Here's the skinny: I've been near 300 lbs. for years and need to lose weight. I'm married to a wonderful lady, and we have a family. One of our boys often asks if I'll run with him. I've always had to tell him, "No." In August of '09, my wife learned about a couch-to-5k running program, and I agreed to try it with her. This blog chronicles our progress on that training program. I hope I'll soon be able to surprise my son by telling him, "Yes, I'll go running with you!"

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

BWL - Final Results 2012 (I AM the biggest loser!)

The results were not sent out until 4:45 PM today.  I took the top spot with 32.6 lbs. lost (11.41% of my starting weight).  My team lost a total of 66 lbs. Nearly half of that was mine. As a group, the 20 of us lost 165.4 lbs!  I'll be picking up my winnings in the morning. Thanks go out to my teammates for doing such a great job, too!

There's talk of starting another round of the contest in another week or two.  I'd be in--my next goal weight is 235 lbs.


Top 3 Winner:
Andrew Riemer (me)
11.41%
JR
10.58%
JS
9.82%

Top 2 Team:
TEAM 5 TOTALS
33.69%
TEAM 4 TOTALS
24.16%

Amount Lost Per Team (in lbs.):
TEAM 5 TOTALS
66
TEAM 4 TOTALS
42
TEAM 1 TOTALS
41.8
TEAM 3 TOTALS
9.2
TEAM 2 TOTALS
6.4

Stack Ranking of Entire Group:
1
Andrew Riemer
2
JR
3
JS
4
LE
5
DMJ
6
KS
7
NY
8
PO
9
JB
10
MH
11
KM
12
KC
13
SM
14
AG
15
ME
16
LA
17
EG
18
CS
19
MS
20
JL

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

BWL - Week 11 Results

Well, there's only one more week to go.  Here are the standings as of week 11. It looks like my team is guaranteed a top-two finish (likely the #1 position).  On the individual side, it will still be close.  I will likely stay in the top three, but don't know whether or not I will be the Biggest Loser.


Only Week 11 Ranking

TEAM 5 TOTALS
5.60%
TEAM 1 TOTALS
2.22%
TEAM 3 TOTALS
1.37%
TEAM 4 TOTALS
0.99%
TEAM 2 TOTALS
-0.98%


Total Weight Loss Ranking:
(Remember: Top 2 get $150/team at the end)

TEAM 5 TOTALS
31.03%
TEAM 4 TOTALS
21.84%
TEAM 1 TOTALS
16.07%
TEAM 3 TOTALS
7.19%
TEAM 2 TOTALS
4.88%


Top 5 Individual Ranking for Week 11:

Andrew Riemer (me)
3.70%
MS
1.86%
JR
1.75%
JB
1.56%
MH
1.51%


Top 5 Total Individual Ranking:
(Remember: Top 3 get $60 at the end)
Andrew Riemer (me)
10.64%
JS
9.54%
LE
8.77%
JR
7.44%
DM
6.95%



I do want to note that, in addition to having already lost over 30 lbs., I've also dropped more than four inches from my waist. I was able to try on jeans in a retail store last evening for the first time in over 15 years.

Monday, April 30, 2012

Early weigh-in

Well, first of all, I did not starve myself this past week.  I had a bit to eat on Tuesday night (the first night of the fast), because my blood sugar went low.  After that, I reduced one of my diabetes medications and got through the rest of the week through Saturday.  That day had a pretty normal amount of consumption, but then I went back to a very limited intake on Sunday.

The result? Down 9.8 lbs. this week.  I'm in the 250s for the first time since who knows when!  I'm at 255.2 lbs.--that's 30.4 lbs. lost since the start of the competition!

I weighed in early because I have the day off tomorrow.  I'll post the official results for the week sometime on Wednesday.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

BWL - Week 10 Results

[Posted late. ~FMR]



Current Week Ranking

TEAM 4 TOTALS
1.67%
TEAM 1 TOTALS
-0.02%
TEAM 3 TOTALS
-1.13%
TEAM 5 TOTALS
-2.35%
TEAM 2 TOTALS
-2.65%

Total Weight Loss Ranking:
(Remember: Top 2 get $150/team at the end)

TEAM 5 TOTALS
25.80%
TEAM 4 TOTALS
20.89%
TEAM 1 TOTALS
13.89%
TEAM 2 TOTALS
5.86%
TEAM 3 TOTALS
5.85%

Top 5 Individual Ranking for Week 5:

PO
2.05%
JS
1.52%
MS
1.27%
KC
0.87%
CS
0.66%

Top 5 Total Individual Ranking:
(Remember: Top 3 get $60 at the end)
JS
9.40%
LE
8.17%
Andrew Riemer (me)
7.21%
DMJ
6.71%
NY
5.94% 


I gained again, but know why: I was completely off plan.  I'm going to take drastic steps this week. I have not fasted for a while, so will use that to give myself a jumpstart back into this thing.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

BWL - Week 9 Results

It's not been a great exercise week (life is just immensely crazy right now), but I did manage to reverse last week's gain and even lost a couple tenths more.  Only three weeks to go!


Only Week 5 Ranking
TEAM 3 TOTALS
4.14%
TEAM 1 TOTALS
2.70%
TEAM 2 TOTALS
1.98%
TEAM 5 TOTALS
1.47%
TEAM 4 TOTALS
-1.25%

Total Weight Loss Ranking:
(Remember: Top 2 get $150/team at the end)
TEAM 5 TOTALS
28.00%
TEAM 4 TOTALS
19.28%
TEAM 1 TOTALS
13.73%
TEAM 2 TOTALS
8.43%
TEAM 3 TOTALS
6.94%

Top 5 Individual Ranking for Week 5:
SM
2.21%
NY
1.21%
JR
1.15%
EG
0.89%
MH
0.87%

Top 5 Total Individual Ranking:
(Remember: Top 3 get $60 at the end)
Andrew Riemer (me)
8.54%
LE
8.17%
JS
7.99%
JR
7.77%
DMJ
7.07%