Weapons of Mass Reduction
Earlier this week, my office at work embarked on a Biggest Loser weight loss challenge. I had planned on attempting to lose weight soon, so this was the perfect thing to jump start me. Myself and three of my colleagues formed a team, and we weighed in this past Wednesday. We are up against seven other teams of four people each. So with the competition so rough, we trained… by eating total crap.
For the week leading up to the weigh in, I ate all the nasty stuff I wanted as a last hurrah.
- Pizza
- Chili
- Chili Dogs
- Burgers
- Burgers stuffed with OTHER meat
- Gyros
- French Fries
- Garlic Butter French Fries
- TONS of sushi (went for some of the deep fried rolls)
- Meatloaf
- Sausage Egg and Cheese McGriddles
- Candy bars
- Regular full-calorie Coke products
It was a great run, but quite frankly by weigh in, I was actually feeling ill from eating so unhealthy. So it was time.
As always with my attempts at weight loss, I need technology in order to help this geek out. So, I bought a FitBit Ultra and started tracking my food intake on Lose It! I’ll write more on that at a later date, but I really like the combo so far. We’ll see how it holds up.
So wish me luck. I’m off to an awesome start. I’ve already lost six pounds 🙂
May 4, 2012 @ 6:10 pm
Good Luck! great to hear about your early success. Becky has a fitbit and she loves it!
May 4, 2012 @ 8:20 pm
Thanks. I’m really digging the FitBit so far. Especially to track my sleep patterns. I’ve been wanting to do that for awhile, so it’s good to get the insight.
May 4, 2012 @ 6:45 pm
John, doesn’t the eating binge defeat the purpose of each healthier
May 4, 2012 @ 6:46 pm
typo, each = eating
May 4, 2012 @ 8:20 pm
It does, but it also bulked up the weight for the competition. Each member of the winning team gets $250, so that’s a little bit of an extra motivator. That said, it was also a good farewall to all of the really fattening foods I may not each as much of in the next three months.
May 5, 2012 @ 3:14 am
Good luck! I’ve slacked the last couple of weeks but with only two weeks until the Great Geek Challenge, I’m back on the wagon now.