April 29, 2008
WHAT is the Walking Challenge?!
All graphics are property of Kim in MI and may be used for the Walking Challenge participants, or by written permission.
Our Time here at The Walking Challenge has come to a close, but we'd like to point you towards WalkerTracker.com and encourage you to join there and keep on walking.
Happy Walking!
April 11, 2006
A Word of Encouragement
I know that some of the walkers in our group are just starting out.
Some of you have not done much moving in a very long time.
Some of you are wondering if you can do this, if you really can get fit and healthy.
You can.
Step by step, day by day, when you make the choice to get up and walk, you will see a difference in your health.
I started using my walking DVD's at the beginning of January. When I first started, I could hardly do the 1 mile walks. It was discouraging, but I kept at it, and it was not long before the 1 miles were easy and I could move on to the more challenging 2 mile walks. Now I can do 3 and even the 4 mile walks without too much difficulty.
You can do it too. Don't give up because it seems hopeless. Don't give up because you get winded just doing half a mile. The heart and lungs need to be challenged a bit to start improving. When you are huffing and puffing, that's really when you are making progress.
Keep walking. Don't give up. And if you haven't started yet, make today the day when you put one foot in front of the other and begin your journey.
April 3, 2006
Ooooh do you need to drink more water
By request of the BlubberBloggers, we now also have a Water Ticker! If you want to use it to tick away your water drinking each day, feel free to use that, as well. It works like the walking ticker, put in your goal and your progress and it returns code to copy & paste. Let me know if there are any bugs.
http://www.andfam.net/kim/water.html
March 29, 2006
Tickers, Icons, and Awards
**note - a site update lost my code for more recent banners & icons -- I will be updating this page soon. So sorry! ** ~ Kim March '07
Joining the walk and want to get a ticker for your site, or a little walking banner to show your participation? You've come to the right place! Here are the codes for the different graphics:
| This Month's Banner | Tickers |
| Goal Reached Awards | Participation Awards |
August Banner Code:
<a href="http://www.andfam.net/walk"><img src="http://www.andfam.net/walk/challenge08.gif" border=0></a>Tickers
To calculate your progress and get the corresponding ticker, visit the Walking Challenge Quicker Ticker Picker Page
That's where you can get a ticker like this one, and update it with your progress:
At Melissa's suggestion, I've added some graphics:
The "goal reached" awards are now monthly, so you can make a little virtual trophy wall:
Goal Reached Code:
No Month Specified:
<center><a href="http://www.andfam.net/walk"><img src="http://www.andfam.net/kim/walk/walking_award.gif"></a></center>
March:
<a href="http://www.andfam.net/walk"><img src="http://www.andfam.net/walk/walking_award03.gif" hspace=5 vspace=5" border=0></a>
April:
<a href="http://www.andfam.net/walk"><img src="http://www.andfam.net/walk/walking_award04.gif" hspace=5 vspace=5" border=0></a>
May:
<a href="http://www.andfam.net/walk"><img src="http://www.andfam.net/walk/walking_award05.gif" hspace=5 vspace=5" border=0></a>
June:
<a href="http://www.andfam.net/walk"><img src="http://www.andfam.net/walk/walking_award06.gif" hspace=5 vspace=5" border=0></a>
July:
<a href="http://www.andfam.net/walk"><img src="http://www.andfam.net/walk/walking_award07.gif" hspace=5 vspace=5" border=0></a>
August:
<a href="http://www.andfam.net/walk"><img src="http://www.andfam.net/walk/walking_award08.gif" hspace=5 vspace=5" border=0></a>
And for those who did join in and weren't able to reach their goal, there are "I walked!" awards!!
Participation awards code:
March:
<a href="http://www.andfam.net/walk"><img src="http://www.andfam.net/walk/silver03.gif" hspace=5 vspace=5" border=0></a>
April:
<a href="http://www.andfam.net/walk"><img src="http://www.andfam.net/walk/silver04.gif" hspace=5 vspace=5" border=0></a>
May:
<a href="http://www.andfam.net/walk"><img src="http://www.andfam.net/walk/silver05.gif" hspace=5 vspace=5" border=0></a>
June:
<a href="http://www.andfam.net/walk"><img src="http://www.andfam.net/walk/silver06.gif" hspace=5 vspace=5" border=0></a>
July:
<a href="http://www.andfam.net/walk"><img src="http://www.andfam.net/walk/silver07.gif" hspace=5 vspace=5" border=0></a>
August:
<a href="http://www.andfam.net/walk"><img src="http://www.andfam.net/walk/silver08.gif" hspace=5 vspace=5" border=0></a>