[ddollevoet]

I am a fat a**. I know this.

I'd like to not be a fat a**, but I have lacked the ability to stay on any type of diet / exercise plan for longer than 3 days during the last 4-5 years. I suck. I usually start out all gung ho and fizzle out after about 3 days. I need some help keeping my head in the game.

Motivate me. I am 5' 10" and weigh between 233-235 pounds. I'd like to get down to 175-180 lbs, which is a 55-60 lb. loss.

I am now accepting prop bets to help me lose this weight. I will play for cash. I will play for humiliation. I will play for servitude. Hit me with your best shot.

The Inaugaral CT Meet-Up is 12 weeks from this Friday. If I start this weekend, I figure I should be able to shed 20 - 25 lbs by then (using 2 lbs per week which I understand to be the "standard" amount of weight that you can lose safely over the long run).

I will accept prop bets for the next 12 weeks and / or for the hitting the 175-180 lb. milestone. Bring it.

Official terms of Prop Bet #1:

starting weights:
ddollevoet: 237.5
jojobinks: 179

DDollevoet target: 25 pounds lost by 10/14/06.
jojobinks target: 10 pounds.

DDollevoet lays $5:$2 for each pound lost.

Any weight GAIN in that time counts against that person. Weight loss is capped at 25 and 10 pounds, respectively. Final weights will be measured at RTbrandy's on Saturday 10/14/06. His scale will be the official measurement.

(edited 7/26/06 to ease jojo's pain.)

[Harlequin011]

Originally Posted by ddollevoet

I am a fat a**. I know this.

I'd like to not be a fat a**, but I have lacked the ability to stay on any type of diet / exercise plan for longer than 3 days during the last 4-5 years. I suck. I usually start out all gung ho and fizzle out after about 3 days. I need some help keeping my head in the game.

Motivate me. I am 5' 10" and weigh between 233-235 pounds. I'd like to get down to 175-180 lbs, which is a 55-60 lb. loss.

I am now accepting prop bets to help me lose this weight. I will play for cash. I will play for humiliation. I will play for servitude. Hit me with your best shot.

The Inaugaral CT Meet-Up is 12 weeks from this Friday. If I start this weekend, I figure I should be able to shed 20 - 25 lbs by then (using 2 lbs per week which I understand to be the "standard" amount of weight that you can lose safely over the long run).

I will accept prop bets for the next 12 weeks and / or for the hitting the 175-180 lb. milestone. Bring it.

I too am a large fella 6'1 310 lbs. I'll challenge you to a weight loss I'd like to be down to 280 by then. Maybe we should have the loser play topless in the ME or sidegame.

[jojobinks]

i'm 5'11' and 175. my ideal weight is 156.

if we're going in on this, i'd take a piece...to get myself down to 162.

how do we verify starting weights?

[midnyte13]

Im in. I am 6'0" 270LBS.....dont care about money or winning.....in this case...i just wanna lose.

[Harlequin011]

Originally Posted by jojobinks

i'm 5'11' and 175. my ideal weight is 156.

if we're going in on this, i'd take a piece...to get myself down to 162.

how do we verify starting weights?

Pics of screaming scales?

[jojobinks]

okay dollevoet. i make an offer now.

your target is 24 pounds. my target is 19 pounds (the full amount to my ideal weight).

theoretically, b/c a longer way from your ideal, yours should come off easier. so how bout this: i'll take $5:$4 for each pound lost, up to the target.

here's some results and how the payout would look:

weight lost		
doll	feld	   Feldman gets
0	0	$0
0	5	$25
0	10	$30
0	15	$55
0	19	$75
5	0	-$20
5	5	$5
5	10	$10
5	15	$35
5	19	$75
10	0	-$40
10	5	-$15
10	10	$10
10	15	$35
10	19	$55
15	0	-$60
15	5	-$35
15	10	-$10
15	15	$15
15	19	$35
20	0	-$80
20	5	-$55
20	10	-$30
20	15	-$5
20	19	$15
24	0	-$96
24	5	-$71
24	10	-$46
24	15	-$21
24	19	-$1

this is my offer. i await response.

[VARoadstter]

I should get in on this also. I'm 6'1" and 285. My P* avatar was taken after doing Atkins for a year (I stopped soon after) and being down to 250, my face has fattened up quite a bit since that was taken (not to mentione the rest of me). My ideal weight is around 195. I haven't been that low since college.

[Jambine]

Don’t lose faith ddollevoet. I don’t have a proposition for you, but clearly you have already decided to do this, so IT WILL HAPPEN. You have a realistic goal and timeline.

My short story: Teens and 20’s I was a jock. Best physical condition of my life at 5’10”, 235-240 lb, lean and strong. Years pass and the body changes (but the weight does not). 10 years ago, worst physical condition of my life at 5’10”, 235-240 lb, weak and fat.

After 2 years of reasonable diet and excersize, I was only slightly overweight at 180 lb, but in good health. Been there for about 8 years, not buff, but happy. YOU CAN AND WILL DO IT

[compost kid]

I might get involved in this. 6 feet, 194 pounds. Was around 200 for the longest time, somehow got motivated 2-3 years ago and dropped down to the low-mid 170's. Have since slowly gained most of it back.

My vice is sugar, I love anything sweet, all day all night, never get sick of it. I exercise all the time (4-5 times a week, 45 minutes to 1 hour per session), but all my snacking defeats the time spent at the gym.

Maybe the chance to win few poker chips will help.

[ddollevoet]

Originally Posted by jojobinks

okay dollevoet. i make an offer now.

your target is 24 pounds. my target is 19 pounds (the full amount to my ideal weight).

theoretically, b/c a longer way from your ideal, yours should come off easier. so how bout this: i'll take $5:$4 for each pound lost, up to the target.

this is my offer. i await response.

This arrangement works for me.

Before I officially accept, you should be aware that I stepped on the scale when I got home from work tonight. My actual weight is 237.5 lbs.

I will accept your offer as written, if the terms are still acceptable to you at my official weight.