UltimateYota.com's Biggest Loser Contest.

[04 Rocko Taco]

Okay - This first thread will be updated with entrant information.
This is the unofficially official UY Biggest Loser Contest Thread.
We are going to have a wieght loss competition between some of the members and staff. if interested please post up and give us some basic info, we'll leave this phase, the Registration phase open for say the rest of January. At that point the contest really begins. All entrants will be asked for thier Age, Sex, Height, Weight, and weight loss goal. This will all be posted in the first post. They will also keep us updated, roughly once a week, on thier current wieght, and what they have been doing as far as diets, and excercising. The new wieghts will also be reflected in the first post.
At the end of a 3 month span (April 30th) we will see who is UltimateYota.com's Biggest Loser!!



OFFICIAL CONTEST ENTRANTS INFO: Updated Periodically, in this post.

1. Chris - 25 years, Male, 6'1, 266 lbs, 42" waist.
TARGET: 200 lbs, 38"
CURRENT: 258 lbs (2/7)

2. Gilby - 28 years, Male, 5'11, 242 lbs, 38" waist.
TARGET: 190 lbs, 34"
CURRENT: 235 lbs (2/5)

3. Sean - 21 years, Male, 5'7, 185 lbs, 34" waist.
TARGET: 150 lbs, 32"
CURRENT: 185 lbs (1/10)

4. Jenn - 29 years, Female, 5'7, 219 lbs.
TARGET: 160 lbs
CURRENT: 219 lbs (2/5)

5. Justin - 30 years, Male, 5'9, 213 lbs.
TARGET: 180 lbs
CURRENT: 209 lbs (2/5)

6. Scott - 42 years, Male, 5'10, 202 lbs, 36"/38" waist.
TARGET: 160 lbs, 34"
CURRENT: 191 lbs (2/18)

7. Katy - XX years, Female, 5'3, 185 lbs.
TARGET: 150 lbs
CURRENT: 185 lbs (1/12)

[04 Rocko Taco]

This is my entrant post. Please follow this format to enter the contest.

Chris - Male
25 years old
6'1
260 pounds
42" waist
Target: 200 pounds, 38" waist

[gilby4runner]

I am in ….I guess I will be more motivated if I see my fat butt when I log onto this site. I guess marriage has treated me to well.
Age-    28
Weight- 242
Height- 5’11”
Waist Size- 38


Goal-  190 lbs and a size 34 (Before my kid is born in June)

[Seanz0rz]

Sean - Male
   21 years old
   5'7"
waist: 34"
   180-190 (i will edit with exact weight this weekend)
   Target: 150 32" waist

most of my weight is in my upper body, fit a 32 up till a few months ago.

[YotaGirl]

Jenn- female
29 years old
5'7"
219.6
Goal: 160

Justin - male
30 years old
5'9"
213
goal: 180

[neliconcept]

good luck to everybody, im gonna be keepin tabs on this!

[oly884]

Awesome guys! I look forward to seeing the progress.

[ttora4runner]

Good luck guys :thumbup:

[EWAYota]

Best of luck to all who enter. Hope you guys can reach your personal goals.

Just a quick (relatively) side note. Losing weight is a challenge for most and for some it can be very difficult. Please go into this knowing that it doesn't happen over night and requires time and commitment. Some of you may do just dieting, please eat correctly and keep your water intake up. Some of you might combine working out in a gym. If you do plan on doing a weight program, you could see a increase in weight. Muscle weighs more than fat.
If one week you lose 5 lbs and the next week only 1 or 0, don't get discouraged. The contest duration of 3 months is a good amount of time to see some gains towards your goals, I hope that after the 3, if you haven't reached your goal, you continue to strive for it afterwards.

Again, best of luck to all the participants. I look forward to following this as it progresses.

[traben27]

Best of luck to all who enter. Hope you guys can reach your personal goals.

