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New Member Orientation Checklist
Here’s a checklist to follow now that you’re here:
- Sign Up to the CYBC Community by entering e-mail address & creating password (done).
- Create Your Profile by entering your name, profile photo, gender, country, city & state (done).
- Go to > FORUMS > “Hi, I’m…” > and introduce yourself.
- Go to > EVENTS > CLICK ON CHANGE YOUR BODY CHALLENGE CONTEST > YOUR RSVP > CHECK “WILL ATTEND”
- GO TO > GROUPS > CLICK ON JOIN CHANGE YOUR BODY CHALLENGE CONTEST #1
- READ RULES & REGULATIONS
- SCROLL DOWN TO COMMENT WALL > INTRODUCE YOUR SELF TO THE CHANGE YOUR BODY CHALLENGE CONTEST GROUP > “HI, I’M …” > CLICK POST
- GO TO > INVITE > ENTER YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS & PASSWORD FROM YOUR WEB ADDRESS BOOK > CLICK IMPORT ADDRESS BOOK > CHECK ALL NAMES YOU WOULD LIKE TO INVITE > CLICK INVITE > SEND INVITATION > TYPE YOUR MESSAGE (OPTIONAL) > CLICK SEND
- OR MANUALLY ENTER YOUR FRIENDS E-MAIL ADDRESSES > CLICK INVITE > SEND INVITATION > TYPE YOUR MESSAGE (OPTIONAL) > CLICK SEND
- NEXT, GET YOUR FREE, 4 WEEK FAT LOSS JUMP START WORKOUT & YOUR FREE NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION BY CLICKING ON > MAIN > ENTER FIRST NAME & E-MAIL ADDRESS IN BOX ON RIGHT OF SCREEN > CLICK SUBMIT
- Next Surf website, click on different tabs, become active in CYBC community
- Upon receipt of Free 4 Week Fat Loss Jump Start Workout, Review and Get ready.
- Take before photo, holding today’s newspaper; record circumference measurements, body weight, body fat (if available), clothing sizes and write 300 word essay.
- Submit photos, measurements & essay via e-mail to mike(at)mikealves(dot)com or post them to > GROUPS > Change Your Body Challenge Contest #1 > Discussion > Before & After Photo, Measurements, Body Weight, Body Fat, Clothing Sizes & Essay
- Next, get your home gym set up. Buy the equipment you need, find heavy objects to use or get a gym membership.
- Start your first workout and post it to your comment wall.
- You will begin receiving information regarding nutrition, recovery, conditioning, mind shifts, strength training, supplements and more.
- Good luck, do your best and either way, you’ll come out a winner.
- Sign Up to the CYBC Community by entering e-mail address & creating password (done).
- Create Your Profile by entering your name, profile photo, gender, country, city & state (done).
- Go to > FORUMS > “Hi, I’m…” > and introduce yourself.
- Go to > EVENTS > CLICK ON CHANGE YOUR BODY CHALLENGE CONTEST > YOUR RSVP > CHECK “WILL ATTEND”
- GO TO > GROUPS > CLICK ON JOIN CHANGE YOUR BODY CHALLENGE CONTEST #1
- READ RULES & REGULATIONS
- SCROLL DOWN TO COMMENT WALL > INTRODUCE YOUR SELF TO THE CHANGE YOUR BODY CHALLENGE CONTEST GROUP > “HI, I’M …” > CLICK POST
- GO TO > INVITE > ENTER YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS & PASSWORD FROM YOUR WEB ADDRESS BOOK > CLICK IMPORT ADDRESS BOOK > CHECK ALL NAMES YOU WOULD LIKE TO INVITE > CLICK INVITE > SEND INVITATION > TYPE YOUR MESSAGE (OPTIONAL) > CLICK SEND
- OR MANUALLY ENTER YOUR FRIENDS E-MAIL ADDRESSES > CLICK INVITE > SEND INVITATION > TYPE YOUR MESSAGE (OPTIONAL) > CLICK SEND
- NEXT, GET YOUR FREE, 4 WEEK FAT LOSS JUMP START WORKOUT & YOUR FREE NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION BY CLICKING ON > MAIN > ENTER FIRST NAME & E-MAIL ADDRESS IN BOX ON RIGHT OF SCREEN > CLICK SUBMIT
- Next Surf website, click on different tabs, become active in CYBC community
- Upon receipt of Free 4 Week Fat Loss Jump Start Workout, Review and Get ready.
