I sit WAY, WAY less than I used to since starting to track my food intake, working out with my trainer and walking. My free time is spent on doing active things, mind and/or body: I started playing piano again after 35 years, reading, sitting and just listening to the rain or birds chirping and cooking healthy weekly meals - I will be learning the guitar down the road, also. There's way more important things to do other than sit in front of the tube like I used to do EVERY DAY after work and all weekend long, which is where a good portion of my weight came from. My mind and body are starting a transformation that I won't give up now, regardless of what pops up in life.

The walking/tidying while the kettle boils is working - I am also getting off the subway one stop earlier every morning so adding a 20 min walk. I love how bits and pieces of movement through the day add up. I had over 15K steps yesterday.

I seem to be getting up and moving about every hour at work, but I want to get back to the gym also, and haven't done it yet. Maybe, this weekend will be a good starting point.

I've enjoyed the challenge, with all the new ideas. Unfortunately, a couple of weeks ago, I was going along nicely, walking 7 to 9 miles a day, yoga twice a week, weight lifting (upper body only) three times a week...and then I was reminded of my age when a 20-year-old ankle injury started bothering me, to the point it hurt the entire leg and I couldn't drive. The doctor had me minimize movement (one day I got in less than 1000 steps!!) and I found that if I moved a little each half an hour, I felt better than sitting around...which makes sense, it works the same with the horses at my stables...we don't put them on stall rest unless absolutely necessary. So, I'm getting better, and slowly working up to 5/6 miles a day. This week I am back to yoga and weight lifting. I am happy, because I enjoy being active (WHO KNEW???) And my one thing, picking up sticks in the yard, and doing fall maintenance, has been going quite well. I can do that for hours at a time, I've found, since the grass is cushiony. And my yard is getting better every day. In summary: all is well, I am happy as a bumble bee, and my yard is looking better!! Thanks for running the boot camp!!

This question was good for me today. I have been a little discouraged because I have not met all of my goals, but this got me thinking. As a friend often reminds me, "progress not perfection", and although there is a lot more I can do and a long way to go for this to be fully natural and integrated, I am sitting much less than when we started. I haven't mastered my One Thing, but it has become part of my day. I have learned a lot too and even the awareness of sitting is significant. I need to see this as an ongoing process and keep learning. Progress is good!

I think I am sitting less now than I was 3 weeks ago, but I'm not doing any one thing from all the suggestions that we've had as daily challenges. It's kind of like a cumulative reaction to get up more often and move about more. I noticed when I've had to travel somewhere that I'm parking farther away and walking that little bit more; am being more activity oriented throughout the day; doing something active first thing in the morning instead of plopping myself in front of the computer right off the bat; progressing on my Fall Cleaning project. The end result is now when I sit down to watch some movies or television on the weekend I'm not looking around and feeling a sense of guilt because I've been much more active and productive during the other days of the week.