Final Weigh in!

So it has been three months and now is time to announce our winner.

The winner is...............





Tami with a whopping 15.46%

Tami lost 32lbs. Her goal is to lose 40 before Thanksgiving and I am pretty sure that she will make that goal. Tami you look amazing and I can tell by looking at you that you are happy and proud of your self! You are amazing!

Here is how the rest of us turned out:

Kris 7.41%
TyLeen 5.27%
Julie 4.99%
Becky 3.31%
TaNelle 2.62%
D'Ann .97%

I was really surprised how well everyone did! You are all awesome! Whether you are at you goal or not yet, you a one step closer!

Way to go ladies!

It was fun to do this with all of you. I know it pushed me a little harder to lose some weight. I would love to keep the blog going, so if you are still losing weight or not, please feel free to post any recipes, feelings you have or healthy tips!

Thanks ladies!

Weigh in #8

Aren't you surprised that I actually have this done early this week? I know I can't believe it myself!

Here we go:

TyLeen 161.3 now 162
TaNelle 140.2 now 140.2
D'Ann 155 now 153
Kris 228.5 now 226
Tami 182.5 now 176.5
Julie 125.6 now 124.5

Way to go ladies!

Just a reminder that the next weigh in will be on Halloween, Oct 31st. Email me you rstarting weight and current weight and I will figure out your percentage of weight loss and will announce the winner Nov 1st.

If you would like to try another competition let me know. I personally am not sure that I will go again just because I am almost at my weight goal. I don't mind running this blog still or being in charge of another round. We can do it without money if you want. Please email or leave a comment of your thoughts and ideas.

Good luck on your last week!!!

muscle more then fat?

Please tell me muscle weighs more then fat! I started running again this week and gained a pound. I am okay with it because I feel good when I run. So I am trying to not focus on the number I am trying to focus on how I am feeling. Good luck to all this week.

Weigh in #6 and #7

Sorry this was so late, but better late than never

Julie 126 now 125.6
Tami 186.5 now 182.5
TyLeen 162.2 now 161.3
Becky 233 now 234
Kris 230 now 228.5

Sorry if you did send me your weight and I didn't post it.

changes

So yesterday someone actually noticed I lost weight. :) Oh how happy that made me to know that someone out there noticed my hard work. (though it hasn't been so good lately)

How are you all feeling? Have people complemented you on your new figure?

weigh # 5

TyLeen 163.4 now 162.2
TaNelle 140.2 now 140.2
Julie 126 now 126
Tami 188 now 186.5
Becky 233 now
Kris 228.5 now 230

Buddy Walk

This up coming Saturday, the 25th at Howard Ammon Park there is a Buddy Walk. The Buddy Walk is a fundraiser for the Down Syndrome Association of the Mid Columbia. (DSAMC)

The walk, I believe is one mile and the fee is $10 if you pay in advance or $12 the day of. It is at 11:00am but you would need to be there before that to get your shirt and check in.

I will be attending this with my girls in support of a family in our ward. If you are interested in attending this event then click HERE for more details.

Hope to see some of you there.

weigh #4

Sorry about the missed week last week. I was out of town but here is this week's number from a few of you

Julie 127 now 126
TyLeen 165.6 now 163.4
D'Ann 154.4 now 155
Tami 191 now 188
TaNelle 141 now 140.2

Great job ladies!

Lettuce Wraps

So I found this recipe the other day, and since I was totally craving PF Changs, (but too cheap to go eat there) I made it last night. It was so yummy and Johnny said it was a nice light dinner. Which in his book is a good thing.

Hope you all enjoy!

Easy Lettuce Wraps

4 chicken breasts, chopped into bite size pieces
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 cup celery, diced
1/4 cup carrots, diced
1/2 red pepper, chopped
1 small zucchini, chopped
1/4 cup green onion, chopped
1/4 cup chopped almonds
1 tablespoon teriyaki sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon hoisin sauce (I didn't use this)
salt and pepper
iceberg lettuce leaves


Chop your chicken into bite size pieces. Then cook in a medium high skillet with a little bit of olive oil until cooked through. Then add your veggies. Saute for 2-3 minutes. Add salt, pepper, hoisin, soy and teriyaki. Let simmer for 2 minutes or so to let the flavors incorporate. Scoop a few spoonfuls onto lettuce leaf and top with almonds, and a little hoisin if you like a kick! Enjoy!

*Please share some of you "light recipes" with us too.

Weigh #3

Here we go:

TyLeen 167 now 165.6
TaNelle 145.2 now 141
D'Ann 154.5 now 154.4
Kris 232 now 228.5
Becky 234 now 233
Julie 126 now 127.0
Tami 195 now 191

Great job ladies! I think this reporting our weight lose is working for a lot of you!

I better get back on track!

Weigh in #2

Another week gone and here is where some of you are at:

TyLeen 167.2 now 167
TaNelle ? now 145.2
Julie 126.6 now 126
Becky 236 now 234
Kris 235 now 232
Tami 199 now 195

Looks like everyone is doing well! At least there is no weight gains on this list! Way to go girls!

