Sorry, I didn't post last week. We were out of town without computer access. And it looks like I didn't post the week before either? Anyways Midge won this last week 93.33%, Annette 2nd 96.89% and Sean 3rd at 97.73%.

This week we have a new record. Not one single person reported in with their weight. How about we give this thing a rest? I thought summer would be good for losing weight but everyone is too busy.

Let's not report in again for a few weeks. Next day to report in will be Sunday Sept 6th. I will post a reminder as we get closer but send me an email if you can and let me know if you are still in this.

Anyone should be able to win the next prize with a full month to work on it.

Thanks,

JOD

I won, 97.14%, no one responded. Let's try to do better next week? thanks. JOD

Midge Wins!! 94.66%. She wins the $50 buck prize of the week.

Here are the complete results:

1. Midge O'Donnell 94.66%
2. John O'Donnell 95.47%
3. Annette O'Donnell 96.89%
4. Dan O'Donnell 99.54
5. Megan O'Donnell 100%

Good luck this week

Thanks,

JOD

The results are in, Dan Pikarski wins again! Congrats Dan you win another $50 bucks for this week. Don't be discouraged everyone Dan has about 3o hot dogs and 40 hamburgers in his fridge right now, he should be beatable next week. Here are the complete results:

1. Dan Pikarski 95%
2. Midge O'Donnell 96.66%
3. John O'Donnell 97.62%
4. Mike Bell 98%
5. Megan O'Donnell 99.16%

Good luck this week!

Thanks,

JOD

Sooo sorrryyy I am many days late with this. I got a lot of late responders on Sunday night and Monday and wasn't really able to keep track of them all. However, Dan Pikarski is the clear winner at 95%!!!!!!!!! Congrats Dan!! You have one $50 bucks.

This coming Sunday i will be more prompt with the posting. Need your % by noon and send to johnmeganod@yahoo.com

I will post the winner and complete results shortly after.

Thanks,

JOD

Midge wins!!! 96.66% Congrats!!! She is the winner of $100 cash! I didn't get everyone's % this week but here are the results that I did get:

1. Midge O'Donnell 96.66%
2. Annette O'Donnell 97.48%
3. John O'Donnell 97.62%
4. Megan O'Donnell 99.16%
5. Mary Jeske 100%
6. Dan O'Donnell 101.35%
7. Sean McManamy 100.39%

Please remember to send the check for $20 and to give send your percentage every Sunday no later than noon, thanks!

OK, only got a little more than half of the %'s this week. I won, again. Here are the results:

1. John O'Donnell 96.19%
2. Midge 97.33%
3. Annette O'Donnell 97.48%
4. Mike Bell 98%
5. Tony Arendt 98.10%
6. Mary Jeske 99%
7. Sean McManamy 99.19%
8. Cindy Schulz 99.5%
9. Megan O'Donnell 100%
10. Ann Marie Bell 100%
11. Dan O'Donnell 100%

No prize this week since I won. Next weeks prize(s) will have a total value of about $100, so let's get it going. Anyone can win this with a little effort. Also, send in your checks asap. Thanks, JOD

Week #1 results are in! We are off to a great start and we have a lot of new people. I won this week. I am the biggest loser, just barely. A very close second and third to Dan Pikarski and Annette O'Donnell.

I won't be giving myself a prize, so a slightly bigger prize will go to next week's biggest loser.

Same deal, next Sunday June 14, before noon, send me an email to johnmeganod@yahoo.com with your percentage that day of your original day 1(May 31) weight.

New people are also welcome, so try to recruit others if you can.

Sign yourself up as a follower of this blog and you should get an email when the weekly results are posted.

Here are the complete results from this week:

1. John O'Donnell 96.43%
2. Dan Pikarski 96.50%
3. Annette O'Donnell 96.89%
4. Midge 98.66%
5. Steve San Roman 99.09%
6. Dan O'Donnell 99.09%
7. Sean McManamy 99.12%
8. Aileen O'Donnell 99.37%
9. Megan O'Donnell 100%
10. Mary Lou Niewoehner 100%
11. Tom Pikarski 100%
12. Tracy San Roman 100%
13. Cindy Schulz 100%
14. Jim Norwood 100%
15. Mary Jeske 100%
16. Bill Jeske 100%
17. Colleen Jennings 100%
18. Tony Arendt 100%

Good luck this week!! Don't forget to diet and exercise!!

