The Captain stuck at 226.4

Although I lost .4 pounds I wasn't able to crack into 225 land. The 5's and 0's have always been milestone for me, and it would have represented 70 percent of my final fifty objectives. It makes me feel like a real punk/piker for failing to hit this goal. If I had just not eaten that Turkey club with french fries on the road last night I would have hit this homerun. Instead I struck out. I am adopting Spidey's motto,"Lose weight Now", but right now the Rogues can tell me "Better luck next time chump"
Villains 7,Captain 0 I think the trolls will score a few more touchdowns if I keep neglecting to focus on my mission I will definately throw an interception and have a regain. Thanks for all the encouragement both positive and negative and I will definately put an update tommorrow morning with my new poundage. "Lose weight Now" has nice ring to it.
Jeff
Update 7/7/2007
I weighed in at 224.6. 200 by my 39th birthday

Villain Voice issue 4: The Evil Twin

Well it has an event filled couple of days with the Captain being impersonated by an evil twin posting both on my blogs and the blogs that I frequent. He/She gets an A for effort and is the featured Villain of the week. Unfortunately, I failed to hit my goal and the evil Captain kicked my ass. Good job!!!

227 lbs. 17 to go!!! and the captain is impersonated!!!

The Captain is back on track. Hopefully one more week will give me 223 which will give me a bmi of 27 and put me one step closer to my goal of 200 by my 39th birthday. Thanks for all the positive feedback.
Jeff
update 7/4/2007
Weighed in at 226.8
The captain was impersonated by an evil Captain America and Bucky. I wanted to thank this troll for his creativity. Just for the record I am not going to start up a bondage and fetish site. Better luck next time guys!!!!!

Villain Voice Issue 3

I wanted to thank the villains and the failed superhero for the inspiration to lose another pound. 227 is the captain's new weight. As Ben Affleck told Samuel L Jackson in the movie Changing Lanes,"Better luck next time" C-YA in the funny papers guys!!!
The Captain

The Captain hits 228

The Captain stuck with the finalfifty program and had another pound off the scale. He still can't drive 55. 200 lbs by September 25
Update 6/29 Weighed in at 228.0 and goose egged it. Better luck next time

Villains Voice issue 2

I hope the segregation isn't dampering your mood. The featured villain this issue is Captain Cold. He gave the silver age Flash a real run for his money. Although once he did team up with the flash to defeat Colonel computron. I do have thank the villains for motivating me to lose one more pound and get down to 228. They helped me defeat the reallife villain Colonel Sanders.

The Captain

Weigh in Tommorrow and why we need protection

I am going to post my weight tomorrow. Hopefully I can break through the 230's and hit 229. I feel like I am going to do it. We will see.

Well, I hit 229.4 This matches my 1995 low when I was on a diet which started at a high of270. The funny thing about that 95 weigh in was that I really thought that I had arrived. The next 30 pounds would be a snap.
I noticed myself becoming a drive through junkie and reinstating bad habits again. While interestingly enough I initially maintained a weight around 229-235 for a few months before I headed south and ran to the border. Plateau's work both ways. You can gorge and gorge and gorge and not really pack on any weight, for awhile, and then all of a sudden you jump 10 pounds and the cycle continues itself. I think if I can share something for anyone stuck at a weight for a few weeks is to remember that this stickiness is there for our "protection". It prevents us from both starving to death or weighing 500 pounds. The virtue of patience is the primary key to weight loss success. Enough rambling. I am going to weigh in on Tuesday morning and I hope your weekend was great.

villains voice

Believe it or not I had some requests to bring back the villains. The first comment is a combination of a rogue attack on my site yesterday that I chose to delete. Maybe that was a mistake. What do my fans think? Let's here some feedback

3 fingers down

The Captain dropped down to 230. This is 60 percent of the goal. Only the little finger and the thumb are left. 9 pounds for the week is a personal record. Thanks for all the great feedback!!!
Jeff

Me Me list

I have been "meme" by HalftheMan. I don't know what that means, but I will partially comply. However, I am not going to tag anybody else. There are a few questions I will answer. Hopefully this will prevent HalftheMan from suffering any bad luck with my replies(smile)

What were you doing ten years ago?
I was working my family business and gaining weight. I had a nickname at the local shell station. Sammy, the attendant would call me candyman because I would always buy a extralarge babyruth candybar with a biggulp pepsi. He would tell my friends where is candyman, big guy with glasses laughs like santa claus.

