great in 8

oh yes, i've jumped on that bandwagon.

i thought more people knew about great in 8, but i guess not, so i will explain it to you!

great in 8 is an eight-week program program designed to promote healthy living. a big part of it is nutrition, but it incorporates other healthy habits, too. you get points for completing healthy tasks/eating healthy. each great in 8 is slightly different, but generally speaking, this is how it works:

it is set up as a competition. the one i'm doing has everyone put in $5 and the winners get the cash prize. in our particular competition, we're dividing into teams of four and each person has a partner.

you get points for:
- eating healthy foods (there is a list of "good foods" and "bad foods." if you eat from the good food list, you get points.)
- eating 5 or more fruits and veggies a day
- drinking 64oz of water a day
- not eating after 8:00pm
- exercising
- performing a daily task (such as sweeping your porch or calling a sibling)
- personal prayer/meditation
- scriptures study/uplifting reading
- losing weight

you lose points for eating unhealthy foods. these foods come from the "bad foods" list.

thanksgiving is a free day, where we can eat whatever we want, not workout, etc., and give ourselves the maximum number of points for the day. we also get two free "bad foods" and two "rest days" a week where we can skip exercise and give ourselves the points.

there are other, smaller details that play into the program, but you get the idea! i'm excited to do it. i've decided to throw out myfitnesspal for the time being and focus just on this program. (it was too confusing to try and follow this program and count the calories. plus, you can't eat anything terrible with this program, so i'm sure my calories are just fine!!)

we take a before picture to compare with an after picture...if mine is THAT good, i'll show you when it's done! (we just started yesterday and finish on december 16.)

wish me luck!!