What is the Body-for-Life Challenge?

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27 Mar 2006 06:35 AM

The Body-for-Life Challenge is about personal transformation. It isn't a contest built around competition with others. It is a contest where you compete against yourself. Who are you today? What do you weigh? How is your overall health? Are you carrying too much bodyfat? Are you happy? These are all questions you should ask yourself before accepting the challenge.

Why? Because the people who have completed the 12-week challenge have emerged changed people. They are healthier, happier and more energetic than they have ever been before. The real challenge is in challenging yourself to be the best YOU you can be.

Now if you add to that a few thousand dollars in cash and prizes ($50,000 in each category, to be exact), one can get pretty motivated.

Male or female, ages 18 to 118, it makes no difference who you are when you start. What matters is finishing and who you become as you work to get there.

Now isn't it time you took your New Year's Resolutions seriously and took a little time to better yourself in 2006? It isn't too late to enter Round 3 of the 2006 Body-for-Life Challenge. You have until April 3 to make the decision, but what are you really waiting for?

Are you scared? Cheryl Rasmussen weighed 200 pounds, took the challenge and now weighs a svelte 145. (At 5'8", 145 IS svelte!) What is it about our society that makes women think that we all need to be a size 2? There is no shame in a size 8 or even a 10 but, ladies, it is time we were able to shop somewhere other than Lane Bryant!

Check out Cheryl's story here: http://www.bodyforlife.com/success/successStories.asp?cmsId=962. When you're done reading it, ask yourself again what exactly it is that you are waiting for.

At the risk of sounding cliche:

Do it now. Just do it!

Get your challenge kit online at: http://www.bodyforlife.com/media/images/challenge/2006ChallengeKit.pdf and join me in taking the challenge!

Let's talk about our progress on the Families.com Weight Loss Forum at: http://forums.families.com/body-for-life,t1074

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Heather Long (16954) 27 Mar 2006 01:34 PM

Lisa,

Good luck to you and everyone who takes the Body-for-Life challenge. What makes it so great is it's good for men and women alike. This is a great time to build an action plan as the Fitness & Exercise blog is hosting the Spring Forward to Action 30 Day Challnege. Check out the fitness blog for more information and in the meanwhile, I'll check out my Body for Life materials to do some tie-ins for all of us!

Lisa Weinberger (1623) 27 Mar 2006 02:43 PM

Thank you for informing us about this. I will have to go check out the website. $50,000 is a definite motivator ;) and as I need some motivation to get back to my slimmer size, this info comes just at the right time. Thanks Lisa!