Challenge Rules

9 week challenge - January 23 - March 25

Each participant contributes $20 to the Prize Pot.

4 Point Categories: exercise, challenge participation, weight loss challenge & Blog participation.

Exercise: You will receive 1 point for every 30 minutes of exercise for up to 5 hours. Anyone who completes 5 hours will receive 15 points. No extra points will be awarded for hours over 5. Exercise should be intentional and challenging.

Weekly Challenge Participation: You will receive 1 point for each day you complete the weekly challenge. If you complete every day of the week you will receive 10 points. (weekly challenges are listed on the right)

Weight Challenge: If you maintain your weight for the week you get 5 points. If you lose any weight for the week you get 8 points.

This challenge is about more than weight loss, we want the focus to be on creating good habits and feeling healthy. But we recognize that some of you may desire to lose weight and you should be rewarded with additional points.

Blog Participation: You will receive 5 points for each week that you post an update, thoughts or motivation on the blog. Setting goals works best when you have people to share with and report to, use the blog as a way to motivate and encourage each other.

Make up Points: If you miss a day of the weekly challenge you can earn 4 make up points. If you do the challenge from the previous week, every day for the current week, you can get 4 bonus points. You must do the previous weeks challenge in addition to the current week and do it perfectly to earn the 4 points. You are only eligible for the bonus points if you missed a day from the previous week, you cannot have a perfect week and keep doing the previous weeks challenge to earn 4 additional points.


Monday, January 23, 2012

Accountability

I love this first challenge. It's what I really need. I'm a runner. I love to exercise, and because of that, I can get away with bad food choices sometimes. Key word: sometimes! Lately my bad food choices have been all of the time. I try to rationalize my way out of it because according to my BMI, I'm not overweight. But just barely. I want to be more comfortably situated in the "normal" range, and a big part of that will be getting my enormous sweet tooth under control!

Life is about balance, and right now I am way out of balance. I know I can't eliminate my guilty pleasures completely. I'm really hoping this food journal will keep me in check. The mere thought of jotting down "half a bag of Hershey's mini kisses" in said journal makes me cringe. I'm hoping to keep a food journal as an ongoing thing. Not just this week. That's right. I'm saying that right here to make myself accountable.

Good luck everyone!!!
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  1. JenJanuary 23, 2012 at 9:30 AM

    Great inspiration Kirsten, it is completely about moderation in all things. When I am at my best I save my "cheat" or reward moments for the things I love most instead of just anything for the sake of a sweet.

    Stay strong!

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