We hope you are all off to a great start in the fitness challenge and getting lots and lots of steps in every day. Don't forget to log your steps each day so you can keep an accurate count of all of your great movement.
Here are some tips for how to fit more steps into a busy day:
- Set a goal each day to get 500 more steps than the previous day (if you are wearing a pedometer)...I bet you will come up with some creative ways to reach that goal
- Don't delegate any household chores that require walking - getting the mail, walking the dog, taking the trash out. Do them and get some steps in.
- When putting up and taking down seasonal decorations, put the box several feet away from where you are setting up so that you have to walk back and forth
- March in place while you are cooking, talking to someone and other stationary activities
- Park farther from the door at work and while shopping
- Wake up a few minutes earlier in the morning and jog in place or take a stroll around your house
- Pace around while watching your favorite TV show. You can also use commercial time to get some extra steps in (not as healthy if you use those steps to walk to the kitchen to get an unhealthy snack)
- Pace around while you talk on the phone
- Instead of sending an e-mail to your co-worker, get up and walk to their office to talk to them
If you have any other great ideas, please add them in a comment. Otherwise, keep on moving!
Your Wellness Team,
Angela, Cari, Jennifer J, Robyn and Sara S
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