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.


Thursday, February 9, 2012

I'm Drowning

When I gave up caffeine about 7 years ago I swapped my Dr. Pepper for water. I am used to drinking a lot of water throughout the day. But 64oz is somehow just enough more to double my trips to the restroom (sorry for the over share).

The one benefit I get from drinking lots of water is I tend to snack a little less because my stomach is so full of fluid. I am liking this challenge but to be honest I am looking forward to it's end.

Here is an interesting tip about drinking ICE COLD water (which is my personal favorite)

Believe it or not when you drink cold water, the first thing your body does is heat that water up to the body temperature. This process takes approximately 50 calories to rise the temperature of 8 ounces of iced cold water to body temperature. It means that if you drink 8 to 10 cups of COLD water each day, you’ll burn an extra 400 to 500 calories. How about dropping 1 pound per week just by drinking water? Isn’t that fabulous?????
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