The short answer to that question is, "The solution to your motivation problem." How many times have you attempted to start a weight loss program, and just not been able to find enough support or encouragement to follow through with it? It's not all your fault – weight loss is a difficult thing to go at alone.

That's where the Diet.com Weight Loss Challenge comes in. By joining up to participate in our Weight Loss Challenge, you are making a commitment to yourself and your fellow Challengers for the duration of the Challenge. You are committing to setting goals and using the powerful force of community support to reach those goals.

That's right – the most important ingredients in your diet should be "support" and "motivation." With these two things combined, your chances of remaining committed and reaching your goals are much greater!

So commit yourself to this 6-week long Weight Loss Challenge. Connect with other Challengers and share tips and ideas on staying motivated and losing weight the fun way - with a team! Engage with the other Challengers using our brand new interactive Challenger Map to learn more about your fellow Challengers and their goals, and participate in real-time Challenge Chats. Check in with the Challenge page daily or weekly to find out how everyone else is doing, as well as share your ups, downs and successes during the 6-week Challenge. Answer daily polls and receive daily tips, advice and fun daily fall recipes - all right here on the Challenge page!

So what is a Diet.com Weight Loss Challenge? It's an opportunity for you to become part of a team, all striving for the same goal of improving your health. Use this as a forum to engage with other site members and push each other to reach your individual goals!

What makes this Weight Loss Challenge different than our past Challenges? Well for one, we are passing the torch to you: You'll be setting your own goals - your "Milestones" - that you'd like to reach during this 6-week Challenge. After you sign-up, look for the "Milestones" section of the Challenge page. Fill in four (4) Milestone goals that are personal to you and that you'd like to reach during this new Challenge. Fill in your personal Milestones, as well as how you plan on rewarding yourself for each Milestone reached.

Yes, we're giving you permission ;) to reward yourself for your dedication to your health. Motivation doesn't always have to come from other people - the motivation of rewards for your hard work is also a bonus, and a great motivation for weight loss. So make sure you fill out your Milestones, as well as how you plan on rewarding yourself for each Milestone completed. AND make sure to check off each Milestone as "complete" after you've reached it. This will mark that Milestone with a green "check mark," signifying that you've done it!!

Note: You must fill out all 4 Milestones in order to participate! All Challengers who complete all 4 of their Milestones may be eligible to be chosen for the final Grand Prize - a shopping spree from Bidz.com!!

Another great new feature to this Weight Loss Challenge is the interactive Challenger Map! After you fill in your personal Milestones and rewards, click on the "Challenger Map" section of the Challenge page, and fill in your location and zip code. Enter in your location, submit, and then check it out - You're now a part of our interactive Challenger Map!

This map is a display of all your fellow Challenge participants – all over the globe! Each Challenger is represented by a small "Challenger Marker" - and you're one of them! Click on each Challenger Marker to learn more about that particular Challenger. You can learn about their goals, read their Diet.com profile, or even add them as a Diet.com buddy.

Wanna know what else is cool about this interactive Challenger Map? If you click on a Challenger Marker and can see the words "Invite to Chat" - that means that Challenger is on Diet.com right now! You can send them an invitation to chat with you live - in real time - in our Challenge Chatroom! Go ahead and try it out – you'll meet new buddies, and have fun chatting with others who need your support and motivation, too!

Think of your Milestones as your "mini-goals." Sometimes looking at the overall picture can be overwhelming. So rather than saying, "I've got to lose 25 pounds by Christmas," try saying, "I'd like to lose 2 pounds this week,” or “This week I'll stay within my allotted 1500 calories/day, everyday." The Milestones you fill out upon signing up for the Challenge will guide you throughout this 6-week Challenge. These Milestones will help hold you accountable, and can be found on this Challenge page, under the Milestones tab. Make sure that you check off your Milestones as you complete them. You can do this from your Milestones tab. And - most importantly - don't forget to reward yourself for reaching your Milestones!!

Milestones can be anything - from "I want to lose 1 pound in Week 1" to "I want to take Fido for a walk everyday during Week 4" to "I want to be able to run up the stairs by Week 6." Be sure to choose Milestones that will challenge you, and will help improve your health along the way!

