Biggest Loser - I “Lost”
Posted on April 29, 2008
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Ok I promised you all that I would update you on my results of the Biggest Loser Challenge.
As you are no doubt aware the challenge was between 15 overweight guys to see who could lose the biggest % of their weight between January and April 19th.
Just a few weeks ago I was roughly in 3rd place (top 4 finishers finish “in the money”).
As of April 1, I had lost 29 pounds, down to 216lbs (for a total of 11.8% lost).
The final weigh-in was a few weekends ago and here’s how I did…
The Biggest Loser Results
I finished in 5th place at 221.5lbs for a loss of 9.6% (4th place had a loss of 9.7%)
What is funny is that I had top weigh in 2 days earlier due to the trip to New York that my wife and I had planned for the 18th and 19th.
So that Thursday morning (the 17th) I weighed myself at 7am and I was at 218.
“Not bad”, I thought… “27 pounds is pretty good and I should at least finish in the money”
Well I couldn’t weigh myself in until that evening (9pm) and I guess the absorption of water, etc… during the day, weighed me down by an additional 3.5lbs for 23.5lb total weight loss.
What is funny is that had I weighed in at 218 I would’ve taken 3rd place and have received $200 as the prize money. Had I weighed in at my lightest during the competition (215lbs) I would’ve placed 2nd.
The competition was THAT close.
Oh…the winner? He lost 13% of his weight.
I feel I still “won” so-to-speak. It motivated me to get off my butt and do cardio.
I “feel lighter” and have more energy and my joints don’t ache anymore when I go up and down stairs. I’ve continued to eat right and exercise these past two weeks…with one notable exception.
I have enjoyed the warm embrace of beer. The one thing I swore I wouldn’t touch in the competition was alcohol and to that I was true. The past few weekends I have enjoyed a few beers (especially during the NFL draft, more on that in a later post) and relaxed a bit.
My wife is happy in that she says;
“I’ve seen muscles I haven’t seen in quite some time”.
Do you need to lose 10, 20, 30lbs? Try doing this competition with friends.
Have you lost that amount?
I’d be interested in hearing about how you did it.
-Thai
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Congrats bud. Even though you didn’t win, you still did a lot more than I have the willpower to do. I like food too much.
Thanks EMB. I’m confident I can keep it off finally.
Congrats you big LOSER!
oh, you don’t want to know my weight… but I’m 5′6″ so it’s not surprising heh