January Exercise Challenge

[Natasha]

It's a new year and I'm working towards a new body...one I've never seen in my adult life. You've rung in the New Year, you've eaten your collards and black-eyed peas, and you've made your New Year's Resolutions. Now it's time to get to work on keeping that resolution to a better, healthier you!!!

Participation is getting better and better every month...thanks, guys!!! So let's keep it up!!! I figure this is a good way to encourage each other to get our exercise in. So the way this works is that you set a goal for minutes of exercise for the month and then *gasp* you try to meet it.

The way we do it on the weight loss forum is that you just make 1 post and you edit it to update throughout the month. HOWEVER, once so much time has passed on this forum you are not able to edit your post unless you're a moderator. So if you will just make a new post once you're no longer able to edit, I will merge the posts for you to make it one post. Please do not quote your previous post in your additional posts as it creates a lot more work than what is necessary just to merge them.

Kick it in gear, folks...time to get exercising!!! If nothing else, you can find 15 - 30 minutes per day to take a walk...all it takes is getting up a few minutes earlier.

Let's get moving!!!

 

[Natasha]

Re: January Exercise Challenege

My goal for this month is 2400 minutes!!! That's right, I'm bumping it up to 2400!!! I've got a 5K in 2 weeks, so I'm feeling VERY confident that I will meet my goal this month. Next month I may have TWO 5Ks, so I may have to bump it up even more.

Goal: 2400 minutes
Total: 2505 minutes

GOAL MET!!!

1 - Rest Day.

2 - 25 minutes at the gym
3 - 55 minutes walking in my neighborhood + 5 minutes marching in place + 45 minutes at the gym
4 - 70 minutes at the gym
5 - 30 minutes at the gym + 5 minutes marching in place
6 - 120 minutes geocaching + 5 minutes marching in place + 60 minutes at the gym
7 - 30 minutes at the gym + 5 minutes marching in place + 70 minutes at the gym
8 - 30 minutes at the gym + 5 minutes marching in place + 60 minutes at the gym

9 - Rest Day.
10 - 5 minutes marching in place + 40 minutes playing X-box Kinect Adventures + 5 minutes shake-weighting
11 - 30 minutes playing X-box Kinect Adventures + 80 minutes at the gym
12 - 5 minutes marching in place + 15 minutes shake-weight + 70 minutes at the gym
13 - 5 minutes marching in place + 15 minute shake-weight + 70 minutes at the gym
14 - 5 minutes marching in place
15 - 56 minutes 5K

16 - 45 minutes at the gym + 60 minutes walking in Underground/Little Points/Midtown Atlanta
17 - 34 minutes at the gym + 5 minutes marching in place + 70 minutes at the gym
18 - 5 minutes marching in place + 70 minutes at the gym
19 - 5 minutes marching in place + 20 minutes pushing around a cart full of fifty pounds of groceries + 55 minutes walking the trail behind my house + 70 minutes at the gym
20 - 5 minutes marching in place + 60 minutes at the gym + 60 minutes playing Dance Central
21 - 30 minutes at the gym + 5 minutes marching in place + 70 minutes at the gym
22 - 5 minutes marching in place + 5 minutes shake-weight + 70 minutes at the gym

23 - 5 minutes marching in place + 50 minutes Street Heat video + 20 minutes stair-stepping, lunges, and twists
24 - 65 minutes at the gym + 60 minutes playing Dance Central
25 - 5 minutes marching in place + 55 minutes DanceFit class + 90 minutes playing Dance Central
26 - 30 minutes at the gym + 5 minutes marching in place + 70 minutes at the gym
27 - 5 minutes marching in place + 70 minutes at the gym
28 - 55 minutes walking in my neighborhood + 5 minutes marching in place + 20 minutes dancing
29 - 5 minutes marching in place

30 - 5 minutes marching in place + 80 minutes walking in my neighborhood

GOAL MET!!!

31 - 30 minutes at the gym + 5 minutes marching in place

 

[freakofnature]

My goal for January will be 330 minutes. I'm still small beans.

 

[Alien Allen]

I am in

time to get of the snide and back into the game

Not sure what my goals are yet though

The one thing about age is that you can not burn off calories like when younger.

 

[Alien Allen]

My goal for January will be 330 minutes. I'm still small beans.

sheesh you look like you do not need to lose weight

plus your job burns up calories I would expect

 

[freakofnature]

sheesh you look like you do not need to lose weight

plus your job burns up calories I would expect

My goal is not to lose weight. I am very happy with my weight where it is. I just want to stay active and maintain my muscle tone. I mostly do resistance training in addition to wrestling colts at work. Oh, I should also add that the minutes I post in this thread are just for working out. I don't include my job.

