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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 7, 2007 - 01:43pm PT
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I'm using a borrowed 'puter to make this post. It is unlikely I will be available to reply to any questions until the start date so, can previous contestants please field any questions? Thx.
For those of you who are looking for a nudge to lose the chub before "fall season" really hits. This is a great motivator. What better way to get started.....but a Diet Challenge?!??!
Weigh in - Monday, September 10th (as early as 12:00 am)
Weigh out - Wednesday, October 10th (as late as 11:59 pm)
If you feel the need to debate the challenge, rules, etc. please refer to http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=302249
If you would like to join this challenge I must receive a direct email for confirmation.
You can weigh in/out at anytime on those days. Weight does not have to be disclosed to the group and/or forum unless you want to.
Rules:
-Commit to losing 10 pounds in 1 month
-For every 1 pound you DO NOT LOSE you will pay $10.00 to a maximum of $100.00
-Week 2 requires a weigh in - if you haven't lost as least 4 pounds - penalty fee of $10.00 pays to the pool
-No extreme dieting - such as running up and down to the Druids wrapped in cellophane wearing weights
-Winner(s) split the prize pool
-If no winners (this has never happened) - First person to hit the goal plus 2 extra pounds takes all (sudden death)
-Verification preferred but honor system for weigh in/out accepted
-Payments (both ways) can be made by cash, check or paypal - no delays in paying up!!!
~The Very Medium Sooze
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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I'm two lbs over my weighout weight from the last one.
I'm not in!
But yeah... get all skinny folks and then head on over to JTree SushiFest and stuff your pieholes in celebration.
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euro-brief-guy
climber
mountain view, ca
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I'd love to, but I still have a beef with the rules.
Should be percentage of body weight not a flat 10 lbs for all.
Mussy has stools that weigh 10 lbs.
my 2c.
SM
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Mini
Social climber
Bishop, CA
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yeah, but what about home game this saturday? No more str8 flushes for Mussy...
Minn
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G_Gnome
Sport climber
Everywhere, man...
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I just lost 6 pounds. There is no way I am ever gonna lose 10 more on top of those 6! Sorry but this is the wrong season for me to play. If you ever play at the BEGINNING of summer I might play but by the end of summer I am already relatively skinny.
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euro-brief-guy
climber
mountain view, ca
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Mini (aka:fagquad8guy),
Love to do the home game this weekend....can't do it though.
Heard last weekend was a full house complete with Meaty (B-Y bolt chopper guy) and Chez (non burn guy). Got an abbreviated rundown of some highlights from Jingy. Kinda glad he was the giant winner especially considering what happened to his gay ass yellow car.
SM
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Mini
Social climber
Bishop, CA
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Jingy---high-lights....I get it...he and Candyman and Meat went full Mothra--the quality of the game was exceptionally terrible. I can't wait to see the fotos of me and Mussy operating on Eddie-Mo's fish hook, now that was sweet action.
The yellow car needed killin'.
Minn
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mini skirt
Ice climber
Bishop, CA
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Skirts in. Gotta loose that baby weight. Mussy...get the mouse out of your ear yo.
Any wet nurse volunteers?
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 10, 2007 - 01:11pm PT
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Humm, where's all my regulars?
Weigh in's still coming in and I'm still not home yet but so far the participant list looks something like this...
myself
Russ
Riley
Tommy C
Mini Skirt
Frenchie
Eddie Moe ?
Debora
Moof
It's not too late folks. 10 pounds in 1 month and you too could be a giant winner!
~Susan
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Moof
Big Wall climber
A cube at my soul sucking job in Oregon
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Sep 10, 2007 - 01:20pm PT
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I'm in, just emailed you.
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euro-brief-guy
climber
mountain view, ca
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Sep 10, 2007 - 04:12pm PT
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Frenchy's in?
My money's on him.....any side bets?
All he has to do is hike up to the Druids stones and he's in the money.
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 10, 2007 - 05:40pm PT
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Yeah Steve, French is IN. Haahhaa, he can lose it easy plus.....It's action aint it?
Poor Nature, I couldn't sign anybody up for the SFJT but I got 5 out of the 7 poker players at the game to join the Diet Challenge. Maybe even 6 if Eddie Moe joins.
Gambling maniacs!!
~Susan
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euro-brief-guy
climber
mountain view, ca
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Sep 10, 2007 - 07:06pm PT
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Oh it's action alright.....better than flipping sweet n lows.
SM
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scuffy b
climber
The deck above the 5
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Sep 10, 2007 - 07:10pm PT
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Sooze, I think your problem is what gnome said. Way fewer folk
have a prayer of losing 10 lb in Sept than in March.
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WBraun
climber
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Sep 10, 2007 - 10:56pm PT
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Maybe I will die it too?
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mini skirt
Ice climber
Bishop, CA
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Sep 10, 2007 - 11:13pm PT
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Frenchie called tonight......he is on the game. Up for the easy hunny. K. I am down...runs to scale...no up 8 ounces from this morning. So I guess I have my official weigh in weight now. Ha I am soooo freaking fat.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Sep 11, 2007 - 09:32am PT
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Maybe you should restructure the challenge to pay people... :-)
Financial incentives can encourage weight loss, research finds
By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY
Money motivates people to slim down. Overweight employees who were paid a small amount lost more weight than those who weren't compensated for their efforts, according to one of the first studies to examine such a strategy at workplaces.
"Lots of companies are experimenting with rewarding people for weight loss, and this study provides evidence that paying people to lose weight works," says Eric Finkelstein, a health economist with RTI International, a non-profit research organization in Research Triangle Park, N.C.
He teamed with researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill to recruit more than 200 overweight or obese employees in North Carolina. A third were given no financial reward for their weight loss after three months; a third were given $7 for every 1% drop in their body weight; a third were given $14 for every 1% decrease. The participants were not given a structured diet and fitness program.
After three months, those who received no money lost an average of 2 pounds. Those in the $7 group lost 3 pounds; those in the $14 group lost 5 pounds.
Participants in the $14 group were more than five times more likely to lose 5% of their weight, an amount shown to provide health benefits. The findings are reported in September's Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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mini skirt
Ice climber
Bishop, CA
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Sep 11, 2007 - 02:40pm PT
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who left 2 pounds of Mike and Ikes in my garage?
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 11, 2007 - 02:58pm PT
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Another contestant....
Welcome & Good luck Fletch!
~Susan
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Sep 11, 2007 - 04:54pm PT
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Fletch?
You went to the gym last night, didn't you!!!!!??
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