And We're Off!

Okay everyone, today is the big day. The majority of those of us participating met last night to discuss the rules and guidelines of the contest. We came up with some pretty good stuff. Like I said before, there will be two winners. One winner will be the person who loses the most weight. This will be calculated by percentage, so that we all have an equal chance at winning. The second winner will be the person who earns the most points. There will be a total of 6 points that can be earned each day. They are earned by:
Drink six 8 oz. glasses of water = 1 point
No soda, diet or regular = 1 point
No sugary treats or desserts = 1 point
No white bread, potatoes, rice, or pasta = 1 point
(whole grain bread and pasta is okay, as well as brown rice)
Work out for 30 min = 1 point
Work out for 1 hour or more = 2 points

We have decided to allow one free day per week. You can choose a different day each week, or wait until the end of the week and see which day you earned the least amount of points, or have a designated day each week. However you want to do it, we won't count points on one day each week. In other words, there can be a total of 6 points earned a day for a total of 36 points a week. Points start over each day. So even if you work out for 3 hours one day, and drink 12 glasses of water, you still just get 3 points for that.

Last night we took before pictures and weight measurements of most everyone who will be competing. If you weren't there, will you please email me a picture of yourself and your weight so I can add it to the blog. I will post the pictures of everyone else tonight so that you can see what I am looking for. My email is bjkeddington@comcast.net or you can just send it to the connection.

You can keep track of your points daily, and leave a comment on the blog every week with your total points earned, and your total weight lost. Or you can leave a comment every day and I can keep track of it all. However you want to do it. You will have to weigh yourself once a week, preferably on the same day, and at the same time of day each time. We will then have a final weigh in on March 22 at my parents house to decide the winners.

I am really excited about this, and hope that we can all stick to it and see a big difference in 11 weeks. Good luck everyone!