MARCH Points Challenge
 

MARCH...How are you doing so far this month?? Why not join our challenge to help keep you on the straight and narrow? If you are just beginning, starting over or are doing great - this is the place for you! 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. (But a catch-up post is always fine too!!) But instead of there being a post for every day. Simply reply to this post with the day that you are posting for and put your points. I will still calculate and post the totals, but they will be in this post also. Don't worry about it getting too huge, I will be working to keep it trimmed down, once I have totaled the points. If you would like to post once and just update that post, put all the days in for March and I will know not to delete it.

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 Wednesday, March 1, 2006. 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 Wednesday!!!!

If you list your "plan of attack" here, please make a point to also post it in the Point Challenge Plans. I delete all the posts after I have tallied so this thread doesn't become unmanageable, but it's nice to be able to go look at what someone's plan is. I have created a new Point Challenge Plans post for 2006 becuase the old one started in 2002 and it was pretty outdated. So please repost your plan (if you want to!)

This is how we are doing so far!!! I have totalled up to 3/25/06, so these are out of a possible 100 points.

88 ~ newfiedarling
81 ~ Less of Lena
80 ~ MomTo2SweetPeas
61 ~ Jenniffer
60 ~ dustdiva
58 ~ ConfessorSiuan
56 ~ 72butterfly
55 ~ activeadventurer
51 ~ AngiKL
35 ~ Scrappy Chick
30 ~ famograham
30 ~ zoritsa
28 ~ Trazzie

We're almost there! Keep up the good work!! :)

Same plan for March:

3/1- 4 points
3/2- 4 points
3/3- 4 points
3/4- 4 points
3/5- 4 points
3/6- 4 points
3/7- 2 points
3/8- 4 points
3/9- 4 points
3/10- 2 points
3/11- 4 points
3/12- 4 points
3/13- 4 points
3/14- 2 points
3/15- 3 points
3/16- 4 points
3/17- 4 points
3/18- 4 points
3/19- 2 points
3/20- 4 points
3/21- 3 points
3/22- 4 points
3/23- 3 points
3/24- 3 points
3/25- 3 points 87/100
3/26- 4 points
3/27- 4 points
3/28- 4 points
3/29- 4 points
3/30- 2 points
3/31- 4 points

Day 1 - 3 points
Day 2 - 2 points
Day 3 - 3 points
Day 4 - 1 point
Day 5 - 2 points
Day 6 - 3 points
Day 7 - 3 points
Day 8 - 2 points
Day 9 - 1 point
Day 10 - 3 points
Day 11 - 3 points
Day 12 - 1 point
Day 13 - 2 points
Day 14 - 3 points
Day 15 - 3 points
Day 16 - 2 points
Day 17 - 0 points :(
Day 18 - 2 points
Day 19 - 1 point
Day 20 - 3 points
Day 21 - 3 points
Day 22 - 4 points
Day 23 - 3 points
Day 24 - 2 points
Day 25 - 1 point
Day 26 - 4 points
Day 27 - 2 points
Day 28 - 1 point
Day 29 - 2 points
Day 30 - 2 points
Day 31 - 4 points

Plan

1) no binging, low carbs and foods from the eat right for your blood type list
2) cardio 4 times a week with other exercise including resist a ball, strength with bands, machines and/or free weights, stretching and AOA classes
3) 64 0z. water each day

3/1- 4pts
3/2- 4pts
3/3- 2pts (3g carbs over)
3/4- 4pts
3/5- 0pts
3/6- 2pts (3g carbs over)
3/7- 2pts (2g carbs over)
3/8- 3pts (only 49oz of water)
3/9- 0pts (oye!)
3/10- 4pts
3/11- 0pts
3/12- 0pts (hanging head in shame)
3/13- 1pt (water good)
3/14- 2pt (food good)
3/15 thru 3/26 - 0 points :cry: Totally fell off plan in every way shape and form.. I have decided to change my game plan. Even though I lost a lot of weight on Atkins before, I was concerned about the amount of sat. fat it allowed. On top of this DH was diagnosed with high blood pressure and with a bit of reasearch I came across the DASH diet. I will be doing this plan with him.

RESTART

3/27 - 4 pts
3/28 - 3 pts (no exercise)



My March Goals -
- carbohydrates 25g or less a day (except saturdays) under 25g + 1 meal of my choice
- 64 oz minimim of water
- walk (at least) 5 times a week on treadmill

Count me in! I tried last month but some how couldn't keep up with the posting. Here is my plan:
* Work out at least 3 times per week
* Drink 64 oz water each day
* Follow food plan every day....NO exceptions
* Post to blog every other day

Good luck to everyone!

