Healthy Challenge
Here’s how it works:
*All contestants will need to donate $20 to the pot to be involved. Winner takes all the money – unless we have a tie and then we will split it. (Good incentive, huh?)
*There are 10 points to be earned each day.
Here is a breakdown of the points:
No Sugar (detailed explanation below**)– 1 point
No Unhealthy Snacks – 1 point
Healthy & Correctly Portioned Breakfast – 1 point
Healthy & Correctly Portioned Lunch – 1 point
Healthy & Correctly Portioned Dinner – 1 point
Take Multi-Vitamin – 1 point
No Food After 8:00 p.m. – 1 point
Exercise 45 minutes – 2 points
Drink 64 oz. Of Water- 1 point
Total = 10 points daily
*The total you can earn in a week is 60 points. All points are to be emailed to Jen every Sunday (wilsonfam_28@yahoo.com) and they will be posted to the blog for the group to see on Monday. For every day after Sunday that you send in your points, you will lose a point. So, make sure you email them over on Sunday!
* FREE DAY: Each week, you can pick the day of the week that will be your “free day.” You do not have to keep track of any points for that day. :) It will be wise to plan ahead so that you can participate in the family parties, date night, or whatever you choose for the week.
You will also have 8 bonus points that can be used throughout the competition for those days where you are really struggling (This could be everyday around 2:30 for me :). You will need to report any bonus points used during the week in your Sunday email. Any unused points will be added to your final score at the end!
The competition will start April 5th and will run for 8 weeks. All money is due by April 5 (or at least put in the mail by that day). The money signifies your commitment. You can mail your payment to:
Jennifer Wilson
(the address was sent in the email-did not want to post it to the blog)
or give it to me in person.
Obviously, a big factor in this competition is honesty! I have made a chart to help us in tracking our daily points. Hopefully, it will help us all to be successful and honest. Let me know if you did not receive that and I will email it to you.
*There are no requirements for weighing in or measuring. Although, I would recommend measuring before and after. It may be fun to see how your body changes over the 8 weeks. :)
**The info below is from another group who did this that clarifies some
other questions you might have.
The most common question asked is for clarification on the
“no sugar” rule. It’s basically this…no sweets. (It doesn’t mean no
noodles, no bread, etc. because those things DO have sugar in them.
However, even though it is not required, you will lose more weight by
limiting the amount of carbs you eat.) So, no candy, cake, cookies,
brownies, 100 calorie sweet packs, fruit juice with sugar, pop with
sugar, etc. (Wow, this is going to be a challenge!!! :)
