Did you know that a high school kid from Texas just recently benched pressed 700lbs (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1580473-texas-football-player-lifting-700-pound-bench-press-is-pretty-much-amazing), which is coincidentally close to the amount of weight that we have lost collectively as a group in a little more than one week! 726 lbs. to be exact! Those are both staggering numbers! We should have more since a mere 48% of the 560 people that signed up on the spreadsheet have checked in! So if you know someone on the spreadsheet that hasn’t checked in, shoot them a message and encourage them to participate!

So let’s get to the stats, or what I would like to call, nerdy fun stuff :

Week 1 Status

Overall Totals
- Total Week 1 Participation: 47.25%, down from last weeks 70.75%
- Cumulative Weight Loss Overall: 726 lbs., up from last weeks 327 lbs.
- Average Weight Loss: 1.3 lbs/person

Overall Leaders - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Asd852gweHhsdDRiWGNQeGhsQ3V1elVVT1dTbDNHZ1E#gid=3

Top 5 Weight Loss Leaders (lbs.)

1. - ameh02 (13 lbs.)
2. - luann2013 (12.0 lbs)
3. - daisymae850 (9.4 lbs)
4. - sc07404 (8.8 lbs.)
5. - jojoboxing (8.5 lbs.)

Top 5 Weight Loss Leaders (%)
1. - ameh02 (5.42%)
2. - luann2013 (4.62%)
3. - sassab0123 (4.55%)
4. - Hunnybcs (4.38%)
5. - sjenny5891 (4.17%)


Of the 560 that entered a start weight:

- 32 people gained weight
- 241 people recorded no change
- 287 people lost weight!
- 54 people lost 0.1-1 lbs.
- 54 people lost 1.1-2.0 lbs.
- 66 people lost 2.1-3.0 lbs.
- 29 people lost 3.1-4.0 lbs.
- 26 people lost 4.1-5.0 lbs.
- 28 people lost 5 lbs. or more



A big congratulations for the Top 5!!! Keep up the great work.

Also, don’t forget about the new challenge: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1011914-6-7-13-announcement-and-challenge

Reach out to your fellow team members, give them the support and be positive!!! Have a great week everyone! See you at the scale on Friday!!!!