Here's how it works: All participants will need to donate $35 to the pot by April 19 to be involved. The contest will run for 6 weeks. We will start April 23 and end June 2. The weeks will run Monday thru Sunday. There are 15 points to be earned each day; 6 days a week. Choose ONE full day per calendar week as your free day with no exceptions (for example you cannot choose two 1/2 days.) Total points you can earn in a week is 92 which includes the 2 bonus points . All points need to be sent to Bobby every Sunday night so he can enter them. Top 2 people will win!! 1st place wins 75% of pot; 2nd 25%. Good Luck!!!
Here is the point breakdown:
**No refined sugars (no desserts, sugar sodas. 100%juice okay but only 12oz or less. Plant sugars such as agave and stevia okay.)- 1 POINT
**No Unhealthy Snacks (This includes fatty chips, high calorie crackers, butter popcorn etc.) - 1 POINT
**Healthy and Correctly Portioned Breakfast (Use Weight Watchers rule of thumb...size of deck of cards) -1POINT
**Healthy and Correctly Portioned Lunch - 1POINT
**Healthy and Correctly Portioned Dinner - 1 POINT
**No overeating at mealtimes -1 POINT
**Eat three vegetable portions daily and at least 1 must be a green one but not peas! (Raw leafy 1 cup; cooked non leafy 1/2 cup.) 3 POINTS (1 for each serving)
**No snacking after 9:00 pm (If your schedule is such that you have not eaten dinner do it or if your workout ends after then eat something but no snacking after) - 1POINT
**Take Multi-Vitamin daily -1 POINT
**Drink 64 oz of fluid (40 oz MUST be WATER!! NO sugary drinks like soda or even DIET SODA , or teas or coffees)-1POINT
**Choose one thing that you are going to give up or that you struggle with that will earn you a daily point. This must be declared at the beginning of the competition. It may overlap some of our current rules. That is fine. You will get dbl the points that day if you are successful but you will also lose dbl the points if you are not. ( ex. No soda, no sugar, no coffee, no late night eating etc)
1 POINT
**Exercise Aerobic/Weight Training Combined workout 45 Minutes for a combined total of 6 workouts a week or 4 1/2 hrs of workout time. You may do your workouts however you need to to reach this. (Some people are training for triathlons/marathons etc and may workout more than once a day and may not physically be able to keep up with a 6 day a week schedule) - 2POINTs per workout total 12 in a week
**Workout bonus. If you workout 6 hours a week you get 1 bonus point. If you workout 7 hours a week you get 2 bonus points. (Keep in mind these extra hours MUST be rigorous workouts. Walking does not count unless that is rigorous for your body type.)
Total = 15 Points daily
***Bonus Points***
There are 10 Bonus/Free points that can be used ONLY when you are on a TRUE vacation or if you are working more than 12 hours in a day. For example if you are on a TRUE vacation and you don't workout and you eat sugar you can choose to use 3 of your 10 bonus points to supplement the three you would lose. You must let us know when you are using them. If you don't use them during the contest you lose them.
Hopefully this will appeal to the masses and truly help us to make these habits part of our daily lives. I have tried to make this doable even for the busiest person and those who take lots of vacations. This may be a little rigid but it's only for 6 weeks.
This contest is based TOTALLY on HONESTY!!! If you can't be honest then don't do it. But just use your judgement to decide what is ok and what is not; remember the goal here is to make healthy choices. For example if you are training for a marathon and run several miles it is ok to have gatorade (which has sugar in it); but Gatorade is not ok just to have as a random drink if not used for workout purposes. If you still are not sure just email me akirkham711@gmail.com. . Here is to a more healthy lifestyle and fitter you!!!! YOU can do this!!!
**Exercise Aerobic/Weight Training Combined workout 45 Minutes for a combined total of 6 workouts a week or 4 1/2 hrs of workout time. You may do your workouts however you need to to reach this. (Some people are training for triathlons/marathons etc and may workout more than once a day and may not physically be able to keep up with a 6 day a week schedule) - 2POINTs per workout total 12 in a week
**Workout bonus. If you workout 6 hours a week you get 1 bonus point. If you workout 7 hours a week you get 2 bonus points. (Keep in mind these extra hours MUST be rigorous workouts. Walking does not count unless that is rigorous for your body type.)
Total = 15 Points daily
***Bonus Points***
There are 10 Bonus/Free points that can be used ONLY when you are on a TRUE vacation or if you are working more than 12 hours in a day. For example if you are on a TRUE vacation and you don't workout and you eat sugar you can choose to use 3 of your 10 bonus points to supplement the three you would lose. You must let us know when you are using them. If you don't use them during the contest you lose them.
Hopefully this will appeal to the masses and truly help us to make these habits part of our daily lives. I have tried to make this doable even for the busiest person and those who take lots of vacations. This may be a little rigid but it's only for 6 weeks.
This contest is based TOTALLY on HONESTY!!! If you can't be honest then don't do it. But just use your judgement to decide what is ok and what is not; remember the goal here is to make healthy choices. For example if you are training for a marathon and run several miles it is ok to have gatorade (which has sugar in it); but Gatorade is not ok just to have as a random drink if not used for workout purposes. If you still are not sure just email me akirkham711@gmail.com. . Here is to a more healthy lifestyle and fitter you!!!! YOU can do this!!!
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