I've been extremely busy at work lately and by the time I get home it's very late and I'm dog tired;  I haven't run in a week and a half and I didn't even do any pushups/situps last week.  I was not looking forward to this weigh-in.  Well, nothing can be done about it, here's the data:

Original weight: 189

Last week's weight: 189

This week's weight: 189

Hmmm... even with the lack of exercise, I didn't gain any weight.  Must be the stress keeping off the weight.  My project will be completed by the end of this week, so I'll be back to normal hours and hopefully can start losing exercising and losing weight again.  I'll have just over four weeks to hit my target weight of 182!!!

Weigh in results from Sunday July 15:

Original weight: 189
Last week's weigh in: 189
Current weigh in: 189

Status quo.

I actually had dropped down to 186 after a good run last week, but Sara and I went to a BBQ on Saturday and I pigged out on the ribs...and sausage...and cake...

Six more weeks to go, contestants!!!

Weigh in results from Sunday July 8:

Original weight: 189  (188.8, to be exact)

Last week's weigh in: 192

Current weigh in: 188.8

So I'm back to my starting weight - I knew that mega run in Calgary was good for me.

So the strange thing is, I've actually not lost any weight.  However, I feel like I've lost weight, I sorta look like I've lost weight, and most significantly, pants that were previously tight on me now fit me well!!!  So I may not have lost any weight, but I've definitely lost some girth.

First week of the FatOff and I've been terrible - I only ran once, although I did do basic push-ups/sit-ups four times, and I've had some baaaad foods: cheesecake, ice cream, cookies, chips - and that was before I went on vacation!!  Up here in Bonnyville Alice and Randy have fed us very well - perogies with sour cream and bacon with sausage, lots of good beef jerky, snack foods galore, and last night's dinner was really awesome: Alberta tenderloin on the BBQ, and it was possibly the best steak I've ever had.  Corn and asparagus accompanied it, which is okay, but the dessert was decadent: caramel lava cake with ice cream.  Oh, and during the day we stopped at a Dairy Queen (for Sara's birthday treat) and I had the caramel Waffle Crisp Blizzard (really, really good) while Sara had a Brownie Earthquake... which of course I ended up eating a third of it.

Anyways, here's the weigh-in data:

Initial weigh in: 189lbs

First week weigh in: 192lbs

So yes, I've actually gained weight instead of losing.  Today we're off to Calgary to visit Jenn and Steve.  I WILL run in Calgary.  I WILL!!!!!

3 overweight contestants.
2 months.
1 winner.

Let the Fat-Off begin!!!!


Nic's data, from her comment:
First weigh in this morning is 126lbs
Reasonable target is 120 lbs
Nicole Richie target is 116lbs

My initial weigh-in: 188.8 lbs
Target Weight: 179
Nicole Richie Target: 172

Alex's data has not been collected; he'll need to add his data in the comments for this post...

I'm fat.

I know I've gained a lot of fat since I moved to San Francisco - I've not been keeping up with any sort of exercise regimen and so I've pretty much let myself go. But even knowing that, I did not really notice a difference on a day to day basis. It really wasn't until sorting through pictures from vacation that it really hit me. Nothing says "Hey, you're fat" quite like looking at 1000+ pictures of yourself on vacation. In some shots, I had almost no chin. NO CHIN!!!!!! (and no, these pictures will NOT be available to the general public)

I will no longer tolerate this. I have decided to start jogging regularly again, and to alter my diet. Altering my diet is a bit of vague concept as I'm not actually going to go on a diet - it'll be more of a "eat less at each meal" sort of diet. The jogging, though, will be quantifiable. I will go for a minimum of 30 minutes three times a week. I also want to start with modest goals; I would like to lose 10 pounds in a month.

I had actually set these goals last weekend, right before I got sick. At the time, I weighed in at a very hefty 197 pounds. I just weighed myself earlier today and I've lost 11 pounds during the week! Sweeeeeeet - an easy kickstart to my weight-loss program. :)

I will start running and hopefully be able to lose even more weight. I'd be happy to get under 180, and ecstatic if I can hit 172.

Let the weight loss begin!
er, I mean, Let the weight loss continue! (but in a healthy manner, not due to some viral infection)