Biggest Loser Challenge starting this week!! Join us for a 10-week weight loss challenge!!

We are about to start our first challenge of 2016! We hope you will join us on our next weight loss adventure. Each week teams complete challenges, motivate and support each other in efforts to be the biggest losers!

Please visit visit the group page to request to join: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/23818-biggest-loser-team-challenge

Challenge Rules:

1) Several teams compete, with between 20-30 members each. Which team you are a member of is decided by the power of The Almighty Spreadsheet. Please respect the other members of your team! Everyone has a valid opinion, and we want to provide an open space for them to share it.

2) Each group will have their own thread. Please keep all group discussions in this thread, as making multiples threads per group makes it harder for we (the moderators) to keep track of everything and keep things organized. Please help us, help you. If you would like to post about a topic not related to your group, please feel free to start a thread. Otherwise, each team will have one thread for discussion.

3) You should log your weight once each week. Weigh-ins will always open on a Thursday afternoon and close on Sundays at 10:00pm (PST; Pacific Time US)! This will happen in the form of a new thread each week (e.g. WEEK 1 WEIGH IN THREAD) which will be posted on the group's forum. Late weights will not be accepted. We - the group's moderators - will post the results of each weigh-in by Monday morning 10:00am PST at the latest.

4) The first weigh-in (the starting weigh-in) establishes your "beginning" weight for the purpose of calculating percentage lost. The team with the highest percentage of weight lost during the challenge will be our official challenge winners. NOTE: Please make sure that you accurately post your initial weight, and your weight for all following weigh-ins. We (the moderators) encourage everyone to accurately post their weights, and follow a healthy weight loss plan. Really, at the end of the day, the goal of this competition is to motivate one another to work towards the ultimate goal -- a healthy, long, and happy life (and safe weight loss to get there)!

5) 3 Strikes and you're out: missing 3 consecutive weigh-ins disqualifies you from the competition and puts you onto the Cheerleader's team. These weights will no longer count for your original team. Members of the Cheerleader team will not be ranked for the purposes of this challenge, but they are still encouraged to weigh-in each week. They may also participate in the threads and challenges hosted by competing teams. If you KNOW that you're going to miss a weigh-in, message (myself) rosepeppercreek or wiccandothis and we'll repost your previous week's weight - so you will not get a strike.

6) We will set challenges every week at the bottom of the results for the previous week (usually one nutrition and one fitness). In addition to the challenges we set, your group may decide to do additional challenges. You may also pick and choose from the challenges we set. It is up to the teams!

7) This is a 10 week challenge, before posting your initial weight and being assigned a team, please make sure you are ready to participate for the full ten weeks.

8) New members and returning members must join the group and log a starting weight BEFORE the January 10th deadline, after that membership to the group will be closed for the duration of the January - March Challenge. Non-members can either visit the group's homepage to request entrance to the group, or they can send a direct message to rosepeppercreek.

Your Moderators:
rosepeppercreek
wiccandothis
*We both post reminders to weigh in, and also make good friends. Please feel free to add us as friends. We will both be participating as Cheerleaders for this challenge.*

Challenge Calendar:
Thursday, January 7th - Sunday, January 10th: Initial Weigh In (closes at 10:00pm PST)
Monday, January 11th: Week 1 Begins (Check the forum to see which ream you are on, and the challenges for the week!)
Thursday, January 14th - Sunday, January 17th: Week 1 Weigh In (closes at 10:00pm PST)
Monday, January 18th: Week 2 Begins (Check the forum to see the results from the previous week's weigh in every Monday.)
Thursday, January 21st - Sunday, January 24th: Week 2 Weigh In (closes at 10:00pm PST)
Monday, January 25th: Week 3 Begins
Thursday, January 28th - Sunday, January 31st: Week 3 Weigh In (closes at 10:00pm PST)
Monday, February 1st: Week 4 Begins
Thursday, February 4th - Sunday, February 7th: Week 4 Weigh In (closes at 10:00pm PST)
Monday, February 8th: Week 5 Begins
Thursday, February 11th - Sunday, February 14th: Week 5 Weigh In (closes at 10:00pm PST)
Monday, February 15th: Week 6 Begins (Officially Halfway!)
Thursday, February 18th - Sunday, February 21st: Week 6 Weigh In (closes at 10:00pm PST)
Monday, February 22nd: Week 7 Begins
Thursday, February 25th - Sunday, February 28th: Week 7 Weigh In (closes at 10:00pm PST)
Monday, February 29th: Week 8 Begins
Thursday, March 3rd - Sunday, March 6th: Week 8 Weigh In (closes at 10:00pm PST)
Monday, March 7th: Week 9 Begins
Thursday, March 10th - Sunday, March 13th: Week 9 Weigh In (closes at 10:00pm PST)
Monday, March 14th: Week 10 Begins (Final Week!)
Thursday, March 17th - Sunday, March 20th: FINAL Week 10 Weigh In (closes at 10:00pm PST)