We have a winner.............

Congratulations Brittany Clayburn!!!!!!!!
Brittany did an awesome job and worked super hard to lose 26 lbs!
She lost a total of 13.3% of her body weight!

I know a lot of you put a lot of effort into getting fit, so I would love it if you would post "after" pics.
Also, there is still a prize for the person who lost the most inches.  So get those numbers emailed to me stat so I can award that prize as well.

November 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok we've reached the end...
I hope that most of you have enjoyed paticipating and have seen some results!
This is how it will work:

Email me at brittsbigloser@gmail.com
In the email, include
Starting weight
Ending weight
Inches lost

DO NOT POST THIS INFO ON THE BLOG
this will prevent anyone from being tempted to "one-up" someone
ie "That person lost 10lbs... well I am close enough to losing 11 lbs so I'll just put that..."
(you know, stuff like that)
Please e-mail by November 3rd

Halfway There!

Well, I guess I'll go ahead and post my progress :)

I started out at 195 and I'm now 178 

17 lbs. in about 3 weeks (I kind of cheated the first week!)
I'm super proud of myself and hope I can keep it off.

I eat 6 small meals a day.
5 are more like snacks than meals.
I have one meal at night. It consists of 7 oz of a lean protein and a large veggie.

For example, tonight I had a grilled chicken breast, 2 cups of lettuce, diced cucumbers, diced avacado, diced tomatoes, and a few tablespoons of fat free dressing. I couldn't even finish it I was so full. I can really tell my stomach has shrunk.

I stick to chicken, fish, or egg whites for my protein at night. Never beef.
I don't do any sweets, no chips, no carbs... but I do have a few diet sodas :)
Oh, and I drink half my body weight in ounces. So I'm drinking about 90 oz of water a day!

Here's a picture of me this summer.

This was taken Friday night.

I can tell a difference. Can you? I feel like I've lost a lot of it in my stomach. My shorts that I wore all summer can barley stay on and I have to wear my belt super tight! But, I'm not buying new clothes until this contest is over :)

Okay... so I've posted, now it's your turn!

Half-Way Progress!

I've been a little discouraged lately.
I feel like I've been working out like crazy but I don't know if I've really been losing weight.
When I weighed myself this morning, I had lost 5 lbs!
I'm pretty excited! It's nice when you start to see some progress.
It helps you keep going when you are tempted to give in ;)

Please post your progress so that we can see what our competition is!!!!!!!!!

Saturday's Workout

Logan River Trail 8 am
Pilates @ Britt's afterward
It's a lot of fun, so please come :)
Bring a towel for pilates

Half-way there!

We've reached our half-way point!
I hope all of you are still in it to win it!
But we need to see how the competition is doing.
So I want everyone to publish a post telling us what their status is.
Weight lost, inches, whatever.
That way, if there is someone doing better than you, you'll know to kick it up a notch! :)
Also, those of you who were wanting to donate prizes and hold contests, feel free to do so any time.
Now that we are a month in, we need all the motivation we can get!
Thanks ladies!!!!!!!!!!!

This week...

I did it!
I did not eat chips, I only had 2 treats the whole week and I drank 64 oz of water each day.
But I need to keep this healthy eating thing up.
So these are my goals this week and I'm gonna keep the same rules as last week.
Eat 5 servings of fruits or veggies each day
Limit 2 treats again this week
and only 3 pieces of toast with peach jam for the whole week
(we canned some peach jam a few nights ago and it is super good.  I could eat it on toast all day! But that's a lot of carbs and sugar, so I need a limit!)