Highlights and Stats - For May 6th Checkin

May 6th Checkin - Highlights for the week

Challengers reporting in: 161 out of 180 still signed on for the challenge.

Total pounds lost: 386.3 net
(lost 400.2 but also had 14.9 gained back by off plan days)

Average pounds lost per challenger: 2.1

76 challengers had a perfect week of 100% - all 7 days!! WOW!!!

Top 3 Biggest losers - in pounds
1. goddesswithin67 - Denise - with a SERIOUS comeback from emergency surgery less than 2 months ago - kicked 13 pounds to the curb!!
2. pjbell69 (Paula) and Recid68 (Reci) nailed 10 pounds to the 'wall of no return' - EACH!!

Top 3 Biggest losers - in percentage of week's starting weight
1. goddesswithin67 - Denise was also our top loser in percentage! - she lost 5.31% of her starting body weight for this week...that's like...like...a MONTH'S worth!!
2. maggiebrn - Brandy - jumped in with 5.22% of her body disappearing in one week!!
3. Angel43754 - Monica - completed these awesome numbers with finding herself 5.21% lighter this last Sunday!

BEARS earned

GOAL BEAR
o janiokly - Jan

YES!! Already we have somebody at goal!! Jan stresses that this is her ORIGINAL and 'feels impossible' NS goal that she set when she joined a year ago in March (90 pounds in just over a year!!!) - and that she is now going for an ultimate goal of 140 - but it COUNTS as a bear!!

10 pound bear:
o abbyallen - Abby
o calitwinkies - Shawna
o doughy5566 - Karen
o Godmypartner - Susan Lynn
o have2much - Carmen
o HotelCalifornia - Kim
o linda82 - Linda
o pcw08 - Phyllis
o pjbell69 - Paula
o Remmiws - Diane
o runner82k - Kay
o Snowbrocade - Tamara
o tl1123 - Tina

20 pound bear
o BrittanyRex - Brittany
o Elaken - Chandra
o jeffsmom - Gina
o maggiebrn - Brandy
o NewTwinMama - Michelle
o nomatterwhat07 - Cindy
o readyNred - Rhonda
o teddebr - Teddy
o trabur - Tracie
o Zeb07 - Sara

30 pound bear
o Anik70 - Nicole
o CaiyaMika - Camillea
o Mousetail - Migs
o ProudGrandma_ELP - Shirley
o Seagles28 - Sue

40 pound bear
o amberlynn11 - Zaida
o DarienDiva - Katie
o TGFAD - Paula

50 pound bear
o AuntieEm63 - Mary
o Cwuddy - Vicky
o dodee - Lorelei
o VeggieGl_9801 - Jessica

60 pound bear
o nsfinally - Diana

70 pound bear
o Fluffy2Fit - Jamie
o goddesswithin67 - Denise
o joynlife - Joy

80 pound bear
o Recid68 - Reci

90 pound bear
o janiokly - Jan
o kbb51 - Karen

100 pound bear
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Numeric/Pound based Milestones (aka 'Scale Victories')
o Blaynexox - Blayne - lost 7.4 pounds in first week on program!
o Bridge60 - Bridgette - found the 170's!!
o cwuddy - Vicky - GOODBYE to the 240's!!
o calitwinkies - Shawna - TWODERVILLE!!
o Dardell - Danielle - out of the 190's!!
o Fluffy2Fit - Jamie - lowest weight since 1995!!
o got2losebyjune - 25 pounds down!!
o gyrfaucon - Nancy - passed lowest on WW - less than 20 to first major NS goal!
o IWANTTORIDE2007 - TWODERVILLE!!
o janiokly - Jan - GOAL!!
o lara239 - 5.8 pounds gone in first week!!
o leewilllose - Lee - Passed the HALFWAY mark!!
o lvtolearn - Cathy - found the 140's!!
o maggiebrn - Brandy - back under NS goal - going for more!
o MarySim - Mary - 25 pounds gone in 10 weeks!!
o momofgus - Robin - found the 180's - played in the 190's since November!!
o Mousetail - Migs - lowest weight in 10 years!!
o NewTwinMama - reached the 180's!!
o pjbell69 - Paula - 10 pounds gone in first week!!
o Remmiws - Diane - 4 pounds this week took her out of the 190's!!

