We are in the middle of our week off, and I'm so grateful for it. But, we do need to get everything in order for next round. After talking to people and everyone's survey responses, we are going to have the following set up this round: Team A will be competing using the Great in Eight rules (thanks for the creative thinking, Mandy) and Team B will be competing using the Biggest Loser rules. You are most welcome to participate in both teams. The Great in Eight program is all about living, eating, and thinking right with no emphasis on weight loss (only a tiny bonus each week.) The Biggest Loser program is all about the pounds coming off. Don't worry about this being extra work for me. All I do is gather the numbers and post them all cute-like. I really appreciate you guys being supportive and willing to step up and help me out. There is a small chance that I will lose my mind doing this, not because of the two teams, but just in general. If I get close to that, I will contact those of you who offered and have you take over.
This is what I need from each of you by this THURSDAY, MARCH 26th...a comment or email stating the following:
-Are you participating this 8-week round? Which group do you want to join, A, B, or both? (If the THOUGHT of going and finding the link to the Great in Eight rules and reading them is enough to send you over the edge, you're probably more cut out for Team B at this point. Great in Eight is going to be a little more involved, but SO worth it.)
-Team B participants - please include your start weight or email it to me on Thursday.
-Are you going to be putting money in the reward pot? ($10 for the 8 weeks...if you do both teams, you can choose to put money in both, or one, or neither - just make sure you specify to me.)
-If you have not already done so, please Email me a picture of you.
-I highly recommend "subscribing" to the blog (if you have not already) using the little box on the sidebar. You'll want to know when there are new posts up.
-If you know someone who is interested, now is the time to get them my info or vica versa.
Ok, that should be it! Team A participants, you'll want to go to the "rules" link to get to the post of the Great in Eight rules, food list, and point trackers. If you would like an interactive Excel version of the point tracker, please let me know and I'll email it to you. Otherwise, you'll need to print one off for yourself each week.
Good luck everyone!
Carrie
Monday, March 23, 2009
Biggest Loser Round 3 - Team B
The Rules:
*Lose weight!!
*Put $10 in the pot at the beginning. If you'd rather NOT participate in the money part of the contest, please let Carrie know within the first week.
*Each week there will be a winner. Whoever lost the biggest percentage of weight from week to week will be the winner and if they put money in, they will win $1 from everybody else that put money in. (For example, if there were 10 people participating, the weekly award would be $10.)
*At the end there will be the regular weekly winner, and then the person that lost the biggest percentage of body weight from the start to the finish will be the overall winner! If they put money in, they will win the remaining money in the pot ($2 from each person - for example, if we have 10 people, that would be $20.)
*Use the same scale every time. You also may want to weigh under the same conditions each time. (Right when you wake up in the morning before you get dressed, for example.)
*If you miss a week and can't get to the scale we can divide the total loss between the missing weeks.
*Carrie will keep track of weights, so email or text her your weight each Thursday.
*The total time we will do this round is 8 weeks, so we finish on May 21st.
*This blog will be open for all of us to share tips, ideas, recipes, inspirations, whatever you want to share. Let's get into those skinny jeans!!
*Lose weight!!
*Put $10 in the pot at the beginning. If you'd rather NOT participate in the money part of the contest, please let Carrie know within the first week.
*Each week there will be a winner. Whoever lost the biggest percentage of weight from week to week will be the winner and if they put money in, they will win $1 from everybody else that put money in. (For example, if there were 10 people participating, the weekly award would be $10.)
*At the end there will be the regular weekly winner, and then the person that lost the biggest percentage of body weight from the start to the finish will be the overall winner! If they put money in, they will win the remaining money in the pot ($2 from each person - for example, if we have 10 people, that would be $20.)
*Use the same scale every time. You also may want to weigh under the same conditions each time. (Right when you wake up in the morning before you get dressed, for example.)
*If you miss a week and can't get to the scale we can divide the total loss between the missing weeks.
*Carrie will keep track of weights, so email or text her your weight each Thursday.
*The total time we will do this round is 8 weeks, so we finish on May 21st.
*This blog will be open for all of us to share tips, ideas, recipes, inspirations, whatever you want to share. Let's get into those skinny jeans!!
Season 2 - Final Results
The results are in folks.
Drumroll please....
And the winner is...
