Office weight loss challenge: rules and ideas for your team

A weight loss challenge among coworkers gives the coffee corner something to talk about and gets people moving at lunchtime. With team scoring and weekly winners it stays exciting until the last week.

Looking for rules for a “biggest loser challenge at work”? Here is a version that is more fun for everyone: ranked by percentage, with weekly winners, team scoring and private weights.

Agree on this first

Optional. One invite in the team channel is enough, whoever wants joins.
Percent, not pounds. The ranking uses the change in percent. If nobody at work wants to show weights, set the challenge to “Percent only”, and everyone can hide their kg with one switch.
Separate from work. Ideally someone without line management responsibility organises it.

Ideas for your office challenge

Teams against teams

Department against department, floor against floor. The team score is the average percentage of its members, so small and large teams count the same.

Weekly winner in the team meeting

Announce the winner of the week on Monday. Takes ten seconds and creates more buzz than any company email.

Moving more at work

Theme weeks for the office: stairs week, lunchtime walks, standing meetings, bike instead of car. Everyone who joins in gets a 👏 in the channel.

Duels across the building

In Lossboard everyone chases the person right ahead of them. That creates duels between people who hardly talk otherwise.

Rules that work for teams

8 weeks, starting on a Monday.
One weigh-in day per week, everyone enters their own weight.
Ranked by percentage change from the starting weight.
A weekly winner every week, and at the end places 1 to 3 plus the best team.
No loss counts as 0%.

Message for your team channel

Team weight loss challenge 🏆 (optional)
Start: Monday 5 January, 8 weeks
Weigh-in: Mondays, everyone enters their own weight
Ranked by percentage, the group never sees weights.
A weekly winner every week, and the best team wins at the end.
Join with the link, app or browser: lossboard.app

Up to 30 people with one purchase

For teams of up to 30 people, the organiser pays €9.99 once. Everyone else joins for free, in the app or in the browser, with no account and no work email. For bigger companies, create one challenge per department. To check standings by hand use the percentage calculator, and for a spreadsheet start there is a free template.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do you run a weight loss challenge at work?

Invite people without pressure, set the rules (percentage scoring, weigh-in day, length), create the challenge and share the link in your team channel. Announce the weekly winner briefly in the team meeting.

Will coworkers see my weight?

By default the group sees your change in percent and in kg. At work, “Percent only” is a good choice when you create the challenge. Everyone can also hide their kg with “Hide my kg”.

How much does a team challenge cost?

€4.99 once for up to 10 people, €9.99 for up to 30. Only the organiser pays. No subscription, no per-person fee.

Can more than 30 people take part?

Create one challenge per department or site. That adds a competition between groups as a bonus.

Does everyone need the app?

No. Anyone who does not want to install anything at work can join in the browser.

Create a challenge, drop the link in your group chat and start the race for first place.

No account needed. Free for up to 3 people, participants never pay.

Start in your browser