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Win a GOQii Stride Within 13 Days in the India Health Quiz

win a GOQii Stride100 days can seem too short to collect all the awesome prizes offered in the GOQii India Health Quiz. But remember – where there is a will, there is a way. Recently, one of our Health Quiz Khiladis was determined enough to win a GOQii Stride by earning 3000 points.

As a runner, she had her eyes set on the prize that would help her achieve her health goals. The GOQii Stride is a shoe tracker which you can clip on your shoelace. It tracks your steps, distance and calories burned irrespective of the activity, has a battery life of 180 days and is water resistant.

What came as a surprise was that she was able to win a GOQii Stride within 13 days only. Some might consider 13 to be an unlucky number but for this Khiladi, it was a moment of victory! Does accumulating 3000 points within 13 days sound impossible? It is not! Here’s how she did it!

Doing the Math

In order to collect 3000 points, a person will have to participate in around 60 quizzes, provided he/she gets 50 points in all the quizzes. This ideally means that the person will have to participate in more quizzes and to participate, you will need more keys and more lives!

Collecting Keys and Lives

When you download the GOQii App, you begin with 15 keys and 5 lives. This particular player had done the math! As an active person, she used to clock in 6000 steps every day to earn 4 keys. Add that to the 3 keys one receives as a daily bonus, and the total comes up to 7 keys daily. Then the player took the HRA test to earn an additional 10 keys and sometimes even purchased 1 key using 200 GOQii Cash.

She began inviting her friends using her invite code and was able to invite 5 friends. This gave her 5 extra lives for each that joined. She even got them to participate and play quizzes. This bumped up her total lives to approximately 50.

With all the gear she needed, she diligently participated in the GOQii India Health Quiz every day!

Playing and Winning the GOQii Stride

On the first day of the quiz, she used up all her 15 keys. Following that, she tried her best to participate in 8-9 quizzes a day. Here’s what her scores looked like:

  • 50 points in 30 quizzes
  • 30 points in 40 quizzes
  • 15 points in 10 quizzes
  • 5 points in 30 quizzes

She played 110 quizzes, sometimes scoring a straight A and sometimes she had to use a life. In some cases, she was eliminated in the second round itself. Despite minor losses, this technique and level of preparedness, helped her win a GOQii Stride within 13 days.

She is currently using the GOQii Stride and is enjoying the GOQii Plus Coaching as well! That’s it! Winning the GOQii Stride is not that difficult. Though 100 days seem less, a little effort and a lot of math can go a long way! She is currently playing to win the GOQii Vital tracker which monitors heart rate and blood pressure.

Don’t forget that there are Quizzes held every 30 minutes. So invite your friends, participate and win big!

Try using this technique and let us know if you were able to win the GOQii Stride. Is there a specific technique you are using? Let us know in the comments below!

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“I Made a Positive U-Turn In My Life” – Aurobindo Saha

Aurobindo Saha

He is 40 years of age, 5 ft 4 in and weighed 88kg with high cholesterol, high blood pressure and was a pre-diabetic. He was a sure shot recipe for disaster. But, as they say, better late than never! The first thing Aurobindo Saha did was that he quit smoking. He realized it was just a matter of saying ‘I Can’. Soon thereafter, he started an exercise routine and the result of all the hard work is that today he has lost weight, he is a runner and he is a positive example for others!  Let us hear his story of transformation in his own words.   

Quoting from the movie The God Father II, “Good health is the most important thing. More than success, more than money, more than power”. We human beings, who are so insignificant in the entire universe, however, claim ourselves to be the most intelligent living beings, forget this very fact. What a pity that is.

My story was somewhat this – 5 years ago, I weighed 88kg and had all the possible medical issues such as high cholesterol, high LDL, high blood pressure, getting nearly diabetic – not the best combinations one can have. However, I came to my senses sooner and quit smoking first. I quit not because of these medical issues but one day, I just decided I had enough of smoking. This is when I got the feeling ‘I Can’.

I soon started to exercise and lost some weight. But, I was unable to sustain the momentum, the routine I had started and sprung back to weighing 90kg with a blood report that guaranteed me a heart attack any day. My doctor only told me ‘come back to your senses’.

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Running with the Manhattan Skyline in the background

Coming Back to My Senses

This is when I started thinking seriously about what could I possibly do to reverse my situation. I came across GOQii as the ‘manna from heaven’. I needed an overhaul of my present self and needed a complete lifestyle change assistance and GOQii seemed like the perfect fit. Earlier, I had a pedometer but that did not help. For a drastic lifestyle change, a step-monitoring machine like a pedometer and regular fitness band can help to some extent, but the most important help you can get is from the person who guides you in your everyday routine.

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Running in the Swiss Alps

This is where technology meets human. GOQii provided me with a coach who hand held me through the journey from October 2016 onwards. Today, I am clearly a much healthy person having lost weight, using the fitness band and following my coach’s advice. Occasionally, I go in for a Doctor Consultant as well to show my blood reports.

With GOQii and my Coach’s expertise and help with nutrition charts, exercise and cardio workout suggestions, constant motivation, vigilant monitoring of what I am eating and when I am sleeping, I am happy to say that I made a positive U-turn in my life.

I run not only to keep myself fit but also to feed my soul. As a traveler, I run where I get a chance and with every run, I build everlasting memories of raw, natural beauty experienced in places across the globe. Each step in these runs brings me closer to the goal of living a healthy lifestyle.

