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.


Sunday, January 29, 2012

learning to make REAL food

since we love to share on our blog, my contribution is: "bodybuilding.com". it's more than what you think the URL might suggest. it has a lot of great articles about working out, nutrition, motivation, recipes... SO for what it's worth, feel free to check that one out.
can i share one more thing? beans. my mom taught me how to cook raw black beans (1 cup is full of fiber, protein, delicious but low on calories). quite inexpensive, like a dollar a pound, and that pound  makes cups! 
1. rinse off desired amount
2. fill crock pot with water and the rinsed beans (water level should be higher than bean amounts)
3. sprinkle in 1/2 tsp of baking soda
4. cook on low for 3 hours
5. drain
they taste so good in chili, or try them in a whole wheat tortilla, or veggie soup, or rice... 
this challenge, if anything, is teaching me how to make REAL food! college here i come.
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