JOD

OK, round 2 of biggest loser starts this Sunday, May 31. Most of you have told me you are in already and some of you are wondering why I am emailing you right now. If you are in, weigh yourself Sunday, write the number down and keep it to yourself. The following Sunday, June 7 send me an email to johnmeganod@yahoo.com with your percentage of your original weight, no later than noon.

Here is an example - you weigh 200 lbs on day 1, and you lose 5 lbs in the first week (195 divided by 200), you are 97.5% of your original weight.

The lowest % wins the prize of the week(usually about a $50 value).

Will post the results Sunday nights on the following blog http://odbiggestlosers.blogspot.com/

Just $20 for the 3 month contest - send me a check if you are in to:

John O'Donnell
5512 N. Parkside
Chicago, IL 60630

Just let me know if you have any questions, good luck.

Thanks,

John
312-342-5797

I didn't get anyone's %, not even my own. Let's take a little break. May 17 will be the next day to report in with your percentage. This will give everyone a little time to get back on track. thanks.

Here are the weak results from this week:

1. Aileen O'Donnell 89.91%
2. John O'Donnell 94.19%
3. Megan O'Donnell 95.98%

Nice job Aileen!!

Sorry for the delay. I promise to post same day results next Sunday. We have 18 contestants, actually we have a new-comer this week, so 19.. Hopefully we will have all %'s for next week. If all 19 people give their percentage next week everybody will win ten thousand dollars.

Here are the results of this week, Dan wins!:

1. Dan O'Donnell 90.93%
2. Annette O'Donnell 91.91%
3. John O'Donnell 94.19%
4. Sean McManamy 94.55%
5. Megan O'Donnell 96.25%

Good Luck!!

JOD

Just a reminder that the weigh in is tomorrow by noon. We are looking for your % tomorrow of your original weight. A $15 value prize for EVERYONE from me IF all 18 contestants send in their weight, by noon. JOD.

only got 1 percentage this week. Lets weigh in again on this Sunday April 19th. Hopefully I will get all 18 this week. Good luck, don't quit, just about 2.5 months to go!

Aileen wins again!! 87.7%

Here are the complete results:

1. Aileen O'Donnell 87.7%
2. Dan O'Donnell 89.5%
3. Annette O'Donnell 91.91%
4. John O'Donnell 92.34%
5. Sean McManamy 93.37%
6. Mary Lou Niewoehner
7. Megan O'Donnell 95.18%
8. Brett Ferullo 100%

The consensus is we are going to lay off the prizes for a couple weeks and see how it goes.

Your assignment for this week is to lose weight and to post on the blog what has been working well for you so far on your diet/exercise plan (or just send me an email w/ details and I can post).

I will go first. I try my best to work out 3x a week. Also, I eat a huge fruit plate every afternoon with two pieces of string cheese, and don't really have desserts after dinner unless it is a Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich or a Weight Watchers sundae.

I am looking forward to your responses - I need some new ideas to mix things up here.

Thanks, JOD

Sorry, I am behind. Here are the results from last week:

1. Aileen O'Donnell 87.41%
2. Dan O'Donnell 88.75%
3. Annette O'Donnell 91.91%
4. Sean McManamy 93.09%
5. Mary Lou Niewoehner 94.38%
6. John O'Donnell 94.89%
7. Mary Jeske 95.60%
8. Megan O'Donnell 96.25%
9. Tony Arendt 97.7%
10. Mike Bell 97.75%
11. Ann Marie Bell 97.79%
12. Brett Ferullo 100%

I didn't hear from George Reyes, Jim Norwood, Bill Jeske, Colleen Jennings, Paula and David Andries

There is no money left for prizes :(

Should we throw in another $20 bucks each for prize fund or just keep going without? Let me know you opinion and we will just go with the majority.

Let me know your % today or your original weight by noon for this week. Thanks, JOD

Aileen wins!! 87.41%. Full results tomorrow.

Don't forget, today is the day. Need everyone's % by noon. thanks!

I hope everyone is doing well, let me know how you are doing, if you didn't already - the next weigh in is 7 days away - aside from the big loser prize next week, everyone that weighs in below 95% gets a special prize. Good Luck!!!!!

