By: Bodybuilding.com Writer

Ready, Set, Go!

Is your New Year's resolution to finally lose some weight this year? Are you starting a fat-loss exercise program today? Join the crowd! We've assembled a crack team of soon-to-be former fatties to compete for cash and prizes in a 12-week fat-loss transformation contest on BodySpace, our fitness networking site!

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Back in November, there was a forum thread. The thread stated that we were seeking motivated bloggers to participate in the official BodySpace 2008 Transformation Group Blog Contest. The thread stated that we'd be selecting five persons to do 3-month transformations starting on Dec. 26, 2007 and ending on March 26, 2008.

The winners of the 3-month contest will earn themselves not only transformed, healthier bodies (the real prize!), but also some hard-earned cash, free Gaspari Nutrition supplements, as well as other supplement and gifts from other vendors as well! The contestants were selected on December 15th, and the competition officially started on December 26th.

To Jump Straight To The Contest Blog, Click Here.

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Meet The Competitors!

Without further ado, let's meet this year's 5 competitors, in no particular order:

• Maddi (Maddi)
• stonecoldtruth (Josh)
• fusioncom (Jason)
• Daretosoar (Stephanie)
• Jumbo Rider (Dave)

In addition, our "celebrity" participant is industry photographer, writer, and website designer Isaac Hinds, who will be adding insightful commentary to the blog during his own already-remarkable on-going fat loss transformation.

Vital Stats

Maddi (Maddi)	Goal: Fat Loss Age: 37 Gender: Female Location: Missouri, USA Starting Weight & Bodyfat: 157 lbs.; 24% Intro: Read Maddi's Own Introduction Blog Content: View Maddi's Posts Misc.: Mother of 3 daughters.

Josh (stonecoldtruth)	Goal: Fat Loss Age: 25 Gender: Male Location: South Dakota, USA Starting Weight & Bodyfat: 290 lbs.; 31% Intro: Read Josh's Own Introduction Blog Content: View Josh's Posts Misc.: iSatori board rep; previously lost over           110 lbs.

Jason (fusioncom)	Goal: Fat Loss Age: 26 Gender: Male Location: Georgia, USA Starting Weight & Bodyfat: 277 lbs.; 34.5% Intro: Read Jason's Own Introduction Blog Content: View Jason's Posts Misc.: Husband and father.

Stephanie (Daretosoar)	Goal: Fat Loss Age: 35 Gender: Female Location: Missouri, USA Starting Weight & Bodyfat: 227.4 lbs.; 51.5% Intro: Read Steph's Own Introduction Blog Content: View Steph's Posts Misc.: Wife and mother.

Dave (Jumbo Rider)	Goal: Fat Loss Age: 43 Gender: Male Location: Missouri, USA Starting Weight & Bodyfat: 364 lbs.; 31-41% Intro: Read Dave's Own Introduction Blog Content: View Dave's Posts Misc.: Father & soon-to-be grandfather.

Don't miss watching their introduction videos below!

About The Contest

The official start date for the contest is December 26, 2007 (just one week ago.) The official end date is March 26, 2008, which makes 3 full months (12+ weeks). The contestants are expected to have taken "Before photos" on or before the first day of the contest with a newspaper proving the date of the photo.

Each week, they are also required to take and post current Progress photos, too. At the end of the contest, they will be required to post "After photos," also with newspapers. Other requirements are that each contestant posts on the blog frequently (every other day) and informs us, the readers, as well as each other how they're doing, what supplements they're using, and what exercises and diet plans they're following.

In addition, all 5 contestants must post weekly workout videos and initial and final weigh-in videos.

There are lots of prizes up to grabs in this contest, including a combined total of $1,000 USD cash prizes for the top 3 winners of the contest, plus thousands of dollars worth of free Gaspari Nutrition supplements during the contest for all 5 participants.

Additional smaller supplement prizes have been procured for some of the runners-up, including free supps from All American EFX, MuscleTech, Optimum Nutrition, Loud Energy Drinks, Higher Power, etc. See the full breakdown below.

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Prize Breakdown

• The winner of the contest will be featured in a joint Gaspari Nutrition/Bodybuilding.com magazine ad, showcasing his/her results using Gaspari Nutrition products!
• The winner of the contest will be featured on the homepage of the Gaspari Nutrition website at www.gasparinutrition.com as a Top Testimonial winner!
• Combined total of $1,000 in cash prizes for the top 3 winners: $600 for first place, $300 for second place, and $100 for third place.
• All 5 contestants will receive 90 days worth of free Gaspari stacks, worth thousands of dollars over the duration of the contest. The guys will get the Lean Mass stack from the Gaspari catalog. The women will get the Marzia Prince Lean & Fit stack.
• All 5 contestants will receive 24/7 support from Gaspari Nutrition regarding nutrition, supplementation, and/or training advice from officially-appointed Gaspari BodySpace representatives Deserusan, MsFitness, and Zachattack43.
• All 5 contestants will also receive generous additional promo items, t-shirts, and Letters of Support from Gaspari Nutrition.

To learn more about the Gaspari Lean Mass and Marzia Lean & Fit stacks, click here to download the Gaspari catalog (PDF format, 4 MB):

   2008 Gaspari Catalog (PDF, 4 MB)

Here's the official breakdown of contest perks from our other co-sponsors:

• All American EFX: 2 products each for all finishers of the contest.
• Optimum Nutrition: a few products for the finishers of the contest.
• MuscleTech: $300 gift certicate for each finisher of the contest, plus $100/mo gift certificate for the 5 contestants during the contest.
• Loud Energy Drinks: a couple of cases for finishers of the contest.
• Higher Power: $125 worth of Higher Power supplements for 2 finishers.
• Bodybuilding.com: $75/mo supplement store credit each month of the contest for all 5 contestants.
• MyBodyBeats: Free weekly motivation podcasts downloads for all contestants during the contest.

Links to each of our sponsors can be found on the contest blog.

Intro Videos

Get to know the contestants one-on-one by watching their intro videos! Find out what their personal goals are and what strategies they plan on using to reach them!

Maddi:

Stonecoldtruth:

Fusioncom:

Daretosoar:

Jumbo Rider:

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As you may or may not know, blogs are set up in reverse chronological order by date, so reading blogs actually tends to go backward in time, which can be a fun experience or maddening (depending on your viewpoint!) Either way, it's fun to jump back in time a few weeks and see where the contestants were at. Here are a few more helpful links to the archives:

• January 2008 (Posts To Date)
• December 2007
• November 2007 (Pre-Contest Preliminaries)

Stay Tuned

This contest is just getting started, so please stay tuned as the contestants' progress and drama unfolds. If you haven't already, subscribe to this contest's RSS feed for continual updates throughout the next 3 months!

If you have some fat to shed this year, please consider following along with the contestants in this year's BodySpace Transformation Contest - do what they do, and you'll see the results they do!

Did you know? We have an RSS feed available for this contest!

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Now that you've met the contestants, their goals, their quirks and trash-talking (LOL), tune into the group blog to follow along! See you there!

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