A friendly health-weight-based wager with Jeremy

One horrendous thing I noticed after I trimmed down my Calder Cup beard…it was hiding my extra chins. Actually, I don’t have any jowls firmly present, I learned from Slate.com about how two-dimensional photography “adds weight,” by flattening the image. Tricks of the light still isn’t an excuse for my weight slowly ballooning up to the horrible number I hit in 2007…243 lbs! Eww. I was really pushing it at 240 and change. Now I’m on a stronger, more aggressive campaign because I looked up last year’s spreadsheet that tracked my running mileage. Holy Crap! I was under 210 in June 2013. What happened?! Several things I can guess are responsible:

  1. Half-priced shakes at Sonic after 8 PM; one too many there.
  2. Eating after 9 PM.
  3. Not enough water, more diet sodas which your body reacts to as if it were regular soda.

Running over two miles a day won’t address those things. I know this from past experience in 2011. So the remedy:

  1. Resisting Sonic down to once a week, shakes are OK only if they’re the meal.
  2. No eating after 9 PM at all, water and occasional hard ciders are allowed.
  3. Downing way more water and unsweetened tea. The latter has gotten me to brew more of my Teavana goodies.

Yet it isn’t always enough. Being male and somewhat competitive, I convinced my friend Jeremy (trying shake the sympathy weight from his son) into a friendly bet. He has to lose 20 pounds, I have 30 due to me being a bit taller and more aggressive at the gym. Whoever achieves this by October 1, is the winner.

If Jeremy wins, I buy him this:

policeship

Should I win and I will, Jeremy buys me this:

bennyshipSadly, my spaceship costs about $20 more so I’ll chip in the difference or if I lose (which I won’t), I’ll throw in $20 more like a mini set or extra bricks.

All we need is a judge but I will be adding a widget to show my progress. You people who are my friends…and I’m looking very sternly at you Marquette and GDW Alumni…better be cheering me on. 

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