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Road to Pinburgh 2020 - RGR - 50kg weightloss challenge


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Had a word to Mad Gaz the other day and we both agreed that narrow bodies cost less to maintain than wide bodies. As a result I have decided to challenge myself and attempt to lose 50kgs or more by the time Pinburgh 2020 comes around. Thats 14.5 months away (August 2020).

 

Given how hard this is going to be I would really apreciate support from the pinball playing community and have set up a gofundme page which I hope will pay for the trip to the states.

 

https://www.gofundme.com/road-to-pinburgh-2020

 

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CommBank

Richard Rhodes

BSB: 063113

ACC: 1122 9257

 

I have gone and set up a escro type bank account with RyanC. This is so that everyone knows that I will not run off with the donations.. not that I was going to anyway....This means that both Ryan and myself have to sign off to withdraw the funds. I have also had Ryan witness me on the scales to confirm that I have videod my starting weight (he did not see my weight). This video will be shown at the end of the campaign.

 

If I do not lose the weight in that time, then all the funds go to charity, namely https://www.parkinsonsvic.org.au/get-involved/donate/

 

I have chosen this charity due to my step father dying of this some years ago when he was disgnosed when he was 48, 1 year after he married my mum. She looked after him for 22 years and it took its toll on her as well.

 

Ok so, there is no time limit on when you can donate and as a thank you for supporting me I have decided that I will give away a % of my profits if I cash in Pinburgh and ACS. I will also donate a % of those profits to Aussie Arcade and Project Pinball.

 

**** Keep in mind when making donations a tip is not compulsory. Just select "other" then enter $0.00 *** The site takes 2.9% from every donation made.

 

So all you have to do is pick my starting weight (I was weighed on May 4). To give an idea, I am 189cm. The winner will be the closest to my starting weight and will potentially win the following:

 

 

Place and payouts for A grade at Pinburgh (USD)

 

1: $15000

2: $7500

3: $4000

4: $2500

5-8: $1200

9-16: $700

17-28: $500

29-40: $350

 

Donation Place--------% prize

 

$5-$49

 

--------29-40--------100% (350 usd)

--------17-28--------50% (250 usd)

--------9-16--------25% (175 usd)

--------5-8--------15% (180 usd)

--------4--------10% (250 usd)

--------3--------10% (400 usd)

--------2--------10% (750 usd)

--------1--------10% (1500 usd)

 

$50-$99

 

--------29-40--------100% (350 usd)

--------17-28--------100% (500 usd)

--------9-16--------75% (525 usd)

--------5-8--------50% (600 usd)

--------4--------30% (750 usd)

--------3--------20% (800 usd)

--------2--------20% (1500 usd)

--------1--------20% (3000 usd)

 

$100+

 

--------29-40--------100% (350 usd)

--------17-28--------100% (500 usd)

--------9-16--------100% (700 usd)

--------5-8--------60% (720 usd)

--------4--------50% (1250 usd)

--------3--------50% (2000 usd)

--------2--------50% (3750 usd)

--------1--------50% (7500 usd)

 

Place and payouts for B grade at Pinburgh

 

1: $4000

2: $2000

3: $1250

4: $1000

5-8: $700

9-16: $500

17-28:$350

29-40:$350

 

I may qualify for B grade so the equivalent %s will be applied to the above place wins.

 

There will also be a comp for the person who picks my finishing weight or closest to. Winner of finishing weight gets 10% of any potential ACS winnings (2020 at Tweeds Heads). 10% will also be set aside for Aussie Arcade.

 

If you are lucky enough to pick the start and finish weight then you will get 30% of my ACS winnings (along with Pinburgh) and I will give 20% to AA.

 

Winners in US will be credited at Pinburgh. Project Pinball will take a portion should someone from the states pick the starting weight.

 

Thanks very much for taking part. This challenge will start on May 20. I will provide weekly updates. Please let me know via PM or on Facebook of both my starting and finishing weight. I guess you can post it on this thread as well.

 

Should the donations go over $5000 then I will donate all amounts over that to both the Parkinsons and Project Pinball charities equally.

 

When you provide your guesses for starting and finishing weight please do it to one decimal place eg: 78.6 kgs.

 

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Pics from Dec 2018:

 

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If anyone wants some more pics up to get an idea of how much of a unit I am, let me know.

 

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Mods can you move this to the pinball section thanks

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Will just post my progress in terms of amount lost. Might have it so the cut off date for goal weight is at the end of the year. I guess people can decide what my starting weight is right upto when the challenge finishes.
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Don't worry mate, After Grant's Meet, I'll make spinach and vegetable gluten free muffins!

 

Ummmm... no you won't :lol

 

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Good luck Richard. Your a bigger man than me... that didn't come out right... You have more guts than... f**k! S**t!... You have more willpower than me. Hopefully you'll be an inspiration to get me off my lazy ass.

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Road to Pinburgh 2020 - RGR - 50kg weightloss challenge

 

Donated too. Best of luck and get your mind in the right space, to which it looks to be, oh...and play good pinball.

 

 

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Hey Richard Always greatly enjoyed your company and admired your stellar pinball skills when we saw you around the traps in NSW, want to wish you all the best with this, we're right behind you on the road to Pinburgh.Go for it mate,cheers . Donation made.
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Hope this goes well for you!

 

Have you had success with any particular weight loss methods in the past?

Any particular plans on what you will do differently this time?

 

Yeah but its keeping it off thats the issue. Pretty much staying in the middle is the issue. I actually was thinking about F45 classes.... they look quite good but from what I have seen online, they cost ~$60 a week! Does anyone know anything about them?

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Maybe have a skim through this thread - https://www.aussiearcade.com/showthread.php/54022-Sign-up-for-FAT-BASTARD-Week!!

 

I think F45 might be a bit tough as something to start getting into/back into exercising with. Very intense if you haven't exercised in a while.

 

Food is probably more important than exercise I would say. If you think you could cut your food bill down by $30-$60 a week then you could spend that money on getting a gym membership etc.

 

I have found that there having someone to motivate and push you along helps a lot. If that is doing a class or having personal training sessions then that would be a good start/. I guess this is the point of this thread/group. You'll have people here to motivate you.. The gym at work has started doing 50 minute classes and so instead of sitting at my desk and eating lunch I can go and do exercise. If you can get into a routine of exercise then it makes it easier. I feel bad when I miss a lunch session now.

 

Good luck with it Richard.

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Good luck Richard. This is totally achievable in the time you have set without being too hard on yourself. I’ve been through my own health and fitness “recovery” journey in the past few years and have learned and firmly believe in a few key things:

 

Paleo and ketogenic eating principles are how the human body evolved to function. The moving away from which has resulted in western people’s increasing rate of metabolic syndrome and the health problems it creates.

 

While exercise is a good thing - you don’t have to smash yourself. Frequent walking and keeping the overall “body” moving is fine. Too much cardio and gym will leave you tired, sore and hungry and you can get run down and sick - especially if you haven’t been active for years.

 

While weight loss is measurable and often the motivating factor initially - I focussed on telling myself I want to be as well as I can be for the rest of my life. A key warning was that I didn’t want to develop diabetes like my dad - who ate what the “experts” recommended for his whole life. The food pyramid promotes too many carbs and fructose. It’s wrong. I found the weight loss followed without being too focussed on the scales.

 

I also bought an Apple Watch and used it to track all my movement, exercise and sleep. This has been really helpful and interesting. It’s like a ally and coach on your wrist.

 

Read books on wellness along the way. I can PM you some that were informative to me.

 

 

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