DISCLAIMER: Because I truly believe this will help you all this month will be a little bit different. The Month long challenge will be turned into the daily challenges of this month due to the way that they are laid out. There is an alternative challenge everyday so if you don't want to so what the month long challenge is then you won't have too. I really believe this will help you all out and so that is why we are doing it this way! Sorry for the inconvience. Also if you like he challenge please sign up on the event page(on myfitnesspal in this group) so that we know you are involved. It want to see how many people we get involved in this and if it is popular we will expand upon it.
Without further ado...THE CHALLENGE! (Sorry..it is kinda long!)




We are glad that you decided to join us in May for 31 days of sitting less and moving more. Grab a seat and make yourself at...yikes...no wait, don't sit down...that's the whole point of this monthly challenge! See how pervasive sitting is?

Over the next few weeks we'll give you lots of ideas and resources to sit less and move more. Some of the daily challenges will be more appropriate for some folks than others but we think they'll be something for everyone. There will be some repetition in the daily challenges, too, because sitting less over the long run means finding ways to be less sedentary that you repeat over and over again until it becomes a habit.

I will be joined this month by Denise (themedalist; a long-time MFP member) who moderates the website we will be using for many of the daily challenges, Quitting the Sitting (http://quittingthesitting.com). Feel free to check it out, but many of the daily challenges will be using the website in depth, so you many not want to jump ahead too far. The cool thing about Quitting the Sitting is that it was inspired by a group of MFP friends who are profiled on the Movers and Shakers page (http://www.quittingthesitting.com/movers--shakers.html). People who used to sit a lot who have made progress in sitting less and moving more and are really glad they've become more active. If they did it, we can too!

Our main goal for this month is to help you find one way to sit less and have it be something you stick with long after the challenge is over. Something that's easy for you to do that you'll keep on doing. You may find multiple ways to sit less and move more and that's great, but identifying one thing to begin with is a great place to start.



Now! Onto the challenge!

What's the Problem with Sitting?

Today's Challenge:

What's the problem with sitting so much? Our first daily challenge explores this topic, so please spend a few minutes checking out the resources here: http://www.quittingthesitting.com/sitting-disease.html
Also please sign up on the website and select that you found it from this group. We are doing a statistics thing to see how many hours of sitting less this experimental event will accomplish! So please do that!


Alternative Challenge: Walk 20 additional minutes today. You can do it all at once or break it up into smaller chunks if you wish.



PS: The reason that there are multiple challenges listed is because I will not be home for a few days. My Grandmother contacted me and asked me to help spring clean her house. I can't say no to her! I will be doing the challenges as well but I don't know if I will be able to post online so I am posting them in advance. I will respond to you all when I get back! Also PLEASE DO THE APPROPRIATE DAY!....And don't mash them all into one day! Then you will run out of challenges!