JULY SLIMMING MINIS OPEN, but we're moving it to a new thread soon.

This challenge was originally started to be for folks under 5'4", but it evolved to be an all-comers challenge. So welcome, and I hope you enjoy participating!

Here are the guidelines:

• Email me your starting weight.
• 2 points each for every 8 ounces of water. Plain or bottle (No flavors)
• 3 points for each 15 minutes of workout time. This is structured workouts - as in you went for a walk with the intention of it being exercise - and there are no points for anything other than 15 minute intervals.
• 1 point if you complete a physical challenge.
• 1 point if you complete a personal challenge.
• Send your weight at the end of the month.
• Person with the most points wins.

Note: 1 point bonus if you suggest a challenge! You can suggest a challenge by posting it in the thread or by messaging me and I'll post it. Challenges can be completed at any time during the month - just tell me which one you did after you do it. Just give your challenge a title and give a brief description of how to complete it, and you're good to go (and you get an extra point!) For example: "I would like to challenge everyone to do 10 pushups today." would be a physical challenge. "I would like everyone to do 5 minutes of quiet reflection/meditation" would be a personal challenge."

Please send your information to me via private message daily or every other day in the following format:
3x 8 oz of water
45 minutes of treadmill
completed side bend challenge

If you go out of town please let me know ahead of time, and then when you get back please send me your points broken down by dates.

I usually update points every day in the morning, but sometimes I take the weekend off - I'll let you know if I do.

Post or message me if you have any questions.

Good luck everyone!

The Contenders - JUNE - FINAL POINTS

augette - 775

findingmeagain2009 - 1633 - congrats!

kyashiis - 707

moonduster - 1278

nev2179 - 154

solemnleaf - 412

spacedreamer01 - 361

Physical Challenges - we'll keep the same from April if y'all want...

Change It Up! - Try a workout you've never done before (1 point per new activity tried)

Strength Training - One point for at least 15 minutes of strength training - this will also get you 3 regular exercise points!

Crunches - As many sets of 25 as you can (max 1 point per day)

Pushups - As many sets of 25 as you can (max 1 point per day)

Plank - Hold the plank position for 20-30 seconds (1 point per day)

squats - with your weight centered over the middles of your feet, squat down and stand back up again. Keep your knees centered over your toes and your back straight. Repeat as many times as you can - try it in sets of 10-25 (max 1 point per day)

jumping jacks - one, two! one, two! try a few sets of jumping jacks (max 1 point per day)

zany workout! - one point per day for the most odd, creative workout you can think of

Positive Challenges

5-a-day - eat the recommended 5 fruits/veg a day (recurring)

Go Outside - enjoy the great outdoor

Litter Busters - Pick up a piece of trash when you go outside

Eat Breakfast - The most important meal of the day!

Reading - get one point per day for picking up the book you've been meaning to read (p.s. I'd love to hear what it is, as I work for a Library =)

Finish a Book - back by popular demand - one point for every book you finish

8 a Day H2O - You will receive one extra point per day if your water totals 8 x 8 oz or more.

Straight A Students - log in your food and get an A for the day, and you get a point

Set a Goal - one point for setting a total points goal for the month

Meet Your Goal

Get Some Sleep - get at least 7.5 hours of sleep a night

Stay Under Your Personal Maintenance Calorie Level

Log Your Food By Midnight

Zany Workouts

This is where I'll be posting your creative/crazy workouts, if you'd like

Kneading Bread

Car Racing (I'm not going to count this in my exercise total, but it was a nice isometric core stabilization workout!)

wrestling my tiller!

trimming sheep feet (awesome)

making balloon animals

This sounds like fun!  My weight today is 245.6 [my starting weight for the beginning of January was 251, don't know which you want].

I am so good at drinking water.  I hope I win!

Since we're starting the challenge partway through the month, your weight for today is fine. Welcome, rabiseydou!

I've been thinking about starting up the minis again but have been too busy. I am so glad that you are doing it. Now maybe I can get back on track this month. I'll update tomorrow.

YAY! I'm glad you're back christalrae.

Hi I would love to start your challenge. I love water challenges.

S.W 187.4

OH YOU KNOW I'M IN!!!  Hey Spacedreamer and Christalrae (and everyone LOL) I did a very big no no...did good for losing my weight and maintiaining (on my own :( ) for close to a year...but then before I knew it had gained so much back.  I know this kinda thing doesn't happen all at once BUT it sure seemed like it.  LOL ANYWAYS, I know I can't do it without my mini's!! You guys were such an inspiration.  And this time when I get back down to goal weight I WILL NOT be leaving CC behind.  Oh well, I guess you live and you learn...LOL

Weight for this morning was 140.5 

Woo hoo!

