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

Let the fun begin!

I think this is going to be the hardest part of the challenge for me...posting to the blog. I am behind the times and have never blogged.

I am excited for this health challenge and glad Jen W. invited me to participate. This weeks challenge to keep a food journal has been interesting. It really makes you pay attention to what you are eating and is interesting to look back and see how you've done all week. I must admit though that keeping track of my food and having to write it down didn't deter me this week like I thought it would. I guess that's part of the challenge, I need to be more conscientious. The exercise is not a problem for me. I made a decision a year ago to switch gyms so that I could attempt going in the morning (I am not a morning person so I don't know why I thought I wanted to do that), but it was a great decision for me. One year later (this week) I have not missed a weekday morning but two days and when I was on vacation for a week. It is great, I love working out! It isn't a question each day of whether or not I am going, I just am. That has been the biggest thing for me, it isn't a choice, it's a given!
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