Biggest Loser Challenge Rules

Registration

• Registration will be from September 28 - October 9, 2009.
• Individuals may not enter the challenge after October 9, 2009.
• The challenge will run from October 5 - December 11, 2009 (10 weeks).
• Individuals will be emailed an identification number.
• Participants' information will be kept confidential throughout the entire competition.

Testing

• Testing will be completed in the first 2 days of the challenge.
• Individuals' weigh-in/height will be recorded.
• Individuals' Body Mass Index will be calculated the first week of the challenge to compare to at the end of the challenge.

Competition

• Participants will compete individually.
• The winners will be the male and female who has the largest percent weight loss.
• There will be 2 mid-way winners (Male and Female) (Winners announced Nov 9th).
• The final winners will be the week of December 11, 2009.
• At the end of the challenge, the winners will be the only ones listed with their starting and ending percent weight lost. All other information will be kept confidential.

Weigh-in information

• All participants must weigh in each Monday or Tuesday of each week in the Rice Recreation Center weight room with a weight room attendant.
• The attendant will record each individual’s weight by their Identification number.
• The time of day that the individual weighs in must be consistent each week.
• Amount of food/meals eaten must be the same prior to weighing.
• Weighing in with shoes/no shoes must remain consistent.
• The scale used must remain consistent.
• If participants are not weighed by a weight room attendant, they are responsible for weighing themselves and emailing their weight with identification number to incentiveprogram@rice.edu by Tuesday night of that week.