AUGUST Points challenge!!! (This has NOTHING to do with WW)
 

August, already? How are you doing so far this year?? 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 (or whenever you can). Simply reply to this post and then edit that post as you add points. 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 TODAY, Tuesday, August 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 TODAY!!!!

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 I have created a new Point Challenge Plans post for 2006 becuase the old one started in 2002 and it was pretty outdated.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!)

Here are the stats so far! I have totaled up to 8/27/06, so this is out of 108 points.

91 ~ thistoo
90 ~ jtammy
77 ~ luflic
74 ~ trishn222
73 ~ MomTo2SweetPeas
54 ~ Vortex_VVV
53 ~ supernurse_mommie
36 ~ activeadventurer
11 ~ rhubarb

Keep up the good work!

I'm in this time. Yay. I can't believe it's august already.

AUG 1: 4
AUG 2: 4
AUG 3: 1
AUG 4: 4
AUG 5:
AUG 6:
AUG 7:

Aug 1: 4 points
Aug 2: 4 points
Aug 3: 3 points
Aug 4: 3 points
Aug 5: 4 points
Aug 6: 4 points
Aug 7: 4 points
Aug 8: 3 points
Aug 9: 4 points

Sorry! My life has been an exercise in insanity recently. I've been keeping track, though, just not here.

Aug 10: 4 points
Aug 11: 4 points
Aug 12: 2 points
Aug 13: 4 points
Aug 14: 4 points
Aug 15: 4 points
Aug 16: 4 points
Aug 17: 4 points
Aug 18: 4 points
Aug 19: 2 points
Aug 20: 4 points
Aug 21: 4 points
Aug 22: 3 points
Aug 23: 4 points
Aug 24: 4 points
Aug 25: 3 points

Hi I'm in for this month... glad to join you all.

Aug. 1: 3 points
Aug. 2: 2 points
Aug. 3: 3 points
Aug. 4: 3 points
Aug. 5: 3 points
Aug. 6: 3 points
Aug. 7: 3 points

Water was my downfall this first week.

Aug. 8: 3 points
Aug. 9: 3 points
Aug. 10: 3 points
Aug. 11: 4 points YAY!
Aug. 12: 3 points
Aug. 13: 3 points
Aug. 14: 2 points

Aug. 15: 3 points
Aug. 16: 2 points
Aug. 17: 2 points
Aug. 18: 0 points :(
Aug. 19: 1 point
Aug. 20: 3 points
Aug. 21: 2 points

Aug. 22:
Aug. 23:
Aug. 24:
Aug. 25:
Aug. 26:
Aug. 27:
Aug. 28:

I'm in for August

1 - 4
2 - 2
3 - 4
4 - 2
5 - 4
6 - 3
7 - 4
8 - 4
9 - 3
10 - 4
11 - 4
12 - 3
13 - 4
14 - 4
15 - 4
16 - 4
17 - 3
18 - 4
19 - 3
20 - 4
21 - 4
22 - 2
23 - 2 calories too high again today !
24 - 4
25 - 4
26 - 3
27 - 2
28 - 4
29 - 2
30 - 4
31 - 4

1st-4pts
2nd-4pts
3rd-4pts
4th-4pts
5th-4pts
6th-3pts
7th-4pts Began.. "running with Marines"
8th-4pts
9th-3pts
10th-4pts
11th-4pts
12th-3pts
13th-4pts
14th-4pts
15th-

I'm in

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

Week 1

Day 1 - 2
Day 2 - 2
Day 3 - 2
Day 4 - 2
Day 5 - 2
Day 6 - 2
Day 7 - 2

I haven't been doing my exercise or water but at least I have not been eating like a crazy person. June and July have been the worst eating months I can remember in the last 15-20 years! I seem to be slowly getting back on track.

Day 1 4
Day 2 4
Day 3 4
Day4 4
Day 5 4
Day 6 3
Day 7 4

I have updated the points totals!! Take a peek!! :D

Week 2

August 8 - 2 points
August 9 - 2 points
August 10 - 2 points
August 11 - 0 points
August 12 - 2 points
August 13 - 0 points
August 14 - 2 points

Have been doing pretty good with food and losing (1-2 pounds/week) but zilch with exercise and water. I guess I should be grateful for the good and improve in the areas lacking.

Week 2
Aug 8 3
Aug 9 4
Aug10 4
Aug 11 4
Aug 12 4
Aug 13 3
Aug 14 3

Starting as of Aug. 16

8/16 -- 2
8/17 -- 4 (yea)
8/18 -- 4
8/19 -- 1 (not so yea)

Rhubarb

Week 3

August 15 - 2
August 16 - 0
August 17 - 2
August 18 - 2
August 19 - 2
August 20 - 2
August 21 - 2