Now You Pick A Winner!

This is it folks. The challenge is over, and as the rules mentioned, it’s now your turn to participate! The male who lost the most weight during this challenge was David Wallace. The female who lost the most weight during this time was Scottie Claiborne. (Congrats to both of you!) Now it’s a face-off between David and Scottie and you get to decide who the winner is. There’s no rule as to why you vote the way you do. Just pick whichever SEO you want to win - Scottie or David. This poll will run until Friday, April 4th, 10:00 a.m. (whatever timezone PollDaddy is in. I’ll try to figure that out). Whoever has the most votes when the poll… ...Continue reading

Final Tally: Not Bad. Not Good Enough, But Not Bad!

Two months ago when we started this journey I said my goal was to drop 15 pounds.

This afternoon when I finished working out and hopped on the scale, three great numbers popped up.

182.

Since I started at 197, that means I actually pulled it off. 15 pounds lost in two months. Overall, I’m pretty happy. Especially considering I spent 10 days of the contest on vacation in Europe, 5 days in NYC for SES and a full two weeks sick enough I couldn’t work out.

Granted, it wasn’t anywhere close to enough to keep up with Scottie. This is why the phrase “Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line” keeps getting replayed as “Never go in against Atkins when rapid weight loss is… ...Continue reading

Final Weigh In at Contest End

I began this contest at 241 pounds and end it at 224 pounds. That’s a total loss of 17 pounds. I probably could have lost more (I wanted to) but as of the last month I’ve been mostly maintaining. I really need to do a week or two of just lean meats and vegetables with no sugar, no wine or beer and no starches to shed a few more pounds. I may do that this week and if not, next week definitely as Small Business Marketing Unleashed is fast approaching.

Here are the beginning and ending scale shots.

Beginning Weight - February 1, 2008

Ending Weight - March 31, 2008 

So far, it appears that Scottie beat me overall at a total loss of 21 pounds. Congratulations, Scottie!… ...Continue reading

From Roger Bannister to Long John Silver

The alarm on my cell phone rang out at 4am on Saturday. It was 3 hours to race time: The SunTrust National Marathon, running through the streets of Washington DC. I had decided that the Marathon was definitely out for me, so I’d signed up to run the 1/2. I had a goal for this race, I wanted this to be my first sub 2 hour race. My first 2 1/2 marathons had given me times of ~2h 3m, and my split time during the Marine Corps Marathon last year was 2h 1m, so I knew that I could do it.

Training had been a mixed bag, I had completed a 10 mile run 2 weeks earlier in a time of… ...Continue reading

The Last Weigh In

I’ve got a long way to go still, but this has been an excellent motivator to get me launched.  I am halfway to my goal weight.

Today’s weight: 151.0 

I have dropped from a size 14 to a size 10 with the goal of size 6 by June.  I will repost my “before” pic along with an “after” pic as soon as I find the cord to download pics from my camera.  (My good camera didn’t survive my London trip… I left it in the hands of fellow conference-goers when I went to the restroom and it hasn’t worked since.)… ...Continue reading

Let’s Just Say I Didn’t Win

Stepped on the scale this morning - 166. Yes, I have GAINED a 1/2 lb in this fat fighting competition.

The most I’ve ever lost in the past two months was 3 lbs. Even though the contest ends for me, the fight continues.… ...Continue reading

And So It Ends…

Unless something drastically changes before the end of the day today, it looks like we’ll be voting on the winner of this challenge between the top male challenger, David Wallace and the top female challenger, Scottie Claiborne. How will that work? Tomorrow, I’ll post a poll on the main site with just two names on it (male who lost the most weight and female who lost the most weight). That’s when all of you take over. You’ll vote for who you think should be crowned the winner of the SEOs Fight Fat challenge. We’ll let the poll run for a few days and when it’s over, you will have decided on the winner, and that winner’s charity will get all the pledges. So be… ...Continue reading

Down 10. I’m Feeling Lucky.

Well, I started at 206 and ended at 196. (I’m posting today because I’ll be gone a few days).

I’m pretty sure I didn’t win, since it looks like others have lost more, Great Job Everyone!.

Thanks Donna for coming up with this. Who knows, you may have even added a year to my life!  

It’s great that several of us are now in better health, as well as a charity will benefit. Awesome!

I’ve still got 20 pounds to go, and though this contest is over, I’m not done.

I’m Feeling Lucky,

Jim Boykin… ...Continue reading

Goals and Goals

As the contest draws to a close, I thought that I should really try and find my password so I could post over here again

What’s been going on with me for the last few weeks?  Firstly, just over 2 weeks ago, I managed to do a 10 mile run, in only 84:30, which is absolutely, fantastically well inside my goal time of 2 hours for the national 1/2 marathon tomorrow.   Slightly under 2 weeks ago my left calf went again while playing soccer.  Since then I’ve not run, or played soccer.  I can feel slight twinges every now and again, but the real acid test is going to be tomorrow.  Will it hold?

I hope that it will, also because I’ve now signed up… ...Continue reading

Where Have I Been?

Well, I vanished two weeks ago to head to SES NY, knowing I wouldn’t be able to post much while I was there.

Unfortunately, I got sick while there and came home with a case of Bronchitis so bad I’m STILL down sick a full week later. That means I haven’t been able to make it to the gym for two full weeks. It also means that while I’m tracking my food and taking pictures, I haven’t had time to post them here.

I stayed pretty darn on track in NY. As with the Italy trip, I mostly ate what I wanted, when I wanted it…but it’s interesting to see how my “wants” have changed. Overall, I want healthy food. I’ve gotten used to it. Empty calorie “crap” just doesn’t sound good… ...Continue reading