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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
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5/8 Monday Day 8 SLBC
Theme: Sitting Less at Work Today's Challenge: Many of us sit a lot at work. For today's challenge, look for ways you can reduce your work-time sitting. Maybe walk over and talk with a co-worker rather than sending them an email? Have a walking meeting? Use a restroom on a different floor or further away than the restroom…
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Welcome and a Pre-challenge Challenge!
Welcome to Sit Less Boot Camp! We will officially begin this Monday, May 1 with a series of daily sit less challenges. I can't wait to get started! So many of you have signed up, sent me email reminder requests, and enthusiastically told me that you're IN! As someone who cares deeply about helping others "move to a better…
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5/6 Saturday Day 6 SLBC
Theme: WEEKEND! Today's Challenge: Enjoy your Saturday but please make it an active one. There are lots of ways to keep moving! Gardening and yard tending, walking with a friend, checking out a local farmer's market or going for a bike ride are a few of the many possibilities! Tell us how you spend today! Supplemental…
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5/5 Friday Day 5 SLBC
Theme: Spring Cleaning Project 1! Today's Challenge: We've all got small projects around the house that we've been meaning to get to. It might be reorganizing a closet, sweeping the garage, washing the car, preparing the garden, or something else. It's spring cleaning season so let's take a few times this month to finish…
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5/4 Thursday Day 4 SLBC
Welcome to Day 4 of Sit Less Boot Camp! Beginning today, we will have two daily challenges: a main challenge and an alternative challenge if you prefer. If neither is a good fit for you, you've always got your One Thing! Theme: Sit, But Don't Stay Seated! Today's Challenge: The total amount of sitting we do throughout the…
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5/3 Wednesday Day 3 SLBC
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,…
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5/2 Tuesday Day 2 SLBC
Theme: Pick Your 'One Thing' Today's Challenge: There are lots of ways to ditch the chair and some of the most popular actions are listed here: http://www.quittingthesitting.org/ideas.html Which do you think would work for you? Since we want to be sitting less long after the challenge has ended, it's important to find ways…
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5/1 Monday Day 1 SLBC
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…
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Are you interested in participating in Sit Less Boot Camp starting May 1?
Hello Everyone, As many of you know, this Challenge-A-Day group hasn't been too active since last October, when our fearless leader's Auna's laptop died. I know it was Auna's intent to get back online and resume her daily challenge postings as soon as possible, but that's taking longer than I think she envisioned last…
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Sit Less Boot Camp Impact and Thanks!
Hi Everyone, As Sit Less Boot Camp draws to a close, @Auna37 and 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 236 My Fitness Pal members participated in one form or another in October's Sit Less Boot Camp. I say "at least"…
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10/31 Monday Day 31 SLBC
Today's Challenge: For our last daily challenge, pick an activity your love doing and do it! Maybe it's a bike ride or a walk with your dog, or even some outdoor yard work. Alternatively, if there was a daily challenge that you enjoyed or worked well for you, do that! Alternative Challenge: In keeping with the day, here's…
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10/30 Sunday Day 30 SLBC
Theme: Next Steps & Evaluation Today's Challenge: As Sit Less Boot Camp draws to a close, it's a good time to think about what comes next. How is your transition out of the chair going? Are you sitting less and moving more? Are you still practicing your “One Thing” or has it become a habit you just do now without thinking?…
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Please help us improve Sit Less Boot Camp!
Hi Everyone! As we wrap up and conclude October's Sit Less Boot Camp, @Auna37 and I have a big favor to ask. Could you let us know what you thought of Boot Camp and how we can improve the series? We will repeat Sit Less Boot Camp again in May 2017 and we really do listen to your feedback and suggestions for making it…
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10/29 Saturday Day 29 SLBC
Today's Challenge: Enjoy your Saturday but please make it an active one. What about a family walk in the park or a bike ride? Supplemental Weekend Reading: What’s the Value of Exercise? $2,500 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/well/move/whats-the-value-of-exercise-2500.html Walking Fends Off Loss Of Mobility, And It's Not…
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10/28 Friday Day 28 SLBC
Theme: Sitting Less Through Social Media Today's Challenge: As we've learned this month, sitting is a tough habit to change. Since the goal of the Sit Less Boot Camp is to help us sit less long after October is over, social media can help us keep our sit less goal a top priority. If you're on Facebook or Twitter, why not…
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10/27 Thursday Day 27 SLBC
Theme: Fall Cleaning Project 3! Today's Challenge: What's the last fall clean-up 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 now have completed three house projects that have…
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10/26 Wednesday Day 26 SLBC
Theme: Step It Up! Today's Challenge: Many of us have activity trackers (like a Fitbit) or step counters (pedometers) that track our daily steps. The recommendation is to shoot for 10,000 steps per day, but lots of people fall short of that goal. Today's challenge is to note about how many steps you've averaged over the…
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Infographic: Your Brain and Activity
I am fascinated by research that indicates how much our brains benefit from staying active. Sitting less and moving more has a BIG impact on the brain. Check this out: Not only is the brain stimulated by movement, but regular activity may also slow the aging process, allowing older people to retain more of their mental…
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10/22 Saturday Day 22 SLBC
Today's Challenge: Enjoy your Saturday but please make it an active one. Gardening and yard tending, walking with a friend, checking out a local farmer's market or a bike ride are a few of the many possibilities! Supplemental Weekend Reading: 7 Surprising Benefits of Exercise…
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Fitbit Users! Join our Step It Up Challenge Team!
Fitbit, together with the US Surgeon General, is sponsoring a Fitbit challenge from October 13 through October 26. The challenge is to "Step It Up!" over that two week period and increase our daily step count. It seems like a fun way to increase activity and since it coincides with Boot Camp...I'm in! Since teams are…