- Take before photo, holding today’s newspaper; record circumference measurements, body weight, body fat (if available), clothing sizes and write 300 word essay.
- Submit photos, measurements & essay via e-mail to mike(at)mikealves(dot)com or post them to > GROUPS > Change Your Body Challenge Contest #1 > Discussion > Before & After Photo, Measurements, Body Weight, Body Fat, Clothing Sizes & Essay
- Next, get your home gym set up. Buy the equipment you need, find heavy objects to use or get a gym membership.
- Start your first workout and post it to your comment wall.
- You will begin receiving information regarding nutrition, recovery, conditioning, mind shifts, strength training, supplements and more.
- Good luck, do your best and either way, you’ll come out a winner.
Change Your Body Challenge Contest #3
"My Energy Level is Up, My Confidence is Up, and I am Starting to Live My Life Again!"
This is just the beginning; I have many more goals to reach. I would like to: continue lowering my body fat, decrease my waist and hips measurements, build more lean muscle, and improve my fitness level making new fitness milestones, including running a 9+ minute mile! I am very fortunate to have a loving family and friends to support me in my journey at home! I feel incredible, I am very happy; I have won already, as I have changed my life!"
Sally Babigian
*Winner of the Fall 2009 Change Your Body Challenge Contest*
12 Week- Change Your Body Transformation Contest
Begin Date: January 11, 2010
End Date: April 3, 2010
Participate in the 3rd Change Your Body Challenge Contest and join hundreds of others in our 12 week challenge. Have a chance to win cash for the holidays and other great prizes, while you Change your body and improve the quality of your life.
Start Changing Your Body Today!
It's FREE to use this site, it's FREE to enter our challenge, it's FREE to create your own challenge groups/contests with your family, friends or work place AND you can win PRIZES!
Click Here To RSVP and Participate in the Change Your Body Challenge Contest or go to the EVENT Page and RSVP there.
CYBC Rules & Regulations
Rules of the 3rd Change Your Body Challenge
1) The 3rd Change Your Body Challenge, 12 Week Body Transformation Contest runs from January 11 to April 3, 2010. All transformation photos, measurements and essays must be submitted before midnight, EST, on Sunday, April 4, 2010.
You may enter AFTER the January 11, 2010, start date, but no later than February 21, 2010. The contest ends (you must finish) at midnight EST on Sunday, April 3, 2010.
2) To enter the contest:
- You must provide "Before and After" photos, measurements (waist & hip necessary, optional are neck, shoulders, chest, arm, forearm, thigh & calf), clothing sizes, body weight, body fat if available and submit via email or by posting them in the CYBC Forum of the Change Your Body Challenge Community Website.
You may apply now by clicking on this link: Click Here to take survey
-You must introduce yourself in the forum: (e.g. “Hi, my name is Mike Alves, I live in Boston, MA, and I’m happy to be a part of the challenge. I am looking forward to doing my best, changing my habits and my body and possibly winning the prize money.”) You can say as much as you like or as little as you like.
-All entries must be received before Midnight, EST, on Sunday, April 3, 2010.
3) You must take "Before" photos on Day 1 and "After" photos on Day 84. All photos must include your head and a newspaper with the current date in order for your transformation to be entered into the contest. There are NO exceptions. There are 4 different shots to be taken. Front, right profile looking over right shoulder, back, left profile looking over left shoulder.
-You may hold the newspaper in your hand or tape it to the wall next to you.
4) Photos can be posted in the Change Your Body Challenge Forum or can be entered by email.
-send photos to: admin(at)changeyourbodychallenge.(dot)com.
-you will get your fastest and best results by posting your photos, workouts and nutrition in your journal under My Page > My Blog > Add a Blog Post and making it available for everyone to see. Though if that seems too ambitious or you are shy, you may make the posts only available to your friends or only available for you to see.
