And so it ends …

Apologies for not writing much over the previous weeks. Been kinda busy and not so much watching my weight as I maybe should have been. Its not an excuse

In any case, my final weight is (drum roll please) …… 205.

Lets see … starting weight 207 - 205 = 2 lbs weight loss. Ohoh. Its those darn conferences I tell ya.

Hmmmmm … not such a good loss.

That said … I guess I lose my $50 bet with Jennifer Laycock. I’d also like to throw in another $250 to the winning cause.

Last, I’d like to say a big thank you to Donna for taking the time and effort to put this all together, and a big congrats to those who participated and lost weight!

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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

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

Finally Got The 10 Pound Monkey Off My Back

Woot! Finally, after several weeks, the scale has moved…downward! I’m now at 178, so that makes it a 12 pound loss, rather than the 10 I’ve been seeing for so long now. It won’t be enough for me to win this little contest, but that’s ok. I think we’ve all benefitted in some way from this, whether we technically “win” or not.

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Maintaining

Well, I’ve been slacking more than a bit on posting here. However, I’ve actually been doing decent in at least keeping the weight off. I am still down 10lbs from when we started the challenge and have been getting full while eating smaller portions which is a good thing. I still haven’t done much excercise, however, I am going to be playing church league softball in a couple of weeks and that should help get my lazy butt moving.

So far the only weight loss tips I have would be to drink a lot of water every day (I drink about a gallon per day, the correct amount depends on your body size) and to eat slower. Apparently it takes a while for your stomach to relay to your brain that… ...Continue reading

Counting Down To The Finale!

It has been awhile since I checked in here. Been really busy. So I weighed in today at 223 which is amazing seeing how bad I have been. Don’t get me wrong - I haven’t gone completely back to my evil eating ways. However, I have cheated a little here, a little there.

For example, I’m trying to stay away from white breads, pasta, rice, etc. Monday I ate white rice, Wednesday I ate pizza (although really thin pizza) and yesterday, meatloaf with mashed potatoes. Nevertheless I am two pounds lighter than the last time I checked in here. Must be the smaller portions combined with exercise.
I was hoping to make another push this week to lose 10 pounds or so by limiting myself to lean meats and vegetables. That hasn’t… ...Continue reading

Same-o Same-o Weigh-In

Nothing to see here. Same weight as the last few weeks - stuck permanently at 180, it seems. /sigh… ...Continue reading