MIKE! AWESOME work! I am so proud of you and everyone else who has worked so hard this round. It is really neat for me to see so many of you succeed to leading healthier happier lives. Thanks for supporting me in this as well. Its been a fun one!
Drumroll please....
And the winner is...
MIKE! AWESOME work! I am so proud of you and everyone else who has worked so hard this round. It is really neat for me to see so many of you succeed to leading healthier happier lives. Thanks for supporting me in this as well. Its been a fun one!
Season 2 - Week 8
Those of you who did not weigh in on time this week are fired! I usually start sending out personal messages when I'm down to the last couple, but didn't have time this week. Here are your mostly complete results:
Congratulations Tiffany! You must be the only one who wanted to finish this round out with a bang! Good job!
Congratulations Tiffany! You must be the only one who wanted to finish this round out with a bang! Good job!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Survey/Quiz time
Ok, this is the deal. After our first round, one of the contestants, Jessica, emailed me this program that her friend was doing. I really really like the idea...I said I like the IDEA of it. I think we could do it! At the same time, I know there are some of you out there who like the ease of just emailing in a weight. So here's your quiz. Go to the previous post I made and click on the links to look at the Rules (and the Food List and Tally chart if you want) of "Fit in Six". And then answer the following questions:
1. Do you like the IDEA of this point system?
2. Which contest would you rather do, the new Fit in Six or Biggest Loser as before?
3. a) What do you think of splitting into 2 groups for the 2 separate contests?
b) Are you ok with smaller groups resulting in smaller prizes?
4. Do you know someone who would be interested in Fit in Six who is not in a position to lose weight right now, but wants to be healthy?
And just to clarify, for Fit in Six we would collect money from those who want money back for winning... Then the person with the most points each week would be the weekly winner, just as before. I guess we would also have an overall winner? I just realized that it is called "Fit in Six" because the people I stole the idea from did it for six weeks. So technically we should call it Fit in Eight? That doesn't sound as good! Oh well!!
As you are reading over the rules and other documents, let me know if anything is confusing, needs clarification, or any typos. I had to edit the original documents I received a little bit. For instance, my name is Carrie, not Melissa, etc.
Oh, and you can leave your answers as a comment so everyone else knows where you stand, or you can email me, either way.
Thanks everyone!!
Carrie
1. Do you like the IDEA of this point system?
2. Which contest would you rather do, the new Fit in Six or Biggest Loser as before?
3. a) What do you think of splitting into 2 groups for the 2 separate contests?
b) Are you ok with smaller groups resulting in smaller prizes?
4. Do you know someone who would be interested in Fit in Six who is not in a position to lose weight right now, but wants to be healthy?
And just to clarify, for Fit in Six we would collect money from those who want money back for winning... Then the person with the most points each week would be the weekly winner, just as before. I guess we would also have an overall winner? I just realized that it is called "Fit in Six" because the people I stole the idea from did it for six weeks. So technically we should call it Fit in Eight? That doesn't sound as good! Oh well!!
As you are reading over the rules and other documents, let me know if anything is confusing, needs clarification, or any typos. I had to edit the original documents I received a little bit. For instance, my name is Carrie, not Melissa, etc.
Oh, and you can leave your answers as a comment so everyone else knows where you stand, or you can email me, either way.
Thanks everyone!!
Carrie
Great in Eight (formerly known as Fit in Six) - Team A
Rules:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhgw6n2r_28ncts3ztp
Food Lists:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhgw6n2r_298q785tg7
Point Tracker:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pqwBlOyENzUprFvGDGk7kWQ
(I have Excel and Google doc versions of this point tracker as well. Let me know if you would like one of those for keeping track of your points.)
How to play:
*Put $10 in the pot at the beginning. If you'd rather NOT participate in the money part of the contest, please let Carrie know within the first week.
*Each week there will be a winner. Whoever has the most points week to week will be the winner and if they put money in, they will win $1 from everybody else that put money in. (For example, if there were 10 people participating, the weekly award would be $10.)
*At the end there will be the regular weekly winner, and then the person that earned the most points from start to finish will be the overall winner! If they put money in, they will win the remaining money in the pot ($2 from each person - for example, if we have 10 people, that would be $20.)
*Use the same scale every time. You also may want to weigh under the same conditions each time. (Right when you wake up in the morning before you get dressed, for example.)
