We are embarking on a biggest looser style competition at work!
Now my work place is a 24 hr call centre. So obviously there are alot of larger people there, it is a sitting job, with long shifts ranging from 8-12 hr days. It is a rotating shiftwork roster over an 8 week period so one week I may start at 6am, the next at 11pm. There is no option other than designated break times to get up & go for a walk. We have an on site canteen during the day but during the nights unless you are prepared & bring your food you are left with the option of vending machine or take away, neither of which have many "good options".
So as I stated earlier, there are many larger people at work. I myself was a size 10 when I started there 5 years ago. within 6-8 months I was at least a 14 & not too long after that I was up to 16's. I hovered in 16-18's until the last year where i'm sure I shot up into size 20's although I never wore them, I think I just stretched the heck out of my old clothing.
The buy in is $20 per person, the competition starts 1st September & lasts for 8 weeks & is measured by % lost. Winner takes all.
Oh how I want to be that winner! I have quite a competitive streak in me sometimes that I think may just be rearing it's head.
You know how we all have our little tricks for making sure we weigh as light as possible? like going to the toilet beforehand, wearing ballet flat shoes that weigh as much as a feather, wearing light clothing, not eating heavy meals the day before a weigh in, staying away from diet drinks with high sodium levels that help retain water etc etc... I have become very tempted to drink alot of fluid right before weigh in, weigh with my joggers, wear jeans etc etc so that I have a higher starting weight, but then I know that this is also wrong, however it seems that there are others at work who are thinking exactly the same way. Nice to see i'm not the only competitive one huh?
Seriously though, I am going to give this my all. It will be interesting to see how much I can improve myself during this time & it will also be interesting to see the changes in all the other participants at work because goodness knows some of them need this motivation as well.
And if I win? well that's just icing on the cake!
Go for it!! It was incredibly motivating for me when we did the same thing at work. I came third. 1st place went to a woman who only had 10kg to lose. Her percentage of loss was much greater than mine cos I had so much to lose. So, I lost twice as much weight as she did, but couldn't catch her in %. She looks amazing. She's particularly short, so losing 10kg really showed on her.
ReplyDelete2nd place went to a 28 year old male who had quite a bit to lose. He stopped drinking beer and walked for hours. He lost 5kg in first week, and 4 kg in 2nd week!!! He was gutted when he 'only' lost 2kg in third week LOL. He started drinking beer and stopped losing weight in the last month, so I very nearly caught up to him in percentage.
So, it doesn't matter that some of your workmates are much bigger than you. You can still kick their butts in percentage points.
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