the biggest loser

i've started a little fun competition at my work. there are 9 people participating, and this is what we have planned:

on april 1st, everyone that's participating is putting $10 into the pot to reserve their spot. on april 5th we have our first weigh-in. we'll weigh in every monday after that, and if you lose weight you're good. if you gain weight or stay the same, you put $1 into the pot. if you don't show up, you put $1 into the pot because we can't verify if you lost or not.

we have our last weigh-in on May 31st, and whoever has lost the most weight (percentage-wise) wins whatever's in the pot. so if you win, you're winning AT LEAST $90 (from the initial set-up moneys). and even if you stay the same through the whole thing, you only lose $17 total (9 weeks, minus weigh-in and final day= 7 weeks plus the $10 starting).

people have had comments about, what if they want to just stay the same, they're still "punished" by not losing weight, or what if they start building muscle- so they'll gain weight and thus have to pay.

the point of this is not necessarily to make people starve themselves to win some money. it's made to be a support system, motivational for healthy living, and a jump start for people to begin a weight-loss program of their own.

i'll keep you posted on how it goes, and on my progress! wish me luck! that's a lot of money! :-)