First week: Total points

Valynn 70

Kendi G. 70

Cynthia T. 66

Stephanie J. 62

Vickie D. 54

Roger R. 64

Darlene R. 68

Jackson R.  66

Camie D. 70

Marcia T. 70

Nickie R. 68

Rich R. 66

Stephanie S. 67

Dustin S. 61

Gloria L. 44 (started 2 days late)

Michelle S. 41 (started 2 days late)

Heather J. 70

James J. 70

Marianne C. 70

Heidi P. 68

Ryan D. 56 (started 1 day late)

Nanette D. 51 (started 1 day late)

Katie F. 41 (started 2 days late)

Allison V. 36

GOOD WORK EVERYONE…LET’S KEEP GOING STRONG!!!

Katie F

I'm Katie F. I'm married to a wonderful man, Bri! We've been married for 15 months. We just bought a home in Centerville, Utah. I work full-time as a legal secretary in downtown Salt Lake City. When I'm not at work -- I'm working on my yard or in my home. A few years ago I lost 115 pounds! Yea! I was doing triathlons and 5ks and even a century bike ride. But for a few different reasons I've stumbled backwards and I've gained 60 pounds in the past year. I'm trying to get back into exercise and eating healthy again. I'm trying to not focus so much on the weight loss right now but instead on getting back into an exercise routine and making better food choices. I know the weight loss will follow. I love reading about everybody and I'm excited to be in the challenge with my good friends Marcia, Stephanie and Camie!

James & Heather

Hey everybody! We are James and Heather and we are super excited to be doing this challenge! Here's a little history on us: We've live in West Jordan, Utah and have been married 6 awesome years! I (Heather) have been battling my weight since Junior High and last year I decided that it was time for some real change! I started a new diet last summer and lost 60 lbs! Yay! I started running in January and in June I ran my first Half Marathon - 13.1 miles!

I still have a ways to go in my weight loss journey and this challenge will be just the ticket. I've mastered the skill of motivation over the last year and I'm super excited to test myself... my goal is to get a perfect score at the end of this. Big words, huh! I figure that if I publicly say that then it will give me even more accountability during those times that I'm just dying for a hot fudge sundae (my family is in the ice cream business)!!! My sweet husband James is doing this challenge too and I know he'll do awesome. He has just a little weight to lose, but mostly this will just be a great opportunity to makeover our lifestyle. My mom, Marianne, is also attempting this 60 day challenge. (She is the hot blond in the pink on the far left)

Another reason why James and I started this challenge together is that we are on our journey toward adoption! We are about a month away from being approved through LDS Family Services and then the waiting game will begin. We can't wait to start our family through adoption, but it could potentially take years for us to be matched with a birth mother and patience is NOT my strong suit! Anything that we can do to help the time pass with positive goals is fantastic in my book. If you'd like to check out our adoption blog, feel free - we need as big of a support system as we can get! http://highwaytoadoption.blogspot.com/ We look forward to seeing everyone's progress during this 60 day challenge and if you ever need some words of encouragement, drop us a line! We're in this challenge together!

Hi! We're Roger, Darlene and Jackson Rees. Roger is Nickie's brother, so Darlene is a sister-in-law and Jackson is a nephew. Roger is a lead carpenter in the facilities maintenance department at the Cany0n's School District. Darlene runs a small in home daycare. Jackson is a 6th grader and new 11 year old scout and is very excited for his first overnighter next month. (It is killing mom.) We are also the parents of 3 other rambunctious boys. We are interested in the 60 day challenge because we feel like that if you are not moving forward, you are moving back. We feel like it is important to make small achievable goals in order to get what you want out of life. We have not been very fitness or nutrition oriented in years past, but have realized how good it can make you look and feel. We also like the other aspects of the challenge to be able to bring personal and spiritual growth and love to others.

Steph

Hello everyone, I am Stephanie Johnson. I live in the Salt Lake area, am single, have no kids to show off here. I also had a rough time finding a current pic of me alone, so here I am with some pals (I am the blonde in the yellow shirt bottom right.) This was taken after a parade that I was in, a little odd that this picture includes Clint Eastwood...

Then I am the one in the middle here. This was taken right after a play I was in. I was one of the Narrators in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat recently. Which is why I am blonde right now, my hair is naturally brown.
I joined this competition because I am interested in a healthy lifestyle. I have 100 pounds to lose, and know I need to focus on the basics. When I heard about this competition from Marcia I was all in!! I had a good first week overall. I struggled to find time to exercise daily, but did pretty well on not eating sugar!

I am an estimator and human resource manager for the company I work for. I just went back to school for a Certificate in Human Resource Management so I can sit the SHRM exam when I am done (it is like the CPA exam but for HRM.) I also just signed up for my very first dance class which starts Wednesday. I like to scrapbook, read, and love to spend time with my family. I have 3 nieces and 1 nephew that I get to spoil, and I do!

