Can you believe the Spring In2 Action challenge has come to an end? I know I can’t! Seems like time is flying by at a speed that makes my head spin around.

I won’t make you wait for the final results any longer! Here are our Top 10 Shrinkers!!

Top 10 Shrinking Buds*

1. 8.31%    melissa and lori    Lori F & Melissa A
2. 7.08%    Drop it Like it’s Hot    Amy A & Mary H
3. 6.09%    Dwindling Divas    Margie D    Dawn D
4. 5.45%    Less Shaw-Bell    Melissa S & Rebecca B
5. 5.01%    Beach Bound Beauties    Priscilla & Chuck
6. 4.39%    Mommy McFatties    Zelma R & Crystal P
7. 4.01%    Wannabe Fit Moms    Karen W & Emy
8. 3.77%    Erratically Consistent    Cindy H. & Emily M.
9. 3.68%    Bacardi & Diet Coke    Christy M. & Nancy C.
10. 3.51%    Dangerous Curves    Jami W & Amy M

WAY TO GO SISTERS & BROTHER!

We’d like to thank our amazing sponsor for this Challenge: BornFit!

The fine ladies over at BornFit have sponsored some awesome prizes for this challenge! The top shrinking buds, Lori F & Melissa A, will each win a Torrey Jacket from BornFit.

The two random shrinkers who each win an Inspiration Tee are: Mommy McFatties, our number #6 buds on the leaderboard: Zelma R & Crystal P

All of our winners need to check out the site and let Melissa (melissa @ shrinkingjeans.net)  know what size/color they’d like to chose for their prizes! Congratulations to all of you, and thanks for making this such an awesomely-fun challenge.

So you might be looking down and kicking the dirt, wondering what’s next. You might even be feeling a little post most-awesome-challenge-ever blues. Well, never fear, because here at the Sisterhood we’ll never stop challenging YOU. We are brewing up a brand-new fantabulous challenge that will begin on Sunday, May 1st. There will be weight-loss check-ins, mini-challenges, projects, and lots of other fun things to get your butt shrinking into Summer!

It’s been another awesome week here at the Sisterhood! Look at those numbers on the Leaderboard! HOLYWOW! Y’all are definitely kicking ass at this challenge, and we are so proud of each and every one of you LOSERS!

Top 10 Shrinking Buds*

1. 7.00%    melissa and lori  Lori F & Melissa A
2. 5.32%    Drop it Like it’s Hot    Amy A & Mary H
3. 5.12%    Less Shaw-Bell   Melissa S & Rebecca B
4. 5.01%    Beach Bound Beauties   Priscilla & Chuck
5. 4.49%    Dwindling Divas   Margie D & Dawn D
6. 3.91%    Mommy McFatties    Zelma R & Crystal P
7. 3.46%    Erratically Consistent    Cindy H. & Emily M.
8. 3.38%    Bacardi & Diet Coke    Christy M. & Nancy C.
9. 3.12%    Dangerous Curves    Jami W & Amy M
10. 3.00%    Wannabe Fit Moms    Karen W & Emy

*The numbers are based on total percentage of weight lost since the challenge began on March 2nd. If we are missing your link in the Top 10, please let us know so we can include it!

Congratulations to all of our losers! Even if you didn’t make the top 10, you are doing an amazing job shrinking and supporting each other along the way. This the is LAST WEEK of the challenge, so all of you better be bringing it!

Good Thursday to all of our fantastic shrinkers! One month into the challenge and SO many pounds gone! All of you are doing an amazing job and we’re so proud of you!!

And now for the leaderboard!

Top 10 Shrinking Buds*

1. 5.18% melissa and lori Lori F & Melissa A
2. 4.89% Drop it Like it’s Hot    Amy A & Mary H
3. 4.22% Beach Bound Beauties   Priscilla & Chuck
4. 4.09% Less Shaw-Bell Melissa S & Rebecca B
5. 3.77% Dwindling Divas Margie D & Dawn D
6. 3.54% Mommy McFatties    Zelma R & Crystal P
7. 2.81% Bacardi & Diet Coke    Christy M. & Nancy C.
8. 2.71% Wannabe Fit Moms Karen W & Emy
9. 2.65% Dangerous Curves Jami W & Amy M
10. 2.57% Erratically Consistent    Cindy H. & Emily M.
11. 2.43% Team Unstoppable    Denise D & Kristy R

*The numbers are based on total percentage of weight lost since the challenge began on March 2nd. If we are missing your link in the Top 10, please let us know so we can include it! Also, we have 11 spots listed this week because we inadvertently left someone off on the original post!

