Here we are at the end of February and about to enter the 8th week of the Challenge! We are already a quarter of the way through. Are you doing good? Meeting your goals so far?
Keep Your Eyes on the Prizes!
We realize that it is hard to stay motivated, especially in gloomy February, so wanted to give you a little more information on the Grand Prizes to give you more reason to stay on track.
Today we want to introduce a new weekly feature on the XWeighted.com blog - Question of the Week. Every Sunday, we'll be asking you a question about one aspect of your journey. We hope that when answering this question (by replying to the blog post) not only will it get you thinking, but your answers may provide inspiration for other challenge participants.
For many of us, food is a source of comfort when we are bored, lonely or sad, and this is one reason why we struggle so much with our weight. We spoke with psychologist 
Want to run alongside Paul Plakas? Well, here's your chance: Paul will be running with the members of the X-Weighted Sun Run Team in Vancouver.
We spoke with Craig Copeland, avid hiker and co-author (with wife Kathy) of the Where the Locals Hike and Hiking from Here to WOW series of books, about the joys of hiking. When Copeland and his wife moved to Calgary (from the US), they fell in love with the Canadian Rockies and took every opportunity that they could to hike them.
Dear Paul,
For many people who are trying to lose weight, cutting out dairy completely seems like a simple solution to taking calories out of their diet.
Our bones are living tissue, and we need to do weight bearing exercise in order to make that tissue get stronger.