Fitness Challenge Sign Up deadline!

[paiger81]

If you are interested, BUT HAVE NOT SIGNED UP please post here by March 20. Currently we have 20 people signed up, and I would like to announce teams on Monday, March 21. so every team will have a chance to get a game plan together. Remeber the start date is April 1.

[pisces2473]

What I want to know is why none of the boys have signed up. That hurts my everything...even my browser.

*typing this as she scarfs down leftover birthday cake*

[paiger81]

Maybe all our male posters are really fit and sexy men :googly: :p

[kitalyn414]

so... can we have a sneak preview of what the format of the contest will be? :)

[paiger81]

The main point of the challenge is to workout consistently according to your own activity level and schedule, and to follow a healthy food plan, of your chosing. Yes, this is a trust based challenge, please be honest.

Points are awarded for:
1) Posting your weekly workout plan[2 points],
2) Each workout you stick to [5 points]
3) Stick to Healthy Food Plan [1 point /day]
4) Bonus workout - 1 allowed per day. >30mins of consecutive physical activity at your current fitness level. [2 points]
5) You must take at least one day off - no workout bonus points granted for mandatory day off

Everyone will be divided into teams and the teams will compete against each other for the most points. Each team has the option to create a team fitness thread to post weekly workout schedules. Each team should come up with a Team Name & nominate a Team Captain.

Contestants should post their workout schedules weekly and report back to their team captains after they have completed the workouts (report daily, every other day . .. after you get back from a weekend out, etc).

There will be two types of Bonuses: team and individual. These bonuses will be varying amount of points. An example of a individual bonus would be: Try a healthy food you have never had before, report back if it was good. Points: 5
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Right now I think we will be in teams of 4. We might add stuff as we go along, but for now, this is the whole concept.

[paiger81]

It's based on individuality, but in a team environment. Because everyone's fitness level & food choices vary, so basically the teams are there to encourage each other on a more personal basis. On the other forum I'm on my team members have my e-mail address and I randomly recieve encouraging e-mails from them, or since they know I want to work on my leg size, they'll send me articles that they have seen about new leg exercises.

If a team wants to start a specific diet together, that's fine, but not necessary.

[libraswan77]

So how does this work? Do u get to choose which team you are on?, when will the teams be posted and what other info should we be informed about? :question:

[paiger81]

It was decided on the original post-"Anybody interested in starting a Weight loss Challenge"- that I assign teams. Other than that, basically what is stated above is what is going on.....

[Bugsey34]

What do we get if our team gets the most points? The satisfaction that we are the fittest and sexiest????? :huge:

[paiger81]

I'll mail you a pretty certificate....you could hang it in your office :huge:

[steph78]

Hey fitness challenge people, I am so excited about starting in April. For whoever my teammates happen to be when they are assigned, I am going to be on vacation and away from my computer starting this afternoon until March 28th. Don't freak out if I am not responding to stuff, I will DEFINITELY be participating when I get back, stuffed full of yummy chocolate from Switzerland and really in need of some exercise to work it off! :)

[Kristyn]

Sign me up if I'm not on the list already. :)

[coll214]

So I guess that means i need to finish up the B&J's ice cream and girl scout cookies before April 1! :evil: Well, a girls got to have goals! LOL.

[paiger81]

Here is the Team List. If more people join, I may adjust teams.

TEAM 1
Paige
Coll214
MetFanL
Kitalyn414

Team 2
Biodork
SmileSoSweet
Mishl982
Kitty

TEAM 3
ChesrCarol
Tina1979
winneythepooh7
Wordsmith

TEAM 4
Steph78
Kristyn
Diesel
Pisces2473

Team 5
Megrocks
Hoodie
K.monster
bugsey34

[tina1979]

me too!, but I'm pretty certain i'm already on it, unless I've missed a sign up post

[pisces2473]

I'm excited! I'm starting to get in the mindset for April 1st!!!!

[coll214]

Me too... it'll be good to have a reason to push myself to exercise- b/c apparently i need motivation to go!!

[Kristyn]

Alright Team 4! Do we get to create team names like that Celebrity Fit Club show? Anyone watch that? I saw it for the first time last weekend and thought it was great, and I hate reality shows.

[paiger81]

Definitely come up with Team NAMES, and get creative people!!! Also, if anybody has any suggestions for BONUSes, let me know. Basically I want this to be fun, because if people are bored then they are less likely to want to work out or eat healthy.

Though I do want to add that I'm eating a Apple Cinamon rice cake right now that is really good. Never thought I'd be saying that!

