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Oct 16 Weekly Challenge: The Water Challenge
Theme: Healthy Habits Challenge: The Water Challenge I enjoy putting together our weekly challenges. It gives me an opportunity to dive into health related topics and learn more about the issue. Usually these explorations have a predictable path. I read up on the topic and select a few resources that I think will be useful…
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Nov 6 Weekly Challenge: Wall Push-Ups
Theme: Exercise and Movement Challenge: Wall Push-Ups I had never heard of wall push-ups until a personal trainer friend of mine told me it’s one of her favorite exercises to recommend to clients and suggested it as one of our weekly challenges. Now I see why! Wall pushups can be done by almost anyone, require no special…
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Oct 30 Weekly Challenge: Unsweetened
Theme: Healthy Eating Challenge: Unsweetened Having spent last week reconnecting with some of the important people in our lives, our challenge this week is kind of the opposite. This week, let’s put some distance between us and something that most of us love, but always seems to be thwarting the goals that we’ve set and…
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Oct 23 Weekly Challenge: Reconnecting
Theme: Greater Happiness Challenge: Reconnecting Have you lost touch with someone who is important to you? Most of us have. While social media makes it easy to stay connected with people, it’s not the same thing as catching up with an old friend over lunch, going for a walk with the neighbor you haven’t seen for a while,…
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Schedule for November Challenges
Please consider sharing this schedule with your MFP friends on your newsfeed (Here’s the link: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10609307/schedule-for-november-challenges). It’s always great to have more people join us! We now have an email reminder system in place. If you'd like to get an email when a new…
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Check-in: the Water Challenge
For those of you participating in this week's water challenge, how are you doing? Has drinking more water this week been helpful to you?
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Making Sitting Less a Habit: Challenge 4
Theme: Exercise and Movement Challenge: Making Sitting Less a Habit (Part 2) Fourth Challenge: Up Every 30 Minutes For our fourth and final challenge in this Sit Less series, let's focus on how long we spend sitting at any one time. Both the total amount of time we spend sitting and the duration we are sitting negatively…
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Making Sitting Less a Habit: Challenge 2
Theme: Exercise and Movement Challenge: Making Sitting Less a Habit (Part 1) Second Challenge: Choose Your Sit Less Action With a good foundation now in place, our next 3 challenges will focus on the 3 essential elements for making sitting less a lifestyle change. Today's challenge is centered on the first element: 1. Find…
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Schedule for October Challenges
We now have an email reminder system in place. If you'd like to get an email when a new weekly challenge is posted, just email me at: challengeaday2@gmail.com and I'll add you to the list. Here's what's cooking for our October weekly challenges: Oct 1 - Oct 8: Theme: Exercise and Movement Challenge: Making Sitting Less a…
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Making Sitting Less a Habit: Challenge 3
Theme: Exercise and Movement Challenge: Making Sitting Less a Habit (Part 2) Third Challenge: Make Your Day Harder My goal in this Sit Less series is to give you 3 specific strategies that will help you make sitting less and moving more easier and just part of what you do naturally .....a true lifestyle change. Our…
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Making Sitting Less a Habit: Challenge 1
Theme: Exercise and Movement Challenge: Making Sitting Less a Habit (Part 1) First Challenge: Laying the Foundation to Sit Less Let's spend the first two weeks of October focused on sitting less and moving more. Paying attention to how much you sit and taking steps to sit less is a critical element of your overall health.…
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Check-in: The Happiness Jar
For those of you participating in this week's challenge, how is your week going? Are you filling up that jar?
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Check-in: Balancing Act
For those of you participating in this week's challenge, how is it going for you? Are the balance exercises becoming a bit easier?
