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Hopalong:
I want to start a thread for patting oneself on the back for small steps taken to help oneself feel better. Physically or emotionally.

Small steps, right? I was completely taken with the PushUp Challenge, by a blogger/expert in motivation. I have flunked it already but it's one that's not hard to re-start! The challenge? Do ONE pushup per day for a year. Mind boggling in its simplicity.

In the small victories department one is supposed to pat oneself on the back for every step...yesterday at work I faithfully hopped up every hour and did 20 steps on the miracle mini-stepper by my desk. I am AMAZED how different I feel today. The latest research on sedentariness is sooooooooobering. I have spent literally years of days in chairs, then evenings on couches.

What is different about the latest findings is this: Many people who work office jobs ALSO go work out or run for an hour+, for example, and think their health is protected by that. Turns out, it's NOT. What is critical is to KEEP MOVING during the day. If you're doing seated things, you need to stand and stretch every 30 min (if a standing desk isn't for you) and then move ACTIVELY every hour. So that hourly stepper routine could save my life. I mean that literally.

It's not about getting hugely sweaty or aerobic, it's about being in motion. That's it.

Feel free to add your own small steps challenges, motivation struggles, slips, and successess...

hugs
Hops

Twoapenny:
Love this :)  Congrats to you, Hopsie, on your hopping and other activities :)

My pat on the back today was telling a (good) friend how upset I've been by the actions of less good friends recently.  I hadn't really talked about it much in 'real life' and it felt good to get the words out and turns out she's been in similar situations.  Feel a little closer to her now by being a bit more real and feel less focused on the others as her feelings were "f**k em' which made me laugh :)

lighter:
It's interesting what you can learn from standing yourself up against a wall and seeing what touches, and what does not.

Feels good to be stretching again.

My dog thinks it's interesting to watch; )

Lighter

Hopalong:
Har! A dog's enthusiastic curiosity is just about the perfect motivator...

For the first time today, I took pooch to work (there has been much drama
about our "dog policy". Had no choice, since a plumber needed to come and
I couldn't leave her home to greet (i.e., likely go nuts about) him on her own.
Even though I trust this guy so much I'd hand him a key and a blank check.

So....I took her to work. She was great! I looped her long leash thru the file
cabinet by my desk and she settled most of the day on the comfy pad-bed
I laid there. Only problem was she bark-yodeled when I tried to sneak off
to the bathroom or kitchen area, so I learned I had to just take her with me.
She trots along...as long as I'm in eyeshot, she's fine.

Unfortunately, the boss (who's normally not in on Fridays) was in today,
and heard those few yodel-yaps, so it's likely she won't be able to go every
day.

Funny thing was, I was WAY MORE productive than usual. Cranking out
stuff...because with her there, I was in SUCH a better mental place. Hmmm.

I didn't hop on my stepper today but all in all, it was a good small-step day
anyway!

hugs
Hops

lighter:
Hops, so NOT the post I expected to read from you.

It was.....

sure, unexpected,

but so very cool that you just loaded up pooch, and did it.

Woo.

Hoo.

::raising hand::

I vote you take pooch to the office again, now that you've figured out how to extinguish the yodeling, and see if it floats.

Maybe you could have one more "plumber" excuse day to show everyone they certainly could have a new team player since it increases productivity, and feels so darned good?

Don't ask, don't get.

::shrug::

Maybe you'll get.

Lighter 

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