Rules of new Pool 2011

Hello to all that are thinking or have already committed to joining the pool!

This is a list of the rules of the pool. To officially join, you just need to give me $5 and send my email amywalsh5@gmail.com or text 515-865-1678 a picture of the numbers on your scale (with you standing on it of course) anytime between now and noon on Monday, the 5th. You won't need to send me a picture every week, just a number. But at the very last weigh in, you will send me another picture. These numbers are shared with nobody!!!!

Thanks and get ready to jump in, the water is cold!

Rules
1. Weigh-ins are recorded every Friday. You must email your weight by 5pm, Central time on Friday. Failure to do so will result in your being assessed the $5 “fatty fee”. Your payment is due to the to me the following Monday or you are eliminated from the program. Those who are out of town, I will "bill" you every couple of weeks.

2. What is the “Fatty Fee”? If you lose at least a pound, you owe the pool nothing. If you maintain or gain, you owe the $5 fatty fee. It’s that simple. This is a 15 week program, lose a pound a week, that’s a great start if you have a lot to lose or it’s a good total amount if you have “let yourself go” and just need to get toned up and back in shape. The focus is to have your weight loss be fun, simple, and healthy above all. No crash diets or unhealthy weight loss suggestions will be offered here. Just the old standby: eat less, exercise more. Period. Can’t deal? Don’t join.

3. Each week, I will track everyone’s progress and post the results from that week’s weigh in. Your weight will never be mentioned, only pounds lost (or gained, but hopefully that will not happen!!!) but even when you have a down week, this is the time at which myself and other members will be able to post encouraging messages, so don’t beat yourself up if you gain, we’re all in this together!

4. There will be TWO WINNERS of this weight loss pool. They will split the pot, whatever it turns out to be. One winner is the person who loses the most pounds. The other winner is the person who loses the biggest percentage of weight. This will be two individual people, one person cannot win both categories. If the same person gets both, one ½ will go to the next person in line for percentage of weight.

5. The success of this entire experiment depends on the honor system. When you report your weight each week, be honest. Nobody wants cheaters participating.

Additional notes:
• Each couple of days there will be a new post. Please comment if you have suggestions or just want to share a warm fuzzy with the other members of the pool. This is a positive & fun environment, it is meant to be a support system, to lose weight together and build each other up!!
• If you have suggestions for post ideas, recipes, tips, etc. please send them to the email address.
Thanks Again and Good Luck!
Amy Walsh