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Did You Know #15: All Your Tomorrows
Thanks for joining us for Sit Less Boot Camp and Happy November!
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Did You Know? #14: Make Your Day Harder
I'm not sure that the name of this campaign is the best choice, but the goals, intent, and concepts highlighted are terrific. Let's Make Our Day Harder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whPuRLil4c0
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Did You Know #13? Recommendations for How and How Much to Exercise
There's a lot happening in this infographic but it's got great information!
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Did You Know #12? It's Move It Monday!
Was the weekend a little too sedentary? You're in good company: many regular exercisers aren't as active on the weekend. Shake it off as it's a brand new week and it's #MoveItMonday! Move It Monday is an international campaign that encourages people of all fitness levels to get moving each week starting on Monday. Why…
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Did You Know? #11: Sitting and Diabetes
Of all the illnesses and diseases linked to sitting too much, diabetes and heart disease (heart attacks and strokes) are the strongest. When we sit a lot, our risk of diabetes and heart disease goes way up. Let's move! Break up the sitting you do with short stretch and walking breaks. A good goal is to sit for 20 minutes,…
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Did You Know? #10: Weight Loss and Sitting
Sitting makes it harder to achieve your weight loss goals. We don't burn many calories sitting in a chair. Gotta move to lose!
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Did You Know? #9: Sitting Less At Work
Since today's challenge is about sitting less at work, I thought these might be helpful:
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Did You Know? #3: Exercising in Nature
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Did You Know? #8: Change Your Habits and Change Your Life!
We are our daily habits! Since we are all working towards a healthier us, what's one small daily habit you could tweak that would bring you closer to your goal? I am working on standing up when I proofread an email before I hit the 'send' button. What are you working on?
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Did You Know #7: Your Brain After Walking vs Sitting
I love this one! If you are stumped by a problem, go for a walk! The walk may make it easier to come up with a solution!
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By Request: Post Pics of Your Favorite Place to Exercise/Be Active!
Hi Everyone, We had a request (and a second) to have a spot where we can post inspirational photos of where we like to exercise or pick up those extra steps. I think it's a great idea so here's a thread to do just that! My favorite activity is a walk through the woods in my backyard (I live in New Hampshire). It's about a…
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Did You Know? #2: Your Body On Walking
Fall is a great time for an outdoor walk. How about a walk today?
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Did You Know? #6: What's Your Plan?
Did you know that making a plan (and a pledge) to yourself to do something increases the likelihood that you'll follow through and do it? That's one reason we are encouraging everyone participating in Sit Less Boot Camp to create their own plan to sit less. Using the input form on this page:…
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Did You Know? #5: Move It or Lose It!
This is how I want to be when I'm her age!
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Did You Know? #3: Sitting vs Standing
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Please Join us for October's Sit Less Boot Camp on MFP!
Hi Everyone! You may already know that sitting too much ("sitting disease") has terrible impacts on our health. But did you know that sitting a lot may also be hurting your weight loss? We don't burn many calories sitting in a chair, making it harder to reach our weight loss goals. Want to ditch the chair a bit and learn…
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Did You Know? #1: How Excessive Sitting Harms Us
Hi All, Throughout the month and about every other day I will be posting an infographic or image related to sitting less and moving more. Research findings, helpful tips, that sort of thing. Our first infographic highlights the many ways sitting negatively impacts our body:
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Ode to Oatmeal! Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Protein Cookies!
I've lost 50 pounds and maintained it now for 3 years thanks in large part to MFP and this wonderful community. People often ask what I did to lose weight and keep it off and I tell them I eat oatmeal almost every day. The looks on their faces...they are willing to make some sacrifices to lose weight, but they are not…
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We Did It! Movin in May Results!
Hey there all you Movin' in May participants! Look what we accomplished in May in our focused effort to Move More and Sit Less in May! BIG FAVOR!! Auna and I would really like to have your feedback, thoughts, and suggestions for improving this Sit Less/More More series. What did you like and thought worked well and what…
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Movin' in May: Please Let Us Know What You Think!
I have a special request for those of you who participated in Movin' in May: please give us your feedback! Auna and I want to understand what you liked and what worked well and how we can enhance the series. Filling out the eval form takes only a couple of minutes and is done anonynously. Please let us know what you think!…
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Did You Know Series #15 Stand Up Every 30 Minutes
Our final infographic of the Movin' in May Did You Know? Series. I hope these images have been useful and informative to you!
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Please read this if you joined Movin in May after it started!
Hi There! There have been lots of folks who have joined Movin in May after it started. We are so excited to have you with us! In addition to helping us sit less as individuals, our goal is also to show our collective impact as a group of MFPers in sitting less and moving more. Since MFP is a wonderful community of folks…
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Did You Know Series #14 Sitting and Diabetes
Of all the many negative health impacts from excessive sitting (including heart disease, stroke, and some cancers), the strongest association of all is between excessive sitting and diabetes:
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Did You Know Series #13: Exercise is the Best Medicine
One of my favorites!
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Did You Know Series #12 Benefits of Exercising in Nature
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Did You Know Series #11: How Prolonged Sitting Affects You
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Did You Know Series #10: Standing 30 min/day and Weight Loss
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5/17 Day 87 Sunday Movin May 17!
Theme: WEEKEND Challenge: Let's keep the activity going! Enjoy your Sunday but make it an active one. How will you spend today? Alternative Challenge: Find another Spring Cleaning project to tackle. You're on a roll...let's keep moving!
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Did You Know Series #8: Reducing Office Sitting
As we head into another work week, here's a few interesting infographics on reducing office sitting:
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BREAKING NEWS!
