MAY Points Challenge (this has NOTHING to do with WW)

  • MAY...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. (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 Monday, May 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!)
  • This is where we are at so far!!! I have totaled up to 5/21/06, so this is out of a possible 84 points.

    73 ~ jtammy
    66 ~ MsHelena
    65 ~ activeadventurer
    51 ~ Skyward
    51 ~ zizania
    37 ~ 72butterfly
    37 ~ Lifeguard
    36 ~ momTo2SweetPeas
    35 ~ ssqtswife33
    33 ~ karistiana

    Keep up the good work everyone!! It's never to late to join!!!!
  • I'm excited about this!! Time for me to get on track and stay there. I'm going to see lots of 4's this month!!

    1 - 4
    2 - 1
    3 - 1
    4 - 2
    5 - 4 (started gym membership today)
    6 - 3
    7 - 2 (ate dinner at grandma's house... how can I say no to that cooking!!)
    8 - 3
    9 - 4
    10- 4
    11- 3
    12- 4
    13- 3
    14- 1 (had some friends over and the eating/exercising part just didn't happen)
    15- 3
    16- 4
    17- 1
    18- 4
    19- 3
    20- 2
    21- 4
    22- 4
    23- 1
    24- 0 (had 'one-of-those-days' that I just didn't care)
    25- 3
    26- 4
    27- 4
    Leaving for vacation, so the 27th is the last day I'll be able to record. I can't believe I've actually kept track of this for a month. First time I've ever done anything like this. I haven't lost much weight, but I feel so much better overall and have a lot more energy!!
  • I'm in and excited about it. Thanks Sandi. These challenges really help me keep track of what I am doing.

    Day 1 - 4 points
    Day 2 - 3 points
    Day 3 - 4 points
    Day 4 - 1 point
    Day 5 - 4 points
    Day 6 - 4 points
    Day 7 - 3 points
    Day 8 - 3 points
    Day 9 - 3 points
    Day 10 - 3 points
    Day 11 - 1 point (Too many carbs emotional eating)
    Day 12 - 4 points
    Day 13 - 3 points
    Day 14 - 2 points (Holiday day off of eating plan)
    Day 15 - 4 points
    Day 16 - 4 points
    Day 17 - 2 points (Mega late night emotional eating)
    Day 18 - 1 point (Yesterday revisited minus the exercise)
    Day 19 - 4 points (Back on track)
    Day 20 - 4 points
    Day 21 - 4 points
    Day 22 - 4 points
    Day 23 - 3 points
    Day 24 - 2 points (Treats at show and after)
    Day 25 - 4 points
    Day 26 - 3 points
    Day 27 - 3 points
    Day 28 - 3 points
    Day 29 - 1 point (Holiday day off of eating plan)
    Day 30 - 3 points
    Day 31 - 4 points
  • Day 1: 4
    Day 2: 4
    Day 3: 3
    Day 4: 3
    Day 5: 1
    Day 6: 1
    Day 7: 1
    Day 8: 4
    Day 9: 3
    Day 10: 0
    Day 11: 0
    Day 12: 1
    Day 13: 1
    Day 14: 3
    Day 15: 2
    Day 16: 2
    Day 17: 3
    Day 18: 2
    Day 19: 3
    Day 20: 4
    Day 21: 4
    Day 22: 4
    Day 23: 3
    Day 24: 4
    Day 25: 3
    Day 26: 3
    Day 27: 4
    Day 28: 4
    Day 29: 3
    Day 30: 2
    Day 31: 3
  • Haven't posted much over here but starting up a new job and therefore routine and wanted to see if this challenge might help me settle in.
    1: 4
    2: 2
    3: 2
    4: 1
    5: 0
    6: 0
    7: 4
    8: 4
    9: 4
    10: 2
    11: 0
    12: 4
    13: 2
    14: 4 (was edited Sunday evening to correct)
    15: 4
    16: 4
    17: 4
    18: 4
    19: 2
    20: 0
    21: 0
    22: 0
    23: 1
    24: 4
    25: 4
    26: 4
    27:
    28:
    29:
    30:
    31:
  • It's a new month!! Thank goodness. I struggled last month. Let's see how this one goes.

