Slimming Minis September Challenge - track your efforts to success

Challenge yourself to create the good habits to achieve your health goals.

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! Let's get slim and trim together. You can start anytime. You may not be the challenger with the most points at the end of the month, but you'll still be a winner. GOOD LUCK ! ! !

(If you just want to post your goals for the day, that's ok, too.)

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 few days.

Post or message me if you have any questions.

Good luck everyone!

The Contenders - September 5th

kyashiis - 99

dish15 -

nycgirl -

ival -

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Physical Challenges

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 oddest, most 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 (if you want to share what you are reading with others, post about it)

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 or day

Meet Your Goal - one point for reaching your goal

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

Stay Under Your Personal Maintenance Calorie Level - one point

Log Your Food By Midnight - one point

Zany Workouts - one point  This is where I'll be posting your creative/crazy workouts ...

Post a comments to others - one point for supporting others

Today wasn't such a good day foodwise.  I did only one exercise.  That's better than nothing.

I promise myself to get at minimum 30 minutes exercise done.  Also, I will snack healthily between meals for a total of 6 small meals spaced out through the day.  If I achieve this goal, I get a point for setting and keeping a goal.

I did well.  I walked for four hours.  I did eat some black sesame ice cream afterwards, but will all the calories I burned walking in the hot sun, it couldn't hurt me.

Hello there! Long time no see! I just wanted to jump in and say "hey"

Looks like things are quiet here in slimming minis land - ah well. I had a great month of august, and ended up running my half marathon 11 minutes faster than last year!! I'm thinking of getting back into the swing of things and tracking my cals again this month.

good to see you all!

I just got back from a trip to the states, so I haven't been active either.  Let's go full bore in October.  I want to run a 10K...

I weigh in today.  I haven't kept up the statistics this month due to traveling, and as I was the only person participating this month, lack of bookkeeping needs of participants.

I weighed 70 kilos this morning, but since I had just eaten, my actual weight was probably 69.5.  That's not bad considering I traveled overseas and ate at a family reunion (which wasn't really tasty either...). 

I'll do better in October!