Personal Best 12 Week Weight Loss Contest
Month one for the PB Weight Loss Contest has seen a number of
interesting trends. The group of 90 people lost just under 360 pounds(350
to be accurate) for an average of roughly 4 pounds per person (or a pound
per week). While the majority of people did see success (over 80% lost
weight), 7 people lost nothing, 4 actually gained weight and one person
found out she was pregnant. We had a number of people lose over 10 pounds
of weight loss for the month, with one person losing an amazing 14 pounds
during the first month of the contest. Congratulations to all.
What does 350 pounds of fat equate to? To burn off that many calories
the group would have had to run over 8000 miles in one month. Or, to gain
350 pounds a person would have to eat just over 4000 Tim Horton's big gooey
donuts in 30 days. Coach Barrie lost 6 pounds during the first month and
found it quite easy in spite of some set-backs with 3-4 dinner parties he
had to attend over the month. Setbacks for people included boat cruises
(with all you could eat), late night office meetings (with take-out), and
not getting serious about really losing weight. A number of people found
that exercising only while still over-eating did not net them much total
weight loss. The best combination for successful people was a 1/4 to 1/3
caloric reduction in food-intake and 30-60 minutes of cardio activity 4-5
times a week. Not surprising 10% of the group dropped out of the program
over the first month (this is much lower then normal data for a weight-loss
program).
Personal Best continued to send out WELLNESS NEWSLETTERS with ideas on
how to safely lose weight (and keep it off). If you were under the 4 pound
weight loss group average, perhaps you need to be a bit more focused on
exercise, caloric reduction or both this month. If you were above that
average, we encourage you to keep up the great work.
Results (so far)
| Name | Goal | End of Jan | Feb |
Mar |
| Adam | -13 | -4 | ||
| Allan | -20 | -5 | ||
| loosingit | -15 | -6 | ||
| Audrey | -8 | -1 | ||
| Barb | -12 | -2 | ||
| Barrie | -15 | -6 | ||
| Becky | -50 | -12 | ||
| Bill | -15 | -2 | ||
| Bob | -10 | -2 | ||
| Caleigh | -24 | -8.5 | ||
| Carmel | -11 | -2.5 | ||
| Woman #2 | -10 | -4 | ||
| Charla | -24 | -14 | ||
| Chris | -10 | -3 | ||
| ChristinaT | -40 | -5 | ||
| ChristinaW | -12 | -5 | ||
| CJ | -8 | -2.5 | ||
| Christine | -20 | -4 | ||
| Dan | -15 | 0 | ||
| Dave | -12 | 0 | ||
| David | -30 | -5 | ||
| Debbie | -12 | -4 | ||
| Donna | -15 | -5 | ||
| Doris | -8 | -3 | ||
| Dorothy | -14 | -4 | ||
| Edie | -10 | -2.5 | ||
| PJ Nut | -10 | -3 | ||
| Frances | -10 | -1 | ||
| Geoff | -11 | -2 | ||
| George | -8 | -2 | ||
| Geron | -14 | -7.5 | ||
| Gerry | -26 | -9 | ||
| Glenn | -11 | -3 | ||
| Glenn | -5 | -1.5 | ||
| Gord | -15 | -2 | ||
| Ian | -15 | -7.5 | ||
| Ismat | -10 | -1.5 | ||
| Janine | -20 | -7 | ||
| twistedangel | -24 | -2 | ||
| Jeanine | -5 | -1.5 | ||
| Jennifer | -30 | -1 | ||
| Jessica | -25 | -7.5 | ||
| Jim | -10 | 0 | ||
| Katherine | -10 | -4 | ||
| dejavudejavu | -10 | -2 | ||
| cameljockey | -15 | -5 | ||
| Laura | -12 | -2 | ||
| hopper | -15 | -4.5 | ||
| Lesley | -10 | -4 | ||
| Running Girl | -15 | -5 | ||
| Woman 21 | -5 | -1 | ||
| Lindsay | -6 | 0 | ||
| Tastetester | -12 | -3 | ||
| Bakersdozen | -13 | -3 | ||
| Petunia | -150 | -2 | ||
| Lyanne | -10 | -1 | ||
| Lynda | -12 | -3 | ||
| Marcha | -13 | -2 | ||
| Margaret | -15 | 0 | ||
| Marius | -200.6 | -4 | ||
| Mark | -15 | -13 | ||
| Rambo | -15 | -6 | ||
| Marnie | -8 | -5 | ||
| MaryJC | -25 | -6 | ||
| MaryJ | -9 | -2.5 | ||
| Matthew | -1.5 | -8 | ||
| Norah | -9 | -1 | ||
| Pat | -18 | -6 | ||
| Ironpapa | -12 | 0 | ||
| Rick | -25 | -12 | ||
| Rob | -20 | -8 | ||
| Ron | -26 | -6.5 | ||
| curlerlover | -15 | -5 | ||
| Sarah | -10 | -2 | ||
| Shannon | -37 | -6 | ||
| Busymom | -18 | -2.5 | ||
| Sharon | -15 | -4 | ||
| Shawn | -23 | -12 | ||
| SheilaMD | -7 | -4 | ||
| SheilaM | -12 | -1 | ||
| sheb | -24 | 0 | ||
| Shelly | -10 | -3 | ||
| Sherri | -20 | -3 | ||
| Sonya | -7 | -2 | ||
| Steve | -12 | -7 | ||
| Susan | -15 | -2 | ||
| faye | -15 | -5 | ||
| Tom | -16 | -1 | ||
| slowim'r | -15 | -6 | ||
| barefootwolf | -18 | -5 |