WEIGHT TARGET
Take the Weight Target Challenge or sponsor someone who has
The Challenge:
Being overweight and in some cases underweight can have detrimental effects on your health. This program, enables you to monitor your weight and use the increased motivation of raising sponsorship for underprivileged children to aid you in progressing towards a more healthy weight for your height.
This challenge is a double winner. It enables you to win by achieving a healthier weight, whilst enabling opportunity to a child less fortunate than yourself.
- Based on your height we compute a healthy weight range for you.
- You weigh yourself regularly and log your weight
- We chart your weight change over time. You set a target, even 0.5lbs per week will result in a 2 stone change over a year.
- You set your next weight goal and we will chart a path to that goal, based on your current rate of weight change.
- We will record your total weight change, your average daily weight change, and your current daily weight change.
Set yourself a sponsorship target and raise money for HEAL Charity. You will be giving hope to those less fortunate than yourself.
Weight advice and guidance
Gradual weight changes through healthier eating and sensible exercise regimes are more likely to lead to a sustainable healthier weight. Expert guidance should be sought from your medical doctor if you are extremely overweight or underweight or you have an underlying health condition.
The UK National Health Service gives excellent healthy weight advice onlineOpens in a new window.
This includes:
- A BMI calculatorOpens in a new window. The BMI (Body Mass Index) is used to calculate a healthy weight range for your height.
- Advice on dietOpens in a new window.
- Advice on exerciseOpens in a new window.
- Advice if your child is over weightOpens in a new window.
- Advice for adults who are underweightOpens in a new window.
What to do next:
- If you would like to sign up to take part in “Weight Target”, click the ‘Register‘ button.
- If you would like to sponsor one of the challengers and see their progress on their challenge, click the ‘Sponsor‘ button.
- If you would like to promote one of our challengers by sending emails to family and friends, which tell about the “I Spy” challenges and provide them with the opportunity to become a ‘sponsor’, click the ‘Promote‘ button.
- If you have already registered and you want to check/update your dashboard, click the ‘Sign in‘ button.
- Alternatively, you can share this challenge in your social media: