Only TWO weeks remaining in the Weight Loss Challenge! Our
competitors have now lost a total of 220 pounds!! Also, due
to lack of participation, the program/class portion of the
challenge has been dropped. The total entry fees, penalty
fees, etc., will go to the first three places' choices of church
-approved programs.
Bixby First United Methodist Church
12 Week Weight Loss Challenge
Begins Wednesday February 10
Ends Wednesday, May 5
Participant Summary of Rules
1. The Challenge will be for 12 weeks.
2. Each Challenge participant pays a non refundable prepayment of $20 to enter
the weight loss challenge.
3. If the participant gains weight from the last recorded weight, they pay $1.00 per
pound gained. (There is not a charge for less than one pound.)
4. Each participant is allowed one absence. Additional absences (for any reason),
will be charged $5 for each absence. (Weekly weigh-ins will be between 6:00 and
8:00 p.m. on Wednesday evenings in the women's restroom (it's okay,
guys!) near the church offices.
5. If a participant chooses to drop out, there will be no refund for the monies
invested.
6. Participants must weigh in on the same day, same location, and same scale as
originally started.
7. The biggest loser is determined by the person who loses the largest percentage
of body weight. Therefore, men and women will have the same advantage and
will be combined into one payout.
8. At the end of the Challenge, $20 from each entry, along with the penalty
collections, will be divided up as follows: 50% for first place, 30% for second
place, and 20% for third place. First, second, and third place winners will be given
the opportunity to choose which church-approved program (Choir, Children,
Youth, Preschool, Care Center, etc.) receives the donation.
9. All winners will be announced no later than Wednesday, May 12.