At my playing weight (Terry)

After a bad week last week, I am back down. I dropped to 240 pounds today, that is down a total of 16 in 2 months. I am at my playing weight for spring training this weekend. Noah, Darci, and I fly to Phoenix on Friday to see the Brewers spring training. I can see it now...

We are at the ball park watching practice. A stray ball rolls to my feet. Prince Fielder comes out to get the ball but I scoop it up and throw it 200 feet on a line to Ben Sheets. Ned Yost (the manager) is amazed by my raw, yet able to be harnessed, talent. I get signed, and spend the next 10 years dodging steriord and HGH questions. Awesome!

That or I get hit in the crotch with another foul ball, one of the two.

PS - if you haven't heard the getting hit in the crotch with a stray foul ball story, it is a Terry Evans classic on par with getting lassoed and saved by a bush at VESHA. But the point is I am down 16 pounds, how are the rest of you doing.

Bad News Good News (Terry)

The bad news is I am up 2 pounds from last week (I weigh myself every Tuesday since we started and write the weight on my calander). Though I didn't poop til tonight so I think that weight is skewed.

The good news is my diet book, "Loose Weight and Alienate Your Family: The Terry Evans Journey of Going From So Fat He Deep Fried His Toothpaste To a Lean Mean Family Mocking Machine - an unauthorized biography," is going to be made into a major motion pictures. Haley Joel Osmet will play the young me, Will Ferrell will play the fat me, and Russell Crowe will play the current me. In a major coop Tom Hanks will be playing dad. Amazing cause Dad only has two speaking lines in the movie adapation, "I need to plow," and "Bring me chicken." The rest of the performance consists of non-verbal acknowlegements and a series of grunts. The Oscar buzz has already started!

Bill/Eva checks in

I had my doctor's appointment this morning. I lost another pound in the last two weeks. My blood pressure is good and everything else looks good too. The doctor went over the 3 hour glucose test results. I really did do quite well. I was at least 5 points under on every score. I'm still taking cinnamon, just to be sure.

Way to go Katie and Terry on the weight loss!

Lose 8.5 lbs in 2 days......

So, my motivation level for this challenge has been at about a 2 since it's start. But I just lost 8.5 lbs in two days, so what's my secrect? THE FLU!!!! But I"m going to bask in being at a weight number I haven't seen since about 9 months pre-pregnancy. I swear I will try and make it last. Maybe this was the painful first step I needed to get my butt in gear.

And yes, I had the stinking flu shot.

Katie

Not Gloating (Terry)

Down 14 pounds from 256 to 242. Now I am not gloating, mocking you is motiviating me to continue to loose weight and mock you more. See, it's cyclical, the synergy of the whole thing. I don't brag to put you down, I do it to keep myself going...that's all.

In fact I want to help you all out. I will send you each a free copy of my new weightloss book coming out this spring. It's titled "Loose Weight and Alienate Your Family: The Terry Evans Journey of Going From So Fat He Deep Fried His Toothpaste To a Lean Mean Family Mocking Machine - an unauthorized biography."

My publisher thinks the title is too long, I'm thinking of changing it just to "Ass Kicker." What do you guys think?

New Side Bet!!

Ok, who is going to help me out here?? I need some volunteers for a new side betl. Come on, Ian. You won the last. You should get in on this! Katie, didn't you ask for a new side bet after your Taco Bell fall? I say let's start a new side bet (as Terry detailed in an earlier entry) on Sunday. Any takers???
I've got a trip to AZ in less than a month and need some motivation!
darci

Hey All! (Katie)

Ian - That is the funniest post to date. You are SOO FUNNY! And for the record, I saw Ian last night and he looked like he lost weight and I look like I gained it.

Terry - LOVED YOUR POST as well. I even had a Super Tuesday Party at my house because I am that geeked about elections. I blame that on Mom.

So, who went to Ash Wednesday....a-hum...............Dad? Evan got his first Ash's and we have pictures. Jeremy took a picture with his camera phone of Evan sitting in the pew as proof for Dad.

BTW - Terry, fix Dad's Ebay for him this weekend.

Well I'm off to start thinking about, starting to thinking about cleaning my room. Have a good weekend everyone!!!

Go Ian!

Katie

Dieting and Politics (Terry)

In honor of super Tuesday I will compare our weight loss challenge to the 2008 Presidential Primary...

