It's over!

It's over! We're done! I'm a little sad. But a lot happy that I made it through. I would love to have won and bought me some nice new things but alas, I was not the winner. Would you like to know who the winner was? Really? You want to know? Well ok...

The winner is.....

I mean the winners are....

Billy and Jinny!

They will split our pot. The amounts I have on the blog are off slightly since Clint did not follow through with the challenge. The total pot is $280. So Bill and Jinny will split $224. Making their winnings $112 each.

Second place goes to Jo. Her winnings are $56.

Congratulations to all of you guys. I hope that even though you may not have won, you still had a good time and were challenged to discipline yourselves. I know I had a blast. Truly I did.

And you are done being bugged by me! Live well!


Point totals for the 10 weeks:
Jill 576
Mark 533
Jerome 599
Tiffany 598
Carrie 574
Jinny 610
Jo 606
Billy 610
Alisha 586
Katie 503
Kelly 525
Kristen 511
Babette 593
Sommer 482


PS. Thank you Jo for actually reading the blog.;) I'm so glad you were able to make small changes and lose so much weight. Great job!

This is what is happening...

Wow... I have learned, gained, and lost things the last 9 weeks.

Learned: that I can lose weight... I always knew I could but would always talk myself out of even trying. I also learned that it does not take a drastic life change to be healthy... just some little changes.

Gained: some new and better habits, and I new perspective on what is going in my month. I have also gained some loser fitting cloths.

Lost: 10+ pounds.

Hopefully... and the goal is... to not just stop doing all this things because the challenge is over... I want to make this the new norm on the exception... we will see how that goes.

What's happening?

I only have a moment to post but I wanted to say that we DO have internet and cell service so I received everyone's points. Thank you!

I wanted to ask you what you will/might take with you when this challenge is over next week. Are there any lifestyle changes you see making? Did you learn something about how you eat, exercise, think etc...that you didn't know before? Or was this just something to do to please your wife? :) (God love my husband) Whatever it is please post it! I'd love to hear if this made a difference in your life.

I'll post mine later. Please feel free to blog away!

Next Week

Do you realize that we have just 1 1/2 weeks left?!?!?! Where has the time gone?.....

Anyhoo...I'm writing this for the 3 or so people who actually read this blog. I am going to be up in Steamboat Springs on Labor Day {our next point check in}. I am not sure about internet service up there or cell service for that matter.

Sooooooooooooo....continue to email or text me your points and I will post them if I can. Still try to get them to me even though it may take an extra day or two to post them. I really do try to put them up on Monday's.

Have a great rest of the week!

Thoughts on Week 7

We're on the downhill side of this challenge! Only 3 more weeks to go baby! Hang in there - you're doing great!

This week I've been pondering stewardship. How do I steward what God has given me? How do I steward my relationships, my finances, my body? Tough question but one worth contemplating.

God has given us the gift of our life. We only have one life, one body. What will you do with it? Will you take care of your health like the precious gift that it is or will you use and abuse it like it seems so easy to do? Why do we expect God to come and fix what we have broken? He's a gracious loving God and He will help us and can absolutely heal us. But think about it for a moment. We put whatever we want into our bodies not caring about the results. We don't take care of this gift. Then when it starts to break on us we become desperate for God, or doctors, to fix it.

I think about my son, Kale. Sometimes he's very careless with his toys - his gifts. He leaves them out to be lost, walked on, and broken. If something does happen to his toys he brings them to Mark or I and begs us to fix it. Some things we can fix, and we certainly will try. Other things are beyond repair. During the whole time of "fixing," Kale is usually crying and wanting so badly his toy, that just moments ago had been tossed aside and abandoned, to work again.

Wow. Same way I tend to treat my health and body. I don't think about the consequences of my actions sometimes. Then when it's broken I beg God to fix it. Understand that I believe God heals. He can, and does, heal people. But if I were to live my life, with disregard to my own responsibility for my health, where would I be? Very broken, very sick, very unhappy.

God has given us responsibility to be good stewards of all He has given us...including our health. I want to use the gift of my life for His glory, to the fullest! Please know that I am not saying that all illnesses are due to our irresponsibility. Many things are beyond our control. What I am saying is that for as long as I am able to continue to be a good steward of this gift of life, I will try my best.


And now something to make you smile :)

A before and after

From flab to fab! Go Bill Go! The healthy challenge really works!

Thoughts on Week 5

HALF WAY THERE!!!! WHOOHOO!!! How are you guys holding up? Man, 5 weeks down and just 5 to go. Can you believe we're half way done? Anyone interested in doing another one when we're done? :) Haha! I think I can guess who's a go and who isn't... :P

Hopefully you noticed the mid-competition changes to the blog. New background and new motivational pictures. All to make you smile!

Anyway, last week I talked a bit about who's in charge of you. YOU! This week I wanted to touch on our reasons for health.

When I read magazines, listen to the radio and watch the news I am bombarded daily with health care stuff. The future of our health care {no matter what the decision} can be quite scary. In the end we're putting our health and our future into other people's hands. And like I said, really, WE are the ones responsible for our health.

That means to me that I have the power to fight cancer, heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and all kinds of other things, just by living healthy! By watching what I eat, indulging only occasionally, exercising regularly, I can live longer, healthier and really overall, happier! Like I said a few weeks ago, when I am plagued by something in my body, something as small as a headache even, it wrecks me. That small pain takes over at times. Not fun at all. But I have the know-how and the power to keep these dangerous, life-threatening diseases and ailments at bay.

And on a final note, I thought I'd post a little motivational message from my son. Just to make you smile!