*Carrie will keep track of points, so email or text her your point total each Thursday.
*The total time we will do this round is 8 weeks, so we finish on May 21st.
*This blog will be open for all of us to share tips, ideas, recipes, inspirations, whatever you want to share. Let's get healthy!!
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhgw6n2r_28ncts3ztp
Food Lists:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhgw6n2r_298q785tg7
Point Tracker:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pqwBlOyENzUprFvGDGk7kWQ
(I have Excel and Google doc versions of this point tracker as well. Let me know if you would like one of those for keeping track of your points.)
How to play:
*Put $10 in the pot at the beginning. If you'd rather NOT participate in the money part of the contest, please let Carrie know within the first week.
*Each week there will be a winner. Whoever has the most points week to week will be the winner and if they put money in, they will win $1 from everybody else that put money in. (For example, if there were 10 people participating, the weekly award would be $10.)
*At the end there will be the regular weekly winner, and then the person that earned the most points from start to finish will be the overall winner! If they put money in, they will win the remaining money in the pot ($2 from each person - for example, if we have 10 people, that would be $20.)
*Use the same scale every time. You also may want to weigh under the same conditions each time. (Right when you wake up in the morning before you get dressed, for example.)
*Carrie will keep track of points, so email or text her your point total each Thursday.
*The total time we will do this round is 8 weeks, so we finish on May 21st.
*This blog will be open for all of us to share tips, ideas, recipes, inspirations, whatever you want to share. Let's get healthy!!
Season 2 - Week 7
Hi everyone. Here are your results for week 7:
Great job Tiffany! Way to step it up! It appears to have been a rough week for most people...I'm not sure why that is. One more week! Don't forget...even if you don't win overall, you could still win this coming week! And that means you get $15! That's a $5 profit! You could go buy something (not junk food related) to reward yourself! So good luck everyone, and we'll see you next week for final results!
Carrie
Great job Tiffany! Way to step it up! It appears to have been a rough week for most people...I'm not sure why that is. One more week! Don't forget...even if you don't win overall, you could still win this coming week! And that means you get $15! That's a $5 profit! You could go buy something (not junk food related) to reward yourself! So good luck everyone, and we'll see you next week for final results!
Carrie
Thursday, March 12, 2009
A big thanks...
I just wanted to let Carrie know how much I have appreciated her willingness to keep up the stats. I was doing the stats w/ the last group I was in, and it is hard to fit it into your schedule. So thanks Carrie!!
And good luck to those of you in the running for 1st place! Hopefully next round I will be able to kick my butt in gear and you will see me at the top of the list!!
And good luck to those of you in the running for 1st place! Hopefully next round I will be able to kick my butt in gear and you will see me at the top of the list!!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Season 2 - Week 6
Here are your results for week 6. Only 2 more weeks to go!!
Congratulations, Jocey! Wow, a bunch of you stepped it up this week! Great job!! And I know how hard it was for some of you to maintain, so good job there, too! I'm looking for results this good next week too...
I'd also like to comment on the fact that quite a few of you are in the running for overall winner. So if you're in it to win, step it up and almost everyone has a chance! I have some ideas for some changes for next round...we might split into 2 groups, depending on how involved you want to get. More info to come...
Carrie
Congratulations, Jocey! Wow, a bunch of you stepped it up this week! Great job!! And I know how hard it was for some of you to maintain, so good job there, too! I'm looking for results this good next week too...
I'd also like to comment on the fact that quite a few of you are in the running for overall winner. So if you're in it to win, step it up and almost everyone has a chance! I have some ideas for some changes for next round...we might split into 2 groups, depending on how involved you want to get. More info to come...
Carrie
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Season 2 - Week 5
Sorry it took me so long guys. I was waiting for a couple more weights and then forgot. I'll try to be better next week...
Great job, Mike! That's awesome! We've also got some great 2nd-4th placer's too! Good job you four! I can't think of a good pep talk this week. I've got the Sunday night fried brain. Keep up the good work, and if you're not doing good work, start something. See you all Thursday!
Carrie
Great job, Mike! That's awesome! We've also got some great 2nd-4th placer's too! Good job you four! I can't think of a good pep talk this week. I've got the Sunday night fried brain. Keep up the good work, and if you're not doing good work, start something. See you all Thursday!
Carrie
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