Although it's still a little early, I wanted to go ahead and get things set up for a new challenge...the

Valentine's Day Challenge!



1. Be sure and log in here on Friday, January 3, 2014 to post your start weight and your goal weight for the challenge.
2. When setting your goal, keep in mind that challenge is 6 weeks long.
3. Weigh in every Friday and post your updates here.
4. Watch the data at http://sdrv.ms/JJFPls to see our progress as individuals and as a team.

GOOD LUCK!

Old challenges

- Halloween: http://sdrv.ms/19Qmc3j

- Thanksgiving: http://sdrv.ms/1c1AT8J

- Christmas/New Year's: http://sdrv.ms/1956TlT

Edited January 1, 201412 yr by Bea Amaya

Rules of the Game

For those of you who are new to our challenge, here's how it goes.

1. I maintain a spreadsheet of everyone's data in order to track our progress over the period of the challenge.
2. You'll know that I've added your latest updates to the sheet when I "Like" your post.
3. I generally update the sheet on the morning and evening of the reporting day (FRIDAY for this challenge) and a few other times during the week.
4. The spreadsheet is in a place where you can VIEW it (and even make changes to it) in a lot of ways in your browser window. This keeps us all from having to download multiple versions of the sheet every time new data is added. The drawback, however, is that it doesn't function perfectly in the browser environment and may be a bit frustrating for you. Still, it's the best solution I could come up with.

Here's hoping you'll post a note here saying you want to be included in the challenge and will join us. The past few challenges have been a whole lot of fun, at least for me. It's a great place to focus on short-term goals, to be a part of a smaller community, and to get LOTS of encouragement no matter what stage you are in.

Hope you'll think about it over the next 2 weeks then jump in and join us in our Quest toward better health and making a smaller [physical] footprint in the world.

I'm in too Bea 8)

I'm in also, sounds fun.

I agree that it sounds like fun! Please count me in!

I'm in fosho!!

I'm in! Thanks Bea! It's great of you to set these up. :-)

I'm in!

I am so in! I appreciate all the work you do for these challenges

I'm in!

Please add me. This is a kick.

Haven't done one of these before...but I'm in! I'll have to think hard about a goal weight to reach as being on the losers bench is all new to me!

Haven't done one of these before...but I'm in! I'll have to think hard about a goal weight to reach as being on the losers bench is all new to me!

Yeah, one of the things I really like about the challenges is how they help me understand myself, my body, my changes, etc. better. For the first challenge I participated in, my goal was kind of a shot in the dark. The next couple of challenges were better, with me thinking of what I could easily lose, then stretching that goal out just a bit. And while I may not make my goal on the current (Christmas-New Years) challenge, I believe I will get to the end of it understanding pretty much why I didn't and what kind of adjustments to make for the next one.

We're definitely happy to have you joining us and I'm thinking you'll learn soon enough about setting good, solid goals.

Hello,

I will join you after I finish the X-mas & New Year challenge.

Take care.

I'd like to take part in this challenge also. Thanks Bea for setting this up. Have a Merry Christmas.

I'm in!