[Jelbb]

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
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

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 20-Somethings Forum, 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.
Each week, the team captain would provide your team's starting weight for the week, and how much you've lost as a whole.

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 17th (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'll remove your name from the list! Cheers!

Interested:

1. Jelbee
2. raw23
3. Layla316
4. bakabeth
5. aml
6. Stephie
7. wrdfrog
8. clewles81
9. jmb1981
10. leighish
11. J Diddy
12. bekko
13. beaka
14. Chance0421
15. heidelene
16. macomer
17. spikedpunch
18. Jessiebear
19. stellart
20. WormwoodDoll
21. Robot
22. celigirl88
23. Preppingbride
24. Chele615
25. sweet talker
26. jahjah1223
27. AngelD
28. JessieCat
29. mermaid20
30. wantingtolose
31. AS22
32. joyra
33. Arthwen1985
34. skychild
35. mxgirl737
36. Elwing
37. Iconised Ghost
38. 2fat2jump
39. Anti222
40. JamieJo
41. fleming13
42. quiddkidd06
43. catrocks
44. DuchessPMS
45. marineswife85
46. motiv8me
47. carcar05

I know that there are always cases of people not being around the forums for a bit, showing up later and going, "Damn, I would've liked to be a part of that. " As such, once the final groups are made (Sunday night, likely), you can Private Message me, or post here to ask about being either added to a group, or to begin a group for "stragglers."


Tentative Teams-- Teams may have players added or shuffled before Monday if and when more people join, but these are the teams for now! (Teams were chosen completely at random... I counted 1 through 47 on a piece of paper, sticking each number under a team heading, then went back and found out who corresponded with each number from the above list!)

[joyra]

Please tack me on the list of contestants. I seem to only succeed when there's some added pressure.

[Arthwen1985]

Me too! Me too!

[Chance0421]

Yay!! I'm so excited. This is gonna be a lot of fun. What are we gonna do for Thanksgiving though??

[leighish]

I am also vaguely worried about thanksgiving, but thats the one day in the future I"m worried about so I think I can handle one day off plan. (even if it is waaaay off)

[Jelbb]

Well, hopefully the Biggest Loser will be motivation to keep everyone On-Plan to the best of their abilities over Thanksgiving!

...Geez, we should make an all-Canadian team if you Americans are all gonna have the uber terrible Thanksgiving weekend. Us Canadians got that over with back in October, muwaha.

[leighish]

I know! we can all make skinny desserts and side dishes to take to our respective gathering places! Hungry Girl sent an email out about those yesterday

[Chance0421]

The good thing is that if you have been OP for a while your appetite has shrunk. My eyes are now always bigger than my stomach, so I may pile my food high, but I won't be able to pack it away like I have in the past. Sometimes on my binge days I'll wish that I could stuff myself more, but there is literally no more room in there. Woo! One day out of 30 won't kill us!

[skychild]

Count me IN! I need some extra motivation... especially when people around me are going "cookies? can we get cookies? lets get cookies, pleaaaase"

erggg :P

[Arthwen1985]

Cookies!!! So, you changed the date to the 14th? Tomorrow? What? You might want to edit that there sign... it says monday the 14th. hahahaha

SkyChild!!! Where did you get that awesome avatar?

[Jelbb]

*sighs heavily* My perception of time and dates is really... really flawed right now.
Fixed! Thanks darlin.

[Arthwen1985]

No problem... but it also says in your post that monday is the 16th...

*giggles off some calories*

But don't worry about it. hahaha

So, when should we expect our groups and activities and whatnot?

[mxgirl737]

I'm in...

[Elwing]

I'd like to participate too! Geez, this forum is so fast, I was afraid you had already started . I am getting pretty close to my goal weight so it doesn't come off as easily any more... I hope this is not a problem?

[Iconised Ghost]

count me in toooooo!!!