Ok I know this is a key topic for a lot of people not just in the US but all over the world. It is something thankfully I did not have to deal with in my school age years but only later in life as I started to slow down. Now many people are very nice to me and say that I do not look big… and their eyes go wide when I tell them how much I really weigh. Then I get that, “But your all muscle…” and do not get me wrong I truly appreciate what they are saying but at the same time I see myself in the mirror every day and let’s face it we are now and always will be our own worse critics…
Well in an earlier blog I mentioned about my company doing the health and wellness challenge and I talked about wanting to do more than their minimum and stepping it up to do 3x that much. Which means between May 1st and October 1st I will ride my bike (bicycle) 1500 miles and walk 300 miles… this challenge will help me lose the weight I want… but I have decided to step it up a notch.
A friend of mine a few years ago decided he was going to grow out his beard for a full year taking pictures every day. Then make a video of it and post it on you tube for the fun of it. Well what happened for him after that no one could have guessed. He was interviewed by a website overseas, and was chosen to participate in a live action art exhibit in Italy. To top it all off his video which can be seen “here” has gotten over 1,000,000 hits on YouTube.
Now I am not expecting fame and glory, but what he did and the transformations he went through in the video gave me an idea… What if starting May 1st I did not shave or cut my hair… until I lost the 55-60 lbs. I need to lose. I took photos close to what he did and make my own video… the exception being that as my beard is there you will not be able to notice the weight loss in my face as well. So when I am finished on the last day and I have kept the weight off for a whole week. I will shave… do a still shot of before and after. And it will be a really cool difference plus make a cool video I think… maybe call it “shaving off the pounds”.
My goal would be to drop the weight by Oct. 1st when the fitness challenge is over at work. It would be a great way to push myself to meet my fitness goal with the challenge as well as lose the weight to get all the fur off my face and be able to cut my hair again which I currently do about every other week.
So tell me what you think… dumb… creative… crazy… or what?
Smile… sometimes you have to go a different direction then everyone else to get to the same location.
DouglasMB 
Creative, somewhat crazy, but totally worth a shot! Go for it, man! You don’t have anything to lose by doing it.
So, since there’s no risk and a potential reward (plus just the fun of it), I think you ought to go for it.
Thank you… It will be an interesting challenge… Oh and actually if it works i have a lot to lose 😉
Ha ha. Very true. 🙂
yea man… have fun. Good idea. 😉
Lol why do i sense a little sarcasm there Mr. lol
Thank you for being so honest in sharing this. I’m inspired to “amp up” my weight loss project.
Great post 🙂
Thank you for reading… It’s always good to know your helping to amp someone’s life up a little more
Excellent concept! And I’m all for hog-tying yourself, metaphorically speaking, so as to make it all but impossible to back out in moments of weakness or loss of focus. I know for myself, it has taken commitment to a real, external challenge (doing the Highland Games and actually getting myself listed as an athlete) and deciding to do the whole season in aid of charity (so I know there are people out there who I will be letting down if I wuss out), and then blogging about it all (making the thing as public as possible) to provide the necessary leverage to ensure that I don’t back out/give up/get distracted and just tail off.
I love the videos your friend did – very cool, very funny! If you don’t cut your hair or beard for the next six-seven months, you’re gonna look like Bigfoot by the time you’re done! (Not that that’s necessarily a bad thing, you understand – Bigfoot in the ‘Sanctuary’ SF series is kinda cute) As they say on the kilt forum XMarkstheScot.com, if there are no pictures, it didn’t happen – quite true in this era of social media! So get a spare battery pack for your camera and get to it, dude!
One word of warning: if it’s poundage loss you’re after, don’t be doing too much weight training – I’ve actually not lost much weight since I started my training for the Games, because muscle weighs more than fat (so unfair, right?) – my shape, however, has changed quite a bit, so it’s not worrying me. But if you’re after actual weight loss, be warned! LOL
Oh there are going to be pictures… And video… Thanks so much for reading and for your support on my project
No more gator tots for you, buster! 🙂
They are not that bad for you… Like white meat chicken
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Glad you like my idea 🙂
I liked your idea very much DouglasMB!
thank you verry much 🙂
You are welcome!
Good luck with your plan. I went from 271 pounds to 172 lbs in ten months using Weight Watchers and cycling, despite having both hips replaced and a severe Arthritic disease. If you put your mind to it, you can do it.
Currently I’ve maintained my goal weight of 172 lbs for six months, and so far for the year have cycled 3150 miles.