It Begins...

This battle began on June 15, 2009.

It started as an offhand comment by Jay, and as is sometimes the case I decided to follow through on it because it was a good idea. Which one of us can lose the most weight? We both have different motivations for participating in the contest, which will be discussed if this blog is actually maintained, but we also share a common motivation: winning!

I wanted to motivate the two of us (mostly Jay), so that we would see this thing through. So the reward had to be tantalizing and the penalty significant. We decided that we would put a Playstation 3 and a Flat Screen Television on the line. Details to follow on the specifics. If we lose the same amount of weight we will split the cost alternately we will pay a percentage based on our weight loss in relation to eachother.

The competition is divided into two 3 month portions. The first is for the PS3 and the second for the television. The second portion is for overall weight loss not the second portion alone. As an advantage I am giving Jay straight pounds, rather than a percentage of weight lost (a la biggest loser). We felt that with our relative lifestyles that would be the most fair.

Alright on to the BEFORE:

Bryan- 214.2 lbs

Jay- 247.4 lbs