BMS CHALLENGE RULES

Everything is based on the honor system!

Prizes will be awarded at the end of the challenge! Actual prize money will be determined once we know how many teams will be joining the challenge. Winners will be in the following categories: Overall Team with the highest points and overall team with the highest average of percentage of weight lost. Overall Individual weight loss winners based on percentage of weight lost and overall inches lost winners. Depending on size of group top 3 individuals could possibly win money.

You must track points daily on the point tracking charts that will be sent to you each week. Weeks will run from monday morning to Sunday night with weigh-ins and points reporting every monday morning. Total your points and turn them into YOUR TEAM CAPTAIN as early as possible Monday morning. SCORES ARE DUE to me by 12:00pm PST by the team captain. Team Captain, in your email please include each person on your team with their individual points and also your total team points! I will announce the individual and team standings for the week via email by Sunday evening/Monday morning. Teams who submit points on time will receive a 5 POINT BONUS to their weekly team score. I am the ONLY person that can add this 5 point bonus. Do not include them in your total points. Scores posted in a timely manner are VERY important!!

You do not need to report your actual weight to your Team Captain. Your beginning weight will be emailed directly to me at andyschallenge@gmail.com by you to determine percentages of weight loss at the end of the Challenge and kept confidential. 

Points are earned for the following categories:

 Daily Positive/Good Food: You will use your food lists for this portion. Earn 10 points by adding 1 point for each serving of positive food eaten.  You MUST eat 10 positive good foods every day.  Points are all-or-nothing in this category.  If you don’t get all 10 points/servings you cannot count any of them. Five (5) of these points though can be five of the daily fruits & vegetables points below.  You can eat more than one serving of the same positive/good food! Typical example of food on the positive list are 100% whole wheat grains, lean protein, low fat dairy, soy, fish, fruits & veggies, and beans just to name a few. This challenge works just as well for meat loving people as it does for vegetarians and paleo loving people. The food list will not be distributed until your team is registered.

 Daily 5+ Fruits & Vegetables: Earn 10 points if you eat a combined total of 5 fruits and vegetables. Don’t forget to count the fruits and veggies from the positive food list you eat also. For example, if you eat a banana, you get one POSITIVE FOOD point and one FRUIT/VEGGIE point. You MUST eat a combination of 5 fruits/veggies to get the points. All or nothing!

Daily Negative Food: See food list. Subtract 2 points for every serving of food eaten off the negative food list (over the 2 freebie limit.  See “Freebies” at end of Rules). No maximum. L We are not tracking calories, but they do add up! 

 Daily Water Points: Earn 10 points for drinking plenty of water every day. Requirement:

§  Week 1: 32 oz (4 cups) daily

§  Week 2: 40 oz (5 cups) daily

§  Week 3: 48 oz (6 cups) daily

§  Week 4: 56 oz (7 cups) daily

§  Weeks 5-6: 64 oz (8 cups) daily

Daily Exercise: Points are earned as follows:

§  20 Points for 30 minutes of exercise. Points can be earned for six days and points are also earned for your rest day. One rest day is required.

§  Anything more than 30 minutes = GOOD FOR YOU!

You may earn up to 140 points per week for exercise. That is 6 days of exercise plus points for your one day of rest.

Daily No Eating After 9:00 PM: Earn 5 points if you eat NOTHING after 9:00 p.m. The idea for this point category is to eliminate the snacking after dinner and before bed! (However, you can have one serving of a fruit or vegetable or a small protein shake and not have it count against you if you have exercised after 8:00 pm.)

Daily Personal Prayer/Mediation/Relaxation: Earn 5 points for daily personal prayer/meditation/relaxation. If you don’t pray, spend a few minutes in quiet meditation or breathing relaxation techniques. There is a close relationship between your body and your spirit. Strengthen your spirit as you strengthen your body.

Daily Inspirational Thought/Scripture Reading:  Earn 5 points for reading a daily inspirational thought or daily scripture study.

Weekly Bonus Activity: 10 points each    {These challenges will be included In your weekly point charts provided you right before the challenge begins.}

WORKOUT- I will give a workout challenge every week.  It will either be trying something new or something to push yourself.

Food: The food challenge will be to try a new fruit or veggie or to cook a certain food in a different way.

Mind:  These challenges will hopefully challenge you to be more positive about yourself and others. 

 Weekly Weigh In** :  Weigh yourself at home every Sunday morning. We are no longer adding points for weight loss. Weight loss will strictly be recognized by percentage lost. You will submit your total pounds lost at week 3 and week 6 when you report your weekly points to your team captain those weeks. I will translate that into percentage lost and show standings at week 3 and week 6 for percentage of weight loss!

Freebies : Everyone will be given 4 free negative food points per week. This means you can eat 2 servings  (because one serving equals 2 negative points) off the negative list and not have them count against you. You don’t have to eat anything bad if you don’t want to.  Example of 1-serving off the negative list:  small French fries at McDonald’s, in a paper holder.

Free Meals

If you have an anniversary or birthday during this Challenge you are allowed ONE free meal.

You may also have a free meal if you do a big event, i.e. a 5K, 10K, big hike, etc. but it would need to be a tough challenge for you. Be real honest with yourself about this one. You still want that exercise to count and not be wasted on unnecessary calories!

During the Challenge you may choose ONE FULL DAY to eat whatever you want on that day. Give yourself the MAXIMUM NUMBER of points that day – 65 points. Some people choose to hold onto this day in case of illness to use that day. 

YOU WILL ALSO GET TO A FREE DAY ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY AND A FREE DAY ON VALENTINES DAY.

Fast Sundays – LDS Members

On Fast Sundays you do NOT have to eat all of the food requirements. Instead, you will shoot for 1/3 of the requirement, which is 2 fruits/veggies and 4 positive foods. Keep in mind that fruits/veggies count as positive food points, so it will be easy to get in the other 2 good foods you need. If you eat these minimum requirements you can give yourself the 10 points for the Positive Foods and 10 points for 5+Fruit & Veggies.

If you are not LDS, you are welcome to skip two consecutive meals with us. If you would like information about the fasting please ask me or another member of the Mormon church. If you are not fasting those days, they count as normal days during the Challenge.