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!!