***A NEW YEAR, A NEW YOU ~ Week 3***

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ATTN:  THE RESULTS FOR WEEK 1 ARE STILL PENDING.  I AM WAITING ON RESPONSES FROM A COUPLE MEMBERS TO CLARIFY THEIR POSTS SO THAT I CAN AWARD THE POINTS ACCORDINGLY.  YOUR PATIENCE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

AS SOON AS I HEAR BACK, I WILL POST THE RESULTS FOR WEEK 1.

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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.

Week 1:  January 1, 2009 - January 7, 2009
Week 2:  January 8, 2009 - January 14, 2009
Week 3:  January 15, 2009 - January 21, 2009

Please report the following information:

Member Name:
Height:
Starting Weight:
Goal Weight:

You can either report your calorie goal, workout minutes, calories burned, and calorie deficit daily or weekly.  

If you choose to report weekly, you will need to report your daily calorie goals at each weigh in (Thursdays) beforehand in order to earn the points.

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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)

Pounds Lost points can only be earned on weigh-in days (Thursdays).

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)

Please be sure to report your daily calorie goals the night before, first thing in the morning on the day of, or at the weekly weigh-in for the following week.  If the daily calorie goal is not reported beforehand, points will not be awarded.

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

Please report your workout minutes daily when you report your other stats or at each weigh-in.  If you report at each weigh-in, please list each day separately.  

Please list what kind of workouts you did along with your minutes to earn points.  Daily activities will not be awarded points.

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

Please report your calories burned daily when you report your other stats or at each weigh-in.  If you report at each weigh-in, please list each day separately.  

Please list what kind of workouts you did to burn calories to earn points.  Daily activities will not be awarded 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)

Please report your calorie deficit when you report your other stats or at each weigh-in.  Please list the calories you burned for the day minus the calories you consumed to verify your calorie deficit.  (ie. 2300 calories burned - 1900 calories consumed = 400 calorie deficit)

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

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

Member Name:  Katrina

Height 5'2

Weight:  167

Goal: 125

Calorie goal for today is 1500 calories

Member Name: Carlyn
Height:5'3"
Starting Weight:129.2
Ultimate Goal Weight:115 Hopefully by early March.

I will go ahead and post the calorie goal for tomorrow. 1600.

Workout minutes for today - 85, Calories burned - 374, No deficit and no pounds lost as of yet.

I hope everyone had a great Eve last night and Happy New Year!!!

Member Name: Khaddas

Height: 5 ft 4 inches

Starting Weight: 148

Goal Weight: 125

member name: lizzie317

height: 5'4"

starting weight: 165

goal for challenge: 125

calorie goal for today: 1200

name: Jessie

height: 5'8"

starting weight (1/1/2009): 166

goal for week: -2

goal for six week challenge: 152

35 minutes exercise: 1.75pt

Calories burned: 389

Daily calorie goal (1/1): 1400

Just a little rant too about New Years Day; if you run a gym, you should probably notify your members of your hours for New Years Day more than 12 hours in advance! I went there today and they were closed! I was there yesterday morning and I heard or saw no evidence of modified hours today. I had to run on my junky old treadmill that bounces around more than i do! At least I did it. Last week that would have been a perfect excuse not to run at all!

Member Name: Mary
Height: 5' 7''
Starting Weight: 151
Goal Weight: 133

My calorie goal for the day was 1839 and I did 1850, which I think is pretty good. :) I'm also aiming to exercise for 30 mins each day and I did today, altough I only burned 120 calories. I walked for 15 minutes and did some pilates stretches for a further 15.

Pleased with the day. Want to wish everyone good luck xx

Member Name: hyedye
Height: 5'2
Starting Weight: 109
Goal Weight: 100

Calorie Goal for Everyday: 1200

Member Name:  Phylicia
Height: 5'7"
Starting Weight: 151
Goal Weight: 128

And my daily calorie goal for this week is 1500

Member Name:  Grace
Height: 5'2"
Starting Weight: 156
Goal Weight: 141

Calorie goal for the week is 1200

Member Name: sonofthor12
Height: 5' 7"
Starting Weight: 203.6
Goal Weight: 190.0

My calorie goal for each day is 1650.

This is my day one weigh-in. The day is only half over, still have calories to burn and some to consume.

Member Name:n DoniSharee
Height: 5'2
Starting Weight: 140
Goal Weight: 125

Member Name: Ebbz
Height: 5'4"
Starting Weight: 165.1 lbs
Goal Weight: 150 lbs

My calorie goal for each day this week is 1500.

Member Name:    Paulrb02
Height:                5'9"
Starting Weight: 282
Goal Weight:       260

My calorie goal for each day of this week is 2000

I will report weekly most likely and I plan on going to the gym about an hour each day

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Member Name: kjoconnor90

Height: 5'4"

Starting Weight: 201

Goal Weight for contest: 185

Calorie goal: 1500

60 minutes of exercise: 3 pts

Calories burned: 624 - 30 minutes of cardio, 20 minutes on treadmill, 10 minute bike ride

hi ya'll!

name: lindanglin

height: 5'6"

 starting weight: 190

goal weight: 155

 My calorie goal is 1400. I plan on excercising at least 30 min per day. and i am hoping to be at my goal weight by July this year. With God's help and strength I know i can do it!!

Please count me in..Hope this will give me some motivation:)

Name: Nikky

Height: 5'0

Weight: 140

Goal: 125 (for now)

daily calorie goal: 1200

Member Name: Caroline
Height: 5'5
Starting Weight: 258
Goal Weight: 248

Daily calorie goal: 1200

Daily workout goal: 20 minute

my calorie goal for this week is 1500.

Calorie goal  1500-1424=76

Work out minutes 115

Calories burned 743

 Calorie deficit 2393 Calories burned-1424 calories consumed=969