Weigh in #1

So I got a few of your weights so here we go, in no particular order:

Julie 130.2 now 126.6
TyLeen 168.6 now 167.2
Becky 242 now 236
D'Ann 154.5 now 151.5
Kris 237 now 235
Tami 207 now 199

Looks like everyone is on a roll. Hopefully next week we can get this a little bit more accurate with our other competitors.

Thanks everyone and good luck this week!

Slacking Big Time

So I don't know about the rest of you, but this summer has really got me slacking on things. So finally I am posting more information about our competition this time around. I want to gather your starting weights this month. Many people have told me they want to be held more accountable, so this is a little bit better way to achieve that. Then every Friday after you email me your current weight I will post how you did for the week.

So everyone who is doing another round with me please send me your starting weight and then email me again your current weight on Friday.

julietrevino7@gmail.com

Also I am going to make the cut off date to receive the money this Friday. If I don't see it, then whatever your current weight at the time I receive the $20 will be your starting weight. This will give those who paid early a little bit more of an advantage.

You will know I have your money when you name is posted.

Good Luck everyone!

No wonder

So Valerie sent her secret to her success. All I can say is no wonder she won!

YAY!!! I am so excited! I tracked my workouts, so just in case everyone wants to know my secret to success, it was this:

Run 3+ miles every M-F for a total of 65 miles
2x/week Jillian Michaels 20 Min Shred, levels 2 and 3 (this is an awesome workout!)
Swim 128 lengths of Jason Lee pool
1x/week weight lifting in gym
5 misc hours of Turbo Jam aerobics
Mow lawn once a week (usually in 90 degree heat)
37 pushups and 37 situps about 4x/wk
20+ sugar-free days, good portion control on the days I did have sweets, and LOTS of raw veggies.

Oh, and my husband is in Iraq, I have 3 kids, and I'm having surgery tomorrow. If I can do it, anyone can! Good luck to you all on the next competition! -Valerie

And the winner is.........

So I know that everyone is dying to know who the winner is.

This chick whooped us all by losing 9.5 pounds which put her percentage at 5.9% Whoa!!!!

Who is this awesome girl????????








It's Valerie!!!!!!


Way to go Valerie.

Now how did the rest of us do??

Here we are:
Valerie 5.9%
TyLeen 4.098%
Jennica 3.636%
Kim 2.9%
Kris 2.469&
Julie 2.243%
Jodi 1.415%
Debbi 1.371%
Becky 0.813%
Krissa 0.7%


I am so proud of all of you! I know for me I have had my ups and downs but I can't feel like a loser, when I lost some weight.

I hope you join me for another round.

The end is near!

So ladies we are getting down to the wire here! Who is it gonna be?

So I wanted to remind you all that this Sat, is the weigh in this month. So I will need to receive your percentage of weight loss by Midnight on Sat. July 31. Just so we are all on the same page the way you calculate that is as follows: If you were 150 and lost 5 pounds it would look like this. 5/150=0.03333333333333333333 then x 100 = 3.33333% So I think we should have the decimal go out 5 places then you may round accordingly. I will post the winner on Aug 1st.

Now, after hearing few other people's ideas, I thought that we could change this competition for the next months. We thought it should be 3 months starting August 1st. Then the money you put in the pot would be 20 instead of 10. I would also like to run a 5K for those of you who are local. I think there is one at thanksgiving but maybe there is one sooner than that we can do together. Also to help keep the blog going I would like to have everyone post their weight loss each week. I will make the blog private so that only those of us competing will have access to it.

So if you would like to start next month, please send your 20 to me. Your starting weight will be whatever your ending weight was on July 31st. Then the final weigh for this round will be Oct 31st. Don'y forget any friends that may want to join.

I hope this has helped you all get the drive that you needed to work on your weight goals. I know it has for me and I am looking forward to the next round!

If you have any questions please contact me.

Thanks and good luck everyone

Yummy Salad

Do you find that salads just aren't filling enough? Well I found this awesome salad that I love. It is the perfect summer salad and since the berries are in season right now, I just had to share this recipe with you all.

Raspberry/Blueberry salad from Taste of Home Magazine
1 pkg ready to serve salad greens
3 1/2 cups cooked chicken (I use leftover chicken of whatever I made or you could buy the frozen chicken or even canned chicken.)
1 cup fresh sugar snap peas
1 cup fresh blueberries
1 cup fresh raspberries
1 celery rib sliced
1/4 cup slivered almonds

Dressing
1/4 cup olive oil
3Tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 Tbsp seedless red raspberry preserves
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp pepper

Mix oil, vinegar, preserves, s&p, onion powder. Pour over remaining ingredient


I hope you all enjoy this one! We have had it a couple times and I am craving one right now just thinking about it.

