Freezing Saddles Side Bet #FSSB Week 1

[Mikey]

Good morning folks, welcome to Freezing Saddles. If you thought today was cold wait till tomorrow!
As you know Freezing Saddles is an all volunteer effort, and I volunteered to offer side bets throughout the competition, for a little added competition (for those who can’t get enough) or for those who are already out of the running for miles or team championships but still want the added sting of defeat from yet another contest

This first week’s side bet is quick, but will not be realized until the end of the competition. I’m throwing this out here in honor of all of those new years resolutions to lose weight, and get in shape. Side Bet #1 is a “Biggest Loser” contest, but since that’s probably trade marked I’ll just call it the “Fattest Loser” contest. As Freezing Saddlers you have an advantage over your fellow men/women since you will actually be getting out there this winter and living rule 5, 9, and often rule 10. Rules for this side bet are simple: (on your honor) weigh your self this week and post your weight on this thread (if you are brave). Ride like hell for 78 days then weigh your self again (on the same scale if possible) and post your weight again on March 18t-19th. Quote your original post in your follow up post and do your own math. Male and Female winners will be the ones who lose the largest % of their body wieght. The winner will receive some sort of yummy pastry/cupcake/bacon-cheddar scone (?)

Now I need to go find a scale.

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[eminva]

@hozn 81078 wrote:

I didn’t post when competition started, but I was weighing in right at 180. I was 169 last week, so have dropped 11lbs (6%) this winter. This was strictly by paying attention to what I eat (I rode less than I had been), which has been quite a revelation. My wife finds it a little annoying that I can continue losing weight while eating 4,000-4500 calories a day (I burn about 1200-1500 on a normal commute [roundtrip]).

Without meaning to sound all, “You kids, get off my lawn!”, it is possible that you will not be able to sustain this for your entire adult life, even with that level of physical activity.

I can maintain my weight eating about 1500-2000 calories a day. I can lose weight at 1200 to 1500. I guess because I weigh less I’m not burning as many calories on my commute.

Liz

[hozn]

@eminva 81101 wrote:

Without meaning to sound all, “You kids, get off my lawn!”, it is possible that you will not be able to sustain this for your entire adult life, even with that level of physical activity.

I can maintain my weight eating about 1500-2000 calories a day. I can lose weight at 1200 to 1500. I guess because I weigh less I’m not burning as many calories on my commute.

Oh, yes, I have no doubt of this. I was surprised myself. Calculator suggests that my BMR should be 1760 calories, so 3,000 (or maybe it’s 3,200 I haven’t quite figured it out) is obviously a little skewed. Honestly, having my metabolism slow down a bit would not be all bad; eating that much is kinda costly. And with two growing boys that apparently love eating ….

[brendan]

@hozn 81102 wrote:

Oh, yes, I have no doubt of this. I was surprised myself. Calculator suggests that my BMR should be 1760 calories, so 3,000 (or maybe it’s 3,200 I haven’t quite figured it out) is obviously a little skewed. Honestly, having my metabolism slow down a bit would not be all bad; eating that much is kinda costly. And with two growing boys that apparently love eating ….

I’d prefer my appetite slow down than my metabolism…

B

[Rockford10]

People keep telling my husband he must be saving so much money on gas by biking to work. His joke back is the amount dropped at the bike store far outweighs the amount saved on gas. I’m starting to think any saved gas money is really going to the grocery store. He eats all the time and we’ve got two boys about to be teens. #tacotuesday.

[dkel]

@hozn 81102 wrote:

Honestly, having my metabolism slow down a bit would not be all bad; eating that much is kinda costly. And with two growing boys that apparently love eating ….

Looking back through this thread, I think I may have been the leader in the men’s category for this side bet until you chimed in with your big weight loss numbers yesterday. If I didn’t know better, I’d think you just wanted to steal the prize jelly donut (or whatever the prize is) to offset the cost of food.

[dkel]

@Rockford10 81118 wrote:

People keep telling my husband he must be saving so much money on gas by biking to work. His joke back is the amount dropped at the bike store far outweighs the amount saved on gas. I’m starting to think any saved gas money is really going to the grocery store. He eats all the time and we’ve got two boys about to be teens. #tacotuesday.

Only the kids are having tacos. What are we having????

[hozn]

@dkel 81141 wrote:

Looking back through this thread, I think I may have been the leader in the men’s category for this side bet until you chimed in with your big weight loss numbers yesterday. If I didn’t know better, I’d think you just wanted to steal the prize jelly donut (or whatever the prize is) to offset the cost of food.

Oh? I was sure there were more significant weight loss numbers from someone else. I honestly wasn’t competing for this one, I was just kinda happy to have lost some obviously-unnecessary weight. We’ll see if it helps at all in my climbing abilities this season. I don’t know that I am even eligible to play since I’m on the unofficial team (Slackers).

[dkel]

@hozn 81148 wrote:

Oh? I was sure there were more significant weight loss numbers from someone else.

I wasn’t too careful looking back through the thread, but I think my 4% loss was still at the top for men. I’m as surprised as you (especially because I didn’t really try very hard).

[cvcalhoun]

I’d forgotten we had separate categories for men and women on this one. I think I may be close to the top on the women’s one, if only because I had the most to lose in the first place. However, it looks like my teammate acl was the overall winner.

@dkel 81156 wrote:

I wasn’t too careful looking back through the thread, but I think my 4% loss was still at the top for men. I’m as surprised as you (especially because I didn’t really try very hard).

[dkel]

@cvcalhoun 81171 wrote:

I had the most to lose in the first place.

If indeed I am at the top of the men’s category, it’s because after only six months of cycling, my body is still trying to find its new (lower) ideal weight. I won’t be in the running for a similar side bet next year, I’m sure. In the meantime, I keep cinching my belt (the alternative is unpleasant).

[CBGanimal]

I am in! on 1/1 I weighed in at 150…looking to get to 140 by March 31st…

Good luck to all!!

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