Challenge Goal MET:
Nobody this week! - BETTER not!! This is a CHALLENGE!

Non-Numeric milestones (aka 'Non-Scale Victories')

Sizable Sensations:
o 2bobkat4 - Kathy - into size 16W!
o amberlynn11 - Zaida - officially OUT of 24W's
o Bellasmommy - Jeannie - size 16 shorts!
o bigandtall - sue - size 12 pants!!
o Bunnie07 - Marie - 4.8 pounds this week meant a new notch on the belt!!
o Elyce - Elizabeth - size 12's!!
o Enviro - Shannon - into the 18's!!
o gyrfaucon - Nancy - into 18's
o jeffsmom - Gina - wearing non-stretch shorts WITH a belt!
o joynlife - Joy - into 16 jeans
o Karbee2 - Kari - size 18 shorts!!
o leanmeanhealthmachine - Wanda - size 20 nonstretch jeans!
o MARYSIM - Mary - 22w's GONE
o pcw08 - Phyllis - jeans zipped while VERTICAL!
o seanjenni - Jennifer - size 8 pants (started at size 24!!)
o siberianprincess - Robin - shopped in misses/jr's dept
o teddebr - Teddy - Another vertical zip on shorts! And sliding off!
o trabur - Tracie - threw away FAT PANTS!!
o upstategirl - Laura - kissed () her granny panties goodbye!
o VeggieGrl_9801 - Jessica - into the 2-teen's!, into XL and out of sliding panties!!
o Wolfbaby - Tina - from top 16's into 12's!

Measurements MATTER!:
o abbyallen - Abby - 2" off of hips and 2" off of waist in February
o lara239 - Lea - 3 inches gone
o niknack - Nicki - size 12 shorts
o pjbell69 - Paula - 5 inches
o Sharkstr - Nancy - 10 inches gone from body!!

LIFETIME Lifestyle:
o ArmyBratz - Kelli - caught eating veggies!
o Athaclena - Dawn - non 100% day was not a binge fest
o bbeeaannss - Gina - caught eating veggies AND salads!
o bestdayever - Gina - excited about exercising! Committed to an October 5k
o BorNaSuSa - Linda Jo - getting workouts in despite food demon
o clevegirl - Nancy - 4x exer
o DDH2004 - Heather - 3x exercise
o Godmypartner - Susan Lynn - small miracle of 6 days 100%
o GONNAB1HOTMOM - Jen - did NOT have her cake - OR eat it!
o gotz_z_milk - Angie - only drank - not binged - on Cinco Da Mayo!
o HappyLassy - Mary - stayed on plan during 4 day roadtrip!
o Icandothis2007 - Jenny - 3x exerc an back on plan
o imaguy - Donald - joined health club
o Kymberlee - Kim - 5 days exercise
o Lisaiscommitted - Lisa - mixing it up on the exercise
o MARYSIM - Mary - exercised 4 times!
o myscion - Rob - 2 miles in 30 min on treadmill
o Natalya1 - Nat - exer 5 days!
o quilting-granny - Pat - exercised 6 days
o tl1123 - Tina - 6x exer
o VeggieGrl_9801 - Jessica - ENJOYING the gym!
o Zeb07 - Sara - 39.3 mile Avon Walk for Breast Cancer!

Happy Health:
o CaiyaMia - Camillea - walking further - five flights of stairs without feeling like death
o Kathy_Vegas - Kathy - BMI moved from obese to overweight!

Hurdles no longer HAMPER:
o goddesswithin67 - Denise - 6 week post op ended - back on plan and exercise
o Juliet_c53 - Juliet - broke a stall!
o Pamekas - Pam - changed lanes - no longer in 'frozen scale lane'
o Seagles28 - Sue - stayed on plan despite LONG work hours this week...at a restaurant!!
o slmomx3 - Susie - lost weight while traveling!

Keep it goin' DOOOOOOOOOOOWNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!