Week 7 Hot Topic

• What do you enjoy most/least about this Challenge, why?
• What weekly bonuses worked best/least for you, why?

Post a comment for 5 pts!

Week 7 Bonus

BONUS CHALLENGE:

PLAN AHEAD!!  This weeks bonus will take a little more planning! 

The challenge is no SUGAR or BROWN SUGAR. 

That means you will have to check labels!  There is sugar in a great deal of prepared foods!

For everyday you eliminate sugar you get 5pts, including on your sweet day!



INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE
(optional, individual bonus points do not go toward the the team points, only for the dividual)

This week's indivdual challenge, is a little more challenging!!  Here's a link to the wellness blog where you can find more details:  http://www.4everwellness.blogspot.com/

but the challenge is, no sugars or sugar substitutes for the week!  She has listed the various names to look for on labels and some articles to read if you are interested. 

Good luck to all!! 

Benefits of Water

17 Benefits to Drinking Water:
These water facts are found at:   http://healthcave.com/17-health-benefits-of-drinking-water/

"Water is one of those rare free resources that has so many health benefits. Unless you are living in a desert, there is no reason why you should let yourself get dehydrated, when a glass of water every now and then can prevent that from happening. There are plenty of benefits of drinking water, from weight loss to proper kidney functioning, water plays a big part in our life. About 70% of our body is made up of water and from this we can understand how important water is for us.

Weight loss –Water is truly the best negative calorie food there is, a glass of water contains no calories and taking it before a meal will mean your stomach will be a bit full and you can get away without having to eat extra food.

Ph balance –The human body needs a 7+ Ph range so that it can function properly. Drinking enough water throughout the day helps to maintain this balance.

Healthy Heart –We have talked plenty about how to keep your heart healthy, but a study done in the Loma Linda university in California, involving 20k healthy men and woman in the age range of 38 to 100 years, came up with the results that those who drank enough water throughout the day (41% in women and 54% in men), were less likely to have a heart attack. But this does not works with other liquids, so if you substitute water with milk, tea, coffee etc. then you will have increased chances of heart attack, which is to be precise – in women it is 50% and 46% in men.

Healthy Skin –Those of you who have wasted plenty of time and money in expensive cosmetics will be quite surprised to hear that drinking enough water throughout the day is just sufficient for having a natural glowing skin. For long term skin benefits, just keep drinking water regularly.

Helps keep dehydration away –for keeping your body properly hydrated, one must drink enough water throughout the day.

Pain relief –Water is said to help people with joint pain, when the body is properly hydrated then muscles are more elastic and less strained and prevents joints pain.

Remove toxins –Water removes toxins from the body and keeps it nice and clean. So, water is a good cleansing tool as well.

Metabolism –Water improves your metabolism which is another reason why it helps you with weight loss. There are other foods that help boost your metabolism like probiotics for example, but water is easily available and costs nothing.

Kidney health –Kidneys requires enough water to keep filtering the liquid waste from our body, lack of water can result in a lot of problems as the liquid in the kidney needs to be diluted before removing.

Prevent cancer –Drinking a good amount of water everyday helps in keeping bladder and colon cancer away.

Restoring energy and feeling fresh – water keeps the body well hydrated which makes us feel fresh and thus restores a lot of energy by which we can easily carry about a lot of work.

Headache solution –while there can be many reasons for having a headache, for most common reasons, dehydration is responsible. Drinking enough water throughout the day can keep the headache away and also if you’ve got a headache, drinking some water can help cure it.

Constipation –Water, along with foods that are high in roughage content, like salads helps in curing and keeping constipation away. Several diseases like heartburn etc. can be kept at bay, if water is consumed regularly.

Body temperature –Water helps in controlling body temperature, this is especially important for athletes or those who are working out. Water is preferred over other liquids because our body absorbs water much better than any other liquid.

Helps sickness –Drinking water helps in getting well sooner as being sick leaves us with low water in our body. This can make us even more dehydrated and to prevent this, we just need to drink more water.

Nutrient transport –Water helps in sending the nutrients from one place in our body to another, thus making a constant flow that helps our body to function properly.

Pregnant woman –At the time of pregnancy, the body’s need of adequate water is very important to keep the nutrients flowing and keeping the infections etc. away.

There are plenty of health benefits of drinking water, however for most people; drinking water makes them feel good. Start your day with a glass of fresh drinking water; it is the best way to start a day."

Week 5 Points

Way to get your points in soon this week!!  Everyone was so on top of things!!  Nice!

Okay here are the teams in order:

Dark Force is at #1 for the 2nd week in a row!  Good job guys!
Light Side is in second place
and Tallest and Smallest falls in at #3

The new Individual winner is Daniel at 186!  Go Daniel!
He also is the biggest intentional gainer for the week at +2.2 lbs.!

Okay everyone, let's have good week this week.  As my High School P.E. teacher used to say, "Git 'er done!"

Week 6 Hot Topic

Idea from: http://www.4everwellness.blogspot.com/

What type of workout is working for you?  What do you enjoy the most?  Something at the gym, a video at home, something outdoors?

Post a comment, worth 5 points!

Week 4 Points

We had some technical difficulties, so that's why these numbers haven't been posted yet, but here are the teams in order:

We have collectively lost (or gained, depending on our goal) a total of 33.2 lbs.!  That's pretty good!

The Dark Force is #1!  Go Dark Force!
The Light Side at #2
Tallest and Smallest at #3

Ryan is the individual winner for the week with 188 points!  Wow, go Ryan!
And The biggest Loser for the week was Mindy!!!  She lost 5.1 lbs!  Totally awesome!

Second place was Ryan at 3 lbs. lost.
And Kellie in third place with 2.2 lbs. lost! 

Great job guys!  As soon as I have all week 5 points I'll post those numbers!

Week 6 Extra Challenge/Individual Challenge

Okay, so here's the Extra Challenge for this week....

You have to do 3 days of outdoor workouts AND one new workout you've never done before!  (You can combine outdoor and new.)  It's ALL or NOTHING this week!  Worth 35 points!!  Go Evans Fam!

Here's the Individual Challenge....

You don't have to do this, it does not go toward your team!!  It only goes toward the Individual Challenge! 

Track sodium levels consumed in one meal a day (breakfast, lunch OR dinner) then share it with your team.  It doesn't count if you skip a meal!

Soduim levels for 1 meal and share with team x 5 pts./day = 35 pts./wk

At some point during the week you have to track 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, and 1 dinner.