Contest between couples...

[bbqman]

OK, so my wife and I have talked to our friends Josh and Becca about a weight loss contest. Here is the breakdown of our goals:

Them: Josh 30 lbs + Becca 100 lbs = 130 lbs
Us: Me 250 lbs + Wife 200 lbs = 450 lbs

So we have about 3 times as much as them to lose. What would be a good way to make this fair? Obviously we can't do whichever gets to goal first, so I'm guessing that we'd have to do something like whoever loses the most in a certain amount of time or something, but still, how would we make that fair? Total pounds lost? Or percent of total body weight lost? Anyone have any good ideas? If we do who loses the most in a certain amount of time, I'm sure we'll win because we have been cruising on LC and they don't even have a plan!

Thanks,

BBQman

[Knowles' Darlin]

BBQMan....with the amount lost I think pounds/%/measurements would be hard period as you all will lose differently.

Hmmm...what about an exercise challenge? That seems to be the hardest for all of us and what a way to get motivated!! Clock your hours/minutes spent each exercising and set a goal.

[heykim]

wow.. tough one... usually the more you need to lose the quicker you can do it. AT FIRST... so i dont know that they would be silly enough to go for that..
at least you are adding the mens and womens together .. because there is NO WAY a woman would ever be able to compete with a man on this ..;-)
i hope you come up with something.. cause it sounds like good motivation and fun..

[MaryKay]

It may work if you go for percentages of what you need to lose. 10% marker would be 13 lbs for them and 45 for you. Sounds high, but as Kim said - the more you have to lose the faster you can lose it.