Weight-loss contests effective for weight loss

Think the weight of 'organization, with a loss of competition, whether at work or with family? Veterans Contest offers the following advice: • To create an even playing field, based on competition in the percentage of body weight lost, not the number of pounds lost. The calculation of the percentage of loss, follow this formula start weight x 100. • The steps you need to take is the beginning and the end weights, but organizers say the contest to keep weekly weigh-ins help keep everyone on track. • Weekly weigh-ins must be private and someone who was not part of the game can be done. Give participants two hours windows in one day each week to weigh otherwise the person who loves statistics will not be long for everyone to find. • Statistics can be in a home-made Excel document will be tracked, or even a piece of paper. Or, register their game against Fatbet.net is a site that charts the progress of participants and the characteristics of weight loss competitions around the world. • The last game should be between 10 and 18 weeks. • Consider some basic rules, such as the ban on using diet pills or limit the amount of weight during the final week of competition may be lost. • Weight Loss Many contests require participants to pay to play, and then the person who has the highest percentage of weight wins the pot. Instead, you can split the pot among the top three "losers" or the price could be more creative to be. For example, one of the games Fatbet.net that requires the participants, with the least amount of weight, a barbecue dinner at the end of the competition for the other participants and host lost. And at dinner, the host can only eat salad, while the winners of the contest to eat what they want. • If you prefer to encourage greater cooperation to competition, each participant set a goal of weight loss and a reward for yourself when you reach, such as for shopping or a day at the spa. The only way to earn the award, however, is whether all the participants reach their goals. If a person fails, nobody will receive their prize. • If you decide to use money as a motivator, Spokane School District human resources specialist Nanci Slipper offers some 'final piece of advice: Ask participants to pay before you start the competition. "When they were committed to get going," he said. Do it right: Weight-loss tips from local losers Ryan Reed 31, Eland Loss of total weight: 125 pounds "You can eat a meal," said Reed. "It 'a daily struggle." Rods lost her first 23 pounds by drastically cutting back on milk. "I used to drink three per cent 2 liters of milk a week," he said. Rods not to defeat him, though. If he wanted something sweet, which was eating a bite of a candy bar or half of a donut and then compensate by eating less later in the day. Counts per 100 calories and adds to everyone, "he said. Marlan Francis, 46, Spokane Loss of total weight: 40 pounds Francesco eats six small meals a day consisting of 200-250 calories each. "I have all the action," he said. "A punch is a cup. A Palm is 3 grams of meat. I bought measuring cups and spoons for the job." And stick with exercise, she says, even if it is uncomfortable at first. "This is a suit in my life now where if it did not work I feel like shit," says Francis. Mary Perdue, 56, Medical Lake Loss of total weight: 18.6 pounds "I eat bread, potatoes and pasta would know my pain," said Perdue, in order to cut off those of his diet. She packs a healthy salad and watermelon slices for lunch and keep the 100-calorie snack packs on hand for all the times they want something crunchy. 'You must be willing to do it for yourself, "said Perdue. Cindy Sharp 37 Spokane Loss of total weight: 30 pounds "If they had The Biggest Gainer, I could win every time," Sharp joke. Cut high in calories and drink coffee and donuts snacked on rice cakes instead. "I do not eat after 7 (pm) because I know my body at this than me," Sharp said. "I eat my milk in the morning, and my main meal is lunch. When you eat a light meal, like a piece of fruit." For the year, taking Zumba classes Sharp, who says people are like going clubbing that are too old to go clubbing anymore. Done safely It 'easy to forget that the recommendation appears at the beginning of the video training plus or small fonts on the treadmill: Consult your physician before starting a new exercise regime. But how do you know when you need? Mayo Clinic suggest talking to a doctor about your training plan, if any of the following conditions: • You have a heart attack. • You have asthma, diabetes, or lung, heart, liver and kidneys. • You have osteoporosis or arthritis and joint replacement surgery he had. • You experience dizziness or loss of consciousness. • You smoke or recently quit smoking. • You take medication for a chronic condition to manage. Of course, once you start the exercise program, the persistent pain, shortness of breath or dizziness are all good reasons to pay the doc a visit. Jennifer Minnema, Washington Post Marlan Francis has made a step one day last year thinking it would be the beginning of a new training program is not. Would try to lose weight before, but nothing ever worked. This time was different, she thought, with a new hope. But just as quickly as optimism ran over her, a man geleun head out of his car to crush it again. "Fat cow!" Shouted as he was chasing round. A 5-foot-1, 226 pounds and a size 26, Francis had to lose weight. Comments Kwetsende a stranger was not what they wanted, though. What they need - what they needed - was Ryan Hite. Last winter, Hite, a Springbok-based physical trainer, has a field of weight loss boot for 74 people in the basement of the Knox Presbyterian Church in north central Spokane. During the field of 10 weeks, participants competed against each other in a contest modeled NBC reality show "The Biggest Loser" - a format that is copied between employees, friends and fitness clubs throughout the area Springbok. Hite in the match, the person who has lost the largest percentage of their body weight, has donated $ 1500 worth of prizes in Spokane Women's Show in April. "It 'nice to have a combination of teamwork and competition," says Hite. "As you go through a journey, you need to feel supported ... but it's also good to have that feeling of victory now and then." Three nights a week, Francis Hite sweated through the program of circuit training. On nights out, he pursued his own. And the right to eat. Lose weight. It was not enough to bring home the first prize in April, but Francis Hite continues to take lessons after the game. Six months later, she is down 40 pounds and wears a size 14. She jumps out of bed in the