[pisces2473]

Alright Team 4! Do we get to create team names like that Celebrity Fit Club show? Anyone watch that? I saw it for the first time last weekend and thought it was great, and I hate reality shows.
YEAH TEAM 4!!!! Whoo hoo!!!

[diesel]

YAY Team 4!!

I'm excited! This will be the boost I need :)

[SmilesSoSweet]

Go Team 2!! I'll be off the boards for a few days. I'll be in Phoenix finding an apartment! :razz: But I look forward to the challenge. My brother's wedding is in September and I want the bridesmaids dress I tried on to be taken-in a size by then.

[pisces2473]

I want the bridesmaids dress I tried on to be taken-in a size by then.
That is THE best motivation!

[biodork]

Heh i just found that teams were posted! lol (must be cuz i've had the flu and have been home from work for most of this week) Yay team 2!

Only one thing...I'm not sure if Michelle wanted to actually be on a team? I thought she just wanted support. Unless I missed a post saying that she did want to be on a team. We'll make sure when she gets back from Indiana.

[paiger81]

Here's what she posted on the original post:
That seems like a pretty fun idea! I'm not really into the challenge aspect of it, but I definitely like the idea of motivating each other and seeing
how we progress over the next month/6 weeks/etc.

I assumed that meant she wanted to be part of it, let me know!

[tina1979]

Woohoo!! Go Team 3!

[twentity]

I wanna play!

[Deadend]

Wow, there seriously are like no guys there at all.

[pisces2473]

Well, Deadend, why aren't YOU doing it???

Where is our voice of reason, anyway?

[abby]

Good idea - sign me up!
Marriage + desk job = even bigger fat ass.
Upcoming book launch + cameras = extra incentive.

[GetMeOuttaDC]

what if you are interested in working out more and getting more toned/eating less crap, but don't need to lose weight?

I wanna play too, but I am already thin. Just don't look it in capris. :)

[pisces2473]

That's why it's a fitness challenge, not a weight loss challenge :)

[GetMeOuttaDC]

hehe, the two are so often equated... count me in!

[pisces2473]

hehe, the two are so often equated... count me in!
YEAH TELL ME ABOUT IT.

To my doctors:

I will never be 5'7" and 135lbs the way you think I should. Yes, I'm 5'7" but lets work on my eating habits changing and long term health instead of me losing the equivalent of one of my legs.

Love, Jen

[GetMeOuttaDC]

YEAH TELL ME ABOUT IT.

To my doctors:

I will never be 5'7" and 135lbs the way you think I should. Yes, I'm 5'7" but lets work on my eating habits changing and long term health instead of me losing the equivalent of one of my legs.

Love, Jen

LMAO! People (even doctors) can be so ignorant. healthy and thin are two different things. my cholesterol, blood sugar and thyroid are checked, oh maybe every other year. It concerns only me that I lose so much weight without doing anything. My old doctor's office claimed "not to understand" how a size-2 person could have 230+ cholesterol and exercise maybe once a week.

[pisces2473]

I don't have that much body fat! I am just a big person, wtf???? To lose as much weight as they say I should, I would probably need to cut off a leg.

I swear, doctors need body fat analysis machines in their offices to get a better view of their patients.

Kelly, re: high cholesterol--hello, don't the dr's watch TV? Where they show the commercial for the cholesterol drugs with the basketball coach who runs a zillion miles a day with high cholesterol? And the swimmer?

[GetMeOuttaDC]

Kelly, re: high cholesterol--hello, don't the dr's watch TV? Where they show the commercial for the cholesterol drugs with the basketball coach who runs a zillion miles a day with high cholesterol? And the swimmer?

that contributed to my switching doctors and speaking to the insurance company. it's OK to assume something so ignorant as all thin people are healthy, all not-so-thin people cannot possibly be - IF you are not a doctor.

If your doc really cannot understand that the factors you have going on (bigger bones, metabolic issue) contribute to your weighing more, then maybe you should find a different one.

[Bugsey34]

Go Team 5! This whole thing coincides perfectly with me getting sick of these extra 15 lbs. I think I am going to start South Beach, maybe next week, so I will have a head start!

[tina1979]

Go Team 5! This whole thing coincides perfectly with me getting sick of these extra 15 lbs. I think I am going to start South Beach, maybe next week, so I will have a head start!
I was thinking of trying south beach as well.

[pisces2473]

Kelly:

My endocrinologist is GREAT with this stuff, he'll say "Try to lose 5 lbs before I see you again in 6 mos." Really attainable goals. My GYN is like, "YOU MUST RUN 2 miles a day!!! And eat yogurt!!!" My primary I haven't seen in over a year b/c I haven't been sick.

