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How It Works

An 8-week wellness challenge you track on your phone. Check off healthy habits each day, watch your points add up, and cheer each other on.

Open the tracker: challenge.direct-me.org
Tip: add it to your phone's home screen so it opens like an app.

1. Getting started

Tap Create account.
Username — your private login. No one else sees it.
Nickname — your fun handle (CB-radio style). This is what the group sees on the leaderboard, Wins feed, and Lucky Duck announcement.
Password — please use a simple throwaway password, not your email or bank password.
Gmail (optional) — only so the organizer can share the results sheet with you.

Progress saves automatically as you tap — there's no save button.

2. The four tabs

Dashboard — the group leaderboard for the selected week.
Today — your daily checklist; tap habits here.
My Week — weekly summary, points by category, and your weigh-in.
Wins — a shared photo feed to share successes and cheer each other on.

Above the tabs is a week strip (1–8). The challenge runs 8 weeks, each running Wednesday through Tuesday.

3. Tracking your day

Tap a habit to mark it done; tap again to undo. The 8 habits:

Habit	Points	Days/week that count
In bed by bedtime	1	up to 4
64 oz water	3	every day (7)
Stop eating by 9pm	3	every day (7)
2 fruit servings	3	every day (7)
2 veg servings	5	every day (7)
No sweets / sugar	5	up to 5
30+ min exercise	5	up to 5
Daily devotional	5	every day (7)

"Days/week that count" is the most days a habit can earn points. Checking beyond the cap still shows but doesn't add points.

The water tracker

Water is 8 glasses of 8 oz (8, 16, 24 … 64). Tap each glass as you drink it. You earn the 3 water points only at a full 64 oz (all 8 glasses). Tap a filled glass to take it back.

4. Weekly goal & weigh-in

The My Week tab shows each habit's weekly points, a progress bar, your weigh-in, and your week grand total.

Your weight is private. Enter your starting weight once — after that it's hidden and you see only your change (e.g. −4.1 lbs). Only your point total ever appears on the dashboard — never your weight.

Weights use one decimal (e.g., 170.5).
Weight bonus: 2 points for every pound lost from your starting weight (4.1 lbs = 8.2 points).

5. Double-points weeks

Each week after week 1, one habit is worth double points:

Week	Double habit
1	(none)
2	30+ min exercise
3	64 oz water
4	No sweets / sugar
5	2 veg servings
6	Stop eating by 9pm
7	In bed by bedtime
8	Daily devotional

The doubled habit shows a DOUBLE tag that week. Most points possible per week (before weight & Lucky Duck bonuses): 187 · 212 · 208 · 212 · 222 · 208 · 191 · 222.

6. Lucky Duck (daily bonus)

Every day, one person is randomly chosen as the Lucky Duck and earns a 20% bonus on all points they earn that day (score 20 → get 24). A gold banner announces who it is. Everyone gets a turn before anyone repeats. If it's you, push hard that day!

7. The leaderboard

The Dashboard shows everyone's total points for the selected week, ranked highest to lowest, medals for the top three, your row highlighted. Tap a week to see its standings, or Refresh for the latest. It shows only name and points — never weight or daily detail.

8. Wins — share & cheer

Tap Add a photo to share a win (a healthy meal, a hike, a milestone) with a caption. Tap the Cheer heart on anyone's post to encourage them. You can delete your own posts. Posting is optional; your checkmarks and weight stay private.

9. How your points add up

Your weekly grand total =

Habit points — each habit's points × days done (up to its weekly cap), with the double habit at 2× that week, plus
Weight bonus — 2 points per pound lost, plus
Lucky Duck bonus — 20% of your points on any day you were the Lucky Duck.

It all calculates automatically — just keep tapping your habits each day.

10. Tips & FAQ

Check in daily and build your streak. Missed a day? Tap back to earlier days in the week and fill them in.
Add to home screen so it opens like an app.
Can others see my weight? No — never. Only your point total is shared.
Forgot your password? Ask the organizer to help reset your access.
Day/week roll-over: days track by calendar date (Pacific time); weeks run Wednesday → Tuesday.

Start tracking →

Questions about the challenge itself — prizes, rules, start date — go to your organizer. Happy tracking!