hey all - so still have a few fat off stragglers who need to weigh in.
i had an idea (not for this round of the fat off but for the next round... YES... i am going to have another fat off starting july 10th --- as this FatOff wraps up... and ending October 10th)
here's the skinny (hahahahahaha... oh that gets me every frigging time.)
IDEA: teams (yes, a la "biggest loser")
but i am thinking teams of 5. more than two teams. i am going to limit this FatOff to 50 people (yes i am biting off a helluva lot more than i can chew - but this is why i am putting this out there right now)
of course, i will have a reminder about this closer to the July 10th start.... it's less than 2 months away though
THIS time, a little more competition.
1. Once everyone has signed up (and i will get weights from y'all between July 5th and 10th) I will set up 10 teams with groups of 5. Almost a FatOffMixer, if you will.
2. your group of 5 will be one of 10 groups
3. no one will be voted out (this isn't the Biggest Loser)
4. in order to keep things honest.... i am figuring this part out right now. right now, there may be a digital photo of your feet on a scale with a scrap of paper with your name on it (i've got 2 months to come up with a better idea - and if anyone else has a suggestion, let me know)
5. there may be a prize involved for incentive... no, at the moment i am not offering a cruise for 5... unless there is some generous person out there who would love to donate a prize package (doesn't have to be a cruise. it can be something small and 5 of each for the winning team) EMAIL ME TO BECOME A SPONSOR
6. since this is the initial brainstorm - i will most likely be tweaking some ideas here --- but i think i might be pretty effing excited
7. the winning team will be the one who loses the most amount of pounds. and yes. i understand that there are some heartier people out there who lose weight faster than others who may not need to lose 50 pounds or whathaveyou. that's why i am going to match up the teammates - so there's not one team that's consisting of 5 people who weigh 400 each and another team whose body weight combined totals 400 pounds ----- and if by god there is such a freakish team that totals 400 pounds, they are winning nothing but a coupon to McDonalds with a note that says "Fucking eat something, Freak"
8. each team that i play God with by matching up, i will give you the 5 email addresses so you can play drill instructor for each other.
9. each team, once chatting with each other will come up with their own unique team name (and for the love of all that is holy, you'd better get crazy assed creative.)
10. is anyone opposed to weekly photographs showing progress - this is a thought that I am putting out there. PLEASE LET ME KNOW. it might be more of an incentive to have such a thing - nooooooo i am not talking stripping and showing naughty bits, but, it might be a nice thing to have the before and then the rocking after pics. THOUGHTS?
11. there will be a team captain designated to collect the 5 weights from their teammates and post them (so there isn't 50 different posts and teams can all be together... plus, i won't have to send out annoying mass emails trying to wrangle people to send their weights in)
12. thinking about there being a message board - one section that each team will have their own subsection in to discuss stuff. also another section where the scale images can be posted (verification/proof - not to sound untrusting.... but may as well make it honor system with a slight kick.)
13. as an incentive to get the weights in by monday nights - if any are late, the team whose weights are late will receive a +1 pound penalty for each person who does not have their numbers in to the captain. (working on this. because the demise of the first GBFO was having to wait for stragglers to get their weights in --- it's not like i am asking for measurments of bust sizes, etc)
14. you must have at least 20 pounds to lose. at least.
i digress.
anyone interested?
and yes, i am going to be on a team as well
