Prize Winners for Week 8 and Final Results!

For Week 8 we had 13 people complete the group challenge to be entered in the drawing for the 2 $10 Walmart gift cards. 
Cam, Heather, James, Jenni, Kiersten, Laurie, Mary, Nicole, Sam, Sarah V., Weston, Margaret, and Artesia. 
You 13 people have stuck it out all 8 weeks, you are the true heroes of this challenge and I wish I had a prize for each of you!  Great job to all of you!  I used 2 different random name pickers to choose our 2 winners.

Winner #1:

Congrats Mary!!!

Winner #2:

Congrats Heather!!

Drumroll please!  Ladies and gentleman, I am thrilled to announce the final standings in the competition.  I'm so impressed with the hard work everyone has put in and the amazing progress many of you have seen!  Congratulations!!!

1st Place:  Weston, 959 points ($175)
2nd Place:  Laurie, 950 points ($135)
3rd Place:  James, 928 points ($100)
4th Place:  Nicole, 923 points ($50)
5th Place:  Sarah V., 834 points ($25)
6th Place:  Margaret, 827.5 points ($20)


Honorable Mentions:
Artesia, 816 points
Mary, 810 points
Sam, 808 points
Jenni, 759 points
Heather, 646 points

Progress not perfection

I have not been perfect but I have made progress toward a healthier lifestyle. So happy the challenge ended a little early since I had company in town. Hoping thisblog post counts ;)

Yay!!!!

I am pretty glad we are done. I have felt less and less motivated to track my food because I feel that I have gotten a lot better at portioning and eating moderately. I have gotten healthier and better throughout this challenge, but I think its a good time to be done. Good job everyone!!!

Great Challenge

Good luck everybody! Glad to have such a big group participate and see how everyone has progressed. Overall I gained an inch on each bicep (started at 14 and ended at 15) and gained 3 inches in my thighs (started at 22 and ended at 25) which is what I have been trying to do. other than that my weight bounced between 205 and 208 where my inches stayed the same except those two areas. I was hoping to see more change, but I think I started to find what worked better (Burpees will be the death of me fyi).

Good luck to all

It has been a good challenge.  Hope everyone did well

Can't believe challenge is almost over!! Today is last day.  Feels like we just started!  I don't want it to end..I want it to just keep going.  Don't want to loose my motivation.  I still have plenty of weight to loose but I've done better then I thought.

New Habits

In the past when I've decided I wanted to lose weight and stuck to a plan I have lost weight.  This past 8 weeks I have struggled to lose pounds and inches...I'm trying really hard not to focus on that but to focus on what I have gained the past 2 months doing this challenge.  I'm definitely more mindful about what I'm eating, I'm planning to continue to track my food.  I had a great exercise routine going by working out at the same time while my kids were at soccer practice and being consistent.  Soccer season is now over so I plan to find a time that works this summer and stick to it.  The water drinking is definitely a habit now that I plan to continue.

So although I didn't achieve what I set out to do, I'm happy with the new habits I've made!  Thank you to everyone for participating!  I hope you have found this challenge beneficial to your own life as well. 

Week 7 Standings and Prize Winner

Well here we are, the last day of the challenge is tomorrow!  Here are the points standings after Week 7.  Please remember to get me all of your stats by this weekend.  We will have 2 prize drawings for Week 8, as well as announcing the final winners at the end of the challenge.  All of this will be posted on Monday.  I will send out all prizes from the challenge Monday too.  If you had any weeks you forgot to report your points please let me know ASAP. 

Week 7 Standings:

693 Points:
Nicole

692 Points:
James
Laurie

678 Points:
Sarah V.

667 Points:
Sam

662 Points:
Weston

658 Points:
Cameron

655 Points:
Artesia

630.5 Points:
Margaret

603 Points:
Lori

592 Points:
Stephanie

578 Points:
Kiersten

573 Points:
***Mary***(I am missing your Week 6 points)

548 Points:
Heather

521 Points:
Sydney

Click HERE to see who won the movie pass!

Last week. Crazy! This flew by. Good luck to everyone. I hope we all keep some healthier habits after this challenge. I want to continue to limit the amount of sweets I eat, and I want to not eat after dinner. Thanks for doing this challenge Steph!

Home stretch

So crazy we are in the last bit of the challenge. For this weeks group challenge I decided my 2 I'm doing are getting in my full Fruits and Veggies serving and not eating after my final meal. This challenge has been so awesome, and really helped me get some better habits in. Here is to hoping I can continue with those better habits once the challenge is over! Thanks Stephanie for doing it! I can't wait for the next time you do one!

Hooray!

The end is here! I can’t believe I’ve managed to keep up with my early morning work outs. I’m feeling great. I get ready in the morning and feel good about myself. Now to keep myself going after the challenge.

Game 7!

We are down to the wire! Hang in there. Dig deep. I just got done watching an incredible game 7 in the NBA playoffs. If a super old guy, Lebron James (age 33) can do it, then so can I! 3 days. No sugars, not late night binges. 3 more hard days of work outs. We got this


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Out of School and Bored

I think I might make a couple pillowcases and a couple pillow shams this week! Today was the first Monday since school finished and I literally did nothing all day! It was super boring, so I am going to fill the rest of my time up with tennis and sewing!

Coming to an end...

While I was hoping for more I have lost a little over 8lbs. Hoping to buckle down this week and see if I can break 1-0! But I really like the healthy habits (specifically the logging and preplanning.) Also I have been more consistent with my Apple Watch and getting 10K steps. What has worked for you???

Chicken, Chicken, and more Chicken.

Meal Planning was pretty easy since I just throw a big batch of chicken on the grill and let it cook each sunday morning. For dinners we were a little late planning them out, but we made it by the skin of our teeth for the group challenge. With 2 kids, School, Work, and everything else that we have going on its just easier for us to sit down and plan out a menu before we go shopping so that we can get all of our stuff done and out of the way. Great work everybody on the points and challenges!

I really stunk it up this week

I don’t know what my problem is. But I went on strike from logging food this week. I just felt overwhelmed and tired and discouraged with my lack of progress. I did exercise a few times and sleep and drink water. And here I am blogging. So I guess I haven’t given up Completely. Just a little bump in the road. Ugh!

I am set to rock it this final week. I am fairly certain I won’t be winning any prizes. But I know I’ve done better than I would have had I not joined this challenge. And I am ready to keep on going. Plugging away toward my goals and making slow steady progress.  

I haven’t left many comments. But I have loved reading people’s posts and knowing that so many of us are in this struggle together. 

Keep it up! And happy last week! 

Meal plan

I was glad to hear that preplanned lunches by someone else at work was exceptable. Thankfully mine are usually salad. The think a head for dinner is great for grocery shopping.

food

I thought at first meal planning would be hard, but it wasn’t. I worked 5 days this week, so lunch has to be preplanned. Breakfast is always the same. I know just what to eat to fill me enough to get my work out in and now suddenly get hungry in the middle of it. Then dinner is always easiest if I remember to set out meat to thaw before I leave for work. So I just had my dinners mapped out and pulled out the meat before work. Bam! Meal planning done! Plus it was nice to not stress about what to cook for dinner an hour before dinner time.

