Week 4

No more corn for me. I stand tall with Carnita burrito in hand, pinto beans nearly busting out of the shiny aluminum foil wrapper!

As you may recall, I had a little burrito loving lull in week 3 but week 4 made me proud to be somewhat of a burrito aficionado. With only 6 days to go the fine folks at the Plymouth Chipotle were kind enough to give Sara and I "his and hers" burrito bowls! Where were they when we were scouring the jewelry stores for wedding bands I thought?

I even got butterflies in my stomach and let my emotions get the best of me in a weak moment at home.

Was it day 1 or did I have 22 strong days under my belt? Nobody could tell me anything on that day.

A few days later it was all over. After 28 days of backbreaking burritos, a wallet $327 lighter, and 52 round trips to Chipotle, it had all ended. Just as quickly as it began it was time for my 28 days of burrito-ey goodness to come to an end.

For such a monumental day I of course compiled some statistics. I managed to polish off 52 different feedings from my favorite fast food establishment in just 28 days. Only missed on 4 occasions; once on the account of being in Alexandria, MN, once due to a required lunch meeting at work, once because I was too full from lunch to stammer through dinner, and once because I was simply too lazy to wake up in time for lunch after a late Friday night out. Of the 52 burritos, chicken & barbacoa tied in the popularity contest with 16 of each. Then there was 10 carnita, 8 vegetarian, & 2 steak. A well balanced diet indeed! The categories consisted of 44 burrito bowls, 5 burritos, & 3 sets of tacos. Sara ate with me on 5 occasions and 3 of my meals were free due to phone donations to charity as well as a special Halloween promotion.

And most importantly I finished big, losing 3.4 pounds in week 4, averaging only 1,116 calories & 32 grams of fat per day for the final week! Thus bringing my total weight loss in only 28 days to . . . 11 pounds even! Went from 190.8 to 179.8 in just a month! That's 0.39 pounds per day if you were curious.

Enlarged photo at: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2722/4126143478_b44e141471_o.jpg

And for comparison purposes, some side by side pictures from day 1 & day 28.

I guess I proved a handful of things these last 28 days: 1) I blew my 5 - 10 pound weight loss hypothesis out of the water, 2) It was almost possible for me to tire of Chipotle but nothing could keep us separated, not even a plethora of corn 3) My intestinal fortitude is stronger than ever, and 4) I've got the coolest wife on the planet for putting up with this nonsense!

So how did I do it you ask? Well, it was simple. I put my pants on one leg at a time just like everyone else. But after my pants are on, I eat Chipotle burritos.

Signing out . . . until my next Challenge!