Fitcent’s Gym!

So I entered this contest that was being offered by my employer sometime towards the end of January, begining of February which they called, "The Biggest Loser". Hopefully the guys at the network which hosts the t.v. show with the same name won’t get wind of that and sue them. Anyway, it was a 4 month contest comprised of the employees of the company who wanted the benefit of losing weight AND winning some great prize. I thought, "Wow! What a great motivation to keep me in line with a goal that I wanted to achieve anyway! And there’s prizes!" So with the hardy approval of my wife, I swung into high gear. I cut out lasagna, I cut out soda, I cut out pizza and cheeseburgers, I cut out excessive carbs, I even cut out (when I had the will power) those late-night snack attacks of ice cream, cake or the 1/2 gallon bowls of Fruity Pebbles. I lifted thousands of pounds of weights, I ran hundreds of miles on a treadmill (sometimes in my own living room!), I SUFFERED through hours in the sauna and hot tub (and those were some GRUELING hours, let me tell you) all done with the prize on my horizon.

Well, to make a long story short…I didn’t win. DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The woman who won lost 39 pounds, for a total percentage lost of 19.2% I believe. I, on the other hand, lost 42.5 pounds, for a total percentage lost of 16.9%. AAARRRRGGGHHHH!!

So, I didn’t win the trip to Las Vegas. But I did win my health, the knowledge that there are people out there who understand and will support me during my times of struggle, and the opportunity to see about 35 people lose hundreds of pounds. All in all, it was a great victory! Sure, I’m not going to see half nekked women dancing in shiny costumes on stage or drive down "the strip" in a limo or be able to tell everyone that I went to "sin city" for free, but I have something way better than that…I have a family who loves me (even though there’s less of me), a great group of people who helped push me towards my goals in a great gym (Yay Thoerbeck’s!!!), Bill Grant who took the time out of his extremely busy schedule to give me pointers and of course, all of you who continued to reassure me that I COULD do it, no matter how many times I had to "slay the snack monster" at 2 A.M.

I AM VICTORIOUS!!!

Feel free to get up, raise your arms in the traditional Rocky Balboa stance and jump up and down to, "Eye of the Tiger" with me cause that’s how I feel right about now.

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