Final

Final totals!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Jessi and McKay Fitt of team Little Fitt for being perfect the entire time.   You both did an amazing job.  You win $391!

To break it down for everyone, we had 23 people playing for money = $460.  70% of $460 = $322 for the winning team.

30% of $460 = $138 gets divided among the 4 individual winners for $34.50 for each!  That is right 4 people got perfect scores the entire time, I bow down to all of you!!!  Congratulations to Lynn, Wendy J and of course Jessi and McKay.

So for Jessi and McKay the get the $322 + $34.5x2= $391!

I am still missing some scores but I am not going to bother ranking everyone if that is ok.  If you really want to know send me an email otherwise we will just end it here.

Thanks everyone for playing, it was super hard for me but I was able to stay somewhat motivated knowing you all were playing!  I hope you all picked up some healthy habits to continue, I am going to continue to drink a green smoothie everyday :)

Congratulations again!

week 7 results

Again I am sorry that I didn't get this to you on time :)  Here are week 7's results

Team

1st place with a perfect 511 points
Little Fitt

2nd with 509.5
The SHE-Hawks

3rd with 506
The McLawesomes

4th with 477.5
Schneiders

5th with 458.5
The Big MACs

6th with 436.5
K's

7th with 414
Saratogians

8th with 400.5
Glenville Gals

Individual

Tied for 1st place with a perfect 511 points!  You are all AMAZING!
McKay, Jessi, Lynn, Wendy, Kelly

2nd with 508
Kristi

3rd with 507
Mark

4th with 505
Jennie

5th with 487
Tera

6th with 483
Karen

7th with 478
Anjanette

8th with 468
JP

9th with 463
Kathy, Rick

10th with 454
April

11th with 390
Kristin

12th with 365
Tracie

Good job everyone, only a few more days to go!!!!

week 6 results

Week 6 results

Team

First place Little Fitts with a perfect score 438

2nd The She-Hawks with 437

3rd McLawesome with 436

4th with 422.5 Wilkins

5th with 422 Schnieders

6th with 405 The BIG Macs

7th Glenville Gals with 401

8th K's with 382.5

9th with 361 Saratogians

Individual

Tied for first place McKay, Jessi, Lynn, Wendy, Kelly with 438 points

Tied for second with 436 Kristi, Mark, Jennie

3rd with 430 Alan

4th with 427 Tera

5th with 417 JP

6th with 416 Anjantte

And so on, I am not going to finish I will work on next weeks haha

Week 5 results

Here are the results for week 5!  Only 3 weeks to go :)

And I decided not to do extra bonus points points because there were enough people that didn't want to do it, plus since it is Thanksgiving next week I didn't want to add anything extra on peoples plate.

Oh and PS, I am apparently not as savvy with excel as I thought so last weeks numbers may have been off a little and therefore the ranks.  It is fixed now, so this week is correct, I am not going re-rank everyone last week.  Those who have been perfect were not affected :)

Team

Tied for 1st with a perfect 365 points GREAT job!
Little Fitt and SHE-Hawks

2nd with 364
McLawesome

3rd with 358
Schneiders

4th with 353.5
Wilkins

5th with 341.5
The Big MACs

6th with 337
Glenville Gals

7th with 326.5
K's

8th with 303
Saratogians

Individual

Tied for 1st with a perfect 365 points
McKay, Jessi, Lynn, Kristi, Wendy J, Kelly

2nd with 364
Mark, Jennie

3rd with 360
Tera

4th with 359
Alan

5th with 356
JP

6th with 351
Anjanette

7th with 348
Wendy W, Karen

8th with 344
April

9th with 339
Rick

10th with 333
Kathy

11th with 323
Karina

12th with 305
Kristin

13th with 273
Tracie

Week 4 results

Yay we are half way done!  Good job everyone for your hard work and developing healthy habits.

There has been some discussion on having so added bonus points for the last three weeks so far the ideas include extra exercise one week and having no sweets another week etc.  I am still open to doing this to help those that need more points and also help break the tie of all the perfect people.  I don't care either way I just wanted to put it out there.

Someone also suggested not changing the rules in the middle of the game so if you have a vote either way please email me or write on the FB page.  I would like to know soon if we are going to do it and I would like a consensus decision so please let me know your thoughts, thanks!

