20-Somethings - Anyone interested in doing a 4-week Biggest Loser Challenge?

Hey all!

Post in if you're interested. I know it's been done, but I've never done it before, and I think it'd give me great motivation to get my butt to the gym and eat well if I knew I was pulling it for a team! :D

Lemme know if you're interested, and I'll draw teams and stuff if you're in... but... only say you're in if you're IN. I don't wanna make teams and have multiple people drop off the face of the planet, and mess up their teams!

Lemme knoooow!

-Jess

Interested!! And will stick with it!!!

I'm more than interested! I think it would be awesome motivation!! So I am definately IN!! :p

ooh, this sounds like fun! count me in!

I'm in. Im always game for some good old competition!

I want to join as well!

Count me IN, I needs something to boost me for the next month!!!!!

i'm in, but like bakabeth need some more details so i know exactly what i am supposed to be doing. also, will it be posted here in the 20-somethings? this sounds like fun!

I'm interested and it might help keep me motivated while my family is here, but I'd also like some more details.

Count me in. I am going to need all the motivation I can get to survive Thanksgiving, my birthday, my bridal shower, and whatever else will be happening in this next month! :dizzy:

I'm in!!! I get to see my mom soon :x

I'm interested. I need the extra motivation. Just let me know how it works! :)

Intrigued & interested. Just not sure what that means. I think this is the perfect time though. I am already in the mood to bake stuff for the holidays, but if I do that I am going to have to take it a friends' house immediately! Yikes!

I think I'm in for this one, too. I would also like to know if it's going to stay here in the 20-something forum AND are we going to go by weight loss percentage, too??

I'm in! just tell me what to do!

I'm in! I'm actually starting one at work tomorrow, so this will give me extra motivation to keep myself in check. :D

I am totally in, just need a bit more info about it...so excited to get started!!! And I will totally stick with it!

i dont know what it means, but im in.....

You can count me in! This will help me stick together for my winter goal!

I'm interested but I have no clue in what we have to do when we go to the gym. Do we have certain routines we each have to do and then track it or we kinda just do our own thing and then just weigh in as a team? I'd SO be interested in this cause maybe I can get some different routines from my "team" and change up some stuff. I'm in so let me know.

Sounds interesting. In the TBL forum on this site, they have a similar challenge on a bigger scale (12-14 weeks I think). They have teams, but each person does their own diet and exercise plan. They do motivate each other and have challenges (example, they'll have a thread for everyone to post their workout time in minutes to get to a certain time).

You know I'm up for it. :D

I'm totally up for it too!!! :)

Yeah dude! I want in! I'm like the rest though, I gotta get the specs on this thing.

I would love to join!!

Sounds good. I'm in!

This sounds great. Hopefully I will be more likely to say OP if I have a team to report to! When will it start? Before Thanksgiving? How does this work?

i think i want to be in. what exactly are the details of this? i need to stay on track through thanksgiving and cookie season. so id like to join if i can

It sounds interesting. I would love to be in, but want to hear more details first, like what all the rules are, and when would it start and end. I don't want to mess any one's group up or anything.

Wow, and we have interest!
YES, it would stay in the 20-somethings, and see below for more details. :)

Ooookay! So, here's the deal. If you've never seen The Biggest Loser before, it's not a bad idea to check out an episode. This is the first episode from a few seasons ago (Season 4) (they're on season six right now):

Part 1 (http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/rmh7501ntlM/)
Part 2 (http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/JgpaO4pw1W8/)
Part 3 (http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/kO_z2OYmJgg/)
Part 4 (http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/tHuFSm3pL8Y/)

Essentially, the reality TV show has real people, split up into teams, who work together to lose (together) the most amount of weight. People who do poorly at weigh-ins get voted off, fewer contestents, yadda-yadda.
Obviously, since everyone weighs something different, the weight loss is measured by PERCENTAGE of weight lost, as opposed to who lost however many pounds (something that yes, Heidelene, we'd do as well. :) It's only fair!)

On the 3FC forums, everyone interested would be chucked into a hat by me, and I would draw teams, probably keeping the teams FAIRLY small (5-8 people) depending upon our number of participants.

Each team would be assigned a colour (Or perhaps a pattern. Team Plaid. Team Polka-Dots. Team Paisley. Whatever I'm in the mood for.) and they would each have their own thread to check in with their team, form strategies about exercise routines, encourage each other, and work together to lose the combined highest percentage of weight loss, and beat out the other groups. Obviously, everyone's on different plans and schedules, and no one expects you to change that... but with The Biggest Loser, you have to think twice before you binge, lest you hurt your team!

[It is an expectation of this game that you are being honest. Please keep in the spirit of the game and the 3FC Forums, and be honest about what you've lost! :)]

Once a week, everyone would have to weigh in and post their weight (Sunday by midnight, say, if we start the week on Monday). This could be done in your team's own little thread, and you can elect a team captain (preferably someone who spends too much time on the 3FC forums). This person would add up your team's total weight, add up how much you've lost in total, and post it in our Official 20-Somethings Biggest Loser Thread. I can calculate the percentage your team has lost, or you can do it yourselves. ;)

If you guys are interested in creating exercise-related challenges the way they do on the show, and as Robot suggested they do in some other Biggest Loser Challenge threads on 3FC, we can figure that out as we go along. :)

This is the list of interested participants that I have so far. I'll add to this list as people express interest. I was thinking of starting this on MONDAY NOVEMBER 16th (this Monday) and it would run until TUESDAY DECEMBER 16th. If you are no longer interested, and would like to NOT be added to a group, please say so in this thread, and I won't add you in! Cheers!

Interested:

Jelbee
raw23
Layla316
bakabeth
aml
Stephie
wrdfrog
clewles81
jmb1981
leighish
J Diddy
bekko
beaka
Chance0421
heidelene
macomer
spikedpunch
Jessiebear
stellart
WormwoodDoll
Robot
celigirl88
Preppingbride
Chele615
sweet talker
jahjah1223
AngelD
JessieCat
mermaid20
wantingtolose
AS22

Im interested, count me in!

Yay! :D

See new "official thread" here (http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156324).

Yep! I'm in!

That's why I love you, Leighish! :D

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a187/jelbee/3fcgamesbegin-1.jpg

Those are some hot chicks right there.

*facepalm*
I'm sorry.

What is the scoop with the biggest loser..I am so new to 3FC that i am hoping i did not miss anything...i am subscribed to this forum should i be subscribing to another to get more info on the biggest loser? Still starting tomorrow, if so what am I supposed to do, post my weight and where?

????

There is another thread : 20 somethings official biggest loser its at the bottom of the page. There are lists of all the teams there. You are on black team. There is also a thread for each team, so you can check in and give your weight there.

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156455 Heres the black teams thread. Hope that helps.

THERE YOU ARE!!!
Honey, look on the first page, first post of the Official Biggest Loser thread, that's where the team assignments are! You're on the Black Team! MY TEAM! :D Go to the post called "Biggest Loser: Black Team Thread"!!!

Edit: Thanks, wantingtolose! :D

I'm guessing it's too late to join?

JasonsLea: It's not too late to join. I think there is a team that still needs 2 people. I'll email Jelbb to make sure she sees you want to join. We start tomorrow morning with our weigh ins. Check tomorrow for a team assignment. I'll email her right now!

im definately in....
how do i know what team im on?!....