This is it...Last Call.....

You've got the last final hours to get your binge eating in... After this night, it's all in.... Heres the break down of 6 weigh-in....

Remember... We'll need you to submit your new Weight and a new photo is required. Failure to submit the required data will result to the default lowest score. We're applying the HONOR SYSTEM:

1st Weigh-in Submission:

March 29 - April 1, 2010. Winner will be chosen on April 3, 2010. (this date falls on Holy week, Binge eat during Easter... Woohoo)

2nd Weigh-in Submission:

April 26 - April 28, 2010. Winner will be chosen on May 1, 2010.

3rd Weigh-in Submission:

May 24 - May 26, 2010. Winner will be chosen on May 29, 2010. (This date falls on Memorial Day Weekend, more Binge eating for us... Woohoo)

4th Weigh-in Submission:

June 28 - June 30, 2010. Winner will be chosen on July 3rd, 2010. (This date falls on Independence Day Weekend, more hot dogs and barbeque's... More Binging... Woohoo...)

5th Weigh-in Submission:

July 26 - July 28, 2010. Winner will be chosen on July 31, 2010.

6th Weigh-in Submission:

August 23 - August 25, 2010. Winner will be chosen on August 28, 2010

The FINAL Weigh-in Submission:

September 4 - September 6, 2010. Winner will be chosen by September 11, 2010.

Also, if you know of other friends and family members that would like to participate... Get them in this week, as we're looking to close the entry to the competition by Friday, 03/05/2010. Right now, we've got 8 - 9 participants... (Jenny, we need your stats)

Good Luck..

Night Run...

After hearing about no food after 6:00 pm I decided to add to my routine, 5:00 am run and a 6:00 pm run...Oh YEAH!!! just finished actually, just bagged 3.19 miles, burned 447 calories, also felt guilty eating Mcdouble and a McChicken sandwich with small fries...AND THEN...Shil wanted some fried Japanese food so off to Mitsuwa we gooooo...darn too much salt in those ramen soups...Oh well at least I ate them all before 6:00 pm hahahaha!!!

Get your Nike Sportbands On and let's run!!

http://nikerunning.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikeplus/en_US/plus/#//runs/detail/674895684/476974113/all/allRuns/

Participant 8: Bond... James Bond -

Code Name: Mickey 007

License not to Eat After 6pm (James Bond Song, da da da da daaaaa)

December weight: 245 got doctor's record to prove

But Official competition weight: 235 lbs

Height: Same as my Brother

IQ: Call of Duty Rank

(i stink in COD - Jerome has better IQ)

Goals: None - was trying to be healthy to get cheaper Life Insurance (all about the money) Just think if i can get my premium down 50 dollars less my wife will buy me a 52" LCD TV.

Comment: Proud to be Chubby - I was telling my wife that there is an Ago curse in the family. Like Luke Skywalker said "My Lolo has it... Men in my family has it... and I have it..." I am not talking about the force but... we in the Ago clan need to neutralize our appeal hence I have been telling my wife my chubbiness is the cure hehehehe. (This post is just a joke)

On the semi-serious note, I thought i was out... but they bring back in (godfather 3). I wish everyone well in this journey. It is an honor to take this journey with all of you. Watch out familia.... in matters of food i am trying to do this diet the CHICAGO WAY!!! Call us the Untouchables... no food after 6 pm

NewsFlash!!!

Just spoke with Mickey!! he lost 15 lbs already!!! GAME ON!!!!..darn...I guess no eating after 6 pm for me too..I'm going to be one grumpy ol' fart!!!

The 15 lbs doesn't count without REAL PICS!!! can you add to the rule Phil!!?? hehehe...

SnowBound...

well looks like most of you guys are snowbound...BUT ME!! *ARGH*..blogging from work..hehe...C'Mon Guys we need the other participants to Blog with us so we (I) can know what you guys are up too...

Competition is such a great motivation for me..so c'mon!!...It's really not becasue of the Mooolah!! but I will have two girls soon enough and I need to wring their future boyfriends necks when the time comes..muahahahaahaa!!! really no kiding!

Oh yeah Before I forget, Marge I'll split with you 70/30..lol.. offcourse I get 70% ahahahahaha!!!

Later Guys...and have fun shoveling that 2 feet of snow outside your driveways!!! but strech first! Don't wanna lose a participant due to injury.. ;P

Hello, Blog...it's me Margaret (Ch 2)

Curse you, snow! Curse you! No running for me today and couldn't go grocery shopping, a bit upset about that. I have to wait for the weekend to buy organic food. In the meantime, this is what I ate:

Breakfast - 2 servings of cereal, Honeycombs with milk

Lunch - 2 slices of French toast drizzled with condensed milk (extra)

Dinner - Pork with rice, corn and kraut

Snack - 2 slices of French toast drizzled with condensed milk (extra)

Workout - nonexistent. Left knee, still stiff. Hopefully it loosens up soon, so I can catch up with Jerome.

