Weight loss = new flashlight?!?

I'm a Master Plumbing Specialist at Home Depot. My store is having a contest that they named, very originally, The Biggest Loser. Well, I'm 6'3" and at the time weighed 215 lbs. It cost $15 to join, and the person who lost the most weight gets the pot. There are 10-20 participants, I believe. According to the "ref", "proctor" or whatever you want to call her, I'm very near the lead right now. I just got on the scale and it said 193 lbs. It's judged by percentage lost, not pounds. Therefore, I'm at around 10% of my original body weight.

Therefore, if I win, that means weight loss = a free SureFire Optimus (or Arc6). :twothumbs

What do you win for being the biggest loser?

You win the 'pot' of everyone's $15 entry fees to compete. I can't remember the number of participants, but if it's 20, that means my SF Optimus will be 'free'.

Good luck - it's a very worthy cause! Hey, and even if you don't come in first, you still win.

LED_Thrift said:

even if you don't come in first, you still win.

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I know what you mean, but in my case, not really. I'm a runner and every Jan/Feb I lose my winter weight to get ready for some races that I run every year. So if I don't win, it's just $15 down the drain. Runners are supposed to weigh no more than 2.5 lbs per inch. That puts me at 186.5, ideally. So I usually try to get near that every year.

*edit* After thinking about it, I guess I kinda spoil the spirit of the thing. :sigh: I may withdraw from consideration. On the one hand, it is a competition to lose the most weight in a given time frame. That I've (possibly) done. However, it's also supposed to encourage overweight people to get healthier. I was just carrying winter weight, pounds that I already intended to lose. What would be the most honorable thing to do? Should I withdraw, or did I simply win a competition?

p.s. - as a side note, I'm not stooping to what some are doing... laxatives! :green:

Valpo Hawkeye said:

Therefore, I'm at around 10% of my original body weight.

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I hope not-your bones probably weigh more than that! oo:

I know you meant to say that you lost around 10% of your original body weight, but what you actually said was so funny I couldn't resist commenting. :nana: Anyway, congratulations of leaving the ranks of the "spherically challenged". I still need to lost some weight myself.

I think you should stay in the competition. Even though you may have intended to loose the weight anyway, you still have to actually DO it. A lot of people "intend" to do things they never get around to doing.

Anyone overweight who enters and "loses", still wins. That sounds like it doesn't make sense!

less weight=less food that needs to be consumed down the road to maintain that weight. 279 dollars is pocket change in terms of saved food in the long run.

I say "sandbag" a little so the others keep trying hard and not give up.

Yeah, it's over. The 'official' results aren't in yet, but I'm 98% sure that I won. Sure makes the Optimus a little easier to justify! :twothumbs

Enjoy the new Optimus. :thumbsup:

Nice job.
[warning: unsolicited advice comming...] Keep workin out while your still used to it.

LED_Thrift said:

Nice job.[warning: unsolicited advice comming...] Keep workin out while your still used to it.

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:twothumbs I doubt that will be a probelm... I have a half-marathon (13.1 miles) in mid April, and another one two weeks later.

I hope you ditched all the flashlights you carry before the weigh in!:thumbsup:

Hodsta said:

I hope you ditched all the flashlights you carry before the weigh in!:thumbsup:

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Actually, I weighed in in running shorts and a technical shirt. I got a few smirks for that one!