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December 9-15 Mini Challenges
Welcome to the 2nd Week in December. I hope you have fun with the mini challenges. Monday Mini Challenge: Food - stay within your calorie limit. Make today a now sweets day. Fruits are ok but no candies, chocolate, or sugar. Cardio - Do 30-60 minutes of increased heart rate activity Strength - you know it's Monday and that…
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December Week 1 Winners
Hello All, This week was an awesome week for many of you. There were 111 participants on the spread sheet. Of those 111 there were 70 people that showed a loss (total of 173.10 lbs), 12 people stayed the same, 12 people did not record, and 17 people showed a gain (25.8 lbs). Great job everyone. Top 20 Losers francejc…
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December 3 - 9 Mini Challenge
Hello All and Welcome to December. Here are the mini challenges for the week. Please let me know if there is something specific you would like me to do and let me know what you think of these. I know it may seem like big numbers for the strength exercise but the key is to do what you can and maybe just a couple more and…
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"Life's New Journey" December Challenge
Good Morning to Everyone, I can not believe that it is December already. Today I will be making up the December spreadsheet for the "Life's New Journey" December Challenge. We are always welcoming new people. The group consists of weekly weighin entered onto a spread sheet. Mini challenges set up on Monday for the week,…
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November 26-November 31 Mini Challenge
WEEK 4 MINI CHALLENGE Monday Mini Challenge: Food: stay within your calorie limit and make sure you are not eating empty calories. Give up one of your comfort foods today. Cardio: do 30-60 minutes of increased heart rate activity. ( maybe a brisk walk or interval training) Strength: it is crunch Monday- do 150 before…
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"Life's New Journey" December Challenge
"INVITATION, INVITATION, INVITATION" Another New Month which means the start of a new challenge and an invitation to all.... This challenge involves entering your weight every Friday onto a spreadsheet. There are also optional daily mini food and exercise challenges posted on the homepage for your involvement and…
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November Week and Monthly Winners
Hello All, I apologize again for being so late posting the winners. I can not believe how fast time flies (hopefully I will start having fun soon haha). November was a very good month for many many participants. There were 108 participants on the spread sheet for the 4th week/ There were 33 people that showed a loss (Total…
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November 19-25
Hello All MFP friends This is the post for week 4's mini challenge. I am going to get a little philosophical this week and want you to think of three things before you eat. They are: 1) Why are you eating?-(Are you bored?,Are you sad?,Are you really hungry?,etc) 2) What are you eating?-(Are you eating nutritional food?,Are…
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November Week 3 Winners
Good Day, I can not believe how fast time goes. Hope everyone had a great week and for all the American friends a Happy Thanksgiving to you!!! There were 109 participants on the spread sheet this week and of those 109, there were 43 people that showed a loss (Total of 71.9 lbs), 23 people that stayed the same, 23 people…
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November Week 2 Winners
Another Week done!!!! There were 112 participants on the spread sheet. Of those, there were 51 people that showed a loss (total of 83.4lbs), 17 people stayed the same, 22 people did not record, and 22 people showed a gain (38.2lbs). Great job everyone. Top 20 Losers~~~~~~ jlangton10 -3.17% -6.0lbs thinktank32k -2.37%…
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November 12-18 Mini Challenge
Here We Go with Week 3!!!!! Monday Food: Stay within your calorie limit. Eat at least 3 vegetables and 2 fruits. Cardio: Do some kind of increased heart rate activity to burn at least 250 calories. (ie walking 30 minutes, elliptical, aerobics, stairs etc) Strength: Do 120 crunches (3 different kinds) Water: Drink at least…
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November 5 - 11 Mini Challenge
It is week 2 of the November Challenge. Monday Mini Challenge: Food- stay below allowed calorie limit. Review your calorie intake and try to avoid empty calories such as food high in sugar. If you are a soda drinker make today a soda free day. Cardio- go for a 30-45 minute brisk walk/ jog. Make sure to get your heart rate…
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November Week 1 Winners
Hello All, I hope everyone is well. For the first week of November there were 107 participants on the spread sheet and of that 107, there were 52 people that showed a loss (total of 109.8lbs), 13 people stayed the same, 18 people did not record, and 24 people showed a gain (41.5lbs). Congratulations to everybody. Top 20…
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October 29-November 3 Mini Challenges
Hello All, Here is the challenges for the week. Let me know what you think. :flowerforyou: Monday Mini Challenge: Food- stay below allowed calorie limit. Cardio- do a 3 mile or 45 minute brisk walk. Strength- 100 crunches (three different kinds) :drinker: Water: drink at least 64ozs :flowerforyou: Tuesday Mini Challenge:…
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October Week 4 and Monthly Winners
Hello All, I apologize for the delay in this post. I am in the middle of year-end at work and it is a little crazy. I hope next month will be a little slower. October was a very good month for most. There was 150 participants on the spread sheet and of those there were 53 people that lost (total of 101lbs), 14 people…
