MFP group 'LOSE 1 POUND A WEEK' looking for active members

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Our private support group,LOSE 1 POUND A WEEK, is looking for new active members. (Lurkers need not apply.)

This group focuses on HEALTHY weight loss and weight maintenance methods! Eat less & Move MORE! We will support each other and encourage one another and aim to lose 1 pound a week until we ALL reach our goals!!! We will celebrate each and every pound lost. SLOW & STEADY wins the race! If you have reached you weight goals, you can still participate in a healthy lifestyle!

Here is a list of our current challenges

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Week 39 Challenges (Sep 26 - Oct 2)

To new team members. Look over the challenges and try one for starters. Once you get the hang of it, feel free to enter as many as you wish. If you have any question, please post them on the challenge thread or on your team's chat thread.

1. Exercise - Balance - Multi Level - Balance exercise is one of the four types of exercise along with strength, endurance and flexibility. Ideally, all four types of exercise would be included in a healthy workout routine. Balance is like muscle strength: The more you use it, the less likely you are to lose it. Four levels to choose from. Points for daily participation. Performance points: 1 minute = 1 point up to 10 minutes per day.
   
2. Nutrition - Food Temptation Challenge - Substitute a healthy choice for something that is an unhealthy temptation. Post what was tempting and what your healthy substitution was. One point for each meal or snack, up to six points per day. (Sorry, no '0' entries allowed for this challenge.) Bonus Point for seven successful days of avoiding temptations.
   
3. Misc - Act Your Shoe Size - For 10 minutes every day do an activity a child the age of your shoe size might do.
   
4. Core - is ongoing. Your core is a complex series of muscles, extending far beyond your abs, including everything besides your arms and legs. It is incorporated in almost every movement of the human body. A strong, flexible core underpins almost everything you do.
   
5. Active Minutes - is ongoing. Count your active minutes with an activity tracker or manually. Any activity that makes you sweat, even a little bit, can be counted manually. The only catch for manual tracking... you have to be active at least a full ten minutes to get credit for those first ten minutes. Points will be awarded for daily participation and for the number of active minutes generated. There will be additional Bonus Points for personal bests and your first week will always be a personal best!
   
6. Miles - is ongoing. Miles can be accumulated by walking, jogging, running, cycling (indoor or out), swimming etc. Activity Trackers or Pedometer steps can also be converted. Points for daily participation, miles logged, and additional Bonus Points for beating your personal best. Remember first timers, you will automatically get a personal best on your first week!
   
7. Workout - is ongoing. You set your weekly target for working out on Monday in either work outs per week or total time per week. Then, at the end of the week post whether you made it or not. Points awarded for daily participation and a Bonus Point for meeting your weekly workout goals. Didn't meet your workout goal? Post that too and still get credit for your participation. The best part of this challenge is that all the other exercise challenges qualify for points in this challenge! Consider this a double point challenge!!
   
8. Calorie - is ongoing. Be at or under your daily calorie goal. People's goals can vary daily based on activity level and calories earned from exercise. This challenge won't be based strictly on the number of calories because we want people to eat in a balanced and healthy way. This challenge is a "made it" or "didn't make it" style of challenge, BUT, you'll still need to post your goal and your calories to qualify for "made it". "Made it" everyday for the entire week? Fantastic! You just earned a Bonus Point for the week! If you "didn't make it" all is not lost. You'll still earn participation points if you post that too.
   
9. xK - is ongoing. Have you wanted to train for a 5K, a 10K, a half (13.1K) or even a full (26.2K) marathon? Have you wanted to run or walk a 5K race? Now is the time start ANY of these training programs. Get participation points for Couch to 5K, Couch to 10K, 13.1K, a full 26.2K training program, or running in a virtual 5K race. The best part is that while you will be getting a participation point for each day that you train, you will also be putting miles toward the miles challenge. Track your 5K times on the spreadsheet and earn an additional Bonus Points each week for beating your previous personal best times.