UK Northern Numpties vs Southern Softies Spring Challenge

Rosy67

Hi All!

I'm starting a new challenge following the first North vs South UK biggest loser challenge which ended on Saturday, with a resounding victory for the Southern Softies :grumble: :grumble: :grumble:

It will last from this week (starting weights will be on your normal weigh day between Sunday 13th March and Saturday 19th March) for 6 weeks, which will take us up to the end of April...just in time for the good weather

If you want to join, post your starting weight in lbs on this thread on whatever your normal weighing day is this week, with your height, location and chosen team. If we do heights as well, we can celebrate people crossing important BMI targets.

If you have a strong emotional attachment to either the North or the South, your choice of team is easy. If you're not sure, have a look on google maps and see if you are north or south of a horizontal line through Watford Gap service station on the M1 (the postcode is NN6 7UZ).

Every weekend, I will publish the results table with everyone who has posted on the thread, and calculate which team has had the greatest percentage weightloss as well as giving individual awards. And this time, I'm going to keep a record of every pound lost for each team over the 6 weeks, so we can do an overall result at the end. Please think carefully, as it works much better if people stay the course for the whole 6 weeks. And this time, I'm going to do it so that you have to join in the first week, because it make the calculations much easier!

So let the contest begin. And Numpties, remember we have the honour of the North to uphold....We can't let those Southern Softies beat us again! (If you weren't involved, the score for the last 8 week challenge was Numpties 3, Softies 5)

Best of British!

Ros x

Rosy67

Oh and btw, my weigh in day is Saturday, so I'll post my starting weight then. But I'm 1.69m high, live near Sheffield and I'm a Northern Numpty!

Ros x

willowglimmer

Will give you weight sat I'm 5ft9 (don't do metric lol) live in derby and a NN!!

Charli666

Sunday is my weigh day, weight yesterday was :ohwell: 275.5lbs and i'm 5ft8

I live in Nottingham, and come from way south, and now find myself with an identity crisis! :laugh:

ok i'm a NN!

Mark_99

looks like we need a southern softy in this race to show how it is done lol, im from cambridge and i am 5ft 11in starting weight is 90.5kg (weigh in day yesterday)

Have fun peeps.

Take care train hard and live healthy :drinker:

backinthenines

I'm starting a new challenge following the first North vs South UK biggest loser challenge which ended on Saturday, with a resounding victory for the Southern Softies :grumble: :grumble: :grumble:

WHOOP WHOOP!!! :drinker: :drinker: :bigsmile:

My weigh in day is Sunday morning.

Last Sunday (i.e. yesterday) I was spot on 143lb.

I'm 5'6" and my current BMI is 22.96 (down from BMI 26).

trud72

come on bring it on you numpties!!
a southerner through and through me an my traaator!! lol

i'm 5 ft 8 in starting at 236lbs (16st 12),weigh day this morning!(and hopefully i'm off my plataux)! oops

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madamelaporte

hi everyone I wasnt in the last one - signed up too late, but am all in for joining this new challenge

Im 5ft 6 (think thats 1.64m) starting at 138lbs and Im a southern softy

kettlewitch

One more for the Southern Softies - I'm 5'5 and will post a weight on Saturday

looby1968

I'll join the Numpties! I live near Blackpool.

Starting weight = 188lbs, as of this morning. I'm 5' 5". My BMI is 31.29 (puts me at obese) but I need to lose around 7lbs to be overweight!!!!

LouiseXXX

bluehooked

224lb today. Scotland here. Awe 5'8 , Northern

lesley1981

I loved that last challenge Can I join in in a cheerleading capacity for the numpties please?

I'm concentrating on my fitness at the moment rather than my weightloss, but I'm still weighing.... However, I'm not expecting much in the way of weightloss!

Current weight is 148lbs, and I'm 5'5" In NI and I weigh (well pretty much every day, but officially) on Saturday!

Annerea

Hi all and thanks again to Rosy for organising the rest of us!! I'm Anne, 5'7 and weigh-in day is Thurs. As of last Thurs I was 175.6.

Not sure you'll want me on your team for the first week or so, as I'm heading away for a long w'end this Thurs to Budapest, and that's bound to be not great for weight loss. But I'll give it a go anyway.

And I'm in NI, so definite Northerner.

fatlass70

Excellent news Ros!

