The Healthy Games

Competitive weight-loss challenge?

You bet!

A few weeks ago, I joined the Healthy Games.  It is a Meltdown Challenge.  What you do is, you first pay $20.  That is the ante for joining the challenge.  Right now, there are 15110 people in the challenge, and the total pool of $$$  is $302200.  Once you join, you decide to lose 6% of your weight (or more) or you can maintain your weight within 1%.  For six weeks, you log into the site each day and earn points.  You get points for reading the different things that are posted, commenting on your team page, replying to a comment on the main board, completing exercise and food journals, and watching videos.  Today was day 16, and I have already learned so much!

Once the 6 weeks are up, you "win" if you meet your goal (maintained within 1% or lost at least 6%) and earned 1000 points.  There are also competitions each week.  Last week was a wacky workout picture. This week is wacky ways to get in exercise!  There are lots of different ways to earn some of the money from the pool.

So far, I have been doing well!  I have earned all my points each day, and I have already won all the new info I have learned by watching the videos and doing the readings.  When I joined this challenge, I went in it for a few different reasons.

My first reason was....lets be honest.....to win money.  Who does not want to win money!

My second reason was to be accountable.  I am in this for the long haul....I want to make changes for life....not just to lose weight.  Which brings be to my next reason....

I want to lose weight.  I want to get rid of this extra weight, and make healthy habits for life.  Being able to log in, read helpful information, being accountable, is only going to help to keep me motivated and on track.

Ho do you sign up for this challenge?  Unfortunately, the last day to sign up was Sunday....but never fear!  I am sure there will be another challenge in the future!!! 

So for now, I am going to take things one day at a time.  I will keep you posted on the competition!  Have a great week!