A friend of mine recently commented on Facebook that she considers ‘years in review’  lazy journalism.   While this may be true, I thought this to be the perfect opportunity to review the progress of Bare Ass 2008! in lbs pounds lost.   WGWaFA style.  Not only because I am in fact lazy, but also because pimping your heiney out to raise money for hunger relief doesn’t quite count as journalism anyway.

• At 194 lbs. I have now dropped from Super Heavy to Heavy in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournaments standards.

Rooster	Up to 116 lbs.
Super Feather	116.1 – 127 lbs.
Feather	127.1 – 141 lbs.
Light	141.1 – 154 lbs.
Middle	154.1 – 167 lbs.
Light Heavy	167.1 – 181 lbs.
Heavy	181.1 – 194 lbs.
Super Heavy	194.1 – 208 lbs.
Unlimited	208.1 lbs. & Over

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• At 191 lbs.  I am the same weight as a Yamaha EF5200DE  Generator.  

 Here are the reasons why I am superior to my like-massed generatorrifc friend.  Let’s break down Yamma’s features.  

- 5200 watts max / 4500 watts rated. (I have no max when energized)
 - Electric Start standard / Recoil Backup. (Nothing about me is standard)
 - BATTERY NOT INCLUDED ($47.95) (I’m fully functional, no hidden fees)
 - Will run 9.5 hours at 1/2 load.  (I’ll run all night on two 7&7’s)
 - 5.5 gallon fuel tank.  (See note about 7&7’s)
 - 73 dBA (I have no clue what this means, but I’m better!

• At 189 lbs.  I am the same weight as a Yamaha’s YZ125 off roader.  Who like me ‘claims it weighs 189 pounds without fluids.’

 

 

 

 

• At 184lbs. I weigh as much as SPUTNIK.  Who would have ever thought I would be happy about that?  But I am.  I really am. 

 

• At 177lbs I now weigh the same as a Final Fantasy character. 
  

  Name: Cecil Harvey Class: Dark Knight Age: 20 Height: 6′ Weight: 177 lbs Equipment: Dark Swords, Shields, Gauntlets, Armor, Helmets Skill(s): DarkCecil Harvey is a loyal Dark Knight, and Captain of the Red Wings of Baron. He works for the King, and idolized him as a child. However, when he looks upon the needless destruction he had to cause in Mysidia, he questions his loyalty to the King. He questions the King about his actions, and gets banished from the Red Wings. Cecil Harvey has an intricate past and is great friends withKain, his Dragoon friend who also works for the King of Baron. He is also in love with Rosa, though he does not reveal his feelings.

 

• At 175lbs I weigh the same as a Gill Men’s Pacer FX Pole. 

 

• At 172lbs, I am now LIGHT Heavy.  Half glass full focus on the word Light, half glass empty on the word Heavy.   And there it is.

 

Rooster	Up to 116 lbs.
Super Feather	116.1 – 127 lbs.
Feather	127.1 – 141 lbs.
Light	141.1 – 154 lbs.
Middle	154.1 – 167 lbs.
Light Heavy	167.1 – 181 lbs.
Heavy	181.1 – 194 lbs.
Super Heavy	194.1 – 208 lbs.
Unlimited	208.1 lbs. & Over

• Now at 170 I weigh as much as the World’s Tallest Dog!

Apparently it is now official from the Guinness Book of World Records that Gibson the 7 foot great Dane is the worlds tallest dog. Gibson is a Harlequin Great Dane and is the tallest dog who weighs 170lbs,  measuring over seven feet tall when standing on his back legs.

 

So that is my year! I’m not quite sure how I feel about weighting as much as the World’s Tallest Dog. But  all in all it was a good year.

One of the biggest things I have taken from this experience, and by experience I mean comparing my weight to random things I googled on the internet, is that at the end of the day it is only a number.  It is how healthy I am that really matters. So Gibson you have the honor of being the last thing I compare myself to.  My resolution in 2009 is to start keeping track of inches lost, and replacing body fat with lean muscle mass.  To no longer obsess over what a scale says. 

Thanks for taking this journey with me. CLICK HERE FOR YOUR LAST CHANCE TO DONATE to Bare Ass 2008!  Also remember any donation given by Dec 31st is tax-deductable for 2008. 

Happy New Year!

Last night was one of the weirdest hours of my life.  The cast members were all dehydrated and crazed from hunger.  The theater was so hot, I wish we could have weighed in after the show because I swear I sweated off 2lbs. 

The results show was proclaimed to be a battle between Good, Evil, and More Evil. With myself, Ali – who two months ago had fallen to fourth place, but after doing a Master Cleanse eating no solid food since Saturday, a seaweed wrap, and yes, a colonic – was visibly gunning for first.  Steve, in first place last time, clutched two bottles of juice ready to rehydrate himself the second after the weigh-in.  I forget who exactly was the Evil or More Evil between Steve and Ali.  I was a bit loopy at this point myself.  But my Mother will be happy to know that I was the Good. 

In this battle, both Evil and More Evil kicked Good’s Fat Ass.  I fell short of my goal of 30lbs lost and came in at 28lbs lost.  Which is 13.9% of my body weight lost.  Steve came in at 33 lbs lost which was around 15%.  And Ali, I don’t know it all got hazy… Ali just lost a fcuking lot of weight and blew us both out of the water.

