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 12, 2012

Looking forward to next week!

Next week the challenge is open for you to do what you would like. You can choose to do one of the challenges we have already done or one we will soon be doing. You can also come up with your own challenge. Something you need to work on. Keep in mind the key work is "challenge". It should be something that will challenge you and help you feel better. We'd like you to post what you are planning to do on Monday (unless you already have). That way we can be accountable to each other.

I do a lot better with the "do" challenges-ie, drink more water, keep a food journal. During the weeks of "don'ts" I find myself panicking mid-bite wondering if I am breaking any rules-ie-no eating after 8, no sweets. So, for my challenge this week I am going to eat 5 fruits and veggies. Although I am really good at making sure my children have fruit/veggies for every meal, I realized during the food journal week I am not good at getting my own. So, this will be a good week to prepare me for 5 veggies week.

Let us know what you are going to do!!
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