Once again a group at work has decided to suffer the hardship of weight loss for improved health, physical and mental well-being! Much like the REALLoser 1.0 done in the early spring of last year, this year we have almost as many participants at 16 (last year we started with 18 and quickly whittled it down to 15). This year we also, somehow talked several of our female coworkers into participating! We're all really excited to get going.
The rules are basically the same as last year - we did modify the weigh in and have now made it mandatory on Fridays - this is to keep things interesting and competitive. To review the rules:
REALLoser 2014 Contest
- The first weigh-in will be on March 3rd, 2014
- Update weigh-ins will be every Friday beginning March 3, 2014 and ending April 25, 2014. Please make every attempt to weigh in on these dates. Updates published each Friday.
- Anyone may start the contest after the March 3, 2014 date, but no statistics will be taken before that date.
- Weight will be measured with an official scale provided specifically for the Biggest Loser contest. No shoes, coats, pocket objects, etc.
- Clothing will be approximately the same as what you started with
- No liposuction or laser fat removal may be used to decrease weight.
- Winner is determined by greatest percent of weight lost to two (2) decimal places.
- In case of a tie, the tied participants will have one additional week. After the additional week, if a tie remains, the contest will end in a tie.
- Office winner: The office (all participants in Atlanta) losing the most weight as a percentage will be awarded the 2014 REALLoser Trophy.
Beginning Weigh-In:
| Name |
Weigh In |
One Pound |
BMI In |
Current BMI |
10% |
| John |
221.4 |
0.45% |
31.8 |
26.9 |
22.14 |
| Theologos |
202.8 |
0.49% |
29.1 |
31.0 |
20.28 |
| Steven |
261.4 |
0.38% |
31.8 |
18.5 |
26.14 |
| Shane |
238.2 |
0.42% |
32.3 |
20.8 |
23.82 |
| Gary |
186.6 |
0.54% |
29.2 |
35.9 |
18.66 |
| Scott |
413.0 |
0.24% |
59.3 |
35.3 |
41.30 |
| Mike |
239.6 |
0.42% |
29.2 |
25.5 |
23.96 |
| Jeff |
291.0 |
0.34% |
43.0 |
58.3 |
29.10 |
| Kelly |
173.8 |
0.58% |
26.4 |
31.0 |
17.38 |
| Joni |
167.4 |
0.60% |
25.5 |
38.0 |
16.74 |
| Tammie |
170.8 |
0.59% |
26.7 |
30.8 |
17.08 |
| Kevin |
236.0 |
0.42% |
31.1 |
28.0 |
23.60 |
| Lisa |
204.6 |
0.49% |
36.2 |
42.2 |
20.46 |
| Cary |
259.2 |
0.39% |
37.2 |
34.1 |
25.92 |
| Dawn |
167.4 |
0.60% |
32.7 |
45.2 |
16.74 |
| Average |
228.9 |
0.46% |
33.5 |
32.8 |
22.9 |
The Contestants:
John - this is me of course and since I was the winner of REALLoser 2013 I've disqualified myself from winning this year. Since last year I've put back on about half of what I lost (last year started at 235.0, this year at 221.4) - this time I've decided to focus on less weight loss and more weight training. Sorry I forgot to take a beginning photo.
Theologos - new to the competition, Theologos comes in at 202.8.
Steven - returning once again from last year. Steven did well last year (starting at 272.6) but has gained a bit of the weight back and hopes to keep it off this year. Steven comes in at 261.4. Missed the image this year.
Shane - returning once again from last year (starting at 246.4). Shane had a tough time last year (he got married!) and hopes to keep it off this year. Shane's starting weight this year is 238.2.
Gary - new to the company, I think Gary thinks we're all lunatics. He weighs in at 186.6.
Scott - has been waiting for this competition. Scott comes in at 413.
Mike - returning once again from last year (where he started at 263.2). Make did a great job keeping the weight off last year and hopes to improve even more this year. This year Mike's at 239.6.
Jeff - returning once again from last year (starting at 282.2). Who knows what happened to Jeff? In any case, he hopes to both lose and win this year! Jeff weighs in at 291.0.
Kelly - I'm not quire sure why our lovely ladies think they need to lose weight. Kelly starts at 173.8.
Joni - ties with the lightest at 167.4.
Tammie - hopes to slim down a bit (not too much!) and comes in at 170.8. (Sorry about the blurry photo)...
Kevin - started this whole mess this year and starts at 236.0.
Lisa - petite Lisa is starting at 204.6.
Cary - one of the original starters last year, Cary dropped out after the first week. He's ready this time and weighs in at 259. No photo...
Dawn - the other tie with the lightest weight at 167.4.
One note, if you're a contestant you might want to look for the MyFitnessPal app for iPhone/Android - I use it and several others and we've all found it very helpful.
I got started posting late this year so I've already got 2 weeks of weigh ins - I'll update with them in the next day or so. That's it for now - more in a couple of days.
-- John
