Friday, November 4, 2011

Exceptions, Penalties and Prizes


EXCEPTIONS (DAYS OFF FOR FULL POINTS):

-               Day off each from food plan (no holds barred lol)

-               Meal off each week from food plan (cannot last more than 1.5 hours), 1 portion of alcohol can be consumed without penalty, in addition to day off

-               100 calories per day of anything you want except alcohol or pop

-               As many green veggies during meals as you want

-               Cucumbers or celery whenever you want

-               Days off from exercise, sleep, habits each week

PENALTIES:

-               Stepping on a scale outside of once a day results in a 1 pt penalty for each offense

-               Snacking between meals on anything but water, cucumber, celery or your “100 Free Calories” results in a 10 pt penalty for each offense

-               Collusion, meaning “Hey Steve, we can each have a Big Mac because we’d lose the same amount of points so it cancels out,” results in a 20 pt penalty for each offense.

-               Consuming alcohol outside of sanctioned times (1 portion for meal off, a responsible amount on the day off) results in a 25 pt penalty for each offense

-               Changing either of the habits you are working on after the game starts results in a 50 pt penalty for each offense

-               Not losing your 1% of your body weight results in a loss of alcohol privileges for the rest of the game and not earning 20% bonus points for the week

-               Not reporting your previous week's score to the score keeper by Monday night at 10pm results in no bonus points earned

PRIZES:

-               Prizes are decided on between opposing teams

-               Choose a prize that will motivate you to win such as:
-               Losing team will wash the cars of the winning team
-               Losing team has to complete base duties for winning team
-               Losing team pays for dinner
-               Etc.

-               Also, a voluntary cash prize pot is available for anyone who wants to “up the ante”…contribute as much as you want (minimum $10) and whoever collects the most points after FOUR WEEKS wins the pot (ties go to the player with the most perfect weeks).

Rules


RULES:

THE HONOUR SYSTEM RULE
-               Keep your own score and do so with absolute integrity. 
-               Judge yourself as harshly as you would judge your opponent.

COMMUNICATION (5 pts per day x 7 days = 35 pts per week): 35 pts
-               Players must comment on EMS Game On Blog or email Communication Rep AT LEAST once per week (weekly weight submission does not count as contact).  Individual communications are encouraged.

FOOD (6 pts per meal x 5 = 30 pts per day x 7 days = 210 pts per week): 210 pts
-               5 meals per day
-               In each meal: palm-sized lean protein, thumb-sized healthy fat, fist-sized carbohydrates (whole grains or fruits) that must be eaten together in one sitting
-               EMS EXCEPTION: Players can break apart TWO meals MAX per day*
-               Add 2 fist-sized portions of vegetables in at least two meals each day
-               No fewer than 2 hours and no more than 4 hours apart, meals are eaten in one sitting
-               EMS EXCEPTION: Players have a total of ONE extra hour to delay meals per day**
-               Meals cannot contain any of the FLABB foods
-               Cucumbers or celery are allowed between meals without penalty
-               As many green vegetables as you want are allowed at each meal (marked with * in book)

EXERCISE (20 pts per day x 7 days = 140 pts per week): 140 pts
-               20 minutes of exercise each day, 6 days a week
-               Exercise constitutes anything that gets your breathing rate up (min fast walking)
-               Points are lost even if you’re too sick to exercise but stretching/slow walking is allowed only in these cases

WATER (10 pts per day x 7 days = 70 pts per week): 70 pts
-               3L of water each day

SLEEP (15 pts per day x 7 days = 105 pts per week): 105 pts
-               7 hours of sleep each night minimum

HABITS (20 pts x 7 days = 140 pts per week): 140 pts
-               Eliminate an unhealthy habit while practicing a healthy habit
-               Habits must be declared to teammates at the beginning of the game and stuck with throughout the game
-               A change in habits costs 50 points



* i.e. If needed, you could eat one component, such as the protein, at the hospital and the rest of the components later at base.

** i.e. If you have a meal 4.5 hours after the previous, then you used 30 minutes of time and still have up to another 30 minutes to delay another meal

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Game On!

For more information about this game, please feel free to visit the website where the idea came from:

Game On Diet

Hope you will all enjoy the game, more details will be posted shortly.