And the Week # 9 Winner is...

GARY!!!

Gary lost 3.5lbs!

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Week #9 Results

Place	Competitor	lbs Lost	% Lost
1	Gary	-3.5	-1.47%
2	Scott	-2.0	-1.03%
3	Joyce	0.0	-0.00%
4	Krista	+0.5	+0.29%

The Race is on!! Here are the cumulative results...

Results to Date

Place	Competitor	lbs Lost	% Lost
1	Joyce	-15.0	-9.87%
2	Scott	-13.0	-6.31%
3	Gary	-8.0	-3.29%
4	Krista	-2.5	-1.42

Don't Hate Me 'Cause I'm Beautiful....

It seems that the level of support and enthusiasm around here has diminished quite dramatically in comparison to the first few weeks. Words of encouragement, healthy recipes, sharing of hunger pains were common place..... Now it's become a place filled with sabotage cookie recipes, flaunting of bragging rights, and low blows to those of us who were FORCED to endure those Beers & Hot Dogs at the Canucks games...... (mind you, poking fun of Gary is still permitted under Rule #47-2 Subsection 17B......) I propose a newly refocused Certa-Blog era of love and support for all of us who are starving and just want gorge ourselves at Fatburger all weekend. With this in mind, I am challenging all of you to lose 4 or more pounds in the following week. The winner(s) will be awarded with a home cooked meal at my house............ (of course, I get to chose the menu, HAHAHAHA)

PS - Sometimes I ask myself that same question Cole......I really do! But thank you for your support nonetheless. Enjoy the cookies your sister made, and I'll see if I can get Krista to pass along some more yummy recipes for you to share with your Mom...... (that I won't be eating of course!!)

Firefighter Cookies

2 ¼ cups Brown Sugar
2 ¼ cups Sugar
1 lb Butter
5 Eggs
1 tbsp Vanilla
1 1/8 tsp Salt
2 ½ tsp Baking Soda
4 ½ cups Flour
4 ½ cups Oats
1 ½ bags Smarties


Preheat oven to 375° F
Mix Flour, Baking Soda, Salt
Cream Eggs, Sugars, Butter & Vanilla
Add dry ingredients, except Oats
Mix well
Stir in Smarties & Oats
Bake for 8 – 10 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet
Freeze unused dough

Makes Approx 8 dozen cookies

Taking back the credit

While that was a lovely post by Joyce and very supportive, I have to tell the truth...

Scott didn't resist the McDonalds due to willpower, he resisted because he was too tired to walk back to McDonalds.

Though the fact that he walked to the grocery store in the first place, and ordered something healthy while there does deserve some kudos.

Well done!

Giving credit when credit is due....

I have to say that today I saw that Scott either has great willpower or he just doesn't want me to have the power to say anything.

While working at the McDonald's job today we became more and more hungry as the smells wafted out of the restaurant. We tried to distract ourselves with the view around us, only to see Starbucks and a fish-n-chips restaurant. The hungrier we got, the more we talked about foods that we miss. As a solution to our problem we thought that we would walk over to the IGA Marketplace and get something healthy to eat so that we wouldn't think about food so much.

On our arrival we could only smell the fresh baked goodies in the bakery. We looked at our choices, veggie,turkey or ham sandwiches with a good healthy vegetable soup or doughnuts and muffins or sausage rolls and cheese cake. After much drooling and wishful thinking ( How can I eat turn those doughnuts into a fat free lunch? ) I approached the counter and was about to order a veggie sandwich when Scott asked me... " Are you really going to order something from here?" while he looked longingly out the window at the McDonald's. Much to his dismay I said yes.

Then to my surprise as much as his he ordered a turkey sandwich on whole wheat without any mayo.

Congratulations Scott you deserve credit for your tremendous task today.

Commentary on the Last Two Weeks

I've been pretty absent from posting the last couple of weeks (sorry about the delay in posting Week#7) and I try not to comment on the results post, so here's my thoughts on the last couple of weeks...

