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, February 5, 2012

Calories in and Calories out

So when I first started this journey of weight loss and getting fit, I thought that it was just about exercising and watching my calories. After all, that is what the biggest loser teaches. I am learning that this is SOOOOO not the case. I have been watching my caloric intake for months, with regular exercise. And, when I say exercise, it is doing the 30 day shred with Jillian Michael, running a couple days a week, and doing a power walk. I have seen little to no change with my body. This has been extremely frustrating for me.

This weeks challenge of not eating after eight o'clock, came pretty easy for me since I started walking at nights consistently, it was easy to be done eating by 6:30, to not have side cramps from the walking. This coupled with my new knowledge has given me a little bit of a boost of enthusiasm as to what I can accomplish. This new knowledge that I am talking about is a book called  "Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About it." I love this. It is seeming to make perfect sense as to why I am busting my butt to get to an ideal weight and not seeing the results. If it were truly about calories in calories out, then I should be dropping weight at a pound a week. I should have been where I want to be months ago. I am just at the beginning of this book, and highly recommend it. It has been a real eye opener for me.
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