Katie is Hillary Clintion - tells everyone they are in a side bet and expects them to pay $10 for it, whether they want to or not

Matt is Ron Paul - in the race but is making crazy claims about going it alone with the benefits of Benefiber

Mom is Rudy - in the challenge but took the first month off and is pining all her hopes on Lent to begin her run

Dad is Huckabee - looks good, sounds good, is balding, but nobody thinks he can really win

Eva is Bill Clinton - can't play but is still involved and making noise

Hoss is Fred Thompson - everybody thinks he is in and can win, but nobody hears from him and are waiting for him to get involved

Ian is Obama - sounds good on the blog but nobody is really sure what his stance is on diet and exercise (see his previous blog)

Kristy is John Edwards - made a good noise early and then vanishes

Vicki, Elaine, and Trix are Duncan Hunter, Dennis Kucinich and Chris Dodd - they are in and never heard from again

And for me, I am Johm McCain - the smug front runner nobody likes. Which makes Darci Mitt Romey, looks good, very polished, but still trails me.

I will call this an update (Ian)

Well, I just got home from a bigger embarassment than myself going out in public, UNI got drilled by Creighton in basketball. So feeling a little down, but not all that bad. I feel for you Terry. Those hangovers go over as well as having to write the Theory paper the day before its due. But if I lived in the glorious land of cheese curds, I would have a permantent home on a couch with mold growing in places it shouldn't. The fire department would not like the end of that.

On to the challange, Terry, I have not worked out a damn minute, unless you call defensive tactics class a workout, and I am down 11 lbs (real weight number can not fit into this blog). So when I see green, as in cash not the environment, I will jump, so its time to jump. Let the games begin.

Feeling Better (Terry)

Ok, a bad weekend. But after consuming beer, Buffalo Chicken Stripes, beer, chips and salsa, beer, endless cheese curds, beer, candy, beer, and Peruvian cream chocolate birthday cake I only gained 2 pounds. Started at 256 and weighed 246 today. Must be the combination of Lost episodes and 42 minutes on the elliptical keeping it off. How are the rest of you doing? Still waiting for lent? No time like today! Trying to be motivating today, I will gloat more later.

Equation of Pain (Terry)

Darci threw me a suprise birthday party last night, I was totally caught off guard and it was a blast. However I learned a very important math equation.

Eating more sugar and grease in one night than you have eaten in a month + beer + beer + beer + beer + hangover multiplied by a 4 month old early rising baby = one horrendous Sunday.

The diet starts again on monday, it hurts to type. I need to go back to bed.

Lent and Weight Loss (Katie)

Well, I'm back as well. I'm writing this email with my head hung in shame. It's pretty sad when you take great pride in just maintaining your fat ass weight. But that's all I have to take pride in at the moment. "I'm maintaining!" That's like the meth-head "maintaining" their current addiction. Way to go!

But Ash Wednesday is my hope. It's the best time of the year and like a good Catholic I will feel shame for not committing to do something to better myself and/or others. For you C&E Catholics out there, it's time to dust off your prayer book. Maybe a few of those will give us all some motivation.

My Lenton Prayer:

Hail Mary, full of Grace, the fat is upon me. Blessed art thou over eaters who love bread and cheese. And blessed is the fruit in my Dairy Queen blizzard. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us eaters and now at the hour of the Chinese Buffett.

I'm off to dig out my Rosary beads.

Katie

Eva's progress

I've lost a couple more pounds, though my last official weigh in at the doctor's office doesn't reflect that because I ate a big lunch right before the appointment. When I lost 4 pounds over Christmas, I got a lecture. I tired explaining that family pride was on the line and just because some people wouldn't let me in the weight loss competition was no reason I couldn't play along on the sidelines. The doctor still had some funny idea about pregnant women gaining weight not loosing weight.

As some of you may know, I spectacularly failed my 1 hour glucose tolerance test, so I had to take the 3 hour test on monday. I passed the 3 hour test with flying colors. I don't know if this made the difference, but I started taking cinnamon over the weekend. Cinnamon is supposed to help balance out your blood sugar. So I'm continuing to take cinnamon, at least until May. Some of the rest of you probably should too.

Mom You're a Wuss (Terry)

I just got done reading Mom's blog entry when a certain sentence caught my eye. And I quote;

"I'm thinking about thinking about really getting going real soon."

Awesome enthusiasm. Way to be motiviated and inturn get others motivated. I'm thinking about riding my bike up to the convience store and getting myself a snickers bar. The point of this competition was to lose weight and be healthy, not to see who could post the funniest blog entry (if it were Matt and Ian would be neck and neck). So as the front runner of the real competition I am going the heckle and gloat.

I am down 12 lbs and kicking all your fat asses around this thing. HAHAHAHAHA. You are all so fat when you stepped on the scale it said "To be continued." When I tell you guys to get in this competition and haul ass, you all have to make two trips. HAHAHAHAHA.