May Challenge- 5 plus pounds

Satyrakk

MAY CHALLENGE SPECIFICS

The goal of the month is to lose 5 pounds (or more) while staying accountable with our intake and calories spent throughout the month.

On the first, and then every Tuesday following, we will weigh and report to the group page (or original thread if group page not working).

On this page we will put on May 1:

1. Team COLOR
2. Current weight
3. Month's weight goal

There will also be available a "challenge" for the teams. By completing the challenge, each team will be able to earn bonus for weight loss or calories for the week.

During the week, team members should be in contact with other team members for encouragement and support. (Remember there are some people who value being anonymous, so if someone on your team is sticking just to weight loss/exercise and not sharing their life history, that is okay). Try to send encouragement to each team member as often as possible.
Every Tuesday after that we will log:

1. Team COLOR
2. May 1 weight
3. May 8 weight (and add a date to every week after 15, 22, 29)
4. weight difference*
5. Calories burned that week*
6. If you completed the challengE

Look for the challenge for the next week as you report!

Our wonderful stats/math people (thank you) will then take the information provided on the * spots and come up with team averages. Wednesday morning we will post the top five teams in each category with their numbers. We will post after the first week the winners for the week and the winners for the month totals... so every week your team has a new start!
(Team leads please let me know if there are any people on your team who are not participating so we will not average them into the statistics.)

Please note-

Calories burned should be only reported if it is actually caused by effort, sleeping with a heart rate monitor on and logging the time DOES NOT COUNT! If you have questions over what counts as calories, please discuss it with your team members. I trust you can work together to be honest in your reporting.

Second, remember we are in this for the long haul. Please be healthy. Eat at least 1200 calories and do not do any type of exercise that your doctor would not approve of.

Third, if you do not report, for whatever reason, you are out of the challenge. If you know you will be away from the computer all day on Tuesday, report on Monday.

I hope this is clear enough. We will see if the group sites are up (hopefully) for weigh in on Tuesday. If not, please put your info on the original thread.

Good luck to all! FIVE POUNDS FOREVER!!!
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cmcfer52

I'd like to get in but I know I'm a day late. HELP!!!

magsue

Come on the White team LETS GET PHYSICAL!!

rocketass99

Silver her with you. Go a do this thing together

Cbaran01

I am in!

bella7966

Come on black team we can do it x

bubblesburst80

ORANGE is the best colour!

Amylosingit

Go Blue! Gonna be a good month

Kellysmom78

White team...woohoo!!

DrivenDiva

Come on BLACK TEAM!!!! I see you over there Bella! High five!!

Satyrakk

Go PURPLE go!! I forsee the need to stock up on some deoderant with sweating off all these pounds!!

nievamc5

Team Auburn checking in! We're in it to win it!

scheherazade315

Let's go Team Green!

stebben

any room left?

tiamaria3

I'm still interested! Count me in

tasiamere

Great idea! :-( I missed the deadline. Good luck though.:happy:

aarnold86

Darn I missed it. Let me know if you do one for June.

newNRGkate

Count me in, I totally need some help getting these last few pounds off! I think a group like this will be perfect.

JMJohnson1005

Let's go blue team!

tasiamere

So excited to be apart of this! GO ORANGE!!! Now to figure out how/where to check in at...

KikiCS

Let's go AuBURNs...

Bretto

Gold Team checking in. I am willing to take on a couple more members.

blessedmom1102

I would love to join if not to late! I could use the support.

rocketass99

Haha...let the games begin o. Tuesday. Looks like still can't write in the group area:(

kiku76

I would love to join if not to late! I could use the support.

me too. I just started c25k and weights but I have a hard time eating right. I know im late but would love to join cause I need the help

newNRGkate

I'm here and ready to go for tomorrow for the white group!! Thanks for adding me as a late entry, this is gonna be an awesome month just in time for shorts weather ))
GO WHITE TEAM GO!!!

turnerm65

I'm ready for tomorrow too! GO WHITE TEAM!!!

heidihurl

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Satyrakk

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A couple of people have mysteriously "disappeared" from group rooms and have needed to be reinvited. Let me know if you have any problems. It would be good to have the rooms ready for when the fix is complete. (hopefully today!)

smunson1

I know I am super late but I just signed back on to MFP after way too long away because I was disgusted with myself this weekend. Any chance you could squeeze in one more participant??