60 Day Weight Loss Diet - Day 1

So to kick things off  my group at work (which started with 8 but has somehow grown to 18) put together some rules and did a weigh-in on Monday 2013.01.07 as the first day of about 60 (it's really 8 weeks so technically just shy). Each participant was weighed using the same scale and except for the two add-ons, at the same time - 2:00 PM EST.

Clothing should be comparable to what each normally wears to work (for most that's jeans, t-shirts, etc) but no shoes. Since most of the products we have at work have the word "REAL" as the prefix to the product name, we decided to call the friendly contest "REALLoser" - this is an mash-up of the products we produce and the show "Worlds Biggest Loser" a dieting competition.

Here's the list of Participants

(I've removed the last names for a bit of web privacy):

Name	Weigh In	One Pound	10%
Verlin H	434.0	0.23%	43.40
Jeff B	282.2	0.35%	28.22
Steven T	272.6	0.37%	27.26
Jeff M	271.2	0.37%	27.12
Mark F	269.6	0.37%	26.96
Carlos L	268.8	0.37%	26.88
Mike J	263.2	0.38%	26.32
Carey A	258.4	0.39%	25.84
Stan Y	249.6	0.40%	24.96
Shane M	246.4	0.41%	24.64
Mark M	243.0	0.41%	24.30
Patrick M	237.4	0.42%	23.74
Kevin Li	236.8	0.42%	23.68
John Eaton (me)	235.0	0.43%	23.50
Chris D	224.6	0.45%	22.46
Stephen M	223.8	0.45%	22.38
Alex V	209.6	0.48%	20.96
Kevin Lu	178.6	0.56%	17.86

A few notes:

• I weighed myself on this Monday morning before getting in the shower so there's a difference between the REALLoser weigh-in amount and what I'm tracking in MyFitnessPal (which has my weight from my morning weigh-ins).
• One dimension that's missing from the chart is height - it's difficult to tell from the photos of each participant how tall each is - for instance, the heaviest, Verlin, comes in at 6'5" or so.
• Every Friday there will be a voluntary weigh in.
• Each participant is encouraged to talk smack to the others to spur them into action. With so many Type A personalities this will be an interesting competition.
• The winner will have the largest percentage of weight loss to two decimal places.

Verlin H. - Beginning Weight 434 lb

Coming into the competition as the high-extreme, Verlin has been dieting for several weeks and has already lost a bit of weight - I believe he indicated he started his Weight Watcher's Diet at about 450 lbs. Verlin as I've mentioned previously, is one of the tallest in the competition at 6'4"-6'5." There are positives and negatives at being the heaviest - on the plus side, he can lose quite a bit of weight over a period of days because he has the most excess. On the negative side, since the competition is factored on percentage lost, he HAS to lose quite a bit of weight to win.

Jeff B. - Beginning Weight 282.2 lb

Steven T. - Beginning Weight 272.6 lb

Jeff M. - Beginning Weight 271.2 lb

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Mark F. - Beginning Weight 269.6 lb

Carlos L. - Beginning Weight 268.8 lb

Mike J. - Beginning Weight 263.2 lb

Carey A. - Beginning Weight 258.4 lb

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Stan Y. - Beginning Weight 249.6 lb

 

Shane M. - Beginning Weight 246.4 lb

 

Mark M. - Beginning Weight 243.0 lb

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Patrick M. - Beginning Weight 237.4 lb

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Kevin Li. - Beginning Weight 236.8 lb

 

John Eaton (me) - Beginning Weight 235.0 lb

 

Chris D. - Beginning Weight 224.6 lb

Stephen M. - Beginning Weight 223.8 lb

 

Alex V. - Beginning Weight 209.6

Kevin Lu. - Beginning Weight 178.6

As the lowest extreme among the competitors it's surprising that Kevin is participating - however due to a recent ACL injury he's using this opportunity to kick-start his path back to a more nominal weight.

 I'll try to get photos of the other participants and update this post at a later date. First weigh-in is on Friday 2013.01.11 (I'll be weighing in on the 10th as I won't be available on Friday).

-- John