My name is Melissa. I'm a 33 year old stay at home mom. I have been married for almost 11 years next week! We have two kids (8, and almost 10, and yes I have to say that for my daughter). I was an active athlete in high school with basketball (1 year) and volleyball (4 years). I also was busy with music and drama, I still look back and wonder how I was able to do everything. I felt pretty good until I had high risk pregnancies with my kids. I was able to lose all of the baby weight, but then I hit thirty and BAM my body has changed! Last December I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, and I have to say that I'm at least relieved that I have a name to what I've had to deal with for years. My goal for this challenge is to learn how to take care of myself with food and exercise so that I can feel better about myself and feel healthy again.
My downfall is BAKING! I enjoy cooking for/with my kids, especially around the holidays. Whose idea was to do this during the holidays?! ;) I have to say that I bought a new scale today, and I tried it out. YIKES it says I weigh 9 more pounds then my old scale....maybe I'll keep the old scale after all!
Exercise has been a no no for me because I've told myself that it will hurt even more. I just need to find some lower impact things like pilates etc. So I'm looking forward to doing this challenge so that we can encourage each other on our goals, and give each other ideas.
My Food Goal Plan: I plan to fix at least 2 meatless meals a week. Some research has shown that people who suffer from Fibromyalgia feel better on a vegetarian diet, I'm not so sure I want to go that far though! I'm a meat a potatoes girl. I plan to not drink my calories, and actually eat a piece of fruit rather then drink juice. I will strive to eat on smaller plates to help with my portion control. And NO seconds! I will keep a food journal, not so sure about doing it online though, the last few times I did that I actually gained weight, then I just gave up.
I'm looking forward to sharing and learning from all of you!
This is a HIGHLY MOTIVATING, yet low key, group competition where you set your own rules (mostly) and goals, earn points, and report in here each week. The cost is $10, which ALL goes towards cash prizes for the winners at the end.
How To Earn Points
HOW TO EARN POINTS
5 points for paying $10 and posting your picture with an "intro post with diet plan" on this blog. (I can help if you if you don't know how to post. . .or you can scroll down to the How to Post instructions in RED) Deadline for paying $10 is Monday Sept 30th and deadline for posting intro is Friday Oct 4th.
2 points/day for following your own customized diet plan
2 points/day for keeping a food journal
1 point/day for each 1/2 hour of exercise, max of 10 points per week. (***Not counting extra pop challenge points. Note: you may lump all your weekly exercise points into one day but you risk the chance of loosing pop challenge points. . .see below right)
1 point/per day for drinking at least 48oz of water
1 point/day for taking a multi vitamin
1 point/day for flossing (hey, I'm a hygienist and I'm trying to rid the world of periodontal disease!)
3 points/week for: 1. weighing in (do not post your weight) 2. BRIEFLY recap your previous week in a post on this blog 3. updating your point total in your picture caption BEFORE midnight on Sunday of each week. Our weeks begin each Monday morning. ADD these 3 points in with the "just started week's points
At the end of the challenge you will also have a chance to win additional points for % of weight lost. You can win 1 point for each % of weight lost, IE: loosing 10% of your weight equals 10 extra points! These points will be taken once, at the end of the 12 week challenge.
This challenge will last 12 weeks, starting
5 points for paying $10 and posting your picture with an "intro post with diet plan" on this blog. (I can help if you if you don't know how to post. . .or you can scroll down to the How to Post instructions in RED) Deadline for paying $10 is Monday Sept 30th and deadline for posting intro is Friday Oct 4th.
2 points/day for following your own customized diet plan
2 points/day for keeping a food journal
1 point/day for each 1/2 hour of exercise, max of 10 points per week. (***Not counting extra pop challenge points. Note: you may lump all your weekly exercise points into one day but you risk the chance of loosing pop challenge points. . .see below right)
1 point/per day for drinking at least 48oz of water
1 point/day for taking a multi vitamin
1 point/day for flossing (hey, I'm a hygienist and I'm trying to rid the world of periodontal disease!)
3 points/week for: 1. weighing in (do not post your weight) 2. BRIEFLY recap your previous week in a post on this blog 3. updating your point total in your picture caption BEFORE midnight on Sunday of each week. Our weeks begin each Monday morning. ADD these 3 points in with the "just started week's points
At the end of the challenge you will also have a chance to win additional points for % of weight lost. You can win 1 point for each % of weight lost, IE: loosing 10% of your weight equals 10 extra points! These points will be taken once, at the end of the 12 week challenge.
This challenge will last 12 weeks, starting
TO POST: In the upper right hand corner you will see "New Post" click on it. If you are like me it may take you a second to find it but I promise it is there!!! You will be brought to a screen were you can enter a title for your post on the dash board at the top of the screen. Please put your name and the week the post is for. You can then add your entry for the week whether good or ill we want to hear it! That's how this works in a group competition. We are all here to cheer you on!!! When you are satisfied with the content go ahead and hit publish!
HOW TO POST YOUR PHOTO AND YOUR WEEKLY POINTS:
In the upper right hand corner, next to "new post" you will also see "DESIGN." If you click on that it will take you to "bones" of the blog. On the left hand side you will see a menu under "new post." click on "LAYOUT." It will take you to the actual layout of the blog. In the left hand column you will see a place to click on "add a Gadget" It will then pull up another menu. Scroll down to Image and click on the (+) sign. You can there down down load your photo. Your name will be the title and your weekly point total will be the caption. . . .as I go back and re read this it all sounds very confusing. If you need help just let me know and I will be more than happy to assist you!!!
*****Once your pic is up all you will need to do weekly to update your points is, click on the tool/wrench in the lower right hand corner of your pic. You can then put in your new point total for the week in the caption area.
This site will stay public until everyone who wants to join lets me know and gets me their email address and cell #. After that I will make this site private for our challenge group.
FIRST PLACE WINNER: Gets 60% of the cash
SECOND PLACE WINNER: Gets 30% of the cash
THIRD PLACE WINNER: Gets 10% of the cash
In the case of a tie the winner will be determined by % of weight lost over the 12 week period. So, don't forget to note your initial weight so we can figure it out at the end of the challenge in December
1 comment:
I'm a meat and potatoes girl also!
So sorry you are fighting Fib. My daughter also has that and it is hard to watch her suffer.
Good luck with the challenge and please send all your extra baking goodies my way.... uh, Did I type that out loud?
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