Just a quick (relatively) side note. Losing weight is a challenge for most and for some it can be very difficult. Please go into this knowing that it doesn't happen over night and requires time and commitment. Some of you may do just dieting, please eat correctly and keep your water intake up. Some of you might combine working out in a gym. If you do plan on doing a weight program, you could see a increase in weight. Muscle weighs more than fat.
If one week you lose 5 lbs and the next week only 1 or 0, don't get discouraged. The contest duration of 3 months is a good amount of time to see some gains towards your goals, I hope that after the 3, if you haven't reached your goal, you continue to strive for it afterwards.

Again, best of luck to all the participants. I look forward to following this as it progresses.


I know what you mean about the gaining weight. Starting half way through last semester, I decided I might as well take advantage of the free gym while I could. I haven't lost any weight on the scale but I have gone down a few inches on my waist size. Gotta be the fact that I've started lifting weights a lot more and have seen some pretty good results. Good luck to everyone...

[YotaGirl]

Hey Chris...you're a really intelligent guy, and i am glad you realize that jan 31 - april 30th is a 3 month span!

Edit Rocko: Thanks Jenn! Shhhhh... Lance technically fixed it, but he left it April 30st. I changed it to April 30th. Thanks!

[scottiac]

What the hell, I'm in.

Scott - Male
Age: 42
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 202 #
Waist: 36/38"
Goal: 160 lbs, 34"

As of Feb 2: 199 lbs. Time to start kickin' it.
2/4 : 201
2/11 : 195.5
2/18 : 191
2/25 : 190.5
3/6 : 190.5 Grrrr. Four day bike tour, and nuthin'!

[04 Rocko Taco]

Welcome Scott! Got your info added up top. We're really gonna kick this thing off on Jan 31. but of course its in the rules to start dieting and working out now. :) My diet starts monday. ;)


Everyone we won't start doing updates until the first of Feb, so sometime during that week, if you can find time, hop on here, and update us with your wieght, and what you've been doing, as far as a workout, or dieting. Also feel free to share any great healthy recipes you have stumbled upon...

Good luck guys! (and girl)

[gilby4runner]

So hungry.....mmmmmmmmmm My wife (pregnant) made me go to Dunkin Doughnuts this morning to get her a bagle...wait sorry the baby wanted one.lol Everything looked so good. Tempation on the first day, man this sucks

[slosurfer]

I'll add my stuff in here later, I got to find a scale first. I've got to get rid of this baby fat.

Rocko, you may want to look at Scott's info that you put up there, I've met Scott and he will not look healthy if he reaches that target of 106 lbs. :hillbill:

[scottiac]

Everything looked so good. Tempation on the first day, man this sucks


Sounds like you need my secret plan... Don't carry any money! Don't know if it'll work, but it sure oughtta help!

And ya, 106 would be a little tough. I started college at 120, left at 140, and have been climbing ever since. I'll be content (delighted outta my freakin' mind) at 160.

[paddlenbike]

Rocko, you may want to look at Scott's info that you put up there, I've met Scott and he will not look healthy if he reaches that target of 106 lbs. :hillbill:


:lol:

I managed to gain 7 lbs in the three days I was out of town for Christmas. The guy behind the counter at the gym told me I may have set a record.

They have a large board where they track the most number of situps, most number of laps in the pool, etc. I requested that they add me and my record weight gain to the board. Got to be known for something. :roll:

Good luck everyone.

[Euphorickaty80]

Ok...i'll play....been trying to get this weight i gained off from when i quit smoking anyway.....


Katy
Current:
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 185(shh dont tell)

Goal:
Weight 150

[YotaGirl]

I honor of our contest that starts next week, I thought I would post up this email I received...

New Weight Loss Program

A guy calls a company and orders their 5-day, 10 lb. weight loss program.

The next day, there's a knock on the door and there stands before him
a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing but a pair
of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck.

She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company.

The sign reads, 'If you can catch me, you can have me.'
Without a second thought, he takes off after her. A few miles
later huffing and puffing, he finally gives up. The same girl shows up
for the next four days and the same thing happens. On the fifth day, he
weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 10 lbs. as
promised.

