[Nfbmo] National Fitness Challenge NFCMO

[Melissa Smith]

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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