MARCH Point challenge (this has nothing to do with WW)
 

March Madness...Spring is coming! Are you were you want to be? Accomplishing your goals? Do you need some help? How about a challenge to help keep us on the straight and narrow for the next month? Let's start this year off right!! It's somewhere to check in...some freindly competition. Come join us for our monthly challenge!!

Since this is a monthly challenge, it will start on the 1st and the day of the month is the day of the challenge. You need to post your points on a daily basis (or whenever you can). Simply reply to this post and then edit that post as you add points (no columns please). That way you always know where you are and so do I! I will calculate and post the totals, on a weekly basis.

For those of you who have NO IDEA what I am talking about - here are the details. Sometimes we work our hardest when we are held accountable. So I challenge you to do your very best for the month and we'll see who wins!!

Here is how it's going to go. Starting tomorrow, March 1, 2007. We will try to do the 3 things that work. Food, water & exercise. You decide what your food plan is, how much water you want to drink and how much exercise you want to get every day. Every day you have the opportunity to earn 4 points.

2 point for sticking with your food plan (no splitting points here, you either stuck to your plan or you didn't)
1 point for drinking the amount of water you decided on
1 point for getting some exercise. (If you don't exercise on a given day - you DO NOT get a point for exercise - even if you planned it that way)

Post here with how many points you've earned for a given day, and I will keep track. We'll see who's did the best for the month.

This is a very cool way to keep on track, because even if you don't do so great on food, you might still get in your water and exercise to earn the points!

Who's ready for a challenge???? It starts TOMORROW!!!!

This is where we are so far....Updated on 3/26

LisaMarie71 ~ 93
royalsfan1 ~ 91
Shellyknits ~ 91
MaWhit ~ 78
SexyRevealed ~ 73
Mrs Quadcrew ~ 67
djs06 ~ 66
jennylou ~ 52
Slashnl ~ 42
MsOnemoretime ~ 40
Shrinking Daisy ~ 38
Michelle ~ 24
Kae ~ 21
cmbmom05 ~ 19
TxTeacher ~ 10
GL mom ~ 7
mrstrucker ~ 5
GirlyGirlSebas ~ 4
Angihas2 ~ 3
deedledee ~ 3
problysewin ~ 3
kristinaferina ~ 2
tinastime ~ 1

Know what? I think I'm in this month :)
Water: 3+ liters
Exercise: 45+ minutes of anything (yoga included)
Food: stick with ~1600 calories or less

March 1- 4
March 2- 3
March 3- 0
March 4- 1 (yikes! weekend away)
March 5- 4
March 6- 4
March 7- 4
March 8- 4
March 9- 4
March 10- 0 (great job on the booze dana)
March 11- 3
March 12- 2
March 13- 4
March 14- 4
March 15- 2 (ugh, ate too much and i didnt even realize it)
March 16- 2
March 17- 2
March 18- 3
March 19- 4
March 20- 4
March 21- 3
March 22- 4
March 23- 1
March 24- 0
March 25- 0
March 26- 4
March 27- 4
March 28- 4... i kicked butt today, if i could give myself extra credit i would ;)
March 29- 1
March 30- 4
March 31- 4

Count me in.....I'm looking to pump up my program for March!

Food: Southbeach "approved" foods, 3 meals and 2 snacks daily, protein with each meal and snack.
Water: Minimum of 80oz daily.
Exercise: 60 minutes of cardio daily

3/1 - 1 point for exercise
3/2 - 1 point for exercise
3/3 - 0 I hate weekends!
3/4 - 0 No wonder the scales are moving so slowly!
3/5 - 1 point for exercise
3/6 - 1 point for exercise

Me too.

