So it dawned on me the other day as I was glancing at my blog that I never left you all with any closure on the Chipotle Diet.  I'm sure the first thing that ran through your mind was....."he probably gained it all back and is afraid to post anything else" or "he probably developed some poor health condition for eating the same thing for an entire year."  Well nothing could be further from the truth.  As you may recall....the last time I blogged, I was tired of "maintaining" so I wanted to shake things up.  The option I chose to go with was working out.  My motivation was this.  If I could literally drive 45 mins round-trip out of my way to eat a burrito for an entire year, then why couldn't I start to work out on a regular basis!  So that is how I approached it. 

And the results?  Let's just say that a couple of weeks ago marked the 6-month anniversary of me working out 5 days a week.  That's right.  6 MONTHS of going to the gym.  So now you probably think I'm this skinny, yet sexy stud.  Well......you are partially correct.  It seems that even after working out...I've still maintained.  However, don't get me wrong, my body has changed.  As it turns out, muscle weighs more than fat.  So although my body has completely changed, I just haven't seen it on the scale.  I also have to admit that I'm addicted to the gym.  It has become my regular "Cheers" where everybody knows my name.  Not to mention where everyone seems to memorize your work out routine. 

So what about my last days on the Chipotle Diet?  I have to say it was sad.  Even the employees were shocked.  They at least gave me one final FREE burrito and I have to say that it tasted as good as the first one.  OH...and did I mention it was fully automated?  I believe the final metrics went something like this....

  • 5,460 miles driven to and from Chipotle
  • $1,638 spent in burritos
  • 13 fully automated burritos
  • 1 Chipotle Employee Stalker
  • 65 TOTAL POUNDS LOST!!

Finally, the fine people from corporate were nice enough to give me one last piece of swag.  A gift that I know you fellow geeks would drool over.  A Chipotle laptop bag.  Complete with enough compartments to fit one PC (or MAC) and 4 burritos.  Not to mention a could of lids (upside down of course)!  The Chipotle MBA keeps paying off as well.  Last month I received the official 2008 coin and a NICE Chipotle soccer jersey.  Burritoful!!  But perhaps the biggest reward of all came yesterday.

After 6 months of working out, I was ready to show how far I've come.  So I've enrolled myself in three 5K's (3.1 miles) over the next 6 weeks and my goal for the first one was to finish under 30 minutes.  The pics below tell the story.

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BEFORE

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29 MINUTES AND 38 SECONDS AFTER

So, despite the stalker, I would have to say the Chipotle Diet was very successful.  But in the words of LeVar Burton from "Reading Rainbow", "you don't have to take my word for it."