30lbs of family visits, races, and games
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30 lbs of family visits, races & games
Julie Price
2011 2012 2013 2014
Net change - 1 - 2 + 12 + 1
Range 13 11 16 16
2011 2012 2013 2014
Gained during
family visits
+ 17 + 5 + 11 + 17
Long Races 4 6 2 1
New weight
loss tactics
2 1 3 2
By Year
Family Visits, Races, Tactics
Family Visits: +50 lbs
Marathons & ½ Marathons
Games & Weight Loss Tactics
1. 5 Fruits + Veggies = Prize
50 day challenge for a prize
• Eat 5 fruits & veggies for 50 days
• Each failure requires a roll of a die
to add # of days to challenge
First game: lost 8 pounds
App to count to 5
each day
5 Fruits + Veggies = Prize
App to count to 5
each day
50 day challenge for a prize
• Eat 5 fruits & veggies for 50 days
• Each failure requires a roll of a die
to add # of days to challenge
First game: lost 8 pounds
Second game: Novelty wore off
2. I Can Make You Thin
Goal: Push the Panic Button
My only goal was to push the
Panic button,, yet I couldn’t
make it happen
Lessons:
• Hot thinking vs Cold thinking:Goals made while calm
don’t necessarily translate to
actions under stress
• The “shoulds”:
Sometimes there’s somethingI should do and I want to do…
but I’m never going to do
3. Saladpalooza
Competition with family
Points for salads
Amazon gift card to weekly winners
Saladpalooza
Competition with family
Points for salads
Amazon gift card to weekly winners
It lasted 3 weeks, fading naturally. Too simple of a gamification.
4. The Kitchen Safe
Lock up chocolate & kill the
inner dialogue
The Kitchen Safe
Lock up chocolate & kill the
inner dialogue
Only works when I use it as I
“should”
Family Visits, Races, Tactics
Snowball into a rut
Created for husband
in May
• From the Fat Farm
to the Skinny City
• Variety of
mechanics
• Friends wanted to
play
Iterated since MayFriends & family play daily
• Iterated for 6 months
• Variety Daily challenge
• Create own rules
• Players challenges others
Lost 10 pounds• Not immune to family
trips / visits
• Social dynamic help
• Change Rules as I play
• Add new challenges
• Expect I’ll need new
mechanics
Lost 10 pounds• Not immune to family
trips / visits
• Social dynamic help
• Change Rules as I play
• Add new challenges
• Expect I’ll need new
mechanics
Building web app and will be beta testing soon
Summary
□ Family visits are a challenge
□ Races help, but don’t solve the problem on their own
□ Novelty wears off, so be aware some things work only once
□ The “shoulds” don’t necessarily translate into action
□ Oversimplified game mechanics don’t work
□ Goal: keep learning & make an impact through Skinny City