Excercise

Something I honestly thought I’d get better at during this process was setting a time out to excercise, but I have not. Luckily I’m in PE and I was in a play where I danced a lot, so I’ve been able to get a lot of excercise points, but when it’s uo to me on making it happen I’m not that great. Usually I choose to go on a walk if I have to time to try and get all of my points, but that doesn’t feel like the most productive workout. I still know it’s good, and it’s helping me prepare for trek.
 Now as I’m thinking about it, I’m a lot more in shape than I was. In January I ran a mile in a bit less than 11 minutes with a lot of walk breaks. I can now run it in 8 without stopping. I know that part of this is being more in shape, but mostly it’s mental. I broke through a barrier and now I know I can push myself and do something that makes me a little uncomfortable and get great results.
So maybe I feel like I haven’t really made a good habit of excercising, but at least I’m on the right track.

Last Week

Hope everyone is still doing good.  One week left!!😏

She's here!! Meal planning has been impossible for me this week just got back from California Wed night.  But on the bright side my granddaughter is here.. a little late mom was induced on Friday the 19th she was born on Friday the 25th.  

Meal planning group challenge... this is kind of a rough one for me. I never know what sounds good.. and what sounds good to me may not sound good to my husband, however we are so close to the end that I'm pushing through and getting my 5 days out of the way immediately.

Week 6 Results and 4 Prize Winners!!!

Hey Everyone!  Our numbers seem to be dwindling.  I only heard from 16 people for points this week and only 9 people qualified for the prize drawing!  Since I'm picking 4 winners the odds are pretty good this week! 

Here are the standings for Week 6:

594 Points:
Nicole

593 Points:
James
Laurie

584 Points:
Sam

579 Points:
Sarah

572 Points:
Jenni

563 Points:
Cameron
Weston

561 Points:
Artesia

546 Points:
Kiersten

537.5 Points:
Margaret

529 Points:
Lori

517 Points:
Stephanie

500 Points:
Heather

464 Points:
Brandi

446 Points:
Sydney

Week 6 Prize Winners of the $5 Target gift card!

Click Here to see who won!

Reboot

It’s time to reboot and regroup. I need a kick in the seat 💺 to get going again.
I’m going to eat better and try to distress ha ha
Wish me Luck 🍀
Lori

 I’ve been pretty good at not eating many sweets this challenge, but last week I failed, and unfortunately it happened to be the group challenge. We went out of town and I couldn’t resist the cravings.  Oh well. Everything else was great.

I love the group challenge for this week. I think it’ll help. I’m going to continue and make meal plans even after this week.

Been a While

Life has gotten so busy lately with the last weeks of school! I have forgotten about homework and final tests are on Wednesday, so wish me luck1

Week 6 - No Sugar

This challenge was a little bit harder than I thought...throughout the week it is easy with having meals planned, homework, family, and work. As soon as I got to the weekend I was ready to start snacking and packing on the treats. I held strong and did the challenge as well as enjoyed some treats with the family. Our favorite friday night go to has been Artic Circle for some ice cream...I'm really surprised they don't know us by name by now.

I will say that saturday I was pacing the kitchen trying to fight off the urge to knock off some sugary snacks like rice kripy treats. I think I ended up driving Kiersten a little crazy by doing that haha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=753RqDjrexg

Day 1

It’s the small things... if it wasn’t for the challenge I would have abandoned my lunch and headed straight for Panera or Chik Fil A.

Unable to publish or post until now no phone service at our hotel.  We are in cali anxiously awaiting  birth of first grandchild! My daughter in law was induced Fri morning at 7:30 but still no grand Baby...

Struggle bus

This week I was all aboard the struggle bus when it came to exercising.  When I would get home from work and sat down it felt impossible to get back up! Part of it is how busy we have been and all the kiddos but really it was my lack of motivation. So on Saturday I grabbed my older girls and headed to the green belt with bikes in the back. We rode almost 7 miles (and hour) and had a blast. The weather was perfect and when it was all done I was so glad I didn’t just take a nap.

Headache

I haven’t ever noticed how much I snack after I have a really bad headache. I just thought headache medicine made me talk a lot now I know I eat a lot!

This weeks challenge was really rough, but I can say that I did it! I also go get my coworkers a yummy drink and cookie from Sodalicious on Wednesday mornings and I couldn’t pass up a peanut butter with Nutella spread cookie. I highly recommend it! We are excited for next weeks challenge. We always plan our meals the week before and do an okay job and sticking to them. This will give us the extra motivation to make sure we just do it.

No SUUUUUGAR!!!

I'm frustrated with myself, but I did not complete the group challenge this week!  It was a stressful and busy week and I totally found myself stress eating too many treats.  But I still passed up a few, so I guess I can be happy with that.  I hope you are all hanging in there!  I know some of you have seen some great success both on and off the scale this challenge.  I'm totally inspired by your examples.  Keep it up!!!

This is the hardest week for me so far. I’ve survived two days without any sugary snacks! Yay! No chocolate, no jelly ranchers, no baked goods... I’ve actually cut back on a lot of sugar this challenge but stopping all sugary treats is hard.
Hope everyone is hanging in there. We are going on a cruise in June so that’s my extra motivation to keep going.

Week 5 Results and Prize Winners

A little chocolate is sounding good on this no treats week!  We can do it!  Great job on week 5, let me know if you forgot to report your points and I can add them later.

Week 5 Standings:

495 Points:
Nicole

494 Points:
James
Laurie

490 Points:
Sarah

486 Points:
Sam

485 Points:
Mary

484 Points:
Jenni
Weston

474 Points:
Artesia

469 Points:
Cameron

455.5
Margaret

451 Points:
Kiersten

447 Points:
Stephanie

440 Points:
Mack

420 Points:
Heather

382 Points:
Brandi

369 Points:
Brenda

Week 5 Prize Drawing!  2 winners will receive a $10 Amazon gift card!

Click HERE to see who won!

Week 5 - Something, Something

All veggies no sleep make cameron something something....How I felt after our 6 month old decided that 1, 2, 3, and 5 AM were his favorite time to wake up to eat. Got the veggies in, but I got some grouchy. I'd also like to point out that I gave my sleeping points to Kiersten cause i'm a giving husband. Its because of me that she got full points...or close to it. 

Chocolate

no sweets...it maybe a long week. Thankfully we didn’t do that last week since it was my daughters birthday and I made a homemade Oreo cake. There was no way in could have said no to that! Her friend party is this week, just doing boxed cake mix and that I can resist. What will be hard is to not replace my sweet craving with Dr Pepper all the time. I have to make sure I limit that too. I still holding strong with my 5am workouts. It feels good to be back in a work out routine. I’ve gotten strong enough I can start to run. Okay, well run for me is probably just speed walking for someone else, but it feels good to be back in shape enough to start “running” again.