He calls the company and orders their 5-day/20 pound program. The
next day there's a knock at the door and there stands the most
stunning, beautiful, sexy woman he has ever seen in his life. She is
wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck
that reads, 'If you catch me you can have me'.

Well, he's out the door after her like a shot. This girl is in
excellent shape and he does his best, but no such luck. So for the next
four days, the same routine happens with him gradually getting in
better and better shape.

Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weighs himself,
he discovers that he has lost another 20 lbs. as promised. He decides
to go for broke and calls the company to order the 7-day/50 pound program

'Are you sure?' asks the representative on the phone. 'This is our
most rigorous program.'

'Absolutely,' he replies, 'I haven't felt this good in years.'

The next day there's a knock at the door; and when he opens it he
finds a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink
running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads, 'If I catch you,
your ass is mine.'

He lost 63 pounds that week.

Good luck everyone!

[slosurfer]

:lol: :spit:

[cplvc]

Good luck everyone! :thumbup: I wish the best of healthy dieting for everyone involved.

[ttora4runner]

Everything looked so good. Tempation on the first day, man this sucks


Sounds like you need my secret plan... Don't carry any money! Don't know if it'll work, but it sure oughtta help!

And ya, 106 would be a little tough. I started college at 120, left at 140, and have been climbing ever since. I'll be content (delighted outta my freakin' mind) at 160.


When I started college I was 120. Seven years later 125!!

[scottiac]

When I started college I was 120. Seven years later 125!!


Does anyone like you? :P :D

Fortunately, I have a damn sight more than seven years to blame for it!

Seriously, as a good friend on mine said, it's a hell of a lot easier to never gain it than to try and get rid of it later. Good job keeping it off, and keep it up!

[04 Rocko Taco]

Okay guys contest info updated with All registered folks... Get it in before Thursday if you want in...

Friday, it all begins for real (although I know some of us have been dieting/working out already)

Once the contest actually begins, at least a monthly update will be asked for.
You can update us every week if you want, up to you, but at LEAST once a month. You can post up your current wieght, and also any tips fo dieting or excersicing you've been doing.

I'll continue to update everyone's Current wieght (and the date you last updated in the first post) Get ready Folks!

[gilby4runner]

Feb. 5th

Weight- 235
-7 lbs.

[YotaGirl]

OK guys...we officially started today.

Jenn
219

Justin
209

We will be doing Weight Watchers for our program along with some exercise.

[04 Rocko Taco]

Weighed in today, I have dropped 8 pounds. Down to 258 from 266.

I will be doing slim fast plan...

shake for breakfast, and a shake and somethine around 200 calories for lunch, and then a sensible light dinner.

I will also be hitting the gym, and will try to concentrate on cardio, and drop a lot of pounds before I begin hitting the wieghts...

[scottiac]

Great job!

I'm down to 195.5 from 201 on monday (g'd superbowl junk food), but I was at 199 on saturday, so that's probably more realistic.

Bike riding for ~1,500 calories / day, eating ~1,500 calories a day.

This is not sustainable, I think, but a good kick start to get me motivated. I'm going to stick with just the riding for another week or so, then start subbing in weights and running for a couple of the ride days. And yes, I'm leaving in at least one rest day to let me body heal...

I'm working on the theory that a 3,500 calories is a pound, and at my 200# starting weight, 2,300 calories is the "stay the way I am :chair:" level. So I am targeting around 3# / week initially, which should be a net calorie intake (after food and exercise) of about 800 cal / day.

The diet is nothing special, at this point, just targeting around 300 cal for breakie, 100 for midmorning snack, 300 for lunch, 100 for snack, 700-ish for dinner. (I'm pretty boring, that's a bowl of cereal, a hard-boiled egg, a sandwich, a cheese stick, and whatever my lovely wife makes me for dinner; not the best balance, but add a bunch of essentially free veggies to make it good for ya...)

For me, as I mentioned earlier, the biggest key to being successful was taking ALL of the money out of my wallet. I haven't carried cash for nearly a month, and for some reason I don't go out to fast food with credit cards, and I can't fill the vending machines at work. I still take a few quarters in to work to get my soda fix. That's the next thing I gotta fix. Too much soda, not enough water.

