(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 16, 2012 ) WASHINGTON, DC – Before Spring rolls around, the treadmills are empty and the new at-home ab rippers have started collecting dust as the time commitment to our resolutions becomes too burdensome.
This year, there’s a new resolution in town that isn’t too late to start, and it actually saves you time – taking the stairs.
No learning a new routine, no buying new equipment you wonÂ’t use 2 months from now, and no additional time taken out of your busy day with 50millioncalories resolution to take the stairs over the elevator. In the time it takes to push the elevator button, wait for it, and ride it to your floor, you could already be at your desk or meeting and have burned Calories and saved our environment.
Think itÂ’s not worth it? Think again. One company, Raytheon, recently used the site as a corporate wellness program and produced staggering results. The top employee in the competition burned over 36,000 calories in just 3 months - equivalent to just over 10 lbs of fat lost!
In addition to potential weight loss, opting for the stairs has other immediate benefits, such as a decrease in anxiety and increase in thought clarity from the quick burst of blood and oxygen to oneÂ’s brain.
50millioncalories.org promotes better health and a better environment by making this simple commitment fun. Users can create a free profile on 50millioncalories.org and use the site or Blackberry app to log the flights of stairs taken and track their progress.
The website interfaces with Facebook, ranks the top performing men, women, teams and companies, and has a built-in reward system that triggers trophies and congratulatory e-mails when a milestone, such as 100 flights ascended, is reached.
The website is also designed for corporate wellness, allowing a white-label version such as http://YourCompany.50MillionCalories.org to provide private access to corporate data and filter the competitive results for that company.
This fall, RaytheonÂ’s site in Dulles, Va., used the program during a three month challenge and burned nearly 311,000 calories by tackling 58,222 flights of stairs.
About 50MillionCalories
50MillionCalories's mission is to have a major impact on both the health of our nation, and our environment. The website is intended to improve the lives of millions by showing them that small, consistent changes to their lifestyle can add up to have a significant impact. It is our goal to leave the world a healthier place and we will do everything in our power to use resources at our disposal to make that fun and easy for all of you. Please join us in our mission, we are always looking for good people to connect with who want to make a positive difference.
