Wondering if the Healthy Habits Challenge can benefit you?
Here's what past participants have to say.....
"Yay! I can't believe it is almost the end of the challenge already! And, I'm so glad to hear you are going to do another one - I'm in for sure! I was going to ask you if I could just keep reporting my points after the challenge! LOL. Thanks for hosting this challenge and for all the encouraging words. It has been fun and I am looking forward to FINISHING STRONG.....that is my week 7 motto! Every week I gave myself a motto!
......I lost 16 pounds on the Challenge!!! Still got more goals to reach, but this Challenge helped me so much!!
Beth
"I told my daughter that I almost feel bad to be recognized for winning the Challenge when I feel I have already been rewarded from actually doing the challenge. Winning the prize was only a small portion of what motivated me. I think that it was really the reporting. The accountability to what I said I would do drove me more than anything. Also being able to see quick results in some of the areas inspired me to continue. I would hope that everyone that took this challenge would feel as good about the results as I do."
Mary
"I can hardly believe the 7 weeks is over. It went by faster than I ever could have imagined. Honestly, if you had asked me at the beginning of this challenge if I thought I could hold myself to it, I would have given myself a 50/50 chance of sticking with it. When you look at me, I don't seem like the typical "Healty Habits Challenge" person. I'm not trying to lose weight; if anything, I look like I could stand to gain a few pounds! I didn't think that I ate that badly before the challenge. I typically run to stay in shape, but after a stress fracture in my foot last fall, I really lost all motivation to get out and do anything. I really just needed a push to start exercising again. Being held accountable to someone felt like the easiest way for me to get up and do what I needed to be doing. The other stuff that came along with the challenge seemed like the easy part.
I WAS WRONG.
.......The first week of the challenge was miserable. I craved the sugar that I wasn't getting from the junk I didn't realize I ate everyday.
.......I never realized that I wasn't getting enough fruits and vegetables in a day until I started counting.
I have learned far more than I thought I would in the last seven weeks....... Seven weeks has done its job. I didn't feel any cravings today for the food I used to eat so easily. I am truly amazed by the differences I see in myself. As far as continuing on: this has become a part of my life. It's become the way I do things in my home and for my family. I feel great. How could I ever go back?"
Cori
I have LOVED living this way. It is a habit by now. My greatest change has been my increase in vegetable intake. I always thought I ate enough veggies . . . . but I realize I filled up on breads and only ate minimal veggies. I have now switched that order, and I feel so much better. I have lost a total of 15 pounds. I plan to live like this from now on. It's a great way of life.
Chrisy
"Thanks for doing this guys. I am trying to lose weight and that is typically the focus of any new "health plan" that I start/burn out on. This has been the first time that I've done something where improved health was the primary goal and weight loss was a natural consequence. The things I'm doing (sleeping 7hrs, drinking water, eating fruits and veggies, etc.) are all things that I can continue to do. I'm hopeful that I've made an incremental lifestyle change that I can maintain forever. I also lost about 10.5lbs.
Scott
"My success was realized when I popped open my one can of Coke Zero last Sunday and realized I just don't care much for soda anymore. Thank you for the challenge!"
Cassandra
"This has been a GREAT challenge! Thank you for the experience! I look forward to the next one too."
Beverly
......I lost 16 pounds on the Challenge!!! Still got more goals to reach, but this Challenge helped me so much!!
Beth
"I told my daughter that I almost feel bad to be recognized for winning the Challenge when I feel I have already been rewarded from actually doing the challenge. Winning the prize was only a small portion of what motivated me. I think that it was really the reporting. The accountability to what I said I would do drove me more than anything. Also being able to see quick results in some of the areas inspired me to continue. I would hope that everyone that took this challenge would feel as good about the results as I do."
Mary
"I can hardly believe the 7 weeks is over. It went by faster than I ever could have imagined. Honestly, if you had asked me at the beginning of this challenge if I thought I could hold myself to it, I would have given myself a 50/50 chance of sticking with it. When you look at me, I don't seem like the typical "Healty Habits Challenge" person. I'm not trying to lose weight; if anything, I look like I could stand to gain a few pounds! I didn't think that I ate that badly before the challenge. I typically run to stay in shape, but after a stress fracture in my foot last fall, I really lost all motivation to get out and do anything. I really just needed a push to start exercising again. Being held accountable to someone felt like the easiest way for me to get up and do what I needed to be doing. The other stuff that came along with the challenge seemed like the easy part.
I WAS WRONG.
.......The first week of the challenge was miserable. I craved the sugar that I wasn't getting from the junk I didn't realize I ate everyday.
.......I never realized that I wasn't getting enough fruits and vegetables in a day until I started counting.
I have learned far more than I thought I would in the last seven weeks....... Seven weeks has done its job. I didn't feel any cravings today for the food I used to eat so easily. I am truly amazed by the differences I see in myself. As far as continuing on: this has become a part of my life. It's become the way I do things in my home and for my family. I feel great. How could I ever go back?"
Cori
I have LOVED living this way. It is a habit by now. My greatest change has been my increase in vegetable intake. I always thought I ate enough veggies . . . . but I realize I filled up on breads and only ate minimal veggies. I have now switched that order, and I feel so much better. I have lost a total of 15 pounds. I plan to live like this from now on. It's a great way of life.
Chrisy
"Thanks for doing this guys. I am trying to lose weight and that is typically the focus of any new "health plan" that I start/burn out on. This has been the first time that I've done something where improved health was the primary goal and weight loss was a natural consequence. The things I'm doing (sleeping 7hrs, drinking water, eating fruits and veggies, etc.) are all things that I can continue to do. I'm hopeful that I've made an incremental lifestyle change that I can maintain forever. I also lost about 10.5lbs.
Scott
"My success was realized when I popped open my one can of Coke Zero last Sunday and realized I just don't care much for soda anymore. Thank you for the challenge!"
Cassandra
"This has been a GREAT challenge! Thank you for the experience! I look forward to the next one too."
Beverly
