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 21, 2012

Whew

I barely made it through last week. Last minute, my family and I decided to go away for the weekend. I had chosen to drink 64 ounces of water, not eat after 8 and keep a food journal. The journal was the easiest part. Because it was a long drive, I didn't want to drink too much water during the day. That left the night time to catch up. But I did it!

Not eating after 8 was also a challenge, being on vacation. This was probably the hardest. One night I really really wanted an E.L. Fudge double-stuffed cookie after 8. Luckily, my husband is my biggest cheerleader, and he convinced me it wasn't worth it to slack off. I used to think that I wasn't capable of mustering up enough willpower to do things like this. I'm proving myself wrong and it feels great!

So....with a weekend of indulging in sweets behind me, I enter into this week having convinced myself completely that I am ready for a break from them. (I'm convinced that this is a mental, not physical battle). It was hard riding in the car on the way home and keeping my hands off the Swedish fish and m&m's, but I did it. One day down. I'm taking this one day at a time. I've never gone an entire week without sweets before. I'm fairly certain of that. There's a first time for everything!

I'm a little worried about my weigh-in at the end of this week. Sometimes I over-compensate the lack of sweets with eating other unhealthy things. I am not going to do that this time! I have lost a little bit each week so far, and I hope it will continue.
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