Welcome to Sit Less Boot Camp! We are glad that you decided to join us in May for 21 days of sitting less and moving more. Over the next 3 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 there will be something for everyone. If you've participated in Sit Less Boot Camp before, welcome back!

We won't generally have a formal challenge during the weekends, but we’ll still be up and moving and we will have some supplemental readings for those who want to “dive deeper” in their understanding of how excessive sitting impacts their health.

I’m Denise (themedalist; a long-time MFP member) and I’ve created the website, Quitting the Sitting (http://quittingthesitting.org), that we will be using for our first 3 daily challenges. 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.org/movers--shakers.html). People who used to sit a lot who have made good progress in sitting less and moving more and are really happy 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 -- something you will want to stick with long after the Boot Camp is over. Something that's easy for you to do that you'll keep doing. You may find several ways to sit less and move more and that's great, but identifying one thing to begin with is a great place to start (more on that soon).

Welcome to Sit Less Boot Camp!!

Theme: What's the Problem with Sitting Too Much?

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.org/sitting-disease.html

And why not stand up while you read it?