In sum, not a good day for me =(

RUndown...

ok...here's my rundown:

Morning:

Exercise: ran 3.33 miles, calories burned 467

Breakfast: Hot Cereal( 1 tsp sugar today) and Coffee black 3 splendas.

Snack: Peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat and Tea no sugar, no cream just plain old hot water

Lunch: Ham sandwich with cheese, mustard and pickles on whole wheat and water

Exercise: ran 3.25 miles, calories burned 454

Dinner: Spaghetti with meat sauce

ok I'll join you guys with real pics don't be jeaolus cuz i'm soo pretttiiiiii!!!!

Current weight: 175 lbs..hmmm...maybe a bit heavier i did eat a lot of pasta hehehe!!!

BRING EEEETTTTT!!!!

http://nikerunning.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikeplus/en_US/plus/#//runs/detail/674895684/1349445591/all/allRuns/

Food Nutrition Resource....

Here's a great resource to guide you through the ins and outs of LEAN EATING, according to Muscle/Fitness Magazine.

I might get in trouble about putting the file up directly, but here's the link...

http://www.muscleandfitness.com/images/maf/209705/4110.pdf

I'll create a link to this file and site on our Extra Links and Incentives Section

My Run of the Day!!

ok..another RAIN SChool Delay here...I don't get it. So here's my run for the day:

3.33 Miles

467 Calories Burned

After reading Marge's Post maybe I'll run another 2 miles in the afternoon to beat her 4.4, *ARGH* it's ON NOW!!! BRING EEEEEETTTT!!!!!

http://nikerunning.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikeplus/en_US/plus/#//runs/detail/674895684/476984929/all/allRuns/

Don't we wish we were pregnant....

I'd like to congratulate all the pregger members of our respective families and friends... They're the only ones who can get away with this....

Judge and Jury

I've just got our own Jillian Michaels into our competition. Dino Ago has agreed to be both a contributor and judge to our competition. I encourage you to visit his website and ask him for his advice for each of your respective weight loss goals.

A link is attached on the left hand side of the blog (Achieve FIT - Dino Ago) or you can try this site:

http://www.achievefit.com

Hello, Blog...it's me Margaret (Ch 1)

So, I just finished running.

My tally:

4.4 miles running (Take that, Jerome!)

0.8 walking

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5.2 miles - total

Rutherford is such a nice town at night. I had a minor run-in with a possum. Marge - 1. Possum - 0.

Playlist consisted of a continuous loop of Matt Nathanson's "Come on Get Higher." Thank you, Jenny Ago, for schooling me on the ways of metaphors.

My diet is still a work in progress. I ate 2 large slices of chicken ceasar salad pizza with marina sauce on the side. GAH! No breakfast. For dinner, left-over said pizza. I plan to go grocery shopping today. Jump on the Organic-Everything bandwagon. We'll see how long that lasts.

Until next time...

Winners and Losers

Ok... Neil asked about how this whole event will work, and I found myself thinking it out, running my ideas amongst different contestants. So I've come up with a definite scoring system that will help us be competitive throughout the whole endeavor.

So here goes:

MONTHLY AWARDS

Borrowing from NASCAR, we'll have awarding monthly scores after each month's weigh-in. For 'x' contestants, the person with the highest percentage lost for the month will be awarded 'x' points. The person with the least percentage lost will be awarded 1 point. For example, for 10 participants,

1st place = 10 points

2nd place = 09 points

3rd place = 08 points

4th place = 07 points

5th place = 06 points

6th place = 05 points

7th place = 04 points

8th place = 03 points

9th place = 02 points

10th place = 01 points

Every Monthly 1st place winner will receive a $50.00 gift certificate to either Amazon, Best Buy, Outback, etc.... (Don't worry about where these gift certificates... Just Thank NYSE Technologies)

FINAL AWARD

Similarly, we'll have a final weigh-in during Labor Day. Each person will be awarded 'x' points, where 'x' is the placement of each person's total percentage lost throughout the competition.

For 'x' contestants, the person with the highest percentage lost for the whole competition will be awarded 'x' points. For example, for 10 participants,

1st place = 10 points

2nd place = 09 points

3rd place = 08 points

4th place = 07 points

5th place = 06 points

6th place = 05 points

7th place = 04 points

8th place = 03 points

9th place = 02 points

10th place = 01 points

The TOTAL WINNER's formula will be calculated as follows:

(Overall monthly score) / 2 + (Total Competition) / 2 = Total Score

i.e.

(1st month's score + 2nd month's score + 3rd month's score + 4th month's score + 5th month's score + 6th month's score ) / 2

+

(Total Competition score) / 2

= Total Score

For example, if Marge scores within the middle of the pack throughout the 6 months and places 1st in the whole competition, her final score should look like this...

(5+5+5+5+5+5)/2 + 10/2 = 20 points

The contestant with the highest Total Score will be awarded 100% of all competitor's entry fee.

So far, we've got 6+ contestants... So that's $300.00+ (better yet 1 PS3 or 1 XBOX360 or 1 Wii and 1 Wii Fit)

If you have any questions regarding the scoring, please feel free to comment below.

