In week six:
- Melody Morton rides the power of “7″ to victory
- We have a first-time pedometer champion
- Jeff Hanson is regaining form
The details are brought to you by this week’s sponsor, The China Buffet.
In the weight loss contest Morton “Orange Crushed” the field with a wicked 2.69% loss this week. Melody, who shares a last name with former Denver Bronco quarterback Craig Morton (jersey #7), was dragged to greatness by her 7-month-old golden retriever puppy, Elway, who was named after another former Bronco QB who also wore jersey #7. So just like John Elway couldn’t win a Super Bowl until his team finally acquired a great running back, the running game powered Melody to victory.
The closest followers were Kevin Phipps (1.86%) and Michelle Adrian (1.11%). This week’s grand total of 11 pounds lost was 2.5 more than last week.
The contestants still in the “Judge’s Club” by avoiding posting weight gains in any week are: Julie Flannery Allen, Korena Keyes, Nikki Gronli, Billie Jo Waara, Derek Soukup, Hanson, Scott Lawrence and The Judge.
Jeremy Peters earned this week’s pedometer championship and broke the century mark for the second week in a row with 102,466 steps.
Nipping closely at Peters’ heels were fellow centurions Morton and Elway with 100,956 steps. This week’s members of the 10,000-steps-per-day club were John Pohlman (97,850), Jeff Hanson (90,976), The Judge (80,320) and Sarah Rindels (76,434).
Total steps this week were down 10,000 to 836,009.
The China Buffet watch for week 7: Will Morton’s lucky number power her to victory again? Can Peters hold off the relentless steppers for a repeat? Will Gump return to pre-surgery form?
Reset your pedometers and let the week 7 contest begin.
-The Judge
