January Exercise Challenge - 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community

stellarosa27 · 01-01-2011, 05:50 PM

I'm going for 25/31 days. Hopefully illness won't kick my butt this month.

Jan 1: rest
Jan 2: Spinning - 60 minutes
Jan 3: Running - 30 minutes, Dips, Swimming - 25 minutes
Jan 4: Stairmaster - 20 minutes; Elliptical - 25 minutes; crunches, push ups
Jan 5: Running - 40 minutes
Jan 6: ArcTrainer - 40 minutes
Jan 7: Running - 50 minutes
Jan 8: Kettleworx cardio (OW)
Jan 9: Spinning - 60 minutes
Jan 10: Swimming - 30 minutes
Jan 11: Elliptical - 20 minutes
Jan 12: Rest
Jan 13: Running - 30 minutes; Stairmaster - 25 minutes, dips
Jan 14: Running - 50 minutes
Jan 15: Kettlewox core; Stairmaster - 35 minutes, push ups
Jan 16: I cleaned my room...
Jan 17: Spinning - 50 minutes; Running - 15 minutes; Dips
Jan 18: Stairmaster - 40 minutes; Kettleworx resistance - 20 minutes
Jan 19: Running - 30 minutes
Jan 20: Running - 45 minutes
Jan 21: Arc Trainer - 45 minutes
Jan 22: Running - 60 minutes
Jan 23: Rest
Jan 24: Running - 70 minutes (6 miles - woo hoo)
Jan 25: Stairtrainer/Elliptical thingie - 30 minutes, push ups
Jan 26: Running - 30 minutes
Jan 27:Running - 10 minutes/ Stairmaster - 25 minutes/Arc Trainer - 10 minutes
Jan 28: Running - 50 minutes; Dancing - 1 hour
Jan 29: Dancing - 2 hours
Jan 30: Rest
Jan 31: Running - 12 minutes (1 mile); Stairmaster - 45 minutes; crunches; push ups; lunges

KoriHallelujah · 01-01-2011, 05:52 PM

I'm going to try for 15/31 days!! Doesn't seem like a lot, but I've never exercised consecutively before. Never even attempted it. PUMPED

Jan 1: rest
Jan 2: rest
Jan 3:
Jan 4:
Jan 5:
Jan 6:
Jan 7:
Jan 8:
Jan 9:
Jan 10:

dissonance · 01-01-2011, 06:13 PM

Edited Goal 20
(due to injury)

Jan 1: 40 min total/ tmill (3 miles)
5 warm up, alternate jog @ 5.8 mph and walking at 4.0mph every 2 minutes for 25 mins, and then 3.8 at a small incline for 5 minutes, and 5 min cooldown.
Jan 2: 40 mins elliptical.
Jan 3: 45 min zumba. First time, I felt like i had two left feet. Good god.
1/4-1/10 Injured.

jackiedavis87 · 01-01-2011, 06:19 PM

im going to go for something at least 25 days even if its 20 minutes i intend to do jillian monday through friday and then maybe yoga on the saturdays and rest on sunday and im going to start my diet monday since ive already had fried shrimp today lol faimily tradition that i will not be partaking in next new year lol

J1: Rest
J2: Jillian banish fat boost metabolism ( i ghot through 25 minutes, and i'm pretty sure i died for a minute lol, my goal is to get all the way throught the video by the end of this month)
J3: same jillian 25 mins and 20 mins on the treadmill at 3.5 mph ( im so proud of myself becuase just 3 moths ago i could only do 2.5 mph!)
J4: 2nd half of JM video and 20 mins on treadmill at 3.5 mph
J5: 2nd half 25 min of JM and 20 mins on treadmill at 3.5
J6:first half 25 min of JM and 20 mins on treadmill at 3.5
J7: 25 mins of Zumba!( i had no idea i could move my hips like that lol) and 20 mins on treadmill at 3.5
J8: 10 mins Zumba, 20mins JM yoga, 20 mins on treadmill at 3.5!
J9: day of rest!
J10: 25mins of zumba, 21mins on treadmill at 3.5mph! on TOM!
J11: second 23 mins of Zumba and 21mins on treadmill at 3.5! and yes still on Tom!
J12: 30mins of Zumba and 21mins on treadmill at 3.5! still on tom!
J13: 25mins of Zumba! and 21mins on treadmill at 3.5...today was hard this crappy weather is depressing me