See below from Mary Lou (G00) Niewoehner:

This two week "grace period" has been a good thing, at least for me. Having been "watching my weight" for the better part of the last 50 years I think 95% of people's success or failure is "in your head". Sometimes we just have to have the time to shift our consciousness to a different way of living. So far this week I've been able to get back where I was the week before and lose another half pound, too. Doesn't sound like much, but for my age and height, it's enough to keep me going toward my goal. Feel free to put this in the blog, if you wish.

MLN

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Please feel free to post some stuff, or send to me to post, such as what is working for you, what doesnt, etc.

JOD

How is everyone doing? We are about half way through the first week of this two week stretch. Send me an email if you can with your progress. I have found it helpful to keep an eye on the scale throughout the week. Otherwise, you step on the scale on Sunday morn and say "shit, I am one hundred percent again" Don't forget to diet and exercise too, otherwise you will not only not lose weight you will gain back what you lost in the first few weeks.

This competition has been going about 2.5 months so you should be pretty close to the lowest weight you have been in a long time, even if you have been going up and down a little bit in last few weeks. Try to be your lowest weight in years for the March 29th weigh in. If you can get there I think you can find the motivation to keep going.

Or just send me an email letting me know you are dropping out and want to gain your weight back.

Let me know how you are doing(johnmeganod@yahoo.com) I will check in again in a few days.

Good luck!! JOD

OK, you have two weeks to lose some weight. No weigh in next week. Also, we are going back to our original day 1 (Jan 4) weight. The leaders were in the very low 90's a couple weeks ago, but you all have two weeks to catch up, and the weather's getting warmer so get out there and do something!

March 29th is the next weigh in, I will need your %'s of your original, Day One weight, by NOON on the 29th. Good luck!!!

I won this week, but only 3 people responded with %'s. We'll try something different for the next week. Anyone have any suggestions? I think people are still interested but just not losing anything or losing motivation or something. Let me know what you think.

Thanks,

JOD

Weak!!!! I didn't get one % reported, not even my own. Time to step it up people!! Let's start it all over again. Weigh yourself at any time today and this will be your NEW original weight. Let me know next Sunday before noon what your % is of today's weight. Anyone can win and the jackpot is only getting bigger. I will post all the results just after noon central next Sunday. Good luck, anyone can win this!!!

I won. So this weeks prize money will go towards next weeks winning jackpot. Same deal, let me know next Sunday what % you are of your weight from Feb 22nd - Next week's prize is going to be huge!!!

Always remember what your day 1 weight (Jan 4. '09) was, as it will likely come in to play at a later date.

Here are this weeks results:

1. John O'Donnell 97.56%
2. Sean McManamy 98.16%
3. Dan O'Donnell 98.87%
4. Colleen Jennings 99.10%
5. Aileen O'Donnell 99.38%
6. Tony Arendt 99.50%
7. Annette O'Donnell 99.59%
8. Mary Lou Niewoehner 99.63%
9. Mary Jeske 100%
10. Bill Jeske 100%
11. George Reyes 100%
12. Brett Ferullo 100%
13. Jim Norwood 100%
14. Paula Andries 100%
15. David Andries 100%
16. Megan O'Donnell 100%
17. Ann Marie O'Donnell 100%
18. Mike Bell 100%

Need your % by noon. As a reminder, we are looking for your % today of last weeks weight.

Aileen wins again!! 90.63%, unbelievable!! Aileen wins $50 bucks cash!!!! PLEASE note we are switching things up a bit for next week to keep this interesting for everyone. Just as you did the first day, write down your weight today, whether it was the % you gave me at noon or you can weigh yourself again write now or tomorrow even --this will be your NEW original weight amount. Next Sunday by noon let me know what your % is of your NEW original weight. This way whether you were #1 today or #20, everyone has a chance to win the #1 spot next week. I hope this change will renew some interest in this thing? It would also be a great week to bring in some new people.

Here are the results for this week:
1. Aileen O'Donnell 90.63%
2. Annette O'Donnell 91.54%
3. John O'Donnell 92.34%
4. Dan O'Donnell 92.70%
5. Mary Lou Niewoehner 95.08%
6. Megan O'Donnell 95.45%
7. Mike Bell 95.55%
8. George Reyes 95.79%
9. Sean McManamy 96.21%
10. Jim Norwood 96.30%
11. Mary Jeske 96.44%
12. Tony Arendt 96.84%
13. Colleen Jennings 97.20%
14. Paula Andries 97.75%
15. Bill Jeske 98.27%
16. Ann Marie 98.53%
17. Brett Ferullo 99.75%
18. David Andries 100%

Good luck this week! Also don't forget what your original original weight amount was, as it might come into play again, not sure. I am completely making this up as I go along. JOD

dont forget, need your %'s by noon today, so I can post results early afternoon, thanks.

