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Check-in: Lots of Squats!
For those of you participating in our squats challenge this week, how are you doing? Are you finding a couple of spots in your day to slide in a few sets of squats? How do you feel?
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July 3 Weekly Challenge: Lots of Squats
Our exercise challenge this week is squats. Bluntly, I know very little about squats, but I do know they’re an important tool in our exercise toolbox. Fortunately, my good friend Jen is a certified personal trainer and health coach and Jen has agreed to help craft our exercise challenges! I greatly appreciate Jen’s…
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Check-in: Our Fruits and Veggies Challenge
For those of you participating in our fruits and veggies challenge this week, how are you doing? It's such a great time of year to eat more produce. Lots of delicious options! Alternatively, if you're having trouble finding your veggie groove, post that as well... there is likely someone in our group who has experienced…
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June 26 Weekly Challenge: Fruits and Veggies Extravaganza
Theme: Healthy Eating Challenge: Fruits and Veggies Extravaganza Sometimes there's a pretty big gulf between what we know we should do and what we actually do. I know that fruits and vegetables should make up about half of my daily food intake. I know this. But most days, my fruits and veggies consumption falls short of…
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Check-in: How's Gratitude Journaling Going?
For those of you participating in our gratitude challenge this week, how is it going for you?
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Schedule for July Challenges
Here's what's cooking for our July weekly challenges! July 3 - July 9: Theme: Exercise and Movement Challenge: "Lots of Squats!" Yes, we'll be focused on squats this week because this compound exercise works major muscle groups and belongs in almost everyone's exercise toolbox. This challenge has been crafted just for us…
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June 19 Weekly Challenge: Cultivating Gratitude
Theme: Happiness Challenge Challenge: Cultivating Gratitude We all have blessings in our lives, gifts that are given to us freely that make our lives better and often easier than they would be otherwise. These gifts may be our health, a supportive spouse, our children and grandchildren, a trusted confidant, our unique…
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Check-in: How is Decluttering Progressing?
For those of you participating in Declutter Fest 2017, how is it going for you so far?
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June 12 Weekly Challenge: Declutter Fest 2017
Theme: Healthy Practices Challenge: Declutter Fest 2017 I have been waiting for this week to arrive. A few days ago my daughter asked, "Hey, can we clean out the closet? It's getting really hard to find things in there and there are lots of things we don't use anymore". This was on top of our observations that the kitchen…
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Check-in: How's Step It Up Going?
Hi Everyone! For those of you who are participating in our Step It Up challenge this week, how is it going for you so far? --Denise
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June 5 Weekly Challenge: Step It Up
Theme: Exercise and Movement Challenge: Step It Up! This week's challenge is to increase our daily movement, to Step It Up! One interpretation of the challenge is, of course, to increase your daily step count. If you have a Fitbit or another activity tracker, you might review your last few weeks of activity and set a…
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Check-in: How's Food Logging Going?
Hi Everyone, For those of you participating in this week's challenge, how is food logging going for you? Please share any successes, frustrations, and insights, as we can all learn from each other!
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May 29 Weekly Challenge: If You Bite It, Write It
Theme: Healthy Eating Challenge: "If You Bite It, Write It" Since we will be concentrating on the fundamentals in our healthy eating challenges, I thought it made sense to start with the most fundamental of the fundamentals: food logging. For most of us, the MFP food diary was the first tool we were introduced to when we…
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Schedule for May/June Challenges
Without further ado, here is the schedule for the May/June challenges: May 29 - June 4: Theme: Healthy Eating Challenge: "If You Bite It, Write It" Making sure our food diaries are accurate and reflect what we really ate that day. For those who find food diaries too stressful or cumbersome, food journaling is an excellent…
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The Future of This Group...Please Read and Respond
Hello Everyone, As most of you know by now, this group has not been very active since Auna's laptop died last October, forcing her offline. I know she intended to resume her daily postings as soon as possible, but that hasn't worked out as she intended. I hope she comes back soon! She has deftly led this group for several…
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5/21 Sunday Day 21 SLBC Please Share Your Accomplishments!