I've been thinking about asking if any of the other doctors in my GYN practice have experience with PCOS--my GYN just doesn't seem to get how everything fits in and makes everything difficult.

[Bugsey34]

Yeah the first thing that made me consider it was hearing how much weight people lost on this board with it. Plus it sounds like a reasonable plan that I could do for the rest of my life. I'm not a dieting person, this is the first time I've ever actually concentrated on loosing any weight in my life. I always thought diets were crap because you just gain the weight back anyway because you cant follow them forever.

But this one sounds healthy to me and even though the first two weeks are basically a strict no carb thing (which I am against), I think it will be good for me. I was beginning to rethink it, but then I realized that I am basically a carb and sugar addict. I hate to be addicted to things, so two weeks cutting it back should be good for me. Wake up my mashed potato loving a$$ and snap it into shape.

[tina1979]

I was beginning to rethink it, but then I realized that I am basically a carb and sugar addict. I hate to be addicted to things, so two weeks cutting it back should be good for me. Wake up my mashed potato loving a$$ and snap it into shape.
LOL! Sound like me but sub mashed potatoes for pasta

[Kristyn]

Wake up my mashed potato loving a$$ and snap it into shape.

Give up the mashed potatoes??? This fitness thing is going to be tough! (Go Team 4!)

[GetMeOuttaDC]

Kelly:

My endocrinologist is GREAT with this stuff, he'll say "Try to lose 5 lbs before I see you again in 6 mos." Really attainable goals. My GYN is like, "YOU MUST RUN 2 miles a day!!! And eat yogurt!!!" My primary I haven't seen in over a year b/c I haven't been sick.

I've been thinking about asking if any of the other doctors in my GYN practice have experience with PCOS--my GYN just doesn't seem to get how everything fits in and makes everything difficult.

Seriously. You don't need that shit. As a GYN, she SHOULD understand that PCOS complicates the weight loss anyway.

PS- most yogurt has more sugar than soda.

[paiger81]

TEAM 6
Twentity
Abby
GetMeOuttaDc

Need 1 more person for this team....perhaps DeadEnd?!


what if you are interested in working out more and getting more toned/eating less crap, but don't need to lose weight?

That's why you only get 1 point for eating healthy, it's more exercise related.

[pisces2473]

Seriously. You don't need that shit. As a GYN, she SHOULD understand that PCOS complicates the weight loss anyway.

PS- most yogurt has more sugar than soda.
I know. Everyone is like, you don't sound that enthused by her...you should get a new doctor. Plus, she's not an MD. She's a nurse-midwife. That doesn't bother me, really, it's just her personality/attitude and not really understanding me or where I'm coming from--and she blows off my concerns with "don't worry about that" (like when I asked her about my chances of being able to conceive). Once when I thought I had a contraception accident over a weekend, I had to call the service and this SUPER NICE YOUNG female doctor in my practice called me back. I'm going to have to research her.

Cottage cheese = less sugar than yogurt too. Love those Cottage Doubles!

[paiger81]

O, I forgot to mention that there is a pretty indepth article on PCOS in a magazine I bought yesterday. I don't remember which mag it is though(I buy several at once), I'll post it when I get home. I was looking at the symptoms and I have all but 1, I get my bloodwork results back on the 23rd so we shall see.

[GetMeOuttaDC]

TEAM 6
Twentity
Abby
GetMeOuttaDc

Need 1 more person for this team....perhaps DeadEnd?!




That's why you only get 1 point for eating healthy, it's more exercise related.

do I get extra points for vitamins and antioxidants? Eating healthy is a huge hassle!

[megrocks]

Go team five!!!

As I take another bite of my big mac and another sip of regular coke.

15 more days of crappy eating!

[paiger81]

do I get extra points for vitamins and antioxidants? Eating healthy is a huge hassle!

I'm thinking about letting the teams choose what is considered healthy eating. Obviously eating McD's all week is not super healthy, but I think if each team picks one healthy food habit to pick up each week, then sticks to it, that is considered healthy eating. EX: If your entire team decides in Week 1 to start taking vitamins, you do it, then you get the point. Then the next week you keep with the vitamins, then maybe agree to eat salads 2 days a week, something like that.

Make sense?

[coll214]

I'm thinking about letting the teams choose what is considered healthy eating. Obviously eating McD's all week is not super healthy, but I think if each team picks one healthy food habit to pick up each week, then sticks to it, that is considered healthy eating. EX: If your entire team decides in Week 1 to start taking vitamins, you do it, then you get the point. Then the next week you keep with the vitamins, then maybe agree to eat salads 2 days a week, something like that.
Make sense?
that I can handle... b/c if I happen to have a craving for something, I know i'll eat it... and i need more help in the fitness category anywho. And yay Team 1 :p

[GetMeOuttaDC]

Team 6!