What were you doing 1 year ago?
I was in weight loss limbo approaching my 100 pound weight loss. Thinking of a new challenge. It was the beginnings of the idea for finalfifty.

Five Snacks You Enjoy
1. Cashews
2. tomatoes
3. Yogurt
4. zone bars
5. Apples

Five Songs to Which You Know all the Lyrics
1. twinkle twinkle little star
2. Why can't this be love by VanHagar
3. take me out to the ball park
4. star spangled banner
5. the way it is Bruce Hornsby

Five Things You Would Do If You Were a Millionaire
1. Pay off debts.
2. Buy a Rolls Royce
3. Help the homless
4. Become a nutritionalist
5. Meet Dr. Phil McGraw


Five Bad Habits
1. Blogging.
2. Procrastinating.
3. downloading mp3's
4. negative thinking
5. Forgetting my goals

Five things you like doing
1. Spending time with family
2. Blogging
3. Reading
4. Walking
5. Weight training

Five things you'll never wear again
1. 4xl shirts
2. 58 pants
3. band uniforms
4. Speedo- even after I achieve my goal weight
5. Afro

Five favorite "toys"
1. mp3 player
2. Computer
3. Tony Little Gazzelle
4. Itunes
5. Blockbuster online membership

The Captain down to 231

The Captain came down with a gum infection, went to the doctor, and had to get on antibiotics. I literally could not drink more than a few protein shakes a day without intense pain, and I was taking 8 alleves a day. It really was a miserable couple of days.
I also worked in the fields 11 hours a day stringing tomatoes and pounding heavy stakes into the ground. A sort of "perfect storm" of marathnon physical work,extreme pain, and a forced atkins diet. My jaw finally felt better this morning and I am now only taking 2 alleves. However, I am taking myself out of this weeks weight loss challenge. This is simply due to the fact that a swollen jaw gaves me an unfair advantage, but interestingly enough I would not wish this advantage on anyone. Any takers? My goal next week is to stay at 231 and not regain a loss due to sickness. This can be easy to do. Thanks again Spider for the great plug on your last post, and fantastic job half the man for losing almost 4 pounds.
Final Fifty
Jeff Rhodes

Docked in Overweightville

The Captain hit 239 pounds today and is officially a 29 BMI and no longer classified as "obese"

Audio Moblog

powered by Hipcast.com

Down to 243 pounds.

The Captain has a lead foot for his Lard loss excelerator. He can't drive 55. Throwing some gas on this fat fire. 33 more pounds to go.

The Captain's First Mate

Danny's Journey

Add to My Profile | More Videos All Superheroes worth their salt take on sidekicks. No offense, but fighting obesity is not for Lone Rangers. You need to take on an underling.
I met up with Danny a few days ago. His current weight is 335 lbs. Daniel is just starting his final fifty journey towards a new leaner self. Let's keep rooting for him
On a side note, the Captain weighed in at 244 lbs. 34 more pounds to go!!!!

The Captain injured in battle

While the captain was fighting obesity he threw out his lower back. It was an epic battle. Stringing tomatoes was the villain , and the captain was hit, and forced flat on his backside. Unfortunately he met up with Carl's Jr. Jalapeno burger. The spicy one promised to ease his pain, but as we all know he is always a villain pretendsing to be our friend. Weigh in is Tuesday. Hoping to break even

The Captain's log of 7 favorite albums

I thought this was going to be an easy task when Spider tagged me to compile a list of my 7 favorite albums. The difficulty was narrowing it down to my favorite 6. I now tag Half the Man,Don Q , Dawn, twicetheman and Gynipher

1. Van Halen 1984 still brings back memories of my first kiss over 23 years ago on a bus going home from Magic Mountain. David Lee Roth was at his pinacle, and Eddie was Eddie. Enough said. I think it is the one album that defines the eighties heavy metal scene. Maybe this group was what the movie Rockstar was based on. If it wasn't it should have been.

2. Lionel Richie's Dancing on the Ceiling was a masterpiece. I guess I loved it so much because I bought my freshman year of college. I remember listening the title hit while driving to one of my first college parties. Little did I know that going to that gathering would lead me to spend an extra year in college making up for all "my dancing on the ceilings"

3. Open Up and Say...Ahh by poison. Poison was one of the eighties best Glam Heavy metal bands. Nothing but a good time and every rose has its thorn were the two bests songs on this album.

4, Wilson Phillips, the album with the groups name. was a changing of the guard from the eighties to the nineties. Hold on and Release me were songs I remember well when I lived near New York. I think it was the only great album they produced. I am happy Ms. Wilson finally got control of her weight.

