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soccerella
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This is just a thread for the coaches only to interact and ask questions. If you have any issues or questions you can always feel free to message me directly, but if you think it might be beneficial to the other teams, post it here 
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Ok teams are up and ready to go! I'd suggest friending your teammates so that you can easily message them if needed, You dont need to do anything at all this week as players are weighing in to me directly for the start. All you will need to do is post in your team thread on wednesday morning what the challenge is that week *incase they dont look at the main thread* and let them know when to weigh in to you. Official weigh in is 8pm EST on tuesday nights, but you may wish to have everyone weigh in earlier since we are all in different time zones (and remind your players of this - every season i have peopel that cant seem to get it straight)
sometime this week i will also message you a spreadsheet specifically for your team. You can keep it private and then have your players message you their weights/challenges each week, or have it open for them to edit their own data. Its completely up to you.
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Do we set up our teams thread or do you do that?0
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Thank you for setting up the groups. I am sure that I will have many question, as I am new to this. I agree about weighing in on Mondays, so that I can turn the weights on Tuesday morning. Let's have a great challenge everyone!!:flowerforyou:0
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Thanks for setting this up! No questions as of yet, but I'm sure I will as this challenge continues.0
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Will you be posting the weekly challenge in here ?? Thanks, sorry for all the questions.0
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Hi guys,
So if you ahvent figured out yet, I will be posting the main challenge in a seperate weekly thread. They can get long, but at the end of each one i will put asterisks and below that a quick summary of what needs to be done. This week for example:
*********Recap********
1) Determine your team’s weigh in day and how you are supposed to report (ie PM, in the team thread, directly to the spreadsheet)
2) Report your weight and challenge completion by your teams established date (may be earlier than official weigh in time). Make sure you are aware of what that time is for you locally as it may be different.
3) Post your “why” in the “Week 1 official thread”. This is a statement about why you are here and why you want to lose weight. Challenge this week is only reported as C (completed) or NA (not attempted.
4) Optional physical challenge : http://www.sparkpeople.com/assets/uploads/commercial_infographic.jpg
If you havent done so already, let your team know the date and time of your teams weigh in and how you would like them to report. You should also let your team know how you would like them to report to you, whether it be in a PM to you, posting directly on the team thread, or in your teams personal spreadsheets.
Regarding the spreadsheets, I am in the process of making them in google documents and as I said before you can choose to share them with your teams or keep it for your own personal record keeping. Im doing it this way though, just so that everyone is reporting to me in the same format and that way its easier for me to input data and make calculations. Its a simple spreadsheet and an example would be this
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AupZ8kDMiwo-dGQzdld0NkFsdEtleEFUUEtJc0JtOEE&usp=drive_web#gid=3
Its just going to be divided up by week and for each member you'd put in their weight each week and they challenge participation letter (C,A,E,NA). Let me know if you think this is ok! The percentages lost and points each week would be displayed in the main spreadsheet0 -
I think that the spread sheet looks awesome!! Looking forward to next week's weigh in!! 0
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The spreadsheet looks fabulous. Thank you for all the time you have/will put into this group.
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The Blue Teams spreadsheet is all ready for you. Would you like us to post in here when it's ready or will you just be checking on it?
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letting me know here or in a PM is perfect. I will get started on your stats then a little later this afternoon, thanks for getting it in early it helps me alot!0
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Green Team sheet is ready. I had one that did not weigh in or do challenge. I tried multiple attempts with emails, but no luck. Thanks. The spreadsheet format was great!!0
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I have had one lady drop out Mandy2489..this is the message I received: Please count me out of this challenge. I was really looking forward to it but unfortunately I have too much going on in my life at this time to fully participate. Good luck to you and the rest of the team!
-Mandy
Thanks. I know we will get penalized this week and next, but the ladies are working hard!!
This is for GREEN TEAM.
Thanks,
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How do I access an editable version of the spread sheet or do I need to create my own? Thanks
Mell0 -
How do I access an editable version of the spread sheet or do I need to create my own? Thanks
Mell
which spread sheet? Your team one should be editable, but the main one is only editable by me
This is your team's sheet that you should be able to edit
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AupZ8kDMiwo-dG53U2FnRUpHT1ItbHFndHRCc0xVNHc&usp=drive_web#gid=00 -
Green Team is complete for Week 2. My theme for this week will be ACCOUNTABILITY. Apparently, if we go out of town or have a special occasion, this gives us an excuse to gain..umm NOT. Hoping that we can get it into gear this week. NO EXCUSES!!