Aileen O'Donnell takes the #1 spot back this week at 91.26% She is the $100 cash winner!!! Congrats Aileen!!!

Here are the full results(if I didn't hear from you I just kept you the same as last week)

1. Aileen O'Donnell 91.26%
2. Annette O'Donnell 91.91%
3. Dan O'Donnell 92.50%
4. John O'Donnell 93.03%
5. Sean McManamy 95.37%
6. Mike Bell 95.55%
7. Mary Lou Niewoehner 95.79%
8. Megan O'Donnell 95.98%
9. George Reyes 96.04%
10. Jim Norwood 96.30%
11. Mary Jeske 96.44%
12. Tondy Arendt 96.84%
13. Colleen Jennings 97.20%
14. Paula Andries 97.75%
15. Bill Jeske 98.27%
16. Ann Marie Bell 98.53%
17. Brett Ferullo 99.75%
18. David Andries 100%

Make sure you let me know %'s by noon next week or else face possible elimination.

Good Luck!!!!!

JOD

still waitin on %'s for about 10 people - will post results tomorrow?

I won. I am the biggest loser this week. So, the $100 buck prize will be for next week's biggest loser instead and will also be the only prize of the week again. Try to recruit more people to join if you can. Here are the totals:

1. John O'Donnell 92.34%
2. Aileen O'Donnell 92.63%
3. Dan O'Donnell 92.70%
4. Annette O'Donnell 94.49%
5. George Reyes 95.40%
6. Sean McManamy 95.50%
7. Mike Bell 95.55%
8. Mary Lou Niewoehner 95.79%
9. Megan O'Donnell 95.98%
10. Mary Jeske 96.04%
11. Jim Norwood 96.30%
12. Tony Arendt 96.84%
13. Colleen Jennings 97.70%
14. Paule Andries 97.75%
15. Bill Jeske 98.27%
16. Ann Marie Bell 98.53%
17. Brett Ferullo 99.75%
18. David Andries 100%

Good Luck this week!!!

just a reminder, need your %'s by noon. thanks!

Well, Dan O'Donnell does not win!!!!!!! Aileen O'Donnell takes the #1 spot for biggest loser!!!!!! AND she wins this weeks most improved!! Congrats Aileen!!!!! She is the winner of a Cooking Light Magazine subscription, a $25 Itunes gift card, a $25 Whole Foods Gift Card (fruit is fantastic there but you may be only able to get a couple things with this amount) and lastly, one Rockin workout CD mix(Sean is making)

Here is the complete results:

1. Aileen O'Donnell 93.13%
2. Annette O'Donnell 93.382%
3. Dan O'Donnell 93.541%
4. John O'Donnell 93.735%
5. Mike Bell 95.55%
6. Sean McManamy 96.13%
7. George Reyes 96.35%
8. Mary Jeske 96.44%
9. Megan O'Donnell 96.79%
10. Mary Lou Niewoehner 96.842%
11. Tony Arendt 97.30%
12. Jim Norwood 97.41%
13. Colleen Jennings 97.70%
14. Paula Andries 97.75%
15. Bill Jeske 98.22%
16. Ann Marie Bell 98.53%
17. Brett Ferullo 99.75%
18. David Andries 100%

Great job this week everyone! Next week there will be only one prize, the biggest loser. The prize will be $100 bucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good luck!!!!!!!!!!

Big surprise, Dan O'Donnell wins, yeah for Dan! I guess it's time we all start trying a little harder. Dan is the biggest loser this week and the winner of a $30 gift card for Dick's Sporting Goods.

The second prize of the week is for most improved, Colleen Jennings. Congrats Colleen!!! Colleen won a subscription to Cooking Light Magazine.

Here are the final results:

1. Dan O'Donnell 93.75%
2. John O'Donnell 93.96%
3. Annette O'Donnell 94.11%
4. Mike Bell 95.55%
5. Sean McManamy 96.21%
6. Aileen O'Donnell 96.25%
7. Mary Jeske 96.33%
8.George Reyes 96.45%
9. Megan O'Donnell 96.79%
10. Tony Arendt 97.30%
11. Mary Lou Niewoehner 97.89%
12. Paula Andries 97.90%
13. Colleen Jennings 98.05%
14. Bill Jeske 98.22%
15. Ann Marie Bell 98.53%
16. Jim Norwood 98.85%
17. David Andries 100%
18. Brett Ferullo 100%

Good Luck with this week, let me know your results by noon on Sunday if you can, and as always, invite more people to join. JOD

will post results tomorrow night, still waiting on a couple.

need %'s by noon today, thanks!!

