JANUARY CHALLENGE!! New Year...New You. 2010 has come and gone. Tomorrow starts 2011. The calendar flips and it's a brand new year. Clean slate. A chance to start again. Let's kick it off with a challenge!!! It's somewhere to check in...some friendly competition. 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!

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 December 1, 2010. 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) Sorry, no 1/2 points.

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????

Note: When I do the final totals at the end of the month, I only include people who have participated 15 days or more.

I love this accountability tool!!!

Water - 64+ oz
Food - Stay within my weight watchers points
Exercise - water aerobics, weight lifting, treadmill/bicylcle, walking with purpose (not just the dog!)

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2: 3
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4: 3
5: 4
6: 3
7: 4
8: 3
9: 3
10: 2
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Water - 128 oz
Food - Stay within1400-1600 range
Exercise - Walk daily plus add in minitramp a few times a week

1:3 (235)
2:3
3: (234) 4 great day!!
4:4
5:4
6:3
7:3( sick)
8:3
9:4 (232)
10:3
11:4
12: (my baby turns 21) 4 ( even after a slice of cake)
13:4
14:3
15:2 (232 TOM)
16:4
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20:4
21:4
22:4 (231)
23:1
24:4
25:2Happy birthday to me!!
26:4
27:4
28:4
29: 1 (230)baby shower for my oldest daughter. finger foods temptation!!!
30: 1
31:4

Water - 64+ oz
Food - 1500 cals
Exercise - What I can do without too much pain

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2:3
3:2
4:3
5:4
6:3
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10:3
11:3
12:2
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14:3
15:1
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17:4
18:4
19:3
20:3
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25:4
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27:4
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Water - 64+ oz
Food - 1200-1600 healthy calories
Exercise - at least 15min of intentional movement/ not normal activities
1: 0pt
2: 0pt, junk is all gone tomorrow will be a good day
3: 4pt, yea me, even did 30min of exercise but it wasn't an easy day!
4: 3pt, this is so hard!!!
5: 3pt, WHY??? Did I do this to myself?
6: 3pt
7: 3pt
8: 2pt
9: 2pt Not to bad for a first weekend
10: 1pt Not a great day
11: 3pt better then yesterday
12: 1pt
13: 2pt
14: 2pt
15: 1pt lost nothing this past week
16: 1pt
17: 0pt
18: 0pt
19: 2pt
20: 2pt
21: 0
22: 0
23: 0
24: 0
25: 0
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27: 0
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29: 0 ahhh this is just so hard, i can't seem to stick with anything, I start out good and fail fail fail
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great idea, THANK YOU!!!

Water - 64+ oz
Food - 1200-1600 healthy calories
Exercise - at least 15min of intentional movement/exercise
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I am new here, but i hope it's okay if I join in!

Eating: This is my first week, so I'm starting out small - my goal for this week is NO POTATO CHIPS & generally watching what I eat
Water: 1.5l
Exercise: 30 minutes a day
Weigh in: Once a week, probably on a Wednesday

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Welcome Emma!

Wow... November and December were horrible months for me. I'm definitely going to turn it around this month and get as many points as possible.

Goals:
Food - Stay under 1500 calories (net)
Water - Drink at least 50 oz of water
Exercise - Be active (i.e. working out, cardio, etc) for a minimum of 30 minutes a day, everyday

1: 2 (food)
2: 0
3: 4
4: 4
5: 4
6: 2 (exercise and water)
7: 2 (exercise and water)
8: 0 - Too much partying!
9: 3 (food and water)
10: 4
11: 1 (water)
12: 4
13: 1 (water)
14: 2 (exercise and water)
15: 2 (exercise and water)
16: 1 (water)
17: 2 (exercise and water)
18: 1 (water)
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Great Challenge for accountability! I love this idea! Count me in.

The Plan:
Food: Stick with my WW daily Points + value
Water: 48 Oz Daily
Exercise: Anything for at least 30 minutes!

1: 1
2: 0 (Rough Day!)
3: 4
4: 3
5: 2
6: 3
7: 4
8: 3
9: 4
10: 4
11: 2
12: 3
13: 4
14: 3
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Total Points for Month: 40

I am loving this challenge!

It is easy to track and fun!

Tomorrow is my weigh day.... I just wanted to say thanks for helping me stay on track even if I don't have fantastic results at the scale!

I am going to do this in January. I don't like to track my water, so for me, I will never get over 3 points, unless I get on the ball with the water.

Here are my goals

Water - 64 oz
Food - 1800 or less
Exercise - I'll count any day I exercise with intention!

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