread does not count. Having a weight each week or a yellow excused mark makes my job so much easier.

Perfect attendance for 6 weeks
50sjayne
airtime247
AuntieM03
CarolA
Cinderelly516
dare2dream
Debbie
DisneyFam5
donac
DonaldDuckFamily
goldcupmom
IngridRalph
jamesnnick
Kitten
leamom2princesses
lisah0711
lisaviolet
Lucky'sMom
LuvBaloo
MA pigletfan
Maherae
MelanieC
Melisa1
MickeyMagic
mikamah
mousehouselover
mvlimmex
mybestieismickey
NancyIL
Nik's Mom
ohMom
philbenjc
PRINCESS VIJA
Riverhill
robinb
shewelch
TammyNC
tink1963
wdwmouse
Worfiedoodles

Some participants joined us later and have had perfect attendance since joining

4 weeks
corrinak
HappyMomOfThree

3 weeks
HarleyMom
hhartill
ScubaD

2 weeks
rhondamccollough
BibbidyBobbidyBoo

1 week
momoflizandains
TeresaNJ

Now let's name our turtles. Our weight loss journey isn't exactly a race but it a journey. Some start out great and fizzle out. Some are working slow and steady to finish the race. I call these racers turtles. These turtles have been with us three or more weeks and have had a loss every single week they have been with us.

First our 6 week turtles
airtime247-Steve
DisneyFam5-Michele
DonaldDuckFamily-Christine
goldcupmom-Julie
Lucky'sMom-Julie
philbenjc-Juanita

Now the turtles that joined us later
4 weeks - corrinak-Corinna
3 weeks - HappyMomOfThree-Mary and HarleyMom-Bethany

Some turtles have had just 1 off week. They are human after all. An off week is a no report, an excused absence, a gain, or a maintain.

6 week human turtles with 1 week off
BuzzBiteyear-Jeff
Cinderelly516-Amy
hugabearjo-Joleen
jamesnnick-Jen
Kitten-Carolyn
lisaviolet-Lisa
LuvBaloo-Shannon
MA pigletfan-Gina
MelanieC-Melanie
MickeyMagic-Sue
mikamah-Kathy
Nik's Mom-Sherri
njmom23grls-Lisa
runswithscissors-Sarah
Triton'sDaughter-Melissa
wdwmouse-Beth

5 week human turtle with 1 week off
cquick-connie

3 week human turtle with 1 week off
hhartill-Helen

Now let's look at the progress of our group of 98. As I mentioned we had two initial weigh ins for week 6. Of our remaining 96 we had one gain in 6 weeks for .4 pounds and 2 maintains. That leaves us 93 losers. They lost 672.2 pounds. That gives us an average of 7.2 pounds lost per person.

2 initial weigh ins
1 gain of .4 pounds
2 maintains
51 losses 1-6 pounds
23 losses 7-10 pounds
17 losses 11-15 pounds
1 loss 16-20 pounds
1 loss 21-25 pounds

Now let's name our above average losers

7-10 pounds
BibbidyBobbidyBoo-Shelley
cquick-Connie
DonaldDuckFamily-Christine
Dreamer1-??
GabbyMom-??
jamesnnick-Jen
jennz-Jennifer
jimmduck-Linda
LuvBaloo-Shannon
luvs_eeyore-Karrie
Maherae-Anne
MelanieC-Melanie
michella-??
mousehouselover-Noni
mvlimmex-Vicki
NancyK-Nancy
Mick's Mom-Sherri
njmom23grls-Lisa
PRINCESS VIJA-Vija
sneezie-Tamara
sskem96-Sara
TammyNC-Tammy
Tiger Lily 03-Lily

Now our 11-15 pound losers
50sjayne-Susan
airtime247-Steve
Disneynut71-Michelle
hugabearjo-Joleen
Krisi616-Krisi
Leleluvsdis-Leanne
LisaNJ25-Lisa
Lucky'sMom-Julie
luvsTink-Anne
married2grumpy-Simone
MIckeyMagic-Sue
My2E's-Angie
philbenjc-Juanita
raenstoirm-Carla Rae
runswithscissors-Sarah
Triton'sDaughter-Melissa
wdwmouse-Beth

Now the REALLY BIG LOSERS
16-20 pounds-BuzzBiteyear-Jeff

and our Biggest Loser in the number of pounds
21-25 pounds-DisneyFam5-Michele

That was excitement but there is one more number to examine - the percentage of pounds lost. We include all 96 participants in these calculations. We lost 672.2 pounds with an average lost per participant of 7 pounds. Our starting total weight was 19604.9 with an average weight per person of 204.2 pounds. We now weigh 18932.7 pounds with an average weight per person of 197.2. Our average percentage of weight lost was 3.43%. Let's recognize our above average losers.