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Aurobindo’s Medical chart 

I now weigh 69kg, my cholesterol, LDL, HDL, sugar level and BP are all normal.  Initially, I reduced 20kg in 5 months of being on GOQii.

What Did Aurobindo Saha’s Coach Say About Him?

“Achievement is impossible without dedication!”

These words aptly describe Aurobindo Saha. His dedication and excellent willpower have always enabled him to achieve great milestones in areas of health and other areas of life as well. His health journey started with a health goal of weight loss, reduction of cholesterol and blood pressure. Thanks to his motivation, we could achieve much more than what we had planned.

The mere weight loss came along with a host of other lifestyle changes such as improved water intake and sleep quality, timely meals, regular exercise, etc. His doting efforts to log in his daily activities, food and water enabled me to keep a close watch on his lifestyle. With his readiness and enthusiasm to learn and inculcate new habits, he has managed to achieve milestones that will have a lasting impact on his life. I salute his dedication and brilliant self-control!

We hope Aurobindo Saha’s journey inspires you! If you want to share your journey to a healthier you with GOQii, click here and fill the form!

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Should You Go Grain-Free?

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In the past few years, imperical evidence emerged, coaxing us to stay away from all the foods we enjoyed so much in order to live a strong, healthy and disease-free life. Now, along with sugar, fats and diary, you even have grains joining the list of dietary outcasts. How did this happen? Is it necessary? Let’s find out if you should go grain-free!

What is Grain-Free?

Have you ever thought about skipping rice, chapati or your favorite rotis for losing weight quickly? Ever skipped all grains which includes wheat and its products, corn, rice, jowar, ragi, and bajra? That is called going grain-free. It is when you eliminate all grains from your diet.

If you have followed a specific diet like Keto or Paleo, you know that they involve skipping grains. Another reason people avoid grains is the discomfort in digesting them. The specific known culprit is Wheat! But there is hardly any reason enough that suggests grains are unhealthy or promote weight gain.

Are There Any Benefits of Going Grain-Free?

The immediate benefit of going grain-free is that you will notice some weight loss and reduction in bloating. 80% of dry matter of grains is carbohydrates. Reduced intake of excess carbohydrates helps in reducing weight quickly as it also reduces water retention. Hence, skipping grains makes you feel light. It works for short-term weight loss.

However, if you want to go for long-term weight loss, skipping grains might not be such a great idea as it may lead to nutritional deficiency. Whole grains are a major source of Vitamin B in our diet. Restricting it for a long time may lead to deficiency and cause problems. Going grain-free is not for every person. You can get the same benefits by skipping sugar and processed foods. For long term weight loss, go for grains!

What to Watch Out For!

If you are insistent on going grain-free, then plan your diet in such a way that you can cope with the vitamin loss. For instasnce, include green vegetables in your diet. You can go grain-free for a specific period but avoid going long term. Remember that eating whole grains is good for your heart and it reduces the risk of cancer as well.

If you are skipping grains due to digestive discomfort, then take the IgA anti-gliadin antibodies test to see if you have gluten sensitivity followed by endoscopy to check for celiac disease.

Gluten is a protein present in wheat and it will cause you discomfort if you have gluten sensitivity or celiac disease. If you have either of these conditions, avoid wheat, rye and barley. You can safely eat other grains.

To sum it up, you can enjoy eating rice, idli and parathas in moderation. Avoid refined cereal!

We hope this article helps you come to a conclusion on whether you should go grain-free or not! Do let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

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Win a Backpack Within 1 Day in the India Health Quiz

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If you have been actively participating in the GOQii India Health Quiz, you are well aware of the awesome rewards and the points required to claim them. Recently, we came across a user who was able to win a Backpack within 1 day. Sounds impossible? It isn’t.

Let’s see how this user won a backpack within 1 day!

Doing the Math

If the target points required to win a backpack is 500, then ideally you will have to play 10 quizzes and get all the answers right. But you only begin with 15 keys to participate in the quiz. It is possible to not get all the answers right or even get eliminated in the first round.

There’s a possibility that you might have to play around 20+ quizzes. So how exactly did this player get more keys?

Collecting Keys

A new player begins with 15 keys. To get more, this player engaged in the various activities required to earn more keys. He began with completing his 6000 steps target and collected 4 keys.

He then proceeded to take the HRA test within the app to earn an additional 10 keys. This brought the total number of keys he possessed up to 29, which meant he could play 29 quizzes. He also went on to invite 2 of his friends to download the app using his referral code. This gave him 10 additional lives as well.

Playing and Claiming a Backpack 

Once he was geared up with everything he needed, he played 21 quizzes. He scored:

  • 50 in 4 quizzes
  • 30 in 7 quizzes
  • 15 in 4 quizzes
  • 5 in 6 quizzes

This brought his total points to 500. During the course of the quiz, he lost some lives but was able to win a backpack within 1 day using this technique! Although he was informed that the backpack would reach him within 2 weeks, he was happy to receive it within 6 working days.

That’s it! Winning a backpack in the GOQii India Health Quiz is that easy! If you put your mind to it, nothing is impossible.

Try using this technique and let us know if you were able to win a backpack in the comments below! There’s a live quiz every 30 minutes and lots of opportunities to earn keys and lives every day!

What are you waiting for? Invite your friends, complete your tasks and #BeTheForce in the GOQii India Health Quiz.

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