Here are the results for week 4

Team:

Tied for first place with a perfect 292 points
Little Fitt, The SHE-Hawks

2nd with 291
McLawesome

3rd with 289.5
Schneiders

4th with 284.5
Wilkins

5th with 275.5
The Big MACs

6th with 270.5
K's

7th with 265
Glenville Gals

8th with 227.5
Saratogians


Individual

Tied for a perfect 292 points
McKay, Jessi, Lynn, Jennie, Kristi, WendyJ, Kelly, Tera

2nd with 290
Mark

3rd with 289
Alan

4th with 287
JP

5th with 281
Karen

6th with 280
Wendy W

7th with 279
Anjanatte

8th with 277
April

9th with 274
Rick

10th with 265
Kathy

11th with 260
Kristin

12th with 251
Karina

13th with 190
Tracie

Week 3

Sorry it took so long to get this up, the consensus on maintenance bonus point is that you have to be at or below the previous weeks weight (not your starting weight) I believe that is how most people are doing it but I just wanted to clarify :)  Here are the results for week 3

Oh and does anyone have any ideas on how to break the ties?  So many of you are doing fantastic that you will be sharing all the money.  One idea I had was to have different bonus points for the week.  For example one week you could get an extra point for eating 5 veggies instead of 3 or exercise an extra day, have no sweets for the week.  If we came up with a list, I could have Danny randomize it and we could focus on one thing for the week.  Something that adds a challenge :)  Just a thought, you can email me, leave a comment here or lets talk about it on the facebook page!

Team

Tied in first place with a perfect 219 points
Little Fitt, Mclawesome, The SHE-hawks

Tied for 2nd place with 217.5
Ulrichs, Schneiders

3rd place with 213
Wilkins

4th place with 210
The Big MACs

5th with 204
Glenville Gals

6th with 202
K's

7th with 188.5
Saratogians


Individual

Tied for first place with a perfect 219
McKay, Jessi, Lynn, Jennie, Mark, Kristi, Wendy J, Kelly, Tera

2nd 218
Joey

3rd 217
Cassidy

4th 216
JP

5th 215
Alan

6th 213
April

7th 211
Anjanette, Wendy W

8th  209
Karen

9th  207
Rick

10th  197
Karina, Kathy

11th 195
Kristin

12th 180
Tracie

Week 2 Results

Here are the results from week 2!

Team Rankings:

Tied for 1st place with a perfect 146
Little Fitt, McLawesome and the SHE-hawks

2nd with 145.5
Ulrichs

3rd with 144.5
Schneiders

4th with 142.5
The Big MAC's

5th with 141.5
Wilkins

6th with 137.5
K's

7th with 132
Glenville Gals

8th with 126.5
Saratogians

Individual Rankings

Tied for 1st with a perfect 146 points
Mckay, Jessi, Joey, Lynn, Jennie, Mark, Kristi Wendy J, Kelly, Tera

Tied for 2nd 145
April, Cassidy

Tied for 3rd 143
JP, Alan

4th 141
Karen

Tied for 5th 140
Wendy W, Rick

6th with 139
Anjanette

7th with 134
Kristin

8th with 131
Kathy

9th with 125
Karina

10th with 122
Tracie

Good job everyone!  I hope you have a great week :)

Week 1

Thanks for everyone getting their points in on time!  Here are the rankings for week 1:

Team

Tied for 1st with a perfect 73 points:
Little Fitt, Ulrichs, Mclawsome, The SHE-hawks

Tied for 2nd with 71.5 points:
The Big MACs, Wilkins, Schneiders

4th with 67.5
K's

5th with 67
Northerners

6th with 65.5
Glenville Gals

7th with 63.5
Saratogians

Individual 

Tied for 1st place with a perfect 73 points
April, McKay, Jessi, Joey, Cassidy, Lynn, Jennie, Mark, Kristi, Wendy J, Kelly and Tera

2nd with 72 points
Alan

3rd with 71 points
Wendy W

Tied for 4th with 70 points
Rick, Janine, Karen, JP

5th with 69 points
Anjanette

6th with 65 points
Tracy, Kristin

7th with 64 points
Andrea

Tied for 8th with 62 points
Karina and Kathy

That looks like a great week everyone, keep up the good work!!!  Here is a little picture of the excel sheet that Danny (my husband) made for me to keep track of the points so you can get an idea of how I would like you to report them to me :)  Thanks in advance, again let me know if you have any questions!

Are you READY!!!!!!

