Please bare with me as this is my first challenge that I am running. I have been wanting to do one for months, but never thought people would join. I am completely shocked as to how many people are so motivated. I really appreciate everyone that has signed up and everyone that has agree to help me with being a captain. I could not do this without all of you guys!

Here are some rules for contestants.
1. Each week, your team captain will come up with a challenge for you to do. TRY your best.
2. You need to submit your weight to your captain each week by Friday. Your captain has to post your info to the spreadsheet starting at 10pm each Friday. Your team captain will let you know exactly what time they would like your weights to them. If something happens to you, and they cant reach a scale, they must give your weights early.
3. If you go MIA, your captain will try to reach out to you, if you do not respond by the weigh in time, you will be moved to the "not the biggest loser" bracket.
4. I would like each team have the same ticker, but that is up to your and your team.
5. You also need to come up with a team name. This is due to me by December 31st, Please take a vote so everyone can have a voice.
6. There will be a challenge that I come up with each week. I will post it every Sunday, along with each teams challenge.

Our first weight in will be almost 2 weeks after we start, just so everyone can push a bit harder and get used to each team. Our first weigh in is January 13th 2012.

I have not decided how we will do eliminations. I am waiting to see how many people we have on each team. There will be challenges that have Immunity, lb advantages and disadvantages, etc.

Also, no one is truly eliminated. If you become "not the biggest loser" you will be in it for the "at home winner" and "fan favorite" (which will really just be the recognition!!) So please do not give up and keep pushing. The real reason we are all doing this is because we want to get healthier and be "BATHING SUIT READY!"

You will know who your team is this weekend and I will post something with each team. I will make each of you of a starting thread this weekend once I figure out your teams. I each of you to add each other and do another introduction here. As I said before, you will have a weekly blog, its best that you guys post on there a few times a week to encourage each other. This way its more private between teams

I hope this helps some. I could not sleep last night because this was all going through my head!

Once again thank you to all my captains and everyone that has joined. I hope you guys are as excited as I am!