And the Winners Are...

Hello everyone! The points are all in and have been tallied and I have the official results! First of all let me thank everyone for participating. It was a great competition and I've had a wonderful time hearing about all of your successes! Everyone did a really great job! So way to go. If you feel like you just haven't gotten enough of Fit in Six, we will be running the program again starting April 7th and we'd love to have all of you participate again. Also, if you have any friends or family that would like to participate, please invite them as well. The more the merrier! Well enough of my babbling. Lets get on to the winners!

The Winners Are:
1. Carol Pitt
2. Sueann Allen
3. Melissa Barlow

Congratulations on a job well done!

And the winner of the last week's mini competition is Lori Aston! Congrats!

If you ladies would please send me your addresses I will get your prizes to you ASAP! Thanks again everyone for participating. We wouldn't have a program without you!

Congratulations! You Finished!!!!

Congratulations everyone! You finished 6 weeks to getting fit! Thank you everyone that posted comments about the program. We are continually looking for ways to improve. We appreciate your thoughts and feedback! This is just a reminder to send in your point totals for this last week and please include in the email if you successfully completed the mini competition. I would really like to have the winners out by Wednesday or Thursday, so please send your points ASAP! I hope you have all had a positive experience with the program and will join us again when we do it again in April! Thanks to all of you for participating. This program would be nothing without you! Best wishes to you all.

One More Week To Go!

Hello everyone! Welcome to Week 6!!!! Yay! You've made it this far and have almost completed 6 weeks to being fit and feeling great. Congratulations! For this last week of Fit In Six we have two items of business. First is the stipulations for the 2nd mini competition and secondly the last Daily Calendar. First the rules for the second mini competition. This week in order to be able to qualify for the mini competition you must eat all of your fiber every day this week. In addition to eating all of your fiber, in order to qualify you can have no more than 1 white carb in a day. If you do that every day this week, please include in your email to me next Monday that you completed the mini competition successfully! Good luck! Now for the Daily Calendar.
Daily Calendar
Monday - It's Presidents Day! How blessed we are to live in the U.S.A.! Today learn one new thing about one of the founding fathers and share it with someone.
Tuesday - Eat all of your veggies today.
Wednesday - Do a secret act of service today.
Thursday - Do 30 minutes of cardio today.
Friday - Tell someone you love them today.
Saturday - Go to http://fitinsix.blogspot.com and leave your comments and suggestions about the Fit In Six program. We'd love to hear your thoughts on how we can improve!
Sunday - Yay! You made it! Celebrate by eating one thing off the bad food list and don't subtract any points.

Alright everyone. There you have it. Best of luck to you all this week. This has been a close contest and anyone could still win, so work hard this last week! Don't forget to send me your points tomorrow, and good luck!

Happy Valentines Day!

Hello all!
I hope you have a wonderful Valentines Day! Go ahead and celebrate by having one thing off the bad food list without subtracting any points.
Also, congrats to everyone that participated in the mini competition. You guys did a great job. Exercising 30 minutes a day is quite the feat! And the winner of the competition is.....Melanie Hartman! Congratulations!
Have a beautiful Valentines Day!

Week 5

Wow! What a week this has been. Here it is 10:15 p.m. my time and I'm just barely getting this email out. Sorry! I usually try to get it out earlier, but things this week have just been crazy! I hope your weeks have been much more calm. :) Well here is your friendly reminder to send me your points, pretty please, tomorrow. I know you want those extra 5 points! ;) Also, if you successfully did 30 minutes of cardio every day this week please add that to your email so I can put you into our mini competition drawing. I will be doing the drawing Wednesday, so if you participated in the mini competition please let me know ASAP! You will have this week off of mini competitions, but get excited because we'll do another next week! Here is this weeks Daily Calendar.

Daily Calendar
Monday - Eat all of your fiber today.
Tuesday - Spend some time chatting with a friend today. It's good for the soul.
Wednesday - Spend 15 minutes reading something of your choice; be it a magazine, a book, a poem, etc.
Thursday - Happy Valentines Day! Express your love for someone that wouldn't otherwise get a Valentine today.
Friday - Drink all of your water today.
Saturday - Eat something off the bad food list and don't subtract any points!
Sunday - Write in your journal today.