#40 -3.58%-MA pigletfan-Gina
#39-3.62%-jennz-Jennifer
#38-3.65%-michella-??
#37-3.72%-goldcupmom-Julie
#36-3.8%-Tiger Lily 03-Lily
#35-3.85%-reesecup-Sandy
#34-3.95%-Kitten-Carolyn
#33-4.09%-MelanieC-Melanie
#32-4.17%-BibbidyBobbidyBoo-Shelley
#31-4.24%-LisaNJ25-Lisa
#30-4.37%-LuvBaloo-Shannon
#29-4.43%-luvs_eeyore-Karrie
#28-4.52%-sskem96-Sara
#27-4.64%-Krisi616-Krisi
#26-4.69%-Dreamer1-??
#25-4.91%-Maherae-Anne
#24-4.94%-TammyNC-Tammy
#23-5.02%-mousehouselover-Noni
#22-5.09%-runswithscissors-Sarah
#21-(tie)-5.22%-njmom23grls-Lisa
#21-(tie)-5.22#-Leleluvsdis-Leanne

#20-5.23%-Nik's Mom-Sherri
#19-5.58%-Raenstoirm-Carla Rae
#18-5.59%-NancyK-Nancy
#17-5.64%-Disneynut71-Michelle
#16-5.67%-jamesnnick-Jennifer
#15-5.8%-DonaldDuckFamily-Christine
#14-5.85%-airtime247-Steve
#13-5.96%-MickeyMagic-Sue
#12-6.03%-mvlimmex-Vicki
#11-6.31%-wdwmouse-Beth

#10-6.41%-luvsTink-Anne
#9-6.47%-50sjayne-Susan
#8-6.82%-Triton'sDaughter-Melissa
#7-6.93%-philbenjc-Juanita
#6-7.01%-Lucky's Mom-Julie
#5-7.17%-BuzzBiteyear-Jeff
#4-7.21%-married2grumpy-Simone
#3-7.63%-My2E's-Angie
#2-7.85%-hugabearjo-Joleen






and now

The WISH Biggest Loser Challenge
First Half Biggest Loser!!

#1-8.96%-DisneyFam5-Michele

Well that's all there is to tell for now. See Michele I said I had a surprise for you. Great work. Sorry no clippie just bragging rights.

So losers there we are after 6 weeks. Where are you? Are you half way to your goal? What is your game plan to make the last half of BL7 really count? With hard work your name can be recognized with the greats. I know you can do it.

If your name is not listed anywhere above consider this. We had 155 people sign up for the challenge. After 6 weeks 57 had left. That's 37% gone. In the past two weeks we have lost an additional 17 people. Several of the people listed above are now no longer with us. If you are still involved with this challenge then you are a true superstar and I hope you will stick around and finish this out with us. Get to work superstar!!

 

[Tiger Lily 03]

Wow, Brenda this is a fantastic statistical report!
Thank you for doing this!

BL 7 Participants, Weigh to Go! We are doing it!

 

[MelanieC]

Tuesday QOTD- How long have you struggled with your weight?

I didn't start having weight issues till I was in my 20's. Then when I had my daughter I gained 40lbs. I didn't lose that until the year my brother died and I was in a car accident. I lost some weight because I hurt my hip and walking was hard. I lost about 20 pounds in a short period of time. Then I had my son and I only gained 26 pounds, but I started gain again after him. Then finally I went to WW's and lost about 50lbs. I gained some of that back and here I am today. I will conquer this and it better be the last time. I'm tired of dieting. I want to get to my goal and learn to maintain this time.

 

[MelanieC]

(MelanieC - we'll be at Pop at the same time! )

Woo hoo - I can't wait. Feels like a lifetime away, except I realized how little time I have left to lose weight - yikes.


Brenda
Holy cow girl, those are some serious number crunches, lol. Thanks for all your hard work. One thing I'm excited about is that I have had a wonderful week last week and this week and its paying off. My scale has gone down down down this week and I'm so excited to see where it lands on Friday.

 

[LuvBaloo]

Wow, Brenda this is a fantastic statistical report!
Thank you for doing this!

BL 7 Participants, Weigh to Go! We are doing it!

I completely agree! That's a lot of information to track!
I've realized I won't make my goal, which seemed so reasonable when I made it, but then life gets in the way.

Only 9 more sleeps until the long drive to DL. Need to be good until then, and not be too bad once I'm down there.

Congrats to everybody who is hanging in there.

 

[TammyNC]

Congratulations to all the Superstars this week!!!

Brenda - Thanks for the number crunching, sad to see our number of attendance dropping so much but WTG to everyone who is still hanging in there!!

 

[mikamah]

Congratulations Vicki, this weeks biggest loser!! And congrats to all the superstars of the week!!

