Yes, I can now tase you, bro...

The Electronic Control Device practice shots:




I was not brave (stupid) enough to volunteer to experience being hit by a Taser shot. Now I think I should have, just so I could post it here.

Thanks to Big Larry for capturing this historic moment for me.

Halfway!

Halfway through the, "I Lost it at The Club" challenge!

My second goal has been achieved! This was the, "weigh below 220 by the end of January" goal. The scale says 217. Hooray!

The extra added bonus is that the body fat monitoring scale tells me that I am no longer obese. I am now merely "overfat". Hooray again!

Off to a good start

Well, almost. Right away I broke my New Year's resolution to be more selfish. I took some old clothes to Goodwill instead of just throwing them out. Oh well.

Anyway, the weigh-in was completed for the "I lost it at The Club" program. When I lose the 16 pounds it will be about 9.5% of my body weight. I don't know what the winner last year accomplished, but I am hoping it will be enough. Even if it is not enough to split the pot, it will be keeping me on track.

I am close to the January goal I set for myself. There are only 3 pounds left to reach the goal of being under 220 pounds by the end of January. The treadmill rolls on!

2009!

I guess this is the place that I should post my New Year's Resolution. So, in 2009, I have decided to be more selfish and more of a jerk. It will be a long hard year to keep it up, but I will try to stick with it! :-)

In other news, I will be joining the "I lost it at the Club!" program at the Fort Collins Club. It is an 8 week program and the goal is to lose the largest percentage of body weight over that time. The man and woman who do will split a cash pot. Last year it was $300 each!

Now I realize that body weight is not the best measure of weight loss. Body fat is a better gauge because it allows for doing some weight lifting to improve muscle tone. But this fits in with my goals as I wanted to get below 215 lbs. and then start mixing up cardio and weights for a better body overall (and more power for softball and golf).

My goal will be to lose 16 pounds over the 8 weeks. I don't know what percentage that is as the "official" weigh in is not until Tuesday, January 6th. But it fits with the recommended safe weight loss goal of 2 pounds per week.

Once again, I will keep track here. This will at least give me 8 new posts for the first quarter of 2009!

I will also keep track of the 2009 "be a selfish jerk" resolution.