Congratulations

I want to start by congratulating Jake on the marriage. That being said the rest of us better pick up the weight loss because Jake is going to be burning some serious calories this week. We know Clegg hasn't burned any calories that way since Oct. 16 2003. I (Rex) on the other hand might have to go visit my bishop with all the weight I have been losing lately. Well it was good to see you all at the wedding. Keep losing weight in what ever ways you find possible. Some might ways might be more fun then others and I would recommend taking advantage of those.

Funny

I ran across this and thought it was funny. I wonder why they didn't mention Mike and his efforts to win this competition.

Learning a Lesson at the Dinner Table

Chris Grant is a 23-year-old senior, recently married, and one of the most experienced veterans for the Utes. But even he can still learn some valuable lessons.

Like how to eat.

Grant nearly ran himself into an emergency room during a preseason practice recently, because he was trying to keep up with coach Jim Boylen's demanding regimen while at the same dieting drastically in an attempt to lose some weight and body fat.

"I literally felt like I was running cross-eyed," Grant recalled. "I couldn’t see."

Grant had to back out of practice that day a couple of weeks ago, and spent the rest of the workout hunched over a garbage can and slumped in a chair on the sideline. It took hours to feel better again, he said, and the trainers concluded his attempt at ill-advised approach to dieting left him without nearly enough energy to handle the hard workout.

"I've never had an experience like that before," he said.

So while Grant has dropped a few pounds and body-fat percentage points, he's no longer aiming for massive weight loss through what essentially was a starvation diet. He acknowledged he "probably took it a little too seriously" when Boylen told him he needed to lose some weight, and now he's hoping to simply healthily maintain his current weight.

"I just said, 'Screw it. I'm going to eat,'" Grant said. "I'll eat healthy food, but I'm just going to eat, and if need be, I'll work out more. ... I was working out more and eating even less."

And as he discovered, that's not a good combination.

http://blogs.sltrib.com/utehoops/

Clegg

After an extra week of binging on his trademark "birthday steaks" special agent Clegg weighed in. Here is the tale of the tape (thigh pads included).

Clegg: 183.5

Temptation...

Thought we should check-in now that we are at the 2 week mark. At this time it is appropriate to remember how far we have already come (it seems like ages since I slipped into my yellow leotard). I also privately hoped that by posting the top two pics Jones' diet would crumble. Additionally, we need to decide an establishment where we can celebrate my imminent victory. I suggest the roundhouse and a half at George's Cafe.

day 1, weigh in

here are the poundage stats and the pics...nowhere to go but down!

Andrew: 198

Rex: 188

Sid: 244

Jake: 224

Tom: 235

Jared: 200

Clegg: 184