The "Hunger Games" is a weight-loss competition amongst PGATOUR.COM staffers that lasts about two months (Jan. 21 - March 16).
There are seven people involved and whoever loses the most weight (percentage wise) in that time period will win $100 from each of the six losers ($600 total). As soon as I realized money was involved, I questioned the ethics of this challenge to which Mrs. Detlefsen (one of the staffers) replied, "Well we did this last year!"
Chris Dunham and Bryan Mullen made jokes about "bulking up" prior to the challenge but I thought they were kidding. I'm pretty sure they weren't. I decided to eat unhealthy on the day leading up to the challenge. I had two jalapeno burgers and a small fry from McDonalds for lunch. For dinner I really piled it on by eating a giant plate of spaghetti. I added extra cheese and extra butter to the noodles and washed it down with four beers. Just looking at those pictures makes me want to wave the white flag and quit right now.
The morning of the first weigh-in I had another big plate of spaghetti at about 8:45 a.m. and chugged water during the 30-minute drive to PGA TOUR Headquarters.
I think I gained four pounds within the past 24 hours because for the first weigh-in I clocked in at 204.6 pounds. ....
Advantages:
- $600 means more to me than it does to the other staffers
- I am younger (by at least five years) than the others so it should be easier for me to lose weight
- I have lost 40 pounds before so I know what it takes
- I get motivated by the smallest things, so when there's a big initiative, it's easier to focus
Disadvantages:
- I do not have a lot of time to work out
- I do not have the most weight to lose
- I am taking a vacation for the three days leading up to the final weigh-in
- To meet my girlfriend's dad
- He likes to drink
- Therefore I'll have to drink
- Therefore I'll have to lose more weight earlier
- Therefore it'll motivate the others to lose more after that first weigh-in
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