5. Tails, by Lisa Loeb, was one of the those albums that was worth buying for the strength of this one song. Although she is not a one hit wonder, Stay(I miss you) is a song that will be played for many decades and many will always be indentify it as her only top charter. To this day it really a song I cannot fully get out of my mind.

6. The way it is by Bruce Hornsby and the Range is one of the few lp albums that I saved. The way it is and mandolin rain are songs that bring my first year in college back crystal clear. I was more idealistic and less cynical back then. I wish I could return to that life perspective. It is something that I am working on

7. OU812 by Van Halen is an album that I loved because they tried to break their own mold. Eddie on keyboards. It was really bold. When its Love and Cabo Wabo were the two best songs. I am one of the few fans that loved Van Halen and Van Hagar. One of the biggest regrets I have is missing David Lee Roth touring with Sammy Hagar a few years back. Thanks Spider for making me dig deep

---

Can you ever have to much of a good thing?

should bikes have the same rights as cars?

Add to My Profile | More Videos
The captain met up with matt,an avid cyclist, to discuss his fitness and career goals, and interesting political insights.

Captain lost a pound. 35 to go!!

I weighed in this morning at 245 lbs.

---

See what's free at AOL.com.

Jerry Falwell RIP

When I was in my early twenties I use to listen to Jerry Falwell's old time Gospel hour. Its been over 15 years since I watched the show. However, I always remembered a comment that he made that impacted my life in a deep long lasting way. Dr. Falwell said, in a nutshell, that the biggest influences on who you will become in the next five years are the books that you read, and the people you meet, and especially those you hold close to your heart. Rest in Peace Dr. Falwell

Seven Deadly Sins

seven deadly sins

Add to My Profile | More VideosRan into Chris a few days ago. He spoke of obesity being one of the seven deadly sins.He has lost over 65 pounds and deserves a finalfifty.com standing ovation.
Are the obese and superobese similar to the drunks and drug addicts that you can find on skidrow? Heroin users wear long sleeves, while the obese shop at the tall and fat shop to hide their bodies. Employers can require applicants to submit to a drug test, while the obese may cheer at stopping the dopers, they hypocritically apply for a disable placard and demand a scooter. Maybe the druggies are more honest? "Food" for thought. The captain has 6 more pounds to permantly set sail for overweightville and leave obesetropolis behind forever. It takes losing 114 lbs. to finally see the truth.Ex methheads see how wrong their habits were and how they weren't being good citizens. Do we care that we skyrocket the nations health care bill? I include myself because I have been part of the problem. Is the captain cracked? Hopefully, my fans can give their feedback. Remember, annoymous commenters need to leave handles. It helps promose a healthy exchange. Finally,follow the finalfifty program and come aboard. It is time to never look back!!!
The Captain

The Rainbow Rider

The rainbow Raider

Add to My Profile | More VideosThe Rainbow Raider was one of the Flash Silver Age's biggest Rogues. The Rainbow Rider feels she is battling intolerance and feels she is bigotry's biggest nemesis. Since FinalFifty.com is a haven for free speech please enjoy this very interesting interview.
The Captain
update 5/14
The captain weighed in at 246. 36 more pounds to go!!!

Dave's incredible Bike

Dave's bike

Add to My Profile | More VideosThe Captain met up with Biker Dave, a psychology major at a local college, for an insightful interview on the environment,the root causes of obesity, corporate greed vs. the health of America, and a great invention for individuals who are fortunate enough to weigh under 187 lbs.

throwing mud at Mr. Clean

The Mule kicks some mud on Mr. Clean's realman persona. Is Mr. Clean less than macho? FinalFifty minds need to know.
The Captain
Update 5/10/2007 The Captain drops another pound. 37 to go. Also,A. is winning the greatest finalfifty villain contest.Mr. clean

Add to My Profile | More Videos

Interview with Mr. Clean: part 2

interview with mr. clean part 2

Add to My Profile | More VideosMr. Clean discusses his supplement regiment,bad food choices, and his surprising moonlighting occupation for all my fans.
The Captain

Mr. Clean shares his fitness goals: Part 1

alan waterman tips on weight loss

Add to My Profile | More Videos
FinalFifty.com brings its fans another great motivational interview. Mr. Clean is prescribed a workout schedule,he shares his personal and professional goals, and gives an honest assement of Herbal T's chances of becoming America's Rapper.
The Captain

In Search of Alan's Camcorder: Part 2

in search of part 2

Add to My Profile | More Videos
Mr. Clean loses his watch,Patrick H gives the final tour, and more weight loss tips for the fans of finalfifty.com
The Captain

In search of Alan's Camcorder: Part 1

In search of part1

Add to My Profile | More Videos
FinalFifty.com caught up with Alan in search of his lost Camcorder. Many fitness principles are discussed, and we get a tour of Mr. Clean's apartment. Spider you are going to love this one.
The Captain.