And now we cross the finish line of Sit Less Boot Camp! Theme: Our Sit Less Accomplishments! Today’s Challenge: On the last day of Boot Camp, please share the progress you’ve made in sitting less and moving more. Nothing is too small or too big to be noted and celebrated. And if you’ve encountered some frustration and…
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5/19 Friday Day 19 SLBC
Theme: Next Steps & Survey We are now in the homestretch of Sit Less Boot Camp, with three daily challenges remaining. I have thoroughly enjoyed the last 3 weeks and I’ve gotten re-energized by your enthusiasm for sitting less and moving more. As Boot Camp winds down, it's a good time to think about the progress you’ve…
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5/18 Thursday Day 18 SLBC
Theme: Turn Off the TV, Turn up the Music! Today's Challenge: When the TVs on we tend to sit, but when the radio is on or the music's playing we want to move. Today's challenge is to trade in some TV time and crank up the music instead. Spontaneous dance party....oh yeah!!! And if yesterday's spring cleaning project is…
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5/17 Wednesday Day 17 SLBC
Theme: Spring Cleaning Project 3! Today's Challenge: What's the last spring cleaning project will you accomplish today for this month's challenge? We've all got small projects around the house that we've been meaning to get to...now's the time! After this challenge, you will have completed three house projects that have…
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5/16 Tuesday Day 16 SLBC
Theme: Make Your Day Harder People who are committed to an active lifestyle look for ways to be more active and get more steps in throughout the day. They don't settle for the easy shortcut. So today, let’s try to make things just a little more difficult for ourselves. Today’s Challenge: Please watch (standing up!) the…
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5/15 Monday Day 15 SLBC
Theme: What’s On Your Bucket List? Chances are sitting less, losing weight, and becoming a fitter and healthier person aren’t your ultimate goals. It's more likely that they are a means to achieving the goals and dreams you have for your life. It's hard work changing ourselves and our daily habits and routines. Sometimes…
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Sit Less Boot Camp Impact and Summary
Hi Everyone, As we wrap up May’s Sit Less Boot Camp, I wanted to give you some information about this month's challenge and the collective impact we've had in sitting less and moving more. At least 244 My Fitness Pal members participated in May's Sit Less Boot Camp. Participants came from 17 countries: the US, Canada,…
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5/14 Sunday Day 14 SLBC
Theme: WEEKEND! Hard to believe, but we are entering our third and final week of Sit Less Boot Camp. I've saved a few of my favorite, and our most popular challenges, for this week. And we have a brand new challenge coming up tomorrow. I think you'll like it. Today's Challenge: Let's keep the activity going! Enjoy your…
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5/13 Saturday Day 13 SLBC
Theme: WEEKEND! Today's Challenge: Enjoy your Saturday and let's make it an active one. How will you spend today? Supplemental Weekend Reading: Two suggested readings about habits: How I Finally Quit Making Excuses and Got Healthy Habits to Stick http://greatist.com/live/healthy-habits-tips-that-finally-made-habits-stick 8…
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5/20 Saturday Day 20 SLBC
Theme: Weekend! Today's Challenge: Have a terrific, movement filled Saturday! Tell us what you've got planned! As Boot Camp Winds Down: Please take a few minutes to fill out the on-line evaluation survey and tell us what you liked (or didn't like) and how we can improve Sit Less Boot Camp. I listen to your feedback. The…
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5/12 Friday Day 12 SLBC
Theme: Flexible Friday Today's Challenge: Since it's Friday; let's have some fun! Pick one (or two!) moving activities today that you know you'll enjoy. Maybe it's a bike ride, a walk/run, dancing, yoga, or taking the kids out for a stroll in the park. Lots of possibilities! Tell us what you've got planned!
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5/11 Thursday Day 11 SLBC
Theme: Spring Cleaning Project 2! Today's Challenge: Back by popular demand! What clean-up project will you accomplish today? We've all got small projects around the house that we've been meaning to get to...let's get it done! It's a great way to keep moving and you'll feel great afterwards. Alternative Challenge: Download…
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5/10 Wednesday Day 10 SLBC
Theme: Walk This Way! (Yes, I do have Aerosmith on my playlist) Today's Challenge: Ah, walking. Even though we’ve woven walking into several of our daily challenges, walking is such a superb activity that it deserves its own spotlight today. Walking is free, requires no special equipment, can be done almost anywhere, and…
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5/9 Tuesday Day 9 SLBC
Theme: How's Your “One Thing” Going? Today's Challenge: You selected one action to focus on this month that should result in you sitting less. How is this priority action going? Is it becoming easier to do and maybe even a habit? For today’s challenge, focus on your “One Thing”. Stick with it and give it some attention…
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5/7 Sunday Day 7 SLBC
Theme: WEEKEND! Today's Challenge: Let's keep the activity going! Enjoy your Sunday but make it an active one. How will you spend today? Supplemental Weekend Reading: The Science of Why You Do Your Best Thinking While Walking http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/the-science-of-why-you-do-your-best-thinking-while-walking.html