Sleep baby, sleep!!!

I lost one of the easiest points of all this week, deep! I have been blessed with the ability to sleep anywhere, anytime! Work, driving, watching tv...easy. 😴 However, this month my wife and I had a beautiful baby girl. Tots adorbs!! But she likes to say hello every 2 hours in the night. I told my self I would take a nap later, but it didn't happen. Here's to a week of no sweets! Hoorah! This has to be the least American challenge of all! 🇺🇸

Week 6 challenge

This weeks challenge will probably be the hardest one for me. Hi- My name is Laurie and I have the BIGGEST sweet tooth ever!! This week I will be hosting my first piano recital (Can't wait for Saturday to be over..) and I am hosting a Favorite things party at my house on Thursday. So... I already know those will be the 2 days I don't do the group challenge. Here is to hoping I can have restraint while I am baking everything this week. My hubby is lucky since I will need a taste tester to make sure everything tastes okay. I guess it's time to go clean off all the treats sitting on my counter... There has already been too many close calls..

who needs fruit and veggies

I don't want those points anyway.  Hope everyone is still doing well. 

Wow... Yikes

Today... I ate so many treats. My excuse was Mother's Day of course. I'm not a mom, but I wasn't excluded from the waffles, brownies, strawberry shortcake, or birthday cake. I know. Sounds like A LOT of sugar. It was. I noticed that it didn't help me feel good. It was delicious at the time, but thinking back I know I didn't need a brownie AND strawberry shortcake at church today. I should've chosen one. Or neither. At least I don't eat like this everyday, but it reminded me why I'm doing this.
As I'm sitting writing a four page for my honors world civ class with still a few more assignments to do, my head hurts, my eyes are itchy, and I'm tired. I guess it is 11:15... but still. Sleep Deprivation or Sugar Crash. One? Both?

Dessert for every meal?

That’s kind of how today felt! But it was a good way to go out with a bang before our no sweets week. For my birthday . . .

I fee like Stephanie too. Just a bit discouraged that my efforts haven’t brought about many changes. But I am feeling good that I am being moderate.

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to all! I love the flexibility of being disciplined and taking the day off. Back at it tomorrow.

3 weeks to go

I’ve been having a hard time this challenge not seeing the results I would like to.  But I keep thinking 3 weeks is still some time to make things happen!  So here’s to make deliberate food choices and getting back on the wagon!  Even if you’ve had a terrible week 🙋🏻‍♀️...don’t give up!

Sleep

I love the weekly challenges....I just struggle getting my sleep points!! I have to get up at 5am to get my exercise done. It means I have to get to bed early🤪!! Does work most days.

Week 4 Results and Prize Drawing

I'm sorry to be posting the week 4 results so late in the week.  My computer crashed right when this challenge started, so it's been a little bit challenging figuring out a time to calculate the points and post every week.  But it looks like you all are hanging in there strong!  Good job everyone!

Week 4 Standings

396 Points:
James
Nicole

395 Points:
Weston
Laurie

393 Points:
Sam

391 Points:
Sarah V.

389 Points:
Jenni

386 Points:
Mary

377 Points:
Stephanie
Artesia

376 Points:
Cameron

371 Points:
Megan

362.5 Points:
Margaret

361 Points:
Lori

352 Points:
Kiersten

323 Points:
Heather

317 Points:
Brandi

301 Points:
Brenda

296 Points:
Sydney

284 Points:
Sara A.

272 Points:
Briana

266 Points:
Mack ***I'm still missing your week 3

Week 4 Prize Drawing:

Click HERE to see who won the movie pass!

I love going to the store with fruits and veggies on the mind. I like this challenge! I also snack on fruits and veggies a lot more. Hopefully I’ll keep it up.

another one bites the dust

It is amazing how much green salad one has to eat to get full. I, in fact, never get full while eating ruffage. I ultimately get bored and loose interest. You win again leafy greens, you win!

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I honestly think blogging is the hardest part for me! lol This weeks is one of my favorites love all the
fruit and veggies!

Fruits and Veggies Challenge

As with every group challenge, this one has opened my eyes. I know I am not always great about really going for the fruits and veggies, but I realized I really could do a lot better! Thank goodness for some V-8 Juices for those days I have spaced getting my fruits and veggies in!

Who would have thought it would be so hard to get your fruits and veggies in everyday!?! Hardest challenge for me so far....

I absolutely love this weeks group challenge. I love fruits and veggies so much! I finally get points for eating them. Wahoo! Side note: I am happy that I sleep through our baby waking up in at 1 or 3 am for 2 reasons. Obviously, I get to sleep more (and I really do somehow sleep through his crying.. and screaming. Sad..) but also because then Cam can’t get full points for the sleep! 😂

Challenge

 I love the challenge for this week!  I love vegetables 🥦 and I love fruit 🍎.
 I feel more healthy every week.  With all the traveling I’ve been in the past couple weeks, I’ve kept control and tried to eat better.  I can see a difference already .
Lori

Week 4

This has been a fun challenge as i'm mixing up my workout routine. I'm usually pretty good about working out, but have issues getting out of a good routine that I like. I did some cable tricep extensions and it was nice to get a different workout in rather than the good ol' skull crushers for triceps. Its nice to change up the workout and get new ideas into the mix. Another thing that I've been trying to do is more cardio because I have left out the treadmill (hate it), elliptical machine (double hate), and of course the bicycle (loathe entirely). Its been a good calorie burner as I've been trying to up my step count to 15,000 a day so I can stay active and push myself for it.

Way to go everybody who is still kicking trash in this competition! I think the biggest that I struggle with is getting enough sleep. Our 6 month old decides to wake up at 3 A.M. a few times a week (earlier than my 4 A.M. wake up...) and between work, family, its hard to get that extra few hours in.


Keep it up everybody!

happy Monday morning

Points reported, might as well blog before I forget. Last week I tried some new arm exercises. Then Friday I spent 3+ hours staining our new pergola, so on top of arms, I worked out my shoulders from reaching up to paint. Tylenol and some stretching and I was still able to move without saying ouch too much. I’ve been really good about getting my fruit and vegetable servings in. I know I’ll have to really work at it this week because that is what the challenge is. Seems like this are easy until it’s required. My vegetable bin and fruit bin in my fridge are stocked. Now to empty them by eating them all this week!

Crazyness

This has been a hectic week! Between boy tennis varsity region to the wrapping up the final weeks of school, it was fun figuring out new ways to get my exercising in! 

Crazy

 This week has been crazy busy.  I helped run a Region tennis tournament this week. So I was gone most of the week.  For my exercise to try something new I jogged to the bathroom and back at the park. That way I got a lot of extra plus being on my feet most of the day.
Lori

I love spring!!

The longer days! Warm nights and crisp mornings! Blossoms, tulips, pansies, lime green new leaves. The smell of fresh cut grass! Spring is amazing!!!