Darcy Dave get Dicey

Darcy Dave's advice: Join the Navy

Add to My Profile | More Videos
A veteran shows his obesity battle scars, discusses why joining the Navy can help you drop a few pounds , and finally how to give patriotism the Darcy Dave Display.

Vote for FinalFifty.com's favorite Villain

Here is a list of the Captain's favorite Rogues Gallery members spanning the course of a year. Please vote for your favorite villain. I will announce the winner June 1.

When did Carbs become the bad guy?

Man on the street: When did carbs become bad

Add to My Profile | More VideosFinalfifty.com brings us another great man on the street interview. Topics include exercise,diet,slow thryoids, emotional eating, and when did carbs become the bad guy. Is Penn Jillette correct when he says it is all the in the genes? Or can everyone have abbs of steel? You be the judge! The Captain would like some feedback from his fans.

Supplement Sam likes to Swim

supplement sam likes to swim

Add to My Profile | More Videos Although Sam might not be preparing for the Olympics, he tries to keep it lean, but never mean through swimming and hiking.

Sage Suggestions from Supplement Sam: Part 2

sage suggestions from supplement sam part 2

Add to My Profile | More Videos

Sage Suggestions from Supplement Sam part 1

Sage suggestions from supplement Sam part 1

Add to My Profile | More Videos
The Captain met up with Supplement Sam for some advice on nutrition and supplements.

Following the Final Fifty program

I promised my fans I would post a recent pic. Although I still have 38 lbs. to go, I look back over the last 2 1/2 years and give a final fifty prop to Dr. Phil McGraw. I could have become the 1000 lb. man, but by following the 7 keys of weight loss I was able to open the door of health and happyness.
The Captain

Is weight loss genetic?

Is fat loss genetic

Add to My Profile | More Videos
I spoke to a gentleman today who has been thin all of his life. Sometimes I think obesity is 90 percent genetics. Of course, we can diet and exercise with all of our hearts, and look the best that we can, but overall it is in the genes. Maybe that is why all of us obese(fatties) are always so grouchy and even fight amongst ourselves? We got dealt a pair of twos, and have to face down the world series of poker. I broke even again, and just finished the marvell comics series blogwars. Captain American was forced to fight with Spiderman due to a Fatalist Spell cast by the Red Skull. It was codenamed genetic predisposition. C-YA in the funny papers.
The Captain

Going Crazy in Fogel Land

Jack had a great line in the movie,"As good as it gets" . On my journey to Fogelland I got caught in the battle of the network bloggers. The original show was cancelled years ago, and the sequel should never have been filmed. Basically, a bunch of nonsense. I left a message on former fatties site telling him how ironic it was that his site was the inspiration for this blog, and his changing direction inspired me to do likewise. I understand why society rejects the Obese. Biggies can't even get along with each other. I haven't decided which fork in the weight loss road to take,but I have decided to tell the network bloggers,as Jack did in the movie,"Go sell crazy somewhere else,we're all stocked up here."

Quit digging your grave with a knife and fork

I haven't had a chance to read the Governor's book, but the review on Amazon.com has really peaked my interest. Although genetics contribute significantly to obesity, ultimately we are responsible for our own weight. Maybe the fans of finalfifty.com can weight in and give their opinions? I don't have any ads on this site, so if you buy the book, my piggy bank doesn't ring. The Captain is good at loosing weight, but bad at making money.

Welcome Mike Huckabee to a FinalFifty.com interview

The Captain is playing a belated april fools joke on all my fans. But seriously gang, a final fifty congratulations to Governor Mike Huckabee. He has lost over 100 lbs,like the Captain, and kept it off. Here is the most reliable source on the internet,WIKIPEDIA.COM, story on how the Governor journeyed from being a big fattie to a FIT and Trim future president.

