EFC: January 2010

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Welcome Aboard Nancy!

Welcome Nancy! You are all set up to post your tallies! Let me know if you pledge on the Pound for Pound Challenge and I'll add your pledge.

Shannon

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Welcome Nancy!!

I wanted to introduce Nancy, who works with me at Probation. Please help me welcome her to the blog site!

-Vic

Since Rusty was the Biggest Winner, and she really doesn't drink much coffee, would like Target Gift Cards instead of Starbucks Gift Cards. So if you haven't purchased her gift cards yet, get her Target! She would like to be add to her Wii games collection.

Please contact her for her address.

Thanks!

Saturday, January 16, 2010

And the WINNERS are....

For Weeks 44-47/Oct 19 through Nov 15 the winner is RUSTY:
Vic owes $7
Shan owes $10.50
Kelli owes $7
Beth owes $3.50
Theresa owes $10.50
FOR A TOTAL OF $38.50

For Weeks 48-51/Nov 16 through Dec 13 the winner is RUSTY:
Vicki owes $10.50
Shan owes $3.50
Kelli owes $3.50
Beth owes $3.50
Theresa owes $7
FOR A TOTAL OF $28

For Weeks 52-55/Dec 14 through Jan 10 the winner is VICKI:
Shan owes $7
Kelli owes $14
Beth owes $7
Theresa owes $3.50
FOR A TOTAL $31.50

Congratulations Rusty and Vicki! I hope the winnings aren't as great next time (meaning everyone is getting their exercise in!)!!!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Check it out!

In response to Vic's suggestion to pledge on the Pound for Pound challenge put on by The Biggest Loser, I've added a couple new features on the blog. So far 4 of us have pledged to lose a certain amount of weight by the Pound for Pound deadline of June, 30th, 2010. If you are wondering what the countdown gadget is for, its to let us know how much time we have to lose our pledged weight. Also, I added an area right under the countdown clock listing who's pledged and how much they've pledged. If you made a pledge, I'm hoping you know what your starting weight is so you can occasionally update the pledge section with how close you are coming to reaching your goal. I found this to be super motivating, and I've already lost over 2 pounds since Monday!

I also added a section to post useful links. If you have admin user power for the blog you can add links yourself. If not, just tell us about the website in a post and I'll add it the list. This could be a useful tool for us!

And last but not least, we are actually all caught up in posting our tallies, so I have results for the last three sessions! Before I list the results, I want you take notice that both Judy and Rusty have succeeding in exercising at least 4 times a week EVERY WEEK in these sessions! Excellent job Judy and Rusty!!!!

Here are the results:

For Weeks 44-47/Oct 19 through Nov 15:
Vic 2 tickets (owes $7 to the winner)
Shan 1 ticket (owes $10.50 to the winner)
Kelli 1 tickets (owes $7 to the winner) {Kelli was out for medical the first week)
Judy 4 tickets
Beth 3 tickets (owes $3.50 to the winner)
Rusty 4 tickets
Theresa 1 ticket (owes $10.50 to the winner)

For Weeks 48-51/Nov 16 through Dec 13:
Vicki 1 ticket (owes $10.50 to the winner)
Shan 3 tickets (owes $3.50 to the winner)
Kelli 3 tickets (owes $3.50 to the winner)
Judy 4 tickets
Beth 3 tickets (owes $3.50 to the winner)
Rusty 4 tickets
Theresa 2 tickets (owes $7 to the winner)

For Weeks 52-55/Dec 14 through Jan 10:
Vic 2 tickets (owes $7 to the winner)
Shan 2 tickets (owes $7 to the winner)
Kelli 0 tickets (owes $14 to the winner)
Judy 4 tickets
Beth 2 tickets (owes $7 to the winner)
Rusty 4 tickets
Theresa 3 tickets (owes $3.50 to the winner)

Somebody take a look at the results and make sure I didn't make any mistakes. Post a comment to let me know if I got it right! If someone responds in next little while I'll do the drawing this afternoon. Good luck everyone!

Thanks,

Shan

Sunday, January 10, 2010

I'm in

OK. After over a week of being sick and no exercising, I need to get motivated. I'm in on the pound for pound challenge. I pledge 20 lbs. by June 30!

Beth

Friday, January 8, 2010

Pound For Pound Challenge

Hey everyone - I have an idea to not only get us motivated for post-holiday weight loss, but also a way to give to charity. For those of you who watch The Biggest Loser, they often mention the Pound For Pound challenge. For every pound you pledge to lose, they'll donate one pound of food to the food bank of your choice (that's affiliated with this challenge). It's a great cause and I encourage everyone in EFC to do this. I figure we can all sign up and pledge on our own, but lets track our progress on this site. The challenge ends June 30, 2010, so that'll give us 6 months to get to our personal goals. To sign up, go to http://www.pfpchallenge.com/. For those Sacramento - based folks, they may try to assign you the Contra Costa / Solano County foodbank based on your zip code, but you can manually choose the Placer Food Bank that's based out of Roseville for a closer pick. For everyone who signs up for this, email Shannon with the pounds you pledge to lose to post in a special column on the site. Hopefully we can individually post updates on how much weight we've lost so far so everyone can keep track.

