That right there......Just made it all worth while. Congrats

while it would be cool to win or finish second, my dedication to the weight loss side of this has kind of taken a back seat to just plain ol getting in shape. i'm still eating right, but since the weather has gotten better i've gotten into jogging more. i have never enjoyed lifting weights all that much. now that i'm down under 220 my old knees don't rebel at the road work. i'm lovin it. 4 miles is a relative snap in a slow, but comfortable, 40 minutes. so i've changed my routine from weights and cardio to interval training on my off days and jogging three or four days a week.
so my new goal, which should still melt off my remaing flab (though at a slower pace) is 5 miles in 40 minutes just like when i was a "young" man of 45.
don't know how the contest thing will work out but it's been great. many thanks to everyone for the kick start and a return to a healthier life style.
ps.after coming up with a sore shoulder from chasing schoolies around, i've also added fishing hardening exersizes, repetitions stepping up to a two foot high step, lots of stretching, and slinging a
5' length of 1 1/2" galvy pipe.
Great job everyone!

im done
ive had a very rough last month time and work stress wise.
havent made it to the gym once

food, ive been eating healthy, but im positive i put on at least half of what i lost..

oh well... its just too difficult cooking for my wife, my son, AND me..
ill have to figure something else out.

223 lbs.

Weigh in today right ? 189 lbs for me.

219 , first time under 220 since 2003.

Nice job :claps: Beer and Pizza for everyone !:cheers2:

302.......:hidin:

I'm down 21...

Brian, just keep your diet up and get back to exercise when you can, or try to work something in, anything. Just don't give up.

-spence

:hs::rolleyes:

i made my goal. first time at this weight since well. a long time ago :p
probably will lose more during the summer, but i'm all set for now ;)

Just came back from 2 weeks at sea, and combined with working 12 on 12 off, I'm down to 204. So that's a total of 14 lbs for this contest and 46 since last april when I realized I needed to do something. This is the lightest I have been since my junior year in college.

Wow, forgot all about the weigh-in yesterday.

234 this morning....32 gone since the start.

Final 2 weeks coming up........we must have lost a combined angler between us. Nicely done.

Still need some entry fees so if you can get them in the mail ASAP that would be great. I'm sure the "Anglers Formerly Known As Portly" want to get them wet as soon as the fish arrive.

geeze the 15th came early, I at 160lbs.

this thread is dying, hows everyone doing?

I am down around 20 depending on when I weigh myself, but I am being told I look better

there is a misconception about eating less that i see in this thread. you need to eat more often, but smaller portions. eat 3 meals and 3 snacks a day and your metabolism will speed up. no dairy, it retains too much water. cut back on carbs, in fact none after 6. if you do eat pasta, eat whole wheat. rice and steamed vegetables are your friends. a nice salad with italian tuna and hot peppers is my favorite. sticking to a diet is not an easy task, but if you want to lose weight you need to do it, along with hitting the gym. cardio and diet are the two main ingredients to losing weight, but make sure you get enough protein so that you're not burning lean muscle instead of fat...

anyways, i started in Dec. I'm down to 220 from close to 270. still need to firm up a bit but otherwise, i'm feeling pretty good. :)

nice job TDF :kewl:

Bart
 

Excellent job..I envy you

I think I'm going to end up weighing in as my last post. 204 for the contest, for a total of 14 lbs, but more importantly 46 lbs off since last April.. To the winner, Congrats and catch a large on your hard earned pluggage Great Work!

Some motivation for the portly anglers
 

Some motivation for the portly anglers

In the running.........as of 4/15

Fishsmith - 185 --> 160
Down 15 lbs
Down 8.1%

Johnny Ducketts - 218 --> 204
Down 14 lbs
Down 6.4%

Zacs - 271 --> 223
Down 48 lbs
Down 17.7%

The Dad Fisherman - 266 --> 234
Down 32lbs
Down 12.0%

Scone - 267 --> 219
Down 48 lbs
Down 18.0%

Adam 777 - 229.5 --> 189
Down 40.5lbs
Down 17.6%



<cue final countdown music>
It is a close race, with only a couple more days to go..... I am still shedding pounds, but had a little bump entertaining some customers for a few days... but I am back on track and should finish strong.

