Health Challenge

Join PXE International for our 2012 Health Challenge event. Work with us throughout the year in the pursuit of a healthier lifestyle and fill out the participation forms for each month to let us know how you're doing! Keep up with the monthly updates, goals, and videos, and you can join our facebook group and add yourself to the Health Challenge Event! for even more support and involvement. Whoever comes in first at the end of the year will win $1,000! It's never too late to start, and we encourage you to work on the goals and fill out the forms for months you may have missed.

• May - Find your motivation!

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• Welcome to May!
  
  Personal Goal: Think about what motivates you. How do you get those work out shoes on? How do you encourage yourself to make healthy decisions about food and exercise? It's important to know what gets you up and out of the house so that on days when it seems way too hard you can call on those motivators to keep you going. Share what you've learned about yourself and your motivations with our Facebook event or on the Chat list!
  
  Community Goal: Discuss your motivations with your support system. Tell them how much of a help they are when things aren't going your way. Maybe they have some tips. Share your tips with them. Communicating with your team is a great way to make sure they know how appreciated they are and to keep everyone going.
  
   
• April - Get active!

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• Welcome to April!
  
  Personal Goal: Work out every day! Be mindful of your limits but try to push yourself. It doesn't have to be formal or expensive, a little extra physical activity every day will go a long way towards establishing a healthy lifestyle. Look into bodyweight exercises for great ideas that don't require any equipment!
  
  Community Goal: Find someone to work out with! At least once a week find someone that will get active with you, to do anything from structured workouts to simply taking a walk together.
  
  Fill out the participation form and let us know how you did this month!
   
• March - Keep an eye on your diet!

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• Welcome to March!
  
  Personal Goal: Start eating well! This means different things to different people with regards to what their goals are. Join DailyBurn or other tracking tool to keep track of your eating habits and learn how to change them. Read Elizabeth Terry's personal health tips.
  
  Community Goal: Tell everyone! They may be annoyed with you at first but they'll thank you when they are also feeling better and eating healthier!
  
  Fill out the participation form and let us know how you did this month!
  
   
• February - Take a hike!

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• Welcome to February!
  
  Personal Goal: Walk as much as you can in February! It is recommended that the average adult should walk around 10,000 steps a day. Keep track with a pedometer. There are many options (also available at WalMart and most drug stores) like these or if you want all the bells and whistles look here.
  
  Community Goal: Find your support system! A friend/family member/community that is equally committed to your (and hopefully their) goals as you are. Help each other stay motivated and on target!
  
  Fill out the participation form and let us know how you did this month!
  
   
• January - Getting started!

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• Are you excited? We hope your health driven New Years Resolutions have gotten you through January and hope that you'll join us in our 2012 push toward health!
  

  1. Follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook group! If you haven't taken advantage of the amazing resources available from other affected individuals, it's definitely time to start. Add yourself to the Health Challenge Event.
  2. Upload a 'Before' picture if your goal is to lose weight/drop a pant size, tell us how often you smoke if your goal is to quit, tell us the activity you wish you could participate in if your goal is to get fit, and/or let us celebrate your achievements thus far!
  3. Keep checking your Facebook for each monthly challenge video and other tips throughout the year!
  4. Let's work out butts off (literally!)