Also it's time to update your current tallies. Please take a few minutes to make your updates so we can do the coffee card drawings. Thank you!!

- Vic

Pound For Pound Pledges - by June 30, 2010

Why We're Doing This

A group of us came together with this strange idea that exercise is a good thing and we all needed to do it. This came about during the holidays, when the food is fatening and the motivation to exercise is weak. It was decided if we were going to make exercise a weekly habit, that four times each week is a minimum in order to lose or maintain a desired weight. And the prime motivator was, of course, coffee! We hope to keep our particpants going with support and caffine through the word of the blog. We invite others to join us in our bizare but noble cause!

Let's Tally Up!

a1. Wk1-Dec 15-21: V-1, S-4, K-2, J-6, T-4
a3. Wk3-Dec 29-Jan 4: V-3, S-4.5, K-6, J-7, C-4
a4. Wk4-Jan 5-11: V-4, S-4, K-5, J-6, C-2, N-4, B-5, M-5
a5. Weeks 1-4 Winner: BETH
b1. Wk5-Jan 12-18: V-4, S-4, K-5, J-7, C-4, N-1, L-4, B-5, M-0, R-5
b2. Wk6-Jan 19-25: V-4, S-5, K-4, J-6, C-3, N-3, L-0, B-4, M-4, R-0
b3. Wk7-Jan 26-Feb 1: V-4, S-4, K-3, J-6, C-4, N-0, L-0, B-3, M-4, R-5
b4. Wk8-Feb 2-8: V-4, S-4, K-1, J-5, C-4, N-0, L-0, B-4, M-3, R-3
b5. Weeks 5-8 Winner: SHANNON
c1. Wk9-Feb 9-15: V-5, S-4, K-0, J-5, C-3, N-0, L-?, B-4, M-4, R-1
c2. Wk10-Feb 16-22: V-4, S-4, K-0, J-5, C-5, N-1, L-?, B-2, M-4, R-3
c3. Wk11-Feb 23-Mar 1: V-4, S-7, K-3, J-5, C-4, N-3, L-?, B-4, M-6, R-3
c4. Wk12-Mar 2-8: V-4, S-7, K-4, J-6, C-4, N-4!, L-?, B-3, M-0, R-1
c5. Weeks 9-12 Winner: KELLI
d1. Wk13-Mar 9-15: V-0, S-4, K-4, J-6, C-4, N-4, B-3, M-4, R-2
d2. Wk14-Mar 16-22: V-2, S-4, K-4, J-5, C-4, N-3, B-4, M-4, R-3
d3. Wk15-Mar 23-29: V-4, S-2, K-4, J-4, C-1, N-2, B-4, M-4, R-3
d4. Wk16-Mar 30-Apr 5: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-0, C-0, N-2, B-5, M-6, R-4
d5. Weeks 13-16 Winner: NANCY
e1. Wk17-Apr 6-12: V-4, S-5, K-5, J-4, N-3, B-3, M-4, R-3
e2. Wk18-Apr 13-19: V-4, S-3, K-5, J-4, N-2, B-2, M-1, R-2
e3. Wk19-Apr 20-26: V-3, S-5, K-4, J-4, N-2, B-4, M-4, R-3
e4. Wk20-Apr 27-May 3: V-4, S-2, K-4, J-4, N-1, B-4, M-5, R-4
e5. Weeks 17-20 Winner: MICHELLE
f1. Wk21-May 4-10: V-4, S-5, K-0, J-4, N-0, B-4, M-6, R-6
f2. Wk22-May 11-17: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-4, N-0, B-4, M-0, R-4
f3. Wk23-May 18-24: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-4, N-0, B-4, M-4, R-3
f4. Wk24-May 25-31: V-5, S-4, K-5, J-4, N-0, B-5, M-5, R-4
f5. Weeks 21 - 24 Winner: JUDY
g1. Wk25-June 1-7: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-5
g2. Wk26-June 8-14: V-5, S-5, K-4, J-5, B-2, R-3
g3. Wk27-June 15-21: V-4, S-5, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-4
g4. Wk28-June 22-28: V-4, S-5, K-4, J-5, B-3, R-4
g5. Weeks 25 - 28 Winner: BETH
h1. Wk29-June 29-July 5: V-4, S-6, K-3, J-5, B-3, R-4
h2. Wk30-July 6-12: V-4, S-5, K-2, J-5, B-4, R-3
h3. Wk31-July 13-19: V-3, S-4, K-0, J-5, B-4, R-3
h4. Wk32-July 20-26: V-4, S-2, K-6, J-4, B-4, R-4
h5. Weeks 29 - 32 Winner: VICKI
i1. Wk32-July 27- Aug 2: V-4, S-3, K-5, J-4, B-4, R-3
i2. Wk33-Aug 3-9: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-3
i3. Wk34-Aug 10-16: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-5, B-5, R-2, T-4
i4. Wk35-Aug 17-23: V-4, S-3, K-0, J-5, B-4, R-3, T-4
i5. Weeks 32-35 Winner: JUDY
j1. Wk36-Aug 24-30: S-4, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-4, T-3
