AdventurerKat
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- Joined
- Nov 7, 2001
Welcome to the DIS Ladies Only WISH thread for 2007! If you’ve stumbled upon this thread and are not part of the DIS Ladies Only trip for November 2007, you’re in the wrong place. 
This thread is to encourage those going on the trip with weight loss before the trip.
First, I just want to say I think its wonderful so many people signed up. We have 14! That’s a great start! Any other members of the Ladies Trip who want to join, please PM me no later than Tuesday.
I’ll tell you a little about what this thread was last year and then get on to the “rules” of the competition part. Remember, you do not have to “compete” if you don’t want to. If you want to just weigh in and/or hang out to get support, feel free to do so. And really rather than a competition, I’d like to say its more of a reward for a job well done. Last year I think our top losers lost 20%, 10% and 5% of their body weight. That represents some hard work on their part. And something that should be recognized. I personally lost ten pounds and have kept that ten off and have dropped a couple more since then. But I know I can do a lot better than that though so here I am this year, looking forward to how much further I can take this.
Please note: you can use this thread however you wish to. Last year we used it to post recipes, list weight loss tips, tell stories of how we got where we are and how we hope to get to where we want to be, support, etc. Whatever you want it to be, it can be for you. I will try to check it a few times a day but sometimes people only pop in on weigh in day, and sometimes not at all - everyone does things the way they work best for them so please don’t feel like you have to pop over here ten times a day. You can be here as little or as much as you want.
Now that we’ve got the formalities out of the way, lets get to the “rules”:
1. The “competition” will run from February 27, 2007 (our first weigh-in day) to October 23, 2007 (our last weigh-in day). I plan on doing two or three “mini” competitions within this one but they will work the same way as the main competition, except for the prize part meaning there will most likely be “a winner” or multiple winners in the mini competition, not 1st, 2nd and
3rd place.
2. Weigh-in day is every Tuesday. We used this date last year, seemed to work o.k. If for some reason Tuesday is not a good day for you to weigh in, PM me and I will see what we can do for you. When you weigh in, simply PM me your weight. No one will know your weight but me, unless you choose to tell them on this thread.
3. To stay “active” in the competition, you must weigh in at least twice a month. Everyone has weeks they feel like they’ve blown it or just don’t want to face the scale and that’s o.k. , but to avoid anyone dropping out and then jumping back in at the end, I think it will be most fair to make sure that anyone participating weighs in at least twice a month. So please note, if you drop out, you’re out. You can always come back to get moral support, we’re still here for you. But you can’t go back into the competition.
4. The winners of the competition (top 3) will be determined not by pounds lost, but by percentage of body weight lost. This makes it a bit more fair for those who may not have so much to lose, but still are trying to get in shape and lose a few pounds.
5. If you were in the top three last year, you cannot compete or win this year.
6. Winner will take half the pot. Second place will take 2/3 of the second half the pot, and third place will take the remaining 1/3 of the second half of the pot. I will also add some little extras in there.
All other relevant information will go out in a PM.
First weigh-in is Tuesday. Good luck everyone!
This thread is to encourage those going on the trip with weight loss before the trip. First, I just want to say I think its wonderful so many people signed up. We have 14! That’s a great start! Any other members of the Ladies Trip who want to join, please PM me no later than Tuesday.
I’ll tell you a little about what this thread was last year and then get on to the “rules” of the competition part. Remember, you do not have to “compete” if you don’t want to. If you want to just weigh in and/or hang out to get support, feel free to do so. And really rather than a competition, I’d like to say its more of a reward for a job well done. Last year I think our top losers lost 20%, 10% and 5% of their body weight. That represents some hard work on their part. And something that should be recognized. I personally lost ten pounds and have kept that ten off and have dropped a couple more since then. But I know I can do a lot better than that though so here I am this year, looking forward to how much further I can take this.
Please note: you can use this thread however you wish to. Last year we used it to post recipes, list weight loss tips, tell stories of how we got where we are and how we hope to get to where we want to be, support, etc. Whatever you want it to be, it can be for you. I will try to check it a few times a day but sometimes people only pop in on weigh in day, and sometimes not at all - everyone does things the way they work best for them so please don’t feel like you have to pop over here ten times a day. You can be here as little or as much as you want.
Now that we’ve got the formalities out of the way, lets get to the “rules”:
1. The “competition” will run from February 27, 2007 (our first weigh-in day) to October 23, 2007 (our last weigh-in day). I plan on doing two or three “mini” competitions within this one but they will work the same way as the main competition, except for the prize part meaning there will most likely be “a winner” or multiple winners in the mini competition, not 1st, 2nd and
3rd place.
2. Weigh-in day is every Tuesday. We used this date last year, seemed to work o.k. If for some reason Tuesday is not a good day for you to weigh in, PM me and I will see what we can do for you. When you weigh in, simply PM me your weight. No one will know your weight but me, unless you choose to tell them on this thread.
3. To stay “active” in the competition, you must weigh in at least twice a month. Everyone has weeks they feel like they’ve blown it or just don’t want to face the scale and that’s o.k. , but to avoid anyone dropping out and then jumping back in at the end, I think it will be most fair to make sure that anyone participating weighs in at least twice a month. So please note, if you drop out, you’re out. You can always come back to get moral support, we’re still here for you. But you can’t go back into the competition.
4. The winners of the competition (top 3) will be determined not by pounds lost, but by percentage of body weight lost. This makes it a bit more fair for those who may not have so much to lose, but still are trying to get in shape and lose a few pounds.
5. If you were in the top three last year, you cannot compete or win this year.
6. Winner will take half the pot. Second place will take 2/3 of the second half the pot, and third place will take the remaining 1/3 of the second half of the pot. I will also add some little extras in there.
All other relevant information will go out in a PM.
First weigh-in is Tuesday. Good luck everyone!
Looking forward to getting started! 
but sometimes I wish I could just go to sleep and wake up a year from now 80 lbs slimmer 
it sucks, nothing fits me right, they don't make clothes for my body type and I hate it !! when I was younger I was more active so I didn't look so bad, but since I've been working at home, I've just gotten lazy and bigger ! I have no will power at all, but I am going to give this a shot and hope for the best !!! good luck everyone !!! 
I also plan on not going cold turkey on things. Just controling how much I consume. After all I am in control of it. It's not the other way around. 