For my new workout this week I went on a bike ride with my two older kids down a river path I used to rollerblade on as a teenager. We rode all around some of the gorgeous neighborhoods near our new home and admired the yards and different architecture. The weather was perfect! 

I didn’t do very many things perfectly this week. But I enjoyed a lot of this week! I got all my sleep points! A first! 

This next week I am going to get all my exercise points. I’ve never struggled

with that until I started being a working mom. Yowza! It’s super hard to fit everything in. 

Halfway done

Went on some hikes this week for the different exercise.  Glad spring is here.

Zumba Xbox

Hi Guys, 

I was totally committed to a perfect week this week. Unfortunately, I missed 2 sleep points this week. For my new workout I dusted off an unopened game for our Xbox Kinect. So fun and the kids had a blast jumping in too.  Next week I’m going to start a couch to 5K. I will share the plan next week if anyone is interested. 

Bands anyone?

Sooo, my workout this week was trying some of those exercise bands...and the dreaded exercise ball!!! I was so proud of myself for keeping balanced and not rolling away! I might actually invest in one of those balls! And boy do those bands work!

Little Victories

This week went well! I can finally feel the changes in my body and I'm beginning to see results and just feel better in general. The no late eating challenge was really hard for me and something that I struggle a lot with because i love to eat a late night bowl of cereal right before bed. But I was able to figure out a schedule that would keep me from being starving before bed because I would eat dinner at 5 and then go to bed at midnight and I just couldn't make it. So I shifted my meals a few hours later and eat dinner at 7 and that has made a world of difference for me. I've noticed my desire for good foods rather than fried/fatty foods and I no longer feel the urge to finish my whole meal or go back for seconds. I even saw a great victory on the scale and was able to get my weight down below the weight when i left on my mission in 2015. Its a small victory but its a victory nonetheless. My foot is feeling stronger and stronger and although my workouts aren't as tough it I'm able to work out more consistently rather than having long down time waiting for my foot to feel better. My healthy choices have just become second nature which is a big difference from diets i've done before where i obsessed over little things. I've helped to change my habits and seen results, rather than forced myself to lose weight. Cheers to another week!

I like to move it move it!

 I am sore today and my body is tired, but it feels good to know I've worked hard this week.  For my new workout I've been trying some new moves with my TRX suspension bands.  I totally recommend TRX, I've taken the class before, and now I'm just doing it at home.  This week I also got a new workout going to a trampoline park with my kids.  My 5 year old dared me to try a spinjitzu move into the foam pit, right at the last second my foot slipped and I did a pretty amazing belly flop/dive headfirst into the foam.  I was stuck, and I couldn't stop laughing which didn't help the situation.  All the while I could see was my 5 year old shaking his head above me saying, "that was not at ALL a spin move." 

 This weekend I got some good workouts in by helping move this large pile of sand from the front yard to the back at my parent's house Friday night, and then by mowing our lawn today (we have a BIG lawn I discovered).  I felt like these work projects were probably the most effective exercise I got all week, and it didn't feel like exercise because I was just getting a job done.  I think if I had some hard labor projects every week I'd for sure meet my goals.

My favorite go to healthy salad.  Spinach, strawberries, sliced cheese stick, craisins, and yogurt poppyseed dressing. Can sub or add (Green apples or mandarin oranges if I have them).  One more week in really hoping the scale shows my effort this week!!!!

Double-up week

I decided to challenge myself this week. In addition to doing the prescribed new workouts this week, I also stuck with the no after-dinner eating. I feel like that in particular is a big challenge for me. It was good to be able to stick with that as well. This week the #s are slower to disappear. The majority of the “stupid eating” weight is gone. It is a good chance to push hard the second half of the contest. Lots of time left to drop a few more #s.

 

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Challenge Week 4

I have been excited for the challenge this week. I have been using a mini trampoline to get my steps in for the day, as well as for exercise. I have just mainly been jumping side to side while throwing in some jumping jacks here and there. So for this challenge I decided I would finally try a workout video on youtube for the rebounder. HOLY COW! This is the workout I tried. So much fun.. but I didn't quite make it through the full workout. It was nice to push myself though and branch out. I can't wait to keep doing it so it gets easier and easier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLym-5dTwMY

Week 3 Results and Prize Drawing!

Good work on Week 3 everyone!  Keep it up!  Please double check your point totals to make sure I got your score this week and to make sure it is correct.

297 Points:
James
Weston

296 Points:
Nicole
Laurie

295 Points:
Sam

294 Points:
Jenni

292 Points:
Sarah V.

290 Points:
Stephanie

287 Points:
Mary

282.5 Points:
Margaret

281 Points:
Cameron

280 Points;
Artesia

272 Points:
Megan

267 Points:
Lori

253 Points:
Kiersten

246 Points:
Heather

236 Points:
Brenda

235 Points:
Brandi

224 Points:
Briana

222 Points:
Sara A.

213 Points:
Sydney
Auprielle


There were 4 prizes this week, $5 Target gift cards!

Click HERE to see who won!

Try something new

This is always my favorite challenge!! So I started it from the beginning. I downloaded a new channel called Les Mills on demand.! My kids say it looks like a concert because it’s big groups of people working out together. I love body combat and am trying different exercises everyday. There are hundreds of different things to do. I wish I had a stationary bike to try one of the biking classes!

I actually I really enjoyed the challenge last week. It was really hard but it made me realize how much of a creature of habit I am. Eat dinner, then snack, and snack... oh and then we have to have a treat before bed! Haha. This weeks challenege actually seems really fun. Also, I got full points last week. Something I only dreamed of doing honestly!

Week 4 Challenge

I didn't think that not eating after I had my last meal was going to be so hard! Between the tempations of everything that is in our fridge and the "water doesn't taste good after 7" thoughts..I struggled with this challenge. Although it did help me to rethink my habits and when am I going to spend the time to stop eating since that's all I do now haha. I think that I finally felt a lot more comfortable with it after about friday night.

This week will be good to change things up since I get into the same old routines. One thing i'm excited to start mixing into my work outs are sprints. Now I am pretty sure that they are reserved for people who are borderline criminals, but going to see how they improve my work outs

I posted yesterday but I just logged my points and figured I could post now before I forget. I really liked last weeks challenge. It was hard. I’ve been trying not to eat my late night snacks and that helped motivate me.
I hurt my knee a few weeks ago playing basketball. Actually I re-injured it, and have a couple other times the last few years, from an injury three years ago. Anyway, that’s another story. I’ve been walking and swimming for my exercise. This week I’m going to try and bike or maybe do a short run.
Good luck to everyone. I hope you’re doing well. It’s nice doing something like this with a group of people

so early

It’s almost 5 am, I’m getting ready for the gym, but really just want to go back to bed. I logged my points and figure I might get the blog done since I’m thinking of it. I’ve saved some good exercises for arms and abs that I’m excited to try. I found them a while ago, but always think I’ll do them tomorrow. So this is the week that I am forced to make tomorrow come! Good luck this week everyone. I better get moving before I fall asleep where I sit.

