Eight weeks have already gone by. I am still loving this, although I am feeling a little under-motivated lately! I need to get it in gear! How about all of you? Still motivated? Let's share what has worked for all of us to keep those points high!
Best of luck this week! (Have you all received those girl scout cookies?) Haha!
I hope this doesn't bug all of you, but I need you to be my judges. Here's my story: I babysat Olli (my 3-year-old grandson, for those of you who don't know me) on Friday night. We had pizza for dinner, but he didn't eat when the rest of us did. Later on, he asked me for a piece, but he wanted me to take off all of the olive slices. As I picked off three (possibly four) of the very thin slices, I tossed them in my mouth. Then I looked at the clock. It was 8:06 p.m. To say that I was horrified is quite an understatement, as I had kept perfect points throughout this competition. I could rationalize it and say that approximately 1/4 of an olive doesn't count as "eating" or as actual "food." But I also don't want to reside in the Telestial Kingdom forever because of my lack of integrity. (See 2 Nephi 9:34.) So I'd like you to decide for me, if you don't mind. If the majority of you agree that I should lose the 5 points, I will be happy to do so. I hope this doesn't make anyone uncomfortable. If it does, just say so, and I'll consider that to be a negative vote. I'd especially like to hear from the others who have a perfect score (Kati, Jerrilyn, and Wayne...although I don't remember seeing Wayne's score from last week, but I'm assuming it's 352). Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteOh...and to answer Jenny's question: yes, I'm super motivated! I'm 2/10 of a pound away from a 10-pound weight loss. Hallelujah!
DeleteYou are so great! I am all for you getting all the points;) You keep me motivated because I know you will keep getting perfect points.
DeleteJan you make me laugh!! I've also had many of those type of situations my self. That is really hard! :) Good luck with whatever you decide!
ReplyDeleteI had 333 for the week. Lack of motivation...I hear ya Jenny!!!
I have 250 which is actually great for me!
ReplyDeleteCarson says he thinks you should get the points because it's just an olive. Or as Griff would say, "Who Cares?" But I will leave that up to the ones with perfect points.
Motivation is very hard for me. Especially when my kids are driving me crazy or I haven't slept well. Exercise is pretty much not in my vocabulary right now. I'm just trying to survive. Which is fine. Someday I'll exercise.
I got 333. I think I'm losing motivation of wanting to keep track. I think I've developed some good habits, though... remembering morning prayers has been a lot better (and easier). I'm still crappy at drinking enough water, though. And I've had more than one treat a time or two. (gotta love the girl scouts!) And Jan, are you sure your clock wasn't six minutes fast?
ReplyDeleteIt was Suzie's clock, so I'll assume it was dead on. :-)
DeleteJason got 337. He says Jan should get 5 bonus points for being so honest.
ReplyDeleteAw, that's so sweet!
DeleteI got 328 this week.
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ReplyDeleteIt was a rough week for me... I got 340, but I'm not ready to give up... I just need to refocus, remotivate and try a little harder this week! I've learned where my weeknesses are, so that is helpful. Jan will you email the rankings? I'm thinking that might help me focus a little better. I will remind Wayne to post his points for this week and last week. It's about 9:00 and he still hasn't made it home from work yet, so I'm hoping he's had all his fruits and veggies for the day or he may be losing points today! And Jan I think it is up to you! I have a hard enough time figuring out my own points! That is the tricky thing about this competition. We have to be the ones to decide whether we did it or not! I think we all have our own personal goals that we are working towards too! So somethig that is a big deal to me, might not be for someone else and something that is a big deal to someone else might not be for me! So good luck with that! And thank you all of you for keeping me inspired and motivated. Even though my score isn't perfect, it's a lot better than it would have been if I wasn't participating in this competition, this past week! Now, that is a scary thought!!!! Good luck to all of you this week!
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I got 352. Jan...I think it is totally up to you. I think you're fine and don't want to be the judge. :) I also agree with Jason that it's great you are being so honest!
ReplyDeleteJenny...no girl scout cookies over here! Hailey is about ready to go hunt down some girl scouts because she is craving some thin mints and samosa! Poor girl! ;)
Darn Girl Scout! Did you get your cookies from Maren? She brought ours by on Friday. Tell Hailey she can come over for some cookies anytime! :)
DeleteWeek 7 = 352
ReplyDeleteWeek 8 = 352
Jan, I am the last one to judge.... I represent both sides of the same issue depending on who pays me. If you want to pay me, I can be bought...haha. Just kidding
Terrible week for me - I only got a 295. I do great until Friday hits! It is so hard with kids too! I feel your pain Jan. I think when we are around kids, it makes it so much harder to focus on what we are doing! At least that is my excuse for not having perfect points ever! You can blame Olli! :) And I can't tell you how many times I have had to lose points for not saying my morning prayer because I didn't remember until 12:05 p.m. and was woken up early by screaming kids and didn't get to say them in my room before the craziness began! So frustrating!
ReplyDeleteI am hoping for a better week this week! I do feel so much better though overall, so I am so happy about that!
Jenny has a good point, and I'm going to take the hit because of that. Since I don't normally have children surrounding me at 8:00, I've been able to pay strict attention to what I'm doing. Most of you don't have that luxury. So my score this week is 347. Thanks for helping me decide, everyone!
ReplyDeleteAlso...if you want me to email you a spreadsheet with everyone's points, please either list your email address here or write to me at janjardine@yahoo.com to get it (in case you don't want everyone here to have your address for some reason). There are a few people who haven't reported their scores for a while. Should we assume that they have decided not to participate?
ReplyDeleteJan, I wasn't even thinking while writing that post that I was basically saying that you couldn't count those points. Those examples were just my reasons for not being able to get points. You are your own judge. Whatever you decide is great by me. And I do think that if people haven't posted their points for a while, then they are not participating. I have had a couple tell me that they are done - so I think it's okay to assume that. Thanks for doing the spreadsheet! I didn't have time to put anything together, so I am so happy you did it! Next round, you'll have to take over for me! :)
DeleteJenny, can you tell us who has dropped out? My OCD is coming out! :) I just gotta know!
DeleteKim, I'll email you the chart. I'm still waiting for email addresses from others if you want to see it.
DeleteUm...I mean...if THEY want to see it.
Deletejerrilynnyman@yahoo.com
DeleteCamille - 282
ReplyDeleteThere have been a couple of you that haven't been able to get your points to post this week. Has this been a problem for anyone else? If so, please text me. I haven't changed anything so I don't know why it won't work for some of you. I'll keep trying to figure it out. Computers and I are not friends!
ReplyDeleteYour awesome Jenny!!! Thanks for doing this for us!
DeleteThanks Jenny for posting mine. Apparently it is working today...?? Who knows? Camille
ReplyDeleteAlso my email is kmilly@yahoo.com Thanks Camille
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