***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

1/2/09

Calories consumed: 1547 (goal for the week 1500)

Workout minutes:  135 minutes

Calories burned: 768 by run/walk; walking; stationary bike

Calorie deficit:  2830-1547=1283

1/2/09:

Calorie Goal: 1200

Calories Consumed: 2066

Calories Burned: 1760

Calorie Deficit: -306

Workout Minutes: 0

Calorie Goal:  1550

Calories Consumed:  1654

Workout Minutes: 40

Calories Burned: 288

Calorie deficit: 2340-1654=686

member name: lizzie317

calorie goal/actual: 1200/1067

worked all day, no workout.

reporting for 1/2/2009

Calorie goal/actual: 1400/1469

Workout: 35min, 400 cal

Goals for 1/3/2009:

Calorie goal: 1400

Workout: run 3mi or walk for at least an hour outdoors...brr its cold!!!

Name:  Undertherainbow

Actual Calories for 01/01/2009:  2118

Calorie Goal for 01/03/2009:  2000

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

actually 145.75 (1-2-09)
Goal Weight: 110

daily Goals  

calorie goal:  1650

workout minutes: 45

daily ACTUALS

calorie: 1772

workout minutes: 45

calories burned:

calorie deficit

Goals for 1-4

calories: 1650

workout:  45 min

I didn't have a great day yesterday, 1/2/2008

Name: sonofthor12

Starting weight 203.6

Yesterday's weight 204

Calories consumed: 2324

Workout time  20 min

Workout calories burned: 169

Calorie Goal:  1400

Calories Consumed:  1466

Workout Minutes: 90

Calories Burned: 577

Calorie deficit: 1211

I hope I did the deficit right, it seems really high.

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

1/3/09

Workout Minutes 60 today, total for week=220 = 11 pts

Calories Burned 283 today, total for week=1283=6 pts

Calorie Deficit 565 today, total as of 1/3/09 =1819=9 pts

Calorie Goal reported yesterday-1500, actual calories ate today 1515=3pts(1/2/09)+3pts(1/3/09) points=6 points total.

Calorie goal for 1/4/09-1500

Calorie goal:  1500, Actual 1424

Minutes exercised: 181,run/walk; trail walking with family

calories burned: 851

calorie deficit:  2840 calories burned-1424calories consumed=1416

Calorie goal:  1540

Actual:  1565

Calorie Deficit:  2350-1565=785

1/3/09:

Calorie Goal: 1200

Calories Consumed: 1536

Calories Burned: 1760

Calorie Deficit: 224

Workout Minutes: 0

reporting for 1/3/2009

calorie goal was: 1400

Consumed: 1450

workout minutes:25

calories burned while working out: 300

total calorie deficit: -730

****calorie deficit for 1/2 (forgot to post):-796****

Goals for 1/4/2009

calorie goal: 1400

workout: run 4 miles

Goal Weight: 110

daily Goals  

calorie goal:  1650

workout minutes: 45

daily ACTUALS

calorie: 

workout minutes: 

calories burned:

calorie deficit

Goals for 1-5

calories: 1650

workout:  45 min

Calories consumed for 01/03/2009:  1935 Calories

Calorie Goal for 01/04/2009:  1800 Calories

(last post was for 1/2)

1/3:

calorie goal: 1200

actual: 1390

I was so disappointed in my self because I went out for dinner, had a huge veggie burger and fries, thought I went WAY over my calorie count, but it was not nearly as bad as I thought. 

goal for 1/4: 1200

joining the gym tomorrow!!

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

1/4/09

Workout Minutes 90 today, total for week=310 = 15 pts

Calories Burned 503 today, total for week=1786=9 pts (1 hour walk with hills program + 30 minutes stretching.)

Calorie Deficit 550 today, total as of 1/4/09 =2369=12 pts

Calorie Goal reported yesterday-1500, actual calories ate today 1710=0pts Total points for calorie goals so far=6pt

Calorie goal for 1/5/09-1800

Hope everyone had a good weekend.

(sorry, I'm a little late on the start!)

member name: Amanda

height: 5'1

starting weight: 132

goal weight: 124

01/04/09

Workout Minutes 30 minutes today = 1.5 points

Calories Burned 200 calories today = 1 point

Calorie Goal 1550, actual for today 1700 = 0 points

Calorie Deficit 0 points

Total Points 2.5 points

Daily Calorie Goal 1550

Ate too much. ><  Hope everyone else is doing well!