[Nfbmo] National Fitness Challenge NFCMO

[Gary Wunder]

Hi, Linda. I understand that all of us have must do activities, and although
we want to do well as a team, the challenge has to be not between team
members but to do our best. One of our team members suffers from COPD. Her
best may be very different from my best given that I have no discernible
physical problem. Others who are a part of our team deal with diabetes, a
condition which makes them less sensitive to the pain that tells them they
are developing a blister on their foot and one which also makes it more
difficult for what we would consider minor injuries to heal. I may jokingly
challenge others, but I realize that the biggest challenge I face is to do
my best, and I think your circumstances make it the same for you. Thanks.

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Hi, Gary and all. Getting my steps is a challenge for me as well. I get up,
and get the girls on the bus and get to work and at that point, I am lucky
to have 1000. At work, there is very little movement. I do a working lunch,
and bring my food most of the time to save money, so there is no reason to
leave my desk to eat. I walk to the break room to get water, which
fortunately is at the opposite end of my building. However, there is no room
really in the office space, nor is the building conducive to just walking to
be walking, being a maze of very narrow hallways. I get home, and a lot of
times I need to help with homework, do dinner, laundry--all those mom things
that don't require a lot of steppin'. I'm lucky if I have 3000 steps before
I hit the treadmill at whatever hour I finally get to it. I keep my goal at
8000. Yes, I know it's not the daily recommended, but I am also realistic. I
try to get that 10,  but at least I have a goal to force me to get a certain
amount of steps before I stop.

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Subject: [Nfbmo] National Fitness Challenge NFCMO

Like those of you who have already posted, I had a wonderful time on Sunday
by helping the Delta Gamma Foundation in what I understand to be their
largest fundraiser of the year. On days when you do a walk like this, it is
easy to meet a step goal such as the one I have, which happens to be 10,000
steps a day. Now I see that my goal, no matter how hard I find to make it
some days, is far surpassed by many in our group. The question I would like
to explore is how you do it? I have a job that lets me work at home, so I
have a lot more freedom to take the time I need for exercise and other
things, but most of my job really requires that I sit at a computer, read
mail, and respond to it, and write , write, write. Sometimes I try to be
creative and read materials I am reviewing on a portable device, but there
is only so much I can do to keep on moving. How do those of you who work in
more structured environments managed to get the number of steps you get? Are
you walking in place as I sometimes do? Are you walking outside, as I
sometimes do? Do you pace around parts of your office space, as I sometimes
do?

 

I'd love suggestions for how to get my step count up without seeing a
commensurate reduction in my salary. I welcome and encourage your thoughts.
Please respond on list, even if you think my 10,000 step count is rather
wimpy.

 

 

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