The 30 Day Challenge Results are in for April

As the winter months approached, I lacked serious motivation to workout. I’d get up,  get ready, work, pick up the kids, play downstairs, kids bedtime, couch time (or blogging time), and my bedtime–exhausting. The patterned repeated; however, now that spring is approaching, I’ve wanted to get my butt in gear by giving myself a little challenge. For the month of April, I have taken on the 30 Day Challenge to incorporate more movement into my daily life. My goal was 20 minutes of movement (walking, running, workout videos, etc) or 600 overall minutes. This gave me some room for rest days, yet still kept me accountable to workout longer on the non-rest days.

Was I successful this month?

YES!

I even kept a calendar to prove it.

30 Day Challenge – April

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat	TOTAL
					31 30 min Online Workout – Cardio	1 24 min Ran Outside	54 min.
2 60 min Yoga	3 20 min Walked Halls	4 10 min Walked Halls	5 Off Day	6 20 min Walked Halls	7 20 min Walked Halls	8 25 min Walked Block	155 min
9 25 min Ran Outside	10 15 min Online Workout	11 27 min Ran Outside	12 10 min Walked Outside	13 27 min Ran Outside	14 Off Day	15 25 min Ran Outside	129 min
16 60 min Yoga	17 35 min Online Workout– Boot Camp	18 Off Day	19 23 min Ran Outside	20 10 min Walked Halls	21 15 min Walked Halls	22 Off Day	143 min
23 Off Day	24 20 min Walked Outside 25 min Ran Outside 20 min Walked to Park	25 25 min Walked Outside	26 40 min Ran Outside 10 min walk	27 21 min Online Workout – Tabata	28 20 min Walked Halls	29 Off Day	181 min

Grand Total = 662 minutes
GOAL MET!

There were three things that really kept me motivated.

1. New Activities – The videos from Popsugar brought an element of new and exciting moves to each workout, and they allowed me to workout in my basement when there was rainy weather.
2. Change in Scenery – Spring has sprung, and that means warmer weather. We had a few nice days where I could go for a run or walk to the park. I even walked outside on some of my lunch breaks. Any chance to soak up some seriously missed sunshine was great motivation.
3. Competition – The last motivational piece which actually pulled me through to the end of the challenge was a fierce family competition. My mom invited myself and my sisters to a Workweek Hustle/ This is a five day challenge based off of steps taken which is tracked using our Fitbits. If it wasn’t for this challenge, I wouldn’t have moved nearly as much the last week. They are really great competition; I could barely keep up!

Overall, this was my favorite 30 Day Challenge so far. Keeping track of my progress made me more accountable. Hopefully, as we move into summer, I continue to stay active. There will be a few lazy days relaxing on the patio, but also countless other days chasing my kids around at the park.

What keeps you motivated to stay active? I’d love to hear from you.