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.


Saturday, January 28, 2012

Loved It!

Our challenge began on Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon!!!

I was so excited to begin this challenge! This week was super busy for me but I looked forward to exercising ( a thing I have been neglecting to find time for) each day. I discovered a new way to exercise that was very fun. I tried DDR for 3 of the days. DDR is Dance, Dance Revolution It's a game we have for our Play Station.  It is doing dance moves on a mat. I did the exercise mode and it told me how many calories I was burning and how much time I had spent. My kids love this and I saw the benefits. I am not nearly as coordinated as they are, but I was getting better each time. The first time I could only stand to do it for a few minutes, then 30 the next day and an hour the next. I also tried some Zumba with my daughter and I also went walking a couple of times.

This challenge was a good one for me. I am pretty good at eating 3 regular meals but I saw the many opportunities I have to eat badly. Having to record what I ate was very telling. Do we post what we ate or do we only have the benefit of knowing for ourselves and seeing where we could make improvements? If I had to tell everyone what I was eating it might make a difference.

I am loving this! I hope you are all staying motivated and enjoying it as much as I am. I needed it the most so I hope to see the most improvement :)

Rebecca Pond
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