2010 is bringing more changes to WalkingSpree. Look for a relaunch of our newsletter coming out in January. We’ll also be posting the site wide challenges for the whole year so you’ll know month by month what to look forward to. We’ve also made some changes to the Non pedometer activity section in the site by paring it down to just the bare essential activities that you can’t use a pedometer with. This should simplify your activity tracking even more. We’ll also be including more video tutorials.
January’s Resolution 5 Challenge
That blue moon has come and gone. Don’t wait for another blue moon to change your life. Starting January 1st, the goal is to lose 5 lbs in one month. That’s 1 lb per week plus 1. It’s doable, manageable, realistic, so jump on board the Resolution 5 challenge. Everyone who loses 5 lbs in the month of January will be eligible for a draw to win a $30.00 Amazon Gift Certificate.
Goal: To burn more calories than you’re taking in. So, set a step goal that you can manage (yes, you can lose weight on 7,000 steps/day if you keep your food intake around 1500-1800 calories/day). There are 3500 calories in one pound. So you need to burn 500 calories more per day each week to lose one pound per week.
How to Participate: You’re automatically entered in the challenge. It’s important to show your weight loss by updating this under your health profile in the website under My Account. We’ll be generating the report in February, so make sure you have it updated by the end of the month. You can also see your weight loss difference in your Eat Smart! Messaging and in your dashboard on the portal page.
So what are you waiting for? Lose your Resolution 5 today and then carry it forward into February!
It’s not too late at all:) All you have to do is keep your weight updated in My Account to show your weight loss. We’ll add more details to this post.
Is it too late to join the January’s Resolution 5 Challenge?
What are the requirements
How do I update my weight? Under Body Tracker>>Weight/Body Fat/BMI I do not see any place to update my weight.
You can update your weight when logged into the site under the My Account menu option, then part way down the page, it says Health Profile and there you can update it.
There is conflicting info about how to update weight. I’ve tried since Dec to update my weight from my pedometer as stated in the FAQ section. It wasn’t until reading this blog that I was able to actually do it. For all of Dec and so far in Jan my current weight was registered as 0. So my charts look silly I dropped from 189 to 0 in Dec without raising any flags. I’ve fixed it through the “my account” suggestion, but I’m not sure which way is the better way since the info just wasn’t being uploaded from my pedometer I’m reluctant to keeping updating my pedometer. Any suggestions would help.
Sorry this doesn’t have to do with the contest. I’m new to the site and wasn’t sure where or how to post this question.
Thanks
We started announcing the change to updating pedometer weight a few months ago. We must have missed updating the FAQ and will take care of that right away. Don’t worry about the past numbers, as long as you have it correct in January, you’ll be fine. You can update it in the pedometer to affect your calories burned in the pedometer if you choose, but your weight overall should be updated in My Account.