Week 3

9/19

Calories: 1500 calories Cheerios, 1/2 Tuna n Chips,

Exercise: 825 Calories 7.5 mile walk

9/20

Calories: 1800 calories Cheerios, 1/2 Tuna n Chips, Greek Chicken, Salad, Pita, 2 Michelob Ultra

Exercise: 600 Calories 4.5 mile walk 2 mile run

9/21

Calories: 2200 Calories Cheerios, 1/2 Tuna n Chips, Scallops and Sweet Potato Mash, 2 beers

Exercise: 550 Calories 4 mile walk 2 mile run

9/22

Calories: 1400 Cal Cheerios, 1/2 Tuna n Chips, Chicken Sausage and Pasta, Sam Adams

Exercise: 850 Cal 6.5 mile (walking) 1.5 mile run

9/23

Calories: 1900 Calories Home made Wheat Pizza, Pot Bellies Sub, Tostitos, Sam Adams

Exercise: None

9/24

Calories: ??? Beer, Pizza, Wings, Garlic Bread, Chips

Exercise: 515 Calories 4.21 mile (walk/run)

9/25

Calories: 1600 Cal Burrito, Gatorade, Pirate Booty

Exercise: 725 Cal 7.25 mile Walk

9/26

Calories:

Exercise: 4.35 mile walk (500 calories)

Comments: Overall a pretty good week. Saturday was a bloodbath but I think that helps keep me honest rest of the week. I ended up going out to eat 4 times this week but was able to limit it to one bad meal. The exercise also has really been turned up as well.

Progress: As of Friday I was down 6.5 lbs. I'm hoping to get to 8 by the end of the month. (Next week)

Week 2

9/13

Calories: 1,400 cal Cheerios, 1/2 Tuna, Chips, Shrimp Bisque, Pirate Booty Whiskey

Exercise: 700 cal (5 mile walk 1 mile run) Lifting - Shoulders

9/14

Calories: 1150 cal Cheerios, 1/2 Tuna Chips, Guacamole Soup, Pirate Booty, Pita

Exercise: 470 cal (3 mile walk, 1 mile run)

9/15

Calories: 1,100 cal Cheerios, 1/2 Tuna, Chips, Sausage + Pasta

Exercise: 450 cal (2 mile walk, 2 mile run)

9/16

Calories: 1,150 cal Cheerios 1/2 Tuna, Chips, Sausage + Pasta

Exercise: 600 cal (5 mile walk)

9/17

Calories: 2,800+ (Chips, BLT, Pizza, Cookies, Rum + coke)

Exercise: Softball 2 games

9/18

Calories: 2,000 cal (Steak + cheese, 2 beers, tuna sandwich chips.)

Exercise: None

I was really good during the week but Saturday was again an issue. I also did not make time to get exercise in over the weekend.

Goal for next week: Keep up the exercise and try to keep to one bad meal a week.

Start off

Since high school I have seen my weight sky rocket to over 215lbs and drop to 155. This seems to coincide with crash dieting and exercise followed by months of eating out, no exercise and more drinking. (after 21 of course) In the recent months I have noticed that I seem to be slipping into bad habits again. This can be reflected in my opening weight. While this number was more than likely distorted because it occurred right after a food and beer filled trip to Boston, it is still a red flag.

Starting weight 183.4 lbs.

Week 1:

9/6

Calories: 1450: V8 Green Tea and Juice, Cheddar Biscuit, 1/2 Tuna, Chips, Oven Fried Cod, Low cal Potato Salad

Exercise: 330 cal (Elliptical, Run) + Lifting (Chest)

9/7

Calories: 1300 Cal: Cheerios, 1/2 Tuna, Chips, Tilapia Tacos, Snack: Pretzels and Cheese

Exercise: 325 cal (Elliptical, Run) + Lifting (Arms)

9/8

Calories: 1200 Cal Cheerios, 1/2 Tuna, Chips, Tuna Burgers Potato Salad Snack: Pretzels

Exercise: 310 (Ellip, Run) + Lifting (Shoulders)

9/9

Calories: 1500 Cal: Cheerios, 1/2 Tuna, Chips, Chicken Sausage and low cal Pasta, Pretzels

Exercise: 350 (Ellip, Run) + Lifting (Abs, Chest)

9/10

Calories: ??: Cheerios, Homemade Pretzels, Beer, Vodka RB, Homemade Pizza

Exercise: 472 cal (Walk 4.40 miles)

9/11

Calories: 2000 Cheerios, Small slice of homemade pizza, Country Ribs, Baked Potato, Blondie bar, Beer, Whiskey

Exercise: 478 cal (Walk 4.40 miles)

9/12

Calories: 950 Cal Cheerios 1/2 Tuna, Chips, Scallops + Shrimp, Asparagus, Dumpling

Exercise: 917 cal (Walk 4.26 miles, Run 1.25 miles) Lifting (Chest) Walk (2.5 more mile)

Comments:

Overall it was a pretty good week. I had hoped for Sunday to be better but with the long morning walk it was still a positive day. Overall not to bad. Probably should add a little bit to my caloric intake.

Goal:

My plan for the month is to burn at least 6600 calories. That' s about 220 a day. At the moment I'm at 3187 after 7 days so it looks to be an easy goal but I always find the start of an exercise plan easy to stick to. Hopefully I can really smash that goal and end somewhere closer to 10,000 for the month.

Overall goal: 160-165 lbs (I'll start updating next week. And continue for every 2 weeks)

Good Luck,

Pixar Pete

Yea that name stuff is not working.

