Fall 2013 Healthy Challenge: Inga ~ Wk 2

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

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

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Inga ~ Wk 2

Oops, a little slow down in the momentum here. It was not a bad week, but not a great week. My weight was down about one pound. Doesn't seem like much but I'll take it. My daughter's 10 month birthday was Saturday. Still 5 pounds over prepreg weight. Was hoping I could say, 10 months on, 10 months off (because let's not forget, it really is 10 months). Might have to revise that goal to losing it before her first birthday. And hey, Biggest Loser starts this week, that always gives me a little extra inspiration!

I was in recovery mode after the marathon so I didn't do much exercising. I find that exercising is quite an amplifier for me-up or down. The more I exercise, the better I feel, the more willpower and motivation I have. And... vice versa. I guess it was a bit of a "down" week. Speaking of exercise, that 30 minute increment is a bugger! I usually run between 35-50 minutes. But feel like I'm wasting those minutes that don't add up to another point. Carving out that whole hour with kids, work, sleep, is a little trickier. I will have to plan more thoughtfully.

I didn't always make my servings for fruits & veggies, which zeros out the ole diet plan points. Double ouch when that happened on the same day as the fruit/veg pop challenge. Saturday however, I found new motivation. As I was headed out for a run, my mom asked me, "What are you wearing? Is that a fanny pack?" Referring to, yes, you guessed it, my stomach... Guess it is time to spend that extra 1/2 hour on core work. ;)

So bring on week 3, I'm looking for a little redemption!

1 comment:

orchard_girl said...: Ouch, the fanny pack comment hurts. Keep up your amazing work, your marathon running is inspiring.; October 14, 2013 at 10:33 AM