I vow to be a Loser!

Posted on March 18, 2015

Situation: I feel tired. I get winded just tieing my shoes. I'm now twice the man that my father is, weight wise. I no longer like to pose for pictures. I am overweight to the point of being obese. There I said it. I am obese. At my heaviest I tipped the scales at 306 lbs on Feb 13, 2015.

Picture: In 2009 I was overweight then at 240 lbs, but even then I could ride the miles.

Exercise: I enjoy cycling the most. In 2007 I rode BAK (Bicycle Across Kansas) and again in 2009. I earned my 1st Century in 2009. Currently I am on staff with BAK and I now Drive Across Kansas in the luggage truck. I still take my bike and get some rides in but am unable to get the full distance. Besides at my current weight it is painful. On any given day without warning when I'm not riding I can easily ride 10 miles. Once I get into daily cycling I can pound out 20 with no problem.

I also will swim and have taken to swimming at the fitness center this last month. I was quite the swimmer as a kid and have no fear of the water. Once I decided to swim for exercise this last month I was swimming 1 mile with no problem, takes me an hour. Being an endurance athlete I can go the distance if I pace myself.

When riding my bike my friend says I am freight train. It may take me a bit to get up to speed, but once I'm up there, I can keep a good pace. I imagine he'd say the same about my swimming.

Goal: My ideal weight goal is 200. I haven't been at that weight since High School. I've had this goal for several years, however have failed in every half hearted attempt. In Fact I keep getting heavier by adding more weight after every diet/exercise program I attempt.

I know it will take me 10 months or more to achieve my goal. And being a realist I know there will be setbacks. However it is past time to get the weight off.

Diet Plan: None. I've never perscribed to a specific diet. I've taken the approach that I should eat less. I also have taken to more vegies and salads when I'm trying to eat right. That is tough. I am a meat and potatoes and bread guy. Who also loves sweets, specifically chocolate.

Exercise Plan: More Cycling and Swimming. My goal for Cycling is 20 miles per day and Swimming is undertermined, currently 1 mile per day. I'd like to exercise every day, however I keep falling off the wagon.

NEW Motivation: Thanks to a classmate, Lisa, I've decided to signup for DietBet.com I'm not in it for the money, well not to win the money. I'm using it as a motivation tool. I don't like to throw away money. So, I'm betting on myself to get back the bet that I've spent to be a part of DietBet.com Currently I'm in 2 DietBet Challenges. A one month challege (lose 4%) and a six month challege (lose 10% total). Plan is to add a monthly challenge once I complete the 1st and add a 6 month challege after 2 months. I plan to keep that pace until I've successfully reached my goal weight.

I'm not doing this to impress anyone. I am loved graciously by my wife and my children. I'm doing this for them. I am motivated to improve my health for them so I can live a longer and more abundant active life with my family.

I hereby vow to be a LOSER! I want to win every challenge I enter by losing the weight. Thank you Dietbet for your site and help in motivating me to be a Solid Bonified LOSER! And I'm hoping by the time I get to my goal weight that DietBet.com will have the Maintain Games in place that I can use for motivation to assist me in preventing the bounce back up.

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- Slim -

10/25/2017 1:54PM

Well stated Thomas, I too vow to be abig-time loser!Thank you for sharing & encouraging.

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Dave

06/24/2016 9:16AM

I can't believe how close to my life yours sounds. Thanks for the post and it's great to know that someone else out there is just like me.

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Scott

09/27/2015 1:13PM

Hi Thomas, just reading this now as I am still fairly new here, great post! Hey, when does your "magic spreadsheet" :) show you will go onto a maintainer?

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Thomas

If all goes well I plan to enter a Maintainer around Thanksgiving.

Luznegra

05/04/2015 11:32AM

Love that post.

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Travis

04/02/2015 11:42AM

Fantastic Post. There is nothing better in the journey than the self reflection we perform, and then the courage to share it. The wonderful thing is that others feel similar feelings and have similar goals and understand. Being a Husband and father of 4 myself, they are indeed perfect reasons to achieve our goals, for our spouse it is for an improved companionship on something that is already perfect, and for our children it is the example of making good choices and the reward of a healthy hero. Congrats on your journey to this point, keep up the great work.

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Abbie

03/29/2015 2:20PM

What a great post. Sounds like you have a great plan and are motivated. Good luck on your journey!

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Cali

03/26/2015 11:13PM

Sounds like you're being realistic and your head's in the right place to get this done! Dietbet is such a great concept. I tried the diets where you pay to go to the meetings and they were a waste of money for me. DB makes more sense... pay myself, not someone else! Have you tried chicken with cauliflower mashed potatoes? Internet is full of recipes for meat and potato lovers. Bread is a bit tougher, but there are substitutes. Drop a comment about what you're missing and people will post what they're doing for replacements. One day at a time and we'll get there. Yup... we WILL!

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Tinkntx

03/24/2015 6:15AM

Awesome! One of the things helps me is the microwaveable frozen veggies. I like the one that has broccoli, carrots, water chestnuts and sugar snap peas in it, but there are many varieties. I'm not much of a veggie person either, but these taste really good and are very low in calories. I take them to work and have for lunch. They're a great filler.

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Jim S

03/19/2015 1:26PM

You can be a loser. Lose as much as you can I agree with you these dietbets have challenged me in away of motivation to lose the weight that I have not been challenged in a long time. My saying to motivate me is Adapt and overcome. I friended you also.

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Amanda

03/19/2015 11:16AM

I can completely relate to your first paragraph. Best of luck to you on your journey! :)

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