Healthy You Challenge

The Healthy You Challenge is just that, a challenge to become a healthier version of who you are right now. It doesn't matter if you need to lose a little or a lot or even if you just want to maintain and make a healthier version of who you are right now you've come to the right place.

This is not a quick fix diet, if you are looking for a fad diet that promises quick and easy results, this is NOT the place for you. You won't find advice on diet or nutrition because I am not an expert in diet or nutrition. I'm the first person to admit that what works for one person, just might not work for someone else. We all have to find the best path to walk. Each journey is as unique as each of us.

What we encourage and celebrate:

• Pounds lost
• Exercise - according to your limitations and doctors recommendations
  
• Stay on YOUR healthy eating plan
• Non Scale Victories
• Goal setting
• Rewarding yourself
• Challenging yourself
• Supporting other bloggers with similar goals, even if they aren't a part of the challenge
• Asking for help when you feel discouraged
  

After you've read the FAQ's, please email me at healthyyouchallenge at gmail dot com with the following information:

• Blog Name: how you want your blog listed in the blog roll
• Blog URL: please open your blog and copy and paste the URL, one little typo will delay the joining process and could possibly send me to the wrong blog or an invalid URL

Before you email me please pick a challenge button from the Challenge Buttons – Celebrating Victories page that is suitable for your blog. This button will let me know that I’m at the right blog and it will let me know that you are actively participating in the Healthy You Challenge.

Why do I need a badge on my blog? Without a badge I’ll assume you’ve quit or are no longer interested in participating and remove you from the blog roll. I simply don’t have the time or resources to keep track of who is posting when. I do my best to visit blogs but some days life gets in the way. This has been the easiest way for me to keep track.

Is your name missing from the blog roll?

If you are new, your name will be added to the blog roll on Monday night and you will be officially welcomed in the Tuesday post.

If you are an ongoing member and your name is missing from the blog roll, make sure you’re looking at both columns on the Healthy You Challenge page. If you find its not there let me know. With such large blog rolls attempts at deleting names have resulted in multiple names being deleted. Blogger can’t tell me why this happens so I’ll announce when I’ve cleaned the blog roll and ask you to check for your name. Again, I’m busy and have a life too and blah blah blah.

Once you've read through all of the information and if you still can't find what you're looking for or if you have another question, email me and I'll answer as soon as possible.

NEW!! Please Read!

The HYC is a safe place for people to share their personal journey to a healthier way of life. Because of this, only personal blogs will be added to the blog roll. No commercial blogs (ie: selling weight loss items or giving away free ebooks to encourage paid or unpaid membership) or news blogs will be admitted. The HYC is also not for bloggers who just want to link their blog to a site to gain exposure, you have to be genuinely interested in giving and receiving support. There are a lot of other sites that allow this type of linking but the HYC is not one of them.

These are the brand new HYC pounds lost badges. I'm only displaying an image of the 5 pounds lost because there are so many it would take a long time for the page to load on some machine so simply scroll down to the pounds lost button you need and copy and paste it to your blog.

NOTE: If you are still using a badge that reads 2008, please update to one of these.

5 Pounds Lost


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10 Pounds Lost
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15 Pounds Lost
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20 Pounds Lost
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25 Pounds Lost
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30 Pounds Lost
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35 Pounds Lost
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40 Pounds Lost
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45 Pounds Lost
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50 Pounds Lost
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55 Pounds Lost
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60 Pounds Lost
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65 Pounds Lost
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70 Pounds Lost
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75 Pounds Lost
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80 Pounds Lost
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85 Pounds Lost
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90 Pounds Lost
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95 Pounds Lost
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100 Pounds Lost
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105 Pounds Lost
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110 Pounds Lost
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115 Pounds Lost
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120 Pounds Lost
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125 Pounds Lost
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130 Pounds Lost
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135 Pounds Lost
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140 Pounds Lost
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145 Pounds Lost
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150 Pounds Lost
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155 Pounds Lost
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160 Pounds Lost
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165 Pounds Lost
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170 Pounds Lost
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175 Pounds Lost
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180 Pounds Lost
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185 Pounds Lost
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190 Pounds Lost
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195 Pounds Lost
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200 Pounds Lost
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210 Pounds Lost
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220 Pounds Lost
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225 Pounds Lost
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230 Pounds Lost
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240 Pounds Lost
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250 Pounds Lost
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260 Pounds Lost
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270 Pounds Lost
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275 Pounds Lost
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280 Pounds Lost
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290 Pounds Lost
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300 Pounds Lost
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325 Pounds Lost
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350 Pounds Lost
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375 Pounds Lost
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400 Pounds Lost
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The button for those who no longer check in each week but still support HYC and their fellow HYC bloggers!

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