Not stellar is not equal to failure

Even though . . . I didn’t get an amazing points total this week and part of me wants to throw in the towel-I took some time today and made myself accountable for what I did and didn’t do. I feel happy that because I am logging food most days and working to fit in a good amount of sweat inducing exercise-progress is happening.

Last week I only weighed and didn’t measure. Tonight I made sure to measure and I have lost a few inches!

I’ll keep going. We can all just keep plugging along!

Moderation

One thing I really like about this challenge is that it helps me make realistic habits that I should be able to maintain long term.  I like that the group challenge is only 5/7 days so I didn’t feel guilty about enjoying cookies at my book club this week, or having some popcorn one night watching a movie.  I also like having one day a week off from logging food for a mental break.  I haven’t seen a lot of results as far as inches or weight goes at this point.  Usually in the past I have and that has kept me motivated to continue.  So for now I’m just trying to be okay with feeling better in general when I’m making small steps to be healthier, and not getting as caught up with the scale.

State Choir

It turned out to be a pretty fun week! With our chamber choir state mini-tour, we went to Boondocks (an arcade type place), sang at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, and went to a UVU Opera! It was fantastic! I finally got to know people that I have had a class with all year, and grew quite fond of many of them! Shopping at the mall was also super fun! It's hard living three hours away from the nearest one. Being away for three days kinda made my eating fail, but I am back on track for next week and ready to relax.

Noticing

This week was not my greatest success because my play opened, and I have been out all night every night. Luckily, there's a lot of dancing in the show, so I got at least 30 minutes of exercise almost everyday, but I definitely lost out on a lot of sleep...
This week I have finally started to really notice my progress, my bras are starting to feel a little roomy, and the waist on pants are a bit big. This is good. I feel healthier and happier, but it is a bummer that I might have to get some new clothes. I also have to pee a lot. When you're drinking at least 64 oz of water a day there is a difference.

Goin good.

Things went a lot better this week despite being so busy. I started doing yoga for exercise which isn't as intense as I would like but its helped to keep my foot from swelling and stretched a lot of tight muscles from limping and stuff. I was able to accomplish pretty much every aspect of the challenge this week and get most of the points which I'm very proud of. Losing the weight hasn't been fast, maybe a pound or so a week but for once I haven't just starved myself. I think if I can continue the way things are going and continue to change habits that this will help me to sustain even after the challenge is over.

Putting things off

Wow just realized it's Sunday at 10 pm cutting it close for my blogging. This week has been crazy busy for me. I struggled making it to the gym all 5 days, I missed two of the five I kept finding myself say tomorrow, tomorrow.  My goal this next week is to not miss a day. Wish me luck.

Shared Experiences

As I’m catching up on the weekly posts, I kept saying “uh me too.”  So started a new job this week and the struggle is real! Just getting a new normal that revolves around healthy habits has been a constant choice. From the new cafeteria and a new route to walk. Plus, I almost forgot to blog this week but realized as I was rallying my points! Anyways love the community this adds.

Sore

 You’re probably thinking that I’m sore from exercising! Maybe so, but this week I got a huge canker sore on my tongue. I was a better eater because it hurt when I ate anything!  But somehow I still managed to fail the challenge. Ha!  I’m down to do better this week.
Lori

Last day to blog. I cut it close this time. I’ve had a pretty good week. I was hoping to see more results by this time but at least there are some results. I’ll take it!

I could easily quit... but I'm not going to

I got LAZY this week! I just didn't care that much about logging food and drinking water and exercising... so like everything. My points are itty bitty this week... which is why I had to get on and blog... I need the points haha.
I have been doing a lot around my house this week... so I have a two month old... a potty training toddler... and now I am renovating my house. So yeah, the fitness thing took a back seat.
My personal goal for next week is the water thing. It is so hard for me to drink that much water but I think it will help with everything else. It is a constant reminder to choose healthy instead of lazy.

Bree

The struggle is real!

So I started this challenge at the same time I started a new job. I am finding it much harder to get to the gym everyday and still complete all my mom duties. This challenge is helping me push for a healthy balance instead of giving in to the easier path of keeping my spot on the couch warm.. So with that thank you putting this together :-)

So, as I’m trying to decide about what to post, I’m thinking about my week... and I’m just coming up with excuses!!! I’m going to do better!!! My body deserves it! Great job to everyone who’s still pushing through!

3 weeks down

Hope everyone is happy with their results 3 weeks in. 

I am not very good at blogging. lol It has been a busy week and I havent had a change yet.  But I'm determined to get all my points this week.  (even if I have to eat cans of veggies to do it!)

Wholesome brownies

I help serve school lunch at the high school I teach at. Today they served wholesome brownies... what is that???? I just made up my mind that means there gross... I guess from now on all deserts are wholesome!

Zzzzzzzz

So far avoiding the late night snacks has been easy. Waking up at 4:30 am to get my work out in before work makes it so I’m ready for bed once the kids are in bed. I’m too tired to stay up and enjoy my “yea the kids are in bed!” bowl of ice cream.

It is absolutely amazing (albeit embarrassing) how hungry I am when I don't eat after dinner. Am I really that addicted to food? This week I signed up with vasa and I've been going for about an hour or more every night. It' doesn't seem like a lot, but it is for me. The whole "working out at home" thing doesn't really work for me with kids. Kudos to those parents who make it work! I am determined to actually get more than 1-2 points for the exercise this week! :)

Midnight Snacks...

This week has been a good reminder of how much food I ate after dinner before starting this contest. It is easy to see how a couple minutes in the fridge or the snack cupboard can erase an entire day of conscious eating. It is also probably the worst time to be eating too. Good think this week I can at least have a gallon of Diet dew to soothe my growling tummy! More than a third of the way done already! Keep it up.

 

Enjoy a little soda humor…and my all-time favorite TV Scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ish8NBunrQU

 

 

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Week 2 Standings and Prize Drawing

I want to start out by letting you all know that the prize money is in and we have 26 people that paid for the challenge, which makes $650!  So here's how the prize breakdown is going to go:

$140 will be used for weekly prize drawings.
$5 will be used for postage

At the end of the challenge these will be the prizes:
1st place:  $175
2nd place:  $135
3rd place:  $100
4th place:  $50
5th place:  $25
6th place:  $20

All of that adds up to $650.  These are pretty good incentives to keep going!  Remember next week there will be 4 prize winners!


Here are the Week 2 Standings:  (please double check and make sure your totals are correct each week.  And if you forgot to turn in your points for Week 2 please let me know and I'll add them to the running total.

198 Points:
James
Nicole
Weston

197 Points:
Laurie

196 Points:
Stephanie
Sam

193 Points:
Sarah V.

187.5 Points:
Margaret

187 Points:
Artesia
Megan

186 Points:
Cameron

184 Points:
Lori

181 Points:
Heather

170 Points:
Mack

158 Points:
Brenda
Brandi

157 Points:
Briana

154 Points:
Kiersten

149 Points:
Sara A.

138 Points:
Sydney

123 Points:
Auprielle

102 Points:
Heidi

17 Points:
Colleen

Week 2 Prize Drawing:  There are 2 winners, each winner will receive a $10 Walmart gift card!

