Weight Loss Competition - Befor and After

So what's been happening this past week, since the end of the competition? To start, I regained 8 pounds on the same day of the final weigh-in. This was mostly water weight as I dried-out to an extreme to win. We also, as a group ate mucho meats at Fogo. I ended up dropping another pound or so over the course of last week - my current "running weight" is around 192-193 pounds. I've also changed my workout - less cardio and have gone back into weight-training mode. I'm going to try to keep the weight under 195 while weight training, upping the cardio when I go over, to maintain a strength-to-weight balance.

I did want finish up the work competition as I haven't done any Before-and-After photos or analysis. I'm breaking this down by participant (some images weren't available, so the focus will be on those that allowed photos on the first and final days). The Starting Position provides context as to how far down on the list each member was at the start, from lightest at the top (so Starting Position 1 is at the top) to heaviest at the bottom

John Eaton (me)

Starting Weight: 235.0
Starting Position: 5
BMI Start: 33.7

End Weight: 187.6
Ending Position: 1
BMI End: 26.9
Total Weight Loss: 47.4
Weight Loss Percentage of Body Weight: 20.17%

Carlos L

Starting Weight: 268.8
Starting Position: 12
BMI Start: 31.9

End Weight: 215.8
Ending Position: 2
BMI End: 25.6
Total Weight Loss: 53.0
Weight Loss Percentage of Body Weight: 19.72%

Kevin Lu

Starting Weight: 178.6
Starting Position: 1
BMI Start: 24.9

End Weight: 152.4
Ending Position: 3
BMI End: 21.3
Total Weight Loss: 26.2
Weight Loss Percentage of Body Weight: 14.67%

Mike J

Starting Weight: 263.2
Starting Position: 11
BMI Start: 32.0

End Weight: 229.0
Ending Position: 4
BMI End: 27.9
Total Weight Loss: 34.2
Weight Loss Percentage of Body Weight: 12.99%

Jeff B

Starting Weight: 282.2
Starting Position: 16
BMI Start: 40.5

End Weight: 246.2
Ending Position: 5
BMI End: 35.3
Total Weight Loss: 36.0
Weight Loss Percentage of Body Weight: 12.76%

Kevin Li

Starting Weight: 236.8
Starting Position: 13
BMI Start: 32.1

End Weight: 209.6
Ending Position: 6
BMI End: 28.4
Total Weight Loss: 27.2
Weight Loss Percentage of Body Weight: 11.49%

Verlin H

Starting Weight: 434.0
Starting Position: 1
BMI Start: 54.2

End Weight: 394.6
Ending Position: 7
BMI End: 49.3
Total Weight Loss: 39.4
Weight Loss Percentage of Body Weight: 9.08%

Stephen M

Starting Weight: 223.8
Starting Position: 16
BMI Start: 33.4

End Weight: 204.2
Ending Position: 8
BMI End: 29.3
Total Weight Loss: 19.6
Weight Loss Percentage of Body Weight: 8.76%

Steven T

Starting Weight: 272.6
Starting Position: 3
BMI Start: 33.2

End Weight: 250.2
Ending Position: 9
BMI End: 30.5
Total Weight Loss: 22.4
Weight Loss Percentage of Body Weight: 8.22%

Alex V

Starting Weight: 209.6
Starting Position: 17
BMI Start: 28.4

End Weight: 196.6
Ending Position: 10
BMI End: 26.7
Total Weight Loss: 13.0
Weight Loss Percentage of Body Weight: 6.20%