Welcome to the 2012 Get Fit Challenge

Coming soon – the 2012 Get Fit special section, and Get Fit online team postings. We are also working on a 2012 Get Fit Team Name Challenge to include all teams!

Congratulations to Lisa Simons of Omaha, the lucky winner of the Schwinn Fastback bicycle door prize at the Get Fit Challenge/Health Fair. Simons is a team member of “Sassy by Summer.”  Thank you to Endless Trails Bike for sponsoring the grand prize!

 

Good luck to all Get Fit Challenge participants!  Click here for details for the 2012 Get Fit Challenge!

 

 

 

Congratulations to everyone who participated and weighed out in the 2011 Challenge! The results are in.

  • Total number of teams that started the contest: 241
  • Total number of teams that completed the challenge: 101
  • Total number of individuals that completed the challenge: 463. Those 463 people lost 5,569 pounds or 5.42 percent body weight

A special congratualations to the winning teams: El Cuatro Grande, I Used to be Fat and Determinators.

Mike Redmon won the men’s individual title, losing 28.26 percent body weight. Debi Redmon won the women’s individual title, losing 20.43 percent body weight. Mike and Debi were both on the the third-place team, Determinators.

Click here to see the rest of the 2011 team rankings.

Click here to view the Get Fit results special section published in The Daily Nonpareil.

Index of 2011 Team Pages:
Page 1 – Teams that weighed in but have not submitted photos, teams with names beginning with numbers, and teams that begin with A-B
Page 2 – Teams that begin with C-E
Page 3 – Teams that begin with F-H
Page 4 – Teams that begin with I-S
Page 5 – Teams that begin with T
Page 6 – Teams that begin with U-Z

Can’t find your team? If you looked under “The,” try looking under the next word in your team name. Still can’t find it? Is there a typo? Please e-mail us at web@nonpareilonline.com and we’ll make sure your team photo and information are posted OK.

If your full team was unable to weigh-in together, you are welcome to submit a photo to us of the four of you together! E-mail the photos and caption (listing team members’ first and last names from left to right) to web@nonpareilonline.com.

Contest Rules

1. All teams must be pre-registered with The Daily Nonpareil prior to the initial weigh-in.
2. All teams shall pay the $40 team fee at time of registration.
3. All teams must have a “Team Name” at time of registration.
4. Names of all team members must be provided at time of registration.
5. All teams must register no later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.
6. All registration forms and fees must be mailed to or dropped off at the offices of The Daily Nonpareil at 535 W. Broadway, Suite 300, Council Bluffs, IA 51503.
7. Weights of all individuals will remain confidential. Only “team weights” will be released at the beginning and end of the Challenge.
8. All teams will be photographed at time of weigh-in.
9. Winners will be determined by the percentage of total “team weight” lost.
10. Use of all commercial diet pills is prohibited.

Weigh-In Rules

1. All teams shall weigh in at the Mid-America Center, 1 Arena Way, on Saturday, Jan. 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The tentative weigh out day is Saturday, April 9, at the Council Bluffs Community Hall.
2. All teams must weigh in at the same time at both the beginning and the end of the Challenge.
3. All teams must be made up of four team members.
4. No team members can be added, subtracted or replaced during the Challenge.
5. All individuals must wear similar-type clothing for weigh-ins.
6. All pockets must be empty and no cell phones or other devices can be attached during weigh-ins.
7. No shoes shall be worn during any weigh-in.