Rolling over in bed on Sunday morning was difficult, my body was stiff and sore. I could tell by the morning light filtering in the window that it was later than usual for me to get up. But, I just couldn’t get my body moving and my eyes to focus. I think, the altitude, time difference and my week in Denver with Greta and Nick had finally caught up to me. My, week long, trip to Denver was fantastic, it was packed full of adventures, good restaurants and visiting with friends and family, but I was happy to be home and in my own bed. I was looking forward to calm, restful, week to catchup on just about everything.
It was a little after lunch when I got the text from Greta challenging me to a fitness competition. Over the past several years we have had 4 fitness competition and our score was 2 victories for Greta and 2 for me – this was going to be the tie breaker.
Our watches keeps track of the points and the rules are.
+ you get 1 point for every percentage point of your goals.
+ maximum points per day 600.
+ length 7 days
MY GOALS – in the 3 areas were;
Move – 1,200 Calories per day
Exercise – 50 minutes per day
Stand – 12 hours per day
On Wednesday, of the competition, I had an appointment to get my car serviced and I knew, I couldn’t afford to lose the several hours it was going to take to get the service done. So, I brought my backpack with the camel water bladder so I could walk the parking lot – I ended up with 5.4 miles and was able to get my 600 points on Wednesday, even though it took 4 hours for the service.
Greta and I ended in a tie – same 4,200 points each – but I was proud of my weekly numbers and not sure I could duplicate again. My fitness numbers starting Monday morning and ending Sunday night;
| 12,380 | Calories Total |
| 1,768 | Average Calories per day |
| 128,325 | Total Steps |
| 60.48 | Miles Walked |
| 125.2 | Miles Biked |
| 67 | Flights Climbed |
| 25.4 | Hours exercised |
At any age, it’s important to keep moving and this competition was a great motivator and just what I needed to recover from my trip to Denver – thanks, Greta!