if you are not already signed on, enter your name, current weight and and goal weight for the month of decmber on the google chart we are using. the link to the chart is:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AicviftRZdhUdGF3eG1yUXFMOTJ3ZXNYakVvS2Z4ZWc&hl=en_US#gid=0

the december challenge is pretty simple - log your food. everyday. no exceptions. even if you go over by 2000 calories. with the holidays approaching, there is probably going to be a lot more food out there than usual. your job is not to avoid this food, or to not enjoy it, but to hold yourself *accountable* for every delicious morsel you eat, and to keep it balanced with a good dose of exercise and water.

for challenge reports, post here every monday, starting on 12/5. you can include any activity from this week for that post to give us a full week.

as for weigh ins, i think you can keep your usual day, so long as you are updating the chart once per week - even if you maintain or have a gain. you are in charge of posting your own progress. anyone who misses 2 solid weeks will be removed from the chart. you can always put yourself back on later, though.

i think the best way to check in on the challenge thread will look like this:

logging - 7/7 days
water - 5/7 days
workout - 5/7 days

sound good?

and then you can provide all the grueling details to your heart's content beneath, but give us that little blurb first because it's short and sweet.

so, december in a nutshell:

logging - 7/7 days, non-negotiable (yes, even whatever holiday feasts you have planned)
water - at least 8 glasses per day
workout - at least 3 days per week

i'm also thinking we can add in a specified activity challenge every one or two weeks. maybe we can rotate ideas on that somehow.

questions? comments? concerns?

happy monday!