So based upon our little poll...which only had 8 votes:) But based up on those votes we will be breaking our competition into 2 parts. I will be taking all of the points from November 30th-Feb 7th. I will also be throwing out each person's worst week or one week that they chose to take off. Then we will award half of the money to the winner! Does everyone want to get together for that?? Or do you just want me to do it??
We will begin part two of the competition on Feb 15th. The rules will remain the same except for the following:
* There will be no more minus points for chips, sour cream, cheese etc. **however we will still be minusing points for deserts*** which is defined as: any sugary treat. If you have an questions on what that included feel free to ask me during this week. Just post your question on the comment section of the blog. Each dessert will be worth 3 minus points.
* You will also be responsible for posting your points each week. I will put a post up on the blog. You will log in every week and post your points under the comment section. You will be able to see everyone's point totals. Maybe this will help people be a little more accountable for their points...
Something that I have felt the need to say for a while now. Remember that this competition is only here to help keep you motivated and involved with a group of women that care. I also hope that it helps to keep you accountable to someone. Keep in mind though that I am not claiming that following this plan is going to guarrentee weight loss. Each of us should be able to apply this to what we are currently doing in our quest for healthiness. We each need to reach inside ourself and find that little extra to motivate ourselves! That is one of the hardest things to do!!
I hope that made sense! Let me know if you have any questions. Also, just to clarify...if you paid at the beginning of the competition you will not need to add any more money in the pot. However if you know of someone who would like to join the competition they are welcome to join at this point and contribute 20 dollars.
Thanks,
jamie
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Jamie I have a suggestion... Feel free to shoot it down. Over the course of round 1 of this competition my mind has done some crazy things. I am now to the point where I am calling myself a sugar-aholic. I am not blaming my addiction on your competition in any way shape or form. I have done what I have done on my own and of my own free will. For me having negative points associated with sweets even though I already know how bad they are for my body made them a punishment when I ate them and then because I messed up my mind I figured "well I already messed up so what is a few more or a dozen more cookies going to hurt" I don't know if I'm the only one in the competition who completely messed my self up in this way. I have loved the motivation to get me exercising again, drinking water, and eating more fruits and vegetables. So again feel free to shoot this down but my suggestion would be to have no negative points associated with sugary treats, in stead have negative points if we gain weight from week to week. For example I week one I weigh 140 and week two I weigh 141 I get 3 minus points. If week 3 I go back down to 140 I don't get any negative points. No one has to know anyones weight, we would just know if someone didn't loose. I know this would help me. Thanks for listening and helping me understand my struggles through out round one.
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ReplyDeleteI have thought about this for a few days... I would never shoot your ideas down!! I welcome new ideas!!
I think your idea is a great one. I only see a couple of problems...for some people this is not a weight thing....it is more being healthy...and most people will fluxuate a few pounds based upon what they eat and how much water they have dranken.
I can definately appreciate your problem with wanting it more because it is a "forbidden" food...I am the same way. I have to some how get over that part in my mind.
I hope that this all makes sense...when I make a rule change I have learned I have to really think hard about it or it can cause some hassle....(example: the minus points:))
Let me know how you feel about this