Fatties Unite

A weight loss contest for people who would rather win than be healthy about it.

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One link, then this device stays signed in. Only people on the list get in, so if it says no, ask whoever runs your contest.

The whole thing in six lines

Everyone weighs in every day. The app scores the seven day average, not today's number, because today's number is mostly last night's noodles.
You race your own curve, not each other. Everyone gets a personal target based on where they started and where they are going, so the biggest player does not win by default. Being ahead of your curve is a negative score. Negative is good. Yes, like golf.
Pick your protocols. Keto, fasting, low carb, carnivore, a two week sardine bender, or three rules you made up. As many as you like. Each one gets its own daily tick and its own streak to lose.
Log your drinks. All of them. The count is public. What it is doing to you is private, and honestly a bit rude.
Chips are the second game. You get some every week, plus a few for showing up. Bet them on each other, buy taunts with them, and lose them spectacularly.
Two winners. One for the scale, one for the chips. So the person who cannot diet can still win by reading everyone else correctly.

Chips, explained by example

Monday you get chips. Tuesday you put 20 on Nolan not making it to Friday. Wednesday someone takes the other side. Thursday you spend 25 taunting him about it, which pins a line to his home screen for a day. Sunday it settles and one of you is smug.

A ladder is the same but with numbers. Nolan pledges 5 lb, the app puts up rungs at 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11, and prices each one off how hard it is for him. Backing 3 lb pays almost nothing. Backing 11 pays properly, because he will not do it. You can back or fade any rung, including your own, which is allowed and announced to everyone in bold.

Things the app will say about you

Karl gained 1.2 lb in the week he committed to no beer.

Nolan has not weighed in for three days. Draw your own conclusions.

Your four worst mornings all followed a drinking night.

It only says things your own logs support, which is the problem.

Fair warning

Weight moves slowly and lies daily. The seven day line is the only one that means anything.
Whoever cuts carbs first drops several pounds of water in week one and looks like a genius. The scoring caps that on purpose.
The food photo estimates are guesses with a confidence band, and they never touch your score.
Nothing here is medical advice. It is three friends and a scoreboard.

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