(Original idea from SixSistersStuff.com and a 

few revisions made by Bonnie & Team)

This is an 8-Week Challenge that starts on 

MONDAY, JULY 9.

Points are for the following healthy habits:

Contact with a team member

Drink 64 oz. of water daily

Stop eating before 9 p.m.

Eat 2 servings of fruit (2)

Eat 3 servings of vegetables

Don't eat treats / sugar (6 days of the week)

Journal - keep a record of all you eat and drink

Exercise at least 5 times a week (30 minutes = 5 points; 45 minutes = 7 points)

1. There is a weekly point calendar for each of the 8 weeks.  This can be printed out or accessed online.  Participant enter their scores online or keep a paper copy and report their points weekly.
2. Beginning on Week #2 there is a double point challenge (highlighted in yellow on our calendar)
3. Participants can exercise each day, but will only receive points for exercising 5 days a week.
4. Participants can choose to not each sugar/treats each day, but will only receive points for not eating sugar on 6 days (everyone needs a free day!).  
5. Our group will define “sugar/treats”  for our own challenge before we begin.
6. There is a sample food journal that participants may use or their own kind of food journal to keep track of what is eaten.  (There is a food journal on the last tab of our spreadsheet)
7. Participants weigh themselves each Sunday and tally up all points by 9 PM. Participants make sure to weigh themselves under the same circumstances each week (for example: Morning/Night, Empty/Full stomach. Bonnie suggests Sunday mornings, first thing).
8. The team leader (Bonnie) will be the only one to see the participants' weights. Send a weekly email/text (to Bonnie Morey at myownfitnessteam@gmail.com) with your weight on Sundays.   All weight loss percentages (no actual weights are published) will be updated on the spreadsheet (by the team leader) while all points will be visible by participant number on the first tab of the score spreadsheet.    Here's the link to the spreadsheet we'll be using for our points:  ROUND 2 CHALLENGE TALLY
9. Joining our Facebook page (optional) is a great way to stay connected with teammates and to cheer each other on!
10. Daily contact with teammate: It’s amazing the strength that comes from encouragement from teammates! Daily contact includes emails, phone calls, or texts or even exercising together with someone on the team to encourage them to have a healthy day. It helps knowing that we are all in this together and makes us more accountable for what we do or don’t do. 
11. A dollar amount is determined as a "participant fee" to enter the challenge. (Probably the same as our first challenge, which was $25 each). This becomes the winners' prize and must be paid in advance (check, cash, or PayPal). 
12. Cash prize money will be divided equally between the person who loses the largest percentage of weight AND the person who has the most total “healthy living” weekly points.  If there is a tie between “healthy living” points, the second half of the winnings will be split between those that tie.