And we're off

Started this morning and realizing it's hard to get back into the points counting mindset, but I'm sure I'll be back to my old ways in no time.

I weighed in this morning at 136.8 - a pound less than when our first contest ended in May. Not bad, but I'd love to see if I can hit 130 for my 25th (!!) birthday on December 19th. Does that seem realistic?

B: Double Fiber Honey Wheat English Muffin (1), 2 egg whites (.5), ketchup & hot sauce, 2 cups of OJ (4.5) = 6 total

L: 2 avocado rolls (6), 3 small bites of shrimp shumai (2) = 8 sub / 14 total

S: large banana (2) = 16 total

D: Going to Crocodile Lounge to celebrate me and Alex's 1.5 year anniversary :) and will have 2 drinks (4) and a mini pizza (6?) = 10 sub / 24 total

If I stick to my dinner plan, that puts me at 6 over today, which I'm totally okay with because it's a very special day.

Former Fatties / Fall Fitness version 2.0

We talk the talk, and have not been walking the walk, jogging the jog, or breaking any sort of sweat.

As per my discussion with Bobby this morning, we have officially committed ourselves to ANOTHER CONTEST. The idea of just getting fit for the sake of getting fit apparently wasn’t resonating with either of us, but the “sheer terror” of beating each other in a contest again is enough to light a fire under our (fat)asses.

Pretty much the same rules apply:
DATES:

• Contest starts on September 15th (that’s tomorrow), and runs through December 15th.

WHAMMIES:

• Whammies are valid in one month intervals only: from the 15th of the starting month to the 14th of the following month, at which point they expire.
• To up the ante, 40 whammies must be attained in the one-month period to earn the bonus of two pounds off the final weigh-in weight.
• Whammies can be acquired in two ways:

1. Exercise/workout exceeding 20 minutes in length. Maximum of 2 workout whammies can be earned each day, with each workout session happening at different parts of the day (ie: 2 hours of working out straight through, unfortunately, only warrants 1 whammie)
2. Getting all of your Healthy Guidelines (“HGs”) in during the course of the day. Our slightly-doctored version of Weight Watchers HGs include: 5 servings of fruits/veggies, 1 serving of dairy, 6 glasses of water, 2 teaspoons of healthy oil, 1 lean protein, and whole grains whenever possible.

• On the 1st of every month (mid-month in the competition calendar), both opponents must check in and report how many whammies they have tallied, inducing the “sheer terror” factor.
  
• Final whammie totals are to be reported on the 14th of every month in order to redeem the 2 bonus pounds per month off final weigh-in. (For a total of 6 possible pounds off the final weigh in)
  
• As per Bobby’s request, the competitor who earns the most whammies will be deemed “The Mayor of Whammieville.”

BLOGGING:

• Since I get annoyed at Bobby’s leaves of absence from the blogging world: a minimum requirement of 3 blog postings per week are required.
• If the weekly blog posting requirement is not met, 2 whammies are to be docked from the monthly whammie total. This potentially means that by neglecting this here blog you could lose up to 8 whammies a month of the necessary 40 per bonus. Sucker.

TALLYING RESULTS:

• The winner is determined based off of highest percentage of weight lost ([starting weight – final weight]/starting weight x 100)
• Just for fun, we’re going to record our measurements to see how skinny(me)/ripped(Bobby) we get.

PRIZES:

• On October 14th, we will have a one-month check-in. The contender who has lost the greatest percentage at this point gets a $30 gift card.
• On December 15th, at the final weigh in (version 2.0), the contender who has lost the greatest percentage of weight gets a $150 cash prize (paid for by the loser).

Bobby – anything I missed?

To my friends – sorry about what this means for my social life. I’ll still come out, I’ll just be be back in the routine of making health-concious(what’s that?) choices and curbing the binge drinking...just a little.

Like they say, you gotta be in it to win it. I’m all in.

Heeeeere we goooo.

FALL FITNESS HAS BEGUN.

Scratch that post about me weighing 163, because I weighed in at 168.8 this morning. That is OK though, since tonight starts P90X.

I will be taking all sorts of Before Pictures tonight (still so sad I lost my befores from the beginning of FF.) I plan on the before/afters being SUPER dramatic. It is not going to be easy, but December 12th will be here before we know it. Bye, bye, fat.

December 2007:

December 2009

What we've accomplished.

Now that the summer of eating, drinking and celebrity death is over, I am trying to have a really positive fitness outlook. That means that I am optimistic about what I am going to achieve over the next few months, but it is probably also a good idea to acknowledge how far I've come already. Depending on the day it is safe to say that I have lost at least 40 pounds, rapidly approaching 45. I really wish that I had taken before pictures at the top, but unfortunately I basically went around detagging pictures on a daily basis back then.