3/1 - 4 pts
3/2 - 1 pt
3/3 - 4 pts
3/4 - 3 pts
3/5 - 3 pts
3/6 - 3 pts
3/7 - 3 pts
3/8 - 3 pts
3/9 - 2 pts
3/10 - 4 pts
3/11 - 2 pts
3/12 - 3 pts
3/13 - 4 pts
3/14 - 3 pts
3/15 - 4 pts
3/16 - 3 pts
3/17 - 2 pts
3/18 - 1 pt
3/19 - 0 (ouch!)
3/20 - 3 pts
3/21 - 1 pt
3/22 - 3 pts
3/23 - 0 (ouch again!)
3/24 - 3 pts
3/25 - 2 pts
3/26 - 2 pts
3/27 - 4 pts
3/28 - 2 pts
3/29 - 3 pts
3/30 - 4 pts
3/31 - 4 pts

3/1 - 4 points
3/2 - 3 points
3/3 - 3 points
3/4 - 3 points
3/5 - 3 points
3/6 - 2 points
3/7 - 3 points
3/8 - 3 points
3/9 - 2 points
3/10 - 3 points
3/11 - 3 points
3/12 - 3 points
3/13 - 3 points
3/14 - 3 points
3/15 - 2 points
3/16 - 3 points
3/17 - 3 points
3/18 - 0
3/19 - 0
3/20 - 1 point
3/21 - 1 point

My goals are
64 oz water per day,
Exercise 3 X week,
And stick to my WW eating plan

Here are my challenges:

• Food: Deficits of 1,000+ Monday thru Friday, 400+ Saturdays and Sundays (worth 2 points)
  
  
• Water: Minimum 72 ounces every day (worth 1 point)
  
  
• Exercise: Minimum 30 minutes lifting, 30 minutes cardio, 5 days a week (worth 1 point)

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March 1: 4 points (Deficit = 1,192 Water = 80 oz Exercise = 30 lifting, 40 minutes treadmill. Yay!)
March 2: 2 points (I'm soooooo disappointed in myself for missing my deficit... only 868 when the goal is 1,000. :( )
March 3: 4 points (yay, back on track!)
March 4: 3 points (weekends, I don't exercise if I've already done my 5 weekdays)
March 5: 3 points (same as above -- weekends are slacker daze for me :))
March 6: 4 points (Monday = back on track)
March 7: 4 points
March 8: 4 points
March 9: 4 points (just barely squeaked out a 1,007 deficit... knowing I wanted 4 points helped me resist a late-night snack!)
March 10: 3 points (had to deduct a point because I did cardio, but didn't do strength. Challenge calls for strength & cardio. :()
March 11: 3 points (hehe did cardio, but not strength! Oh well, back on track on Monday :) )
March 12: 3 points (it's Sunday, what can I say?)
March 13: 3 points (whoops, the cream in that extra cup of coffee lowered my deficit to under 1,000. But it sure was tasty!)
March 14: 4 points (there we go, much better!)
March 15: 4 points (wheeee on a roll now!)
March 16: 0 points (782 deficit :(, only 24oz water :( too tired to no exercise :( wahhhh :( )
March 17: 4 points (ah, there we go, back on track!)
March 18: 3 points (standard Saturday, no exercise, and that's ok)
March 19: 3 points (typical Sunday, but I did do a 2-mile walk. But since I didn't do cardio, no exercise point. Oh well!)
March 20: 4 points (mallwalking, yay!)
March 21: 4 points (just barely made it on the deficit, but I made it!)
March 22: 4 points
March 23: 4 points (uh oh, here comes the weekend!!!)
March 24: 4 points
March 25: 3 points (it's Saturday, what can I say? :D )
March 26: 3 points
March 27: 1 points (uh oh...)
March 28: 3 points (better?)
March 29: 1 points (Oooo did you hear that THUD?)
March 30: 3 points (That was me, falling off the wagon... not a great way to end the month :( )
March 31:

Total through March 30 = 97 points (out of 120 possible) Dang, the month started out so well...

I'm in!Tried this once before and didn't keep up,but I'm coming here daily now :)

So...
*Get in 64oz. water daily
*At least 30 minutes of exercise 6 days a week
*Watch portion sizes and what I eat.I don't eat to bad,but finishing off the kids dinner kills me.I need to get back into the habit of thinking it's not bad if I leave something on mine and others plates.

