Raenstoirm
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Ok all you losers time to officially get this party started! 
The teams will be competing on 2, yes count them, TWO fronts. The first is your weigh-in, which ideally you have already gotten accustomed to, the second is the tougher part of the competition. And thanks to Jenjolt, I have a name for this tougher part. It is the COW or Challenge Of the Week. 
So . here is our first official COW. I will post a new COW sometime every Thursday. Each challenge week begins 12:01 am Friday morning and runs till midnight Thursday night. I figure posting the COW on Thursday gives you a little time to plan out how best to complete the challenge before the clock starts. Please email or PM me your score by Monday morning of the following week. (So tomorrows challenge score is due the 13th, although I recommend you pm or email it to me on Friday when you email Brenda your weight.)
If you chose not to do the COWs at all, or only get around to doing a few items on the list that is perfectly fine. You will not hurt your team. The idea is to get you thinking and doing new things on this road to a new you, not to stress you out.
1 Write a letter to yourself explaining why you are staring this journey. Write down all the reason you need and want to lose weight and all the reasons you got where you are in the first place. Be truthful and kind, putting yourself down will not help you accomplish your goals. If you have a brownie weakness, write it, but don't say that you are a big fat pig because you cant not eat a brownie that is near you. Feel free to share your letter or ideas with the group if you wish. (5 points)
2 Take the quiz at www.realage.com (they send you an email with your score). Discuss with the group what your "real age" is verses your birth age (if you wish to disclose), what you are doing right and what you can do to get your "real age" down. If you participated in the summer BL, how has your age changed since then? (5 points)
3 Clock at least 6000 steps 4 times this week (this is where the pedometer from the pre-challenge comes in handy) (10 points for each day you reach goal- max 40 points)
4 Drink 6 glasses of water each day this week (5 points for each successful day- max 30 points)
5 Park in the farthest parking space from your destinations this week (it will really help you if you are counting steps! (5 points each time-max 20)
This thread is for all losers. Just like the Biggest Loser TV show challenges this is the place where you cheer for people not necessarily on your team. This is the place to get to know the other teams members and make the whole group a big community. Now of course you still have to return home from this little utopia, since after all this is a competition.
So Ladies, lets have a COW!
The teams will be competing on 2, yes count them, TWO fronts. The first is your weigh-in, which ideally you have already gotten accustomed to, the second is the tougher part of the competition. And thanks to Jenjolt, I have a name for this tougher part. It is the COW or Challenge Of the Week. So . here is our first official COW. I will post a new COW sometime every Thursday. Each challenge week begins 12:01 am Friday morning and runs till midnight Thursday night. I figure posting the COW on Thursday gives you a little time to plan out how best to complete the challenge before the clock starts. Please email or PM me your score by Monday morning of the following week. (So tomorrows challenge score is due the 13th, although I recommend you pm or email it to me on Friday when you email Brenda your weight.)
If you chose not to do the COWs at all, or only get around to doing a few items on the list that is perfectly fine. You will not hurt your team. The idea is to get you thinking and doing new things on this road to a new you, not to stress you out.
1 Write a letter to yourself explaining why you are staring this journey. Write down all the reason you need and want to lose weight and all the reasons you got where you are in the first place. Be truthful and kind, putting yourself down will not help you accomplish your goals. If you have a brownie weakness, write it, but don't say that you are a big fat pig because you cant not eat a brownie that is near you. Feel free to share your letter or ideas with the group if you wish. (5 points)
2 Take the quiz at www.realage.com (they send you an email with your score). Discuss with the group what your "real age" is verses your birth age (if you wish to disclose), what you are doing right and what you can do to get your "real age" down. If you participated in the summer BL, how has your age changed since then? (5 points)
3 Clock at least 6000 steps 4 times this week (this is where the pedometer from the pre-challenge comes in handy) (10 points for each day you reach goal- max 40 points)
4 Drink 6 glasses of water each day this week (5 points for each successful day- max 30 points)
5 Park in the farthest parking space from your destinations this week (it will really help you if you are counting steps! (5 points each time-max 20)
This thread is for all losers. Just like the Biggest Loser TV show challenges this is the place where you cheer for people not necessarily on your team. This is the place to get to know the other teams members and make the whole group a big community. Now of course you still have to return home from this little utopia, since after all this is a competition.
So Ladies, lets have a COW!
I have started yoga classes and taking better care of myself, so I hope this helps.
5 years ago I joined WW online and did good at first losing 25 pounds, but work and stress got in the way and I gained most of it back. 3 years ago I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I got better about exercise but still not as good as I should be about eating. One year ago I made an even better effort and my numbers improved and I was losing weight, but again early this summer other things in life got in the way and my hard work was soon gone. I need to lose the weight to get my body in better shape. I know I feel better and look better thinner. I have to do this for me. I haven't been around the first couple of weeks of the challenge due to vacation but now that I'm back I'm going to do my best to stick with it this time. 
