For the Week of 9/18

Total to date loss:

Mom: 6
Big Sister: 8
Middle Sister: 6.6
Little Sister: 8
Dad: 3

Shame on Mom for Gaining this week. Shame on "Little Sister" for making no progress. Woot Woot to "Middle Sister" for her 2--count em-2 pound loss this week. And Dad is gaining ground with his 3 pound loss. Big sister had a loss, but only because she counts ever 1/10 of a pound--still, at least it is indeed in the right direction.

10-10-10 Sprint

Okay we have 10 weeks until Thanksgiving...what I propose is a Sprint. 10 weeks to loose 10 pounds, and anyone who is successful gets $10 from the pot. This means 10 "new" pounds. Not a total of 10 pounds by thanksgiving. If you fail to do so, you're not out anything, and whatever you have lost is added into your total. But if you make it, you get 10 of your dollars back, and you're that much closer to a potential win of the entire remaining pot. I'm still waiting to hear every one's weigh in for the week, but that will be your starting point for this new mini-challenge. The overall competition continues as normal throughout the next 10 weeks, and you are still required to e-mail me your weight weekly, this is just a little incentive. You can weigh in on November 25th (Thanksgiving) for that week, and as an added bonus, if you make your 10 pounds, I will not require a weigh-in on November 27, which means you won't have to confess what thanksgiving did to your progress. Participation is optional, but encouraged, unless you're chicken, or should I say Turkey.

It Starts

So shortly after having my 3rd baby, I talked my mom and 2 of my sisters into participating in a weight-loss competition. We all put in $50 in a winner-takes-all quest for decrease in poundage. When we started this, on May 1st, I think we all had high hopes of instant success, but as it is now September and we've all been diligent at making excuses as to why our success is so minor, I think its time for some kind of a jump start. We've got a support group, we're all pretty poor, so we've got motivation, we just need some drive. But here our loss stands, with 15 weeks to go:

Mom: 7
Big Sister: 7.7
Middle Sister: 4.6
Little Sister: 8
Dad: 0

Dad is a recent addition to the game, so his lack of loss is understandable, the rest of us are all talk and no action. But perhaps a blog will aid in our quest. If nothing else, it'll be fun!