Eddie

More Competition

On Friday evening, we added four more competitors to the contest. Here's our current list of combatants (sorted alphabetically by last name, of course):

Lanae Bradley
Ruby Edmonds
Joe Mattingly
Mike Mattingly
Mark Sabina
Marcus Walker

I didn't get final confirmation from any of the new participants regarding posting their starting weights, so in the interest of discretion, I've elected to not disclose them. New folks, if you want me to post them, let me know and I will. For me, I found posting my weight to be a good way to force myself to be accountable. But that was a different style of competition; who knows if it'll work the same in this instance.

If you haven't joined, you've still got a week to decide. I'm available most of the time through next Sunday (September 11) to provide the official scale for weigh-ins. Just let me know if you want to swing by. Once again, the wager is $25 from each participant. Right now, with an estimated 8-9 competitors, we'll be paying out the top two spots, but if we get a few more, we'll expand the prizes.

Happy dieting!

-Disney Joey

So It Begins

The first two competitors have weighed in:

Marcus: 186.8
Joe: 274.0

Note: your weight will only be posted if you give me clearance to post it. If you prefer, I'll record it privately.

After some thought, I've decided my goal is to get under 250.0 pounds during this three month competition. It's a reasonable but aggressive goal. During my previous competition, I averaged 11.43 (repeating of course) pounds lost per month. In order to reach my goal this time around, I'd need to lose just over 8 pounds per month.

So, if you're looking to set your own goals, you can use my 8.76% to frame your plan. And I do recommend setting your own goals. In month three of my previous competition, my goal was to get under 300 pounds. The morning of the weigh-in, I was at 300.8, and I spent the morning and early afternoon running in the rain and playing Rock Band to try to burn off the weight I needed to reach my goal. My registered weight? 299.6. Goals are good.

As a reminder, you have 9 days to register your starting weight (the last day you can weigh in is Sunday, September 11th).

A New Deal - Updated

Alright, so I'm changing the rules for this new competition. Hopefully the changes will draw in some more competition.

First things first: we're going back to percentages. I want people to feel like they can get involved regardless of their starting weights, and the only way to invite people of "medium build" is to give them a chance to win. So rather than straight pounds-versus-pounds, everyone will have their own starting point, and their progress will be evaluated as a percentage of that original weight. So all you sassy 160-pound people, bring it.

The other thing I'm changing is the whole format of the wagers. As exciting as it would have been to compete with each of you individually, some recent financial changes demand that I be a little more cautious with my money. So, instead of head-to-head wagers, we're going to all be contributing $25 to a common pot. We'll compete for three months, with our final weigh-in sometime around December 1st. I'll put together a payout structure based on the number of people who participate.

Starting weights can be recorded starting today, and through September 11th. For consistency, I ask that we all use the same scale, which I'll keep at my house. Give me a heads up and you can come by to weigh in pretty much any time between now and the 11th. Obviously, the sooner you weigh in, the sooner you can start hammering away at your starting weight.

Chances are, I'll use the culmination of this competition as a reason for a party. So, even if you're not competing, you can look forward to a party. And, if for some ungodly reason you'd like to contribute a $25 share without competing, just to create a greater incentive for the competitors, you're obviously welcome to do that as well.

As before, email me at jargonfacer@gmail.com (or whatever other email address you have for me) for details, or to let me know you're interested, and to schedule your weigh-in.

A New Deal

It's you.

The new competition is open to any and all competitors. As many of you know, we previously used this blog to chronicle a weight loss competition between Nick (Gargantuar) and myself (Psychotron). The competition was a success for both of us, and for me in particular. I went from 346.6 lbs at the beginning of January down to 278.0 in early July.

Because the competition clearly helped me lose weight and improve my fitness, I'd like to continue to harness that motivation. The ultimate goal is to be able to generate that competitiveness internally, but I think a good intermediary step is this new scenario: challenging everyone.

In this phase of my weight loss, I'm extending a wager to anyone who wants to take me on. The wager will be a standardized amount: $25 from you, $50 from me. That's right. If you best me, I'll pay out double what you would've had to pay me if I won.

However, it's not all easy street for you challengers. Unlike the original battle between Nick and I, all of these competitions will be raw, pound-versus-pound matchups rather than percentage-based.

I'll grant you that this makes it more of a challenge for those of you who haven't spent your lives getting fat, but consider this: it's always easiest to lose weight right when you start a new diet plan. I've been dieting for over eight months now. I hit walls virtually every day. You'll have every chance to succeed. And if you happen to BE someone who's got a lot of weight to lose, you're in the driver's seat.

Regarding time frames, I'm requiring any competitor to participate for at least 8 weeks. Losing weight over the course of a month is nice; losing weight over the course of two months is evidence of a commitment. And really, while the competition is fun, and the wager is a draw, the true goal here is to help all of us get in better shape, create better fitness habits, and live healthier lives.

You don't have to declare how long you'll be competing; however, you have to give me at least 1 week's notice before you want to weigh in (both starting and ending), and we have to both agree on a date, time, and place. This is to prevent you from taking advantage when you hear I'm going to a Chinese buffet on some random Saturday. You sneaky cad.

I'll provide the scale, and we'll use the same scale for all weigh-ins, for consistency.

If you want to share your strategies or progress on the blog, you're more than welcome to. If you want posting rights, just let me know and I'll get them to you. I'll obviously know your weights, but if you're not comfortable sharing them with the world, that's up to you. I'll continue to share my status, since that's been constructive for me (269.8 right now, by the way).

One last thing. The Psychotron character has run its course, so I'll be taking on a new persona for this competition...DISNEY JOEY!


Interested in battling? Email me at jargonfacer@gmail.com, and we'll arrange what needs arrangin'.