Soda lovers you have been warned

So through my conversations with some of you, I have found that many of you have the same temptation as me....soda. I would reframe from cookies, chips, ice cream and even chocolate but I have a real hard time passing up a nice cold Dr Pepper.


I thought I would run the numbers and see how many calories I was getting from my little addiction.

I don't drink a lot during a typical day but one can of soda was average for me. In one can of Dr. Pepper there is 150 calories. So 150 a day for 7 days equals 1050 extra calories a week. I also learned that there is 3500 calories in 1 pound. So if I drank only one soda a day for 24 days I would gain a pound. That is more than a pound a month just from soda. Now I admit, that I sometimes had more than one can a day so in reality I was probably at least gaining 2 lbs a month just from my naughty habit. Yicks!

I am not a nutrionist by any means, but even I can tell that this is a big downfall for me in losing weight. If you are a soda lover too, think about taking away a few cans of soda and this I am sure will help you drop those pounds.

I haven't completely restricted myself because I would just cave and buy a whole case of Dr. Pepper and it would be gone in no time. So I found that if I allow myself to have 1-2 cans a week, that was ok. But the key for me was, I can't have it in the house. I have to go out and get it. And when you are talking about putting MY kids in the car, I definately think twice about that.

Please feel free to share any struggles you are trying to overcome. If you run the numbers it might help you think twice about putting that into your mouth.

Some brave souls

So here are 2 other brave people who sent me a before pic. Good luck to both of you on your goals!

 

First weigh in

SO here are my pictures as promised. Yeah I know some of you may be thinking you, that I am not going to be a tough competitor but look at this muffin top I have going on.




Yeah I know...not good! Granted I am wearing a tight pair of pants and the tighest shirt I could find, but I wanted to see it in all it's glory.

So here is my weigh in...



Well, I have been working hard so my hope is that this looks quite a bit smaller by the end of this month. My goal is to lose 5 lbs this month.

Some of you have emailed me your weights which is awesome. If you want to, you are more than welcome. If you are like me and feel like you need to be held accountable for it then please send it along. I will only post it if you ask me to.

Please feel free to email me your goals or post them in a the comment box. (of course this is always optional)

Happy working out and eating to you all.

By the way we are now at $130 and I know there is a 10 spot in the mail

Today is the Day

So ladies it is on. I am super excited that you all joined. So far we are at $100 and I think there are a few ones in the mail.

So I have had a few questions, so I thought I would clarify it now. The whole point of this competition is to help each to lose weight, the healthy way. So please don't strave yourself or do any of those cleanse things. We want everyone to have a fair chance.

I am not doing a weigh in and I am not asking your weights, so please write down you weight today so you don't forget. I will be posting my weight and a "before" picture of myself so you will know that I didn't cheat, if I were to win. If you would like to do the same, you are more than welcome. You don't have to add your name or face if you would like to post a picture.

I am doing my best to make this a fun and healthy competition. I am glad all of you want to join me, and good luck to all.

Welcome One and All

Do you have a little extra weight that you want to get rid of? Welcome to Muffin Tops Be Gone! Weather you have 5 pounds or 100 pounds you would like to get rid of, I would like to invite you to join a friendly competition.

My name is Julie and I have two beautiful girls. With that said, I have a nice muffin top I am trying to get rid of. I have my good weeks and then my "naughty" weeks. I decided the whole "put a photo of yourself on the mirror or fridge" just doesn't help keep me motivated. I am totally one of those people that likes to be held accountable, then I will for sure do the job. So I decided that I would start a little competition with some friends.

One other motivation for me is of course money. I mean who isn't motivated by money? Wouldn't it be great to lose weight and have money to buy new clothes as a reward? Well if you would like to join me, here are the rules to the game:

1. First of all is honesty. I don't want people not to join, because they have to show everyone their weight. If you want to share your weight, you are more than welcome. For me, it will make me a little embarrassed and make me work harder. So with that said this is an on your honor competition.
2. I will collect $10 from every competitor. The more who join, the bigger the pot. Just think if we had 10 people join, that would be $100 bucks to buy a new outfit or get a massage. In order to have a chance at winning, I need to receive the money by June 30Th. NO EXCEPTIONS Once your money is received I will add your name to the list.
3. We will start July 1st and will end July 31st at midnight. The winner will be announced on August 1st.
4. The winner is not by pounds lost, but by percentage of weight loss to make it a little more fair.
5. Sorry men but this is a women's only competition

I would love to use this blog to post healthy recipes, tips on exercise and anything to help encourage and motivate each other. If you have anything you would like to contribute you may email me and I will gladly post for all to see. If you don't want to send money, you are still more than welcome to join the fun. (of course no pot of money if you win)

I also think it would be fun to do some before and after pictures, so if you are comfortable email your pictures too.

Please help yourselves and your friends in their weight loss goals. No matter where you live you are more than welcome to join just as long as you follow the rules of the game.

If you are interested in joining, please leave me a comment with your name and email, and I will contact you.

Good luck everyone!