I place 3rd.  The PIT granted me $100 which I am donating to Bare Ass 2008! Bringing the total to $1855.   28lbs lost.  $1855 raised.  just short of my goals.  I have mixed feelings about this.  And to be honest I’m trepedatious about moving forward now that I don’t have to weigh-in on stage for the world to see.  I got to work early today, and have been sitting here for almost an hour completely landlocked about what to do for breakfast.  I can eat whatever I want now.  But should I?

Last night, we had pizza delivered to the theater during the show.  Besides the fact that it was so hot in the theater, and the thought of eating on stage made me feel like a zoo animal, for the first time I just didn’t want it.  And I walked away.  I don’t think any of this is leading up to a ‘end of Full House’ phrased lesson but I felt the need to note it.

So to celebrate my new weight, I am going to revisit my very first post where I compared my weight to something really obscure.   At 194lbs I was excited to have dropped from Super Heavy to Heavy in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournaments standards. At 172lbs, I am now LIGHT Heavy.  Half glass full focus on the word Light, half glass empty on the word Heavy.   And there it is.

 

Rooster	Up to 116 lbs.
Super Feather	116.1 – 127 lbs.
Feather	127.1 – 141 lbs.
Light	141.1 – 154 lbs.
Middle	154.1 – 167 lbs.
Light Heavy	167.1 – 181 lbs.
Heavy	181.1 – 194 lbs.
Super Heavy	194.1 – 208 lbs.
Unlimited	208.1 lbs. & Over

 

I am also still taking pity/celebratory donations for Bare Ass 2008! depending on how you look at your glass.   CLICK HERE TO DONATE.

And thank you to The Peoples Improv Theater for a unique experience and for your donation which equals 1,600 meals for those in need.

In my new favorite tradition of comparing my present weight with an inanimate object in questionably healthy exercise of adjusting my perspective:  At 175lbs I weigh the same as a Gill Men’s Pacer FX Pole.

“Revolutionary design facilitates optimal harmony between pole and vaulter, resulting in higher clearances. S-type fiberglass produces lighter pole with smaller grip and more “horsepower” than conventional poles.”

Mostly I enjoy that in this context 175lbs is referred to as ‘unconventional’ and a ‘lighter pole.’  And that somewhere in the world a Man is being chucked high into the air by a pole that weighs as much as I do.   

Gives new thought to the phrase ‘I can trust him about as far as I can throw him.’  

A special shout out to my Sister who kindly educated me on the fact that this pole does the throwing. And is not the kind that is thrown like I had originally thought.  Being olympically challenged.  There’s nothing worse than getting your poles mixed up.  So for those of you who may still be confused here’s a visual.

Happy first day of summer.  My 7 day detox is now complete.  After a week of eating mainly fruits (still on the fence about them) veggies, lean protein sources like egg whites and fat free Greek yogurt and forgoing all alcohol, caffeine, sugar, meat – I have to say I feel wicked awesome.

It was also really hard to get through the week without breaking so I know that living in this super strict state all the time would not work for me.  Eventually it would lead to binge eating.  But for now, my food cravings have considerably declined and I was really able to lessen my portion size.  Which is my goal for this week.  Limit portions, eating smaller healthier meals throughout the day and to step up my exercise.  Because in my Category Cloud the Workout category is still the smallest. 

In the grand tradition of comparing my new weight  to something that weighs the same.  In honor of all my new *Second Life friends, at 177lbs I now weigh the same as a Final Fantasy character. 

Name: Cecil Harvey Class: Dark Knight Age: 20 Height: 6′ Weight: 177 lbs Equipment: Dark Swords, Shields, Gauntlets, Armor, Helmets Skill(s): DarkCecil Harvey is a loyal Dark Knight, and Captain of the Red Wings of Baron. He works for the King, and idolized him as a child. However, when he looks upon the needless destruction he had to cause in Mysidia, he questions his loyalty to the King. He questions the King about his actions, and gets banished from the Red Wings. Cecil Harvey has an intricate past and is great friends withKain, his Dragoon friend who also works for the King of Baron. He is also in love with Rosa, though he does not reveal his feelings.

 Now I would usually pontificate on the reasons that I am better than my similarly massed conterpart.  But come on, Cecil is a Dark Knight.  How frakking cool is that?  Even if he appears emotionally unavailable.  Stay strong Rosa, your Dark Knight will come.  

Completing my full week detox, a friend has given me her promised $10 to donate to Bare Ass 2008!  With America’s Second Harvest receiving a matching grant that doubles your gift until June 30th, that $10 equals 320 meals for those in need.  Thank you to everyone who donated to Bare Ass 2008!  this week, all donations are anonymous (unless you send me an ecard to wgwafa@gmail.com to let me know it was you!) and go directly through Network for Good via my charity badge  to America’s Second Harvest.  

CLICK HERE  to donate to Bare Ass 2008! before June 30th and help America’s Second Harvest reach their goal of providing 7 million meals to families facing hunger. 

*if I accidentally offended Second Life folks with the reference to final fantasy please comment below.  I am still ignorant in the SL way of life.