Gimme the Skinny - August Challenge Team 21 - (closed group)

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Are we still weighing in today or are we waiting til the end of the month?

I'll report in my weight today, but I'm REALLY hoping we can report again on Wednesday. I should be done retaining water by then, and I'll be SO sad if I don't get to hit my challenge goal because of stupid TOM today.

OK guys, your captain is back in action. I had some sort of stomach bug on top of having Lasik and it really put me out of commission this weekend! I'm back to feeling like myself and got the OK to work out again!

I know I have a lot of messages to open & return to you guys.

Some clarification, I'm sorry I had everyone send me the stats yesterday, little goof on my part from habit. We are turning in our final numbers/weights on wednesday. So I'm going to update the spreadsheet with all the info from yesterday, then if anyone has a better weight, completed more jumping jacks, miles, or crunches by wednesday, please put that in your wednesday in-box message.

After I update the spreadsheet today, i'll let you know how far off we are to getting the bonus points and maybe we can pull through as a team in the next two days to get er done

thanks guys! Love the team spirit!!

I'm going to start the sept challenge thread today, so be on the lookout in motivation & support boards for our new Outwit the Chubby team forum!!

here's the email I received so far from Garry:


Thank you for being a team captain. I have attached the points and rules of the September Challenge. For those returning captains there aren't any changes at this point. I'm in the process of setting everyone up with Google Docs so that you can edit the main spreadsheet online. This will keep my email free for questions etc... Feel free to contact me at any time. Please copy and paste these rules in your teams forum. If you've not created a team forum for the September Challenge please do so immediately. The forum should be named YOUR TEAM NAME (Closed Group)

I will send out the list of Week 1's challenges by Monday. Hopefully sooner. There will be 2 levels of challenges. A basic low impact workout and an advanced (BUSHMEN) high impact workout. Encourage your people to mix and match if they so choose.

Please remember this needs to be FUN! Encourage your people and have fun with the challenges. I would encourage you to create a gmail account if you do not have one and post your team spreadsheet on google docs under you email account. This way your team can update the spreadsheet on their own. It seems very simple. Make this as easy on your team and yourself as you can. IF someone drops from your team after September 1st and you have a replacement update it yourself and move forward. I do not need to be notified of drops or adds moving forward.

Once the main spread sheet is added you will need to open it up in google docs (i will provide instructions don't panic ) and add your teammates names. After that we get ready to RAISE OUR SPEARS AND GO TRIBAL!

Thanks for all you do and for allowing me to join you on this journey. We've seen tremendous weight loss results in August and I hope to see many more in September. Any questions at all please message me in MFP that is easier for me to manage from work.

Please pray for those that are being affected by Hurricane Irene.

Blessings,

Your Friend

Gary

and points rules:

RAISING OUR SPEARS IN SEPTEMBER AND WE’RE GOING TRIBAL!

Welcome and thank you so much for being a team captain for this MFP Challenge. I believe this is one
of the largest MFP Challenges to date and it’s all made possible by you! You folks really are ROCKSTARS!

If a team member is unable to fulfill their place a replacement can be made please update me with the
information.

September 1st Deadline

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Make sure you have contacted each team member and given them your forum post link
Obtain everyone’s starting weight as of September 1st or the night before
Post the weekly challenges to your team forum prior to September 1st and prior to each week
End of the week tally your teams points (this can be done daily if easier)
Add Bonus Points at the end of the week where applicable

The scoring is as follows. I hope this is simple. If you have questions I’ll answer them for you.

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1 point for each pound lost per team member
1 point for each team member who does their daily exercise challenge (1 point per member)
1 point for the other weekly challenges (water intake, staying under calories etc.) Each week
different challenge per member
(you will put 1 in the excel spreadsheet)
BONUS POINTS
o Daily Exercise – If every team member logs the daily exercise as doing it for all 6 days
Mon – Sat. You may award your TEAM an extra 5 points
o Weekly Challenges – if every team member log the weekly challenge as doing it for all 6
days Mon – Sat. You may award your TEAM an extra 5 points

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Each week you will email me your Team Name and your total points! This is all honor based so please
be honest and encourage your team to be honest.

That’s it. The next email coming later this weekend will be the team challenges. Let’s Step It UP in
SEPTEMBER AND GO TRIBAL!

Go Weapons of Mass Reduction!

Your MFP

Buddy Gary

yes it does!