Less of Thunder John to Love

June 30, 2011
154,200 pushups completed
845,800 pushups to go
4,693 pushups ahead of schedule

Greetings blog fans!  Here are a few very stupid things a person can do:

• Step on Superman's cape
• Start a land war in Asia
• Spit into the wind
• Throw an 0-2 change-up out over the plate
• "Trial and error" home electrical repairs
• Have a weight loss contest with Jon Swadley

Our first weigh in was today.  This is the 18th day of our contest.  If you recall from two posts ago, I weighted in at 190.0 on June 12, Swadley was 180.0.  Since Jon is leaving town for the 4th of July, we decided to weigh in tonight. 

I went first.
178.5 lbs!  That's 11.5 lbs of weight loss in 18 days.  I've been practically starving myself, skipping meals, running multiple times per day, when I do eat it's mostly fruits / veggies / chicken, only skim milk in my coffee, freshly clipped fingernails and toenails... doing everything I could to cut weight.  And I was happy with my results.

Then Swadley went...
167.5 lbs.  12.5 lbs of weight loss, and he claims to not have been trying too hard until the last week.

So it looks like I owe him 3 hours of yard work. 

The rest of this blog will be dedicated to how Swadley could have cheated.

TOP TEN WAYS THAT JON SWADLEY CHEATS AT WEIGHT LOSS CONTESTS

10.  Has a mouse in his pocket (initial weigh in only)
9.   Mexican diuretics
8.   Cries himself to sleep each night, causing severe dehydration
7.   Kardashian brand posterior implants (initial weigh in only)
6.  Bone shaving
5.  Shaved backhair between weigh ins.
4.  Has a mouse in his other pocket (initial weigh in only)
3.  Did ten pushups once.  Never again.
2.  New Merkt's cheese with negative caloric content (Jon works for Merkt's, the port wine cheese people)
1.  Eats less, exercises more

What was this blog about again?  Pushups?  OH yeah, I have been pushin' them out like Salt N Pepa. 
Check my stats above.  Ah. Push it.

Peace Out,
Thunder John

Bringin the thunder, packin' the pain, loaded with pushups - makin' it rain!

The weight loss contest is not going too well

June 20, 2011
151,575 pushups completed
848,425 pushups to go
4,806 pushups ahead of schedule

I still have 13 days to go until weigh in #1

Bringin' the thunder, packin' the pain, loaded with pushups - makin' it rain

Game ON Fat boy!

June 13, 2011
149,600 pushups completed
850,400 pushups to go
4,748 pushups ahead of schedule

Had a bit of a health scare since my last post...

During my annual physical my weight was... 190 lbs.  I've never been heavier.  Sure, it's all 100% USDA upper body beef.  But still... there's a saint's whisper of a chance that I may have also added a sliver of two of marbling.  So.  Here we are.

I have a friend Jon Swadley who you might remember from older posts.  He is a triathlete like me, only slower.  In any case, since the close of last year's triathlon season he's let himself go.  I apologize if I'm being cryptic.  He's a real tub of lard.  Just... disgusting.  Jon is tipping the scales at an unheard of 180 lbs. 

We bumped into each other over the weekend.  Once all the jiggling stopped, we decided that it was time to do something about this.  Leveraging our competitive natures, we chose a weight loss contest.  Starting with a weigh in on Sunday June 12, we will have two subsequent weigh ins, one on  July 3 and one on August 7, to see who can lose the most weight.  The loser of each weigh in owes the winner 3 hours of yard work. 

If I win, I think I'll just have Swadley roll me around my yard in a rickshaw.

We did this once before two years ago.  I lost 17 lbs in 4 weeks.  Jon lost over twenty.  My goal this time is 15 lbs by August 7. 

In any case, the pushups are going well, even with all the extra weight I've been carrying up and down.  Up and down.  Up and down... one hundred and fifty thousand times so far.  850,000 to go.

Peace Out,
Thunder John

"Bringin' the pushups, packin' the pain, loaded with pushups -Makin' it rain!"

p.s.  To Join Thunder John's Nothing But Nets Team, click this link:
http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/TR/Events/NBN?px=2538282&pg=personal&fr_id=1040

p.p.s  To contribute to Aidan's Army, click this link:
http://www.aidansarmy.org/