As an aside to my regular happenings, I joined my co-workers in a big fat loser competition. We started last week and I weighed in at 187.4lbs. Which is close to my actual naked weight of 180.6lbs. The competition will last eight weeks (final weigh-in just before Thanksgiving break) and is percentage based. I’m aiming for a ten pound loss, which is about five and a half percent either way. (Right? Someone help me with my math. Thanks.) We’ll have to *weight* and see how it goes. Not sure if 5.5% is enough to be competitive against the rest of the office, but since there are no official rules and anything goes, I plan to bring donuts and cookies. For them, not for me.
And that should be "big fat-loser", not "big fat loser." It makes me laugh however you say it. Which probably means we’re saying it wrong. But you get the idea.
Wish me luck. The winner gets $227.50 and second place gets $97.50.
Update: 10/3/08
Thompology has joined the competition . Although his entry is an unofficial one, this will definitely add some entertainment to the compteition, and probably keep me more motiviated. (Trash talking in real life is way different than trash talking in the office.) Game on! And, good luck.
Competitive Weight Loss Program was first posted to justinll.com on October 1, 2008.
From your picture, doesn’t look like you need to lose too much weight, but I don’t know how tall you are, so I can judge the 187 pounds.
Good luck anyway,
I’m going to run my own side competition because I’m not in your office. Starting right now I’m @ 224.2 lbs. (Oh and I’m 6’2″) I’ll shoot for 15 lbs. But I do have a trip to Ireland in there and all that Guinness can’t help.
@Jim, I’m 5’10. My doctor thinks I should weigh-in around the 165 mark, but I think she’s a little bit crazy.
@Thompology, I’ll match your 15 lbs. But I won’t be on any cool trips, so I’ll have to enjoy my Guinness at the local pub.
I weigh 214 pounds as of 10/7/08. I’m too 5’9″. Wait, did someone say they were five foot nine inches? I promise to not lose more than enough weight to disqualify me from obese on the fat scale.