Click HERE to see who won!

Week 3

I have really been loving the challenges so far. It has been great motivation to do what I know I should already be doing. I am especially excited for this week. Not necessarily because I snack a ton at night, but more because I have found with my body, it responds best to having dinner before 8 pm if possible and not eating after that. So hopefully I can see even more results this week! Good luck everyone!

Week 3 challenge

This last week's challenge wasn't too difficult since i'm not a big soda drinker anyway. I did pretty well with the challenge, but last night found myself struggling with this weeks challenge of not eating after dinner. before bed snacking is possibly my favorite thing to do since its so easy to justify the little treats here or there. I gotta keep telling myself that it'll be worth it.

Week 2 Challenge vs Week 3 Challenge

It's interesting and funny how everyone is so different. The week 2 challenge was perfect for me in the sense that it was easy because I'm not a big soda drinker but it sounds like it was really hard for quite a few. Whereas, this week's challenge is going to be really hard for me and maybe not so hard for a lot of other people b/c I'm a big time snacker when the kids are in bed which I know is not great and is usually what puts me over my calories intake EVERY SINGLE time. So, yes it will be hard, but it will be a good challenge for me to knock that habit out or at least slow it down :)

UGH

Well I sure haven't done as well as I thought I would. In fact I have debated whether or not to just quit a few times but I have decided to give it another try. Week 1 I only earned 60 points and week 2 I only earned 42. I am putting it out there for all to see that my goal this week is 75 points. Maybe this way I will be more motivated to meet my goal.

The Struggle Is Real

This week was challenging in ways that I didn't expect. My foot injury has proven to be a difficult hurdle to overcome when it comes to the workout portion of the challenge. There is only so much upper body workouts I can do! I have the desire to run and jump and play sports. I need the cardio but my foot keeps me from being able to get a good solid work out that is actually enjoyable as I also lose motivation through normal machine workouts. Soooo....this week I failed a little bit on that end. Which then made me lose motivation to eat well. Luckily drinking water is easy for me and I'm not a dependent soda drinker although I do love it. I was able to talk to some family about my foot frustrations and they gave me some good ideas on some workouts that would be low impact on my injury. I'm hoping I can get a better routine this week and find some things that will effectively help me to get the exercise I need and motivate me to eat right.

If anyone has any suggestions for workouts with limited use of the calf muscle (nothing including jumping or running) please comment below. I'd love to get some ideas.

Mack

Week 2

This week I had an out of town choir competition trip and I was not home for two meals. While all my friends were getting Jamba Juice and soda pop with their meals, I just stuck with my ice cold water! Also, I had a difficult time finding healthy meals and snacks while on the go. It was tough, but not impossible! By the end of that day, my eating had been pretty successful.  Also, my choir ended up being 1/2 a point away from going to state, that was a little disappointing. But now I have more time to prepare for the competition coming up this next week! Wish us luck!

The struggle....

 This week was really difficult for me. I have an addition it is diet Dr. Pepper. I last 1 day without it so I must confess I didn't complete the group challenge.  Friday I went to Spokane with my daughter, there was a lot of eating out and junk food. This next week will be to be better. I promise.

Cheers!

   Its been interesting this week. I've was doing really good with the soda, but I got sick on Thursday, so that was my first day where I didn't do the group challenge. I needed the calories and nothing was appetizing. Then on Friday I had some because we were having a Birthday Party. Weirdly enough, the two days since then have been really hard. I was fine Monday-Wednesday, but I would kill for a refreshing Diet Dr. Pepper. I'm going to be honest, I am so glad that this challenge was this week, and not next week. I'm in a play, and its opening this week. For those of you who've done theater before you that opening weeks means excruciatingly long, and tiresome rehearsals. Did I also mention that we're doing state testing and all of my classes are giving out projects? I guess soda is a little something to look forward to everyday, but I know I'm not going to drink it as much after this weeks challenge. Unfortunately, I don't think giving it up will happen.
   I also thought was doing pretty good on the healthy food all week until yesterday I had pizza for lunch and burgers and fries for dinner... Splurging is fine right? But then I wonder, is all of the hard work I'm doing going to nought because of one or two off day? It's a hard balance, and we all have to find what works for us, and I'm still looking.
   Raise a glass of Diet Soda to a new week, and a new challenge! Hope its a good one!

Diet Coke

My name is Lori and I am a Diet Cokeoholic.   Last Sunday I had made my mind up I wasn’t doing the challenge. But by Monday morning I had changed my mind and thought I can do anything for five days.  The hardest part was not going through the drive-through at McDonald’s every time I drove by it I just wanted a Diet Coke.  Saturday morning my daughter asked if I’d like a Diet Coke. She was at Maverick and said she would bring me one, so of course I said yes. When I took a big drink it just didn’t taste as good as it used to.  I still think I’ll drink pop but maybe more water than I used to.

Hello

Week 2 has been hard, I am pop drinker and to give it up is rough but drinking water has helped! So I’m going to try really hard for week 3! I have been doing so much better with drinking my water! Definitely been wanting to drink water more then pop this week!

New baby and sick baby

What a week! Totally killed the challenge as I don't really care for pop or flavored drinks... except for chocolate milk... which I haven't had for weeks but of course I was craving it like crazy this week. My sister had a baby, so I share a niece now with Stephanie. And my 8 week old is sick, like throwing up every other feeding and diarrhea for the last 4 days... so laundry, and stress and lots more laundry!

I went to a circuit training gym this week and now I am incredibly sore. But, it was a great work out and I have a free membership for two weeks.

Briana

PS. How in the heck do you drink 64 oz of water in 24 hours... by far the hardest thing to do for me.

Popcorn Flavored Ice Cream

I found this popcorn flavored ice cream this week.  It's low on calories and it tastes like burnt popcorn so you won't eat too much.

I couldn’t do it!

Guys! I couldn’t commit to kicking my caffeine addiction! ☹️ My baby is 6 months old and still nurses every two hours at night. Good thing she is adorable. Hope everyone is doing well!

Patience!

I was a little frustrated by the scale this week.  I’ve stayed in my low calorie goal and exercised and hoped for the best!  I know with my body the food choices are more important than calories...but I hoped somehow this time would be different.  Trying again next week with better food choices, less empty calories and more veggies!  Is losing weight a mind game for anyone else too?!

Eating out!

This was my last week at my current job and did not anticipate the generosity of coworkers that meant lunch out almost every day. We don’t usually have soda at home but I do get a Diet Coke at restaurants. So long story short I totally bombed the challenge this week. However, I did stay within my calories for the week again (personal goal.)