Real Pics

Music Maestro

I'm trying to fill my iPod with some workout tunes. Got any suggestions?

I'm open to anything.

90 minute school delays!!!

ok..since I'm still home due to Abby's school has a 90 minute delay due to RAIN!!!..anyway...again woke up @ 5:00am...and here's the run down so far...

Exercise:

ran 3.2 miles (treadmill with 1% incline)

Breakfast:

1.) Hodgson Mills Multigrain Hot Cereal (ok i cheat on this one i put two teaspoon FULLS of sugar with it), its really good and will help your bad cholesterol go down.

2.) Cup of coffee, black with 3 splendas.

here's my run:

http://nikerunning.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikeplus/en_US/plus/#//runs/detail/674895684/879682578/all/allRuns/

Another one bites the dust.....

Ernie III - New Jersey
Brian - Florida
Jenny - Florida

We'd like to welcome you to as contestants to our Labor Day Challenge...

Their details will follow soon.....

Slacking

Okay folks, I have to admit...I've been slacking. I'm ashamed. This is a blog so we have to tell the truth. Last week I fancied steak, ice cream, sushi, burgers 2x, some gray's, halal food, longaneesa, a bag of boy bawang, chicken ceasar salad. So I indulged. A bit too much, I'm afraid. This week isn't starting off any better, but after seeing Jerome's post, I'm feeling motivated. So, tomorrow...it begins. I'm officially on the Bradley Cooper diet ala A-Team, which consists of boiled chicken, greens, and a pint of guinness. YUM! Well, I'm off to my p90x day 1 regime - Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X - while I listen to a medley of Marlynn Manson's "Tainted Love," Prodigy's "Smack My B*tch Up" and Britney Spear's "I'm a Slave for You." Until next time...

Participant 6: Angelica

height: 5'6.5"

weight: 189

Goal: Gotta fit in a wedding dress in 2011!

AWAKE!!!

*ARGH*...Waking up around 5:00am...getting in gear..barely awake...ok..ok..just 2 miles...my date with the treadmill for a good 30 min...*yawn*...gotta win this...WAKE UP!!!..hehehe...hey guys if you want to join me with my runs and so we can see each others mileage sign up for NIKEplus.com...it's pretty cool..anyway...then again NOT!!! you should all eat BAGELS with Cream Cheese and Jelly!!! and a side of doughnutsSSSS with sprinkles..my treat!! hehehe..it's a friendly competition after all..BRING IT!

Participant 5: Jerome

Height: 5'7.5"

Weight: 178 lbs.

Goal: "TO BRING SEXY BACK!! YEAH!!!...and win all the Mooolah..woohoo...and lose 15-30% to beat Phil..hahaha...

New Participants...

We'd like to welcome 3 new participants to the Competition....

Angelica - Florida

Brian - New York

Jerome - Connecticut

More participant pictures and details will follow...

One final note to all Participants:

Make sure that you add yourself as a follower of this blog to continue getting updates...

Thanks,

Rules and Regulations:

Participants:

Buy-in is at minimum $50.00. If you're feeling inclined for the challenge and want to ante up, we'll take more. However, at this point, all participants will be required to contribute a $50.00 fee, which will be collected prior to Labor Day weekend.

Backing out of the event will be considered on a "case by case" basis. You'll need to have a valid excuse to get your money back.

The contest will use the HONOR System, with a monthly weigh-in update to check on each participant's progress.

Additional Rules:

1. No chemically induced medication influences. Each pariticipant will be required to work out normally and eat a good diet.
2. No purging and/or bulemia symptoms - no eating and puking...
3. Each participant is to either comment or send regular blog updates. Everyone will be monitoring our progress online.
4. No photoshop editing, no body doubles during weigh-ins or progress updates.
5. Each participant is required to exercise sound judgement regarding work-outs and dietary concerns. You'll have to police yourself when your working-out. We don't want any of the participants to incur any injury or aggravate a pre-existing condition.

Participant 4: Martha

Height: 5'4"

Weight: 119

Goal:

Lose 10%-15%. Firm up different muscle groups for an exceptional summer time look.

Participant 3: Patrick

Height: 5'11"

Weight: 191

Goals:

Lose 10%-15%. Getting ready for international trips and summer in the city.

Participant 2: Margaret

Height: 5'3.5"

Weight: 128.5

Goals:

Lose 10% - looking to be fit for two weddings in Mexico....

Participant 1: Philip

Height: 5'9.5"

Weight: 238

Goal:

Lose 20%, roughly 50 lbs.... and lose my spare life preserver....

This is the start of grand adventure....

This blog is dedicated to the our 2010 challenge amongst friends and family. Our challenge is to get fit and lose weight for the next 6/7 months. All participants are expected to weigh in by this weekend and enter into our BIGGEST LOSER Challenge. This blog will document and inspire all participants to continue the long journey, in hopes to trim up, firm up, and burn up all the excess calories we've been lugging around. The final weigh-in will be made during Labor Day Weekend 2010. Hence the title... Rules will follow shortly. We'll experience many hardships in the way but I hope that we can enjoy the journey together....