10 weeks ago the Oregon Employment Department sponsored a "Healthworks" event for their employees. I organized a team of 10 in our little office, we coined the name "These 100 Piggies" honoring our ten little toes who would be doing all the work, and set out to take over the world!!!! Okay.... we actually set out to accomplish a very reasonable weekly goal of 30 minutes of exercise a day, 5 days a week.
2 days ago, this contest ended. The Piggies logged over 553 hours of exercise during that 10 week period. Many Piggies went above and beyond the requirements, and set personal goals for themselves regarding amount of exercise, type of exercise, and even weight loss goals. It was inspiring to witness and be a part of such a group effort. Especially with such an outstanding success rate. The final results from other teams have yet to be released, but I feel like it was a win.
I calculated that at my rate for the last ten weeks of approximately 95 hours of exercise, I exercise almost 500 hours a year! Out of a possible 8760 hours per year. So, 5.7% of the year I am exercising. Next year's goal: 6.0%.
A big thank you to the Oregon Employment Department Healthworks for being health-conscious! Sitting at a desk all day has to be off-set somehow.
Good job Little Piggies!
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