It is nice to meet all of you, good luck to everyone and thanks for the support system set up here.

Camie

So, this is me and my family! I studied Nutrition in college for a short time and then graduated with my degree in Exercise Science. I love to run and have been running for 12+ years. I am training for a couple of races right now. So, this is my kind of stuff. I love learning new things, but as a busy mom sometimes I just get lazy about all of it. This challenge is a great way to help me remember to just do it and think more about it. I love that the challenge includes more than just eating good and exercising! I am wondering what is the hardest part for everyone? The hardest thing for me originally was the sugar and no eating after 8pm, but after one week I feel like those things are easy. Amazing how good you feel when you take on a challenge and do it!

Marcia

My name is Marcia, these are a couple of pictures of me on one of my trips last year, this one is on a boat in the middle of Norway, I am the one in the front of the picture, I look pretty much the same now except my hair is several inches longer. My sister told me about this challenge and I thought about it for a couple of days and decided that something like this would probably be a good thing for me to do...I don't know if I can make these goals a permenent part of my life but like Cynthia T. said it is a kick in the pants I needed...and with one week down I feel like it has been a pretty good 7 days of working on goals and I should keep doing it, and least for another 53 days!!

and this picture was in the middle of Kukenhoff (I probably spelled it wrong, can't really remember how it is spelled) Gardens but it is a big tulip garden in Amsterdam Holland. You can't see any of the tulips in this picture, but I had to take my picture in this cute big chair!!

So I hope more of you will introduce yourselves so we can all get to know each other, even if it is from a distance!!

Report time….

Ok everyone….it’s time to report tonight how we did our first week. Leave a comment letting me know how many points you earned from Mon-Sun. If you started late I STILL WANT YOUR NUMBER!!! If you started late you will be given the opportunity to gain additional points after we complete the contest when you continue for however many days you are behind.

OR YOU CAN EMAIL YOUR SCORE TO : nickiereeves@gmail.com

Cynthia T

Hi, I am Cynthia T. I have let my health take a back seat over the last two years . Preparing to move, sell a house , and then being in a new location has really taken a toll on my body and my good habits. As I was striving to get back on track Niki told me all about this great idea. I thought, what a wonderful opportunity to give me the kick in the pants I needed!!! I am excited to start establishing good habits to a happier and healthier life style!

Contestants MIA

I thought I was staying on top of this challenge and organized with all the names…apparently I’m not. I have 5 contestants MISSING IN ACTION.

It’s hard to keep track of all these names when I don’t know most of you. I know some of the connections (some of you are family of friends)….but I’m still having a hard time finding emails for the following people:

Linda (Laura A’s Mom)

Marianne C (Heather’s Mom)

Michelle S

Gloria ?

Marcianne S

Bonnie?

I think we have 33 contestants total…whoohoo! What a great turnout! As soon as I have everyone’s emails so I can make this blog private…I will send you my address so you can send the $5 in. That will guarantee your spot in this contest!

In the meantime, it might be fun to get to know a little more about all of these fun people we are up against.

If you want….feel free to introduce yourself and give a little explanation as to what sparked your interest in this contest.

I’ll start things off…..

My name is Nickie….and this is my handsome husband Rich (watch out…he’s also one of your competitors).

We have three very outgoing kids (which now look much older than this…this was taken almost a year ago).

The reason I started this challenge: I had several different reasons. But I’m very passionate about staying healthy. I teach fitness classes and I’m always reading some kind of nutrition book. But lately, due to increased stresses in our life….I’ve found my healthy eating habits are slowly declining and so is my motivation. I’ve had one too many days where I have felt entitled to eat junk because I’ve had a bad day….which only backfires, because it only makes you feel worse.

I think I’m a very positive person….and so I thought it would be fun to have a SUPPORT GROUP if you will, to keep each other motivated to take care of ourselves.

So far it’s working….I’ve eaten extremely healthy all week and I feel great!

ANYONE ELSE WANT TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES???

personal goal ideas

I have a few ideas for personal goals but I was wondering if anybody wants to share what they are doing to give me more idea what to do for my own personal goals. I have been spending a few minutes every day this week working on decluttering my bedroom, that could be a full-time job or a goal that lasts the entire 60 days anyway, but I am getting kinda tired of it and know that I am definitely going to want to do other things with my personal goals!
Thanks Nickie for doing this challenge and Camie for telling me about it because I have REALLY been needing to do something like this to get myself in gear. And so far 4 days down I haven't struggled too much so we will see how we are feeling in another few days!!

Please make my life easy…

So I’m trying to make this blog private but I need all of your email addresses. I have email addresses for about half of you….but I’m spending too much time trying to figure out what email address goes with which contestant. Will you just please make my life easy by posting in the comment your name and email address please??? Thanks!

Off of the top of my head I know I don’t have email addresses for Camie D., Linda T., Heidi, Debbie & Valynn.

