I hope you ladies are ready to use those shoes! To kick off the New Year, I hereby announce
The Happy Heart Challenge!
The Team Competition is still out there somewhere - I’m not abandoning it. 
But I want us to really get going on the right foot (pun totally intended) as we come into a new year and off of the holiday season. This competition is all about exercise and I’m keeping it really simple!
Here’s how it works. Starting Monday, January 8th, you will earn 1 point for every 15 minutes of good, sweaty, heart-pumping exercise. You can earn up to 4 points per day. (so no, LadyLaura, you can’t go on one of those all day bike rides and blow us all out of the water! 
) That’s all there is to it. Oh wait…one little twist. You MUST weigh-in on Monday and report your points. If you miss Monday, you can still weigh-in and report - but your points will be cut in half. If this competition is intense as I expect, you really don’t want that to happen. (I am not completely heartless - if you have a REALLY good reason for missing weigh-in, let me know) There will be only one winner. Any tie will be broken based on total weight lost during the challenge period.
The challenge ends Monday, February 12th and the winner will be formally announce on Valentine’s Day. The prize will be announced in the near future, but trust me, you’ll like it!
Any questions?
I’m rolling my neck and cracking my knuckles right now!!
Comment by Tami — January 5, 2007 @ 9:20 pm
Woohoo! Healthy, happy heart, here I come…
Comment by anne — January 5, 2007 @ 9:26 pm
oooh, sounds interesting.
Could we maybe have a weekend of people making suggestions, cos I’m not very imaginative when it comes to exercise, and it might just help when we start to get bored of our chosen thing and can try something new.
Comment by Debs — January 6, 2007 @ 2:43 am
Fun, fun, fun! It is soooo on!
Comment by Blair — January 6, 2007 @ 7:43 am
Blest - I accept your Rockapella challenge. I’ll bring the mop (you know, for the drool).
Comment by Jana — January 6, 2007 @ 8:31 am