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The Tortoise and the Hare
August 27th, 2009 by Tonia

The tortoise was slow.
The hare was fast.
The tortoise came in first.
The hare came last.

Our first weigh in for #fatoff was yesterday evening. I knew it wouldn’t be pretty going into it. That only made me more focused to come out ahead in the end though. I admit they aren’t good excuses, but having my birthday and vacation lined up right at the beginning did not give me a great head start. I was down .2 lbs early in the afternoon yesterday. Then the new diet happened. Jason put me on a different eating plan and I ate so much food between afternoon and evening that I showed a weight gain.

I’m the only one not to lose any the first set but this is not going to stop me. In fact it’s that kinda come from behind that usually helps me come out ahead in the end. While the money would be nice, I really just want to come out ahead for myself. I want to be able to keep up with the boys when I’m gone and then some. I want to be able to do pull ups again which I haven’t been able to do in ages.

Tonight I tested my will power greatly. I’ve learned that while most of the time I am stubborn, when it comes to needing to push myself to do something, my stubbornness turns into will power. I had previously made arrangements to go to a Yelp event with a friend today for dinner. I stuck to my commitment, well, I stuck to both of them. I went and enjoyed three amazing glasses of water. I gave my drink tickets to Andrew, who invited me. I passed on all the delicious food that filled the place, and I rejected all temptation to try anything. This was hard. It was a place I’ve been wanting to visit forever. When I came home, I discovered I was down a little over a pound from last night. Score!

I think this is going to turn out fantastic and I am so grateful for all of those that are helping. Thank you to James Archer for getting all this started. Thank you to Jason and Competitive Fit for pushing me and really helping me achieve what I am looking for. Thank you to all my friends today that understood that I needed to kick in my will power and not have dinner out with them. Thank you to my friends and fellow contestants that are supporting me constantly. Please push me. I need it! And I can handle it!


  • Thank you so much for the support, both of you! Everyone's doing so amazing that it makes me so proud to be part of it. I am beginning to see small, but definite changes nonetheless. I've learned to adapt my horrible attempts at cooking and make some pretty fantastic items (blog post in regards to that to follow).

    Keep it up! We can do it!

  • Its not how you start, but how you finish. You'll get it

  • Good for you, Tonia! You know, I think you might have something with that Tortoise and the Hare reference. I think there are a lot of times when the people who lose the most weight at first end up losing the least amount thereafter. All we can do is push ourselves to do the best that we can. We may not win all the money, but we'll definitely win in the end. See you at the gym!

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