Active Lifestyle Award attained!
On a more positive note... I did achieve a goal yesterday that I've been working towards for six weeks. I earned an Active Lifestyle Award on the President's Challenge site.
Basically, the idea is to log a minimum of 30 minutes of exercise 5 days a week for six weeks. I don't know why I had so much trouble in the past earning this, but I really wanted to do it. This past week was harder, in that I missed exercise both Monday and Tuesday and therefore had to do my five days straight with no rest days. But I did it!
As you can see, I started with this site some time ago, back when I lived in North Dakota and they were pushing signing up for it at my husband's work with the National Weather Service. I dropped logging on the site for awhile, but started again this winter for additional exercise motivation. I was never consistent enough to put those six weeks together until NOW!
I was so excited to finally see something on my awards page! Naturally, you get to order stuff if you win an award! So I couldn't resist getting the official certificate (50 cents), a lapel pin ($3) and a T-shirt ($8.50). Can always use a workout T-shirt... and the price wasn't bad. I'll add the pin to a hat.
Here's what the loot should look like when it comes:
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| The lapel pin is only 3/4" in diameter |
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I feel like a kid at camp!
And that's not all... I've got a new challenge going. I've reset my preferences so that I am now working on earning the Presidential Champions awards of Bronze, Silver and GOLD. The funny thing is that I'd already earned the bronze award earlier this month and didn't know it! But I think I'll wait to collect more loot until I at least have the silver.
Here's where I'm at on this new goal:
I love sites like this, because they give you these little things to work for and sometimes that is just what keeps you going on a bad day. Going for GOLD should provide me exercise motivation for some time to come! Now I'm off to go log today's two hours in the pool!
Way to go. We don't have anything like that here in NZ unfortunately.
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Well, it's a little thing, but it helps. I try to load the dice in favor of sticking with my exercise, LOL! And these little things always help, because they are in the back of my mind, so I try to do that bit extra.
Our gym has its own little program... there's a big binder and it's separated into things like the "Class Club", "Century Swim" and the "500 Club" and some others. So each water aerobics class I take, I get to check off, each quarter mile I swim, a check and each half mile walked, a check.
100 classes in Class Club earns you a free T-shirt. I'm at around 60 something right now! 100 miles of swimming gets a T-shirt and 500 miles of walking gets a T-shirt as well. I'm nowhere near earning the latter two!
Wow, this looks very cool. Amazing what can be accomplished with even "virtual" motivation, much less the real life stuff!
Congratulations again - very impressive!
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Whoo Hoo! High Five! Applause! Ya did it! Feels good hey?
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It does feel good! The great thing is that these are goals that most anyone can shoot for, no matter how out of shape.
I limit myself to posting only actual exercise on President's Challenge... but anyone who is trying to just get more active, well, the site lists a LOT of qualifying activities! Things like bowling, gardening, home repair and household tasks can all be counted.