Are you a Weekend Warrior?

Well, it’s finally here – it’s time for the Weekend Warriors Challenge! For those of you not keeping score at home, the idea behind the challenge is that while many of us do well with being healthy and active during the week, many of us struggle through the weekends. The temptation to make poor eating choices, or slack off on our workouts, is much greater on the weekend while we’re at home.

The goal is that this weekend, we will all challenge ourselves to do better. For the challenge, I asked everyone to set 2-3 goals for themselves. The only requirements were that those goals are specific and measurable, so that at the end of the weekend, everyone can give a definitive pass/fail. This is an “everyone wins” type of challenge, so there are no prizes – other than good health, of course

Below is a list of everyone who has signed up to participate in the challenge. So head on over to their blogs and give them some encouragement for the weekend – after all, that’s what this is all about! If I missed anyone, please let me know and I’ll get you added to the list right away.

• Carla from The Right Fit
• Lynne from Losing Lynne
• Steve from 265 and Falling
• Kat from Kat’s Adventures in Dietland
• Frank from Male Weight Loss Now
• Sean from Learn Fitness
• Mac from Get Fit Slowly
• Andrew from Andrew is Getting Fit
• Karyn from Fitness Road Trip
• Josie from 35 and Shrinking
• Marissa from Fatty Slims Down
• Jeremy from Stellar Path
• Mike from SUB6
• Andrew from 100 Pounds in a Year
• Erin from Erin Takes Control
• Alissa from Gluten Free Pumpkins
• Craig from My Life, Take Eight
• Ryan from No More Bacon
• Chad from Reconstructing 30
• beej from Journey to Satisfaction

And of course I’m going to be participating in the challenge myself, so here are my goals for the weekend:

1. Weigh less Monday morning than on Saturday morning. Recently, most of my weekends have ended with me weighing the same, or even a little more, than I did at my weigh-in on Friday. This weekend, I really want to see a loss!
2. Exercise at least 45 minutes every day this weekend (including Friday). Currently, my exercise pretty much solely consists of time on the elliptical, and doing body squats for the 200 squats challenge. I usually already exercise both Saturday and Sunday, but sometimes slack off a bit and only do 30 minutes. So this weekend, I’m going to do at least 45 minutes each day, and throw Friday into the mix as well!
3. Keep my average daily calorie intake below 1800. This is where I aim for most days anyways, but usually on the weekends it can creep up into the 2200-2400 range. This also means that I will need to be diligent about tracking everything I eat at DailyBurn. I typically do a pretty good job of tracking calories during the week, but then slack off on the weekend, leading me to eat more than I realize.

Remember, on Monday, I’ll put up another post where everyone can check back in and report on how they did. If you write up a blog post about your results, you’re also encourage to link to all the other participants (you should be able to just copy/paste the list above).

Here’s wishing everyone good luck on the challenge and meeting their goals for the weekend. Let’s all get out there and support each other, and hopefully we’ll all be able to report success on Monday!