Danielle, Carlos and Tom

“For men to lose weight, it has to be public and competitive.  So there’s this website where you can sign up with a friend, pick a goal and go for it.  But here’s the thing, not only is it a completely open and public competition, if didn’t lose weight, money would be taken out from my credit card, which I gave them, and paid into the Campaign to Re-elect George Bush.”

My friend Tom  always takes me by surprise with things like this.  Of course!  Weight loss as a collaborative curated effort.  Must be his museum background

We were having lunch with friends at the beach discussing among many things, how fit and active people in their fifties are.  Robin and Jerry from Long Beach were body surfing this morning before they rode their bikes to Rockaway and will probably go back in the water this evening to catch some waves.  I quickly said that I wanted to take surfing lessons.   Seth was asleep and not looking particularly athletic at this moment.  “And I have to lose seven pounds.”  I added.

“Well, I need to lose weight too.  I’ll sign up with you, Tom.”  said Carlos and fistbumped himself into a weight loss contract with Tom.

How I lose weight

Me, I guess I am more of a private person when it comes to personal challenges like this.  I prefer to suffer in silence, agonize privately.  It could be my Asian upbringing that values keeping a dignified demeanor at all times.  No matter what.  I would much rather keep my process to myself and not have the entire dieting universe know if I slip up and have to pay into some horrible fund as punishment for eating too many bon bons.

For those of you who are curious about losing weight via a commitment contract that the whole world can see, with public consequences and some measure of digital humiliation, here’s a link to stickK.

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