Things are going pretty well. I really wanted full points last week but missed an exercise day. I’m hoping to get all my points this week. Drinking soda/sugar drinks isn’t my problem…I like soda but I can stay off it. I’m dreading the no sweets only healthy snacks week. Maybe we shouldn’t do that one 😉

46 minutes

This morning my workout was 46 minutes...as I was sitting here debating whether that counts as 50 or not, my neighbor stopped and ask me to walk with her...46 just became 76! Guess there is no question that’s at least 50.

Week 2 goals

I wanted to set some 8 week fitness goals for myself, in addition to the other goals of the challenge. I've always wanted to be able to bench press my body weight. I don't bench press often. Luckily, this goal can be approached from both adding strength and also dropping weight. I have written an incremental goal with my lifting coach that will target this 8 week program. Game on!🏋️

With this weeks challenge, I wanted to share what's helping me to drink water and not crystal light or Soda. I have cut back on how much soda I have been drinking recently, so it made it a little easier for this challenge. I am a picky water drinker. It has to be ICE cold, and I have to add lemon or lime. Well, that's not always easy to keep on hand, or have when you are out and about. So my best friend this week are these packets. They are crystallized lime/lemon. Perfect to keep in my purse and add to my water no matter where I am. Good luck everyone!

Dr Pepper

I find that when I’m stressed out I drink...drink Dr Pepper that is. I look forward to happy hour at my favorite drink place. No diet stuff for me. I go full strength, regular Dr Pepper, with some Vanilla. Yum! This is always the challenge I dread, but so far, getting my work outs in has kept my stress leave manageable and I’m not reaching for the delicious red can of 23 flavors that make up Dr Pepper. I’m also thankful, that we only have to do this 5/7 of the days. Good luck everyone! Your drink will be waiting for you on the other side of this week!

Week 1 Standings and Prize Winner (Full Video Actually Working Now)

Great first week everyone!  Here are the standings after Week 1.  If you weren't able to turn your points in to me, let me know and I can add them to the total.  And don't be discouraged if you didn't have a great week, keep in my this challenge is 8 weeks and everyone is bound to have a week with sickness, or a vacation, or just really busy...just keep trying!

Week 1 Standings:

99 Points:
James
Jenni
Mary
Megan
Nicole
Sadie
Weston

98 Points:
Artesia
Laurie

97 Points:
Stephanie
Sam

94 Points:
Brandi
Margaret
Sarah V.

93 Points:
Cameron
Heather

90 Points:
Brenda

89 Points:
Laurie
Mack

83 Points:
Briana

76 Points:
Kiersten
Sara A.

60 Points:
Heidi

59 Points:
Sydney

30 Points:
Katelyn

28 Points:
Auprielle

Week 1 Prize Drawing:

The prize this week was a $10 Amazon gift card.  There were 23 people in the drawing!

My apologies in advance for tonight's video.  My computer crashed leaving me without my video editing software.  I mostly regret that I recorded this AFTER my workout.

Click HERE to see who won!

Drink question

So I usually only drink water or milk anyway but I've started drinking flavored seltzer water, although I don't like any artificial sweeteners so I'm careful to check most of the time. So for the challenge this week do I need to avoid the seltzer waters like La Croix? The article was insightful about the draw backs of carbonation, so I'll probably skip on it anyway and go back to my old ways of just water or milk, but I wanted to throw it out there to get people's opinions and get my blog points for this week ;)

Hey I'm Mack

I'm 23 and just graduated from BYUI in recreation management. I've always been very active and athletic but struggled with weight loss and gain throughout my life. I returned from my mission in Arizona last summer and I've been wanting to work off the extra weight I got from eating so much mexican food. In January I ruptured my achilles tendon playing volleyball. Its been a long recovery after surgery to repair the tendon and then 6 weeks on a knee scooter and 6 weeks in a walking boot. I was just cleared last week to walk without the boot and graduated PT and man do I have the itch to be active again! It's been hard to find workouts to cater to my foot as I can't run or jump at all but at the least this journey has taught me to not take my legs for granted. I'm building strength and mobility every day and I'm determined to get back to sports as soon as I can. I'm hoping that this will help me work towards the goals that I have for myself.

Starting Week2

I forgot that when you count calories you can't find anything that is a "negative" calorie. i feel like things that are celery, lettuce, and oreo's should be counted as a negative calorie so that you can feel better about the things that you have eaten throughout the week. My eating was a little rough the first 2 days, but I still did enough to make the challenge. I was shooting for about 2,200 calories and discovered that the start of the week with the stress of last minute assignments due, I struggled this last week with it.

Starting strong with week 2 though and cutting out sugary drinks for this week. I don't think i'll have too rough a time with this challenge since all i drink is: water, Milk, Zipfizz (0 sugar :)), and that's about it. Powerade and Gatorade will be tough, but I don't think it'll be too bad to not drink for a week. Thankfully i'm doing this with my wife so that she can keep an eye on me as i go into all out stress mode for finals and finishing the semester.

Beautiful

Hi, my name is Margaret! My mom is Heather, and we're doing this challenge together. I'm 15, and I've always felt pretty comfortable in my skin. I know that I'm beautiful no matter the weight on the scale. I'm not looking to fit in a size 2 like half the girls I go to school with, I just want to be healthy. I know that all my choices aren't stellar examples of health, so I decided that this challenge would be a great way to stay motivated, and follow through. I've tried doing it by myself 2 or 3 times, and it lasted... 3 weeks at most?
I know Stephanie because she's friends with my mom, so I've known her and her boys for awhile. I was their babysitter before they moved from Greeley. I love them all.
I know that most of you are doing this for different reasons than me, and that's awesome! I just love this because we all want to be healthy together. We have the goal to have a healthy lifestyle, and thats all we need to do. We're all beautiful, and we're doing the best we can, so no matter how many points you get a week... YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!!

Hi! I'm Sydney!

I'm 17 from Utah and ready to get healthy for the summer!

Yippee

Hello! I finally made it onto the blog! Let’s get healthy🥗

Hello

My name is Sara Anderson. Steph is my cousin and I've done about 3 or more of her challenges. I live in Vernal, UT. I'm married to Brock and I have 2 dogs that are for now my children. I'm excited to get going with this much needed healthy lifestyle change.

This is my first time trying a challenge like this. I didn't so very well this first week but I plan to do better this week. Thanks for doing this Steph.

Life is crazy!

I’m sure all of you have felt that before! Sometimes I’m up for these challenges and sometimes I’m not. My mantra is often, “Will it help or hurt?” If life is already crazy sometimes adding one more
thing puts me over the edge and hurts. And then other times, like right now, having a little Control over Something I know Will Help in the long run helps A LOT!

My name is Heather. Stephanie and I met in a Greeley and served in church together. I was lucky enough to benefit from Stephanie’s mad party planning skills!

We've Recently had HUGE and surprising life changes. So really being mindful and taking care of myself has taken a back seat. I am still 30 pounds over weight from my last baby (he’s 20 months). He’s my fifth and final baby. Pregnancy and recovery were extra challenging with him-partly because I’m in my 40’s. He’s totally worth it! However, I’m ready to wave goodbye to these extra pounds.

