I almost completely forget that a good friend I worked with in Afghanistan had been working on his gold Presidential Fitness Challenge Award, so we all signed up. I hadn't logged any workouts in over a year and have been a pretty big slug since getting back from Afghanistan. Sure I've worked out here and there, but nowhere near as consistently as I should be.
So last night I found my old screen name and log in and went to the website. Once logged in, I tried to remember recent workouts and noticed you can only go back 2 months. But that's ok, because you can get points for work-outs, but also things like walking around, yard work, and "hauling and lifting". Considering I helped two people move in the past two months, that was definitely some hauling and lifting!
Still got a long way to go to Bronze, the first award at 40,000 points and Gold at 160,000. I only have just over 10,000 points, but the good news is that's in only a few months of logging work-outs and activity. If I consistently log what I do, and work out a little more consistently I hope to get between 800-1000 points a week. Do I have time and the discipline to get the 1,000,000 point Platinum award?
We shall see!
About 2 years ago I bought a fitbit. It is a great pedometer. I have found 10,000 step per day is the sweet spot for weight maintanence. However, in 100 plus degrees (Texas) I haven't been able to do half that. Keep up the good work John!
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