Food - under 1800 calories
Water - 120 oz/day
Exercise - elliptical and WATP

3/1 - 4
3/2 - 4
3/3 - 3 (visiting at my sister's house so no exercise...we didn't even go for a walk! haha)
3/4 - 4
3/5 - 4
3/6 - 4
3/7 - 4
3/8 - 4
3/9 - 4
3/10 - 4
3/11 - 3 (didn't quite make it on water)
3/12 - 3 (water again...had a lot but not 120 oz...)
3/13 - 4
3/14 - 4
3/15 - 4
3/16 - 4
3/17 - 4
3/18 - 4
3/19 - 4
3/20 - 4
3/21 - 4
3/22 - 4
3/23 - 4
3/24 - 2 (dinner at the Melting Pot w/ friends. Went over on calories...but I had planned for it so I don't feel bad. I enjoyed the meal. I did exceed my calorie limit for the first time since I've made it...but I'm just glad it was for a planned night out and NOT some out of control binge!)
3/25 - 4
3/26 - 4
3/27 - 4
3/28 - 4
3/29 - 4
3/30 -4
3/31 - 2 (calories - went to a party last night and so my calorie count yesterday was right at 2000-what a sad way to wrap up a really good month!)

I'm in..

BFL for women. I plan to stick to every aspect, food, water, and exercise, with no more than 4 mini chills a week.

My starting weight is 260, I'll weigh every wednesday.

copying djs06 post, I'm in too!

Know what? I think I'm in this month
Water: 138 ounces of water per day
Exercise: 30 minutes of deliberate excersize, 4 days a week this month
Food: stick with 1600 calories or less

March 1- 3 points
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*ps - I'll be moving soon<ish> and may not be able to post on each day, but will update as I can, on this post. I like the day already planned out. But I'll report in on this post!

I am in this month too!!

3/1 - 4 pts.
3/2 - 3 pts. (not nearly enough water)
3/3 - 3 pts. ( again, not nearly enough water)
3/4 - 4 pts.
3/5 - 4 pts.
3/6 - 4 pts.
3/7 - 4 pts.
3/8 - 4 pts.
3/9 - 4 pts.
3/10 - 4 pts.
3/11 - 4 pts.
3/12 - 4 pts.
3/13 - 3 pts.
3/14 - 4 pts.
3/15 - 4 pts.
3/16 - 3 pts. (not enough water)
3/17 - 3 pts. (again, not enough water)
3/18 - 4 pts.
3/19 - 4 pts.
3/20 - 4 pts.
3/21 - 4 pts.
3/22 - 4 pts.
3/23 - 4 pts.
3/24 - 4 pts.
3/25 - 4 pts.
3/26 - 4 pts.
3/27 - 4 pts.
3/28 - 4 pts.
3/29 - 4 pts.
3/30 - 4 pts.
3/31 - 4 pts.

I'm in! I need the accountability!
 

3/1 - 1 (at least I drank water! sigh)
3/2 - 3 (gotta get exercise)
3/3 - 1
3/4 - 1 (good thing the weekend is over)
3/5 - 3
3/6 - 4 (finally, a 4 day!!)
3/7 - 2 (not so good on food, husband's birthday. I "helped" celebrate)
3/8 - 1 (only exercised on plan today)
3/9 - 3
3/10 - 0
3/11 - 0
3/12 - 1 (water only)
3/13 - 4 (yessss!!!)
3/14 - 3
3/15 - 2
3/16 - 1
3/17 - 0
3/18 - 1
3/19 - 0 (bad day)
3/20 - 4
3/21 - 3
3/22 - 3
3/23 - 1
3/24 - 0 (darn weekends)
3/25 - 2
3/26 - 1
3/27 - 2
3/28 - 4
3/29 - 3
3/30 - 3
3/31 - 4

I'm in!
Water: 80 oz per day
Exercise: 15+ minutes of anything
Food: 1600 calories or less

March 1- 3 points. No exercise today. :(
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This is fabulous! Just what I need...
 