Congratulations to all of our losers! Even if you didn’t make the top 10, you are doing an amazing job shrinking and supporting each other along the way. We have 2 weeks left in this challenge, so it’s time to pull out all the stops and work hard to reach our goals!

Congratulations to everyone for such an amazing week! I am so proud of each and everyone of you for taking this challenge so seriously!

And now for the leaderboard!

Top 10 Shrinking Buds*

1. 3.69%    Beach Bound Beauties   Priscilla & Chuck
2. 3.60%    Drop it Like it’s Hot    Amy A & Mary H
3. 2.97%    Mommy McFatties    Zelma R & Crystal P
4. 2.63%    Less Shaw-Bell    Melissa S & Rebecca B
5. 2.29%    Erratically Consistent    Cindy H. & Emily F.
6. 2.24%    Sass & Fury    Christie O. &  Beki B.
7. 2.08%    Bacardi & Diet Coke    Christy M. & Nancy C. (BOOYAH!)
8. 2.06%    Team Unstoppable    Denise D & Kristy R
9. 1.85%    Team Awesome    Kristen M & Jeanne C
10. 1.76%    Crazy Brownies    Audrey L &  Kate B

*The numbers are based on total percentage of weight lost since the challenge began on March 2nd. If we are missing your link in the Top 10, please let us know so we can include it!

It seems our powerhouse couple, Heather & Ryan, didn’t check in this week! HELLO?? Where are y’all?!

Congratulations to all of our losers! Even if you didn’t make the top 10, you are doing an amazing job shrinking and supporting each other along the way.

We made it through week 1! Are you springing into action? Revamping your eating and exercise? Renewing your goals? We hope so! This week we had some great losses from all of our Bud teams, and I’m not even going to get into the team names! LOVE THEM. All of you are so creative. We hope you’re staying accountable to each other and working together to meet your goals. I know for me, whenever I think of straying, I think of how I don’t want to let my bud Nancy down. It works every single time!

So without further adieu, here is the leaderboard for the first week of the challenge!

Top 10 Shrinking Buds*

1. S’mores Whores:    Heather & Ryan A.    2.94%
2. Dwindling Divas:    Margie D & Dawn D    2.46%
3. Drop it Like it’s Hot:    Amy A & Mary H 2.3%
4. Vicious Vixens:    Trish B & Misty D 1.81%
5. Crazy Brownies:    Audrey L & Kate B 1.5%
6. Bacardi & Diet Coke:    Christy M. & Nancy C. 1.48%
7. SugarBusters:    Melissa A. & Karena O. 1.44%
8. Mommy McFatties    Zelma R. & Crystal P. 1.43%
9. Muffin Topless:    Marin 1.4%
10. Wannabe Fit Moms    Karen W. & Emy 1.3%

In the #1 spot, we have husband/wife powerhouse the S’mores Whores, Ryan & Heather! Way to go on a great loss this week!!! Lots of familiar faces in the Top 10, but also lots of Shrinkers brand new to the Sisterhood. Congratulations to EVERYONE!!

*Top 10 Shrinkers are based on percentage of weight lost during the entire challenge.

Results

• 294.4 total pounds lost  from the final 42 challengers. WOW.

That’s an average of over 7 pounds for each person over 8 weeks!

The not-so-funny thing is we had over 280 people start this challenge. Seriously. What happened to all those amazing ladies who dropped out? Are you here, still reading? Let us know what happened. Did you lose momentum? Did you have a couple of bad weeks and give up?

