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How about this:

We start tomorrow, and it runs at least untill December 31, 2006. That will be the final weigh in, and at that point we can deside if we go farther.

Post the following statistics:
"Age / Gender / Current Weight / Target Weight
What you plan to do to lose weight:"

Every Thursday we post our weight, and a brief recap of issues from the week. I pick Thursday because most of us will mess up on the weekend with drinking and eating and football. If we weigh in on Monday people will loose focus and dedication over a couple stupid mistakes. Issues could be good, they mostly will be bad (I ate a pizza on Saturday night when high) and what you did to overcome those issues (put in extra long workouts the rest of the week).

I firmly believe that everyone that could stand to lose weight has a vice that aids to that weight. I like food and I drink too much. I recognize that and I try to moderate it. If I tried to cut out drinking I would go crazy, so I make sacrifices in other places. We can't cut out everything we like.

I don't care if you post pictures or have people verify your weight becasue overall we are doing this all for our own betterment. Be honest to yourself. But if we must determine a winner, we will measure it by the ratio of Ending Weight / Begining Weight.

26 / Male / 252 / 220
Excercise: I plan on starting to lift weights again, continue to walk the course when I golf, and when the weather gets too bad to golf, ride a stationary bike.
Deit: Continue to aim for under 2000 calories a day. Do a better job at enforcing this. I will eat buffalo wings on Wednesday, and a burger and fries on Thursday. Those are my rewards for a good rest of the week. Limit drinking to once or twice a week.