We had the final weigh-in for our homeschool support group's Biggest Losers Club on June 9th, so the results are in!

As I mentioned before, we have provision for two winners.  We judge by both percentage of body weight and total number of pounds.  A fabulous lady named Margaret, who has 6 children, won for losing the highest percentage of her body weight.  She lost 11.41% of her body weight!  I lost for the highest number of pounds lost -- 24.5. This was 10.84% of my original body weight lost.  I was very happy with this, since I expected to only lose the 15 lbs. we set as a goal for the 8 week round. 

Here is my BEFORE picture:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27890812@N06/2598843057/

Here is my shortly thereafter picture: 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27890812@N06/2598843139/

I have a long way to go, of course, but certainly, I've made progress and I'm very pleased with that.  Most importantly, I was invited to accompany my 74 year old father on an 11 mile hike with a marked upward pitch, and I was able to accommodate him.  Would I have even DREAMED of doing that prior to April 14th?? 

To avoid any backsliding, we began a new round on the same day, same meeting as the finale for Round 1.  5 new ladies joined, which is really nice.  I look forward to seeing them make progress and their confidence soaring as well.