In week eight:
- For the second straight week, a first-time weight-loss champion
- Jeff Hanson’s pace slows amid steroid testing threat
- Walking his way to work and a pedometer victory
The details are brought to you by this week’s sponsor, Lee’s Meats “The Champions of Cheddar Injecting.”
In the weight loss contest Courtney Lotzer destroyed the field with a 3.77% loss. Her secret? Go on an indulgent vacation, gain a bunch of weight and then cash in the following week. The closest followers were Derek Soukup (1.55%), Billie Jo Waara (1.26%), Laura Mitchell (1.19%) The Judge (1.14%) and Kristy Anderson (1.06%).
The contestants still in the “Judge’s Club” by avoiding weight gains in any week are: Korena Keys, Nikki Gronli, Soukup, Hanson, Scott Lawrence and The Judge.
The grand prize for the contest will be based on total percentage weight lost over all 12 weeks. Top performers to date are: Hanson (10.34%), John Pohlman (8.27%), The Judge (7.22%), Soukup (6.86%), Gronli (5.64%) and Keys (4.60%). The top three will finish in the money and The Judge is not eligible for cash awards.
Jeremy Peters won his second pedometer championship with 109,395 steps. He may want to watch out for a silver Nissan as he walks back and forth to work as Melody Morton was right behind with 107,682. This week’s additional members of the 10,000-steps-per-day club were Pohlman (93,555), Hanson (92,328), Keys (79,892), Michelle Adrian (77,680) and The Judge (79,601).
Because the top four placers had all won before, Keys took home the pedometer cash prize.
Total steps this week were down about 110,000 to 869,451.
The Lee’s Meats Cheddar Injected Watch for week nine:
Will Gump bounce back?
Who will finish in the money as The Judge has declared an ONLY ONE PREVIOUS WIN WEEK*?
Will we see changes in the top three as we move into the home stretch of the contest.
*For week nine prize money will be paid to first or second time winners only. If someone has won the pedometer contest they are still eligible to win the weight-loss challenge and vice versa.
Reset your pedometers and let the week nine contest begin.
-The Judge
