A weight loss challenge is a multiple week forum for weight loss and support. The Challenges give participants a set timeline within which they can set goals and use the support, motivation, and accountability of the Challenge to reach those goals. Challenges are open to all members of Diet.com, both free and premium.
The current weight loss challenge started on April 21st and will run through June 21, but it's not too late to join the pool of applicants!
It's never too late to join a Weight Loss Challenge! You can join and participate at any point during a Challenge. In some challenges, you must be a premium member for a pre-determined duration of the challenge to be eligible to win the Grand prize.
There are many great benefits of joining the Fresh Start All-Starts Challenge!
The Fresh Start Challenge (ran January-March 3, 2008) was the first-ever Diet.com Team challenge. Since the Team aspect added a new dimension of support AND competition to your weight loss challenge, the brand new Fresh Start ALL-STAR Team Challenge will take that same team atmosphere and charge it with a special element - surefire support and motivation!
We've gathered the 24 most-active members - those with the highest participation levels in the Fresh Start Challenge - and turned them into the 2 base teams for this new challenge. To join one of these two teams, you simply submit your name as a Candidate for one of the 2 teams. The current team members will vote one new person onto each team at the end of every week of the 9-week challenge (except for Week 9). That's a total of 8 empty slots per team, for a grand total of 20 teammates per team!
That's right - while the Biggest Loser is busy voting people off, we'll be building you an encouraging and motivational team of support by voting people on!!
To join in the fun and start challenging yourself, JOIN one of the two pools of candidates NOW!
To join, you can go to the Challenge page (click the blue "Challenge" button across the top of your homepage). There, you can chose which team you'd like to become a candidate for. To apply, click the orange "Are you one?" button in the team section you'd like to join and then "Count Me In!".
You can also apply by adding the "Weight Loss Challenge" Module to your homepage. From there, you can click the orange "Apply" button, which will bring you to the challenge page.
To answer the weekly Motivational Question, please post your response in your Team's message board. There will be a designated thread on the message board for you to post your response under (with a subject similar to, "Post Your Motivational Question Responses HERE").
There are weekly weigh-ins. Look for the CSL thread with the subject line "Weigh-Ins" every Monday of the Challenge. Here, you can post your current weight, along with your last week weight. Also, be sure to update your Weight Tracker and profile weight so that your progress is calculated in with your whole Team's weight loss.
While before and after pictures are not necessary, having them may help in the final prize decision if needed.
A winning team will be announced each week. That weekly winning team will be chosen based on team Diet.com POINTS totals. Being named the Weekly Winning Team will earn your team 10 points.
There will also be a motivational question asked each week, and the winning respondent will earn 5 points for their team, as well as an exciting individual prize!
During the challenge, teammates will be eligible to win great weekly prizes, as well as an awesome overall Grand Prize! The Grand Prize winner* will be chosen based on Premium Member status, participation throughout the challenge, weight lost, before and after photos, and a final written narrative. EVERY member of the winning team will receive a Diet.com prize! Please refer to the Challenge's Prize page for specific details on available prizes.
*Previous Challenge grand prize winners are exempt from winning the grand prize again. But, of course, encouraged to participate!
Any Diet.com member, Basic or Premium has an equal opportunity to win the weekly challenge or motivational question prizes. The overall grand prize winner will be a Premium Member. You must have been a Premium Member for at least 5 weeks of the challenge to be eligible. Please see the official prize rules for more information.
Once the challenge is over, Diet.com will send out all of the prizes awarded. If you are unsure if Diet.com has your correct address, contact CSL-Bailey or email membersupport08 [at] diet [dot] com.
Check the challenge page for more info!
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