Welcome to the 10 in 10 Challenge!
Beginning January 7, 2008 we will begin our 10 in 10 Challenge.
I don't want to take credit for this idea though. I signed up for the INShape Indiana 10 in 10 challenge which encourages Hoosiers (us crazy Indiana people) to lose 10 pounds in 10 weeks through a combination of sound nutrition and physical activity. Hoosiers are some of the most obese people in the nation, ranking at a tie for 8th place with South Carolina.
Here are the top 10 states:
1. Mississippi
2. Alabama
3. West Virginia
4. Louisiana
5. Kentucky
6. Tennessee
7. Arkansas
8. Indiana, South Carolina
10. Texas
Is your state listed? Don't think you're off the hook even if your state isn't one of the top 10. The rate for obesity in America just keeps going up, up, up! Not one single state went down in the last review. An estimated 130 million U.S. citizens, or 64%, are overweight or obese.
You are in control!
Over the next 10 weeks they will provide me with weekly emails with healthy eating tips, tips to increase physical activity, and workplace wellness ideas. I will pick out the stuff you can benefit from, maybe add some of my own tidbits that I've picked up along the way, and come up with a weekly challenge. Your weekly challenges may be to drink more water, exercise more, or increase your consumption of a certain type of food (probably not gonna be Cheetos though...)
We will have two main goals of this challenge.
Ready for 'em?
They're kinda crazy...
Goal #1 -- Move more
are you with me so far?
Goal #2 -- Eat better
That's it.
Can you handle that?
We're gonna move more and eat better and lose *at least* 10 pounds in 10 weeks. Sound good?
All I want from you before this challenge officially begins on January 7 is your starting weight. I will post our progress weekly as we go along. Our weigh-ins will be on Friday or Saturday, whichever is best for you.
I will post the weekly weight loss chart on Sundays, new challenges on Mondays.
Got that?
This is your schedule for the next 10 weeks:
- weigh in Friday or Saturday
- weight loss chart goes up on Sunday
Unfortunately what this means is that you don't have a whole week before your first weigh in. So get me your starting weight asap and let's get to movin' more and eatin' better!
