Losin' It At Work Update

Our team, the Chubublicans, is in 2nd place after the first week challenge of the DCED version of Biggest Loser.  It's a six-week competition with nine teams of 6 people competing for the top prize of cash: about $500 smackaroos.  I say "about" because during the competition, those that gain are required to dump a buck in the pot for gaining leaving the prize a tad bigger than $500 bucks.  I ended up dumping in a buck or two in the pot for gaining in 2009 when we had this competition.  Ricky Brown ain't gonna let that happen to me this time around!  (It's all about the mighty dollar when you are retired... trust me!).  One of my team members was the top loser the first week with 13 pounds lost!  Wow.  I was the slacker on the team with 1.5 pounds lost.  All the other girls had significant weight-loss: 4, 7, and 5 pounds were common numbers.  Our team lost a total of 38.8 pounds, but we had a higher percentage of weight-loss of 3.10% which is what we are going by.   The winning team lost 43 pounds.  There's a team close on our heels at 2.94% so we need to stay on our toes.   And me?  It's hard as hell.  It's all belly fat - the hardest to lose.  I'm still focusing on the 1500 calories or less a day but that too is very, very difficult.  But... it's for the team, so I'll stick with it as best I can!

TEAM RESULTS

	11-Jan
Team	loss/gain (lbs)	Percent
Thin It To Win It!	31	2.46
Processing not included	15.3	1.35
Victorious Secrets	17.5	1.62
The Number Crunchers	38.9	2.94
Chubublicans	38.8	3.10
Mission Slimpossible	11.3	0.88
Winners	47.4	3.86
Reducing Government Waste	24	1.99
Burgers in Our Sites	23.1	2.48