Would you go to HELL for a burger???

(Ray's Hell Burgers)

So I went to Ray's Hell Burgers for a burger fix (big mistake).  Basically Ray has a steak restaurant, takes all the trimmings from his prime beef to make hamburger's.  Then opened a separate store, and started selling hamburgers with all sorts of fancy cheese and toppings.  My favorite is the Soul Burger, I get it Au Piouve with balsamic grilled onions, mushrooms, swiss cheese, Roquefort blue cheese, cooked to their recommend temp (which is between rare/medium rare).  I also had to have their root beer on draft.........

Post-Rays I'm feeling fat, really fat (I'm talking Will Pringle Mac & Cheese fat).  What was I thinking?  I need to turn my sobriety coin back in.

Estimated Dinner Calories - 1,934


 Ray's Hell Burgers Reviews

 Obama and Biden at Ray's

25 Minutes 2.1 Miles

Jim Met, you need run the numbers again.

I ran 2.1 miles in 25 minutes and I looked like this. At that rate, a 12 minute mile, it would take me 5.2 hours to run 26 miles. Not that I am in great shape or anything, but come on man, are you mad?!?!

Pringle & Covey: Just Hangin' Out

Man, and I thought I was cool with Steven Covey...

Looking for advice......

So after the Krispy Kreme Incident I decided to go to a motivational speaker (Bill Carrier) and get some "West Point" training tips.  Stay tuned........


BTW - flexing with Will's brother-in-law/Cathy's Brother (Bill "I could kill you with a paperclip" Carrier)

Weigh In.....

Ken Evans - 205/200/198/198
Dave Kennealey - 248/244/241/???
Will Pringle - 218/217/214/212
Jimmy Short - 211/206/204/202
Marv Stone - 275/268/263/261
Alex Vella - 213/210/209/209
Robbie Williams - 211/205/203/203

The Krispy Kreme Incident.....

Damn you Krispy Kreme Korporation (KKK).......  Damn you, and your "Hot Donuts Now" sign.......  Damn those delicious hot donuts, on your cool conveyor belt machine that I can watch in endless fascination......  Damn your employees who respond to the command "I'll take four Hot Ones".......  Damn your retro donut hats that you freely pass out......

Damn you, damn you........

What was I suppose to do while in Winston-Salem, NC ~ Home of the first Krispy Kreme, HQ/Mecca......

Rob Williams Struts His Stuff

Robbie is 8 pounds down and counting!!! Nicely done Rob and thanks for hiding your tattoo.

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I don't workout at "The Pig"......

OK. I never work out at The Pig, its....

And I never work out alone......

(Click on pic to enlarge)

Jim Metcalf wants to run a Marathon (with no training)

So Jim (two-pack) Metcalf has called to float an idea of him running a marathon on his 40th birthday.

Some specifics (from Jim):

• no training needed - (this is a proof point to how physically fit he is ("I don't need no stinking training")
• just needs to research sugar water or other stuff to drink during the run
• 26 miles (52 laps around his son's school track)
• 5 hours (at the most)

Now this I would L-O-V-E to see this!!!. I'm talking lawn chair, video camera, flags, air horn, and maybe sell tickets.  But what if he has a stroke, heart attack, renal failure.........  I'm sooooo torn.  Watching Jim Met either fail or succeed (priceless), witnessing him directly placing himself in harms way (while I'm being entertained) (heart wrenching).


Anybody have any thoughts on this???  Should he do it?  (If so, how much should a ticket go for?)

New Guy.....

So a new guy has joined the challenge. He is a friend of Ken Evans. His Challenge start date is 01-15-10, and he will weigh-out 15 days after us. Rumor has it he will be sending in a "before" pic. Until then the above will have to do.....



Name: Dave “I want my babyback” Kennealey

Starting Weight: 248

Goal Weight: 224

Weigh In.....

Ken Evans - 205/200/198
Dave Kennealey - 248
Will Pringle - 218/217/214
Jimmy Short - 211/206/204
Marv Stone - 275/268/263
Alex Vella - 213/210/209
Robbie Williams - 211/205/203

Marv needs help from those north of the Mason-Dixon Line

(Marv's current exercise site)

Marv needs some advice on exercising from those living in the Great White North.  (I believe his Southern upbringing has kept him from asking).

