7 Reasons Why You Should Take the Challenge

In just 8 days you have a chance to start turning your life around and get healthy. It all starts when you sign up for the XWeighted.com National Challenge on Saturday, January 9 or Sunday, January 10, 2010. Here's why it is time to drop the excuses, get up off the couch and join us:

1) There is very little cost involved. In fact, if you already have the basic equipment required to start the challenge (scales, a measuring tape and some basic fitness equipment) there is no cost whatsoever. Anyone can sign up, so long as you live in Canada and are over 18 years of age.

2) We will teach you to make better choices. The X-Weighted 26 Week Guide won't offer you quick fix results, it will help you to make permanent lifestyle changes and transform yourself. With support and advice from the X-Weighted experts you love, this program will be easy to follow.

3) You can lose as much or as little weight as you want to. Although in order to be eligible for the grand prizes, you'll need to lose a minimum amount of weight specified by our challenge calculator, you are able to enter your own weight loss goals into our system and still follow the 26 Week Guide . The goal of the challenge is to get people as close to having a healthy BMI as possible, but you are able to set your own pace of weight loss.

4) The site is full of useful resources for getting healthy. As well as having a 26 Week Guide to help you on your weight loss journey, there are a number of other resources on the X-Weighted site to help you. There will be daily blog postings about health, diet and fitness; these will include interviews with prominent experts in these fields (as well as our own experts - Dr. David Macklin, Paul Plakas and Fred Connors).

5) X-Weighted.com will track how well you are doing and keep you accountable. Like a good friend cheering you on, XWeighted.com will be there tracking your progress, sending you rescue tips when you need them and making suggestions for increasing your level of success. On your My X-Weighted page a graphic will show you how much weight you have lost or gained week to week, as well as how much activity you have logged.

6) You'll form supportive relationships. Through the groups and blogs on XWeighted.com, you will have the chance to meet people that are in a similar situation to you and create networks of support online that will prove invaluable for your journey. If a lack of support in your life is one of the reasons you have been unable to lose weight, or keep it off when you do, this could be key in helping you succeed this time.

7) There are fantastic prizes to be won. The experiences on offer to the winners of the challenge, i.e. those that meet their weight loss goal, are incredible. You could go on a weekend getaway with Paul Plakas and get a personalized training session, or a Toronto makeover weekend with Fred Connors, or win a fabulous home gym system. There will also be various smaller prizes on offer throughout the challenge.