{"id":5032,"date":"2011-08-26T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T10:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/long-beach-losers-team-weight-loss-contest-begins-saturday\/"},"modified":"2011-08-26T10:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T10:41:00","slug":"long-beach-losers-team-weight-loss-contest-begins-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/long-beach-losers-team-weight-loss-contest-begins-saturday","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLong Beach Losers\u201d Team Weight-Loss Contest Begins Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

10:10am |<\/strong> The 5th annual Southern California-wide 12-week team weight-loss contest called “Long Beach Losers” begins Saturday, Aug. 27 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 8:00 p.m.with official weigh-ins at the Belmont Athletic Club at 4918 E. 2nd St in Belmont Shore. Between 600 and 800 participants are expected.<\/p>\n

In 2010, Long Beach was named the 17th “fattest city in the U.S.” by Men’s Fitness magazine. In 2009, Long Beach was also in the top-25 list. In response, Long Beach community member Justin Rudd and his nonprofit Community Action Team are spearheading the “Long Beach Losers” challenge for the 5th consecutive year.<\/p>\n

Teams of five will weigh-in with volunteers on each of the 12 Saturdays following the initial weigh-in date. The contest keeps track of each individual and each team’s overall weight loss percentages from week to week.  <\/p>\n

Each 5-person team will choose their own team name. At each of the weekly Saturday weigh-ins, participants will put $5 in the “jackpot,” and may be fined an additional $2 for each pound (or fraction thereof) that they might have gained or if their weight stays the same from week to week.  Some pre-registered team names last year included: ” Lost in Weight,” “I Pity the Food,” “Baby Got Back” and “All That and No Bag of Chips.”<\/p>\n

Although organizers won’t know exactly how many teams and individuals are in the competition until the initial weigh-in, more than 800 participants were in the contest last year.  Last year’s jackpot reached more than $49,000.<\/p>\n

The pot will be disbursed back to the overall teams and individual losers at the end of the 85-day contest.  The final weigh-in will be just days before Thanksgiving, and a celebration and awards ceremony is planned after the contest ends.<\/p>\n

Up-to-date stats of this year\u2019s contestants can be viewed here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

For more information about Long Beach Losers, please visit www.LongBeachLosers.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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