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09/22 Thursday Day 486
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to have fun while we walk today! Today's Challenge: Vary your stride as you walk somewhere today, switching from short, peppy steps to long, slow ones. Doesn't matter how you do it, just have fun!
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09/21 Wednesday Day 485
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to change it up a bit and do some reading. Today's Challenge: Read about signs and symptoms of anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that can deeply affect mind and body and has one of the highest death rates of any mental health condition. Although once thought to…
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09/20 Tuesday Day 484
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to work on our necks! Today's Challenge: Do 6 neck rolls to the front and 6 to the back to improve neck flexibility and posture
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09/19 Monday Day 483
Morning, Everyone! It's the start of a new week and we are going to do it right with an easy exercise that you can do throughout the day. Today's Challenge: Each time you stand up or sit down today, do it a second time It may sound simple but you'll learn pretty quick just how much you stand up and sit down throughout the…
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09/18 Sunday Day 482
Morning, Everyone! Fall is almost here and winter is just around the corner. With both of those come wet and chilly weather. Along with that... getting sick. So let's work on fighting germs now instead of dealing with it later. Today's Challenge: Take 5-10 minutes to clean the buttons and knobs on your kitchen appliances…
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09/17 Saturday Day 481
Morning, Everyone! Since it's the weekend a lot of you may be going out to eat at a restaurant today. So let's keep that in mind and use it as the focus for today's challenge! Today's Challenge: Plan to start your next restaurant meal with a salad. It doesn't have to be your entire meal. When asked for cottage cheese or…
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09/16 Friday Day 480
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to have a little fun with math. Today's Challenge: Write down every beverage you have today, and figure out how much sugar is in each one Drinks can be easily forgotten about in one's diet. You just grab a drink sometimes without really realizing all that goes into it. So let's just…
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09/15 Thurdsday Day 479
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to do some fun stretching. Today's Challenge: Swing an imaginary golf club to stretch the muscles in your back, chest, and shoulders. Repeat 5 times on both sides. It's rather simple but really effective!
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09/14 Wednesday Day 478
Morning, Everyone! One of the easiest ways to eat to much is to eat while you are distracted. Whether you are watching TV ot texting on your phone, it's easy to focus more on that and not on the fullness that you would normally get from just focusing on your food. So today let's give this a try. Today's Challenge: Eat 1…
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09/13 Tuesday Day 477
Morning, Everyone! Today we are doign a simple exercise but it can be quite effective. Today's Challenge: Improve balance and increase ankle mobility with 20 ankle circles How To Do It: Stand and raise your left thigh until it's parallel to the floor. Clasp your hands under your left knee to help support your thigh. Keep…
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09/11 Sunday Day 475
Hello, Everyone! This is rather early because I don't think i will have the chance to post it later. So here it is! I feel really bad about missing so many days... Things just don't seem to work out a lot lately but I will continue to post whenever I can! I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Today's Challenge: Sit in a chair,…
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09/12 Monday Day 476
Morning, Everyone! So! I feel really bad because I didn't realize what yesterday was until WELL after the fact... So to make up for it we are going to start our week off in rememberance! Today's Challenge: Honor the fallen Doesn't matter if you had someone in the twin towers or not. There is more than likely someone in…
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09/09 Friday~
Hello, Everyone! I really hope that this gets through... I have been trying for the past day and a half to get anything on my computer to work... I 'm pretty sure the one for yesterday didn't even pop up like it should have! Ever since I had to update everything has been really really wonky. x.x Anyway since it is 9-9 we…
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09/07 Wedneday Day 473
Morning, Everyone! today we are going to work a little bit on a part of our body that can be easily forgotten about. Our Spine! Today's Challenge: Give your spine a lateral stretch: Reach your right arm up and left arm down, then switch sides. Do this 3 times on each side.
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09/06 Tuesday Day 472
Morning, Everyone! Today we are not going to just help ourselves but others as well. Today's Challenge: Perform 3 acts of kindness. The acts can be as big or small as you wnat them to be. Just get out their and spread the kindness!