Good job all, and get/stay motivated! We can do this!

[cooldry]

Sorry for posting so late, but I'd like to join. My stats:

height: 5'9"
Age: 36
Current weight: 235
Goal: 175

If it's too late to start, that's cool.

David

[04 Rocko Taco]

Of course not DAvid, we're glad to have you, I'll go ahead and get your info added to the main post! Good luck and happy losing!!

[scottiac]

weekly update:
2/4 : 201
2/11 : 195.5
2/18 : 191
:) so far so good...

[garrett]

Garrett

age: 19
current height: 5'11"
current weight: 145

Goal:

6'4"
180

[Good Times]

Bump!

What did everyone finish out at? Did your diet work? What diet program/style did you use?

[Seanz0rz]

i failed miserably at being a loser.

[scottiac]

I also failed miserably.

Hate to say it, but I was really kinda hopin' for folks to keep up with this and keep me motivated. Didn't happen, and well, I lost it. And I ain't talking weight. :(

Oh well, noone to blame but myself. I think I tried too hard, early on, and the body just said there was too little food, and went into starvation mode, and refused to shed any more pounds for three weeks, and I just gave up.

Still getting lots of exercise though, so at least that's positive.

[04 Rocko Taco]

I was thinking about this thread yesterday, I only half failed...
I am done to a much more healthy 240. Now down from my 266. Sure its only 26 pounds, but its a start.
I am still doing my slim fast, and watching what I eat, but never got into the excersicing much, which is why I only did as well as I did, slim fast and watching what I eat are just helping me maintain at this point, I think I have shed all the wieght I can from this avenue, I guess I have to hit the gym.

[paddlenbike]

We need to do more ultimateyota multi-sport weekends. We'll offroad to a fun place to continue our adventure running, paddling and biking. Can you tell I need some time away from work!?!

[cooldry]

We need to do more ultimateyota multi-sport weekends. We'll offroad to a fun place to continue our adventure running, paddling and biking. Can you tell I need some time away from work!?!



I second that :thumbup:

[Good Times]

thread hijack... sorry

David, you up to doing a 1/2 or full marathon? If so let me know I'm just starting to run again so if you want we can hit one up. The one I'm preppin for is the Pasadena Marathon (first annual) in Nov (week b4 thanksgiving).

Carry on! O and I'm sure doing my running regiment will definitely lose some excess flat tires!

[cooldry]

Alright Lance,

I think I can manage that. As long as I'm able to avoid injury. Just to make sure, we're doing the full marathon right? Anyone else in?

[Good Times]

welp I'm going to attempt to prep for the full but they offer the half so if half way thru the training I feel like the hell w/ running 20+ miles I'll just do the half. I'm also going to be keeping a close eye on my body as this is the most abuse it'll take since my ankle surgery. Then again I should probably note that I've abused myself pretty badly with all of the grubbin I've been doing too haha.

I'll shoot you an email with my regiment so you can take a quick peek and think about it.

[TDiddy]

I never signed up for this, but thought I'd send an update anyway - I'm down 20 lbs from 185-165 and 7% BF from 22-15 with triathlon training and diet (special attention to diet since Feb. 1). I also managed to gain 7 lbs of muscle.

Good luck in your marathons guys - 8 miles has been my longest run, not sure how anyone can push it for 26.2!

[Good Times]

Bump!

It's been almost 6 months now since many of you decided to take on this difficult challenge. Have any of you been very successful or has it been a slow death?

Sadly I've been running like death is around the corner. I've yet to lose the big #'s :( Guess I'm still "building muscle" and not "burning the chub"!!

Tom, the 26.2 miles does seem like an impossibility still. My longest run to date has been 11.25 miles and surprising it wasn't as hard as I imagined. I will note that this is the first time I've felt good after a long run. Normally I'm swearing in my head about how stupid I am for running miles and miles without the end in sight. The following day after the long runs are painful especially in the morning though. Feels like a freight train just ran me over and then some. I fear that it'll be like this after each long run (longer than 6 miles or so). Mind over matter I tell ya (or so I'm trying to convince myself).