J14: 25mins of jillian and 21mins om treadmill at 3.5
J15: 40 mins hard core volleyball (yes this counts i was dieing my heartrate was so high)
J16:25mins of JM and 21 mins on treadmill at 3.5 (no rest for the heavy around here lol)
J17: rest ( i got the flu)
J18: rest (still got the flu but i'm feeling better i might try to work out tommorow)
J19: 28 mins jillian 10 mins zumba 30 mins hardcore volleyball (still sick but feeling a lot better)
J20: 30 mins jillian and dieing today!
J21: rest
J22: rest
J23: not rest just laziness
J24: 50 mins jillian micheals banish fat boost metabolism! so proud of myself made it thru the whole video i just skipped circuit 6 becuase my knee doesnt allow me to do it.
J25: 50 mins jillian again. I'm kicking A** and taking names around here lol
J26: 31 mins of jillian (so sore today)
J27: 31 mins of jillian!
J28: 50 mins of jillian!
J29: this probably doesn't count but i did walk 3 miles around a flea market lol
J30: rest
J31: 31 mins of jillian!

so in the end i made it 23/31 days i would say thats pretty good for my first month!

HotChildInTheCity · 01-01-2011, 06:48 PM

My goal is 21/31. Five days per week, approximately.
Jan 1: hangover :P
Actually, 9841 steps (including two 1-mile power walks by TBL)
Jan 2: 9600 steps (including two 1-mile power walks by TBL)
10 min cardio (from 30days JumpStart TBL)
Jan 3: Started Brazilian Butt Lift today : Booty Basics & Bum Bum (15+35mins)
didn't count steps, but was sedentary, studying, so probably just 2-3000
Jan 4: BBL day 2: Cardio Axe + High&Tight (30+35mins)
7468 steps (including one 1-mile power walk by TBL)
Jan 5: BBL day 3: Cardio Axe + Bum Bum (30+35mins)
didn't count steps but was fairly active, walking a lot
Jan 6: Rest (bbl day 4)
Shopping spree (if I can count that as activity

)
Jan 7: BBL day 5: Cardio Axe + High&Tigh (30+35mins)
Jan 8 BBL day 6: Bum Bum+ Tummy Tuck (35+20mins), three 1-mile TBL walks (around 50mins)
Jan 9: Rest (bbl day 7- a week is completed)
Jan 10: unplanned rest day
Jan 11: unplanned rest day
Jan 12: unplanned rest day
Jan 13: BBL day 8: Sculpt (35/45mins)
I've been slacking and cheating for the past three days...I'm back on plan today, but I think I might repeat BBL week one, again, I should be adding resistance bands for 2nd week but I don't think I'm ready for that yet...
Jan 14: started first week of BBL again, only to die from doing 24/36 minutes of the first exercise...I seriously thought I was gonna pass out...don't know what's going on with my energy levels...anyways TOM should start, so I'm postponing BBL until monday.....

Jan 24: 45min pilates class

iiholly · 01-01-2011, 07:23 PM

29/31! I wish I'd been keeping track. I've only missed two days in the past 3 months or so. Pretty ridiculous.

Jan 1: Yoga Meltdown 30ish minutes with the boyfriend. It was fun to exercise with him.
Jan 2: 20 minutes 30 day shred
Jan 3: 10 minute yoga 20 minute boostmetabolism
Jan 4: 20 minute jog, lung butter *Dies*
Jan 5: 45 minute NMTZ
Jan 6: 30 minute yoga meltdown, it is getting easier now. My boyfriend is whining a little less while we do it, although he did yell at JM that he hoped that her tits fell off.
Jan 7: 20 minute 30 day shred
Jan 8: 30 minute nmtz
Jan 9: Rest
Jan 10: 20 min. yoga meltdown

Civakas · 01-01-2011, 08:23 PM

15/31

I haven't been to the gym in MONTHS. I'm going to slowly get back into it.

Jan-03: 50 min. elliptical
Jan-06: 25 min. walking/jogging around track
Jan-07: 50 min. elliptical

Jan-10: 25 min. walking around track, 56 min. elliptical

Jan-17: 84 min. elliptical

Jan-25: 90 min. elliptical

fromthebox · 01-01-2011, 08:42 PM

20/31 sounds like a good goal.

Jan 1: 20 min Stairclimber level 6 with sprints to 10. 30 min weights and stability. 10 min walking at 3.5-3.7 on the treadmill (I fell off the treadmill too, lol.)
Jan 2: Same as Jan 1
Jan 3: 20 min Stairclimber, 20 min treadmill plus abs. feeling good