Welcome back shellbysmomma and welcome fatmum!

Yeah, I had the same thing happen. I've been at goal for a while and am just starting to see the scale creep back up, so I wanted to do something about it, and help you guys to do it too!

So here's our first POSITIVE CHALLENGE:

Post (or include in today's PM log to me) the reason you've joined this challenge.

Simple, straightforward, and an easy way to get 1 point. =)

I'd love to join! I did the minis a couple of months and definitely did much better while I was in the challenge.

So I guess to start things off on the right foot:

Why have I joined? Because I had so much success when I was participating in the minis (or any challenge for that matter LOL) in the past and I need to get this weight off. Around July or August it started creeping back up and I need to get back down and then continue on my journey....

All right! Welcome back augette!

Why have I joined?  Well, I was looking through old picture cds [doing anything/everything I can think of to avoid the job hunt] today and found a real winner of a 'before' picture of me.  (it's in my gallery--have a look)  I really want to make my current 'after' photo just as dramatic of a 'before' picture in about a year.  That's why I've joined--anything/everything to keep me motivated/interested in losing more weight.

Rabi

Congrats rabiseydou!!  Oh my gosh you have done so well and are soooo pretty. 

Why did I want to get back with Slimming Minis....I was NEVER more motivated and in control of myself....not just with the challanges but with the people here.  Spacedreamer and chrisalrae (among many others) both are 2 people who always seemed to be there for the extra "pep talk" support.  LOL  Honsetly...I hope ya'll will continue to let me join in with the challanges even after I re-meet my goal weight...because honestly I don't think I would have let myself backslide with the mini's to hold accountable for.  I guess that is some if not most of it, I love the challange, BUT seem to NEED to be accountable to more than just to myself.  This place is SUPER MOTIVATIONAL to me.  Thank you so much for restarting it spacedreamer!!

Not under 5'4", but definitely excited for the challenge! Since I kept track of yesterday, too, I'll send you yesterday's data as well as todays!

Why have I joined? I'm the heaviest girl (by a lot) in my sorority, all y sisters a thinner than me, and I'm unhappy with my weight the way it is! I know that I need other people to keep me accountable, and so even though this is my first slimming minis challenge I know it will help!

SW - 190.4

Rabiseydou: I checked out your pics. I have just 1 word: WOW! You have done great! Congrats.

Yay! Welcome wilson_s1. We're glad to have you (since we're not limiting our membership anymore).

Minis definitely helps with accountability - that's why I'm here. I found out how much accountability helps when I first joined minis, then how much it keeps me on track and on schedule when I started running it, so I'm glad to be doing it again!

I'm so excited to be doing this again.

I'll update points tomorrow morning, so please PM me with your logs from today.

Thanks everyone!!

Thanks shellbysmomma and augette. ::blush::

i have a challenge idea!  We're supposed to get 5 fruits and vegetables a day right?  I don't know about you, but even as a vegetarian, I don't get that everyday.  How about a point per day that you do?

A perfect suggestion rabi, and one that previous minis have done and really enjoyed.

This will be our first recurring personal challenge, and you all will receive one point each time you complete it.

Thanks!

Original Post by rabiseydou:

Thanks shellbysmomma and augette. ::blush::

 

i have a challenge idea!  We're suppose to get 5 fruits and vegetables a day right?  I don't know about you, but even as a vegetarian, I don't get that everyday.  How about a point per day that you do?

 I was going to suggest the same thing! I know in past mini's this challenge has helped me a lot. goes off looking for some fruit for breakfast...

Oh, wow!  I'm so glad to have come across this again.  I can't say it did miracles for me before, but it did help keep me in the ballpark!

Reason for (re)joining?  It keeps me motivated by making me accountable...to myself and the rest of the mini's.

I'm so tickled with this new challange.  I can honestly say I think this is the first time in forever I have actually gotten my 5 a day of the fruit/vegtables....I missed this challange when the minis did it before and am loving being "made" to do it.  LOL

I'm in!!! How exciting, this is the first time I've ever heard of this!!

Starting weight is 165 and I did 45 min of cardio today.

Reason for joining . . . . I finally want to look HOT!! I'm tired of being the funny friend (if I say so myself, I'm fricken hysterical!) and since I've been fat through my twenties I finally want people to be shocked that I'm 33. Have 2 boys, age 4 & 6 and a husband who thinks about losing weight and it's done . . .

So thanks!!!

Michelle