And Deadend for the love of God, don't ask Liz if she'll do this with us :eek: ... even if she does need it, that's a major dating no-no!

[tina1979]

Wheres all my peeps? :confused: I guess I'm the only one here today.

[pisces2473]

They don't like you. HAHA


j/k :)

[tina1979]

They don't like you. HAHA


j/k :)

:eek: ouch! :huge:

[abby]

yay 6'ers! should we get tshirts? size xs? ;)

i seriously have been meaning to start that health forum, as soon as i do i'll create team sub-forums so we can all figure out our strategies.

[pisces2473]

That's awesome, Abby--thanks!

[paiger81]

i seriously have been meaning to start that health forum, as soon as i do i'll create team sub-forums so we can all figure out our strategies.

OMG!! So glad it's only me in my office today(coworker is out) cause I started saying "Oh, yea, yeah, YEAH!"

Thank You ABBY!

[tina1979]

thats awesome Abby! Thanks

[GetMeOuttaDC]

thanks Abby!

[coll214]

Wahoo! Thanks Abby :) !!

[Deadend]

Well, Deadend, why aren't YOU doing it???

Where is our voice of reason, anyway?

What do you mean? I just said I'd do it.

[paiger81]

You said you MIGHT be interested in doing it!

Yeah! You are on Team 6 with Abby, GMODC, & Twentity!

[Deadend]

Alrighty, ok Here's hoping it doesn't turn into more of an exercise in book keeping.

[biodork]

yay thanks abby!

[k.monster]

Even though you're on team six, thanks abby.

go team five!

[mishl982]

Sorry, guys, I've been MIA since I've been on travel, so I don't get to check though all the posts in a timely matter.

Anywho, I was kind of on the fence about doing the team thing, but what have I got to lose? I do need the motivation to go to the gym. Im in!!! Go team 2!!! We can be the Terrible Twos! Just kidding, I don't know what we should call ourselves.

And thanks Abby for working on a health forum :green:

[HereComes30]

I haven't been on here in awhile because there didn't seem to be many new or interesting threads recently. I like this idea though because accountability has been one of the hardest parts for me.

I guess it is too late though to join in....am I correct? I could help the overall numbers of males participating!! ;-)

[GetMeOuttaDC]

I guess it is too late though to join in....am I correct?

I would hope not... If one team would take 5, they could just report 80% of their total score?

[paiger81]

HereComes30,

Technically, signup doesn't end until the 20th, so there is still time for people to sign up. If we don't get any more people, we could make you referee :huge:

Or if any team wants to take on a 5th member, we could do what DC suggested.

[HereComes30]

If we don't get any more people, we could make you referee

Many of the referees I saw in high school were big time overweight! I don't wanna be a referee! I don't even have a whistle or a striped shirt!

[paiger81]

HEY TEAMS!

Would anybody be terribly upset if I made 5 teams of 5, so HereComes30 can join? Currently we have 6 teams of 4.

Let me know!

[GetMeOuttaDC]

HEY TEAMS!

Would anybody be terribly upset if I made 5 teams of 5, so HereComes30 can join? Currently we have 6 teams of 4.

Let me know!

If it's cool with Abby, twentity, and deadend, we'll take him! :) I did suggest the 5 people and 80% score after all...

[paiger81]

I was thinking of waiting until Sunday to make a call. I don't want to put him on Team 6, if some people decide to join last minute, you know?

If no one else signs up, then we can place him there.

[pisces2473]

5 teams of 5 is 5x5 with me :)

[paiger81]

5 teams of 5 is 5x5 with me :)
:razz: Goofy :p

[pisces2473]

Remember what I told you yesterday? That I'm a big dork who was EXCITED to go to class and learn about STATS!

[paiger81]

This is true.....

**Shudders at the thought of Stats class****I think the only reason I passed was cause the prof felt sorry for me(my gramps dies during that semester, coincidentally the same week his mother died)

[HereComes30]

awww...I feel so special and loved right now ;-)

Some of you might not want to have me on an opposing team though...I am going to be kicking some major butt!!

Maybe I will create an ebay auction and auction myself off to the highest bidder!

WOW! Sorry for the momentary big head! HAHAHA! Back to normal now!

[tina1979]

I think 5 groups is good. We could wait until the cut off day for sign ups to set permanent teams.

[Bugsey34]

Yeah I think we should do 5 groups of five to keep the number of groups low.

[paiger81]

OK, I am going to do 5 GROUPS OF 5, so no one pay attention to the previous team lists!