Each week, Diet.com will provide a new teaching point for you to think about and focus on. This weekly focus point can be found by clicking on the appropriate Week-by-Week menu below your WLC Guide, right here on this Challenge page. For example, during the first week of the Challenge, you'll click on "Week 1" to check out what's going on that week. During the second week, click on "Week 2," and so on.

Along with the weekly teaching points, you will also see a daily poll question on the Challenge page. Answer the daily poll question to learn more about your fellow Diet.com Weight Loss Challengers, as well as earn Diet.com site points.

You can also participate by reaching for, and completing, your 4 Milestones! Each time you mark one of your Milestones as "complete" you will have your completed Milestones noted in our Challenge Counter of Milestones Completed, right at the top of the Challenge page!

Don't forget to update your Diet.com Weight Tracker each week with your most up-to-date weight. This will also be noted in the Challenge Counter of Pounds Lost since the beginning of the Challenge. You can see right away how much total weight the Challengers have lost!

Additionally, stay engaged with the Challenge teaching points and your fellow Challengers by posting on the Challenge Message Board. You can post questions, tips, advice - anything you'd like to talk with the other Challengers about. You can also chat in real time with other Challengers in the Challenge Chatroom. You can get to both the Message Board and Challenge Chatroom by clicking on the "Chat & Message Board" button.

And don't be shy about blogging in our Diet.com blogs about how you're doing, and encourage other site members to participate. Remember - the more Challengers, the merrier!

There sure is! Diet.com and its amazing video team are uber excited to present a 6-week Fitness series that will coincide with our Fall Weight Loss Challenge! That's right, each week of the Challenge on Monday afternoons, you'll be able to check out a new fitness video, presented by Sarah and the video team! These videos will provide you with some awesome new moves for you to try out during the week. You can comment and rate the videos, as well as discuss them with your fellow Challengers or save them to your homepage Dashboard as "Favorites."

So be sure to keep an eye out for the weekly Fitness video, to keep your mind AND body engaged throughout the Challenge! The weekly video link will be available to you in the Week-by-Week menu tabs, below your WLC Guide, right here on this Challenge page!

And don't forget to subscribe to our Video team's YouTube channel - diethealth - to be the first to know when they upload a video!

Sure, losing weight is rewarding. But we know what's REALLY motivating - fun prizes!! When you stay the course and actively participate in a Diet.com Weight Loss Challenge, you are eligible to earn some awesome rewards!

Bidz.com is donating a shopping spree, valued at $2,000.00 (!!!), to the grand winner of this fall's Weight Loss Challenge!! The winner will be able to peruse Bidz.com's extensive jewelry auction site and bid on any of the awesome jewelry and products there! If bidding isn't your thing, the winner also has the option of using the valued prize money to buy at Bidz.com's partner site, Buyz.com! Bid or buy - the winner decides!

Additionally, the grand prize winner will earn a whopping 10,000 (wowza!!) Diet.com site points! These points are a fun status marker - but more importantly, they earn you awesome discounts at our Diet.com Store!!

Want to win that shopping spree and all those Diet.com site points? Read on to learn how:

An overall Grand Prize winner* will be chosen based on Milestones completion, Premium Member status, participation throughout the challenge, weight lost, before and after photos, and a final written narrative. EVERY participant of the Challenge will receive a Diet.com prize!

And check out all these other great benefits of joining:

• Lose up to 15 pounds
• Feel more attractive
• Enjoy more energy
• Get expert diet tips
• Win weekly prizes
• Discover long-term weight loss
• Make great friends
• Find the support you need
• Get in shape for life!

*Previous Challenge grand prize winners are exempt from winning the grand prize again. But, of course, encouraged to participate!

Why pay retail? Bidz.com Jewelry Auctions start at $1!

As a participant in the Diet.com Weight Loss Challenge, you automatically receive special discounts at our Diet.com Store (discount taken at checkout), for the duration of the Challenge! Make sure to stay tuned into the Challenge page, and be sure to read the weekly Diet.com newsletter, to find out the most current Challenger discount!