Recording your photos, workouts, and nutrition will dramatically increase your chances of Changing Your Body and reaching your goals because of the power of social support found on the forums.
5) In addition to providing Before & After photos, each contestant must write a 300 word essay on their before and after success story. This can be posted on the forum or sent by email.
6) The Transformation Contest will be judged by a panel of experts, including but not restricted to: Mike Alves & Ben Petitpas.
By entering this Contest, each winner of a contest prize consents to the use of his/her name, and/or photograph in any publicity carried out by the Contest Sponsor and its advertising and promotional agencies without further notice or compensation.
7) Prizes are as follows:
1st Place Grand Prize - $500 cash,
2nd Place - $250 gift card to Change Your Body Boot Camps,
3rd Place - $120 gift card to Change Your Body Boot Camps,
8) The Contest Sponsor's rulings are final and without appeal in all matters related to this Contest and the awarding of the Prizes. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations.
9) Entering by Email.
To enter photos by email, send to:
admin(AT)changeyourbodychallenge(dot)com
Click the first link to apply to the contest and the 2nd link to rsvp on this site.
Click Here to take survey
=> http://cybcnow.ning.com/events/change-your-body-challenge
All entries become the property of the Contest Sponsor and will not be returned.
Contest Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies assume no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, illegible, incomplete, postage-due, garbled or misdirected entries or entries that have been submitted through illicit means, or do not conform to or satisfy the Contest Rules or for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any entry to be received or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the contest.
10) The Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this Contest should an external circumstances arise which are beyond the reasonable control of the Contest Sponsor. The Contest Sponsor is not responsible for any errors or omissions in printing or advertising this Contest.
The Contest Sponsor collects your personal information for the purposes of registration, program evaluation and to keep you informed about The Challenge. The Contest Sponsor may, if consent was given during registration, also contact you from time to time with information about other ways you can change your body.
The Contest Sponsor will not share any personal data about entrants with any
other party. The personal data collected for this Contest will not be used for any other purposes unless entrants provide explicit permission as indicated on the entry form. We want your business and your trust. We hate spammers too and will not sell your personal information to 3rd parties.
By entering this Contest, entrants agree to release and hold harmless the Contest Sponsor and their respective employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, successors, assigns, advertising and promotional agencies from any liability for any loss or damage of any kind to the entrant or any other person in connection with this Contest or participation in any Contest related activities, including but not limited the taking of a urine test or, if declared a winner, the use or misuse of a prize or any portion of a prize including personal injury, death or property damage.
This Contest will run in accordance with these Contest Rules, subject to amendment by the Contest Sponsor. Contest Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, amend, modify or terminate this Contest or the Rules at any time in its sole discretion and without notice.
Entrants must comply with these rules, and will be deemed to have received and understood the rules if they participate in the Contest.
Visit ChangeYourBodyChallenge.net to get your free 4 week fat loss jumpstart program and to enter the Change Your Body Challenge Contest:
= www.changeyourbodychallenge.net
1) The 3rd Change Your Body Challenge, 12 Week Body Transformation Contest runs from January 11 to April 3, 2010. All transformation photos, measurements and essays must be submitted before midnight, EST, on Sunday, April 4, 2010.
You may enter AFTER the January 11, 2010, start date, but no later than February 21, 2010. The contest ends (you must finish) at midnight EST on Sunday, April 3, 2010.
2) To enter the contest:
- You must provide "Before and After" photos, measurements (waist & hip necessary, optional are neck, shoulders, chest, arm, forearm, thigh & calf), clothing sizes, body weight, body fat if available and submit via email or by posting them in the CYBC Forum of the Change Your Body Challenge Community Website.
You may apply now by clicking on this link: Click Here to take survey
-You must introduce yourself in the forum: (e.g. “Hi, my name is Mike Alves, I live in Boston, MA, and I’m happy to be a part of the challenge. I am looking forward to doing my best, changing my habits and my body and possibly winning the prize money.”) You can say as much as you like or as little as you like.
-All entries must be received before Midnight, EST, on Sunday, April 3, 2010.
3) You must take "Before" photos on Day 1 and "After" photos on Day 84. All photos must include your head and a newspaper with the current date in order for your transformation to be entered into the contest. There are NO exceptions. There are 4 different shots to be taken. Front, right profile looking over right shoulder, back, left profile looking over left shoulder.
-You may hold the newspaper in your hand or tape it to the wall next to you.
4) Photos can be posted in the Change Your Body Challenge Forum or can be entered by email.
-send photos to: admin(at)changeyourbodychallenge.(dot)com.
-you will get your fastest and best results by posting your photos, workouts and nutrition in your journal under My Page > My Blog > Add a Blog Post and making it available for everyone to see. Though if that seems too ambitious or you are shy, you may make the posts only available to your friends or only available for you to see.
Recording your photos, workouts, and nutrition will dramatically increase your chances of Changing Your Body and reaching your goals because of the power of social support found on the forums.
5) In addition to providing Before & After photos, each contestant must write a 300 word essay on their before and after success story. This can be posted on the forum or sent by email.
6) The Transformation Contest will be judged by a panel of experts, including but not restricted to: Mike Alves & Ben Petitpas.
By entering this Contest, each winner of a contest prize consents to the use of his/her name, and/or photograph in any publicity carried out by the Contest Sponsor and its advertising and promotional agencies without further notice or compensation.
7) Prizes are as follows:
1st Place Grand Prize - $500 cash,
2nd Place - $250 gift card to Change Your Body Boot Camps,
3rd Place - $120 gift card to Change Your Body Boot Camps,
8) The Contest Sponsor's rulings are final and without appeal in all matters related to this Contest and the awarding of the Prizes. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations.
9) Entering by Email.
To enter photos by email, send to:
admin(AT)changeyourbodychallenge(dot)com
Click the first link to apply to the contest and the 2nd link to rsvp on this site.
Click Here to take survey
=> http://cybcnow.ning.com/events/change-your-body-challenge
All entries become the property of the Contest Sponsor and will not be returned.
Contest Sponsor, its advertising and promotion agencies assume no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, illegible, incomplete, postage-due, garbled or misdirected entries or entries that have been submitted through illicit means, or do not conform to or satisfy the Contest Rules or for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any entry to be received or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the contest.
10) The Contest Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend this Contest should an external circumstances arise which are beyond the reasonable control of the Contest Sponsor. The Contest Sponsor is not responsible for any errors or omissions in printing or advertising this Contest.
The Contest Sponsor collects your personal information for the purposes of registration, program evaluation and to keep you informed about The Challenge. The Contest Sponsor may, if consent was given during registration, also contact you from time to time with information about other ways you can change your body.
The Contest Sponsor will not share any personal data about entrants with any
other party. The personal data collected for this Contest will not be used for any other purposes unless entrants provide explicit permission as indicated on the entry form. We want your business and your trust. We hate spammers too and will not sell your personal information to 3rd parties.
By entering this Contest, entrants agree to release and hold harmless the Contest Sponsor and their respective employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives, successors, assigns, advertising and promotional agencies from any liability for any loss or damage of any kind to the entrant or any other person in connection with this Contest or participation in any Contest related activities, including but not limited the taking of a urine test or, if declared a winner, the use or misuse of a prize or any portion of a prize including personal injury, death or property damage.
This Contest will run in accordance with these Contest Rules, subject to amendment by the Contest Sponsor. Contest Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, amend, modify or terminate this Contest or the Rules at any time in its sole discretion and without notice.
Entrants must comply with these rules, and will be deemed to have received and understood the rules if they participate in the Contest.
Visit ChangeYourBodyChallenge.net to get your free 4 week fat loss jumpstart program and to enter the Change Your Body Challenge Contest:
= www.changeyourbodychallenge.net
Photos
Blog Posts
Sally Babigian's Change Your Body Challenge Contest #2 Essay
I entered the Change Your Body Challenge because I needed to challenge myself to meet my health and fitness goals. After suffering a back injury in August 2008, which left me unable to work out for 10 months coupled with the death of my mother-in-law; I gained 17 pounds that year leaving me very unhappy.