[YotaGirl]

Well, I pretty much fell off the wagon after the first month. However, at the end of June, Justin and I were up in Big Bear for a family retreat. After almost dying trying to get to the trailhead for a hike we were going on, I decided enough was enough. I put myself on a strict diet and I'm happy to report that I lost 21 pounds in my first month.

I plan to continue with the diet and add in some more exercise. Having lost this amount of weight is a big motivator to keep going with it.

[04 Rocko Taco]

I too fell away from this thread and off the wagon, I am down about 20 pounds from my original wieght, and seem to be maintaining fairly well here, I think my not so strict diet has taken me as far as it is going to on its own, and its time to start "burnin the chub" as Lance says.

[Cebby]

I hadn't signed up for this challenge either - mainly because I had a head start prior to the contest starting.

I'm a big fella, not Cheese tall, but big - 6'1"+, former football player and weight lifter. I think many of you see where this is going...

I started on Sept 9th, 2007 at a scale pounding 312 lb. That was the last time I ate pizza (well not completely, but the last time I had more than 2 pieces at a sitting). Sept was the first time I got up the courage to get on the scale - in March I was heavier - I started playing racquetball in two leagues in April, but never changed my eating habits until Sept. I might have been as much as 330-340. I really don't know - but I did start to lose with the exercise alone.

Starting in Sept, my diet has consisted of the following (and still does) - this is my own concoction, with ideas borrowed from a number of different failed diets I'd been on in the past.

Breakfast:
Bacon (3) or sausage patties (2) with American cheese on them, with two fried eggs on top.
OR
Fresh fruit

Lunch:
Romaine lettuce with the following in the salad (1 meat, 1 cheese, 1 fruit, 1 nut)
Grilled chicken, shrimp, beef or grilled chicken sausages - sliced
Sharp Cheddar, Jarlsberg Swiss, Blue, Gorgonzola, Cahill Porter, or other exotics
Dried figs, dried cherries, dried blue berries, etc
Pecans, Walnuts, Almonds
Ranch, Blue Cheese, Caesar (I like creamy dressings)

Dinner:
Any sort of Grilled Fish (Tuna, Swordfish, Salmon, Chicken, Beef, Shrimp, Scallops, etc.)
Grilled Vegetables (Asparagus, Portabella mushrooms, Corn) or Sauteed Veggies (Mushrooms, peppers, onions) or Steamed Veggies (Broccoli, Cauliflower)
OR
Seasoned Chicken wings

Sweets:
Fresh Fruit (Strawberries, Bleuberries, Raspberries, Black Berries)
Nuts (Pecans, Walnuts)
With Low-Fat Vanilla Yogurt over it

Snacks:
Nuts (Pecans, Walnuts, Cashews, Almonds, unsalted peanuts in the shell)
Cheese (all of the above)
Fruit
Raw Veggies

Beverages:
Water (lots)
Coffee (Decaf)
Beer (Miller Lite - only 2.9g of Carbs)

The first month was the hardest - I'm a guy who loved his carbs and fried foods. Potato Chips, Pasta, Egg Rolls, Lo Mein, Tortilla chips, Bread, etc. I gave it all up. Too much on the simple carbs is a bad thing.

So, my body has reacted well to the major change in diet - but exercise is also an important component of this. You need cardio too - mine is racquetball 2-4 times per week. I also coach baseball for my kids, so all summer I'm at the field running around and playing ball. I used to MTB a lot, but just haven't found the time this summer. Anything you can do to get a good sweat going will help.