The Leaderboard

1. Lisa B. – 12.01% <—-Our Biggest Shrinker! Lisa lost an astounding 27.1 pounds!
2. Susan J 11.38%
3. Monica B. -  8.16%
4. Karen W. 7.62%
5. Melissa S. – 7.32%
6. Becca W 6.89%
7. Kathie R. 6.67%
8. Stacy K. – 6.41%
9. Kate W. 6.05%
10. Nancy C. - 5.64%

These percentages reflect total weight lost over an 8-week period!

Winners!

Monica B.  is the WINNER of the Nike ID Running Shoes & $150 worth of CLICK Espresso Protein drink powder, both sponsored by CLICK!

And Jia is the winner of the Eat Smart digital bathroom scale!

Congrats ladies, and a huge CONGRATULATIONS to everyone, because you are all winners. Whether you were a big shrinker or you found your power deep within, we are so honored you joined our challenge, and so very proud of you for all of your hard work.

Our Sponsors

We’d like to give a very special thanks to our fabulous sponsors. Without them, the prizes for our winners wouldn’t have been possible!

Thanks to CLICK for being the CLICKtastic sponsor for the Power of One Challenge! If you’re not familiar with CLICK, it’s a great espresso protein drink that will give you a boost of pre-workout energy, serve as the perfect after workout recovery drink, or help pick you up in the afternoon when your energy is waning! Be sure to get CLICK’n with CLICK on their Facebook page, too!

Thanks to Eat Smart for providing the digital bathroom scales for us to give away each week! Find them on Twitter & Facebook. If you’re looking for a great bathroom scale, or an awesome, tricked-out kitchen scale, be sure to head over to their website!

What’s Next?

Do not go anywhere! We have another challenge starting NEXT week. Yes, on March 2nd we’ll meet-up right here for another check-in and a kick-off for a brand new challenge. Keep an eye out later today or tomorrow for more details on this fabulous challenge. Tell all of your friends!

Can you believe it’s the final weigh-in for the Power of One Challenge? For real!! We’re 53 days into this fabulous New Year and we want to know what you have to show for it!!

• Did you shrink? How much!?
• Did you follow along with our weekly and monthly projects? Which one was your favorite?
• Have you stopped the negative self-talk and started loving yourself?
• Do you feel POWERFUL?

Blog all about your experiences with this challenge and link up below. We’d love to know how you did and how you felt about the challenge overall. Don’t forget to fill in the weigh-in form below, either!

We’d like to give a huge shout out to our fabulous challenge sponsors! Both CLICK and Eat Smart Products have been Sisterhood supporters for a long time, and we truly appreciate their dedication to us and YOU!

Tomorrow

One randomly chosen winner for the Nike ID Gift Certificate and $150 worth of CLICK products, sponsored by CLICK, will be announced tomorrow along with the final leaderboard! Remember, you had to have checked-in all 8 weeks of the challenge to be eligible to win. We’ll also be giving away another awesome Eat Smart Digital Bathroom Scale tomorrow, courtesy of Eat Smart Products.

The Next Challenge

For those of you wondering what’s next, you’re in luck! We’ll have a brand-spanking-new challenge starting NEXT WEEK (3/2/11). That’s right, next Wednesday we’ll start all over again – we’re not giving you any time off this time around!

We’ll be making an announcement with more juicy details later this week! (Hint: you won’t be be ‘one’…..)

*If this was your first challenge, we hope you enjoyed it and stick around! If you’ve been here forever, thank you so much for coming back every day and joining. You make this site what it is!!!

So last week I might have mentioned that this week was the LAST WEEK of the Power of One Challenge…..well, I was totally wrong. Yeah, I’m big enough to admit that I totally looked at the calendar wrong, and I obviously can’t count unless it involved subtracting numbers I see on the scale……

Anywhooooooo.

You still have one more week to shrink! Woot! And here are this week’s Top 1o Shrinkers!! Can you believe your eyes. These ladies are working so hard and we are SOOOOOO proud of all of them. We’re also proud of YOU. Yes, you. :)

The TOP 10 Shrinkers*!

