7 Week Challenge

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Registered: 07-28-2003
7 Week Challenge
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Wed, 11-10-2004 - 1:32pm
7 Week Challenge, in conjunction with Denice's "Holiday Hottie+" Challenge. Choose one or two or all of them each week! If you sign up for it, expect prodding and pushing if you slack off! There will be daily challenges posted throughout each week, and you'll note some "whole board" challenges as well as "self" challenges.

Week One, November 15-21:
Journaling (self)
Water Intake Increase (self)
Read a Magazine/Book; Post a Review (self)

Week Two, November 22-28:
Exercise 4 or more Times, 20 minutes or more (self)
Exercise Journal (self)
5 Fruits/Veggies Each Day (self)

Week Three*, November 29-December 5:
Great River Road Exercise** (group)
Cut Back the Snack/Add a Good Snack! (self)
Add Decent Breakfast (self)

Week Four, December 6-12:
Try A New Craft (self)
Journaling (self)
Water Intake Increase (self)

Week Five, December 13-19:
Daily Fruit/Veg Color*** (group)
Start/Remember Daily Vitamin (self)
Exercise Journal (self)

Week Six, December 20-26:
Post a Recipe (self)
Increase Exercise (self)
Find Quiet Time to Reduce Holiday Stress! (self)

Week Seven, December 27-January 2:
Exercise Journal (self)
Journaling (self)
Say Something Nice Every Day (self)

And we're done!

+Holiday Hottie Challenge: Decide how much weight you are going to lose between now, November 15, and January 1, 2005. This is a personal challenge, but post your progress! More information will be posted by Denice.

*December Challenge: Let's kick the other boards butts! Let's get 100+ back on the
map of the Diet&Fitness main page with the most minutes exercised and the most pounds lost in the month of December! Together we can do it! This will require you to post your minutes exercised and pounds lost weekly, if you choose to accept this challenge.

**Take a hike along the Great River Road with all of your friends from 100+ ! This is a sign-up event, and each person signed up is relied upon to keep up with their portion of the miles to be travelled! The Great River Road winds alongside the Mighty Mississippi for 2,069 miles, which equates to 2,069 minutes of travel!

Broken down, this is 295 miles per day that we have to hike. If 7 people sign up to hike together, then each of them needs to travel 42 miles every day Ten people signed up would mean travelling 29 miles per day.

If we get more than 7-10 hikers signed up, we'll add side trips in order to make the trip a bit longer (:

***Daily Color Challenge
Thanks to the Getting Fit in Your 30's board for this idea, which I've modified. Each
day this week, we'll try hard to eat the "color of the day." Below is a list of the day,
color and fruit/veg ideas. If you can think of more fruits/veggies that are
appropriately colored, please post!

Colors:
Monday: berries, apples, kidney beans, tomatoes, red peppers, watermelon,
red grapes, radishes, red salsa, plums, cranberry juice

Tuesday: oranges, carrots, squash, orange peppers, orange juice,
mandarin oranges, grapefruits (kinda pink but..)

Wednesday: squash, apples, bananas, yellow peppers, corn, apple juice

Thursday: blueberries, plums, navy beans

Friday: leafy's of all kinds, grapes, apples, greens, celery, sprouts, broccoli,
brussels sprouts, kiwi, zucchini, cucumber

Saturday: eggplant, blackberries, purple cabbage, purple onions, plums,
purple grapes, grape juice

Sunday: Rainbow!




Edited 11/10/2004 5:02 pm ET ET by yavie

"What is an 'Oprah'?" - Teal'c, SG-1

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iVillage Member
Registered: 08-31-2004
In reply to: yavie
Wed, 11-10-2004 - 3:19pm
Do we sign up here on what challenges we want to do?
iVillage Member
Registered: 05-08-2003
In reply to: yavie
Wed, 11-10-2004 - 3:31pm
Yeah, how do we sign up for the challenges?

This is where we need a separate folder for challenges.

Just tell me where to post and I will follow.......

dawn

(who seems mighty confused about all this challenge stuff, but is blindly following the leaders!!!)

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-28-2003
In reply to: yavie
Wed, 11-10-2004 - 4:25pm
Well, good questions lol. I think what I'll do is just post a weekly reminder on saturday/sunday before that weeks challenge... that way people get a reminder of what's coming and that'll be the sign-up place too. How does that sound?

- Yav

"What is an 'Oprah'?" - Teal'c, SG-1

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Registered: 07-28-2003
In reply to: yavie
Wed, 11-10-2004 - 11:28pm

I even prettied up the post..... (;


"What is an 'Oprah'?" - Teal'c, SG-1

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-31-2004
In reply to: yavie
Thu, 11-11-2004 - 9:07am

I will be doing yours and Denice's challenges.

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-20-2004
In reply to: yavie
Thu, 11-11-2004 - 9:10am
I want to join in both of these challenges too

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-04-2004
In reply to: yavie
Thu, 11-11-2004 - 11:10am
Great job, Tina! I'm definitely in! Thanks for putting this together :)

~~Linda

~~Linda

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-16-2004
In reply to: yavie
Thu, 11-11-2004 - 12:01pm
That was such a pretty post!!!!!!!

And please, count me in for both challenges - I'm going to need something to push me along these next couple of months.

Thanks for doing this.

Cheers

L

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Registered: 11-11-2004
In reply to: yavie
Wed, 11-17-2004 - 11:55pm

Just a nudge back up for the newbies (and the rest of us!)


- cl-Yavie, sig in  still in progress :D

I am just a young girl in need of some

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Registered: 03-25-2003
In reply to: yavie
Thu, 11-18-2004 - 8:47am
Count me in for the challenges ,I really need a kick in the butt or gentle reminder ....WE CAN DO THIS LADIES....where do I post my weight ? Barb

Barb             

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