Would you be willing to be in a 'Sherdog Weight Loss 2023' challenge?

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I just thought of this, so I'm just spitballing and everything is subject to change with good suggestions.

We're all going to be gaining some weight between Thanksgiving & Christmas, and New Years resolutions are forgotten with Jan 5th. Sooo this gives me an idea to make it competitive among Sherdog's Mayberry regulars.

I'm looking for 15 members to DM me so we'd all be in a group chat for this. On Jan 1st we send a picture of our scale with our exact weight, with a hand written note next to it of our screenname.

Once a week we post pics of our scale, which would be proof of our progress.

At the end of 3 months / 12 weeks.... hmmm... well I'm open to suggestions about this as well. I was thinking we could somehow make the award financial, but that'd complicate the integrity of the challenge.

What do you guys think?
 
I just thought of this, so I'm just spitballing and everything is subject to change with good suggestions.

We're all going to be gaining some weight between Thanksgiving & Christmas, and New Years resolutions are forgotten with Jan 5th. Sooo this gives me an idea to make it competitive among Sherdog's Mayberry regulars.

I'm looking for 15 members to DM me so we'd all be in a group chat for this. On Jan 1st we send a picture of our scale with our exact weight, with a hand written note next to it of our screenname.

Once a week we post pics of our scale, which would be proof of our progress.

At the end of 3 months / 12 weeks.... hmmm... well I'm open to suggestions about this as well. I was thinking we could somehow make the award financial, but that'd complicate the integrity of the challenge.

What do you guys think?
I already lost most of the weight I wanted to. But, I'm happy to join if there's a reminder.
 
Sure, since leaving the military, and as mando PT is not a thing for me now the waifu has been nagging me to loose a few. I like your challenge award as well, maybe the participants can venmo an impartial judge $10-$20 bucks or so and winner takes 70% 2nd takes 30%.
 
Imo the concept of new year resolutions is largely contradictory, at least for fat loss. Losing weight is all about consistent effort over a long length of time - very few off-plan meals. If someone is in the mindset of "I'm going to start [insert date]" that implies that they're going to stuff their pie hole until that day, and when the time to actually "pay the bill", so-to-speak, arrives, they'll probably put in a short-term effort then give up and return to their overeating baseline. A healthier mindset would be for example eating a smaller breakfast and skipping lunch when you know a large Christmas meal is coming, or just intermittent fasting before 'feasting' periods which will cancel out any weight gain.
 
@lsa you should join

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I'd be down I guess.
It should be based on a percentage of body weight lost so the fattest don't get an advantage.
A 300 lb dude losing 20 lbs isn't better than a 200 lb dude losing 19 lbs.
 
We are too old to encourage eating disorders. I don't mind doing a 6 month challenge and we place money every month. Winner takes the whole pot or some restaurant gift card for shits and giggles.
 
I am already working on losing weight. I have a bet with a friend, but it ends on Dec 31st. I'm up for keeping it going, but what is the goal? lose a certain %? certain # of pounds? go down to a certain weight? a challenge must be challenging!
 
I'll join in but only if it's for bragging rights and not money.

If money's on the line it's just too easy to cheat. You could hold on to a doorknob or something and make the scale register 10lbs less.

Or just use a broken scale, or dehydrate yourself which is not the point of the contest.
 
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