It is almost time to start, I am very excited.  Here are the teams, if you see anything I did wrong please let me know ASAP.  Also if you would like to choose a team name, let me know, otherwise I will give you one :)

The SHE-hawks
Kristi Merrill
Wendy Jones
Kelly Winkler

The Big MACs 
Rich MacArthur
April Newman

Ulrichs
Cassidy Ulrich
Joey Ulrich

Little Fitt
McKay Fitt
Jessi Fitt

Wilkins
Wendy Wilkins
Alan Wilkins

Big Fitt
Kevin Fitt
Michele Fitt

Glenville Gals
Lynn Gagnon
Karina Rodriquez
Anjanette Yeager

Schneiders
Tera Schneider
JP Schneider

McLawesome
Jennie McLaws
Mark McLaws

Saratogians
Tracie Dennis
Kathy Evans

K's
Karen Wilding
Kristin Renauld (no money)

Northerners
Andrea Smith (no money)
Janine Mika (no money)

A few people had questions about sweets/etc so I am going to try and clarify a few things

1. Exercise- get your heart rate up; work out video, running, walking, biking etc.  (you get 3 days OFF)
2. Vegetables- make sure you read the links provided in the post below.  2 cups of leafy green like lettuce or spinach equals 1 "cup" or one serving.  Otherwise most other veggies are equivalent, ie a cup of cut up peppers = 1 "cup" or serving.  You need to have at least 3 "cups" of veggies everyday and 2 "cups" of fruit.  Most fruit is equivalent but dried fruit, like raisins, 1/2 cup= 1 serving.  Again read the post below with the links if you have questions.
3.  Sweets, if it tastes too sweet then it probably is, unless it is plain fruit :)  Any cookies, candy, cake, soda etc is considered a sweet.  As a guideline when we played before we said anything with more than 10g of sugar per serving was considered a sweet.  Hopefully that clarifies, again email me if you have questions. (You get 1 day OFF)
4. Water and night time snacking are self explanatory
5. Bedtime point.  You need to determine a bed time before we begin Monday and tell your team.  You cannot change your bedtime during the game. You want to shoot for 7 hours of sleep each night. (You get 2 nights OFF)
6. Healthy habit can be anything.  You also determine this at the beginning of the game and tell your team.  You cannot change it during the game.  Pick something that will challenge you.  Mine is going to be reading my scriptures everyday. (A habit I lost after having Oliver)
7.  Lastly you need to be in contact with your team everyday to help motivate etc!  My dad and I had a running email that worked out great, and it also keeps you accountable :)
8.  Bonus points for turning your points in on time.  The time cut off  is going to be midnight each monday, some of you are on the west coast so basically it needs to be in my email TUESDAY MORNING when I wake up which could be at any time.  I will not be lenient with these bonus points so please get your points in on time.

*Important*  I am using this blog from Shauna who ran this game the last couple of times.  I am able to post to the blog but I can't update the layout or the links on the side.  So far they are NOT updated.  So please don't refer to them at this time.  I will let you know when it changes.  As of now you will have to  EMAIL me your points and not use the report points link on the side.  I also emailed all of you an excel sheet to keep track of your points, let me know if you didn't get it!

Ok that is all for now, again if you have any questions or concerns send me an email at aprilnewman@gmail.com!

HHH 2012

Healthy Habits Heptathlon

The Object of the Game
To score as many points as possible, have fun and become healthier. At the end of the game, money will be awarded to both the player and team with the most points.

There will be two or more teams, with two or more players per team. Teams do not need to be of equal size as team scores will be averaged.

The game will start on Monday, October 8, 2012. It will last for eight consecutive weeks, ending on Sunday December 2, 2012.

The Prizes 
Each player who would like to play for prize money will pay $20 before the game starts. This money will be pooled. At the end of the game, the individual winner will receive 30% of the total, and the winning team will receive the other 70% to split amongst its members.* For example, if there are 10 total players, there will be $200 in prize money; the individual winner would receive $60, and the winning team would receive $140 ($70/each for a 2-person team, $47/each for a 3-person team, or $35/each for a 4-person team).

* You may have realized this means there is an advantage to having a smaller team - if your team wins and has 2 players, each player will get more money than if the team is larger. On the other hand, if your team has 3 or 4 players and one player struggles to earn their points, the damage to the team's average score will be less than for a 2-player team.

Keeping Score
Players earn points in eight categories. A perfect day is worth 10 points. A perfect day includes:

2 Exercise Points
2 Fruit & Veggie Points
1 Sweets Points
1 Water Point
1 Nighttime Snacking Point

1 Bedtime Point
1 Habit Point
1 Team Contact Point

1. Exercise: Earn 2 points each day by doing 30 minutes of exercise. Earn 1 point by doing 20 minutes of exercise. What counts as exercise? If it feels strenuous to you, it's exercise. If it doesn't feel strenuous, it's probably not.

