Info about the challenge:
o I am not going to be nice all the time. I will encourage you and be supportive, and I will try to comment back to all of you. However, if you aren’t doing well, I will use some constructive criticism. I’m not going to sugar coat or lie to you because sugar and lies don’t make us skinny! Only the truth will motivate us to lose weight!
o I will try to give you guys some yummy low cal recipes to go along with this challenge. It’s hard to find good food we can all eat so I am going to try to help all of you out.
o I will be keeping track of how many pounds you lose, and whoever loses the most weight by the end of September gets a cool prize! I may also give another special prize based on points. I won’t ask for your address unless you win.
o I will allow new people to join in every Monday.
o You will follow a point system based on your BMI (body mass index) which you can calculate at this site: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm
o If your BMI moves into a different level, let me know so you can follow a new point system.
o If your BMI is less than 16, I will not support you doing this challenge.
o If you have a problem with part of the challenge, I can tailor it to fit you. Just tell me in your email and we will work it out.
o If you decide to join the challenge, I want you to post your stats and a picture of your body with or without your face on your xanga site. (pic is optional) Also, let your readers know what challenge you are joining!
Rules everyone follows for the challenge
1. You must eat at least 400 calories every day (but you can work them off). Unless you are fasting (see point system below). I may also randomly pick days to fast for extra points, so you have to check this site regularly.
2. You may only fast up to two meals a day and two days a week, but not back to back. We aren't here to starve and slow our metabolism. We are trying to boost it and lose tons of fat! Be wise when you are fasting. If you pass out because of fasting, alter your fasting habits. If I find out that you have passed out more than once, I will kick you out of the challenge (see number 3).
3. If I see that you are screwing up badly, I will kick you out of the challenge. (I am doing this to motivate you!) I will also kick you out for excessive purging. If you get kicked out towards the beginning of the week, then you can get back in the next Monday. If you get kicked out towards the end of the week, then you can’t join until the second Monday. I will be slightly more lenient with new anas and obese anas than experienced anas.
4. If you get kicked out, I will “forget” about your points any weight you have lost and your total towards the prizes will start over.
5. If you need to leave the challenge for any reason, please let me know. I won't bite you!
6. If you do not post your points for three consecutive days, I will assume you have left the challenge, and you will forfeit all points towards the prize. You will also need permission to rejoin.
Points for fasting (I recommend liquid fasting)
Fasting one meal: 5 points
Fasting 2 meals: 10 points
Fasting 3 meals: 0 points - don't fast all day unless you are having a fasting day. You may only fast all day twice a week and not two days in a row. 15 points for fasting all day.
*if you sleep through a meal, you can count that as fasting.
If you don’t eat meals, follow this point system for fasting:
Fasting 8 hours: 5 points
Fasting 16 hours: 10 points
Fasting 24 hours: 0 points - don't fast all day unless you are having a fasting day*don’t count sleeping as fasting hours if you go by this point system.
Points for sleeping
0-4 hours: 0 points
5 hours: 1 point
6 hours: 2 points
Add one more point for each our of sleep not to exceed 10 hours
Going to sleep before midnight: 5 points
Points for exercise: one point for each 10 minutes (Only count exercise as something that takes effort. Ex. Typing is not exercise even if it does burn some calories.)
If you have a job where you are on your feet the whole time, you can count exercise points for any time over 5 hours worked. So, if you work 5 hours and 10 minutes, you get one point for the 10 minutes.
One point for each set of 100 crunches, pushups, heel raises, arm curls, etc. (1 point for each set of 50 push ups)
Points for water intake (I count one cup as one measuring cup or 8oz): you get one point for each cup of water. So if you drink 8 cups (64 oz) of water, you get 8 points. It will be easier to count these points if you drink bottled water. Don’t go over 50!
Calorie points for people with BMI of 16 to 17.9
negative cals: 10 points
1-100 cals: 9 points
101-200 cals: 8 points
201-300 cals: 7 points
301-400 cals: 6 points
401- 500 cals: 5 points
501-600 cals: 4 points
601 or more cals: 0
Calorie points for people with BMI of 18-24.9
negative cals: 10 points
1-200 cals: 9 point
201-300 cals: 8 points
301-400 cals: 7 points
401- 500 cals: 6 points
501-600 cals: 5 points
601-700 cals: 4 points
701 or more: 0 points
Calorie points for people with BMI of 25-29.9
negative cals: 10 points
1-300 cals: 9 point
301-500 cals: 8 points
501-700 cals: 7 points
701-900 cals: 6 points
901-1000 cals: 5 points
1001-1200 cals: 4 points
1201 or more cals: 0
Calorie points for people with BMI of 30 and up
neg-600: 10 points
601-800: 9 points
801-1000: 8 points
1000-1500: 7 points
1501-2000: 6 points
2001- 2200: 5 points
2201-2500: 4 points
2501 or more: 0 points
Extras:
Sending me your points daily: 1 point
Not binging: 5 points
Not purging: 10 points
Taking vitamins: 1 point (not 1 point per vitamin)
Updating your xanga daily: 1 point
Commenting: 1 point for each ana site you comment on (not 1 per comment) you can get up to 20 points for this
Weight change: 1 point for each pound lost
Metabolism boosters: 2 points for eating a stick of celery or 1 point for carrots between meals (unless you’re fasting) not 2 points per carrot or stick of celery
Tanning: 5 points
Avoiding tempting food in a tempting situation: 5 points (not 5 points each time you avoid something)
Not eating after 7pm (or eating only neg cal foods): 5 points
When you update your xanga, you at least need to post what you have eaten for the day. Also list what you are giving yourself points for. If you have dizzy spells or pass out, make note of that as well.
Make sure you spread out your calorie intake throughout the day. Do not eat all your cals at once or I will leave a bad comment with no eprops!
The way you lose weight is to burn more calories than you consume...
When you comment to give me your points, I want to know how many calories you ate and then I want the total calories after neg cal foods and exercise are subtracted. So, you can end up with a negative number for the day. You figure your points after subtracting.
If you want to join, then please email me with the answers to the following questions…
1. name (Optional) age (not optional)
2. xanga site
3. aol screen name (optional)
4. height/current weight/goal weight (let me know if this changes)
5. your waist, thigh, and upper arm measurements in inches
6. your BMI
7. least favorite thing about your body
8. favorite thing about your body
9. your most favorite place(s) to shop for clothes
10.your favorite model(s)
*also, please let me know if you are new to ana.
BMI calculator http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm
FYI: My first draft of this challenge was posted June 30, 2005. Some modifications were made throughout the run of the challenge.