So what did this all net me? I've dropped 70 lbs so far - I'd like to drop another 30-40. Much beyond that and I don't look healthy. (In college, my first year I went from 200 to 245 from eating, drinking, partying, etc. A good bit of this was muscle - I was at St. Vincent's in Latrobe, so we had the Steeler's weight room - I went from benching 225 to maxing out around 400. In 3 months over the summer, I dropped 60 lbs - not healthy, I know - but it was from running, cycling, lifting and eating reasonably well. At 185, I was weak and looked emaciated. Unfortunately, I put it right back on the next year, but I know I can do it. Not falling back into the bad habits is the ticket to keeping it off - this time for sure... :D

Good luck to everyone - I know first hand what you are going through.

[04 Rocko Taco]

Im not quite as big as you Mike, but I am between 6'1 and 6'3 (depending on what gas station I walking out of)(Thank you Ron White) and I maxed out about 280 pounds.... I dont lift wieghts, and fairly weak when it comes to workouts, I cant lift much it seems, I cant run long, I cant bike long, but then when it comes to DOING things... like helping friends move, or things of that nature, I am surprised at how well I do when compared to my friends who work out and are good at it.... SO I beleive that I have a mental block about working out.... I have to find a way around this... lol.

Any particular excersie regimen you follow Mike? I am more interested in leaning out and toning my muscles than building muscle, but both are nice....

[Cebby]

I haven't been lifting weights for adding mass for some time. Most of what I do now is to tone. The key to toning is low weight, high repetition.

The gym I go to has the "Hammer Strength" machines that you put free-weight plates on. My regimen is something like this:


Every gym day -
- Ride the recumbant bike for 20-30 minutes, ratcheting up the tension through the middle of the ride.
- 600 Crunches - (300 straight, 150 to each side - not all at once, I go 100 straight, 50 right, 50 left, 100 straight, 50 right, 50 left, etc.)

Day 1:
Shoulders (I don't know the technical terms for these workouts, I just know what works)
- Military Press - 5 sets of 20
- Straight Bar raise (arms straight with a weighted bar, raise shoulder height in front of you and return slowly) - 5 sets of 20
- Shoulder raise - machine that has pads that rest against your sides at rest, then you raise up to shoulder height out to your sides and return. 5 sets of 20

Day 2:
Back and Bi's
- Lat Pull Downs - 5 sets of 20
- Narrow grip rows - 5 sets of 20
- Wide grip rows - 5 sets of 20
- Dumbbell Rows - 5 sets of 20 each side
- Preacher Bench Curls - 5 sets of 20
- Dumbbell Curls - 5 sets of 20 each side

Day 3:
Chest and Tri's
- Bench Press - 5 sets of 20
- Incline Bench - 5 sets of 20
- Decline Bench - 5 sets of 20
- Dumbbell flys (flat and incline) - 5 sets of 20
- Tri pull downs - 5 sets of 20
- Tri kick outs (overhead) - 5 sets of 20
- Dumbbell tri kickouts (bent over) - 5 sets of 20

I think that's everything. I can get in and out of the gym in 60-90 minutes depending on the day and gym traffic. Some weeks I'm there every day, some weeks I get there twice - depends on my schedule.

Note: I don't do any leg weight training - I probably should (and will sometime soon), but I don't currently. The biking, running on the court and on the ball field is my leg workout.

[Tanto]

As a guy that has done plenty of cardio/strength exercises, here's a couple suggestions.

- Maximize muscle groups involved in a single exercise. Try bent over rows with the bar instead of the machine. Calories is a measure of energy and you spend much more with your body supporting the entire weight. There a lot of examples of high-intensity workouts at www.crossfit.com

- Explore new foods. Non-fat cottage cheese has 13 grams of protein and absolutely no fat, for example. Mix in some fresh fruits (canned fruits are preserved in a high-sugar solution) and you get the idea.

- Jump start the metabolism. Breakfast is the meal that wakes up your metabolism so you should never miss it. Eat noticeably less food at breakfast/lunch/dinner and have a very light snack between meals (about every 2 hours). Drink a shake of 100% Casein Protein right before you go to bed. The Casein Protein will be digested while you sleep and you'll wake up starving because your metabolism never slowed down.

I am more than willing to discuss anything via PM. I have the experience to back up what I'm talking about.