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.


Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Water!!

I thought this week's challenge would be a piece of cake. I feel like I drink a lot of water every day, though I've never actually measured it to make sure. Yesterday, of course, I made sure that I drank the full 64 ounces. The actual drinking part wasn't hard...it was what came after!!

Maybe it's because I have had four kids. Or maybe I just have a small bladder, but good grief, I spent more time than usual in the ladies' room! At one point I was in there every ten minutes for an hour. For FHE we went to Applebee's and then to Costco and I had to go at both places. Forgive me if this is too much information.

Are any of you experiencing similar issues? I tried to distribute the water intake evenly throughout the day to prevent this, but it was unfortunately to no avail. (I'm laughing as I type this!) I welcome any and all bits of advice.

I also just want to thank Jen and Jen for extending the invite to do this. It has been just the kick in the pants I have needed. At first I scoffed at some of the challenges (Me? Go without sweets for a week? Impossible!), but I am determined to fulfill them. Though I don't know most of you, I have really enjoyed reading your blog posts. They are helpful and motivating. Thank you!
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