Brenda!!! I love seeing all the statistics for the halfway mark. You are so generous with your time, we really appreciate it.

There are some pretty impressive numbers there. Whoo hoo! Michele!!
Kudos to everyone who is still here and working toward a healtier life!! Awesome work everyone!!!

I was a human turtle, with only one off week, but the past 2 weeks have been gains, so for the next 3 weeks, I need to kick it up and end with a bang.

 

[mikamah]

Thursday QOTD- Besides any disney parks, where are your favorite places to vacation?

I live in new england, am very fortunate to be so close to the beach. I love going to Old orchard beach in Maine, as well as Marthas Vineyard. We get to maine every summer, but haven't been to martha's vineyard since i had my son 7 years ago. I'm hoping to get there this summer for a weekend.

 

[TammyNC]

Thursday QOTD- Besides any disney parks, where are your favorite places to vacation?

I live in new england, am very fortunate to be so close to the beach. I love going to Old orchard beach in Maine, as well as Marthas Vineyard. We get to maine every summer, but haven't been to martha's vineyard since i had my son 7 years ago. I'm hoping to get there this summer for a weekend.

I love the Outerbanks and the NC mountains. Since we live in the middle part of the state, we can get to either in under four hours. Hoping to make a trip to each place for a long weekend before the year is up.

 

[lisah0711]

Congratulations Vicki and all the other superstars!

And a big THANK YOU to Brenda for the big job of the keeper of the numbers.

Thursday QOTD- Besides any disney parks, where are your favorite places to vacation?

Lake Okoboji in Iowa -- we go there every year -- DH's family has owned a place there since 1893!

I have high hopes to see my name on the list this week since I've finally had some good losses this week after a small loss last week and weeks of maintaining . . . maybe I've figured a few things out! I think I will make my goal for the challenge, too, yay!

 

[LuvBaloo]

Thursday QOTD- Besides any disney parks, where are your favorite places to vacation?

Disney cruises I've been lucky enough to be able to go on 2 cruises. The panamal canal cruise last year was fantastic!

Other vacation things we like to do is go to football games (more of a weekend trip, than a real big vacation). Other than Disney and football, we haven't done anything else for years.

 

[jennz]

Woo hoo - I'm # 39! Thanks Brenda!

We love to go to Scotland (have family there) but unfortunately don't get there very often. Except for that it's pretty much WDW, my parents are in Orlando so it gets combined.

 

[DisneyFam5]

There are some pretty impressive numbers there. Whoo hoo! Michele!!

Thank You very much! This is exciting! I've been waiting for that list anxiously and it was worth the wait! Thanks Brenda for all your work.

I've been tracking all my calories and exercise with a program on my iPhone and it has been working great. The accountability of having to record things and send my weight to a complete stranger is really helping me. Things are going a bit slower these last couple of weeks, but I'm hanging in there. Keep up the great work everybody and just keep on plugging along!

Now for the question. I don't think I understand it. Are you guys saying that there are actually other places to vacation besides Disney? Weird concept...We'll have to try it someday! Just kidding, but Disney is still my favorite!

 

[Tiger Lily 03]

Now for the question. I don't think I understand it. Are you guys saying that there are actually other places to vacation besides Disney? Weird concept...We'll have to try it someday! Just kidding, but Disney is still my favorite!

First, congratulations to you for sticking with it. You are doing fantastic.

I just have to laugh at this question. My answer is the same as Michele's. Not by my choice. My DH only knows WDW and no matter if I suggest another place. We go to WDW. So I guess there is no other place to vaca Michele. I WISH I knew variety, but it will never be.

 

[MelanieC]

Thursday QOTD- Besides any disney parks, where are your favorite places to vacation?

Ooh - fun question:

Las Vegas, but that is my home.
Smoky Mountains - We have this place we rent cabins up in the mountains and its heaven up there.
Colonial Williamsburg
Boston
Washington DC
California
and Anywhere in the Caribbean

 

[HarleyMom]

Thursday QOTD- Besides any disney parks, where are your favorite places to vacation?

We go to Custer State Park in South Dakota at least once every summer. We LOVE it there! We camp among the buffalo! We also love the Smoky Mountains. Haven't been there for a couple of years, but it's one of our favorites! But my heart will always belong to Mickey and MUST now go there every year! I'd move there if I could - maybe some day!

 

[DisneyFam5]

First, congratulations to you for sticking with it. You are doing fantastic.

I just have to laugh at this question. My answer is the same as Michele's. Not by my choice. My DH only knows WDW and no matter if I suggest another place. We go to WDW. So I guess there is no other place to vaca Michele. I WISH I knew variety, but it will never be.

Tiger Lily - what do you mean more variety? Where else can you visit 11 countries in just one afternoon? Talk about variety. Check out my Epcot video and you will see what I mean...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntg0g-0UDnM