***A NEW YEAR, A NEW YOU ~ Challenge Sign-ups***

The "A New Year, A New You" challenge is for those wanting to start off the New Year right and provide each other with the motivation and dedication needed to reach our goals.

***If you are interested in participating in this challenge, please sign-up on this thread.***

The challenge will begin on January 1, 2009.  A new thread will be created in the Games & Challenges forum the day the challenge begins.  In this thread, you will report the following:

Member Name:
Height:
Starting Weight:
Goal Weight:

Since the challenge starts on 01/01/09, weekly weigh-ins will be every Thursday.  If you miss a weigh-in, your weight from the previous week will be applied. 

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This challenge is points based.  There will be various opportunities to earn points but it is not necessary to participate in all the options.  You can pick and choose which ones work best for you and your goals.  Please try to report your points earned each day in a new post.  The points will be tallied after each week's weigh in.

POINTS WILL BE EARNED AS FOLLOWS:

POUNDS LOST:  5 points earned for every pound lost. (ie. 1.2lbs lost = 6 points earned, maximum of 2lbs = 10 points applicable)

CALORIE GOAL:  3 points earned for every day you reach within a 100 calories of your calorie goal.  The calorie goal needs to be reported the day before in order to earn points.  (ie. If your calorie goal is 1500 and you consume between 1400-1600 calories, you earn 3 points)

WORKOUT MINUTES:  .5 point earned for every 10 minutes of workout you do. (ie. 55 minutes of exercise = 2.75 points)

CALORIES BURNED:  .5 point earned for every 100 calories burned by exercise. (ie. 300 calories burned = 1.5 points)

CALORIE DEFICIT:  .5 point earned for every 100 calorie deficit you have each day. (ie. A 400 calorie deficit = 2 points, a maximum of 1000 calorie deficit = 5 points applicable)

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A New Year, A New You group has been created:

http://caloriecount.about.com/new-challenge-g 640

Awesome!

Member Name: Amanda
Height: 5'1
Starting Weight: 135
Goal Weight: 120

I'm excited to start!

Member Name: Kim

Height: 5'1.5"

Starting Weight: 124.5

Goal Weight: 118

Member Name: Phylicia
Height: 5'7"
Starting Weight: 150
Goal Weight: 130

Member Name: lakemom

Height: 5'1
Starting Weight: 147
Goal Weight: 110

Member Name:amaze1980

Height: 5'8
Starting Weight: 165 (will update 1/1/2009)
Goal Weight: 140

(I will be very happy to get to the low 150's within the 6 weeks though!)

Member Name: bliss2009
Height: 5' 3"
Starting Weight: 207 (CW 193 - will update 1/1/09)
Goal Weight: 120 (6 week goal will be 8 lb)

I'm excited to join the challenge!

I'm new to CC so I may need some help. I'm excited to get started.

member name: lizzie317

height: 5'4"

starting weight: 170

goal weight:120

name: mom2klegirl

height: 5'8

starting weight: 200

goal: 160

:D

Name: KayTee2009

Height: 5'0

Starting Weight: 127

Goal: 110

Looking forward to it

Name:sonofthor12

Height: 5'7

Starting Weight:203

Goal:193

this sounds like a good way to keep on track. I'm excited for it!

Member Name: kjoconnor90

Height: 5'4

Current weight: 202.8 (will give hopefully a smaller number on the 1st)

Goal: 135 (for this challenge though, I will aim for 10-15 pounds)

Member Name: Ebbz
Height: 5'4"
Starting Weight: 164
Goal Weight: 150

Hoping this will help me stay on track, especially after the holidays!

This is exactly what I've been looking for!

Member Name:  Kate
Height:  5'8"
Starting Weight:  185
Goal Weight: 130

I'm excited! :)

Member Name: hyedye
Height: 5'2
Starting Weight: 113
Goal Weight: 104

Member Name: Marylu

 Height: 5'8

 Starting Weight: 210

 Goal Weight: 145

Member Name: Katherine
Height: 5' 6"
Starting Weight: 164.4 pounds
Goal Weight: 136 pounds

How will the info we log be monitored to know it is accurate? As far as I know, you can't view other people's calorie and workout info, and we especially won't be able to know each other's weight.

I'd like to join please .

Member Name: Mary

Height: 5' 7''

Starting weight: 151

Goal wight: 140

Need some motivation after a pretty big Christmas feast (lasted over a week lol)

All,

I built a spreadsheet I will be using to track this challenge. I posted in on my live.com skydrive in my public folder if you want to use it.

Here is the link

http://cid-7b638455784beaba.skydrive.live.com /browse.aspx/Public

Thanks, sonofthor12!  I'm big on the numbers and keeping track, so this helps a lot! :)

Member Name: Grace
Height:5'2"
Starting Weight:156
Goal Weight:110 (15 pounds for this challenge... 141)