I'm 43. I'm 5' 7". I weigh 146 pounds. I am going to a family wedding in September. I have my 25th high school reunion in October.
I need to lose weight.
My friend and I are doing a 10-pound challenge. We are weighing in every other week beginning today.
7-19-06
TSK (me): 146
CM (her): 152
We've decided that we don't want a cash bet between us but there needs to be some MAJOR incentive. Together we've come up with a plan. At the end of every other week, the person who has lost more weight gets a $25 treat of their choice. Here's where it gets interesting. The loser must do something humiliating - an act to be determined by the winner - and provide proof. A few ideas thrown out this morning were, wear a bikini to a beach, wear a tube top and go to the mall for the day, sing karaoke...
Send your suggestions!!!
12 comments:
This is great. I love the incentive part. However reading this makes me also aware of the fact that I, too, need to lose weight. You weigh only 6 more lbs than me YET you are 5" taller. Yep...must do something. I have tried my entire adult life to get off of the 140 mark. Once, slid slightly below to 135....but only for a short period. Maybe if someone would have told me I would have to wear a tube top to the mall.......
Sorry for two posts...but I just realized. You are going on vacation. This is hardly a good time for you to start dieting.....Your friend already has an advantage.
We realized this as well. We have postponed the start of the challenge. Now I have to lose 10 pounds in just short of a month. Is that even healthy???
You -- and she for that matter -- will lose weight in time. You both have babies. I have no excuse seeing as my "baby" is 6-1/2 years old! At 13 years younger than I, she also has the age advantage.
The best part about this is that we are both super-competitive. Maybe not necessarily competitive, but we are definitely perfectionists and perfectionists DON"T LOSE CHALLENGES.
I hate to blow your secret, but as I just brought home a BigMac extra value meal for you, I believe it is only your chances at winning that will be slim!
I am kidding sweetie. The line was too good to pass up
Yes, but don't forget we can deduct all the calories contained in the lettuce that I requested they leave off.
I don't know what you're so worried about. You have a BMI of 22.9 which is totally in the normal range (18.5-24.9). If you lose ten pounds, you're BMI will be 21.3. I guess it's worth dieting if you'll feel better about yourself, but I don't think it's a good idea to diet just for a specific event. In my opinion, it's better to change your eating habits permanently so that you'll be able to maintain a weight with no more than two pounds of fluctuation.
TBF - Unlike a lot of people, I have never been a yo-you dieter. I have always maintained roughly the same weight with the exception of my post-pregnancy weight. However, with onset of menopause, I haven't actually gained much weight, but find I'm storing it more in my mid-section. I'm trying to develop healthy habits and lose enough to slim down a bit. Now lighten up, have fun with this topic and stop being a newly thin pain in the ass!
P.S. I still love you, my friend
OUCH!!! I guess I was just spanked! Of course, I imagined you wearing a tube top while you were doing it! SCHWIIIIIIIIIIIING!
BTW...Mrs. TBF owns a tube top. Once, at a dinner party, I was telling a friend how I wish tube tops would come back in style. She asked me why, and I told her "... because it's so easy to use your finger like a hook, pull the thing down, and SPROINNNNNG!" She thought it was funny, so of course she spotted one in a store a short time later and bought it as a gift for Mrs. TBF...and me! The world needs more friends like that!
I may be borrowing it shortly.
Thanks for being a good sport about my rant.
I had someone suggest that one of us stand at a busy intersection holding a sign that reads:
"Honk if I'm fat."
Instead of an intersection.....how about outside of a Wal Mart Supercenter.....
I might just blend in with the other shoppers at Wal-Mart. I should really hold the sign in front of Whole Foods or Ballys or some place where the physically fit hang out.
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