***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

Name: Kim

Height: 5'7

Weight: 156

Goal Weight: 135

Daily Calories is 1300

Name: sonofthor12

Weight: 203.6

Calories consumed 1012

Calorie goal 1650

Workout Minutes: 20

Calories burned: 242

Member Name: Angie
Height: 5'5
Starting Weight: 174
Goal Weight: 130

Jan 1/09 -- went horribly .... 0 points today. I will start tomorrow.

Tomorrow daily calorie goal is : 1500

Member Name: Christina

Height: 5'6"

Starting Weight: 207

Goal Weight: 175

Workout Minutes: 40

Calories Burned: 277

Member Name: Wendy
Height:   5' 8"
Starting Weight: 186.5lbs
Goal Weight for challenge: 145 lbs

Calorie goal for 01/01/2009: 1800 Calories

Member Name: Kate
Height: 5'7"
Starting Weight: 190
Goal Weight: 130

Calorie for tomorrow, 1/2/09: 1500 cal

Member Name: Jella
Height: 5'7"
Starting Weight: 210
Goal Weight:175

Calorie for 1/2/09: 1500 cal

member name: lizzie317

height 5'4"

starting weight:165

goal:125

1/1/09:

calorie goal:1200

actual:696 (slept till noon)

calories burned: 2010 (laid on the couch)

happy new year.

Member Name: lakemom
Height:  5' .5"
Starting Weight: 147 (unless its changed in the last few days)

actually 145.75 today
Goal Weight: 110

daily Goals  

calorie goal:  1650

workout minutes: 45

daily ACTUALS

calorie: 1659

workout minutes: 50

 calories burned: 2327

calorie deficit 2327-1659 = 668

Goals for 1-3

calories: 1650

workout:  45 min

reporting for 1/1/2009:

Calorie goal was: 1400

Calories consumed: 1340

calorie deficit: 910

1/2/2009

Calorie goal for 1/2-1/7: 1400

Exercise 1/2: 35min, 389cal burn

Do we calculate our own points?

Member Name: kwoodwarduga
Height: 5'6''
Starting Weight: 145
Goal Weight: 128

1/1/09:

Calorie Goal: 1200

Calories Consumed: 2000

Calories Burned: 1600

Calorie Deficit: -400

Workout Minutes: 0

My goal is 1800. Consumed 2004 but burned 350 walking and shopping.

Goal for tomorrow is to stay within 1800 and go for another hour walk, I love walking!

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Member Name: paintedbliss
Height:5'5
Starting Weight:220.4
Goal Weight:208

Since the challenge My goal is 1400 calories, my calories I got  yesterday to 1210 and ran on treadmill for 30 min and burned around 200 calories.

jan 2 I ran 2 miles and burned another 200 calories and plan to stay within 14oo calories today.

Member Name: Holly
Height: 5'2
Starting Weight: 162

Goal Weight: at the end of six weeks 150, then 125

Daily calorie goal: 1400

Daily workout goal: 60 minute

I have no excuse, completly forgot to post 1/1!

Question, for calories burned, aren't we looking for calories burned during our  workout minutes?

Therefore, if we don't exercise and record the minutes we don't get points for calories burned, is this right?

Calorie Goal for 1/2: 1800

Exercise Goal for 1/2: 60 minutes of cardio and treadmill

Week 1:  January 1, 2009 - January 7, 2009

Please report the following information:

• Member Name: Ginger
• Height:5'0
• Starting Weight: 185
• Goal Weight: 170 (for this challenge)
• Calories: Goal 1350, Actual 1250 (3 pts)
• Calorie Deficit: 750 (3.75)
• Potential Points: 6.75

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

1/2/09

Workout Minutes 75 today, total for week=160=8 points

Calories Burned 626 today, total for week=1000=5 points

Calorie Deficit 526 yesterday+728 today=1254=6 points

Calorie Goal reported yesterday-1600, actual calories ate today 1672=3 points

Calorie goal for 1/3/09-1500

I think that's right. No one said if we were supposed to calculate points or not so I figured I would go ahead and do it to make things easier for the challenge holder. Hope everyone is getting the New Year off to a good start.