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Sept 25 Weekly Challenge: Balancing Act
Theme: Exercise and Movement Challenge: Balancing Act This week, let's focus on improving our balance. Better balance improves coordination, joint stability, agility, reaction time, and prevents falls and fractures. Balance is a core asset to our health and fitness and one that is frequently overlooked. As one balance…
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Sept 18 Weekly Challenge: Mindful Eating
Theme: Healthy Eating Challenge: Mindful Eating Our challenge this week is to practice mindful eating at least one meal a day. Since mindful eating is a term that has gained popularity recently but can have lots of different connotations, let's start with a definition: This week, let's focus on really paying attention when…
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Check-in: Mindful Eating
For those participating in our mindful eating challenge this week, how is it going for you? Would love to hear your updates!
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Schedule for September Challenges
Here's what's coming up for our September challenges! Sept 4 - Sept 10: Theme: Healthy Practices Challenge: Good Start and Good End How do you start your day and how do you end it? There are lots of benefits to having a morning and evening routine. This week, let's put into practice routines that can make a real difference…
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Sept 11 Weekly Challenge: The Happiness Jar
Theme: Greater Happiness Challenge: The Happiness Jar Here's an interesting mismatch. According to researchers, the average person has three times as many positive experiences as they do negative experiences throughout the day. But in a carryover from our hunter-gatherer days, our brains tend to overlook these positive…
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Check-in: Good Start and Good End
If you're joining us for our challenge this week, how is it going for you? Are you getting a morning and/or evening routine that works for you?
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Check-in: Unplugged
For those of you participating in our Unplugged challenge this week, how is it going for you? Are you able to stick with the time you've designated as a no phone/computer slot? Is this challenge more difficult than you imagined? Or is it easier? Do you see yourself unplugging on a regular basis after this week?
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Sept. 4 Weekly Challenge: Good Start and Good End
Theme: Healthy Habits Challenge: Good Start and Good End Confession. I often select our weekly challenges from things that I'd like to work on, or put into practice, or know more about. This week's challenge is in that category. I have a pretty decent morning routine that sets a positive tone for the rest of the day. But I…
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Check-in: Sticking With It
For those of you participating in this week's challenge, are you sticking with it? Are you fitting in some exercise into your hectic week? Let's finish August strong!
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August 28 Weekly Challenge: Sticking With It
Theme: Exercise and Movement Challenge: Sicking With It Our challenge this week is simple but it's not easy. This week, let's stay on track and not veer away from our exercise habits and routines. Granted, there's a lot of competition for your time right now. It's the end of the summer and that means children and…
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Check-in: Let's Eat Local
If you are participating in this week's challenge, please let us know how it's going for you! Maybe you have a picture to share of your local foods?
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August 21 Weekly Challenge: Let's Eat Local
Theme: Healthy Eating Challenge: Let's Eat Local Before summer takes its final bow and we usher in cooler temperatures, let's take some time this week to enjoy one of the best parts of summer-- the bountiful and delicious fruits and vegetables that are so abundant this time of year. I think the best tasting produce is…
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August 14 Weekly Challenge: Unplugged
Theme: Greater Happiness Challenge Challenge: Unplugged (By Request) The goal of this week's challenge is to create a little more quiet space in our lives. Let's do that by stepping away from our phones, tablets, laptops, personal computers, and other devices briefly and taking a technology break this week. How long a…
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Check-in: Accident Proof
For those of you participating in this week's challenge, how is it going for you? Have you found a few areas in your home that could be made safer?
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August 7 Weekly Challenge: Accident Proof
Theme: Healthy Practices Challenge: Accident Proof This week, let's take a closer look at our homes. Let's do a room by room inventory and look for potential accidents waiting to happen. According to the Home Safety Council, home accidents cause 20,000 deaths in the United States each year, and what's just as striking,…
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July 31 Weekly Challenge: Make Your Week Harder
Theme: Exercise and Movement Challenge: Make Your Week Harder If you've participated in several of our weekly challenges, you've probably noticed a consistent theme: our daily habits have a tremendous impact on our health and wellbeing. In fact, small habit changes and tweaks to your daily routine are the most sustainable…
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Check-in: Make Your Week Harder
If you're participating in this week's challenge, how is it going for you? Is your week just a little harder?
