Weight Loss %
Compare change from each starting weight
Weight Loss Challenge
Weight Loss Tracker & Family Challenges
Follow your weight trends and stay accountable in a family weight loss challenge or a competition with friends. Record weigh-ins and compare percentage change from each person’s starting weight on a shared leaderboard.
Body Fat %
Use body composition as the challenge metric
BMI
Track BMI change over the competition
Weight Loss Challenge App
Turn weight loss progress into a challenge you can share.
A weight loss challenge adds accountability to the progress you already track. Strive lets participants record weigh-ins, follow body measurements over time and compare percentage change from each person’s starting weight.
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Track weigh-ins
Enter weight manually or use supported connected health data.
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Compare percentage change
Rank progress relative to each participant’s starting weight rather than pounds alone.
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Follow body metrics
Track weight, body fat percentage and BMI over time.
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Keep the group involved
Use leaderboards, chat, photos and notifications to maintain engagement
How a Weight Loss Challenge Works
Start together. Track progress. See where everyone stands.
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Create the challenge
Choose dates and a weight-related competition type, then invite friends, family or coworkers.
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Record a starting point
Participants establish a starting measurement so progress can be compared during the challenge.
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Track progress
Record weigh-ins and review trends by week, month and year.
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Follow the leaderboard
See challenge rankings and percentage change while the competition is active.
Weight Loss Competition Metrics
More than one way to measure progress.
Groups can focus on the body measurement that best fits the challenge, while activity metrics can provide additional context and ways to compete.
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Weight Loss
Compare percentage change from starting weight.
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Body Fat %
Compete on body fat percentage change when available.
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BMI
Track BMI change across the challenge.
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Activity
Steps, distance, move calories and exercise minutes.
30 Day Weight Loss Challenge
Build a challenge around a clear start and finish.
A 30 day weight loss challenge gives a group enough time to establish a routine while keeping the finish line close enough to stay visible. Strive also supports other date ranges, so you can choose the duration that works for your group.
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Family weight loss challenge
Create a private challenge for people you know.
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Workplace groups
Run weight loss challenges as part of an employee wellness program.
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Privacy-aware competition
Challenge results can focus on percentage change instead of exposing a participant’s actual weight.
Track • Compete • Connect
Keep a weight loss challenge visible between weigh-ins.
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Track your trend.
Review measurements across week, month and year views instead of reacting to a single weigh-in.
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Compete on progress.
Use a live leaderboard to see how everyone is progressing during the challenge.
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Stay connected.
Use Strive’s social challenge experience to encourage the group and keep accountability high.
Weight Loss Challenges for Organizations
Run a company weight loss challenge without spreadsheets.
Strive Group Plans give organizations a shared challenge experience with leaderboards, activity tracking and Premium access for participants.
- Unlimited challenges
- Real-time leaderboards
- Full Premium access
- 5–1,000 employees
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know.
What is a weight loss challenge?
A weight loss challenge is a time-based competition where participants track changes in weight or related body measurements and compare progress over a defined period.
How does Strive calculate a weight loss challenge?
Strive can rank a weight loss competition using percentage change from each participant’s starting weight, helping compare progress across people with different starting weights.
Can I run a 30 day weight loss challenge with Strive?
Yes. You can create a date-based challenge for 30 days or choose another start and end date that works for your group.
Can friends, family and coworkers join the same weight loss challenge?
Yes. Strive supports challenges with friends, family members, coworkers and organized groups.
Do other participants have to see my actual weight?
Strive can use percentage change for competition results so the leaderboard can focus on progress rather than displaying a participant’s actual weight.
What other fitness metrics can Strive challenges use?
Strive also supports steps, distance, move calories, exercise minutes, body fat percentage loss and BMI loss challenges.
Ready to start? Ready to Strive?
Start your next weight loss challenge with Strive.
Create a challenge, invite your group and follow progress with leaderboards, measurements and activity tracking in one place.
