MFP vs Jabba the Hutt (so easy even a slacker can do it!)

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edited September 30 in Motivation and Support
MFP vs Jabba the Hutt
"so easy even a slacker can do it.. only 900 calories a week!"

Wouldn’t it be fun to turn burning calories into a game to help motivate more and more people to get up and burn some calories?

I’ve decided to set up a epic battle with MFP vs Jabba the Hutt! The rules are simple. You can join at any time during the battle. Burn at least 300 calories a day every other day or you lose a life. You get 3 lives until you are eliminated from the battle. Your calorie burn will in turn drain the hit points from Jabba the Hutt until he is no more. He must be destroyed by New Years or else everyone becomes his Princess Leia...

There will be special mentions for the top 3 calorie burners each week and whatever else gets cooked up along the way!

If you are interested please follow this link for more details.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17SaQcAQrHT7PrE7mrOAh4IGnyB9m26bJ1v4Mq0eNM20/edit?hl=en_US
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  • hypotrochoid
    hypotrochoid Posts: 842 Member
    I'm in! Maybe I'll add in walking to Mordor and really get my geek on. ;)
  • RainyMel
    RainyMel Posts: 16
    That's hilarious... I think this is actually the kind of motivation I need.

    But I'll secretly be hoping we lose, so I can be a princess leia... By new years, I hope I look good enough to don her costume. Lol!
  • tameko2
    tameko2 Posts: 31,634 Member
    This is fun, I'm in. And maybe I'll finally get an HRM and then my calories burned will be legit instead of the sometimes insane ones that MFP posts (its not very likely you're burning 900 calories in 50 minutes of elliptical use).
  • peripah
    peripah Posts: 120 Member
    I'm in!
  • readingboy
    readingboy Posts: 24
    Oh yeah. I'm in. Great fun! I'll stay another 10 - 20 mins tomorrow on the elliptical just to kick it his butt. Ha!

    @tameko2: depends on what you weigh. I burn 700+ calories on the Elliptical for 45 mins according to my Polar FT60.
  • av8rblond
    av8rblond Posts: 140
    Ok...is it just me? I am sooo confused....
  • RainyMel
    RainyMel Posts: 16
    *lurking on the spreadsheet*

    Oh.. so we add up calories burned for TWO days and post it as one of the days? Hmm...
  • methetree
    methetree Posts: 381
    awesome goodness, count me in!
  • Galathea
    Galathea Posts: 420 Member
    I'm soooooooooo in!!!!!!!!!! So it starts on Monday? Do we post our burns here? Arg, so many questions I still have.
  • 1_up
    1_up Posts: 1,414 Member
    *lurking on the spreadsheet*

    Oh.. so we add up calories burned for TWO days and post it as one of the days? Hmm...

    haha sorry. I wanted it formatted another way, but wanted to patch it up visually for now. Everything will be fixed and tweaked before the monday challenge ;D
  • 125isthedream8D
    125isthedream8D Posts: 13
    I'm in(:
  • RainyMel
    RainyMel Posts: 16
    Alright. I'll ignore it until monday and hope everything's clear by then. =P I just hope I remember to check my bookmarks, lol.
  • 1_up
    1_up Posts: 1,414 Member
    I'm soooooooooo in!!!!!!!!!! So it starts on Monday? Do we post our burns here? Arg, so many questions I still have.

    Starts on Monday. Sure post your burns here if you like. Just be sure to log your burns onto the spreadsheet. :wink:
  • RainyMel
    RainyMel Posts: 16
    Make sure to actually check out the link at the bottom of the post, people.. it's actually important. And then the link at the end of the link, loll
  • 125isthedream8D
    125isthedream8D Posts: 13
    It wont let me go to either links D:
  • AllenBody
    AllenBody Posts: 12
    I'm in. Sounds good
  • RainyMel
    RainyMel Posts: 16
    Won't let you? that's weird..
    humm.. did you copy/paste it into your address bar? they're just URLs, not actually links
  • mags2504
    mags2504 Posts: 275
    count me in too
  • 1_up
    1_up Posts: 1,414 Member
    The spreadsheet might not be super pretty for now, but hopefully it will get a face lift soon enough... it reminds me of legos!
  • 1_up
    1_up Posts: 1,414 Member
    K cleaned up the spreadsheet. So far its 4 MFP members vs Jabba the Hutt! Need some more support!:explode:
  • DulceDollie
    DulceDollie Posts: 115
    I think this is a beautiful idea! I'm not sure how to participate in challenges but I'd like to do it! I'm sure I'll catch on. :) By the way, I did try the URL at the bottom of the googledoc and am unable to copy/paste it. I'll just wait until Monday and try again.
  • NotGoddess
    NotGoddess Posts: 1,198 Member
    I'm in. Added my name to the spreadsheet.
    To get the spreadsheet link I had to save the intro doc as text, then copy/paste the url-it wouldn't let me copy the url directly with my browser. (In case that helps anyone).
  • nicothepotato
    nicothepotato Posts: 306 Member
    I'm so in! This sounds fun! I added myself to the spreadsheet.
  • Galathea
    Galathea Posts: 420 Member
    https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai69LoKobFfjdExPSGZBVlJyY3J1bGZ4Q2hPY0FRMWc&hl=en_US#gid=0

    Link for the spreadsheet (just in case someone had the same problems to open it like me =^_^=)
    Added myself to it.
    Woohooo, can't wait for Monday. Lets kick his .... uhm ... its butt. Heehee.
  • 1_up
    1_up Posts: 1,414 Member
    https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai69LoKobFfjdExPSGZBVlJyY3J1bGZ4Q2hPY0FRMWc&hl=en_US#gid=0

    Link for the spreadsheet (just in case someone had the same problems to open it like me =^_^=)
    Added myself to it.
    Woohooo, can't wait for Monday. Lets kick his .... uhm ... its butt. Heehee.

    haha sorry! I edited it on the document to make it a link you can click. :tongue:
  • JStarnes
    JStarnes Posts: 5,576 Member
    Wow 2 pages already! I'm in :glasses:

    ETA- added myself to the spreadsheet. YAY!

    E(again)TA - I love that anyone can join at anytime -- THANK YOU for having an *gasp* open group on MFP. Very refreshing.
  • Galathea
    Galathea Posts: 420 Member
    bumping it up to see if more people wanna join =^_^=
  • 1_up
    1_up Posts: 1,414 Member
    haha there are 10 of us so far, so that would end with us having to burn 550+ (quick math, could be wrong) calories a day to make this happen before newyears. Not that I wouldn't mind burning that much a day, but would rather stick with 300 calories every other day in case I slack! :tongue:

    Anyone can join at anytime. Only 300 calories every 2 days to stay in the game. To start just go to the link below to read over the details. Thanks!
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/17SaQcAQrHT7PrE7mrOAh4IGnyB9m26bJ1v4Mq0eNM20/edit?hl=en_US
  • Jennyisbusy
    Jennyisbusy Posts: 1,294 Member
    Let's do this!
  • Jennyisbusy
    Jennyisbusy Posts: 1,294 Member
    There, I changed into something more appropriate for our challenge :)
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