Basically he says it is way too cold to exercise in Mississippi.  This is further compounded since his small town has only one gym.  Marv's wife is good friends with the gym owners wife.  The gym owner decided to stop going with the wife and started going with a 20-something towel girl (who was working at the gym).  Now Marv has to boycott the gym based on his wifes friendship/principles.  And this has forced Marv to have only one place to exercise.....  The Piggly Wiggly.

Now I've been accused of stretching the truth in order to make a good story, but I am dead serious (if I'm lying, I'm dying).  Marv is exercising at the Pig.

If you look at his Loseit and see 10min walk here, and a 20min walk there, thats him at the Pig.  Can you imagine trying to lose weight while "exercising" at a grocery store!?!?!

Now normally I would ask Will for advice, but apparently he doesn't know how to exercise in cold weather either.

Can someone please help these guys??????

Side Bet (cont.)

I think Will Pringle has been eating a lot of poultry, cause I smell.......... C-H-I-C-K-E-N


Five days ago a side bet was issued. No response. (Will was traveling to NYC). But he is back. So I am officially reissuing the side bet, with an addition. For April's weigh in, Will and I will officiate each others weight using the same scale. We will be together at a conference in Seattle Washington for April. This way we will know no "scale cheating" has occured, and Will can pay me in person.



In the voice that Will knows all too well..... (wats a matter Willy, u (sc)ared???)

Better than me...

All I have to say is that I was at Bryan's for Christmas and he was in a lot better shape than me. I think he is in the same category as Jim Met.

Bryan Jones (cont.)

Do you think Bryan Jones hasn't joined because he's working too hard, or playing too much?

Come on Bryan, jump into the Challenge....

When is Bryan Jones joining the Challenge??

(Bryan Jones sighting.....)

Bryan Jones has surfaced to leave a comment on the Blog.  When is he joining the Challenge?  You know that boy needs to loose some weight (see above).

Jimmy Short needs advice while traveling.....

(Jimmy's Before Pic.)

Jimmy Short is looking for advice.  He is in Orlando at a convention, being wined and dined.  Is concerned with blowing his diet (eating out a lot, others picking up the tab).  So naturally he is looking for advice from those of us who have traveled a lot.....

Here is my advice (hope you loose a lot of weight):

• If they bring it to the table and set it on fire, order it
• Common place items that are overpriced, $40 meatloaf, $50 hamburger, $18 potato chips with blue cheese crumbles, $25 Mac & Cheese....... order it
• Any dessert that has to be ordered before your main course
• Chilean Sea Bass, order it, even at a steak restaurant
• Caesar Salad made at table side, order it, yes go with the sardines
• Pan Fried Foie Gras
• Baby animals, or endangered animals, order it, except wooly mammoth, they’re gross
• Chocolate mousse or Crème Brulee, order both
• Decaf coffee with alcohol (be sure to tell the staff Decaf), nothing worse than overeating, being drunk, and being wired…… trust me
• After dinner drinks that are older than you, bonus points when older than parents, grandparents, or famous historical figures

That’s off the top of my head, I’m sure there’s more. Good luck!!!

Anyone else have tips for Jimmy?

Side Bet......

Throwing down the glove......

I bet Will $100.00 that I will lose a higher percentage of weight then him at April's weigh in. I also bet $1000.00 that I will keep off a higher percentage of weight for the Jan 2011 weigh in.

Is Will (Mac & Cheese) Boy man enough to step up to the bet????

My wife is a tattletale…..

My wife is such a tattletale. I was at the Circus eating an apple…. big deal….. How was I suppose to know it was a candied apple? It was red after all. It’s not like it was brown (caramel), or blue (raspberry candied apple – my fav.)

I was truly unaware that red apples on a stick were candied. I thought I was being environmentally friendly by buying an apple on a stick (and not having to use napkins).

When I found out it was candied, what was I suppose to do, waste it? I bought all the kids red apples (healthy treat), my wife didn’t want it. So I *had* to eat it. There was nothing I could do.

Mistakes happen right??? Like poor Will ordering $25 macaroni salad, and getting Mac & Cheese instead. What was he suppose to do? Waste it?

And to add insult to injury, my wife made me get out my camera (with my now red sticky fingers) so she could take a picture to post to the blog.

My wife is such tattletale……

Weigh In.....

Ken Evans - 205/200
Will Pringle - 218/217
Jimmy Short - 211/206
Marv Stone - 275/268
Alex Vella - 213/210
Robbie Williams - 211/205