I think I have preserved the same basic shape so its really easy for me to feel exactly the same as I always did, so I am trying to remind myself that I look completely different now than I did then. I wore XL shirts and 36 waist pants. Currently, about half of my shirts are mediums and half of them are smalls.

And I now write you, for the first time ever, in size 31 jeans. 31! It seems more or less absurd. I can't tell you the last time I was a 31 because I literally don't think I've ever been one. I did not think that ANYONE was anything below a 32. It feels not that long ago that I'd be trying to fit into 35s but knowing that they were really too snug. So I will admit that the first thing I thought was, "I can totally be a 30! Or lower!" And that is fine. And I look forward to rocking a sweater this Christmas that only a hot gay man can wear. And I hope that the shift of focus to working out will mean that my shape will change enough that I feel better without having to look to the numbers to tell me to.

But in the meantime, lets give it up for the Former Fatties. Katy once told me early on that this was one of her favorite things that she ever did. I agree with that more every day.

Possibly my favorite Former Fattie ever (sorry Katy)

I've been watching a lot of P90X before/after YouTube videos lately. They are so inspirational! They are probably what made me buy P90X in the first place. I am going to eat right all week and try to do as many pullups as I can, whenever possible. And then Sunday...it begins. (Makes X symbol with arms along with one bad-ass face.)

Below please find by far my favorite of all of these videos. What I love is that he had to come up with this idea and film the beginning while he was still a fattie.

December 12th. Do you know how hot we're going to be?

So hot.

FF09 pt 2 - all systems go.

Bobby - congratulations! I am so proud of you and that is so amazing. That's pretty much the motivation that I need to get back on track. And by "back on track," I mean no more pad thai for lunch and supreme nachos with extra meat for dinner.

Ready to be freaked out like I just was? On December 31st, 2007 I weighed in at 168 lbs. That's 5 pounds more than Bobby - a man, who is at least 6" taller than me - weighs now. OUTRAGEOUS!!! I mean, yeah, I was fat. Since I've struggled with my weight my whole life, I've always been really self conscious about being the biggest one in the class or bigger than the boys. It's a pretty recognized fact that I don't date small guys. It's probably mostly a psychological thing having to do with my need/desire to feel small, feminine and protected. I think now is the first time in the past 5 years that I weigh less than my brothers, which to me is an accomplishment (since they are really fit guys with muscles like crazy). I remember being pretty little and my dad weighing himself (my dad's not a tall guy), and the scale read 155 and he was really bummed about it, and said he'd never want to be more than that (I disagree). For some reason, that stuck with me and I felt like if daddy should never be over 155, I should be WAY below that. Of course, that didn't happen until about 6 months ago for the first time in like, at least 7, 8, 9 years.

But now that it has, I'm determined to keep it off and keep getting healthier. Bobby, I love the idea of turning our Double-F's (Former Fatties) into a new Fall Fitness regime. I weighed in yesterday back in the 135 range (!!) and my goal is to reach 130 by my 25th birthday (December 19th). I also need to shift my focus on FITNESS since I hate working out. At least I love food (duh) so figuring out how to eat healthy was kind of a fun game. I have 0 fun working out, but I guess I need to change that mentality and just learn to enjoy it.

[ psychoanalysis complete ]

All I Want For Christmas is A Fucking Six Pack Already.

I'll make this brief cause I need to get my dream on.

I am so back. Like...SO back. I have been eating great, exercising periodically. Next week should be difficult because I am working every day and then going to school every night. So food could easily become an afterthought without the right preparation. So...I'll try to do that.

Sometimes I guess it really does take shaking things up to get going again. I think the summer ending (and taking its month long queue of drinking parties with it), along with me starting work have just put me in a fresh mindset that has really been working for me.

So this has all culminated in me weiging in this morning at...163.8!

I'm pretty sure I weighed more than that at birth. There really is nothing like positive re-enforcement. and let me tell you, after seeing that number on the scale this morning, I never want to see something higher than that again. And that is mere weeks away from the 150's!

I made my entire calendar to do all 90 days of P90X starting a week from Sunday. At this point, there are so many YouTube videos of people who started the program fatter than me and finished it with sixpacks. I will be done the second week of December. And then I am throwing a shirtless Christmas party!

So...I extend the invitation to everyone out there. Channel your end-of-summer blues into something more productive. Katy and I proved you can make a huge difference in your life in just about the amount of time we have from now till the end of the year. FALL FITNESS '09. WHO'S WITH ME?