We're BIG LOSERS.

Our Biggest Loser competition is over! The Hubs and I worked our tails off (literally!) to win this thing, and while there's no "official" winner announced yet, we're the "projected" winners.  For those interested, or following along here's our final numbers/post:

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The Final Weigh-In: Adipose Annihilators

We can't believe the competition is finally over!! Well, we have worked our tails off, and are super grateful for the progress we made, as well as the opportunity this provided us to get our health in order. We plan to continue our weight loss, and Michael's plan is to be below 200 by New Years, which will be an especially hard task with all of the holidays.  A HUGE thanks to the Autrey's for organizing all of this- PROPS!

MICHAEL
Last week: 213.2
Today: 207.4

Lost: 5.8 lbs.
Percentage lost: 2.72%

Total percentage lost: 10.22%
Total points week: 227

JILL
Last week: 129.4
Today: 127

Lost:  2.4
Percentage lost: 1.85%
Total Percentage Lost:8.63%

Total points for the week: 205
Team Total Points for the week : 432

FINAL WEIGH IN TOTALS

JILL ORIGINAL WEIGHT:139

CURRENT WEIGHT: 127

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS: 12 LBS.

MICHAEL ORIGINAL WEIGHT: 231
MICHAEL CURRENT WEIGHT: 207.4

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS: 23.6 LBS

TEAM TOTAL LB LOSS: 35.6 LBS

TEAM TOTAL PERCENTAGE LOSS: 9.62%

TOTAL OF TEAM POINTS OVER COMPETITION: 2,493

INCHES LOST: 
Jill
Waist: 3.5"
Arms: 3/4" 
Thighs: 1.5"
Butt/hips: 1.75"

The Hubs
Waist: 3.25"
Arms: 1"
Thighs: 2.5"
 

So, how we did it: 

We ordered three new cookbooks and stuck religoiusly to them. On Saturdays we'd create our weekly menu, do all of the shopping for it, and then follow through. They're all by Liz Vaccariello. They are: 400 Calorie Fix, Flat Belly Diet! Family Cookbook, and Flat Belly Diet!

We also used Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred workout video, with an occasional P90X and some running in there too. Michael ran up to 9 miles at one point, and my furthest was 1.5 miles. We didn't make our goal of running a 5K yet, but I feel like I'm closer at least. It really surprised me how much abuse running caused my body at first. It's taken a long time to condition myself to be able to handle the high impact of running, but I'm finally there and hope to be doing my 5K sooner rather than later...Although it's COLD!! BRR!!! When we did run we'd usually run on a treadmill, and occasionally outside if the weather was favorable. But we've found the treadmill to be easier on our bodies.  

Good luck to all of our fellow competitors! May the best team win!

(P.S. I'll post some "after" pictures later when we've had a chance to take some)