• Hockey is not good for dieting!! Especially going to the hockey game and consuming vast quantities of hot dogs, popcorn, and most importantly beer!!
• It's a little hard to give Joyce a hard time about gaining 4 lbs in week # 6, when she loses 6lbs in week # 7. (I'm trying really hard not to swear or resort to name calling)
• I think Gary should have to pay $20 for every weigh in he misses and if he drops out of the competition should have to put in $200.
• Now that I'm in LAST PLACE!!! I guess I should try to get a bit more serious about my WL attempts. I can't let GARY beat me. (I'm really just lulling you all in to a false sense of security and will win it all in the end... hahahaha, okay I could even type that before breaking into hysterical laughter)
• I think I'm going to actually have to start exercising *sigh*
• Regular grocery shopping goes a long way to eating healthy.
• Vending machine breakfasts are not good
• You have to actually drink water, if you want to avoid the side effects of severe dehydration. *sigh*

*SIGH* I want to eat cookies!

And the Week # 8 Winner is...

JOYCE!!!

Joyce lost 6lbs!

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Week #8 Results

Place	Competitor	lbs Lost	% Lost
1	Joyce	-6.0	-4.20%
2	Scott	+1.0	+0.52%
3	Gary	+2.0	+0.85%
4	Krista	+1.5	+0.87%

The Race is on!! Here are the cumulative results...

Results to Date

Place	Competitor	lbs Lost	% Lost
1	Joyce	-15.0	-9.87%
2	Scott	-11.0	-5.34%
3	Gary	-4.5	-1.85%
4	Gary	-3	-1.70%

And the Week # 7 Winner is...

SCOTT!!!

Scott lost 3lbs!

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Week #7 Results

Place	Competitor	lbs Lost	% Lost
1	Scott	-3.0	-1.52%
2	Krista	+1.5	+0.88%
3	Joyce	+4.0	+2.88%
4	Gary	-----	------

The Race is on!! Here are the cumulative results...

Results to Date

Place	Competitor	lbs Lost	% Lost
1	Scott	-12.0	-5.83%
2	Joyce	-9.0	-5.92%
3	Gary	-6.5	-2.67%
4	Krista	-4.5	-2.56%

and the winner for week # 7 is......

Nobody knows......thanks to Gary's unwillingness to step on the scale. From the sounds of it, Scott won and I am astonished that nobody took great pleasure in posting my 4 pound gain.

I think that Gary's penalty for last week should be a double payment..... if you don't want to compete anynore gary, (even though I heard a rumour that you are very competetive and that your warn off anybody foolish enough to compete against you ) just let us know. Leave your $100 fine off with Veronica and we will update you once in awhile about who is winning.

The explanation is.........

Guilty pleasure.

I went to Fat Burger today, had a japanese feast and a couple of beers last night, a couple of Starbucks Lattes and coconut cream pie (in bed to boot)......

After reading Scott's last post I had to step on the scale, because he just can't beat me ( Krista beating me I can live with, but not Scott and especially not Gary).....

The result was down 7 pounds and a trip to the mall to buy a new pair of size 7 jeans ( the old ones won't stay up anymore, even with a belt.) There is no logical sense to this so common sense says that it has something to do with the weight of guilt laying on your shoulders. Extra weight always helps in your workouts they say.



Since my goal is an 8 pound loss for this week I am doing all 3 of my pilates videos tonight and going skiing for the last time this season tomorrow and then going to Casa Bella's to eat a big huge plate of pasta smothered in a very fattening cream sauce. I am also planning to wash it all down with an ice cold beer. And no I don't feel guilty about skiing since Krista is going to kick everyone's asses since she is about to start boot camp. But I am sure I will feel guilty about the meal I enjoy afterward.

GUILTY PLEASURES.... the secret to success!!!!

Tricks of the Trade...

I have discovered the secret to losing weight. And in the spirit of teamwork I will share it with my fellow Losers.....Here it is:

"GO TO CANUCK HOCKEY GAMES, THEN EAT AND DRINK LIKE A PIG"

4 Smokies, 7 Beers, 2 bags of Popcorn, 1 Churo, and a McDonalds visit in between.....and I am down 3 more pounds.......Explain how this happens please? Someone? Anyone?

Scott

And the Week # 6 Winner is...

JOYCE!!!

Joyce lost 3.5lbs!

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Week #6 Results

Place	Competitor	lbs Lost	% Lost
1	Joyce	-3.5	-2.46%
2	Krista	-1.0	-0.58%
3	Scott	0.0	+0.00%
4	Gary	+0.5	+0.21%

The Race is on!! Here are the cumulative results...

Results to Date

Place	Competitor	lbs Lost	% Lost
1	Joyce	-13.0	-8.55%
2	Scott	-9.0	-4.37%
3	Krista	-6.0	-3.41%
4	Gary	-6.5	-2.67%