Looking forward to several more great weeks!

Hi all!

This is my 3rd challenge with Steph, maybe 2nd I don’t know. The last one we did I found out I was pregnant so I don’t think I did it.. anyways, I am determined to lose this baby weight! I’ve done okay the first week.. next week looks SO hard for the group challenge. Funny that you posted about Diet Coke because that’s my drink of choice! Even if I can minimize my intake I’d say that’s a win for me.. I’ll try!  😂

Slow start but I'm ready

We got back from Spring Break late so I've had a slow start to getting started but after 5 kids I'm ready to put in the work to rid of these 25 lbs that are not just falling off ;)

Hey new friends..... I am excited to complete this adventure along side each of you. I recently lost 20 lbs to prepare for a cruise we went on in February. I feel like I have hit a plateau and am hoping this will push me down the few more pounds I hope to loose... Lets do this!!!!!

I’m so excited to be here! I love Steph, and have known her for...3/4ish years? Our Hubbies were both in residency in Colorado at the same time.
I’m a stay at home mama of 4 kiddos, 7,6,3 and 6 months. I love theater and being silly. I live in a tiny town of 1400 people, in the middle of South Dakota. Brr! I love food!!! That’s why I’m here. Plus my body needs me to rededicate myself to a healthier lifestyle. It’s hard. I’m so glad we have a big group to do the challenge with! Hopefully I will learn a lot from everyone!
Anyone out there doing Paleo or Keto?

Introductions

Hello! My name is Artesia and this is my second challenge with Stephanie! The first one I did I lost 15lbs. This is totally the motivation I need. My husband and I have 6 kids, ages 12 stair step down to 10 months.  I am a weirdly competitive person or should I say competitive about weird things. So being healthy is way more fun if points are assigned to things I should be already doing! Excited to meet everyone. Also, after 6 babies my non scale victory is for strangers to stop asking when my baby is due.

Hi- my name is Laurie. I am a little bit of a competitive person ( I guess growing up with 4 brothers will do that to you). I am so excited for this challenge. Thanks Stephanie for putting it together!

Looking Forward to this

Thanks for putting this on Stumps I need to get back into my size skinny britches.

I have really been struggling with my weight! I cant wait to feel more like myself again. I don't even recognize myself!!  I'm really hoping this challenge can get me motivated. 

Hi all! 

I'm Colleen and Stephanie is my amazing niece.  I'm excited to do this challenge and hoping having to be accountable will help me stick to it.  :)

Week 1

My name is James. My motivation for this challenge is to slim down for an upcoming motorcycle race on June 2. The race is the Idaho City 100 and is a enduro motorcross race that travels through some of Idaho's steepest mountains on tight trails. It is grueling and most wont be able to finish. Dropping a few lbs will certainly help. Good luck!

And here we go...

Hi, my name is Bree and this is not my first challenge but it is the first challenge that I will participate longer than a week. The I found out I was pregnant a week into it and quit shortly after that. Now my baby is 7 weeks old and I am determined not to "let myself go".

I have two kids, Hudson- 7 weeks and Ruby- 2 1/2 years. My hands are full... and I decided to start potty training this week... so I'm exhausted.

I know full well that I will not get perfect scores every week... but I want to just keep trying. I need the motivation.

If anyone has any amazing potty training tips... they are welcome.

Bree

Let's do it!

Hi Everyone!

My name is Katelyn Smith! I met Stephanie when they moved to Pueblo Colorado. And I miss them lots!

I'm a mother of one little girl who is a HANDFUL! I also work from home as a piano teacher! I was able to teach Stephanie's oldest for about a year and a half! I currently am teaching 26 students and getting ready for a recital! :)

 I've been going through a weight loss journey by myself for sometime and have already lost a total of 16 lbs. I really want to keep motivated so I'm so glad that Stephanie decided to do this again! The only bummer is this week I was hit down with a nasty cold that has turned into a bit of bronchitis so I haven't been on my game this week but I hope to be able to have good weeks afterwards! I look forward to this journey!

Hi Im Whitney!

Hello,

I'm Whitney Frandsen and Stephanie is my cousin. I thought she was so cool when we were growing up and wanted to be just like her.

I love to exercise and be outdoors. I am so ready for warm weather and excited for an adventure filled summer. I find comfort in food and am looking to reign in my eating habits. I am glad to share this journey with everyone.

Sarah

Hey, my name is Sarah. Stephanie is my soul sister 🙃. I’ve done these challenges before. Some have been successful and others not so much. I’m feeling motivated and I’m hoping to see some changes. My husband and I have 4 kiddos. Three boys and one girl. I’m excited for the challenge! Let’s do this!

Hello my name is Brenda I grew up with Stephanie. I am so excited for this journey. This is my third time, the 1st time I was very successful and proud of myself the second time not so much.  I am a mother of two crazy teens and I am married to the most amazing person I have ever met. I am excited for this journey in hopes to gain back my confidence and just be a healthier mother and wife

my time

I need to make some serious changes in my physical health. I’ve left lack of sleep because of children and various family health issues hold me back. But this weekend both my kids mastered riding bikes and I suddenly felt a new freedom and control over my health. Alarm is at the other end of my room so I have to get out of bed to turn it off. I’m taking back my hour of me time in the morning. Yes it means waking up before everyone else gets up, but it’s time to focus on myself. Watch out people, I can wake up in the morning but it doesn’t mean I can be pleasant!

Week 1

Hey! My name is Sadie. This is my first challenge with Stephanie. Hopefully I can stick to it out for the whole eight weeks. I have four kiddos. Three loud and crazy boys ages 11, 9, and 3 and we just had our little girl 2 months ago :) My husband is out of town quite a bit for work and I am a semi stay at home momma. Good luck everyone!!

Jenni checking in!!

Just checking in! Excited to do another challenge since life is such a challenge. My goal is to get healthy for the summer! According to my correlation causation lesson most people lose 5-10 pounds in the summer...ice cream sales also increase... so the real question is... Is ice cream a diet food??

Week 1 - Cameron Winkley

Thank you for Stephanie for sending out the email to do this challenge. I forwarded it to my wife Kiersten and she was excited about it. .I think this will be a good challenge and help remind me of things that aren't the best to eat (like the pumpkin chocolate chip cookies). I live in Taylorsville, UT with my wife Kiersten. We have two kids, Harper who's 3 and Riley who is 5 months old, between school, work, and Family I am pretty busy, but I am excited that this is something Kiersten and I can do together.

Stephanie Signing In

Thanks to everyone for signing up for these next 8 weeks with me!  I'm hoping we have a fun and healthy couple of months.  I was doing pretty good meeting my weight loss and fitness goals last fall, and then the holidays came, and a big move for our family to Idaho, and I've been having a hard time feeling super motivated to get back on track.  I'm hoping the accountability of this challenge will give me the boost I need. 

I live in Middleton, Idaho.  I have 4 wonderful kids and a great husband that I'd like to be able to keep up with!  Good luck to everyone!