[Nfbmo] [NFB] National Fitness Challenge NFCMO

Thu May 11 17:37:10 UTC 2017

 Walking while playing dice world is a great idea. I will try that, because, I have not been doing all that great at getting my steps in. I am really wanting to change that though. Going on 40 minute walks now that the weather is nice should help. Yesterday, I got a little over six thousand steps. I'm hoping to get even more today! #USABA #nfcmo 

> On May 11, 2017, at 10:47 AM, Shelia Wright via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm naturally inefficient sometimes without planning it; however, when I am
> efficient it allows me some time to concentrate on steps. I crank up Alexa
> to my John Melancamp station (Rock from the 70-s0 for you millenniums,
> activate Dice World and play with friends. Or the computer  and The time
> goes fast and I have some time to just run in place and play. Of course from
> my daily results last week, you'd never know it works . Work and meetings do
> get in the way and it is really hard to get those steps in the car or on the
> plane. However, I am home now and ready to kick it into high gear. Anyone
> game for a little competition. Come on Melissa, Dacia, Erika, Elisabeth.
> Let's go! Anyone else is welcome to join in. Competition is a big motivator
> for me! #NFCMO
> Shelia
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Garcia via
> Nfbmo
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2017 9:28 PM
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> Cc: Daniel Garcia <dangarcia3 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] National Fitness Challenge NFCMO
> 
> With regard to being inneficient, one thing I do is not taking the direct
> route from point A to point B. I will go to points C, D, and E in between. I
> then go back to E, D, and C to get back to A. If I walk counterclockwise
> around home, I may have to go around the loop to get to the next room next
> to me. This might be similar to getting on a city bus to go a couple of
> blocks, but taking the wrong bus and going around the loop to do this. 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gene Coulter via
> Nfbmo
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2017 2:46 PM
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> Cc: Gene Coulter
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] National Fitness Challenge NFCMO
> 
> 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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