As hundreds of Bermudians get set to live healthier lifestyles, two brave participants in Live Healthy Bermuda's 100-day Challenge have agreed to let the Island follow their progress in this paper.

David Paynter, 35, is a married father of a six-year-old girl who says he has decided to participate in the 100-day challenge for her.

A manager at Great Things furniture store, he had lost almost 30 pounds last year when he joined a friend whose company was running a similar-type of challenge. But the temptations of Christmas and New Year's last year caused him to slip so when his wife mentioned the Live Healthy Bermuda 100-Day Challenge, he decided to try it.

He said: "I have a young daughter and I wanted to give her a better way of living and I want to stick around so I can see her get older and get married.

"This weekend we got some skipping ropes and stuff that will make it fun for her as well. So, I have already started the activity but I need to start the nutrition side and focus on that. The nutritional side of it is utterly important with my body type."

David has already started following the directions the Live Healthy Bermuda 100-Day Challenge — be aware of your activity level and the food you put in your body.

The programme is a mirror of Live Healthy America and it is the first time the organisation has worked with parties outside the United States.

It works with teams of participants who sign up online and consistently input their weight loss and exercise information throughout the 100 days.

The three-month period should be long enough to change the actions of those involved for good from a sedentary life into an active and healthy one.

That's what Jennifer Wills, a 31-year-old administrative assistant from St. David's hopes. She is the second person who has agreed to write weekly about her 100-day Challenge.

She hopes the time will help her learn to live in moderation — something she has been trying to do since she was 11.

Jennifer said: "Being uncomfortable with my physical form has always been a part of me. I recently found an old journal from when I was 11 years old and even back then I was lamenting that I was fat. Eating was a celebratory event in my family. Any happy occasion involved a meal: Birthday ¿ Let's go to dinner! Got my braces off ¿ Let's go to dinner! Exams are finished ¿ Let's go to dinner!

"My goal throughout these 100 days is to try to shed old habits and form new ones. Portion control and stopping eating when I'm full are major obstacles for me.

"I want to learn to balance it all out — everything in moderation. I need to move more every day — walking from the car to my desk to my car to my couch isn't going to cut it.

"I'll have a whole team of people to encourage me and keep me from slacking off as well as a whole team of people that I don't want to let down. Healthy living here I come!"