Everything and Anything - June 2025 Exercise Challenge

[Raya]

Welcome to the June 2025 exercise thread, in which we'll be guided by...something... ummm, as soon I as I think of it... And after sleeping on it, I've decided the theme will be everything and anything! Let's embrace how random and unpredictable Disney life can be!

If you’re returning, we’re excited to have you back! If you’re new, welcome to the team! Here’s how it works:

Each person chooses a time goal and posts minutes towards that goal as they exercise. You can post daily or just catch up when you can. You decide what movement counts towards your goal - which can be a nice round total for the month, a specific number that means something to you, or a calculation based on a target number of minutes per day. Since May has 31 days, here are some common conversions:

15 minutes/day = 465
20 minutes/day = 620
30 minutes/day = 930
45 minutes/day = 1395
1 hour/day = 1860

One of the special motivations of our Disney challenge is color changing! Page one will be updated with individual and team color changes as we make more and more progress:

10% - Red
25% - Orange
50% -Yellow
75% - Blue
90% - Green
100% - Purple

We’re officially starting this challenge on June 1st, but if you don’t find the thread until later in the month, you’re still welcome to join! There's no better time than the present to start toward your goals!! Just post your goal and I’ll add you to the list. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions and to check out old threads to see what’s been going on.


Participants:

BonnieF - /500
ClappyClaps 97/1200
Elizabeth Smith - /550
Piglet1979 - 41/750
PollyannaMom - /600
Raya - 60/700
ShannyMcB - /325
sophy1996 - 40/1200
Twilight Sparkle - 270/2500

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Team Total: 508/3875
13%

 

[PollyannaMom]

In for my usual 600 minutes

 

[ShannyMcB]

I’m in for 325

 

[BonnieF]

I'll aim for 500.

 

[clappyclaps]

I'll join for the first time, aiming for 1200.

 

[Elizabeth Smith]

Welcome @clappyclaps!!

I'll shoot for 550 this month. Down from my usual goal, but up from last month! We have a convention at the beginning of the month and VBS at the end. With all that busy-ness, I may not be able to stay on top of minutes.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I'll join for the first time, aiming for 1200.

 

[sophy1996]

In for 1200, starting with 40 minutes of walking today

40/1200

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

I think I'll stick with 2500.

270 from today - all horses

 

[clappyclaps]

Welcome @clappyclaps!!

I'll shoot for 550 this month. Down from my usual goal, but up from last month! We have a convention at the beginning of the month and VBS at the end. With all that busy-ness, I may not be able to stay on top of minutes.

Thank you

97/1200 from my walks today and yesterday.

 

[Raya]

60 minutes for me, and...

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Happy June and Happy Pride Month!

I thought we'd kick our month of Everything and Anything off with the big celebration that lasts all month - Pride Month!

Thanks to my childhood in Florida I can tell you that Pride celebrations at Disney started as "Gay Days" back in the early 1990s. Back then, LGBTQ+ families went to Disney World as part of an Orlando wide celebration that took place the first weekend in June. They wore red shirts so other families could identify them. It gave those families a way to be at the park and feel like they weren't alone. By the late 1990s more than 10,000 people attended, enough that Disney and protesters took notice. While there was lots of rainbow merch, it took until 2023 for Disney to hold "Pride Nite" in Disneyland. There still isn't an official acknowledgment of Gay Days, and castmembers treat the event as any other day. This year Gay Days will be June 5-8, 2025.

And to celebrate our early success the team has already made it to red with 12% of our goal on the second day of the month! Congrats everyone! Joining the team at red for 10% is Twilight Sparkle!

And a special welcome to our newcomer, Clappyclaps! (Do I have that right, second C stays lowercase?)

 

[sophy1996]

I have made a point of attending Gay Days at Disneyland a few times. The atmosphere is usually even happier than usual! The big Gay Days event there is held in September.

 

[piglet1979]

I am in again for this month. Since I hit my goal again last month I am upping my time to 25 minutes a day for a total of 750 minutes for the month.

June 1 -- 41

Total 41/750

 

[clappyclaps]

And a special welcome to our newcomer, Clappyclaps! (Do I have that right, second C stays lowercase?)

Thank you and yes thats right its a ridiculous nickname based on my surname, in case you were wondering

That's really interesting history about the Gay Days, not something i knew about. A little shocked its not something thats officially acknowledged after all this time