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, February 18, 2012

My Challenge Day 7

For today it was fun to teach the kids that they could watch a movie and enjoy a healthy and fun snack! I provided grapes and the 1/4 cup of M&Ms recommended in the post. My kids thought a 1/4 cup was PLENTY!

For Sunday...Tip #74 from Melanie Douglass

Spiritual Motivation

"Most of us know what steps we should to improve our health. Eat more fruits and veggies. Drink more water. Eat less fat. Eat less every-thing. Exercise more. Does any of this sound like breakthrough science? Likely no. We've heard all this before-so why is it so hard to follow through with these basic health principles? Life is busy; that's for sure. Sometime you just don't have the time or the resources to make the healthiest choice. But let's be honest-sometimes we simply lack the motivation to make better choices.

     If you suffer from lack of motivation today, read Doctrine and Covenants section 89. It's only twenty-one verses long, and it teaches and reminds us about our great "principle with promise": the Word of Wisdom. The Word of Wisdom clearly tells what we should eat in order to be spiritually and physically strong--helping us to feel our best and live to our full potential. Verses 18 to 21 explain the benefits of obeying the Word of
Wisdom; those verses are especially inspirational, encouraging, and motivational."

I'll be reading this section again on Sunday to motivate me and remind me of the real benefits to healthy living!

Rebecca
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