3FC Presidental Challenge 10/01/05
 

It's time for the update on how the 3FC did in our Presidental Challenge last month.

We have 49 members who have accrued a total of 451055 points. Wonderful job!

Our top ten leaders in points so far are:

lizzbabe 110886
cmlash 50705
augustgirls 37195
looking2lose 29879
byugrad 28544
Betani 22208
Annie Benson-Lennaman 21157
angel-eyes 17252
AlmostHeaven 15861
SRMB 14838

The top ten for points from September 1 to September 30:

lizzbabe 20502
angel-eyes 13167
SRMB 8027
augustgirls 5221
Annie Benson-Lennaman 5137
foolscap 3035
cmlash 2654
AlmostHeaven 470
LovesBassets 319

Awards:

I am unable to see the group awards at this time because there seems to be a problem with the Presidental program code. Go prez! I'll post the updated awards next month, if this is fixed that is. Here is the list from last month, though. And I added my award, since this is the only update I know about now. Sorry about this.


izzbabe President's Champions - Gold
cmlash President's Champions - Silver
looking2lose President's Champions - Bronze
augustgirls President's Champions - Bronze
sarahyu Active Lifestyle
AlmostHeaven Active Lifestyle
Annie Benson-Lennaman Active Lifestyle
jkg0679 Active Lifestyle
Betani Active Lifestyle

We're doing great! Keep up the good work!

If you want to join, simply go to http://www.presidentschallenge.org/index.aspx and then when you register and get to the "My Groups" part enter:

3FatChicks.com

and then Group ID Number

29852

If you are having trouble registering this group, make sure you are putting the name and ID number in the right fields. Several people have reported that it is pretty easy to switch them around.

Everyone is welcome to join!

Now how the heck am I still in the list? I haven't exercised in nearly a month. LOL Not since they closed the pool. Walking leaves me in bed with a terrible backache. Waiting to be induced tomorrow, then NO exercise until I heal.

I joined the PC today. This will be a good challenge for me, as I travel a lot for my job and it's sometimes difficult to stay on top of my exercise. This will help me stay accountable.

Almost Heavan,

You're still on the list because you recorded *some* exercise during the month. We only had 10 active participants, so you could have entered 1 point and made it. I'm not removing inactive people because, well, getting into a healthy lifestyle can be a very start and stop process. I know that I tried it a few times before it actually stuck. If someone does it for a while, stops, and then decided to do it again I wanted them to have all their points and stuff available, and not have to go through the log in process again.

This program has actually helped me. Before I started, I thought I was exercising regularly. I really did. But after actually tracking it, and getting stars for it (stars! How quaint! How... 1st Grade.) I found that was rarely actually getting stars. Seems I was good at finding excuses to blow off a day here or there during the week. Didn't seem like it was as often as I was really doing it, though, but the stars don't lie. It caused me to focus on what I was *really* doing, and make some changes. I've gotten full stars for 8 or 9 weeks running now. I don't know that I would be at the activity level I am were it not for this program.

Just joined
 

I came across this post and thought it sounded like fun. I already record my stuff on fitday so this isn't any more trouble than that and it gives a little extra push because now I know that others will know what I'm doing (or not doing,lol). So here I go. Wish me luck. And good luck to everyone else out there.

Hey thanks for posting this! I am new to this and I just joined the PC. This should be interesting LOL!

I just joined!! I need a little extra motivation lately! Yeah!

I'm surprised I'm still up there. I've been in and out of commission this past month. It'll be a while till I get that silver, but I'm working at it!

Thanks for posting the PC website. I joined last night to help keep me motivated and challenged. I look forward to tracking my fitness progress and sharing with you all .
Kerry

Can we get the PC link made a sticky?? I know I will end up forgetting to log my results!!!! I joined today!!!

I guess it couldn't hurt to request that the login be made a sticky. I'll email the 3FC admins. There are already alot of stickies, so I wouldn't be too upset should the answer be "no". We'll see how it goes.

Thanks to IIene for making the sticky happen!

I just joined you all in this challenge. Very cool stuff!

Chickadee
(Who usually posts in the WLS part of 3FC, but is venturing out!)

Yippee!! I have a star! I feel like I'm back in kindergarten :dizzy: :lol:

Hi,

I just joined in this challenge, too. I'm really glad it's here. It's helping keep me motivated!

I just joined too, now off to the gym with me! :lol:

Getting stars, as kindergarten as is it, really did motivate me at first. I might not have felt like walking that day, but I didn't want to miss out on getting another star! Now my exercise is more of a habit, and I routinely do more than I need to get the stars. But getting into a good habit can be hard, and I don't think I would have done as well at it were it not for this program.

Don't misunderstand me--I do like my stars!

Sorry if I sounded like I was making it seem like you were dissing the stars! I bet there was some huge government study to see what symbol people would respond to the best.

Yep the stars are a good motivator! I just wish they have auto-login features :\

Anyhoo, I joined the challenge last week and officially joined this challenge group today! Go everyone! :cheer:

EDIT: heh, did my day 6's worth of exercise, now I also wish the program would make a graphic for people for going beyond 5 days (glowing star? star with an outline? ;) )

Also, question: Anyone who does Denise Austin DVD's aerobics (specifically Personal Training System & Power Zone) - do you log the cardio portion as moderate or vigorous aerobics?

i joined,too....can't wait til i get my gold star :D

AquaWarlock, I think you should log that depending on your perceived exertion. For me, the cardio on that DVD is intense right now. But for someone else (and as I build my own stamina) it will be less. Does that make sense?

I'm proud to say I have TWO BIG STARS! But only because they count "household activities". One night I didn't do any exercise per se, but I did laundry, sweeping, etc. Seems like cheating somehow, but I'll take it!

Well, you don't get special glowy stars or anything for going above the minium needed, but you are still earning points. I hate to admit this, but I'm competitive enough that knowing that I am working towards being/staying in the top ten for the monthly postings is something of a motivator. I also like seeing how I'm doing against all other people in the program who are in my age group or state.

My state is apparently filled with a bunch of slackers!

I joined it today :)

Hello everyone... I joined the President's Challenge just now and am excited about getting started! I seriously needed something to motivate me to get off my bee-hind. I just joined 3FatChicks.com a couple of nights ago... I just stumbled onto the site and am SO glad I did. I joined Weight Watchers 9 weeks ago, 3 weeks after my daughter was born. I have lost 18 lbs so far. My husband comes home from Iraq at the end of this year, so I really want to lose a lot of weight before he gets back! I hope I get the hang of this website pretty soon, cause I've finding it sort of difficult to navigate, but I'm half-stupid most of the time, anyway! LOL..... good luck to all!

Welcome aboard! We love newbies here! I hope the program is as useful to you in motivating you to exercise as it was for me.

I'm loving this challenge! I'm trying to get to 20,000 points for my bronze award and somehow it helps to be accountable. I'm also competetive and doing pretty darn good for an old lady!

Chickadee

It's exciting to me that this Presidental Challenge group is getting so much attention. When I started the group, I wasn't sure if anyone else would join or not. Now I have to believe we are one of the bigger groups out there.

I can't wait till the start of next month to post our stats on how we did.