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 25, 2012

Small Triumph....sort of!

I have done this week of no sweets before...a couple times. The first time was the hardest by far. It seems everyday there was something deliciously out of the ordinary I had to resist. The second time was easier for sure. I wasn't too worried this time because I knew I could do it. Monday we were out of town with family. I had sent all our treats and temptations home with Spencer so there would be nothing for me to tempt me. Well, I started out just fine. As the day progressed, I was talking to my nephew who is currently at BYU. He was telling me about a project he had done in his entrepreneur class. He proceeded to tell me about a project one of the other groups had done....cake bites. One girl had made 900 cake bites to sell. As he was telling me this, he pulled them out and told me to try it. They were cherry which doesn't appeal to me at all but just to be polite, and clearly without thinking, I took one and had a bite. As I took my second bite, it occurred to me what I had done and I spit out the second bite. Here's where the small triumph comes in-although I had already blown it for the day-I did not have another sweet for the rest of the day. (this is where you ooh and aah) I'm not going to lie-I don't know if I can go another week for the make up points-one week is hard enough....but we'll see what Monday brings!!

Happy Sleeping!!
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  1. Kirsten StangerFebruary 26, 2012 at 12:09 PM

    That's a HUGE triumph! I'm so impressed. Sheesh, I think that you should get the full points anyway!! I definitely would have helped myself to whatever sweet treat I could find if I had already blown it. Way to be strong!! :)

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