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, March 11, 2012

I have to be honest

This challenge is based on the honor system.  Some of the challenges have had room for interpretation, while others have been more black and white.  For me, I have chosen to keep my standards strict so that there isn't any question of if I was 100% or not.  Unfortunately my strict standard is eating me alive tonight.  I had a slip up.  It was so minuscule many would think it was nothing, (if they even noticed it at all) but I can't say to myself that I was 100% therefore I am crying over that fact that I am going to repeat this challenge for next week.  If I can do it 99.9% one week, I can do it again, but 100% this time.  I am kicking myself in the pants because this was a difficult week for me.  The only silver lining I see is that the two challenges I get to double up on go hand in hand nicely.


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  1. HeidiMarch 12, 2012 at 10:15 AM

    I have been thinking and want you to know that I only hold this standard for myself. I am much more forgiving of others than I am of myself. Please don't think I am trying to set a new standard for this challenge. Sometimes I can't shake off the perfectionist that is inside me. I wish she would just GO AWAY! Heidi

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