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 19, 2012

Goal Update

It has felt a little strange this week with everyone working on individual goals, but a good opportunity to work on something we feel is important.

My goal was to track my daily fiber intake and take steps to improve where needed.  I learned two things: 1- I was not doing as bad as I thought, I was getting about 2/3rds of what I needed 18 out of 25 grams, 2- There are little things I can do to improve.  I thought eating a green salad at lunch was good, it is only about 3g of fiber, but if you add 1/4 cup of craisins it doubles.  Multigrain bread is better than wheat, and a bowl of fruit with breakfast usually double the fiber in multigran cereal. By the end of the week I was closer to 23 grams. The shift to 25 this week shouldn't be a problem.

Today I am cleaning my kitchen of all the half empty boxes and bags of treats.  If the bag is open it is easy to sneak a snack, but if it isn't open it won't be as much of a temptation. 

Good luck with the goal this week. 
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