Have a great week!!
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Question about the week 2 challenge...what if a member of our team doesn't need any of the mentioned equipment for the auction? How should I mark them as complete?0
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Question about the week 2 challenge...what if a member of our team doesn't need any of the mentioned equipment for the auction? How should I mark them as complete?
If they dont use any of the equipment and dont bid on anything then they get a complete! I'd fall in this category since I do all my workouts outside or using body weight, so technically I dont need any equipment. They should still "check in" with it on weigh in day and confirm that they didnt use anything. If someone says they dont need any of it, but turn around and use wrokout dvds every day then they woudlnt have completed it, but someone who doesnt bid, doesnt need anythign, and doesnt use it would be good
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Yup it does. I've had several players not even check in to our thread this week. So I've got to be extra vigilant this week
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Hi, are we still on for the last month?0
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I was wondering the same thing.Hi, are we still on for the last month?0 -
I'm so lost on what is really going on. I only have one team member checking in and I have no idea what week this is considered.0
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Has anyone tried to contact Soccerella? I just sent her a message. I can help put together challenges but I don't have access to the spreadsheet so I can't do much there. If we don't hear from her in a day or so we could regroup and start a new spreadsheet for those people still motivated to finish this challenge. I don't wanna step on any toes though so lets see if we get a response but in the mean time, maybe group leaders should contact team members and find out who is still in it and who has officially dropped the challenge.0
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Great idea apeilsrar. I dont know how to make spreadsheet.0
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Great idea. i did message her and I have not heard back. all team members checked in this week and I think want to continue on. I can create a spreadsheet but unsure how to share. I would be willing to try and help though.Has anyone tried to contact Soccerella? I just sent her a message. I can help put together challenges but I don't have access to the spreadsheet so I can't do much there. If we don't hear from her in a day or so we could regroup and start a new spreadsheet for those people still motivated to finish this challenge. I don't wanna step on any toes though so lets see if we get a response but in the mean time, maybe group leaders should contact team members and find out who is still in it and who has officially dropped the challenge.
Tammie
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I have been trying for 3 weeks to get in contact with her and no luck. So what's the plan? I'm in.0
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I am in...just let me know what you would like me to do.
(I hope everything is okay with her)
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I am going to email April and see if she is willing to moderate, I would even be willing to help, I will try to set up the spreadsheet . Does anyone know how many weeks we actually have left to the show? Please let me know.
Thanks,
Tammie
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Last episode they said we have a month left. I'm willing to put together the challenges but I don't have access to the current spreadsheet. We could either go without it or make a new one. I'm not very good at that though. Would someone else be willing to take on that task? Also, if all team leaders could get together a list of who is still participating on your team and post it here by Tuesday that would be super helpful.0
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Blue team still has:
Justformel (captain)
MichelleP418
kyoung1908
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Okay, so I've been working on this all morning. I don't know how to format a spreadsheet to make it functional but I think I have left it open so that all of you can edit it. For the most part I'd like to keep it just me and Tambam working on it but if you need to add a team member or input weigh-in's please feel free.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmlUg0_HS-yVdEpYX3pDazMzNjR4ei1HS2xDY19VY1E&usp=drive_web#gid=0
I don't have weigh-in info for the last few weeks so I just put in the starting weights and we can go from there... unless everyone still has last weeks numbers and can send them to me today. What do you guys think?
As for the point system.... I don't really understand what Soccerella had going on but I did add up the points for the remaining people on each team and put that number for current points per team. Unless someone else wants to deal with individual points, I'm going to just track team points from now on. We will still do shout outs for biggest losers but I don't have time to deal with individual stats. I will post details regarding points tomorrow with the challenge info so everyone will be on the same page.
I hope everyone is okay with this. I'm glad to see so many people still involved. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or concerns. I've never tried to take on anything like this before but I have participated in a lot of challenges so I'm fairly confident that with your help, I can get us through to the end of the season. Thank you so much for your help and please keep communication open.0