That’s as far as I got….so please everyone just take a minute to comment….thanks again!

Time to pay up…

Ok so I’ve been tossing around the idea of using paypal….but I’ve changed my mind. Now that we have 31-32 people, I don’t want to stress out about who can use paypal and who can’t. I want to make this simple and have everyone pay the same method. I’m going to have everyone send the $5 to my address.

Before I post my address I want to make this blog private. But before I make it private I want to make sure nobody has any problems with accessing this blog. I will make it private TOMORROW!!!

Please write down my email address….it’s nickiereeves@gmail.com

If you have any problems accessing this blog tomorrow email me asap.

Game on….

Ok my fellow contestants….the contest IS CLOSED to new joiners. We have a great number of people and we are ready to roll. I will post tomorrow instructions on how to send the money. For now, I just want to focus on getting everyone on the contestant list and make sure that everyone who wants to have access to post on this blog has been granted permission.

If you have not received an invitation through blogger to become an author for this blog….it may be because I don’t have your email address (some of you have been contacting me through facebook).

So if you have not received permission already and want to post… please leave me your email.

IF YOU HAVE JOINED IN THE PAST TWO DAYS….GO TO THE POST TWO DOWN FROM HERE AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE CONTESTANT LIST!!!

Hey Nickie,

My sister Nanette and her husband Ryan want in. They started yesterday, but maybe you could email them the invite. Nanette's email address is nanettedowner@gmail.com. I have never done 45 minutes of consecutive exercise in my life, 30 minutes yes, but 45 is killing me. I have ended up doing 30 minutes of cardio in the morning and 15 of toning in the evening so far. I have realized that I don't have a 45 minute block of time throughout my entire day that I can devote to myself, sad, but true. How do you do this? 2 lbs. down already though! -Darlene

Did I forget anyone???

Look at the list below....did I miss any of you??? I promised I would wait one more day to close the enrollment of this challenge. Then I will work out details of money.

We've got a good little group. Hope you guys have been doing well....there's a lot of people you are up against! HAVE FUN!

P.S. It was my sons B-day today and we had donuts and ice cream. I DID NOT PARTAKE....I felt like superwoman!

Calling all contestants….

Alright…as of right now these are the names of those competing for your money (I mean competing for healthier habits). If I missed your name please let me know. I had a lot of people join us today and I don’t want to miss anyone. I will give it two more days for others to join (and again those people will just have to tack on extra days at the end).

Here’s who I have committed: (33 total)

James & Heather J.

Laura A.

Linda (Laura A’s Mom)

Laura & Aaron L.

Allison V.

Stephanie & Dustin S.

Camie D.

Rich & Nickie R.

Roger, Darlene, & Jackson R.

Cynthia T.

Marcia T.

Steph J.

Heidi P.

Debbie

Valynn

Marianne C.

Lorraine S.

Kendi G.

Michelle S.

Gloria

Marcianne S.

Katie F.

Ryan & Nanette

Joanna T.

Vickie D.

McKenzie R.

Spread the word…

So word is just now starting to get out and I have people joining by the handful. I say the more the merrier so the reward is sweeter…haha! Plus it just makes more competition for the rest of us. Even though people are joining still….the challenge is STILL ON! IT STARTED THIS MORNING! If people join us a few days late….they will just have to carry on the challenge a few days past the end date. I will work out the details of payment in a couple of days once I have a firm number of how many people will be joining us. PLEASE CHECK THIS BLOG OFTEN so I don’t have to contact you individually…that will make my life easier. I have authorized everyone I had emails for to write posts on this blog (as you can see Cassidy’s post about needing new shoes)…..I love it! This is for all of us to have fun….so POST ALREADY….let us know how it’s going for you.

So far I’ve had to pee twice as much as usual. The only draw back of consuming the sufficient amount of H2o we need.

If you haven’t received permission to blog….send me your email if I don’t have it. Allison I authorized your usage….did it not work????

I am so anxious to start! momma needs a new pair of shoes. ;)
hehe

~cassidy

Are you in???

I hope I’m not the only one who falls short everyday with the goals I have set for myself. I want to make my life long goal of being healthy a positive experience…not something I dread. LET’S MAKE THIS FUN….. come join me in this 60 day challenge. It will be fun to see each others progress and be able to encourage each other to make small changes that will hopefully become healthy habits. Not only will it be a fun way to accomplish our goals….BUT IT MAY JUST PAY OUT! At the end of the contest everyone will pitch in $5…and those who get the 3 highest points will get some $$$ that just may buy you a new outfit or something fun to show for your hard work. The rules of the challenge are posted to the right. Leave a message for me if you are in.

I will eventually make this blog private…..so don’t delay….commit today!

I’ve made up a spreadsheet to help me keep track of my points…I couldn’t get it to download here…if you want a copy leave me your email and I will send it to you!