A couple things...........

First of all, a few of you still have not accepted the invitation from Blogger. I have sent this invitation to everyone that I have email addresses for. If you have not emailed me, please do so to thehutchingsfive@gmail.com. This is what the email you receive will look like (it is an email directly from BLOGGER, not from me):

The Blogger user Michele Anderson has invited you to contribute to the blog: WELLNESS CHALLENGE.
To contribute to this blog, visit:
You'll need to sign in with a Google Account to confirm the invitation and start posting to this blog. If you don't have a Google Account yet, we'll show you how to get one in minutes.
To learn more about Blogger and starting your own free blog visit http://www.blogger.com/.

You CANNOT click on the link on the above to do this, it has to come from your email box. Once you accept, you are then able to POST on the blog with your total points for the week, and any time you want to post tips or questions. You MUST post every week for us to be able to tally your points.

Second, there are a few of you who have not printed the Spreadsheet. Everyone MUST have a new spreadsheet every week in order to keep track of your daily point total. Click on the link on the right that says SPREADSHEET, sign into your Google account (if you do not have one, you can use ANY email address and a password to create one), send a request to my mom and she will send you access to print the Spreadsheet. You can go in weekly and change the WEEK date on the top, or you can just print 12 of them now and change the week by hand.

Lastly, for any questions you have, feel free to post them on this blog so that once they are answered everyone can see and it will help them too if they had the same questions. Here are a couple of questions that have been asked recently:

Q: Can I do Subway or other sandwich-type fast foods?
A: Yes, you can even go to McDonalds if you get a salad and water. There are healthy items on all fast food restaurant menus. The key is not to elminate altogether, but to find HEALTHY substitutions for your regular unhealthy, high calorie meals.

Q: Can I substitute a V8 type juice for one serving of veggies and/or fruit?
A: Yes. V8 has several juices on the market that say 1 serving veggies and 1 serving fruit per glass. You can however, only use this as ONE substitute per day. They do contain sugars, so you have to check and see how much.

Q: What night do I count my sleep (ie: Sunday night at midnight for Mondays points.......)?
A: This is a personal decision. Because I started the challenge today, I am going to start my sleeping points tonight. My mother however, started counting her sleeping as of midnight last night.

Also, if you do not have a blog, or cannot figure out how to post on here, please email myself or my mom and we would be happy to walk you through it. When you type in the blog address, in the top right corner, there is a menu that will prompt you to SIGN IN. You will sign in with your Google account and it will say POSTS, you just hit New Post, type away and Publish Post when you are done. It will say Published by....... on the main page of the blog, so you do not have to sign your name every or any time you post, we will all be able to see who posted what. If you are a couple or a mom/daughter team signed in on the same post, please be specific on who has what points.

Again, if you have any questions, feel free to post them directly to the blog, or email us and we will help where we can.

Thanks all!!!!!! Hope your first day was refreshing and FUN!!!!!!!!! Here's to a great week!