Since starting Mike Alves' Change Your Body Boot Camp 12 weeks ago, my life has changed dramatically. I am proud to report that I am the strongest I have been since my teen years. The positive… Continue
Since starting Mike Alves' Change Your Body Boot Camp 12 weeks ago, my life has changed dramatically. I am proud to report that I am the strongest I have been since my teen years. The positive… Continue
Posted by Sally Babigian on December 21, 2009 at 2:31pm
Giving back this Thanksgiving: Burn and Earn Thanksgiving Turkey Trot Fundraiser!
I wanted to share this invite with my Boot Camp friends for I know we are truly a dedicated fitness group with great respect for our coaches :) And since I borrowed MIke's Burn and Earn saying it seemed only fair to share the fun and good deed :) If you are interested send me a message and I will give you my address :)
Dear Friends,
It’s almost Thanksgiving and we have so much to be thankful for at this time of year. I have been thinking a lot lately about the Beatrice Family who live here in N… Continue
Dear Friends,
It’s almost Thanksgiving and we have so much to be thankful for at this time of year. I have been thinking a lot lately about the Beatrice Family who live here in N… Continue
Posted by Sally Babigian on November 23, 2009 at 11:18pm — 1 Comment
Holiday Eating: Thanksgiving
FAVORITE HOLIDAY
O.K. Thanksgiving is coming up and I have to agree with Tom Brady, this is probably my favorite holiday. It starts with Wednesday night or Thanksgiving Eve, aka the biggest party night of the year. Now I don't really party much at all anymore, but I sure do enjoy being social, shaking hands and kissing ladies. :) Getting dressed up is fun too, talking shop, talking sports, laughing, being silly, creating memories, seeing old friends and making new one's are all person… Continue
O.K. Thanksgiving is coming up and I have to agree with Tom Brady, this is probably my favorite holiday. It starts with Wednesday night or Thanksgiving Eve, aka the biggest party night of the year. Now I don't really party much at all anymore, but I sure do enjoy being social, shaking hands and kissing ladies. :) Getting dressed up is fun too, talking shop, talking sports, laughing, being silly, creating memories, seeing old friends and making new one's are all person… Continue
Posted by Mike Alves on November 10, 2009 at 4:02pm
Weekly Cardio Minutes
Sally Babigian's Week #6 Cardio MInutes:
My daughter was home sick this week with the flu and I stayed home to take care of her. With my husband out of town I was unable to leave her to get to Boot Camp which was hard because after my first session, having a week off was fine but then missing this week while my friends continued, made me really want to be there working out with them and checking out Mike's new workouts! I have done alot of Prana Power Yoga and that has alot of strength training.… Continue
My daughter was home sick this week with the flu and I stayed home to take care of her. With my husband out of town I was unable to leave her to get to Boot Camp which was hard because after my first session, having a week off was fine but then missing this week while my friends continued, made me really want to be there working out with them and checking out Mike's new workouts! I have done alot of Prana Power Yoga and that has alot of strength training.… Continue
Posted by Sally Babigian on November 9, 2009 at 3:50pm — 4 Comments
Mere & Matt's Wedding Workout
10/10/10
That's October 10, 2010, the date of my sister Meredith and her Fiancee, Matt's Wedding.
I'm in the "Lud", preparing to meet with them both and get them fired up for the next 12 months and a strong start for a wonderful life together.
First up:
Why Factor? Why do they want to change? Why must they do it now? What happens if they don't do it? etc...
Then:
Interview, Measurements, Assessment & Screeni… Continue
That's October 10, 2010, the date of my sister Meredith and her Fiancee, Matt's Wedding.
I'm in the "Lud", preparing to meet with them both and get them fired up for the next 12 months and a strong start for a wonderful life together.
First up:
Why Factor? Why do they want to change? Why must they do it now? What happens if they don't do it? etc...
Then:
Interview, Measurements, Assessment & Screeni… Continue
Posted by Mike Alves on October 16, 2009 at 6:17pm
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