Jan 4:20 min Stairclimber, 20 min treadmill plus abs.
Jan 5:20 min Stairclimber, 20 min treadmill plus abs.
Jan 6: rest
Jan 7: rest
Jan 8: rest
Jan 9: rest
Jan 10:15 min Stairclimber, 20 min treadmill plus arms.
Jan 11:15 min Stairclimber, 20 min elliptical plus abs.
Jan 12: 15 min stairmaster, feeling tired.
Jan 13: rest
Jan 14: 15 min stairclimber plus 20 min treadmill. Back on track!
Jan 15: All day fencing in the hot sun, dunno how it counts but I am so tired.
Jan 16: some lunges and point drills, but no real workout today. 10/20 for the month, so far so good.
Jan 17: Climbed the stairs in our parking structure and walk/jogged around the roof level for 40 min Stupid gym closed for MLK day.
Jan 18: Hit the gym with a vengeance 15 min stairclimber plus W1D1 of C25K (20 min) but I had to stop on first attempt at C25K about 5min in due to iPod flying accross gym. treadmill didn't save so I restarted the full 20. I kick butt!
Jan 19: C25K W1D2 plus 15 min stairclimber at lower than usual level

Jan 20: Don't know why, C25K W1D3 followed by weights then another 15 min of treadmill cycles. Tomorrow elliptical I think.
Jan 21: rest
Jan 22: rest from gym, ran around chasing children on my feet all day
Jan 23: rest/fencing practice: 3hrs on feet with a 3lb sword, I think that's OK
Jan 24: 15 min stairclimber (lvl7 again!) then C25K W2D1
Jan 25: 10 min stairclimber lvl 8 then C25K W2D2 it kicked my *** today
Jan 26: rest, maybe a better day tomorrow.
Jan 27: C25K W2D3 and weights
Jan 28: C25K W2D3 again plus 15 min lvl7 Stairclimber
Jan 29: rest
Jan 30: Stairmaster and C25K W1, omg ate too much before
Jan 31: Stairmaster 10 min, C25K W3D1/W2 (made it through one rotation)

Woo Hoo! I made my goal

19 days in the gym plus one really heavy fencing day = 20 days of working out for January. I feel quite accomplished.

ihavethemusicinme · 01-01-2011, 08:46 PM

Workout Schedule:

Jan 1: Burn Circuit 1
Jan 2: Rest
Jan 3: Burn Circuit 2
Jan 4: Burn Intervals and Ab Burner
Jan 5: Burn Circuit 3
Jan 6: Burn It Off and Recharge
Jan 7: Rest
Jan 8: Burn Circuit 1
Jan 9: Rest
Jan 10: Burn Circuit 2
Jan 11: Burn Intervals and Ab Burner
Jan 12: Burn Circuit 3
Jan 13: Yoga (Class)
Burn It Off and Recharge
Jan 14: Rest
Jan 15: Burn It Off and Recharge (End of Phase 1!!!)
Jan 16: 30 Day Shred
Jan 17: Push Circuit 1 33 minutes (Beginning of Phase 2!!!!)
Get Lean Intervals: 43 minutes
Jan 18: Yoga (Class) and Get Lean Intervals
Jan 19: Yoga (Class)
Push Circuit 2 The Disk Messed Up so I moved it to the 20th things changing over the next couple of days because of this
Jan 20: Yoga (Class)
Push Circuit 2
Jan 21: Burn Intervals and Ab Burner
Jan 22: Push Circuit 3
30 Day Shred
Jan 23: Burn It Off and Recharge
Jan 24: Yoga (Class)
Push Circuit 1
Jan 25: Rest from Chalean
Yoga (Class)
Jan 26: Yoga (Class)
Push Circuit 2 (33 mins)
Jan 27: 1 hour Yoga (Class)
Burn Intervals (45 mins) and Ab Burner (10 mins)
Jan 28: Push Circuit 3
Biggest Loser Cardio Max (30 mins)
Jan 29: Burn It Off (35 mins) and Recharge (20 mins)
Fat Burn Challenge (35 mins)
Jan 30: Get Lean Intervals 45 mins
Jan 31: Yoga (Class)
Push Circuit 1

I start school on the 12th so I may have to change the rest days around. But I'm determined to workout during school. I'm also taking two yoga classes this semester along with doing Chalean Extreme. I start the next phase of Chalean Extreme on the 17th. Also, if I'm feeling up to it I may do Jillian's 30 Day Shred on the rest days. There's going to be a lot of working out this month for me so wish me luck!!!

JLNichols07 · 01-01-2011, 09:04 PM

26/31 this month!

01/01/11: LastChance Workout (26 minutes)

audri8301 · 01-01-2011, 09:14 PM

I'm going to try for 18/31 days, I think about 4 days a week.

