2016 wellness challenge
mousemom18
Posts: 172 Member
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Hello,
I see a lot of my fitness pals have joined a 2016 wellness challenge but I seem unable to do that. Perhaps because I am Canadian?
Could someone tell me what the challenge is about so my Canadian friends and I can play along?
Looking forward to a successful 2016
Thanks!
I see a lot of my fitness pals have joined a 2016 wellness challenge but I seem unable to do that. Perhaps because I am Canadian?
Could someone tell me what the challenge is about so my Canadian friends and I can play along?
Looking forward to a successful 2016
Thanks!
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Oh - interesting!!! I am have the exact same problem... It is driving me nuts!0
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I changed my address to Beverly Hills 90210 - working now! Hopefully they fix that glitch.0
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I'm in the uk and can't join either :-(0
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Same , some of my friends have joined it and it won't let me0
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I changed my location from UK to USA and now it works. From what I can gather challenges are only currently available to USA members.
Hope this helps you all.
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Ah, thank you!0
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Hope they open it up to all mfp's. (Canada here too )
Until then wish all my pals great success in their challenges!0 -
Thanks - I am in Canada and couldn't understand why I couldn't find the challenge, either. Boo.0
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Don't feel bad. I'm from Texas and don't think I know what you're talking about.0
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The reason for it being US only is that there is a random chance of prizes, and that means the contest needs to meet the gambling laws of the states and countries where the participants are from. International contests are huge pains in the butt for corporations, since you need lawyers familiar with each country's laws.
All this challenge is entails logging 20 meals in 30 days.0 -
mousemom18 wrote: »Hello,
I see a lot of my fitness pals have joined a 2016 wellness challenge but I seem unable to do that. Perhaps because I am Canadian?
Could someone tell me what the challenge is about so my Canadian friends and I can play along?
Looking forward to a successful 2016
Thanks!
I'm in Ontario an I was able to join the wellness challenge.
Good luck in figuring it out.0 -
I live in Australia. It let me join but has since disappeared from my news feeds. Not sure what the deal is with that.0
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It says in the rules the contest is only open to US citizens. I am Canadian too and could not find the challenge. Someone invited me but I can't open it. Once I changed my setting to I live in the US, it allowed me to view it.0
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From the uk have the same problem, yet some of my pals on here have done so, maybe it doesn't like me lol!0
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It's too bad they couldn't just add an 'Opt out of prizes' button so that we could all do the challenge.0
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I'm from Nova Scotia I can't join either.0
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Weird. I'm Canadian studying in the UK so my profile information still shows Canadian, but my location data would be from the UK. The challenge is only accessible from the app and not on the browser interface.
Eventually I was able to get in and join the challenge by clicking the link on my newsfeed from the Android app.
Also worth noting, I was unable to access the challenge from the iOS app (iPad), although the error message from the browser said that it should work on iOS and Android.0 -
I cant join it either im in UK0
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I'm in the UK and can join if I use my android tablet but not on the iPhone! I didn't change my location either!0
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rankinsect wrote: »The reason for it being US only is that there is a random chance of prizes, and that means the contest needs to meet the gambling laws of the states and countries where the participants are from. International contests are huge pains in the butt for corporations, since you need lawyers familiar with each country's laws.
All this challenge is entails logging 20 meals in 30 days.
Hmmm....... Almost smells like a scam to me. Thanks so much for the information. I don't think I'm going to keep searching all over MFP & the internet for this anymore. Cheers!0 -
I believe everyone can join even if you can't win a prize due to legal rules, you just have to use the app to join. The challenge is only available through the apps and not through the websit.0
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LOL.. maybe we should just start our own here... perhaps along the lines of a "Home Alone" challenge for the forlorn left behind from our friends??
HAAAAAAAAAAA..... just kidding.. i know.. i'm the only one who thinks i'm funny... prolly shouldn't have had that 2nd glass of wine with dinner??
Rankin - thanks for letting us know the parameters of the challenge; and thanks to everyone else who offered info and suggestions... and to the mod usmc... still can't get join thru my iPhone app but it's ok LOL..
wishing everyone on MFP all the best in health and happiness and success in whatever health/fitness goals you are working toward!
still chuckling....0 -
mousemom18 wrote: »Hello,
I see a lot of my fitness pals have joined a 2016 wellness challenge but I seem unable to do that. Perhaps because I am Canadian?
Could someone tell me what the challenge is about so my Canadian friends and I can play along?
Looking forward to a successful 2016
Thanks!
I'm in Ontario an I was able to join the wellness challenge.
Good luck in figuring it out.
Im in Ontario too but couldn't join. Interesting.
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Thanks for the tips! It was so annoying not being able to see what it was all about.0
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Yeah, I have tried joining a few times and couldn't. That's when I finally saw a post that it's for US only (I am Canadian) The weird thing is, a friend of mine who lives 15 mins from me was able to.0
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LOL.. maybe we should just start our own here... perhaps along the lines of a "Home Alone" challenge for the forlorn left behind from our friends??
HAAAAAAAAAAA..... just kidding.. i know.. i'm the only one who thinks i'm funny... prolly shouldn't have had that 2nd glass of wine with dinner??
Rankin - thanks for letting us know the parameters of the challenge; and thanks to everyone else who offered info and suggestions... and to the mod usmc... still can't get join thru my iPhone app but it's ok LOL..
wishing everyone on MFP all the best in health and happiness and success in whatever health/fitness goals you are working toward!
still chuckling....
I laughed, but I've just guzzled a bottle of prosecco0 -
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The biggest loser challenge is open to all countries all over the world they've been running them for a long time now and have great success. Anyone who can't join the wellness one should check it out.0
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Well then! Really annoys me as I opted for MFP Premium when it came out. I've got well over 1000 days logged in with meals tracked. So the challenge would not have been much of a challenge. I think I'll send the folks at MFP an email and ask that they run challenges across the board or not at all. They certainly seem to have members all over the world!0
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