Hi everyone!  I wanted to post up my results from the past few months.  

Back in March our HR Rep announced that the company was starting a biggest loser contest.  I have been trying to lose weight since college but have lacked the motivation.  

The prize money was enough for me to kick it into high gear.  I started working out and eating clean.  A few months later and I'm down 46.3 lbs (15%)!  I ended up winning by a pretty substantial margin.  I ended up with $200 cash, a $75 certificate to Academy Sports, and a nice "Loser" trophy.

Now that the contest is over I figured that I'd post here and give occasional updates in order to stay on track.  I'd like to lose another 20-25 pounds over the next few months.  I'm a tall guy (6'4"), so my long-term goal weight is somewhere around 215.


If you ever have a chance to enter a contest like this I'd highly recommend it!  It's great for motivation and it was a lot of fun losing weight with others.

Awesome!! congrats to you on your hard work and accomplishments  

Congrats! That is an awesome margin!

Great job! Did u take before and after pictures? Keep up the good work

Thanks, ladies!

I did take before pictures, but I don't plan on taking after pictures until I reach my long-term goal. Hopefully it won't be too much longer.


I give quite a bit of thanks to the huskies---they made it extremely easy to become more active.

Congratulations! Very cool.

Was it mainly a change in exercise or a change in diet too? Don't mean to pry, just curious!

Thanks, Katie! While I did become more active and start working out, the biggest impact was changing how I eat. During the contest I went cold turkey on fast food. Any time I got a craving for fast food I'd order Jimmy John's instead. At this point I've almost lost my taste for things I used to eat all the time (ie-pizza, etc). If I had to estimate, for me it was 15% exercise, 85% diet.