Well, everyone did just fine, but Dan O'Donnell won, AGAIN!!. Congrats Dan!!! Your prize is in the mail. I signed you up for The Shamrock Shuffle - Chicago ($40 value) March 29th - a huge and fun 8k run or 5k walk(I'll run it with you and hopefully others will also???).

2nd Prize goes to the most improved from last weeks posting to this week, George Reyes!!! George is down to 96.66% from 98.68% last week. George is the winner of a $20 Itunes gift card (George is it safe to assume you own an Ipod to put this gift card to use?).

Here it is:

1. Dan O'Donnell 94.37%
2. John O'Donnell 94.66%
3. Mike Bell 95.555%
4. Annette O'Donnell 95.558%
5. George Reyes 96.66%
6. Mary Jeske 96.77%
7. Megan O'Donnell 97.05%
8. Sean McManamy 97.23%
9. Aileen O'Donnell 97.44%
10. Jim Norwood 97.78%
11. Tony Arendt 98.01%
12. Paula Andries 98.10%
13. Mary Lou Niewoehner 98.24%
14. Bill Jeske 98.45%
15. Ann Marie Bell 98.53%
16. David Andries 100%
17. Brett Ferullo 100% (2 weeks in and no weight loss whatsoever, it's almost as though he doesn't know we're having a competition!)

Good Luck with week 3. We will have a big loser as well as a most improved again. And as always, please invite more friends and family to join in. thanks, JOD

Just a reminder, I need your %'s by noon today. Please send in an email to johnmeganod@yahoo.com.

That is the % today of your day one weight.

Let me know if any questions.

Thanks,

JOD

Alright, week 1 results are in!!!!!! Dan O'Donnell is the biggest loser I know and also the winner of a brand new Ipod Shuffle. That's not all, he is also the winner of one rockin' workout mixed cd to put on it, congratulations Dan!!!!!!! Your prizes are in the mail.

Everyone else did great too this first week. Here is the complete rankings w/ percentages.

1. Dan O'Donnell 95.41%
2. Annette O'Donnell 95.95%
3. Mike Bell 96.11%
4. John O'Donnell 96.28%
5. Aileen O'Donnell 97.38%
6. Megan O'Donnell 97.59%
7. Sean McManamy 97.90%
8. Mary Jeske 98.16%
9. Mary Lou Niewoehner 98.24%
10. Ann Marie Bell 98.53%
11. George Reyes 98.68%
12. Bill Jeske 98.85%
13. Jim Norwood 98.89%(congrats to Jim for 31 lb loss in last 10 weeks!!)
14. Tony Arendt 99.09%
15. Brett Ferullo 100.008%


We will have a few more people starting this week that will be posting for the first time next week, so they will have some catching up to do. Please feel free to get some more people in on this, the more the merrier. If you were not close to being the biggest loser this week, don't be discouraged, next week there will be an additional prize for the most improved. Always remember what your orignal(day 1) weight amount was, you will use that same amount every week as your original weight, in other words original weight amount doesn't change on a weekly basis. Good luck with week 2!!

For more motivation, click on Biggest Loser members Aileen and Annette's blogs. The links are to the right. Also, the Bungalow Kitchen Blog is cool too (run by a friend of Meg's).

How's everyone doing? I started REAL strong & already started to slip a bit last couple of days. Gotta get it going again Fri, Sat and Sun Morning.

As a reminder, I need everyone's %'s by noon on this Sunday and will post the 1st week rankings and 1st winners prize later that day.

Here is another example of how it is done - my original weight is 150 lbs and I am down 4lbs to 146 ---- 146 divided by 150 is 0.9733, so I am 97.33% - be exact as possible so less likely to have same %'s as others - I don't want to have a tie for first place and have to go in to sudden death overtime.

The skinny Boston people have hinted they are doing really well, so I hope everyone is.

Good luck and stay motivated!

JOD

Yummy soup

Hi, It's Megan again posting under John's profile (he prefers that I clarify b/c apparently my posts aren't "cool" enough to be his.

