Weight loss group with friends

Why with friends?

On your own, weigh-in day is just a number. In a group it is an event: who stayed in the corridor, who overtook whom, who is most consistent of the week? Friendly competition lasts longer than any resolution, and cheering each other on makes the difference in the tough weeks.

Four steps to your weight loss group

1. Round up your friends. Ask in your group chat who is in. From three people it gets really exciting, up to 30 is possible.
2. Set the rules. Length and weigh-in day. Scoring uses weekly points for a healthy pace, weigh-ins and steps. The proven basics are in rules and ideas.
3. Create the group. In Lossboard it takes a minute. Post the invite link in the chat, everyone joins in the app or in the browser.
4. Weigh in every week. You get a reminder on weigh-in day. Leaderboard, buddy and most consistent of the week update by themselves.

What makes a weight loss group with friends exciting

• Points for a healthy pace. Full points for 0.5 to 1.5% a week. Starting at 240 lb gives no advantage over starting at 140 lb, and crash diets do not pay off.
• Steps count too. A walk together earns points for everyone.
• Most consistent of the week. Every week, whoever earns the most points gets celebrated, even at the back of the field.
• Buddy. You keep an eye on the person right ahead of you. Lossboard shows how many points it takes.
• Badges. In the corridor, step streak, weigh-in streak, comeback.
• Cheering. 🔥 💪 👏 🎉 😮 on every weigh-in and every place change.
• A result to share. At the end you get an image for the group album, without names or numbers if you prefer.

Message for your group chat

Who's in? 🏆
Weight loss group from Monday, 8 weeks.
Weigh-in: Monday mornings.
Points for a healthy pace, weigh-ins and steps. Every week we celebrate the most consistent.
First place picks where we go for our day out.
Join with the link, app or browser: lossboard.app

What does first place win?

Ideally something fun for everyone that costs nothing: first place picks the next day out, chooses the film for movie night or gets a trophy that moves on next season. More in the agreement ideas.

Spreadsheet or app?

With a spreadsheet, one person collects everyone's weight every week and does the maths. It works, but it takes time, and that person sees every weight. How the two compare is in spreadsheet or app. Lossboard is free for up to 3 people, and for up to 10 people the organiser pays €4.99 once.