Biggest loser

Honestly we need to make this easier. How about we all post a shirtless selfie of ourselves then post another one 20 weeks later? At week 20 we all take a vote and announce the winner. Simple. I'll go first...
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Honestly we need to make this easier. How about we all post a shirtless selfie of ourselves then post another one 20 weeks later? At week 20 we all take a vote and announce the winner. Simple. I'll go first...
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The only important thing i put in "the rules"

at least put a spoiler tag around that!
 
Patrick said:
I was busy eating-up all the cookies, and drinking all the beer. Just when I thought i was done, my brother came over with lasagne and cannoli,
which required red wine be consumed. Then I hand-wrote it on a piece of paper and the dog ate it. 😉


Here are my ideas. We all have different goals. Pounds, inches, personally i'd like to be taller. We should also make some "life" improvements that can stick.

From each of you, I need a starting point. It can be a number (like 210 lbs, or 140 inches (total waist, thighs, neck, ass) and a goal (ie 173 lbs., 120 inches)
Or whatever your goal is....
This should include a timeframe. My timeframe is 16 weeks.
WIth any long timeframe, intermediate goals are going to be required. 195lbs by EOW 4, 185 EOW 8, 180 EOW 12, 173 EOW 16.
Also need a plan. No alc in January, Endurance workout 3x week, increasing to 4 after week 8. Light lifting 2x week (arms, chest), and specifically stretch and strengthen my neck,
cause it just feels f'd from falling on it however many years ago that was. Increase intensity slowly (very slowly) over the weeks.
Start eating a healthy breakfast so i'm not starving and binge eating by lunch. Avoid the cake and cookies (i'll ask my wife not to leave cake out)

Some people might not be comfortable with putting down a number - that's fine. I mean @Pearl might have ballooned to 145, and needs to get back to 135.
So he might want to just say that he needs to lose 7% of his body weight - which seems like quite a bit - he could update us in percentages.
Or he could say he wants to lose 10lbs and doesn't give a starting weight, just updates on loss.

Scoring? well it is kinda self-rewarding isn't it?
Give yourself +1 point for everything you do that is in your plan.
Take away 1 point for missing something in your plan
Give yourself 1 point for making an intermediate goal
Give yourself a healthier life for making the final goal - and a few points.

Write your plan down and stick it on the refrigerator. Get buy-in from the people around you.
Find motivation and support wherever possible.

Since I have been awarded the expert level certification at the yo-yo, I can tell you that hanging-in at 90% of plan for 6 weeks will change your body.
At that point, the furnace is primed to make some leaps in fitness. I'd urge you to take a picture on jan 1 (for yourself , cause ain't nobody want to see that)
then look again at 6 weeks. Smile and start thinking about signing up for a race to stay motivated.

Plans can change, goals can change, life happens. Make the detours as short as possible, then jump back on.

Buy yourself a new bike in May as a reward.

I'll consolidate numbers, goals, and track as people update.
No need to double up BIYF posts - just leave a link to the post -
Other stuff - ie hiking, lifting, running, indoor, or not BIYF participant goes in here -
Maybe we'll have a little video summary at the end of the week - we can hire Pig My Pony. 😉

Let me know when the belt makes the next notch. 👍
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i am guessing since there was no BIYF rules to fight over, this is taking its place?
 
stb222 said:
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i am guessing since there was no BIYF rules to fight over, this is taking its place?
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Condensed version

State where are you starting, where are you going, and how are you going to get there.
keep your own score, cause the journey is the reward.
 
Patrick said:
Condensed version

State where are you starting, where are you going, and how are you going to get there.
keep your own score, cause the journey is the reward.
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Not to sound like a jerk but there better be a God damn prize. WTF are we killing ourselves for?!? At least a free membership to MTBNJ?

Amiright @everyone
 
I'm in but won't win as my weight loss goal is smaller. Three weeks ago my cardiologist told me i'm progessing similar to my dad (who he treated). That was enough. I put a 7hr riding per week minimum goal and changed my diet. I've been doing that for 3 weeks and so far so good. In 2014 I trained for a stage race and got to a place I thought I'd never get but did and of course that went away over time. I probably won't get that again but 1/2 of that is my goal. I'll follow this as a reminder.
 
I just read @Patrick training thread, so hopefully I will make him feel better and we can get a rhythm here. After five years of not riding the bike hard, or at all….my other activities have pushed me into the Fatboy Faceoff.

Prior to COVID I had it under control and dropped thirty pounds, but it’s all back. My goal this year will be to concentrate more on myself and not work as much. The Mrs. and I worked heavy hours six days a week for the last two years. I find myself wanting to be outside now and far away from the internet’s (I don’t really count this site as the internet for some reason).

Here we go:
- Start Weight - 226
- Goal - 195
- Start Date: 12/28
- End Date: 4/7 (100 days)

Activities:
- Ride minimum 8hrs a week, posting up in the BIYF thread
- Pilates twice a week (been going since June, finally broke wind uncontrollably in class Tuesday)
- Hike/Walk
- Trail Maintenance
- Wrench/build vehicles

Booze:
- No booze until 4/8 when I am
On vacation…none, dry
- I have done this for the last two years, first three months of the year sober and it is fantastic. No cheats for the last two years

Food:
- Running calories through My Fitness Pal
- Trying to focus on water/food for recovery
- 2lbs per week weight loss
- Hoping for a big first week as I had three Xmas Dinners over the weekend, my family likes to feed me

No race goals, but I would like to work towards the ability to do a back to back century. Seems lofty but I always wanted to try that. Let’s see if I can get back to one gravel century first.

The hardest part for me is saying no to people. Be it customers, family or friends. I tend to be the guy that gets called when people need to blow off steam and take in calories. The hardest part for me is telling people no, but the sobriety thing during the winter the last three years really helps. The long hours over the past two years also have afforded me a heavier hand to say NO!

@patrick….looks like we both have thirty…..similar timelines…..that’s a competition

@stb222 maybe you can do a weekly play by play on the “Fat Boy Faceoff”

My Pilates instructor may be flying a banner plane that states “Don’t Feed John” over NJ soon.

Let’s go Pat!
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Not Rick said:
I stated smoking last month due to anxiety surprised I'm reaching for the bowl vs a hamburger and it's not a bowl turning into a hamburger. Most likely because I won't drive so I go to bed.
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Did anyone decode this yet?

@Johnny Utah I'm up for pulling each other through. Longer sobriety sounds good to me. Really good.

We got this
 
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