Halloween Challenge

Hi everyone!

I would like to start a new challenge. I was on the challenge board and it looked like most were closed, and I read the instructions and it said to start a sign-up in the weight loss section. I was hoping to join someone elses challenge, but since there weren't any open to me, I figured I would start my own.

The goal of this challenge is to lose weight (in a safe and healthy way) before Halloween. I must admit, Halloween is one of my most dreaded holidays. I get so jealous seeing all of the thinner people wearing alluring, sexy, or at least cute costumes. I am always the fat girl dressed in a man's zombie suit lmao.

17 is my favorite number, so I figure the challenge will include the first 16 people who sign up (16 plus me is 17). 

Although the prize for everyone in this challenge is to feel more confident at Halloween, the prize for the person who loses the most weight (calculated into a percentage) wins a halloweeen costume of their choosing (up to 50$).

I will buy the costume (as an online purchase). I figure this way, I have something to lose. If i don't win then I have to buy someone else a costume. Plus, I think prizes make all the difference sometimes. 

So, if you are interested in this challenge please sign up! You don't have to include your stats here, but if you want you can. I figure we can decide on a weigh in day once we have all of the members. The first day of the challenge will be Monday August 3rd (I get back from vacation Sunday) or Wednesday July 29th if enough people are signed up!

I should add that the challenge will end 1 or 2 weeks before halloween, in order to allow shipping time for the costume prize.

I am 21 years old, I weigh 227lbs as of this morning, and I am 5'7'' tall.

I look forward to getting to know some new people :)

how do I sign up.?.. sounds like a great challenge!!

 27 years old 5'8 149-152

This sounds great! Count me in!

I'm 21 years old, 146 lbs, and 5'4".

I'm in!  I feel the same way about Halloween.  So many parties going on and nothing I want to wear in public. 

I'm 26 years old, 5'4" and 195 lbs.

You are signed up just by putting your name here and saying you want to sign up! Hopefully we get enough people by Wednesday...I leave Wednesday night for my friends wedding, will be back late Sunday. So, I am hoping to start before I leave.

So Wednesday  is the official weigh in?

Wednesday works for me, so we can call it Wednesday. Allright, yeah. The contest will start this Wednesday, 17 people or not :) And after that we will have our weigh-ins every Wednesday, unless for some reason someone participating in the challenge absolutely cannot do wednesdays.

Hi, I'd like to join too. This is the perfect timing for me. When I joined CC I set my goal for the October 25th. I have a big event happening then where I will see some people I haven't seen in a while (before I gained weight!) and of course there's Halloween. I would love to be able to wear some of the costumes I see other girls wearing and feel confident about myself.

Count me in: Exactly how is this done? 37 yo male 199.

Welcome everybody. Basically starting on Wednesday (with no more than 17 people total) we will all weigh in. Then every following Wednesday we will weigh in again, and calculate the total percentage of weight lost from the first day (Wednesday, July 29th). The contest will end officially on Wednesday October 21st, at which point I will purchase a costume (up to 50$) for the person who has lost the highest percentage of weight. I also think it would be helpful to share our trials and tribulations as we go, inorder to get to know each other better and be motivated. 

Hopefully this will be the kick in the butt I need. I haven't really lost any weight for the last 6 weeks. It would be really embarrassing to end with a 0% loss.

I totaly need this is it still under 17 people. Hi im katherine. Holoween would be great i think i might even go trick or treating for the hell of it if i lose enough. I totaly need a chanenge and for someone to see myweight everyweek so that im too embaresed not to lose. Im 17 weigh 205 and im 5ft 6 inches. Holoween is right befor my birthday yaaay. :)

 Hey leader my age is your favorie number dont i rock!!!

Oh, and we will calculate the total percentage lost by 

total pounds lost/starting weight

for instance if I weighed 300 lbs, and I lost 30 lbs by October 21st

30/300=.1 or 10 percent lost

If you want we can just post our starting weight, current weight, and total weight lost each week. I can calculate the percentages for everyone and post it all together.

Yes SillyBunny you totally rock. And in case anyone was wondering my name is Rachael, said like Rachel just spelled different :)

I hope we can do photos too, like before and after!

I think before and after pictures are a great idea! 

I would love to participate.. I am 23 y/o male.. 330 lbs.. Let me know if there is still room? We should create our own group/forum..

JacksSnacks you are more than welcome to join, I think you make number 8. I was reading the instructions in the challenge thing, and it said to make a sign up list in this section, and then when we have all the people we will make a group in the challenge section. I think at that point a moderator will make it so no one else can join, which is why we need the list. I figure Wednesday afternoon I will make the group under the challenge section :)

Hi, Rachael and everyone else! This sounds like a great idea and I like that there won't be too many people otherwise you sort of feel lost in the challenge threads as you go along. So count me in!!!

My name is Amandie, 23 years old, 5'2 and 220ish.

I'd love to join!  I'm 22, female, 5'4, and about 135 or so.