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!"

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.