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October 22 - 28 Mini Challenge
Hello All, Here is the mini challenges for this week. Enjoy!!!! Monday's Mini Challenge: Food – Stay within your designated calorie limit and give up one of your must-have foods (ie sugar in your coffee, soda etc) Cardio - Do a 30-45 minutes of increased heart rate activity. Suggestions might be a brisk walk, aerobics,…
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November "Life's New Journey" Challenge
"INVITATION, INVITATION, INVITATION" Another New Month which means the start of a new challenge and an invitation to all.... This challenge involves entering your weight every Monday onto a spreadsheet. There are also optional daily mini food and exercise challenges posted on the homepage for your involvement and…
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October Week 3 Winners
Hello All, Another week is gone, the weather is cooling off (actually snow on the ground), and believe it or not Christmas decorations in the store. How time flies..... There were 149 participants on the spread sheet last week and of those there were 51 people who lost (total of 102.5lbs), 19 people that stayed the same,…
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October 15-21 Mini Challenge
Good Morning All, I hope everybody had a great week. I did not have a good week and attribute it to eating out too many times all week. I am going to get back on the wagon today. Monday Mini Challenge: Food: Stay within your calorie limit and give up one of your favourite foods. Cardio: Do 125 jumping jacks. See how many…
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October Week 2 Winners
Hello All, Another week has flown by. Fall is definitely on its way and I am running out of nice warm sunny days here in Canada. I am thinking it is time to move haha. There were 149 participants on the spread sheet last week. Of the 149, there were 68 people that show a loss (total of 138lbs AWESOME), 19 people stayed the…
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Oct 8 - 14 Mini Challenge
Hello Everyone, It is great to see the feedback for the mini challenges. The biggest challenge with the mini challenge is to do better this week than you did last week. Even if it is just 2 more crunches or push-ups, just push yourself a little more. If there is something specific that you would like to see please let me…
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October Week 1 Winners
Hello All, Sorry for the delay. I have been crazy at work doing year-end so have not been able to give all of you the time that I would like and for that I apologize. I am still in awe as to the number of participants there is for October. There were 149 participants on the spread sheet and of that there were 81 people…
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October 1 - 7 Mini Challenge
Hello Everyone, I am so excited this month. If you have not seen the spread sheet yet you will be awe struck as to the number of participants there are. I have been trying to keep up all weekend with all the responses and hopefully I have not missed anybody. For all the new people, welcome. For all the repeat participants,…
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October Spread Sheet Entry Rules
Hello, I just thought I would write a little blurb about the spreadsheet for the many many many new participants. - The spreadsheet is a Google Document and you need a Google Account to open it and I must give you access. - It is for the entire month of October. - If you participated last month, you will find the May…
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September Monthly Winners
Hello Again, All around the month of September ended up being a good month for most. There were 50 participants that reported every week. Of the 50 there were 29 people that reported a loss (total of 81.22lbs), 7 people stayed the same, and 14 people gained (total of 46.4lbs). Congratulations to all. Top 15 Losers~~~~~~~…
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September Week 4 Winners
Hello All, Sorry for the delay in posting the winners this week. There were 52 participants on the spread sheet last week and of the 52 there were 19 people that lost (total of 27.3lbs), 6 people stayed the same, 8 people did not record their weight, and 19 people gained (total of 37.2 lbs). Congratulations to all the…
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October "Life's New Journey" Challenge
"INVITATION, INVITATION, INVITATION" Another New Month which means the start of a new challenge and an invitation to all.... This challenge involves entering your weight every Monday onto a spreadsheet. There are also optional daily mini food and exercise challenges posted on the homepage for your involvement and…
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September 24-30 Mini challenge
We are going to stay with the same format as last week. This will include doing cardio at least 3-4 times a week for 30-45 minutes. The mini challenges are going to consist of a single food challenge for the day, and a strength challenge. It would be great if you reported how you made out with the strength portion. Monday…
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September Week 3 Winners
Hello All, Well I didn't quite get my wish of having everybody lose or stay the same (me included). Maybe next week. There were 52 participants on the spread sheet and of those there were 22 that lost (total of 26.7 lbs), 6 that stayed the same, 8 that did not record, and 16 that gained (total 21.4 lbs). Great job…
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September 17-23 Mini Challenge
Hello All, I have decided to change things up a little bit this week for the mini challenges. I think it is pretty standard that we all do cardio at least 3-4 times a week and everybody does something different so I want everybody to continue with that routine of 30-45 minutes of card at least 3 times a week. The mini…
