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Let's have a Biggest Loser of the Summer Contest!

Summer can be a difficult time to lose weight. If a competition would be fun and motivating for you, please join in. Even if you don't participate yourself, you can log in and cheer on your champions.

I'll donate a $25 prize to the winner, in the form of an Amazon online gift card sent to the winner by email. That should allow anyone in the world to participate.

Rules
1. Participants must be members of this Atkins Diet, Low Carb Forum by June 17. That's meant to limit the contest to those who are past their first two weeks on Atkins.
2. Participants must follow Atkins guidelines, eating at least 18 carbs per day of healthy, low-carb food.
3. Participants may not take diet pills or have weight loss surgery during the contest.
4. The posting of your weight is on your honor. You can post a weight with or without clothes. Just post an ending weight from the same time of day and with the same (or lack of) clothes as your starting weight.
5. I'll judge the contest and award the prize, so the decision (and math) of the judge is final.
6. The purpose of the contest is to have fun and motivate one another in our weight loss. I'll participate, but the prize will go to someone other than me.

How to Participate
1. On or after July 1, 2008, post your current weight for that day, under the Biggest Loser of the Summer Contest topic thread.
2. On or before August 15, post your ending weight, also under this topic.

In between, feel free to post how you are doing and what is working for you.

Winning the Contest
The person who loses the greatest percentage of her or his beginning body weight wins.

Examples:
Kim posts a beginning weight of 275 on July 8 and an ending weight of 258 on August 13. Kim's total loss for the contest is 17 lbs.
That's a loss of 6.18% of Kim's beginning body weight.

Bob posts a beginning weight of 300 on July 1 and an ending weight of 282 on August 15. Bob's total loss for the contest is 18 lbs.
That's a loss of 6.00% of Bob's beginning body weight.

Kim wins because she lost a bigger percentage of her body weight.

Any questions?