Biggest loser on CF.....

dluvs2trvl said:

I so admire you for that Sweetly! I know you are going to succeed at this...you have all of us to help support, encourage and hold you accountable

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puffca said:

So now this is how You encourage people?

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CoachR64 said:

You can post your weigh-ins. That is not a problem at all. However, I am not going to post anyone's weight for them... the only exception would be if someone reached their ultimate goal and asked me to post it for them. Under those circumstances, I would think they person would want to do it themselves anyways.

I talked with D earlier. Here is something I thought of but was waiting for someone to bring it up....

I think we are going to assign a female "trainer" to each of the male "trainers" as well. If you are a female and uncomfortable reporting your weight to a man, you can talk to the female trainer. The only thing she will inform the male of is the pounds lost or gained, not your actual weight.

For example. Sue is on my team but is not comfortable telling her weight to a man. So, I have a training partner, Mary, and sue tells her the weight for the weigh-in reports. Mary simply tells me, "Sue has lost 4 pounds this week." Or "Sue has gained 2 pounds."

I don't want to alienate anyone for comfort reasons. I think accountability is a huge issue and I want you to be able to report weight to whomever you choose.

Coach

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SweetlyBroken said:

I asked KarrieTex to contact Coach about perhaps stickying this for us.

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CoachR64 said:

Well, we are still kicking ideas around on finalizing this...

I have been PMing with a couple of folks. A new idea has been thrown out and I would like input....

The new idea is guys vs girls! That way the girls would not have to worry about having to talk with the guys about weight. They could help encourage each other. I would find a couple of females to captain the girls team and go from there.

I would be like the "host" as well as co-captaining the gentlemen with Spicy. So, I would still be there to provide tips, answer questions, etc... for both teams. I am not going to leave out the ladies just because I am coaching up the boys.

Also, we want to have weekly challenges to help us meet goals. Here is an example of what that could look like:

Week 1: Exercise 3 times this week for 20 minutes. It needs to be something to elevate the heart rate

Week 2. Exercise 3 times for 25 minutes. No regular soda!!! Coffee limited to 10oz per day! Caffeine raises blood pressure and we need to avoid that.

Week 3: Exercise and no soda rules/coffee limits stay this same. This week's challenge is to create a vegetable side dish that tastes good and is healthy, then share the recipe with the rest of us

And so on and so on.

Thoughts?

Coach

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SweetlyBroken said:

I do *love* the idea of the challenges! That would be great - but....can't we start with walking? LOL. Working out 3 times a week seems kinda like impossible to me right at this point. Again, if it can't be walking, I'll try to fall in line with whatever the challenge is.

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kingoffools13 said:

Is it to late to join in the games? I have been doing an atkins style diet (except for recently when i became pretty sick and had to revert to normal meals for a while) so far i've lost a quite a bit but i intend to continue for some time as i haven't reach my goal just yet so maybe having someone to yell at and or encourage me things might go even quicker

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