My company had a biggest loser contest and I decided to join for the fun of it and because I'm new at the company and thought it would be good to participate in a group activity. My competitive nature kicked in and I decided I might as well give it a good run. This also coincides nicely with the end of my winter bulk time and transitioning into leaning out for Spring. I do this every year...
So, the contest was 8 weeks long, first weigh in was the Monday after the Super Bowl. Rules were you had to weigh in every Monday between 9am-noon. You could miss 1 weigh in. There's a raffle and prizes I think, but mainly just for fun and to enhance corporate culture.
I ate a lot over Super Bowl weekend, we made chili. I had a lot of carbs and a lot of liquid Sunday and Monday morning. I was fairly bloated over "normal" walk around weight. We weigh in with clothes on, so no stripping down or anything.
Here are my weekly weigh-ins and % body weight drop:
Week0 194.0
Week1 190.0 2.06%
Week2 188.2 2.99%
Week3 186.4 3.92%
Week4 185.0 4.64%
Week5 183.4 5.46%
Week6 181.6 6.39%
Week7 174.6 10.0%
Week8 170.6 12.06%
23.4 Pounds down. At week 7 I'd jumped into 3rd place with my big drop. At my weigh in time this morning I jumped into the lead. Not sure if it will hold, but I gave it a pretty good run over 8 weeks.
I figure I probably dropped 8-10 pounds of fat and 14-16 pounds of water. Strength has been maintained well in the gym, so there may have been a little muscle loss too, but nothing significant based on gym performance. Some lifts actually went up slightly.
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