morning, have unlimited energy during the day and geslinger by anti-depressant medication he was taking. "It changed my perspective on life," said Francis. "If I had a stressful day and are in a bad place, if I go to boot camp within five minutes, I laugh and laugh and enjoy life." • Homegrown "Biggest Loser"-style contests and other forms of weight loss programs group appears to be growing in popularity. Participants are able to say (and under the watchful eye of) friends to help keep their course. Twice this year, workers in terms of human resources and payroll services Offices Spokane Public Schools' Administration competed for money with the loss of weight. During the first round of last winter, 18 workers chipped in $ 32 each, with losses A total of 201 pounds for 17 weeks. Cindy Sharp, who lost 30 pounds, the first course for $ 600. "The race is fun, and (the money) a nice reward, but is not that I was doing for this," he said. Vivid, 37, says his energy to keep up with his athletic daughters, 9 and 16, and playing with his young cousins and nephews. "I really came down on the floor with them, instead of saying, 'Why do not you go play outside? ' "He said. Sharp says that participating in a weight loss program at work, where co-workers with you are at least eight hours a day, with the help keep her accountable. "You see in the break room, so it's not like you can go there with a couple of pizza," he said. The band was loud, but that does not mean that they do not help each other achieve their goals. "As people discover things they want to share with the group via e-mail has worked, said human resources specialist Nanci Slipper. Their verbal encouragement are offered, said Mary Perdue, who won the second round of the district with a loss of 18.6 pounds. "As the weight came down, people felt good about themselves. You want to crunch up the pants of someone and say," Look at all the weight you lose, "said Perdue, 56. There was a good attitude in the office. People are midway through the third round now, even if some are there for fun, because their goals around one and two to reach. They weigh a nonparticipant once a week to stay on track, but it is only the beginning and the end weights used to calculate the total percentage of body weight lost. • Staff Deaconess Medical Center's Respiratory Care Services Department to do battle for money or for shopping or a day not to the spa. They are fighting for a place in the top dry erase board in their break room with the words: "The Losers" scrawled on it. "The winner will be entitled to boast," says 57-year-old Patti Martin. Still one of seven "losers" drops a pound, their statistics on the work table. The group lost a combined 460 pounds during the two and a half years, but have just started to follow their progress on the border last winter. "It 'a domino effect," says Martin. "If you see another success, it inspires you to do that. Martin has begun to lose weight a year ago after gastric bypass surgery. Last fall, carried 254 pounds on his 5-foot-3 inch frame. Now, she weighs 144. Despite the sharp drop in lire Martin, you're dragging behind cane respiratory therapist Ryan. Cutting sugar and "bad" carbohydrates and reduce the size of its meals, went from 326 pounds to 201. Canne, 31, who has lost his mind to lose weight while packing for a family vacation in 2007. "When my wife had to go and buy me two 4-X-shirt to go to Las Vegas, I said:" I was ready when we get home, "said 6-foot 3-inch-tall reeds. "Now I wear large or extra large (shirts), and my size 48 pants to a 34 or 36.'m Like Jared in the Subway commercials." The birth of his daughter, Raegan, two years ago inspired wicker end to the problem of weight that first suggested to him in high school. "I wanted to see me like this," he said. Being open about his weight loss to work was a little 'inevitable to the reed, whose appearance had changed so drastically that many people do not recognize him when they saw the new Ryan. Some become so excited, "is like if you told them they had won the lottery," he said. • Over the past 17 years, Avista Corp. ran a well-contest, where participants earn points for eating right, exercise, getting enough sleep, drink and do other good choices. The teams competing - with names like Extreme Power Surge and Kilo weights - and the group winners won gift certificates to the company store. Everyone gets a T-shirt for your participation. The Rock, the network of medical clinics in Spokane, employees may participate in "Weight Watchers at Work" meetings held by the main company's website. Employees pay a fee of $ 186 for 17 weeks in advance and then mixed Rock for half the cost, if you attend at least 75 percent of the meetings, said that the benefits and wellness coordinator Teri Kuhlmann. "We are fortunate to recruit doctors who opt for a healthy people can see," he said. Know Weight Watchers works and is not a fad. " As with all the Weight Watchers program, weigh-ins are private and there is no feeling of competition among the participants. Kuhlmann says it is difficult to calculate the return on investment if they make Rock half the fee paid for the program participants to 70 or thereabouts. "We had a large decrease in hospitalizations seen" Weight Watchers because they can bring on board two years ago, he said. "But it is difficult to identify an advantage to break. Your (quantity) claims may withdraw, but the price of these claims may be increased. • By Ryan Hite, the coach who runs the training camp in the basement of the church, the biggest reward is the anecdotes he heard from the participants. "One woman told me she had forgotten something in his truck, ran to a truck to receive it. Then they realize," I have never backed the truck first, "said Hite, whose business is called performance Hite." This is the cold to hear things. " In addition to the competition Spokane woman Show, Hite hold occasional contests with his boot-campers at the church. But it advises people to concentrate on themselves, instead of worrying about how others in the class check to be performed. "Everybody's on their mission," he said. "This is not where you start, but the direction that is being tested and how to get there." Marlan Francis, the game participant who lost 40 pounds, Hite talks about how the participants on NBC's "The Biggest Loser" talk of the show Celebrity trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels. He tried everything - yes, even the cabbage soup diet - before they click on your program. "When I see someone overweight now, I wish I could pay for them to go to training camp," Francis said, choking back tears. "I wish everyone could feel this good