This has been great motivation for me, and I am so excited we all did this. Maybe we can all get together in May for a (not so) portly anglers fishing trip.

:claps::claps::claps:

I'm pretty sure its a 3 way race between Zacs, Scone and Adam777.

I'll bring the Doughnuts :hee:

Still waiting for entry fees from the following....Let's get'm in the mail guys, It wraps up Thursday.

Slingah
Katie
JohnR
Duke41
Whiplash
NIB

Well final weigh in for me is 190 ...down 10lbs from 200. I wont lie I had a winter to die for and I yes I lived it up (thus causing the weight loss agenda to be moved to the back burner)

Oh well....10 pounds is 10 pounds so I will take it for now and keep trying....


Good luck to those in the running and congradulations!

i'm in for a fishin trip...
as long as we fish next to a pizza joint

May Day!!!! May Day!!! I'm friggin starving.

Congrats to the biggest losers :bshake: :cheers: :cheers:

for me I'm at 158lbs = 27lbs = 14.59%

Thanks for putting this together TDF, and congrats on your dropped poundage.

I'm at a whopping 233.....down 33 pounds. Feeling better, had my physical last week and my Cholestorol is down to 166....all is good. Now bring on the fish.

I'll post results when everyone weighs in.....

204 and holding here. Great Job all, :musc:

Is there a consilation prize for least amount of poundage dropped? My scale laughed at me again this morning. 240 for a total of -3.

No discipline whatsoever. Perhaps a hypnotist may help.
Congrats to all with great success and I hope the winner catches large on my entry fee...

spin

OK, i've weighed in.

2....1......2


win or loose, this has been a great experience, and I weigh less than I have in 10 years. I am going to try like hell to keep it off. I actually plan on loosing another 10 lbs., but the motivation to keep dieting will be tough now that the contest is over.

Start: 271 lbs
Finish: 212 lbs
Lbs lost: 59 lbs
% lost: 21.8%

Thanks for the motivation, guys.

Zac

the suspense is killing me...


Are you guys in the sauna cutting the last few lbs.????? :musc:

They're waiting for that Ex-lax to kick in

wow zac 212? 59lbs? 21.8%? that's pretty good!

pretty good? that's amazing!
i was gonna wait til later seein how the suspense was building but nothing's gonna change except i'm about to grill the worlds largest burger with provolone and mushrooms and bacon, ok i'll thow on some lettuce and t'maters too, so i'm unlike;y to get any smaller in the next few hours.
so here it is,
215 lbs or -52lbs from the start- or like 19.4%
nice job zac!

186 was as low as I can go.It's been a good run.Congrats Zacs and the rest of us who lost all the weight.Good Job Guys :claps: :claps:.Now I can Eat !

wow Zac.. thats impressive. When did you start?

Thanks eb. I started 1/2/08. I was in Wakefield today and should have stopped by, you should see me, I am swimming in my old clothes.

I hope to lose another 12 by 6/1, then I will just go on maintenance diet, approx 2000 kCal/day, but keep exercising. Through the diet I have been on around 1200 kCal/day. Sometimes more, sometimes less. If I went bad and did a 2000 day, i would cut back and do an 800 day the next day.

basically it is 200 cal breakfast, 300 cal lunch, 500 cal dinner and two 100 cal snacks any time. Or sometimes a 600 cal dinner and one snack. And as much lettuce, celery & carrots as I wanted whenever.

so i guess I won. WOOHOO :cheers:

TDF, I can give you my fedex number to send me the plugs if you want, unless you are going to be in RI soon and we can hookup.

It is kind of a bummer that the contest is over. almost kind of an anti-climatic letdown. but then again, I am looking forward to eating my first hooters wings of 2008 very soon!!!!!!

:wiggle::wiggle::wiggle:

No plugs till we get some pics :musc:

-spence

fair enough. i didn't take any actual "before" pics, but i'm sure i can dig something up. I will have the wife take some after pics tonight.

Z

Sorry for the delay guys I'll post the results today, spent the weekend wet in the woods, wa sbeat by the time I got home....fell asleep in front of the simpsons