Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Emails!
The way I will be communicating with you is primarily by email. Once the challenge starts I will be sending out reminder emails and also results emails. (I'll probably send out a couple reminder emails before the challenge begins as well.) If you haven't already done so, please add me to your contact list. Thanks! :)
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Fit & Healthy Hotties Weight Loss Challenge!
Fit and Healthy Hotties
Weight Loss Challenge
April 14-July 21
I'm excited so many of you want to participate in this weight loss challenge! I created this blog so everyone could post on here, ask questions, and motivate one another. I will make all of the challenge participants authors on this blog so everyone can post on here. Below is more information about the challenge. Some parts are still up for discussion, so if you a have any ideas to make it better or if you don't agree with something, please let me know! I want to make this work for everyone!
Weigh-Ins
The 1st weigh-in will be April 14. Everyone will send a picture of themselves (front or side-facing…just make sure the beginning and ending picture is facing the same way so I can compare) and a picture of their weight on the scale. The last weigh-in will be July 21. Everyone will need to weigh-in on Saturdays and email me your results by Saturday night 11 pm ET.
The 1st weigh-in will be April 14. Everyone will send a picture of themselves (front or side-facing…just make sure the beginning and ending picture is facing the same way so I can compare) and a picture of their weight on the scale. The last weigh-in will be July 21. Everyone will need to weigh-in on Saturdays and email me your results by Saturday night 11 pm ET.
Some people have said they won’t be able to weigh-in a couple of weeks because of family vacations. This is understandable but you will need to let me know beforehand which weeks you will be missing.
I've been trying to think of the right way to do this, because it's not fair to kick someone out the first time they miss sending in their weight on time but it's also not fair to everyone else if they consistently miss and then end up as 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place at the end.
So what I think I've decided is, if people miss 2 weigh-ins (without letting me know beforehand) then they will be kicked out. Some people are going on vacations so if they tell me beforehand which weeks they will be missing then obviously that won't count against them. I want to make it fair to everyone.
I want to have scale pictures emailed every three weeks, April 14, May 5, May 26, June 16, July 7, and July 21 to make sure people are being honest. (I do trust you guys, but I think it would give everyone in the challenge peace of mind and keep people accountable.)
I've been trying to think of the right way to do this, because it's not fair to kick someone out the first time they miss sending in their weight on time but it's also not fair to everyone else if they consistently miss and then end up as 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place at the end.
So what I think I've decided is, if people miss 2 weigh-ins (without letting me know beforehand) then they will be kicked out. Some people are going on vacations so if they tell me beforehand which weeks they will be missing then obviously that won't count against them. I want to make it fair to everyone.
I want to have scale pictures emailed every three weeks, April 14, May 5, May 26, June 16, July 7, and July 21 to make sure people are being honest. (I do trust you guys, but I think it would give everyone in the challenge peace of mind and keep people accountable.)
MyFitnessPal
MyFitnessPal is NO longer a requirement. It’s a FREE website that you can use to track your exercise and food. Some of the participants are already on there. I think it’s a great tool to use, but it's completely up to you if you want to do it. People can comment on your statuses (similar to Facebook), there is a weight loss tracker and it’s nice to have the support. If you do decide to join, you can add me as a friend. My username is hw1219.
Prizes
Each person will contribute a $10 gift card which will be sent to me postmarked by April 7. There will be a winner every week who will receive one of the gift cards. Every participant will cap out at 2 weekly wins. If they are the winner a 3rd time, the person with the next highest weight loss that week will win. The remainder of the gift cards will be split at the end between 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. The challenge is based on percentage so it’s fair to everyone. Weekly winners will be announced through email by the following Monday night, 11 pm ET. The gift card will be mailed to the winner by the following Wednesday.
My Participation
I will also be a participant in the contest, so there is the possibility that I could win a prize as well. However, I will also be kept accountable. I will email my scale pictures to a designated helper in the group. That way, if there’s ever any question about fairness and people’s weights, I will have the pictures and my helper will have mine.
If you have any other questions or suggestions, please let me know! I want this to be a fair and fun way for everyone involved to lose weight and get healthy! I will be strict with the rules though and I also promise to reply to your emails as soon as possible.
*Currently there are 28 participants, myself included and one person who is undecided at this point. If there end up being more than 50, I will create 2 teams (with each team having a variety of weights). So there would be a weekly winner for each team and also 1st, 2nd, 3rd place for each team.
I’m super excited about this!! Let the weight loss begin! (Or in some cases, continue!) J
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