Anyway, just wanted to let you know about some soup I just tried. I got it at Costco in the frozen food section.

CP Shrimp Wonton soup.
Calories per serving: 115
Fat: 2g
Sodium is kind of high at 1,110 mg
Protein 7 g
Fiber Less than 1 g

It's really yummy and there is one whole shrimp per wonton. You just add water (so I'm wondering if that decreases the sodium amount-it must because it's listed as just the soup concentrate-not sure though).

Anyway, I forget how much it cost. Not too much. You get six bowls in a box. Something to try if you like wonton soup!

Hope everyone's having a kickass week!

Souped up Green Beans

Here's another recipe from Aileen O'Donnell, in case you missed it:

Souped-up Green Beans
1/2 pound fresh green beans
1/4 cup finely chopped onions
1/4 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup liquid reserved from the beans
1 tablespoon salt-free chicken bouillon granules
1/2 teaspoon butter-flavored granules
1 tablespoon finely chopped green onions
1 teaspoon dried basil leaves, crushed
Pam cooking spray

In a medium saucepan over high heat, bring 2 cups water to a boil. Add the green beans and return to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium; cover, and cook for 20 minutes, or until crisp-tender. Drain, reserving 1 cup liquid and set aside.Spray the inside of a medium heavy skillet with nonstick vegetable cooking spray and place over medium heat. Add the beans, onions, bell pepper, salt and black pepper. Cook for 3 minutes, stirring often. Stir in the reserved liquid, bouillon and butter-flavored granules; cook for 1 minute longer, then stir in the green onions and basil. Remove from the heat and let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Serves 3 people
57 cal per serving
1 gram Fat per serving

Barbecue Meat Loaf from Cooking Light

Hi, this is actually Megan posting! I wanted to share a yummy, easy recipe that I've been making for a few years from Cooking Light. Even some of my kids like it-and it's pretty satisfying served with a baked potato or brown rice and steamed veggies or sauteed spinach (my fave).

Barbecue Meatloaf
1 1/2 pounds ground beef, extra lean (raw)
1/2 cup dry breadcrumbs
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup BBQ sauce, divided
1 TBSP prepared mustard
1 1/2 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
2 large egg whites
cooking spray

1. Preheat the oven to 350.
2. Combine the beef, breadcrumbs, onion, 1 tbsp. BBQ sauce and remaining ingredients (except cooking spray) in a large bowl.
3. Shape meat mixture into a 9x5 inch loaf on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. (*NOTE: I usually do this in just a regular loaf pan & it's fine. It would probably alter the serving sizes though and thus the nutritional info though). Spread remaining BBQ sauce over top of meatloaf. Bake at 350 for one hour or until a meat thermometer registers 160. Let stand 10 minutes. Cut into 12 slices.
Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 2 slices).

CALORIES 231, FAT 7.9g, PROTEIN 26.7g, CARB 13.2, FIBER 0.9g; SODIUM 764 mg.

As a reminder, this thing starts tomorrow. Be sure to weigh yourself tomorrow at whatever time of day works for you. Just mark the weight down somewhere and don't forget it because it will always be referred to as your original weight amount in the weekly competitions.

Next Sunday (Jan 11) try to let me know by about noon what % of your original weight you are. Dont post your % on the blog, Just send it to me in an email to johnmeganod@yahoo.com

A lot more people have joined up in the last day, I will post the whole list when we have it together. Also, I have changed my mind about something, if any one wants to join a few days or a week into it, it will be ok. They would actually be the one at a disadvantage.

Good luck!

OK, here is who we have so far in our competition:

1. John O'Donnell

2. Megan O'Donnell

3. Mary Jeske

4. Bill Jeske

5. Aileen O'Donnell

6. Dan O'Donnell

7. Annette O'Donnell

8. Ann Marie Bell

9. Mike Bell

10. Goo Niewoehner

11. Sean McManamy

Please invite some more people to join now, the more the merrier(and the better the weekly prize) but after Sunday it would be too late for people to join in, as latecomers would have an unfair advantage.

Does anyone have any questions? just post them on the blog. You can also post helful recipe ideas, etc.

Please remember to sign up as a follower of the blog, and to weigh yourself this Sunday. Lastly if you are definitely in send me a check today for 20 bucks, so I can start getting the prizes:

John O'Donnell

5512 N. Parkside

Chicago, IL 60630