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09/05 Monday Day 471
Sorry about Sunday! Today we are going to a series f small but easy exercises to boost that heart rate! Today's Challenge: Jog in place for 1 minute, Do 30 jumping jacks, and do 20 Step ups. You don't have to do it all at once. You could space it out throughout the day to keep your heart rate up all day! :)
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09/033 Saturday Say 470
Morning, Everyone! One of the things I often forget about is my posture. I'm constantly slouching or sitting in a way that probably hurts my back more than helps. But not today! Today's Challenge: Try and keep perfect posture throughout the day Old habits are hard to break. How many times will you catch yourself slouching…
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09/02 Friday Day 469
Morning, Everyone. Today we are going to work on our flexibility a little bit! Today's Challenge: Increase flexibility with 5 stretches for your hands, fingers, and wrists It can be any type of stretch. Just so long as it works on your hands, fingers, and wrists!
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08/31 Wednesday Day 468
Morning, Everyone! It's the middle of the week but that isn't going to slow us down! Instead we are going to speed up... our heart rate! Today's Challenge: Whenever the opportunity, take the stairs! Opting to take the stairs is a great way to boost your heart rate periodically throughout the day! :)
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08/30 Tuesday Day 467
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to work on our arms a bit. Today's Challenge: Improve range of motion in your arms with 3 seated "lift and pour" exercises. You can actually do this while holding a pitcher of water or you can do this without. Just lift and poor without getting up. Just use your arms!
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08/29 Monday Day 466
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to do kind of an odd one. But one that should be happening anyway. Today's Challenge: Replace an unhealthy fat with a healthy one Canola oil, olive oil, nuts and seeds are all good ways to get that healthy fat!
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08/28 Sunday Day 465
Morning, Everyone! Today we are going to take a few moments for ourselves before the start of another busy week. Today's challenge: Take at least an hour for yourself. You could take a relaxing bath, go to a quiet nook and read a book. Just take some time to de-stress a bit.
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08/27 Saturday Day 464
Morning, Everyone! The weekend is finally here and we are going to take it by storm! Today's challenge: Go out and do something you always wanted to do but always came up with an excuse not too. I'm going to head out into town and explore several places I have never been. What about you?
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08/26 Friday Day 463
Morning, Everyone! The weekend is almost here but let's celebrate early! Today's Challenge: Get outside and go for a walk. Just get out there and get some fresh air!
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08/25 Thursday Day 462
Morning, Everyone! Whenever I post this everyone seems to love to do it and we haven't done it in a long while! Today's challenge: Do as many Jumping Jacks as you can in a minute! I've improved! I managed to do 85! What about you?
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08/23 Tuesday Day 460
Morning, Everyone! One thing I notice when I go to the bathroom is the sheer amount of random soaps and things that I have. Things that I received as gifts or from baby showers etc, etc. Needless to say I don't use most of it. So why do I keep it? Today's Challenge: De-clutter your shower caddy and other places in your…
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08/24 Wednesday Day 461
Morning, Everyone! We haven't had one involving friends and family in a while so today we are going to get them involved! Today's Challenge: Pick 5 family and friends and call (or text them) to tell them you love them~ You never know when those words are what someone truly needed at that moment in time.
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08/22 Monday Day 459
Morning, everyone. We haven't had a challenge involving food for awhile. Since it's the start of a new week let's start with something new! Today's Challenge: Try a new healthy food or drink! Most places offer a variety of healthy options along with the bad ones. So let's try something new! You never know what can become…
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08/21 Sunday Day 458
Morning, everyone. Since it's the weekend lets get some chores done! Today's Challenge: Spend an hour doing chores that you haven't had time for previously Do those odd jobs that have been building up but didn't need to be addressed immediately.
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08/20 Saturda Day 457
Morning, Everyone! It's the weekend and we are going to move a bit today! Today's Challenge: Improve balance and stability while increasing your heart rate with 20 lateral leg lifts. If you have to use a piece of furniture to steady yourself. I don't want anyone falling because they lose their balance!