Have a fabulous week! Just think. 4 down. 2 to go! You are all doing so great! Keep up the hard work!

Dangers Of Swallowing Your Bubble Gum

Be careful! I don't want this happening to any of you!

Half Way There!

Hello everyone! And welcome to Week 4!!!!!! That means you are half way there! Congratulations! Give yourselves a pat on the back! Do you think I could use any more exclamation points? Anyway, I'm so proud of you all for making it this far. I always feel like in projects that if I get half way through, that the last half is easier. I hope you find yourself forming new, healthy habits, and that it's getting easier and becoming more of your routine as you go. :) Thanks to everyone who posted a little about themselves on the blog. I love getting to put some more information with your names other than an email address. ;) If you haven't had a chance to tell us about yourself yet, please do so! I love getting to know you all better. This week we have 2 items of business. First, the Daily Calendar that I know you're all just waiting with bated breath for, and secondly the beginning of our first mini competition. Since you are all champs with the Daily Calendar already, let me explain about the mini competitions. We will do 2 mini competitions that each run 1 week long. We will do one this week and then again in Week 6. The mini competition is just a little extra something to participate in to motivate you to do these healthy things in your life. If you follow the rules for the mini competition all week long, when you send me your points next Monday, also include in the email if you successfully completed the mini competition. Everyone who successfully completes the mini competition will be put into a drawing for a prize for that competition. Clear as mud? Great! Let's get it started. Announcing the mini competition......

Mini Competition
In honor of Women's Heart Health Awareness month do 30 minutes of cardio every day this week. (Except for Sunday of course)

Now on to the Daily Calendar.....

Daily Calendar
Monday - Eat all your veggies today.
Tuesday - Make a list of 10 things you are grateful for today.
Wednesday - Don't give in to your addiction today....mmmmmm......chocolate........
Thursday - Eat all of your fiber today.
Friday - Spend 15 minutes pondering or meditating today. It's good for the soul.
Saturday - Read an article on nutrition or exercise today.
Sunday - Yes! Our favorite! Eat one thing off the bad food list and don't subtract any points! Chocolate anyone?

Alright! There you are. If you have ANY questions regarding the Daily Calendar or the Mini Competition please let me know! Otherwise have a fabulous week and I look forward to getting your points tomorrow!

Getting To Know You!

This has been one of our favortie parts about running Fit In Six. We love getting to know other people and hearing about what motivates you! So to start out I will introduce myself and then you can click on the comments to do the same! One of our participants, Elisabeth, already posted on the week 3 post. So be sure to click on the comments and check her out!

As you all know my name is Amanda Van Orden, and for those of you that only know Lori, she is one of my bestest friends. We actually met on my first date and then over the years kept running into each other and have forged a really strong friendship. I am married to the love of my life, Jared, and we have been married for 5 1/2 years. We live in Utah and have the cutesest dog ever.

He is a black pug, his name is Winston and he is my baby! Jared and I are currently trying to adopt a baby and are hoping that we will be placed with a child soon. Currently I work as a nurse at the county health department. In my spare time I enjoy running, playing soccer, reading, photography, organizing and cleaning my house, being with family/friends, and playing the piano...oh, and shopping, much to my husbands dismay. ;) I got involved with Fit In Six through Lori as we participated in a similar competetion a little over a year ago. We liked it so much that we decided to tweak it and keep running it ourselves. I have always enjoyed a fairly healthy and active lifestyle. My biggest weakness is my addiction to chocolate. I have to work REALLY hard at curbing my chocolate needs and Fit In Six defnitely helps with that. I also enjoy Fit In Six because it's a well rounded program and helps me get my body the nutrients it needs, helps motivate me to get the exercise I need and also encourages me to develop my spirituality. Right now I am motivated by Lori's and my goal to run the Ogden Marathon in May. Training makes me focus so much more on this aspect in my life. I'm excited to run it! If you want to know more about me and my random thoughts you are more than welcome to visit my blog at www.punkinsinlove.blogspot.com.