2. Fruit & Veggie: Earn 2 points each day for eating 5 "cups" of fruit and vegetables, of which at least 3 are vegetables. You can earn 1 point for eating 5 "cups" of fruits and vegetables, of which less than three are vegetables. What counts as a cup? Click here for fruits. Here for vegetables.

3. Sweets: Earn 1 point each day for avoiding sweets.  What counts as a sweet? Cake, cookies, candy, soda, doughnuts, etc. Be suspicious of anything that tastes very sweet, unless it's a fruit.

4. Water: Earn 1 water point for drinking 64 ounces (8 cups) of water during the day.

5. Nighttime Snacking: Earn 1 point each day for not eating after 9pm.

6. Bedtime: Earn 1 point each day by going to bed at your allotted bedtime.  You want to aim at getting a least 7 hours of sleep for a healthy lifestyle.  This will be up to you to determine because I know many people have to get their teenagers up for seminary or, like me, you have little people that get up at night.  For me bedtime (in bed, lights out) will be 11pm because I know in general I am up and going by 7am.  That gives me an hour buffer in the night depending how many times I have to get  up with my kids. 

6. Habit: At the start of the game, you will select either a bad habit that you would like to break, or a good habit you would like to implement – specific to you personally. Earn 1 point for each day you avoid the bad habit, or for each day you remember to do the good habit.

7. Team Contact: You can earn 1 point for each day that you make contact with another member of your team via any method (Facebook, email, phone, texts, in person, etc.).

Players can use the “HHH Points” spreadsheet to keep track points earned each day. Which I emailed to you please let me know if you didn't get it!

Scorekeeping is based on the honor system. So, be honest when reporting points. Obviously.

Days Off
Each week, each player gets three days off from exercise. You decide which three days you would like to take off. Give yourself full points for each of these days. (Although you cannot earn extra points by exercising every single day, don't let that keep you from doing it to reap greater health benefits!) *this is a change from last time to accommodate a more realistic lifestyle (I know myself, and others, had a hard time exercising 5 times per week)

Also, each week, each player gets one day off from the no-sweets rule. On this day (of your choosing), you may eat sweets and still earn your “Sweets” points. This caveat ensures that we don't feel deprived on holidays and other special occasions. This day cannot be saved up and carried over into the next week – for example, if you go the entire week without eating any sweets, you may not take two days off the following week. Remember not to go overboard on your day off - you don't want it to sabotage your weight loss/maintenance.

Lastly you will get two days of from your bedtime.  Though I do encourage you to try and get as close to seven hours of sleep as possible.

For tracking purposes during the week, on your spreadsheet you might want to give yourself "0" on the days you don't exercise, and on the day you eat sweets; and wait until Monday just before reporting to add your bonus points for the week. That way, during the week you won't lose track of whether you've already used up your 3 free Exercise and 1 free Sweets days.

Bonus Points
Weekly Reporting Bonus: Report your points by midnight on Monday of each week. Each player can earn 2 bonus points each week for reporting his/her points on time.

Weight Bonus: Each week you will need to weigh yourself to track your progress. You will want to do this under the same conditions each week (empty/full stomach, same time of day, before/after exercise, etc.). It will make the most sense to weigh in on Sunday night or Monday morning. You'll enter your weight into your HHH Points spreadsheet. One bonus point is earned for each week that you stay at or below your starting weight.


Ready to Play?
By Saturday, October 5th, send the following to aprilnewman@gmail.com 

1. The email address you'd like to use to receive information and updates throughout the game.

2. Whether you would like to receive any earned prize money through the mail or through Paypal. (If you choose Paypal, I will send your money as a Personal transfer funded through my bank account, which prevents you incurring fees.) If you choose to receive prize money through the mail, please provide the address to which you'd like to have the check sent.

3. The person or people you'd like to request as teammates (optional). I'll do my best to honor teammate requests. Also let me know your feelings about team size and configuration (if you want it to be just you and one other person, if you'd like to play on a larger team, if you have no preference, whether you're okay playing with people you don't know, etc.)

4. Which Mode you would like to play in (Weight Loss or Maintenance).

5. $20 (if you are playing for prizes). You can send this to me through Paypal (my email for paypal is april.newman@ymail.com), or send a check via snail mail. If you use Paypal, please click the “Personal” tab and fund it through your bank account if possible, as this avoids my incurring a fee for receiving the payment.

If you have any questions send me an email at aprilnewman@gmail.com!  And don't forget to join our facebook group if you haven't already!