j2. Wk37-Aug 31-Sept 6: S-7, K-7, J-7, B-3, R-2, T-4
j3. Wk38-Sept 7-13: S-4, K-6, J-7, B-4, R-2, T-4
j4. Wk39-Sept 14-20: S-4, K-4, J-7, B-4, R-2, T-3
j5. Weeks 36-39 Winner: KELLI
k1. Wk40-Sept 21-27: S-4, J-7, B-4, R-3, T-3
k2. Wk41-Sept 28-Oct 4: S-5, J-7, B-4, R-4, T-4
k3. Wk42-Oct 5-11: S-4, J-7, B-4, R-7, T-4
k4. Wk43-Oct 12-18: V-3, S-2, J-6, B-4, R-7, T-2
k5. Weeks 40-43 Winner: SHAN
l1. Wk44-Oct 19-25: V-4, S-3, J-6, B-4, R-7, T-4
l2. Wk45-Oct 26-Nov 1: V-4, S-2, K-3, J-6, B-4, R-6, T3
l3. Wk46-Nov 2-8: V-3, S-2, K-4, J-5, B-3, R-5, T-2
l4. Wk47-Nov 9-15: V-1, S-4, K-2, J-4, B-4, R-6, T-3
l5. Weeks 44-47 Winner: RUSTY
m1. Wk48-Nov 16-22: V-0, S-3, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-5, T4
m2. Wk49-Nov 23-29: V-2, S-4, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-5, T4
m3. Wk50-Nov 30-Dec 6: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-6, B-3, R-6, T-3
m4. Wk51-Dec 7-13: V-3, S-4, K-0, J-5, B-5, R-5, T-3
m5. Weeks 48-51 Winner: RUSTY
n1. Wk52-Dec 14-20: V-2, S-4, K-0, J-5, B-4, R-4, T=4
n2. Wk53-Dec 21-27: V-4, S-3, K-0, J-5, B-4, R-5, T-4
n3. Wk54-Dec 28-Jan3: V-4, S-3, K-0, J-5, B-1, R-6, T4
n4. Wk55-Jan4-10: V-2, S-4, K-2, J-6, B-0, R-5, T-2
n5. Weeks 52-55 Winner: VICKI
o1. Wk56-Jan 11-17: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-6, B-2, R-4, T4
o2. Wk57-Jan 18-24: V-3, S-4, K-4, J-5, B-3, R-4, T-4, N-5
o3. Wk58-Jan 25-31: V-4, S-4, K-6, J-6, B-4, R-2, T-4, N-4
o4. Wk59-Feb 1-7: V-3, S-4, K-4, J-7, B-4, R-1, T-3, N-3
o5. Weeks 56-59 Winner: ????
p1. Wk60-Feb 8-14: V-2, S-4, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-2, T-4 N-4, A-?
p2. Wk61-Feb 15-21: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-6 B-4, R-3, T-4 N-0, A-?
p3. Wk62-Feb 22-28: V-2, S-4, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-3, T-4, N-0, A-?
p4. Wk63-Mar 1-7: V-0, S-1, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-1, T-2, N-2, A-?
p5. Weeks 60-63 Winner: ????
q1. Wk64-Mar 8-14: V-?, S-1, K-4, J-4, B-4, R-1, T-?, N-?, A-?
q2. Wk65-Mar 15-21: V-?, S-1, K-5, J-5, B-?, R-5, T-?, N-?, A-?
q3. Wk66-Mar 22-28: V-?, S-4, K-6, J-4, B-?, R-5, T-?, N-?, A-6
q4. Wk67-Mar 29-Apr 4: V-?, S-2, K-?, J-?, B-?, R-5, T-?, N-?, A-7
q5. Weeks 64-67 Winner: ????
r1. Wk68-Apr 5-11: V-?, S-4, K-?, J-?, B-?, T-?, N-?, A-6
r2. Wk69-Apr 12-18: V-?, S-4, K-?, J-?, B-?, T-?, N-?, A-?
r3. Wk70-Apr 19-25: V-?, S-4, K-?, J-?, B-?, T-?, N-?, A-?
r4. Wk71-Apr 26-May 2: V-?, S-4, K-?, J-?, B-?, T-?, N-?, A-?
r5. Weeks 68-71 Winner: ????

How It Works

If anyone doesn't make four workouts in a week,that person(s) owes one coffee card ($3.50) up to the monthly"kitty". For each week any of us makes all four work-outs will get a "ticket". After four weeks, if there is any coffee cards in the kitty, we will have a drawing. So if you work out 4 days a week for 4 weeks you would have 4 chances to win ALL the coffee cards. If you make it only 3 weeks, you would have 3 chances to win and so on. There may or may not be any coffee cards in the "Kitty" to be won, but it sure would be a great"prize" if there were multiple coffee cards. This way we can have as many members in our "Exercise For Coffee" club or"EFC". Shannon will write our names on tickets, then we report in to each other on the blog. An impartial person will pick the winning ticket. Who ever owes coffeecards can then send them to the winner each month. We will exchange email and mailing address off the blog for confidentiality reasons.