Biggest Loser

Well I was Facebooking with an old friend last night and see told me about a BL contest she was doing with a friend and asked me if I wanted to join in. So I went down to her friend's work, which happens to have a gym on the first floor and weighed in. The contest goes on for 14 weeks and the personal who loses the most percentage wins the money- which is about $300 right now.

The minimum I would like to lose in this challenge is 32 pounds- which gets me past a big milestone I haven't seen in the last decade. If I really stay on track and follow a fairly strict diet and really get some exercise in I think I could lose about 70 pounds. That would be a good way to start the Spring. So that could be anywhere from a 9.7% to 21.1% weight loss. I think the higher number just might get me the prize- but I am not that familiar with a lot of the contestants.

Alright I have some decent food in the house and am cleaning out the crappy stuff. I have the BL 30 Day Jump Start Book, the Biggest Loser Season 9 is now on for inspiration, have the BL Wii game, BL dvd's, and have joined an online BL contest that starts next week. That one is not for money- just for bragging rights. Plus I have a gym membership and plenty of Malls to walk at that are close to my house for the cold weather. So I have all the tools- just have to commit to really doing this for the next 14 weeks.

So here we go- the big goal is going to be 5 pounds lighter by next Wednesday morning.

I think the closest I can figure is that I use about 3000 calories a day without any extra exercise. So my goal is 2000 calories consumed which means I need to burn about 1500 calories each day. So I burn about 320 calories per hour walking, 635 calories per half an hour on the elliptical, 390 calories per half an hour for low impact aerobics, and 500 calories per half an hour for circuit training, and about half of that for just strength training.

So lots of work ahead but at least it's only for 14 weeks.