5/3 Wednesday Day 3 SLBC
themedalist
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Theme: Create Your Sit Less Plan
Today's Challenge: Today's challenge is to make your plan to sit less and move more. Using the input form on this page: http://www.quittingthesitting.org/act-now.html specify your top priority for sitting less (your “One Thing”) and your activity goal. Will you be going for the bronze, silver, or gold level of activity? Or maybe the platinum? Please fill out and submit the form.
By selecting “MFP Sit Less Boot Camp Challenge” from the pull-down list of Organizational challenges, your pledged reduction to sit less will be added to our group's total so that we can compute the total number of sitting hours eliminated by Sit Less Boot Camp challenge takers. No individual information will be shared, just our group's total reduction in sitting hours.
This is our third and final “ramp up” challenge. Starting tomorrow, each of the daily challenges will give you a chance to “test drive” strategies and ideas for sitting less. As we go through the next few weeks, please continue to work at your “One Thing”. The daily challenges are intended to complement your chosen sit-less action.
Got a few extra minutes? How about a short walk today?
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Done! I got in one short walk this morning. About to fix breakfast then catch up on work, but while I do, I will get up at LEAST every 30 minutes!! Let's rock this Wednesday!
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Planning on a round of Frisbee golf which is more like a light hike with frisbee today. Takes about an hour then a walk with dogs or a bike ride tonight.2
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Good Morning! Done. Did 45 minutes of walking. 20 minutes in morning and 25 in afternoon. Will do the same today!
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Getting up to move every 30 minutes. Walk to the mailbox and around the sub division. Walk to get the paper and around the sub division. Will be walking this afternoon.3
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Going to yoga on my lunch break today and then walking 1/2 mile after work to meet my husband.3
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Done... worked out at 5AM this morning. 3
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Great plans, Everyone!
You might be interested in my thinking behind this challenge. According to social science researchers, when we make a public disclosure of our intent to do something we are more likely to follow through and do it than if we keep our plans to ourselves. We want to be seen as good to our word.
So keep your Sit Less plans coming and share with us on this thread what you are doing!2 -
Will try to take an earlier lunch today to attend my office's "March into May" Yoga Session. Also will plan on doing a 5 minute walk around my floor every 1-2 hrs. 2
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I get in 10K steps on average daily. I will add a Zumba dance session to this, to up that count.
I also plan to go to both the grocery and Costco, both involve a lot of steps. It is rainy here today so keeping moving will help me keep warmer too.
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I'm done with the form. I hope that my IPhone isn't dying and can help me with the alarm portion. I found a cool app for moving called Move Your App. When I move with my IPhone it can record movement, steps and non movement. I can set it for any amount of time to go off and it gives me an incentive statement to get me up and moving. it also gives me stats for the day broken down into a timeline showing movement and nonmovement. it also breaks it down to minutes for both.3
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fanncy0626 wrote: »I'm done with the form. I hope that my IPhone isn't dying and can help me with the alarm portion. I found a cool app for moving called Move Your App. When I move with my IPhone it can record movement, steps and non movement. I can set it for any amount of time to go off and it gives me an incentive statement to get me up and moving. it also gives me stats for the day broken down into a timeline showing movement and nonmovement. it also breaks it down to minutes for both.
Thanks! I'm going to check out Move Your App
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On a 90 min conference call and I plan to stand/walk around my office for as much of it as possible3
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@themedalist the little statements that it makes when you are supposed to get up and move are quite humorous as well!2
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Ate breakfast and lunch standing up today - I generally am by myself for both of those meals each day so it's easy enough to do.1
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My one thing is going to be elevating my Ergotron desktop for Skype meetings at work and standing through them. On weekends, my one thing will be to stand up and use laptop on the counter when internet surfing and standing and walking during commercials in the evenings.1
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I walked to the campus Fitness Center to do 2 quick miles on the bike.3
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I left early to go the grocery store today and took a walk along the local bike path. It's still pretty cool around here but the moving warmed me up a bit.
So far I'm doing well getting up when my alarm goes off. I just have to remember to set it EVERY time.3 -
I will stand at my work desk and read a full chapter each day (might happen in spurts, but each day complete a full chapter while standing). Watched half a comedy standing.
Did a few squats as I stood there.
I'm working on the outdoors walking part still.
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I spend a lot of hours cross stitching so I set up my stand so that I can stand at the desk while I work rather than sitting.
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It has been good to be more aware of sitting - I am now reading while standing (and sometimes doing some exercises at the same time), getting up after any period of 45 minutes seated, and only sitting on the swiss ball, except at meal times. Feels good!3
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You have some great plans! Lots of variation in them which is good. You are making a plan that works for you.0
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My plan during the week at work is to stand, stretch and move for 1 minute every 1/2 hour to an hour. On the weekends I will move during the commercials and do one task each day, whether it's folding laundry or cleaning off the table.
This Sunday, I am walking in the MS Walk ,without my walker, for the first time in years, so I'll be getting a lot of movement that day.3 -
Since the commencementcof this challenge I have upped my steps from 7500 to between 11 & 12000.
Today I had a 1hr.17min bike ride which included some challenging hills. But I do ride sitting down!!!! I use a recumbent bike (3 wheels) as I have had too many falls and at my age (68) I still wanted to bike ride but with less risk of falling. A recumbent is not easy as you dont have the downward thrust on the pedals as you do on a 2 wheeler so effort for momentum is required.
Dont know if riding a recumbent bike cancels out the cycling benefit as far as the challenge goes1 -
I accompanied my wife to her medical appointment yesterday. The doctor insisted that I sit down when I entered her office. I shared with her that "Sitting is the next Smoking." I shared with her my goals and she smiled. I stayed standing up during the appointment...next to an empty chair. YEAH !
I plan to attend a Zumba class soon.1 -
My short term goal is to sit 60 minutes less a day.
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jdelgado3013 wrote: »I accompanied my wife to her medical appointment yesterday. The doctor insisted that I sit down when I entered her office. I shared with her that "Sitting is the next Smoking." I shared with her my goals and she smiled. I stayed standing up during the appointment...next to an empty chair. YEAH !
I plan to attend a Zumba class soon.
James, I LOVE this!!0 -
Since the commencementcof this challenge I have upped my steps from 7500 to between 11 & 12000.
Today I had a 1hr.17min bike ride which included some challenging hills. But I do ride sitting down!!!! I use a recumbent bike (3 wheels) as I have had too many falls and at my age (68) I still wanted to bike ride but with less risk of falling. A recumbent is not easy as you dont have the downward thrust on the pedals as you do on a 2 wheeler so effort for momentum is required.
Dont know if riding a recumbent bike cancels out the cycling benefit as far as the challenge goes
@12dream A recumbent bike is a terrific option! Don't give it a second thought.... it is not at all sitting. When you are biking you are moving your legs constantly. You are not still. Biking is a great exercise, activity, and a lot of fun. Enjoy that recumbent bike!
And you're in good company:
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I got a Garmin for Christmas, and have been using it to track my steps. But now, I will use the alerts, so when I get the first warning that I have been sitting too long, I will get up and move to remove the warning.
To increase my overall daily steps, I have also implemented the following into my work day (which is when I find I am sitting the most):
1. Parking my car at the back of my work car park, and walking through the doors furthest from my office (been doing this for about 4 months now).
2. Using the bathroom that is the furthest away from my office (and down one flight of stairs) (been doing this for about 2 months now).
I really can identify with the 'make one small change' theory. I have taken my time in implementing small changes into my day, and I am finding they are much easier to sustain if I just focus on one small change for a few months and make that a habit, before implementing another.1
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