 

[Thornless]

I want to do this and don’t know what minute goal to start!

 

[Natasha]

For those of you struggling w/ a goal, if it's easier for you to say something like "My goal is to work out 3 times a week for 30 minutes at least" that's cool. It doesn't specifically HAVE to be minutes. You can make it whatever you want...the biggest thing is just to get moving and burn some calories!!!

 

[brieze]

For those of you struggling w/ a goal, if it's easier for you to say something like "My goal is to work out 3 times a week for 30 minutes at least" that's cool. It doesn't specifically HAVE to be minutes. You can make it whatever you want...the biggest thing is just to get moving and burn some calories!!!

I'll try three times a week for 30 minutes. I'm a newbie at exercise, gotta start small lol.

Week 1:

Week 2:

Week 3:

Week 4:

 

[Natasha]

Every little bit helps!!!

 

[Carn]

One of my new years resolutions was to start working out regularly 3 times a week: Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Also I plan on taking a shot with running when it gets warmer (devilishly cold here ).

 

[anathelia]

I'm gonna set my goal for 500 minutes. Hopefully that's a meager enough amount that I can reach it, and potentially surpass it.

Jan. 7th - Played Kinect for ~30 minutes.

TOTAL: 30 minutes.

 

[Thornless]

1 - Slacker
2 - (does work count?) I did 50mins, 90mins, 50mins, 50mins (I sweat my butt off when I work, it's like doing Pilate's! was super hot in the spa for some reason too).
3 - Walked 20 mins around a store pushing the cart with 32lbs in it.
4- slacked. Sick kids.
5- worked (worked, will edit tomorrow, forget how many I did)
6- 50 mins worked one massage, walked 20 mins in store.
7- worked/ (will edit tomorrow, I forget how many massages I did)
8- slacked, but I did walk around for 15 mins at grocery strore.
9- worked/sweated doing five 50 minute massges at work. (5hrs roughly)

Tomorrow I have gaps in my schedule, will try and get on the gym to work out!

 

[anathelia]

Jan 10th - Walked campus at ASU: 20 minutes.

Total: 50 minutes.

 

[brieze]

Week 1: complete failure. Will try to do better this week lol.

Week 2: Tuesday the 11th, exercised 30 minutes.

Week 2: Friday the 14th for 30 minutes. Hella sore =/

Week 2: Saturday the 15th for 30 minutes

So far, 90 minutes

 

[Thornless]

Kids being sick and myself, I haven't done anything other than working... the doc visit I had has given me some motivation after they weighed me..

Better attempt this week! I bought metabolism boost pills!

 

[freakofnature]

Well, I've started with a bang. :sarcasm I still haven't worked out yet this year. :24: I actually haven't worked out since just before Christmas. It's kinda hard getting back in the grove after having over a week off. I shall go tomorrow. :nod:

1 - Closed
2 - Closed
3 - Slacker
4 - 30 minutes
5 - Rest
6 - 30 minutes
7 - Rest
8 - 30 minutes
9 - Rest
10 - Slacker :ninja
11 - Slacker
12 - 30 minutes
13 - Rest
14 - 30 minutes
15 - Rest
16 - Rest
17 - 30 minutes
18 - Rest
19 - 30 minutes
20 - Rest
21 - 30 minutes
22 - Rest
23 - Rest
24 - 30 minutes
25 - Rest
26 - 30 minutes
27 - Rest
28 - 30 minutes

Total so far: 330 minutes

Goal met! :woohoo:

 

[Natasha]

Alright, everybody...last day to get those minutes in and achieve your goal!!! Congratulations to those of you who have already met your goal. I met mine today while taking a leisurely stroll w/ my mom and dog in the park behind my house. It was a beautiful day out...perfect way to get those last 15 minutes I needed.

 

[KimmyCharmeleon]

Goal: 1860.
(60 minutes every day). Been doing it for the past month, may as well start counting those minutes. Half cardio, half strength training.

1 - 1 hour
2 - 1 hour
3 - 1 hour
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5 - 1 hour
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12 - 1 hour
13 - 1 hour
12 - 1 hour
13 - 1 hour
14 - 1 hour
15 - 1 hour
16 - 1 hour
17 - 1 hour
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20 - 1 hour
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22 - 1 hour
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24 - 1 hour
25 - 1 hour
26 - 1 hour
27 - 1 hour
28 - 1 hour
29 - 1 hour
30 - 1 hour
31 - 1 hour
Done!

Well done everyone!

 

[freakofnature]

I slacked off yesterday because I didn't feel like going out in -40C so my final total stays at 330 minutes. Now on to February!