Attention all who want to lose weight!!! SFC, now accepting applications for SFC2!!!
Well my friends, we are half way through the first Fit Club on Steeple Media. We had so much fun, we are doing it again! However, Fit Club 2 is going to be way different. I have taken suggestions from various people to make this more of a competition. If you wish to join, or know someone who wants to join, please encourage them to do so! Also, have them read the rules for SFC2 below!!!
Steeplemedia Fit Club 2 (SFC2) Official
Rules
Steeple Media Fit Club 2 (SFC2) is a non-profit program
sponsored by www.steeplemedia.com in
hopes to help fourteen (14) contestants lose weight for a better life style.
This competition will take place starting August 2 with an initial weigh in.
The competition will end after 12 consecutive weeks of weight loss. Zach,
blogger for the Dish and SFC1, and scoutmom, blogger for Sports From the Other
Side and SFC1 member, will host this season. The contestants will be split into
groups of seven (7). The teams will chose names for themselves. The teams will
go through a series of eliminations (one (1) to two (2) contestants a week)
each week. The eliminated contestants will go into a separate team to select
the winner at the finale. The teams will have a chance each week to skip
elimination by winning that week’s “challenge.” The losing team will face the
other team’s and the public’s vote on who to eliminate. The grand prize is yet
to be determined. All of which is explained in more detail below.
How to enter
To become eligible for this competition, you have to email SMFitClub@yahoo.com a brief summary of
why you should be in this competition before Friday, July 20, 2007 at 11:59:59
PM EST. The first one hundred (100) applicants will be reviewed for the
competition and the top six (14) will be selected for the competition. All
other applicants will be numbered 15-50 and any contestant in the top fourteen
(14) who later chooses not to partake in the competition (or becomes
disqualified), will then be replaced with number fifteen (15) and so forth.
Eligibility
In order to enter, the applicants must be seventeen (17)
years to sixty-five (65) years of age on or before the date of entry (Friday,
July 20, 2007 at 11:59:59 PM EST). The contestant must also own a scale or have
access to one at the local gym. The contestant may purchase one for about
$20.00 USD at Wal-Mart. The contestant must also be considered overweight or
obese. Another requirement is a digital camera and a printer. Each week, the
contestants will receive an email with a special phrase from that week’s
challenge. They must print that paper
off to go with their pictures. It is essential that all the requirements are
met before the competition.
How to participate
The participants must lose weight. A recommended way to do
so is follow a diet plan and read all the “Healthy Tips” posts on the SFC2
blog. The contestant can also do so by eating healthy food and exercising for
at least thirty (30) minutes 5-7 days a week. The contestants are advised that
they should not strain themselves more than physically possible. Low fat food
is recommended. The contestants are advised that they are not to starve
themselves while on the diet. Three (3) meals a day and one (1) snack are also
advised. Another approach is six (6) smaller meals a day. The contestants have
also been advised not to totally cut fat out of their diets. Fat is a required
part of the diet but is only needed sparingly. The contestants will receive the
new food guide pyramid as well.
Note: Steeple Media is not responsible for any injury of any
contestant. These contestants have willingly signed up for this competition.
Structure
SFC2 has been completely revised and made more enjoyable for
the contestants and the audience. Each week several things will occur such as a
competition, voting and eliminations. All of which is explained below.
Teams
The fourteen (14) contestants will
be split into teams of seven (7). Those teams will have to choose a team name
amongst themselves. This may very well be the first competition.
Competition
Each Saturday during the twelve
week program will be a competition based on numerous things on Steeple Media or
across the web. There may also be a physical competition every now and then.
The trivial competition will be emailed to the contestants
Saturday at about 12:00 (noon) PM EST. It will consist of 5-15 questions based
on various blog posts and health websites across the web. The winner will be
selected by subtracting the time that the last teammate submits from the first
teammate.
Ex. Teammate 1 submits his answers
at 12:30 PM EST. Teammate 7 submits his answers at 1:30 PM EST. That team’s
time is 1 hour.
The team with the least amount of
time wins immunity from elimination that week. Trivial competitions are not due
until Saturday evening at 8:00 PM EST.
The physical competition will
consist of something a bit easier than trivial. Each teammate will receive a
task such as “Walk a mile in less than one (1) hour”. The teams will submit the
time that it took them to complete the task. The fastest times will determine
the winner.
In order to assure that the
teammates actually did complete the task, we ask that pictures be submitted
with the entry as well as A picture of a clock both starting and finishing. The
clock can be anything from a grandfather clock to a wrist watch. Wrist watches
are more accurate. The team with the fastest time will win immunity from
elimination that week. Physical competitions are not due until Sunday evening
at 8:00 PM EST.
The competition only half
determines who is immune that week.
Immunity
The team that wins immunity will
not be up for elimination. The only way to win immunity is via the competition
from that week.
Weigh-In
Weigh-ins (WI) take place on
Tuesday evenings. As stated in the requirements, a scale, a digital camera and
the print off are required for the WI. For the first, sixth and the twelfth WI,
each contestant must hold up that paper to certify that the picture is from
that day. The contestants are required to email three (3) pictures of them for
the first initial WI (as well as the sixth and the final WI): A front view
(with the certified paper), a side view and a scale view (also with the
certified paper) picture. For the other nine (9) WI’s the only picture
necessary is the scale view picture with the emailed certifying statement.
Note: this is a friendly
competition and is supposed to be fun for each contestant. Also, Steeple Media
is really using the honor system and hopes that no one will lie about how much
weight they are losing. In the event of a contestant found cheating, they will
then be disqualified and the succeeding contestant (number fifteen on the list)
will then take their place.
The team who loses the most amount
of weight and the highest total percentage that week will earn “half immunity.”
If that team also won “half immunity” from the competition, they will
immediately win immunity. In the event of each team winning half immunity, they
will both be up for elimination.
Weigh-In schedule
Initial WI: Tuesday, July 30, 2007
Tuesday,
August 7, 2007
Tuesday,
August 14, 2007
Tuesday,
August 21, 2007
Tuesday,
August 28, 2007
Tuesday,
September 4, 2007
Middle WI: Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Tuesday,
September 18, 2007
Tuesday,
September 25, 2007
Tuesday,
October 2, 2007
Tuesday,
October 9, 2007
Tuesday,
October 16, 2007
Final WI: Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Elimination
The team who does not win immunity
will be up for elimination. The member of the losing team who lost the highest
amount of weight will also be immune that week. That contestant will have to
choose two (2) teammates who they feel are making the team slack. The opposing
team and the public will vote on who they feel should be eliminated.
The contestants who become
eliminated will then go into a third team. Once that team has twelve (12) of
the fourteen (14) contestants, they will vote for the winner of Steeple Media
Fit Club 2. The third team must continue to lose weight. The more weight they
lose the more votes they have. For every pound lost in the eliminated team,
they gain a vote. The general public will also vote for the winner as well.
Blogging
The hosts of the program will be posting about Weigh-ins and
competitions. The contestants however can react only after the initial posts
are up.
The weekly post is recommended to include a sample diet meal
and a short journal on what type of exercise the contestant is doing and how it
is affected them. The last post should include how the SFC changed you
physically and mentally about weight loss.
Conclusion
This contest is not only built to show how to lose weight,
but to show other readers how easy it is (or how hard it is) to lose weight.
The winner will receive a grand prize which is: TBA. Depending on how well this goes over at www.steeplemedia.com, we may have
another fit club next year. Finally, Steeplemedia would like to keep in touch
with the contestants of the first SFC so further posts will be allowed on the
blog.