Food: Healthy ( I.E.- No junk food: :nono: :mcd: / :jeno: / :chockiss: )

Water: Minimum of 80 oz. a day

Exercise: Minimum of 1 hour per day

March 1- 1 point for water
March 2- 1 point for water
March 3- 0
March 4- 1 point for water
March 5- 0
March 6- 0
March 7- 1 point for EXERCISE! Woohoo!!!
March 8- 1
March 9- 1
March 10- 0 BLASTED WEEKENDS!
March 11- 0
March 12- 3
March 13- 3
March 14- 3
March 15- 3
March 16- 3
March 17- 0 St Pat's--yea, I'm Irish..
March 18- 0 Mom's house...
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I'm in! I'm new here, 8 days in, so I don't want to set myself up for failure with too high of goals (hope that's OK):

Food: 1300-1800 cals/day, mindful of hunger/satisfied signals
Water: at least 40 oz/day
Exercise: at least of 30 minutes of some sort of exercise - walking, ellipitical, resistance training, etc.

I forgot all about February! I guess the thread gets buried and it just slipped my mind. Definitely in for March!!

Food: average 1800 calories per day
Water: 64 oz per day
Exercise: at least 20 mins of something

3/1 - 4 :)
3/2 - 2
3/3 - 3
3/4 - 4 :)
3/5 - 3
3/6 - 4 :)
3/7 - 4 :)
3/8 - 4 :)
3/9 - 3
3/10 - 3
3/11 - 4 :)
3/12 - 4 :)
3/13 - 3
3/14 - 4 :)
3/15 - 4 :)
3/16 - 3
3/17 - 0
3/18 - 2
3/19 - 3
3/20 - 4 :)
3/21 - 3 (water)
3/22 - 3 (water)
3/23 - 2 (water again & rest day)
3/24 - 1 (at least I exercised)
3/25 - 3
3/26 - 2
3/27 - 4 :)
3/28 - 4 :)
3/29 - 4 :)
3/30 - 0 :(
3/31 - 4 :)

I'm in again, with a slight variation on my plan:

Food: 22-28 WW points per day (I've started zigzagging my calories through the week within this range)
Exercise: at least 30 minutes per day
Water: at least 48 ounces per day

3/1: 4
3/2: 4
3/3: 4
3/4: 4
3/5: 4
3/6: 4
3/7: 4
3/8: 4
3/9: 3 (rest day for exercise)
3/10: 3 (not enough water)
3/11: 4
3/12: 4
3/13: 4
3/14: 4
3/15: 4
3/16: 3 (rest day for exercise)
3/17: 2 (St. Paddy's Day party -- too much food!)
3/18: 4
3/19: 4
3/20: 4
3/21: 4
3/22: 4
3/23: 3 (rest day)
3/24: 3 (not enough water)
3/25: 4
3/26: 4
3/27: 3 (no time for exercise today, sadly)
3/28: 4
3/29: 4
3/30: 3 (rest day)
3/31: 2 (ate too much, but I planned to do that after my 10k)

I'm in!

Food: WW - I have 39 points/day right now, plus 35 flex for the week. ***
Water: 64 oz per day
Exercise: at least 30 mins of something

I've been doing great with the WW plan, but need to up my water intake again, as well as make sure I'm getting my exercise. :)

3/1 - 3 points (no exercise)
3/2 - 3 points (sigh, no exercise again)
3/3 - 3 points (need to get my butt in gear!)
3/4 - 3 points (sigh, I will have only myself to blame if I don't lose this week!)
3/5 - 3 points (you can guess which one I missed)
3/6 - 3 points (I'm noticing a theme here, I was getting so good before vacation, but having a rough time getting back into it)
3/7 - 2 points ( a little shy of my water too)
3/8 - - 3 points
3/9 - 3 points
3/10 - 1 points (probably still within my points range, especially with flexies, but it was at a party and you can never be too sure of what you're eating, so I'll just take my water...)
3/11 - 3 points
3/12 - 4 points
3/13 - 3 points
3/14 - 3 points
3/15 - 3 points
3/16 - 3 points
3/17 - 3 points
3/18 - 3 points
3/19 - 3 points
3/20 - 3 points
3/21 - 3 points
3/22 - 3 points
3/23 - 1 point
3/24 - 1 point
3/25 - 1 point
3/26 - 3 points
3/27 - 3 points
3/28 - 3 points
3/29 - 3 points
3/30 - 4 points
3/31 - 3 points

***This may seem like a huge amount of points, but I'm a BFing mom, so I get an extra 10 to start. :)