Starting Sunday, July 05 @ 11:59 PM, until Sunday, July 12 11:59 PM  your challenge is to ...

Do 10 Minutes of Breathing Exercises Every Day

Breathing is something we all do in our daily lives, but still it’s something we rarely pay much attention to. Focusing on breathing is an essential tool for wellness because it is one of the only ways to connect the mind and the body.

There are several benefits involved with breathing exercises to list a few:

Suggested Reading:
Health & Time - 6 Breathing Exercises to Relax in 10 Minutes or Less.

Do Not Eat After Sunset

Similarly, it is also acceptable to follow the challenge of eating 4 hours before you go to bed. Medical research proves that it is essential for you to have time between your dinner and sleep, so you have enough time to digest your food. If it's less than 4 hours, the food then gets stored in fat reserves (which are ultimatley the hardest to lose).

Tips for this challenge:

Suggested Reading:
Nightime Fasting May Foster Weight Loss - Learn more here.
Late Night Eating Linked to Weight Gain - Read More.



This challenge was closed on 7/12/2015

The Weekly Health Challenge is a self-audited program designed to motivate the JCSC Wellness participants in reducing BMI on a weekly basis.

How it works:

1. Each week there will be a new health challenge. You can accept the challenge by accepting the pledge for each challenge. You can only accept a challenge from midnight on Sunday to midnight on Tuesday.

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3. Every week, the participants that complete the challenge will be recognized on this page.