1. Susan J. – 11.03%
2. Lisa B. - 9.84%
3. Monica B – 7.54%
4. Becca W. – 6.89%
5. Karen W    6.45%
6. Stacy K. – 6.16%
7. Melissa S. – 5.36%
8. Nancy C. – 5.19%
9. Kathie R. – 4.44%
10. Alicia M. – 4.29%

*based on percentage of weight lost since the beginning of the challenge!

Winner!

And now for this week’s winner of the awesome Eat Smart digital bathroom scale!

Joanna from Diary of a Mad, Fat Woman is the winner!! Congrats, girl!!

Sponsors

Thanks to Eat Smart for providing the digital bathroom scales for us to give away each week!

Thanks to CLICK for being the CLICKtastic sponsor for the Power of One Challenge! Be sure to get CLICK’n with CLICK on their Facebook page, too!

I’ve been a busy baking bee this morning, so this is going to be short and sweet!

How are you doing? From the looks of the numbers, lots of you are SHRINKING BIG! Congratulations!

We’re down to the wire, because this challenge ends NEXT WEEK! That’s right, so give us all you’ve got this week and next week we’ll crown our Biggest Shrinker!

The TOP 10 Shrinkers*!

1. Susan J. – 9.66%
2. Lisa B. - 7.71%
3. Monica B – 7.11%
4. Becca W. – 6.89%
5. Tanya C. – 6.10%
6. Stacy K. – 5.48%
7. Melissa S. – 5.36%
8. Alicia M. – 5.41%
9. Nancy C. 4.59%
10. Kathie R. – 4.44%

*based on percentage of weight lost since the beginning of the challenge!

Winner!

And now for this week’s winner of the awesome Eat Smart digital bathroom scale!

Monica B. is the winner!! Congrats, girl!!

Sponsors

Thanks to Eat Smart for providing the digital bathroom scales for us to give away each week!

Thanks to CLICK for being the CLICKtastic sponsor for the Power of One Challenge! Be sure to get CLICK’n with CLICK on their Facebook page, too!

Announcements

• We have a great Weight Watchers giveaway going on right now! Go enter, m’kay?
• Did you check out the February Project yet? It’s all about being a failure. Well, sort of……
• Team Shrinking Jeans is training to run or walk the San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll half-marathon on June 5th, 2011. We will also offer the full marathon option for those of you crazy people who are interested in doing all 26.2 miles. While we prefer that you join us and Coach Joe in San Diego, we understand that it isn’t possible for everyone, so find a half-marathon race in your area on that day or make one of your own! We still want you on our team! Never done a race in your life? No problem! 16 weeks is plenty of time to get you ready for that first half-marathon!

Welcome to February, Shrinkers!

You know that just because it’s not January anymore doesn’t mean your goals and resolutions can go by the wayside! There are still 3 weeks left in this challenge, and 47 left this year. Where do you want to be in 3 weeks? Forty-seven weeks? Keep working toward your goals!

The TOP 10 Shrinkers*!

1. Lisa B. - 7.09%
2. Susan J. – 6.90%
3. Becca W – 6.38%
4. Monica B – 6.14%
5. Stacy K. – 5.71%
6. Tanya C. – 5.16%
7. Natasha B  -  4.85%
8. Kathie R. – 4.44%
9. Alicia M. – 4.14%
10. Tracey S -4.04%

*based on percentage of weight lost since the beginning of the challenge!

Winner!

And now for this week’s winner of the awesome Eat Smart digital bathroom scale!

Tracey S. @ One More Minute! Congrats, girl!!

Sponsors

Thanks to Eat Smart for providing the digital bathroom scales for us to give away each week!

Thanks to CLICK for being the CLICKtastic sponsor for the Power of One Challenge! Be sure to get CLICK’n with CLICK on their Facebook page, too!

Announcement

Team Shrinking Jeans is training to run or walk the San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll half-marathon on June 5th, 2011. We will also offer the full marathon option for those of you crazy people who are interested in doing all 26.2 miles. While we prefer that you join us and Coach Joe in San Diego, we understand that it isn’t possible for everyone, so find a half-marathon race in your area on that day or make one of your own! We still want you on our team! Never done a race in your life? No problem! 16 weeks is plenty of time to get you ready for that first half-marathon!