This is the automated monthly weight loss challenge page for the alt.support.diet.low-carb newsgroup. See participation details below

Participation Details

Note that your email and full name are used to uniquely identify you. So, spam-proofing your email is fine, but if you change your email during the month you'll end up with two (or more) entries in the challenge.

One of my computers scans the postings to the adslc newsgroup a couple of times a day, looking for signature lines that have weight loss information. The lines must look like this:

start/current/goal tag:value tag:value ...

The various tags and values allow you to give extra information, such as how much you are trying to lose this month, and URL to link to from your name, etc. Examples:

200/187/160 url: http://www.delorie.com/users/fred/
215/171/140 monthly-goal: 5 since: 27/04/2001

monthly-goal

The number of pounds (or kg, stone, etc) you will try to lose this month. If not given, a default of 5 is used.

month-start

Your weight at the start of the month. By default, the first "current" weight you report is used as the start weight.

url

If given, your name on the form will be a link to this. You can recind a previous url by using "url:none".

since

When you started low carbing. Note that the format for this is day/month/year, which is different from the usual month/day/year USA residents are familiar with.

woe

Your current Way Of Eating. Not currently used.