I'm in for the NN's again. Home location - Liverpool.

Height - 5'6'' (sorry no idea on metric) and my weigh in was this am - I'm in at 183lbs.

Matt_S_1978

I'm not sure I'll put myself in this one. Only got 3.5 weeks until my trip away so that's only a small amount of the challenge. I'll monitor it though. Come on the Southern Softies.

JillyCornwall

Hi Ros, I'm in.again!.weighed in today at 243 ( weigh days are Monday) and I am a Southern softie (a Northern born & bred traitor LOL)
Height 5' 3". Location Liskeard Cornwall.

James_H

Alright then, I'll join up for the Southern Softies (despite dropping out halfway through the last one!)

I'm 5'9" and currently at 169 lbs which puts me just on the boundary of 'normal' and 'overweight' but I want to lose at least another 9lbs, let's see how we go!

My weigh in day will be Friday.

Charli666

Hi Ros, I'm in.again!.weighed in today at 243 ( weigh days are Monday) and I am a Southern softie (a Northern born & bred traitor LOL)
Height 5' 3". Location Liskeard Cornwall.

I'm a southern bread northern numpty, so also a traitor

chrismisterx

I would love to take part, live near newcastle so a numptie and I weigh in on a Tuesday.

My height is 5"9

lorijupiter3

Hi,
I'd like to join! I'm Lori. I'm currently 180lbs and 5'9. I weigh in on Saturday/Sunday. I'm from Manchester so Northern team please!

vladikavkaz

Hi All,

back in for this one, and in pre-empting that there would be another challenge I've been fattening myself up over the last week...I have, but I've been piling the carbs in as I'm running in a race on Saturday. don't want the muscles to give way (though at the moment it may be the knees)

Weigh in is on Wednesday so will update then, but my starting height is 5'11. Hoping that I will stay the same but you never know...



Just wanted to say thanks for running the last one, Rosy.

I have a feeling, though, that the softies are going to walk it again...

Cheers
Russell

64Brucey

Hi Guys

I'd love to join height 5"10" weight 295lbs

I'm a Scotman based in the south now so that makes me a soft southern.

Bruce

sarahlasvegas

Hello

I'd love to join, need some accountablity!

Start weight - 16 4 (228 pounds), that weight is from Friday 11th, ill have my first week weigh in on Friday 18th.

Im 5ft 4 and in Sheffield so a NN (im from Scotland tho)

lushy20

i will do this one too hun starting weight 164lbs height is 5 ft 7'7 i will be weighing on a wednesday. northern numptie!! xx

lushy20

i will do this one too hun starting weight 164lbs height is 5 ft 7'7 i will be weighing on a wednesday. northern numptie!! xx

VP72

Hi,

Yep up for the challenge again!

I am a Southern Softy - weigh in on Mondays & today weighed 208lbs & am 5ft 5.

Thanks,
Vanessa x

M_lifts

thanks for keeping everything up to date in the old challenge!
i'll join in! im 5'2" ans 125.5. i have got a lot left to lose, but i loved the challenge!

kdrew11

Great! I am 5ft 3 and live in Hull. However I am originally from Portsmouth but have spent my adult life (the past 14 years) in Yorkshire (Huddersfield, Sheffield and Hull), my fiancé is from Hull and inevitably, if we have children they too will be Hullencians so I think I'll have to be a 'Northern Numpty'!!

I am aiming to get to my target weight of 133 lbs by May 14th ( the date of my wedding dress fitting and I weighed in at 143.4 last Friday (11th March). My weigh day is a Friday but I think after a baaaad weekend with my Dad coming to stay and lots to eat and drink that weight may have crept up so I will give you a start weight on Friday 18th March.

Thanks.

loxleys

I'm in again, I dropped out half way through last time due to illness and massive weight gain!!
I'm from Sheffield - so a northern numptie, 169cm and weigh day is friday.

desperately need to lose weight for the upcoming sheffield half marathon in may so this should keep me on track

thanks ros

backinthenines

ooohh Sheffield Half.... b@stard hilly race that... did it a couple of years ago... rather you than me. :ohwell:

M_lifts

thanks for keeping everything up to date in the old challenge!
i'll join in! im 5'2" ans 125.5. i have got a lot left to lose, but i loved the challenge!

doh, i meant i havent got a lot left to lose!

but it has to be said, the softies will prevail!