Fantasy Healthball in a Nutshell

Fantasy Healthball:  Football Edition is the diet, nutrition, and exercise program based in fantasy football.  All of the great things about fantasy football (friendly competition, high scoring NFL players, wins and losses, scoring systems, making good decisions, camaraderie) combine to motivate and push you to improve your daily health challenges – and your long term health.  When it is the off-season, you can play a health-only (no fantasy football) game called Training Camp against your friends, family, or yourself.  When it is the regular NFL season, you compete each week against the point total of your fantasy football opponent. 

Here is how it works.  You have a roster that you select health challenges from each week – just like you select your fantasy players for the week.  If you are in a league that selects 7 starters, you select 7 health challenges.  A league with 8 starters selects 8 health challenges, etc.  The health challenges are things like exercise, eating your daily allotment of vegetables, drinking enough water, controlling portion sizes, etc.  Each day you try to complete all your challenges.  You get 2 Healthpoints for each one you do, zero Healthpoints if you don’t do it.  At the end of the week, you add up your score and compare it against your fantasy football opponent.  How did you do against the NFL stars?   Did you let Tom Brady beat you?  Did you work hard enough throughout the week to outscore Manning, Tomlinson, and the crew?  If you outscore your fantasy opponent, you chalk up a win for the week.  You keep track of your fantasy team AND yourself each week as you try to make the playoffs. 

You can lead your fantasy football league but be near the bottom of the standings for Fantasy Healthball, or the opposite.  This adds a whole new dimension to the trash talking, and the friendly competition is a fantastic way to motivate people to improve their healthy lifestyles.  With two out of every three Americans overweight or obese, we are in this together!  Fantasy Healthball is a fun way to pay attention to your health while you are enjoying fantasy sports.