2016 wellness challenge

mousemom18
mousemom18 Posts: 172 Member
in Challenges
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!
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  • Erin2_U
    Erin2_U Posts: 12 Member
    Oh - interesting!!! I am have the exact same problem... It is driving me nuts!
  • Erin2_U
    Erin2_U Posts: 12 Member
    I changed my address to Beverly Hills 90210 - working now! Hopefully they fix that glitch.
  • reneelisa1987
    reneelisa1987 Posts: 16 Member
    I'm in the uk and can't join either :-(
  • scottiegirl101
    scottiegirl101 Posts: 1 Member
    Same , some of my friends have joined it and it won't let me
  • reneelisa1987
    reneelisa1987 Posts: 16 Member
    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.

  • xp0sed
    xp0sed Posts: 173 Member
    Ah, thank you!
  • Snooozie
    Snooozie Posts: 3,465 Member
    Hope they open it up to all mfp's. (Canada here too )

    Until then wish all my pals great success in their challenges! :)
  • spzjlb
    spzjlb Posts: 602 Member
    Thanks - I am in Canada and couldn't understand why I couldn't find the challenge, either. Boo.
  • zcb94
    zcb94 Posts: 3,678 Member
    Don't feel bad. I'm from Texas and don't think I know what you're talking about.
  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    edited January 2016
    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.
  • ditchme
    ditchme Posts: 7 Member
    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.
  • Miffylou
    Miffylou Posts: 307 Member
    I live in Australia. It let me join but has since disappeared from my news feeds. Not sure what the deal is with that.
  • willisda
    willisda Posts: 2,251 Member
    edited January 2016
    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.
  • slimstrauss
    slimstrauss Posts: 209 Member
    From the uk have the same problem, yet some of my pals on here have done so, maybe it doesn't like me lol!
  • Flaise
    Flaise Posts: 10 Member
    It's too bad they couldn't just add an 'Opt out of prizes' button so that we could all do the challenge.
  • deniseteas
    deniseteas Posts: 42 Member
    I'm from Nova Scotia I can't join either. :(
  • punkrockgoth
    punkrockgoth Posts: 534 Member
    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.
  • dejavuohlala
    dejavuohlala Posts: 1,761 Member
    I cant join it either im in UK
  • duffer79
    duffer79 Posts: 5 Member
    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!
  • Bialetti62
    Bialetti62 Posts: 49 Member
    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!
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    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.
  • Snooozie
    Snooozie Posts: 3,465 Member
    edited January 2016
    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.. :)o:) i know.. i'm the only one who thinks i'm funny... prolly shouldn't have had that 2nd glass of wine with dinner?? :'(o:)



    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....
  • asillem74
    asillem74 Posts: 18 Member
    ditchme wrote: »
    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.

  • AndreaOmYoga
    AndreaOmYoga Posts: 15 Member
    edited January 2016
    Thanks for the tips! It was so annoying not being able to see what it was all about.
  • lessofme150
    lessofme150 Posts: 105 Member
    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.
  • Drama74
    Drama74 Posts: 27 Member
    edited January 2016
    Snooozie wrote: »
    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.. :)o:) i know.. i'm the only one who thinks i'm funny... prolly shouldn't have had that 2nd glass of wine with dinner?? :'(o:)



    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 prosecco
  • Snooozie
    Snooozie Posts: 3,465 Member
    :):):)
  • RitaCarriere
    RitaCarriere Posts: 38 Member
    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.
  • FromHereOnOut
    FromHereOnOut Posts: 3,237 Member
    willisda wrote: »
    It says in the rules the contest is only open to US citizens.

    I'm a US Citizen! :-). . . Living in Greece. Oh well.

    Honestly, I was just curious what it was and why nothing happened when I clicked it, don't really want to participate anyway.

  • divediva2
    divediva2 Posts: 297 Member
    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!
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