CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE! Starting now! (Great for those who don'

goodbyeexcess
goodbyeexcess Posts: 41
edited October 1 in Motivation and Support
Hi everybody, I was looking for some challenges and found some that were closed, some that used gym memberships (which I don't have, unfortunately!) and some that just didn't look like my type of challenge. So here is a challenge for those who are getting fit without a gym membership - that being said, if you DO have a gym membership and still want to join, please feel free!

We will have teams COMPETING! I'll leave this open for about 30 minutes or more to see how many people we get, then we can decide on how many teams we should have. (We can have cutesy little Xmas names, too :laugh: )
Here are the basic rules:
For every ounce you lose, you get 1 point. So for every pound you lose, you get 16 points! However, if you gain, let's say, 5 ounces, you also lose 5 points for your team.

You can post your current weight and goal weight below and I will put it in on a sheet. The sheet will consist of: the starting weight, the goal weight, the amount of weight lost so far, and your challenge statistics. (We will weigh in every Monday.)

As of right now, there are 137 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS. Here is the challenge:
-Walk, run, bike, swim, hike, etc. - 400 MILES! That's about 2.92 miles a day. We can do that!

Ways to get bonus points:
If you reach 200 MILES within 68 DAYS (THE HALFWAY POINT) which would fall on October 16th, 2011, you get an extra 15 points!!
If you walk MORE than 400 miles before Xmas, for every extra mile you get an additional 2 points!!

Ok.. anyone interested? This should be fun!!!! Let me know!!!!!
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  • I would like to join please!
  • gingerninja22
    gingerninja22 Posts: 54 Member
    i'm interested! sounds great! my starting and goal are in my signature :)
    we can do it :D
  • I am interested! :D

    SW: 145
    GW: 125
    CW: 138
  • lovecrystaljoy
    lovecrystaljoy Posts: 297 Member
    This sounds fun
  • Great!!!! Just friend me and message me your current weight and goal weight :) or you can put it on here!!!! :)
  • anamikaraks
    anamikaraks Posts: 59 Member
    I'm in. Thanks for coming up with a gym free challenge that covers the holidays!

    Info in the signature now. Thanks for giving me the impetus to figure out the signature too!
  • femmerides
    femmerides Posts: 843 Member
    oooh! me! i wanna do this! i like the 3 mile a day challenge!
  • ajpequin
    ajpequin Posts: 10 Member
    I would like to join
  • tclarks
    tclarks Posts: 4 Member
    I would love to Join!

    SW: 188
    CW:178
    GW:138 ~Christmas goal weight!
  • Great!!! For those of you wondering - the challenge statistics are how far you have gotten to getting to the 400 mile goal. :)
  • how do we make the trackers to keep up with it? or were you wanting us to just post with you on what we've done daily?
  • Currently working on a spreadsheet!!! We need more people though!!!!!

    P.S. The weight you have lost so far will not count for this challenge. It starts here!!!!
  • Either or.

    You can make a "miles accomplished so far" tracker out of 400 or you can just message me daily with how many.
  • cricketannie
    cricketannie Posts: 184 Member
    Is it too late to join? I would like to, if I can. :)
    My current weight is 248
    My goal weight is 160 when everything is said and done with.
  • I'm gonna leave this open for a little while longer. We need more people!!!

    P.S. Think of some cute X-mas related team names!!!
  • I'm gonna leave this open for a little while longer. We need more people!!!

    P.S. Think of some cute X-mas related team names!!!

    reindeer runners, speedy snowflakes
  • cricketannie
    cricketannie Posts: 184 Member
    Jingle Joggers
  • Jingle Joggers

    I like that one too!! =)
  • IT'S STILL OPEN!!!!!! LET'S GET SOME MORE PEOPLE!!!!!!
  • Jingle Joggers

    Can I have your stats? Message them to me or put them on here! :)
  • jennmoore3
    jennmoore3 Posts: 1,013 Member
    I am so in!!!

    CW: 192.4
    GW: 150 when everything is done...

    I will work on a ticker later today...

    Name ideas...
    Sassy Santa's
    running reindeer
  • mom2pne
    mom2pne Posts: 215 Member
    Can I join!

    SW 300
    CW 271.6
    GW for xmas 235
    GW 140
  • jennmoore3
    jennmoore3 Posts: 1,013 Member
    oh! When is the start date???
  • Yup!! Added you guys in!!! Hopefully we can get a couple more people. Also, it starts today!!!
  • flrnr11
    flrnr11 Posts: 4
    Is this still open? I would like to join. Thanks!
  • jennmoore3
    jennmoore3 Posts: 1,013 Member
    Yeah! So my walking today counts! Woo Hoo!
  • jennmoore3
    jennmoore3 Posts: 1,013 Member
    Good, I prefer a smaller challenge anyways. Easier to follow that way.
  • Would like to join!
  • Great! So what we will do is every Monday you can message me how much weight you have lost and how many miles you have biked, ran, walked, swam, hiked, etc. Then I'll add it to the spreadsheet! Trying to put a pic of the spreadsheet on here, I just can't quite figure out how...
  • Also, we have room for 2 more people! We have uneven teams right now!
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