{"id":1336,"date":"2019-01-07T16:09:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T21:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2019-01-07T16:14:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T21:14:05","slug":"biggest-loser-returns-to-the-fitness-center-with-new-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2019\/01\/07\/biggest-loser-returns-to-the-fitness-center-with-new-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Loser returns to the Fitness Center with new challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up for the seventh annual Detroit Mercy Biggest Loser competition and shave those holiday pounds! Registration is $25 per person and is due before Thursday, Jan. 31. Participants can create a team of three to six people or enter as a free agent and be assigned to a team. Email Matt Chesley at <a href=\"mailto:cheslemd@udmercy.edu\">cheslemd@udmercy.edu<\/a> to enter.<\/p>\n<p>The Biggest Loser competition uses weight loss percentage to determine rankings. Individuals can weigh at the Fitness Center (discreetly) on Wednesdays between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. and Thursdays between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Rankings will be posted on Friday morning at the top of the stairs of the second floor.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the competition offers non-scale \u201cvictories\u201d through weekly challenges. The first challenge:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf every member of your team signs up for the Go Move Challenge on Friday, Feb. 1, your team will gain a one pound advantage on the next weigh in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the competition, the Student Fitness Center is also offering two personal training deals: pay for five sessions, get six or pay for ten sessions, get 12.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1337\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2019\/01\/winter2019biggestloser.jpg?resize=993%2C1278&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Detroit Mercy Biggest Loser competition\" width=\"993\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2019\/01\/winter2019biggestloser.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2019\/01\/winter2019biggestloser.jpg?resize=233%2C300&amp;ssl=1 233w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2019\/01\/winter2019biggestloser.jpg?resize=768%2C988&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2019\/01\/winter2019biggestloser.jpg?resize=796%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 796w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2019\/01\/winter2019biggestloser.jpg?resize=1119%2C1440&amp;ssl=1 1119w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up for the seventh annual Detroit Mercy Biggest Loser competition and shave those holiday pounds! Registration is $25 per person and is due before &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[785,435,786,656,288,568,185,289,17,404,566,567,787,788,653,789],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-ly","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1338,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions\/1338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}