Day 1-4 points
Day 2-2 points
Day 3-4 points
Day 4-0 points(My rest day turned into a nightmare :o )
Day 5-2 points
Day 6-2 points
Day 7-4 points
Day 8-1 point
Day 9-2 points
Day 10-1 point
Day 11-0 points
Day 12-0 points(I hate weekends)
Day 13-2 points
Day 14-4 points (woots! Back on track!)
Day 15-2 points (spoke to soon above :o )
Day 16-
Day 17-

Day 1 - 3 pts.
Day 2 - 4 pts.
Day 3 - 4 pts.
Day 4 - 2 pts.
Day 5 - 3 pts.
Day 6 - 4 pts.
Day 7 - 4 pts.
Day 8 - 4 pts.
Day 9 - 3 pts.
Day 10 - 4 pts.
Day 11 - 4 pts.
Day 12 - 4 pts.
Day 13 - 4 pts.
Day 14 - 4 pts.
Day 15 - 1 pt. :mad:
Day 16 - 4 pts.
Day 17 - 1 pt. :mad:
Day 18 - 4 pts.
Day 19 - 4 pts.
Day 20 - 4 pts.
Day 21 - 4 pts.
Day 22 - 4 pts.
Day 23 - 4 pts.
Day 24 - 3 pts.
Day 25 - 4 pts.
Day 26 - 2 pts.
Day 27 - 4 pts.
Day 28 - 3 pts.
Day 29 - 3 pts.
Day 30 - 4 pts.
Day 31 - 4 pts.

3/1 - 4 pts.
3/2 - 3 pts. (no yoga)
3/3 - 2 pts. (not on plan food-wise -- nibbled while making dinner)
3/4 - 4 pts. (amazing for a Saturday!)
3/5 - 2 pts.
3/6 - 1 pt. :(
3/7 - 4 pts.
3/8 - 3 pts.
3/9 - 3 pts.
3/10- 1 pt.
3/11 - 1 pt.
3/12 - 4 pts.
3/13 - 4 pts.
3/14 - 3 pts.
3/15 - 1 pt.
3/16 - 3 pts.
3/17 - 2 pts.
3/18 - 2 pts. (But I ignored the basket of rolls that kept winking at me at dinner!)
3/19 - 1 pt.
3/20 - 4 pts.
3/21 - 1 pt.
3/22 - 1 pt.
3/23 - 1 pt.
3/24 - 4 pts.
3/25 - 4 pts.
3/26 - 4 pts. (What's going on - I WANT to exercise???)
3/27 - 1 pts.
3/28 - 1 pt.
3/29 - 4 pts.
3/30 - 1 pt.
3/31 - 1 pt.

March 1: 3 points
March 2: 3 points
March 3: 3 points
March 4: 1 point
March 5: 2 points
march 6: 4 points
March 7: 4 points
march 8: 4 points
March 9: 4 points
March 10: 3 points
March 11: 3 points
March 12: 0 points
March 13: 3 points
March 14: 4 points
March 15: 4 points
March 16: 4 points
March 17: 3 points
March 18: 1 point
March 19: 0 points
March 20: 4 points
March 21: 4 points
March22: 4 points
March 23: 4 points
March 24: 4 points
March 25: 1 point
march 26: 0 points
March 27: 3 points
March 28: 3 points
March 29: 3 points

10 - 2 pts
11 - 0pts
12- 1pt
13 - 4 pts
14 - 4 pts
15 -4 pts
16- 2pts
17-2pts
18- 0
19-0
20-4pts
21-1pt
22-1pt
23-1pt
24-1pt

Ok, I have tallied where everyone is so far. Go take a look!!!

Some of you are keeping daily totals on the same post (which is GREAT!) and those I have left. Others are just posting daily, those I have cleaned up. So if you need to know where to start posting your points, see below.

newfiedarling ~ Day 26
Less of Lena ~ Day 25
MomTo2SweetPeas ~ Day 25
Jenniffer ~ Day 22
dustdiva ~ Day 25
ConfessorSiuan ~ Day 25
72butterfly ~ Day 17
activeadventurer ~ Day 25
AngiKL ~ Day 22
Scrappy Chick ~ Day 13
famograham ~ Day 11
zoritsa ~ Day 16
Trazzie ~ Day 15

keep up the good work everyone!! :carrot:

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