Challenge!!!
We have had weight loss challenges in the past, and some have had success with them. What I like about the challenges are that they allow you to contemplate on what you can do to improve your health. But maybe it isn't the losing of weight you need. Maybe you don't want to make a commitment that lasts a year. My life has been change after change after change for the last three years. Partly because of Danger Baby, and partly because I have had a couple career changes in the past six or seven months. First half of 2023 treated me well with my health and I made some positive headway. But around October of 2023 the seams pulled apart. My issues were and are...let's just say...getting bigger. Anyway, enough about me...let me talk about us.
I am proposing a two month challenge. Who are you challenging? Well, hopefully yourself.
During this challenge, I want you to pick something you want to work on. It can be anything. You want to increase your step count...make a goal. You want to get stronger...set a goal. You want to just be able to get up and move more...tell us your goal. And after you set a goal...I want you to update us. But not just your successes...but tell us abut those days when it was hard to get out of bed and do your routine. Tell us about those workouts that just didn't go right. Tell us whatever you want.
No goal is to small. Just set one.
Okay here is how it will work...
Between now and May 1st, sign up below and state a goal.
After May 1st...post in the thread at least once a week.
On or after June 30th...tell us how the challenge went.
It's that simple. But wait! There is more!
Prizes? We love prizes! What are the prizes? Well...to be honest I don't know yet. What I can tell you is that it will be related to this site in some way. It won't be something from my stash...so you don't have to worry about getting some half used soap with weird looking hairs in it.
Once I decide...I will let you all know. But there will be three prizes. One for the month of May. One for the month of June. And one for the completion of the challenge. How do you win the prize?
May Prize
Sign up for the challenge.
State your goal.
Post in the thread at least once a week for the entire month.
At the end of the month, of those who meet the above parameters I will select at random a person.
June Prize
Sign up for the challenge.
State your goal.
Post in the thread at least once a week for the entire month.
At the end of the month, of those who meet the above parameters I will select at random a person.
Overall Challenge Prize
Sign up for the challenge.
State your goal.
Post in the thread at least once a week for the entire challenge.
Post in the thread at the completion of the challenge what you accomplished, or what you learned, or what you think you could have done better.
At the end of the challenge, of those who meet the above parameters I will select at random a person.
If at any stage, there is no one person that meets the parameters, then there will be no prize awarded. If you start late and don't qualify for the May prize you can still qualify for the June prize. But you will not qualify for the overall prize.
It is really simple.
This challenge is not meant for just weight loss. If that is your goal to achieve overall well-being...then go for it. But sometimes health comes in the form of just getting off the couch and going for a 10-20 minute walk. Maybe it is attending a yoga class. Maybe it is lifting weights or increasing a step count. Maybe it is eating fewer calories. This is up to you.
I will shortly post a signup page and we can go from there. Sign up first then sometime afterward post a goal.
Begin date is May 1st. I'll pick a prize winner on June 1st or 2nd for the month of May and on July 1st or 2nd for the June prize and the overall challenge prize.
We have had weight loss challenges in the past, and some have had success with them. What I like about the challenges are that they allow you to contemplate on what you can do to improve your health. But maybe it isn't the losing of weight you need. Maybe you don't want to make a commitment that lasts a year. My life has been change after change after change for the last three years. Partly because of Danger Baby, and partly because I have had a couple career changes in the past six or seven months. First half of 2023 treated me well with my health and I made some positive headway. But around October of 2023 the seams pulled apart. My issues were and are...let's just say...getting bigger. Anyway, enough about me...let me talk about us.
I am proposing a two month challenge. Who are you challenging? Well, hopefully yourself.
During this challenge, I want you to pick something you want to work on. It can be anything. You want to increase your step count...make a goal. You want to get stronger...set a goal. You want to just be able to get up and move more...tell us your goal. And after you set a goal...I want you to update us. But not just your successes...but tell us abut those days when it was hard to get out of bed and do your routine. Tell us about those workouts that just didn't go right. Tell us whatever you want.
No goal is to small. Just set one.
Okay here is how it will work...
Between now and May 1st, sign up below and state a goal.
After May 1st...post in the thread at least once a week.
On or after June 30th...tell us how the challenge went.
It's that simple. But wait! There is more!
Prizes? We love prizes! What are the prizes? Well...to be honest I don't know yet. What I can tell you is that it will be related to this site in some way. It won't be something from my stash...so you don't have to worry about getting some half used soap with weird looking hairs in it.
Once I decide...I will let you all know. But there will be three prizes. One for the month of May. One for the month of June. And one for the completion of the challenge. How do you win the prize?
May Prize
Sign up for the challenge.
State your goal.
Post in the thread at least once a week for the entire month.
At the end of the month, of those who meet the above parameters I will select at random a person.
June Prize
Sign up for the challenge.
State your goal.
Post in the thread at least once a week for the entire month.
At the end of the month, of those who meet the above parameters I will select at random a person.
Overall Challenge Prize
Sign up for the challenge.
State your goal.
Post in the thread at least once a week for the entire challenge.
Post in the thread at the completion of the challenge what you accomplished, or what you learned, or what you think you could have done better.
At the end of the challenge, of those who meet the above parameters I will select at random a person.
If at any stage, there is no one person that meets the parameters, then there will be no prize awarded. If you start late and don't qualify for the May prize you can still qualify for the June prize. But you will not qualify for the overall prize.
It is really simple.
This challenge is not meant for just weight loss. If that is your goal to achieve overall well-being...then go for it. But sometimes health comes in the form of just getting off the couch and going for a 10-20 minute walk. Maybe it is attending a yoga class. Maybe it is lifting weights or increasing a step count. Maybe it is eating fewer calories. This is up to you.
I will shortly post a signup page and we can go from there. Sign up first then sometime afterward post a goal.
Begin date is May 1st. I'll pick a prize winner on June 1st or 2nd for the month of May and on July 1st or 2nd for the June prize and the overall challenge prize.
