Healthy Holiday Challenge 01 November – 31 December 2019
All challenges are tracked through Challenge Runner. Participants may sign-up and join a challenge at https://moguard.challengerunner.com/grouppage.aspx There is also a mobile app (Challenge Runner) for Apple and Android that makes it easy to log your daily participation. To facilitate sign-up, previous FIT-P challenge participants have been auto-enrolled. Auto-enrollment does not equal participation.
To enroll in this challenge (if you don’t already have a Challenge Runner account), click here:
https://www.ChallengeRunner.com/enroll/1ce4dp-1s36
If asked for a challenge code: 1ce4dp-1s36
Each activity may be completed up to one time per week for points.
- Take a healthy dish to a get together (50 pts)
- Instead of a full-sized dessert; eat 3 bites or less of a dessert (25 pts)
- At a holiday buffet meal, limit yourself to one plate, one trip through the buffet (25 pts)
- Enter a favorite recipe into a database to determine the nutrition facts (try the recipe builder in MyFitnessPal or nutrientfacts.com) (50 pts)
- Drink 16 ounces of water on the way to work, every day your work for a week (50 pts.)
- No second helpings (for a 24-hour period) (25 pts)
- Say no to a tempting unhealthy snack (25 pts)
- Try spaghetti squash in place of pasta (50 pts)
- Consume no regular or diet soda or energy drinks for 7 days (50 pts)
- Use a smaller plate at dinner for 7 days in a row (50 pts)
- Share a restaurant entrée (25 pts)
- No white/added sugar (cookies, cakes, ice cream, etc) for one week (100 pts)
- Consume 25-35 grams of fiber for 3 days in a row (50 pts)
- Abstain from alcohol for 7 days in a row (50 pts)
- Eat a whole grain version of bread or pasta (25 pts)
- Plan 3 days of healthy meals on paper and stick to it (100 pts)
- No desserts on the weekend (Fri, Sat, Sun) (50 pts)
- Instead of ordering take-out pizza, make homemade (50 pts)
- Eliminate saltshaker for 4 days (50 pts)
- Have at least 3 servings of veggies each day for a week (100 pts)
- Try a fresh fruit instead of a dessert (25 pts)
- Go for a walk with family or friends before or after a holiday meal (50 pts)
- Get a workout in on a day of celebration (50pts)