Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Season 2, Week 3 Rankings

1. Karlye Smith -3.92
2. Luz Stearns -3.14
3. Rigina Pietrowski -3.063
4. Tom Feltrin -2.41
5. Sara Hall -2.35
6. Stefanie Curtis -1.8
7. Quovia Peyton -1.69
8. Vernell Hutson -1.29
9. Kathy Loftus -1.01
10. Derry Greene -0.45
11. Michelle Cartagena -0.35
12. Barbara Washington (+)0.03
13. Constance Davis (+)2.03
14. Stephen Gadziola (+)2.56


Good job Karlye, Luz, and Rigina!

Big Loser Challenge Tip: You must drink 6 8-oz glasses of water. Nursing moms should have 8.

Don't forget to watch The Biggest Loser Challenge tv show tonight; it's very motivating!

Friday, January 22, 2010

Season 2, Week 2: Percentage Updates

The ranking for week 2 is as follows:

1. Karlye Smith -2.75%
2. Tom Feltrin -2.41%
3. Sara Hall -2.05%
4. Vernell Hutson -1.29%
5. Stefanie Curtis -1.13%
6. Luz Stearns -0.63%
7. Rigina Pietrowski -0.60%
8. Quovia Peyton -0.56%
9. Kathy Loftus -0.33%
10. Michelle Cartagena* 0%
11. Stephen Godziola* 0%
12. Derry Greene (+)0.23%
13. Barbara Washington (+).96%
14. Constance Davis (+)2.54%


Good job Karlye, Tom, and Sara!

*Contestants that were not able to weigh-in this week, are assumed to have stayed at the same weight from the previous week.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Calling all participants (weigh-in time)

Ladies and Gentlemen –

We’re in the 2nd week of the Big Loser Challenge and I hope you all made healthy decisions over the past 7 days. Please be sure you come today for your weigh-in so that we can tally up the percentages and see our progress so far.

We have 14 people committed to this challenge and that means that we all have a LOT of competition. Since we want to keep you motivated, we’re giving a 2nd, and 3rd place prize. The 3rd place winner will have a consolatory prize of $20 – the entrance fee. The 2nd place prize will win $50 and the 1st place will take home $210.

I look forward to seeing you all today!

Big Loser Challenge Tip: Be sure to have 5 servings* of fruits and vegetables every day! *Typically a serving of fruit and vegetable is ½ cup, except for leafy greens which are 1 cup. 5 servings a day are recommended; nursing moms should have 8; those over 350 lbs should have 9.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Season 2, Week 1 Big Loser Challenge

And our participants are:


Constance Davis (Public Affairs)
Rigina Pietrowski (Public Affairs)
Barbara Washington (Audits)
Vernell Hutson (Audits)
Tom Feltrin (Audits)
Luz Stearns (Audits)
Derry Greene (Public Affairs)
Sara Hall (Exec Sec)
Quovia Peyton (Exec Sec)
Karlye Smith (Exec Sec)
Kathy Loftus (Exec Sec)
Stefanie Curtis (Exec Sec)
Michelle Cartagena (Exec Sec)
Stephen Gadziola (Ombudsman)

Good luck to you all and may the Biggest Loser win!

Monday, January 11, 2010

Season 2 Big Loser Challenge Begins




Our Biggest Loser Challenge is a modified version of the Biggest Loser Challenge most of us watch on TV. One of the major differences is that there are no "teams". You are responsible for identifying the healthy changes needed in your life and it's your job to make it happen. We'll have a blog (bigloserchallenge.blogspot.com) as our major resource to post stories of our journey, share weight lose tips, upload before/after pictures, and most importantly - to keep track of our percentage weight loss.

Start Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010
End Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Place for weigh in: E11-312N
Day for weigh ins: Tuesday morning preferably before 10am
Calculation method: total percentage lost

Weigh-in rule: You can weigh in anytime on Tuesday as long as there is 1 witness. Set hours are preferences in order to keep the constant workflow productive in our real jobs. If you are not here on Tuesday please contact Luz Stearns or Barbara Washington to coordinate the weigh-in.

§ We will not post actual weights, just % lost.
§ On the last day of the challenge, the person with the highest percentage weight lost wins.
§ On the last day of the weigh-in, we'll announce who has the biggest percentage lost
§ Anyone interested can just accept the outlook invitation and show up and weigh-in.


If you have any questions or concerns throughout the challenge, just post a blog and let us know.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Congratulations to our 1st Biggest Loser

After much work, time, and effort I'm pleased to announce the winner of the 1st round of the Biggest Loser Challenge: Constance Davis! We're all so pleased with your accomplishment and you give us inspiration to keep our weight goals. Your winnings are being held by Vernell Hutson and she'll hand over the $120 CASH! Woo-hoo.

Constance, do you have anything to share with us? Tell us your secret on success and please share some tips. We all want a re-match.

Best regards,
The Big Loser Challenge Crew