Health advocacy and personal weight loss

When elected governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee was significantly overweight. During 2003, physicians diagnosed the governor with adult-onset diabetes and informed him that he would not live more than 10 years if he did not lose weight. Prompted by this diagnosis (as well as the subsequent death of former Governor Frank D. White, whose obesity led to a fatal heart attack), Huckabee went on a diet. Huckabee subsequently lost over 110 pounds,[10][11] according to a New York Times article at a pace so rapid that "it was as if he simply unzipped a fat suit and stepped out."[12]

He has publicly recounted his previous burdens as an overweight man: the steps of the Arkansas capitol building from the entrance of the building up to the Governor's office were so long and steep that Huckabee would be out of breath and exhausted by the time he reached the top of the stairs; Huckabee secretly feared that he would be interviewed by media at the top of the steps, and that he would be unable to respond appropriately due to his overexertion and breathlessness.[13]

Huckabee has talked about his weight loss and made health care reform a major component of his later tenure as governor. This has included a well-received series of productive dialogues between leaders in the food industry and leaders in public health.[14]

Huckabee ran in the 2006 New York City Marathon.[15]

Late Night Run

Thanks for the tips guys. I forgot I needed to go out for my late night run. I broke even this week. Another gooseegg. Rats! I am pondering whether to quit creatine again. I think I might be retaining to much H2O.

Herbal T gets Spicy: Bret Silva interivew part 2

Herbal T talks about his diet plans,motivation for the obese, and his relationship with Gingler Lynn.
The Captain

Diet tips from a rapper part 2

Add to My Profile | More Videos

Herbal T responds to his critics

Herbal T had a few choice words about Dave,Basher,Jimmy,guys who lift weights on rubber balls, and his future rap battle with K-FED. Herbal T has lost over 125 lbs. Good Job!
"The Captain"


Diet tips from Herbal T

Add to My Profile | More Videos

Greed is Good

I have to stay away from Hometown Buffet. I always overeat there. That is why I failed 5 years ago and regained over a hundred pounds. Today, I try to put myself into positions where the odds are in my favor,a form of insider trading for fat people (smile) with no jail time,but a punitive smaller waiste size (punishment from the SEC). Remember, Gordon Gecko's wisdom,"Greed is good". Be greedy about your fat loss. The idea of creating a winning environment is a golden key to your success.
The Captain

March 25, 2007

Captain Likes Broccoli

The captain is rattling your cage to lose some weight.

A message to the Peanut Gallery

.I usually don't respond to the peanuts. I try to shake off the criticism like water off a duck's back. But one nimrod told me to turn Dr. Phil off. Jimmy, without Dr. Phil I wouldn't have had the keys to lose 112 lbs. I owe a great deal to his show and hope to meet him in person someday to shake his hand. If it wasn't for him I would have ended up like this gentleman.Next week the good doctor is having a show on juvenile delinquents. Maybe you should tune in.
The Captain

The Captain starts a Podcast. Click to subcribe

I wanted to invite the fans of FinalFifty.com to subcribe to my podcast. I will be adding a new show once or twice a week. I started the podcast off with audio archives. Here is a link to subcribe through itunes or any other service http://jeffrhodes.hipcast.com/rss/finalfifty.xml Just copy and past it. Unlike weight loss, it is very simple. I appreciate all your support.
Jeff

Titus prevented from helping the Captain

Basher,Stryker,Dave,Jimmy, and Bo Skinny hatched a plot to prevent Craig Titus from helping me lose another pound. Back to Breakevenville. Hopefully Vince Neil can bail him out.

Flushing Pounds for Fun and Profit

flushing pounds for fun and profit

Add to My Profile | More Videos

Captain drops a Pound . 38 to Go!!!!

I didn't beat Anorexia, nor have I ever even been considered skinny, but I did finally lose that pound which almost felt impossible, and on Finalfifty.com we cheer success over all eating disorders.
Final Fifty,
Captain Out

Interview with Swamp Thing

The Captain is cruising in Cajunville trying to cut that elusive pound. Maybe the Swamp Thing can give him the motivation he needs?
Final Fifty

Reflections in Breakevenville

It has been a difficult month. Hopefully the Captain can lose a pound before Feb. 1 and finally set sail out of Breakevenville.
Final Fifty

Herbal T prepares for a rap battle while the Captain docks in breakevenville

KFED INTERVIEW

Add to My Profile | More VideosHerbal T hasn't figured out how to post a message yet, but he promises to ask his friends. The Captain is docked in breakevenville. Sorry for going so long without a post. Next week will be different.
Final Fifty

The Captain Reflects a bit for his last walk of 2006