[Nfbmo] National Fitness Challenge NFCMO
Melissa Smith
mdsmith32811 at gmail.com
Tue May 9 23:05:32 UTC 2017
I love the point about doing things inefficiently. My mom used to yell
at me, as this was the way I would put away my toys at night when I was
a kid. lol She always told me I had more than one hand.
Melissa Smith
On 5/9/2017 2:46 PM, Gene Coulter via Nfbmo wrote:
> First of all I will start off by confessing that I truly have an
> unfair advantage over most folks in the fitness challenge as I am
> retired and have lots of time to walk and walk some more. For the life
> of me I cannot figure out how Robin House averages well over 20,000
> steps working full time at one job and part time at another! I am
> humbled by her performance!
> some of the things I do include walking around the block for about
> 1,500 steps, walking back and forth while listening to a book or
> sports, and walking in place while watching TV.
> It may sound silly but one thing that can build a lot of steps is to
> do things without being efficient. For example if I am making a
> sandwich I will walk to the refrigeerator and get the cheese and take
> it to the table then walk back and get the lunchmeat out and then get
> out the mustard and reverse the process once the sandwich is made.
> Depending how far away your table is from the refrigerator it is
> amazing how many steps this can add. On days I am short on steps I
> will eat that sandwich while walking. One day when I was home alone I
> brought in the mail one item at a time from the curb - 10 items added
> well over 500 steps.
> A year ago I was happy with 8,000 steps now I am crushed if I do not
> meet my new goal. One thing that has helped is having a friendly
> competition with someone else in the group, for me it has been Robin.
> So, I suggest picking out someone close but ahead of you in the
> standings and challenging yourself to beat them and even cheer and
> taunt them. As you climb the ladder pick out someone new to have fun
> with.
> Finally a strategy I used was to make myself go just one more step
> then I did the day before even if it meant staying up a couple minutes
> later.
> I do not know if this all sounds silly but just thought I would share
> as more than anything I want to see everyone doing fantastic in the
> challenge!
> Gene
>
>
> 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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