Biggest Loser 2012/2013

Okay - here's the deal:

• Weigh in to establish starting weight on the November 6th. This will serve as your reference point for the competition. We will keep weights to the nearest 10th of a pound (ex: 150.2 lbs). Weigh in every Saturday morning thereafter for until March 16th. Weigh-ins should be done on the same scale each week, if possible.
• Only you will know your actual weight. The only thing you have to report and share with the group is your change from the previous week (ex: down 0.3 lbs) and your cumulative percentage weight change to the nearest 100th of a percent (ex: down 1.16 percent). Percentage weight loss is calculated like this: starting weight - current weight / starting weight x 100. Here is also a link to an online calculator:http://www.nutrivive.org/Weight_Change.htm. You will share your information by adding a comment to the blog posting for that Saturday. Weekly reports have to be posted no later than midnight on Monday. 
• Each person will be able to opt out of posting their results 3 times during the competition. Just let us know that you are taking a pass that week. This will help for vacations and "bad weeks". If you miss posting you weight for more than 3 weeks, you are disqualified from the competition. If you decide to drop out or don't post your weight change and percentage by midnight each Monday and are disqualified, it is only fair to the group that you pay what you owe to the pot up to that point.
• Once we start the competition, only those people participating will be able to view the blog, so we are not sharing with the world. I will change the permissions once we get going. I will also make it so that those participating can add blog posts. I will send you the info to do this once I have it set up.
• As long as you either lose weight or maintain from the previous week - you are good to go. If you gain weight, you have to contribute money to the pot. For every 0.1 lb you gain from the previous week, you owe the pot $1.00. So, if you gain 1 lb from the previous week, you owe the pot $10.00. I will keep track of how much each person owes and at the end of the competition, everyone will send me a check for what they accumulated over the competition.
• At the end of the competition, the person with the largest percentage of weight loss will win the pot. The only catch is that the winner has to maintain their weight loss for 4 weeks after the final weigh in to get the pot. If the winner doesn't maintain their weight, the pot will be donated to a charity of the winner's choice.
• Kim or I will be doing a summary each week and we will declare a Biggest Loser of the Week each week - just for fun.
• If everyone could post the following things in the blog each week under the comment section for that respective week - that would be great:
1. Weight change for the WEEK to the nearest 10th of a lb (ex: down 0.5 lbs)
2. Percent weight change for the WEEK to the nearest 100th of a percent (ex: 0.01%). Note: Percentage weight loss is calculated like this: starting weight - current weight / starting weight x 100 (or just use the online calculator - I put it on a links tab in the blog) Your starting weight for this one will be your weight from the previous week. This will be used to determine the weekly Biggest Loser.
3. Weight change for the COMPETITION to the nearest 10th of a lb (ex: down 0.5 lbs)
4. Percent weight change for the COMPETITION to the nearest 100th of a percent (ex: 0.01%). Note: Use online calculator or equation above. Your starting weight for this one will be your weight when you started the competition. This will be used to determine the competition Biggest Loser.

I think that is it. If you want to participate, just add a comment to this post and email Kim at kimschultz@denverbenefits.com so she knows what the best email address is for you. Feel free to invite your friends to participate - the more the merrier. The biggest thing is that it has to be someone you trust - since it is on the honor system.

This should be fun!