Am I The Biggest Loser? (by Jenn)

I hope.

Rian's work is doing a Biggest Loser competition. Here are the rules, directly from the rule maker:

With the New Year coming we are all ready to commit to a bunch of stuff that we will never follow through on so Mark and I have been discussing a fitness challenge of sorts in hopes that our competitive spirit will help jumpstart 2009.

The Welton Street Biggest Loser will be judged by the largest percentage of weight lost (if you are 200 pounds and lose 20lbs you are down 10% versus the 150 pound person who lost 20lbs and is down 13%). The entry fee is $20. Winner gets 80% of the proceeds and second place gets 20%. Some type of exercise (it has to be more than 30 minutes to qualify but it can be cardio, weight training, sports etc…) is required 4 days per week. For every day you miss working out you must add $2 to the pot. The contest will start on January 5^th and end on March 27^th. We will log days worked out on a sheet down in the DD area. Starting and ending weights are not required to be disclosed only the % lost.

For those of you who are not interested in losing weight there will be a side bet. This bet will be a push-up contest. The contest is to determine who can increase the number of push-ups (excellent form required) they can do in five minutes by the largest amount (it will be a percentage scale also). The stakes for this competition are not yet determined we will figure it out once we see how many people are interested.

Pretty intense isn't it?

Well, I have joined this competition, and because I won't actually be at the office for weigh ins, I have to take a picture of my scale and send it in to the top-secret HR person. I sent it in for the first time on Monday, and it was a real eye-opener. I had been losing a bit of weight since Cameron was born, but I finished breastfeeding about three weeks ago. Since then, I have gained some weight back and I didn't want to see what I did see on the scale. However, I think that this will give me a good chance of winning. Also, what is not mentioned in this email is that we will be on two teams with a coach. So, the money will be split up to the team. This makes it even tougher, because I don't want to let my team down.

I have started my program and so far so good (ask me again though in two weeks). I parked in the farthest away spot from my office today (a good start to most diets I have read). I ate breakfast, I made a healthy lunch, I ate healthy dinners the past two nights. We are joining the Rec center by our house. So, wish me luck. I am DEFINITELY going to need it.