    May 1--3pts
    May 2--3pts
    May 3--3pts
    May 4--3pts
    May 5--3pts
    May 6--3pts
    May 7--3pts
    May 8--2pts
    May 9--3pts
    May 10--2pts
    May 11--3pts
    May 12--3pts
    May 13--3pts
  • I am very determined this month, therefore I know I will succeed!!!

    5/1 - 4pts.
    5/2 - 4pts.
    5/3 - 4pts.
    5/4 - 4pts.
    5/5 - 4pts.
    5/6 - 4pts.
    5/7 - 0pts. (In bed sick all day)
    5/8 - 0pts.
    5/9 - 0pts.
    5/10- 1pt.
    5/11- 1pt.
    5/12- 1pt.
    5/13- 1pt.
    5/14- 1pt.
    5/15- 1pt.
    5/16- 1pt.
    5/17- 4pts.
    5/18- 3pts.
    5/19- 4pts.
    5/20- 4pts.
    5/21- 4pts.
    5/22- 4pts.
    5/23- 2pts.
    5/24- 2pts.
    5/25- 2pts.
    5/26- 2pts.
    5/27- 2pts.
  • Okay - here goes:
    1 - 1
    2 - 0
    3 - 1
    4 - 3
    5 - 3
    6 - 1
    7 - 1
    8 - 3
    9 - 2
    10 - 3
    11 - 3
    12 - 3
    13 - 4
    14 - 3
    15 - 3
    16 - 3
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    24
    25
    26
    27
    28
    29
    30
    31

    Good luck everyone!!!
  • Great! I'm definitely in this month.
    Okay - here goes:
    1 - 4
    2 - 4
    3 - 4
    4 - 3
    5 - 4
    6 - 4
    7 - 1 just the water today
    8 - 4
    9 - 4 Time for bed before I eat anything else and go over my limit
    10 - 4
    11 - 4
    12 - 4
    13 - 4
    14 - 3
    15 - 4
    16 - 4
    17 - 4
    18 - 4
    19 - 2
    20 - 4
    21 - 2
    22 - 4
    23 - 4
    24 - 4
    25 - 3 - only got in 1 mile in morning exercise
    26 - 4
    27 - 4 Had to guzzle the water right before bed-time, but I got it in.
    28 - 3 day off from exercise
    29 - 4
    30 - 4
    31 - 4

    The challenge inspired me. Several days I didn't want to exercise, but I didn't want to have a point knocked off either, so I did it anyway.
  • May 1: 4
    May 2: 4
    May 3: 3
    May 4: 4
    May 5: 3
    May 6: 4
    May 7: 4
    May 8: 4
    May 9: 4
    May 10: 4
    May 11: 4 hard-earned points.
    May 12: 4
    May 13: 4
    May 14: 4 - This challenge is great. I haven't felt this good about myself in years.
    May 15: 4
    May 16: 4 - I had to chug water like nuts this evening to make my water goal.
    May 17: 4
    May 18: 4
    May 19: 4
    May 20: 3
    May 21: 1
    May 22: 4 - Back on track, but with seriously modified exercise goals.
    May 23: 4
    May 24: 4
    May 25: 4
    May 26: 3
    May 27: 4
    May 28: 4
    May 29: 2 - My food plan went to ****, due to alcohol consumption.

    So far, fairly good.

    Drinking all that water is the hardest part.
  • Hey Ladies!!! Check out the totals page! I have tallied everything up!!!

    Here are where I need your points to start!

    jtammy ~ Day 21
    MsHelena ~ Day 18
    activeadventurer ~ Day 22
    Skyward ~ Day 19
    zizania ~ Day 20
    72butterfly ~ Day 14
    Lifeguard ~ Day 17
    momTo2SweetPeas ~ Day 14
    ssqtswife33 ~ Day 18
    karistiana ~ Day 17

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