Fatty Fantasy Teams

Like Fantasy Football, Fantasy FatOff teams are drafted with each team owner's pick of the contestants they think will kick the most ass. Teams are ranked by total percentage lost of all its members. In week one, where we saw some amazing feats of weight loss, some teams have surged ahead. But in this long distance race, it can still be anyone's game! Even the current last place team, The Holy Donuts, made up of the three-time champion and master of the 3Ds (discipline, diet and disguise), Christy, the newly-engaged and gym warrior, Ian, and the FFO rookie with a 21-year-old's metabolism on his side, Artie, has a chance at the Fatty Fantasy Crown and all its glory!

View the current team standings

Milestones

Our precious little FattyFatOff has turned 11!  Which of course means that she is now a tween and we can expect lots of whining and moodswings in the weeks to come. Whether that is from her age or from the contestants' lack of food remains to be seen.

We have another milestone to celebrate today, as we have just confirmed that a FFO record has been broken! Current leader and reigning King Fatty, Brendon, has dropped a whopping 24 pounds in just the first week! The previous record was held by another former champion Fatty, Travis at 21.5 pounds in 2010. For comparison, here are some things that weigh 24 pounds:

25 cans of assorted fruits and vegetables

 5 reams of paper

this cat

Keep up the good work everyone. Remember, this is a marathon, not a sprint!

Do you know what you are eating?

This post on Food + Tech called "Carbs Are Killing You" got my attention mainly because of this beautiful infographic but it also gives a great example of how people often think they are eating much healthier than they actually are:

“One of our users was starting off each morning with a Jamba Juice fruit smoothie, thinking it was a really healthy substitute for breakfast.   Every day as he used The Eatery, he got feedback that his smoothie was not nearly as healthy as he had rated it.  He had no idea how high the sugar and carb content was.  We’ve heard about loads of “ah-ha!” moments like this particularly about carbs, when users of The Eatery learn, through a tight feedback loop, that their decisions aren’t nearly as healthy as they thought.” 

Need help figuring out what to eat? Try the app mentioned above, The Eatery, an iPhone app from Massive Health. They claim that "Lots of apps tell you what you ate.  Only The Eatery can tell you how you eat."

New York, This is Why You're Fat

If you didn't already  know, we are right in the middle of New York City's 20th "Restaurant Week," which has been extended to a full 20 days of discounted deliciousness all over the city. How a week lasts 20 days can only be explained by a combination of media hype-fueled excitement and a flashback of last Restaurant Week's food coma. We seem to love nothing more than stuffing ourselves full of three-course prix-fixe menus of things we've never heard of covered in bacony goodness or the too many desserts we would never have ordered if they weren't included. Sometimes just for the chance to eat in a restaurant we couldn't otherwise afford.

From the organizer's website: "Over the past 20 years, NYC Restaurant Week has grown tremendously yet has remained committed to giving visitors and residents the opportunity to experience the quality, variety and hospitality that embody the NYC dining experience." If your mouth is watering now just thinking about all that good stuff you could  be eating, head on over to http://www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek and get yourself a reservation for lunch ($24.07) or dinner ($35).

If you can't afford to take part in this New York institution, there are tons of recipes out there to make your own creative cooking concoctions at home and on the cheap. Another entry in the "This is Why You're Fat" archive is this Sweet and Spicy Nutella-Coated Bacon recipe we found referenced on the best named blog on the planet, Mr. Baconpants, seen in the photo above. Mr. Baconpants, below.

Week One Update

FattyFatOff 2012 is in full swing with one week down and an extraordinary showing of weight loss by the usual cast of characters and a few newcomers taking the competition by storm. Its still very early in the race and it can be anyone's game in the end, but the enthusiastic showing in week one is very promising. They've dropped a total of nearly 70 pounds between them in just 7 days!

So are the newbies in it for the long-haul or are they going to sprint through the first few weeks and run out of steam? They talk a big game but they will need to stay motivated throughout the coming weeks. With the addition of the Fatty Fantasy League minutes before the weigh-in, most of the 2012 competitors should be cheered on along the way and push themselves to keep their eyes on the prize.

Who's fat?

Your butt is wide, well mine is too, Just watch your mouth or I'll sit on you, The word is out, better treat me right, 'Cause I'm the king of cellulite

Don't you call me pudgy, portly or stout, Just now tell me once again who's fat?

Now that we've all stuffed ourselves like a Thanksgiving Turducken for over a month, it's time to start the new year off right with a resolution to be healthier and in better shape than we were last year. Before you have time to waver on those well-intentioned goals, it's time to get a get a jump start in a healthy and politically correct group setting.

Introducing, FATTY FATOFF 2012, the 10th annual celebration of our unique cure to holiday overeating! The fun starts this Friday. Be there 11am sharp for official weigh-ins on the Official Fat-O-Meter.

Site of the Week: Major League Eating

Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas with her Big Daddy Burger record (9 pound cheeseburger consumed in 27 minutes)

Most people don't consider eating to be a sport, but this week we take a look at the International Federation of Competitive Eating's new branding as "Major League Eating." See more than you can stomach at: http://www.ifoce.com/ The records are as astonishing as they are disgusting, with some very strange foods being consumed en masse.

Here are a few current records with links to the eater's own websites. Its a bit disgusting, so use this to help you get through the last rough week of calorie cutting! Enjoy..

Maine Lobster
44 Maine Lobsters (11.3 Pounds of meat) from the shell
12 minutes/ Aug. 13, 2005
Sonya Thomas (http://www.sonyatheblackwidow.com/)

Butter
7 quarter-pound sticks, salted butter
5 minutes
Don Lerman (http://donmoseslerman.com/)

Cow Brains
57 (17.7 pounds)
15 minutes
Takeru Kobayashi (http://takeru-kobayashi.com/)

Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
47 grilled cheese sandwiches
10 Minutes/ June 10, 2006
Joey Chestnut (http://joeyjawschestnut.com/)