January 22, 2005
The Fatty Patty No More Challenge
LA is explaining the Fatty Challenge that she and some friends have cooked up [no pun intended] and I'm wondering if there is a way I can join in vicariously. Money is a great motivator indeed. But so is humiliation.
Read on if pork products and bad hair don't frighten you...
I've been talking for a while now that I should shed a bit of the walrus I've accumulated over the years. I started going back to the gym a few months ago but didn't really give it my best shot and I quickly fell back into bad habits (read: peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in front of the computer...)
Yesterday morning I was checking my email when I came upon a missive from my prep school. Usually these are just desperate pleas for alumni donations and I skip over them. However, something propelled me actually open this one up and give it a read.
As I scanned the words, I kid you not, my jaw dropped and the Sausage McMuffin™ (with egg) I was savoring slowly slipped from my hands...
“It’s not too early to start making your plans to join your classmates for this year’s alumni reunion!”
"Holy FUCK!! 20 years? In JUNE? What the hell month is it?!? I'm so screwed!"
I wanted to go purge right then and there. But as I was wiping the grease from my keyboard I thought to myself "Well, at least I have good hair now. I mean, really, what were we thinking? How could we ever have though that a rat tail and jeans pegged so tight you could barely get your foot through them was a cool look?"
I'm actually only slightly uncomfortable with my body image right now but this is it... I have to get my Ass and a 1/2 into gear and lose a little poundage. And if I can lose 25lbs by June 20th it'll be a fucking miracle. That's 5 lbs. a month. Aint gonna happen but I'll give it a go.
So the challenge is on! Yeah!
As I mentioned earlier, money is an excellent motivator for me. And because everyone I know here is a flippin' skinny minny and would have no interest in joining my little game, I'll have to pony up the cash myself. My tightwad CPA (the best kind!) will probably kill me, but screw him and my IRA - reunions like this don't happen too often, thank god, and it's my money.
So in order to make this interesting, I propose publicly, loud and proud, that on June 20th, 2005 I will award myself ($$ an undisclosed sum $$) for every pound I've lost, to spend however I wish on anything I want, no matter how frivolous and extravagant. Starting, er... today. Shit.
Doing the math, if I am successful I will have pilfered my entire IRA contribution for 2005. Stranger things have happened. And hell, if I only lose 10lbs - I'll have earned a nice chunk of change to buy some decent pants (of the non-pegged variety) and another good hair cut before I go. Which I would probably do anyway, but let's not get sidetracked!
So there you have it.
MJ's Fatty Patty No More Challenge.
Am I in? Hell yeah! Bring it on...
Er, um... I guess this means no more peanut butter. Damn it! But I'm still brewing my beer today. C'mon, a girl's gotta have something!
Posted by MJ at January 22, 2005 09:31 AMSend me a monthly update (wt loss - you don'thave to send cash... unless you want to :), and you're in!
I refuse to start med school wearing a tent instead of scrubs! I gotta drop a bit more than 25, myh friend, but I'll race you to June 20th!
Posted by: LA at January 22, 2005 04:10 PMI'm doing the 5 in '05 that Big Pink Cookie started, for my HS Reunion this year, I would be tickled pink if it was 10 a month, but a girl can dream. But I think I might get a break and not have my reunion till late August, so that gives me an extra few months. :)(so far down -6)
Posted by: Susan at January 22, 2005 09:54 PMWell, I don't know how much weight you've put on since I saw you last, but I thought you were pretty hot then. (Well, DUH.)
Don't go turning into one of them skinny bitches with nothing to hold on to. In case, ya know, you're a little bit drunker the next time we cross paths. :o)
Posted by: picklejuice at January 23, 2005 12:39 AMyou can TOTALLY lost 1lb/week.. it's doable. that was my goal 2 years ago, and i lost 65 in one year. lots of water and weight watchers points... that's the secret!
Posted by: chele at January 23, 2005 06:55 AM"lost"="lose"... i haven't had enough coffee yet..
Posted by: chele at January 23, 2005 06:55 AMNat thought you were hot when she met you last? Really? I didn't notice any tension there. Weird. One would never have known.
Posted by: mopsa at January 23, 2005 08:47 AMSo, MJ is a hottie, eh? Well ... I am so sorry we didn't cross paths in December. ;) But hey - I'll be there in February and April. This time, no lame-ass excuses. Drag your hot ass out of the dessert and come to LA. Damn it.
Posted by: LA at January 23, 2005 08:09 PMum. I meant 'desert.' But I guess dessert can apply as well when you're so popular with the ladies.
Posted by: LA at January 23, 2005 08:11 PMI'm not sure which is funnier -- your post, or the comments. :o) You go grrl -- I think you can lost 5 pounds a month no problem!
Posted by: Mopsie at January 23, 2005 09:11 PMI'm doing the losin' thing too, pal... tho not promising myself any cash. Wanna lose 20 by end of April before Puerto Vallarta (already lost 6 since New Years) and another 10 by Pride. Totally doable.
Posted by: oddgirl at January 23, 2005 09:19 PMI got fat a couple years ago, then freaked out, then lost it, it wasn't too hard. Once I really believed I wouldn't die or go mad if I felt hungry for a few hours here and there, I was fine. And we don't keep sweets in the house anymore. No prob, babe. xxxx
Posted by: Anna at January 24, 2005 04:52 AMThanks for the words of encouragement! I might actually be able to pull this off... Mmm. Puerto Vallarta. I'm waiting to find out about a project before I'm in for sure, but that would be a good 1/2 way-ish point eh?
Now Natalie, while I've not gained much since we last saw each other (5) I think I could probably drop a few pounds and still maintain something for you to hold on to ... they're called ears.
But seeing as we are both happily married women - How about another lap dance? I promise to bring cash next time.
Posted by: MJ at January 24, 2005 07:46 AMMy 25th [yikes] HS reunion is this coming summer. I need to lose 10 pounds I've packed on. It's not a comforable 10 pounds either... it's ugly and mean. I'm going back to basics. I'll be going back to my martial arts background and the wonderful exercises I did since I was in 2nd grade... let's see if it works!
Posted by: Chari at January 24, 2005 11:48 AMI really appreciate blogs like this one becuase it is insightful and helps me communicate with others.
thanks.also, that guy billyz, I really need to talk to you about that cure you mentioned.
