I’m doing a group Biggest Loser Challenge with a few people from my mom’s work starting tomorrow. We are all putting in $50 and then the person who loses the most weight (%) at the end of 3 months wins the pot.
I better win.
I’ve needed something like this to help get me back on track. Its so easy for me to just sit around at my house and let things go because I have so many negative influences here. But competition (and money) (and weight loss) motivate me to do the hard work necessary to combat those influences.
I know there is the whole “do it for yourself” thing that everyone always says about weight loss. Well, uh, of course I am doing it for myself. If I didn’t want to do it for myself I wouldn’t do anything at all. I would just sit around and be content to not work hard at all. But competition makes me want to win. It makes me work harder. I like to try my best and know that I can beat other people (well, hopefully). And even if this competition wasn’t happening I have the feeling I would be doing something drastic right now (by drastic I mean just hitting the gym hardcore unlike the last couple months of being a gym avoider).
Lately my weight has been climbing back up and I have been feeling MISERABLE. My body is tired, it pops in places it shouldn’t, my knees hurts, etc. I just feel horrid at this weight. So I must do something now to stop this from getting worse. I am not spending the rest of my life like this; I need to lose the weight and get healthy once and for all.
Here I go!
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I was just having a conversation the other day about how quickly your body starts hurting after you stop working out. Maybe that is contributing to your feeling of blah?
Anyway, kudos to you for investing $50 in the weight loss thing! You’re right–just because you’re competing doesn’t mean you’re not doing it for yourself. It’s just another way of doing it for yourself; same for people who lose weight to be better runners or triathletes or bicyclists. It’s the competitive factor that takes you to the next level.
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That is awesome. Good luck. It is always nice to have something to motivate you. What sort of exercises will you be doing?
I remember you talking about how you thrive in competition (that has an actual prize :D), so this sounds like the perfect situation! Good luck!
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Sounds like a good competition :D
Good luck! My moneys on you…
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