Join The Spoonies On HealthMonth.com!

[jeshyr]

I'm putting together a Spoonies Team On HealthMonth.com for January - if there's interest we'll continue the team past January as well for as long as people want to play.

What's HealthMonth? It turns keeping yourself healthy into a game! You pick your own rules from a list, which includes an option to make up totally customised rules. Here some of the rules that I've chosen for myself:

• List things I'm grateful for 6 days a week


• Stop using the computer after 6pm at least 1 day a week


• Sleep at least 1 hour in the afternoon at least 5 days a week


• Do my physical therapy exercises for 20 minutes at least 2 days a week

Your rules might be totally different, obviously - you just pick whatever suits you. If you have three or less rules then you can play for free, otherwise it's US$5 for a month.

There's a game "wall" where you can see how other Spoonie team members are going, post information about yourself, and generally cheer each other on.

January will be the third month I've done this and I find it really helps with getting into good habits and then sticking to them!

- Ricky

ETA: If anybody wants more than 3 rules but can't afford the US$5 and wants sponsoring, just ask me.

Comments

[quiet000001]

If anyone has any spare sponsor chips, if they could sponsor me, that'd be cool. I dunno if this will help, but hey, I'll try. :) (I have to at least get myself to STOP HAVING STUFF WITH HFCS in it.) (According to my brother, they actually give HFCS to lab rats to induce arthritis like symptoms. No wonder it upsets my joints so much.)

[sporky_rat]

Oh my god yes. I actually do have arthritis (progressive osteoarthritis in my ankles) and HFCS makes me hurt so badly it's impossible to walk some days. Unfortunately, the US's corn subsidy makes things difficult. But we're working on it.

[quiet000001]

Yeah, I have psoriatic arthritis and I noticed the HFCS thing a while ago, but thought maybe it was just me being weird - then this Christmas we were visiting my brother, who works in drug development, and he was like "oh, yeah, they give lab rats HFCS to induce arthritis!"

NOT MY IMAGINATION! HAH!

I've been buying stuff like the Throwback Pepsi (made with sugar) and the Mexican Coke (likewise) when I see it even if I'm not planning on drinking it at the moment, just to establish a demand. But it's really tedious having to read the labels on everything to see if they're sneaking HFCS into it. (And it turns up in the WEIRDEST places.)

[jeshyr]

Done!

Anybody else who wants sponsorship, just ask.

Popping in from /network

[jackandahat]

Hi - I just saw your post here, and I know other people who've signed up for Health Month. It looks interesting, so I've signed myself up and joined your team - hope that's OK.

Re: Popping in from /network

[jeshyr]

Of course it's OK! You are most welcome :)

Re: Popping in from /network

[jackandahat]

Thank you very much! I've sort of started on my rule already, I managed to keep them yesterday, so. Looking forward to playing more with the site.

[pauamma]

Would "find a new sneaky, devious, insane, or illegal way to deliver a pumpkin to you as often as possible" be a valid goal?

[jeshyr]

If that's your wish, oh ruler of the unfree world! ;)

health month over?

[(Anonymous)]

How did the health month team experiment turn out? It looked like fun. I checked out the game, but I would rather play with fellow spoonies than with the full group. Any chance you might start up the team again?