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, November 3, 2013

Heather Week 5

It is so nice to read everyone's update!  It is very inspiring to me so THANK YOU for taking the time to do that!  This week has been my worst so far.  However, I am optimistic that it will improve.  I am learning a lot about myself and what is possible in my life.  For example, I know that it is not worth the stress I put on myself to exercise on Tues/Wed.  I work those days and my husband is gone both of those nights for work and church related things.  Once I "figured" that out I stopped beating myself up those days and realize that I will use those as my "rest" days and hit it hard the other days.  Also, I realized the I set myself up for failure with my food plan.  I do FAR better when I don't say absolutely NO to all sweets/treats except on my free day.  I just want it even more and normally cave.  However, if I give myself permission for a small treat/sweet then I either don't usually eat it or it is very small and within reason.  I'm not sure I would have know that about myself had I not participated in this healthy Challenge.  So, I am very grateful for that!  Hears to another great week!  Good Luck as we all enter this great time of year!!!

1 comment:

M&EMS said...

That is huge! I think this challenge has helped me figure out what my body needs and likes as well. Keep it up!