Biggest Loser 8 Week Challenge

yankeefamily05

Hey guys!!! I am starting a Biggest Loser 8 Week Challenge! I know that there are a few others going on, but everytime someone posts them I miss it! So I am starting my own. I already have 2 people plus myself to compete in this challenge. I will be accepting 7 more people. This is an 8 week challenge. We will be weighing in every Friday! In order for your weigh in to count, You have to post a picture of your scale with your name and date on a piece of paper. I am only doing this to keep it fair and truthful (I trust you all just saying) We will be going on the percentage of weight loss, not the pounds themselves. So who is up for the challenge?!!!!

The winner gets the title. I don't have an actual prize!
The first 7 people to respond to this are on. We will do our first weigh in NEXT Friday. Just to get used to the new weigh in day (in case you don't already weigh in on Friday)!!!!

If there are any other rules ya'll think I should have, feel free to give me some insight. This is my first time!:)

GingerZEST

GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!

bugabaer

I may as well give it a try. I was hesitant about joining the weight loss challenge at my job. But with nothing to lose, except weight! And confidence and more health to gain, count me in

cobylea

I'd love to join! I'm still quite new to MFP, and trying to get used to it all. Not sure how to keep track of this group once I join lol. The weigh ins will start on May 20th correct?

SW 200.5lb
CW 193.9
1st Goal 175
GW 150


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FAMILY02184

IM IN .. LET ME KNOW IF I AM ONE OF THE 7

FAMILY02184

I WEIGH IN ON TUESDAYS.........SO I WILL DO IT TWICE A WEEK WHEN WILL THIS START?

Raven00

Count me in!!

Maxylicious

i want in! lemme know if theres still room

traceybett

I'd love to be in! Lemme know?

yankeefamily05

We will take our first picture of the scale next friday the 20th. Than our first official weigh in will be the 27th!!!!

funky_stripes

i would also like in on this please

blueliss26

can i get in? or are you full?

traceybett

I'm still interested and THINK I am in? please let me know for sure? I think I replied within the first 7.

yankeefamily05

Ok! Starting Next Friday the 20th, Please post a picture of you on the scale with a sign at your feet stating your screen name and the date!!!!

These are the people that are in!

1.) Me:)
2.) christinad95
3.) eyeballer
4.) Nicole Noel
5.)bugabear
6.) cobylea
7.) family02184
8.)raven00
9.) maxylicious
10.) traceybett
11.)funky_stripes
12.) blueliss26

I ended up just letting everyone in that responded! I can't say no to ya'll! This competition may end up being more than 8 weeks long, Just be sure to post your scale picture by 5pm on Friday. If you don't you will be disqualified!
Lets do this ladies!!!!! And feel welcome to chat within the thread! I would love to get to know all of you!<3

cobylea

I'm looking forward to it! My 30th birthday is in September and I'm heading to Vegas so I want to be able to do some serious shopping! lol Good luck to you all!

funky_stripes

i posted my starting weight picture as my profile pic...is that good?
Start weight 143.2

yankeefamily05

i posted my starting weight picture as my profile pic...is that good?
Start weight 143.2

Sure! If you could just post another one of the scale with a piece of paper stating your screen name that would be awesome!

yankeefamily05

Ok guys!!!! Friday we will be posting our pictures of our scale!!!! Are ya'll ready?!

funky_stripes

Ok took a new pic with Paper guess my starting is 144.4

traceybett

this was taken 9:30pm on 5/19 because I am not sure I will have time to do this in the morning, but I will try.

yankeefamily05

If everyones scale pics aren't posted by Saturday AM, you will be disqualified. If we don't have enough people we can just take the challenge down to a different time frame!:)

traceybett

My scale fluctuates like a yoyo.... this is this morning Good luck to all!!

yankeefamily05

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/yankeefamily05/IMG_3886.jpg

cobylea

Need help!! How do you upload pics here??

atashap

I want in but I only have my camara phone here at work.....let me try to get a pic with it so i can post my weight. If I even know how but Good Luck Everyone!

atashap

Okay I took my pic and its in my pictures but I dont know how to upload it so it can be on this thread..........please help.

yankeefamily05

Okay I took my pic and its in my pictures but I dont know how to upload it so it can be on this thread..........please help.

One of the other girls in this post is going to help us with the picture deal *I can't figure it out either*;) Dont worry!

atashap

I think I figured it out..... I found these step by step instruction under another thread for technical support. you have to use tinypic to upload the photo hope it works. I am going to copy and paste them.

THESE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS.

Alright, I see sooooo many posts with people asking how to post pictures. It's actually not too difficult. All you need is a picture a image-hosting website. Here we go:


Hosting the Picture

1) Go to an image-hosting site (for example, photobucket or tinypic- photobucket requires making an account). Upload your picture. To do this, click the button that says "Browse" and choose your photo from there. When you have selected your photo and clicked "OK", click the UPLOAD button.
2) Wait until it is completely loaded and shows you a bunch of different codes. We're going to use the URL that's called IMG (or Image) code. Highlight the entire code, right click, and click "copy".

Placing the Picture on MFP
1) Get onto your favorite board or wherever you would like to post the picture, and start your message. Now, right click inside this typing/text box, and click "Paste", The code that you coped earlier should show up. You may notice that the code looks something like this: (without the spaces)

[ IMG ] http://i48.tinypic.com/qqebzq.jpg [ /IMG ]

Well, that's all fine and dandy, except that we can't have those capital letters in there.

2) Take the code that you have down, and change the capital IMG to lowercase img (on both ends of the code), so that it looks something like this: (without the spaces)

[ img ] http://i48.tinypic.com/qqebzq.jpg [ /img ]

3) Write whatever else you feel like writing in the space, then click the Post button, and you're done!!

Not too hard, right?

For those of you that are visual people, here's a picture. To view the code, click "Quote" on my post, and you will see the code here at the bottom:




My starting weight on this scale is 212 sorry you cant see the 2-- , but these are the only type of scales we have in the office and I figured whos gonna lie about being 2## pounds LOL.

atashap

atashap
yeah I got it finally!

cobylea

I have to go out of town for a family emergency. I won't be able to post my scale picture until tomorrow, I really hope I can be back and have it posted in the morning! I did take the picture this morning before I left for work so it's just sitting on my camera waiting to be uploaded to MFP. Sorry if this causes any problems.

traceybett

Really bad day yesterday
Back up to 207. Can 207 be my starting weight please? Do I need to submit another picture?