1/1: Rest day
1/2: Fire 55 EZ/Stretch 10 (65 minutes total)
1/3: Core 20/Stretch 10 & Bodycombat (90 today) (155 total)
1/4: 25 minutes treadmill intervals & Bodypump (85 today) (240 total)
1/5: Rest day
1/6: Fire 45/Stretch 10 (55 today) (295 total)
1/7: Missed workout
1/8: BodyCombat (60) (355 total)
1/9: Fire 45/Stretch 10 (55) (410 total)
1/10: HIIT 15/Sculpt 30 (45) & BodyCombat (60) (515 total)
1/11: 25 minutes treadmill intervals & Bodypump (85) (600 total)
1/12: Rest day
1/13: Fire 55 EZ (55) (655 total)
1/14: Missed workout, gotta stop staying at work so late on Fridays
1/15: BodyCombat (60) (715 total)
1/16: Fire 45EZ/Stretch 10 (55) (770 total)
1/17: Spinning (60) & BodyCombat (60) (890 total)
1/18: Treadmill (55) & BodyPumo (60) (1005 total)
1/19: Rest Day
1/20: Missed workout
1/21: Fire 45EZ/Stretch 10 (55) (1060)
1/22: BodyCombat (60) (1120)
1/23: 30 minutes swimming (1150)
1/24: Spinning (60) & BodyCombat (60) (1270)
1/25: BodyPump (60) & Treadmill (30) (1360)
1/26: Rest Day
1/27: Swimming and Spinning (80) (1440)
1/28: Treadmill & Weights (60) (1500)
1/29: BodyCombat (60) (1560)
1/30: Swimming (45) (1605)
1/31: BodyCombat (60) (1665)

platformnine · 01-01-2011, 10:24 PM

I'm down. I'm going for 21/31, but I'll probably end up doing more because Just Dance 2 + Zumba Fitness games = awesome.

Jan 1: 40 minutes cardio 20 minutes piloxing, 20 minutes circuit training with Denise Austin
Jan 2: 60 minutes cardio Spin Class
Jan 3: 60 minutes low-impact Walk/hike around Arrowhead lake + Walking around a shopping center
Jan 4: Rest
Jan 5: 90 minutes cardio + strength Snowboarding
Jan 6: 60 minutes cardio + strength, 60 minutes low-impact Snowboarding, walk/hike around Arrowhead Lake
Jan 7: 120 minutes cardio + strength Snowboarding
Jan 8: Rest
Jan 9: Rest
Jan 10: 40 minutes cardio
Jan 11: 60 minutes cardio Spin Class
Jan 12: Skip
Jan 13: Skip
Jan 14: 60 minutes low impact Walking
Jan 15: Skip
Jan 16: 60 minutes cardio Spin Class
Jan 17: Rest
Jan 18: 40 minutes cardio 20 minutes piloxing, 20 minutes Denise Austin Boot Camp
Jan 19: Rest
Jan 20: 60 minutes cardio 20 minutes Denise Austin Boot Camp, 40 minutes Stephanie Vitorino 6 Round Slim Down
Jan 21: 20 minutes low-impact easy snow shoveling
Jan 22: 60 minutes cardio 30 minutes Kendall Hogan Fat Blast, 30 minutes Lose Weight in 8 cardio/strength intervals
Jan 23: 60 minutes cardio Spin Class
Jan 24: Rest
Jan 25: 60 minutes cardio Spin Class
Jan 26: 40 minutes cardio 20 minutes Denise Austin Boot Camp, 20 minutes ZumbaFitness
Jan 27: 120 minutes cardio/strength 90 minutes shoveling snow, 40 minutes ZumbaFitness
Jan 28: Rest
Jan 29:
Jan 30:
Jan 31:

Total: 18/21

martha328 · 01-01-2011, 11:49 PM

Count me in

! My goal is to work out, at least, 5 times a week.

1. Zumba Cardio Party and Ab Work
2. rest
3. Zumba Cardio Party and Ab work
4. Zumba Cardio Party and Ab work
5. rest - so bummed out about working all day and not working out instead..
6.Zumba Sculpt and Tone, Ab Work, jog 1 mile, 15 mins. on Elliptical (punishment for not working out yesterday, lol)
7. Zumba Sculpt & Tone, Ab Work
8. rest
9. Zumba Sculpt & Tone, Ab Work
10.Zumba Sculpt & Tone, Ab Work
11.rest
12.rest - I am so bummed about taking off two days in a row..

13.Zumba Sculpt & Tone, Ab Work
14.Zumba Sculpt & Tone, Ab Work
15. Zumba Sculpt & Tone, Ab Work
16.Zumba Sculpt & Tone, Ab Work
17. rest
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AKim · 01-02-2011, 02:17 PM

My Goal is to continue with the 5/7 days working out. I only messed up one week in December. However, This month is starting out difficult because I increased my Cardio to 1hr. It's making me so tired!

JAN 1: 1 Hr elliptical, 300 turns of Jump rope, 5 mins of boxing on the bag.
JAN 2: Rest

Chele615 · 01-02-2011, 02:28 PM

I'm back after slacking for a good bit of time...and I definitely need this!!! This week is going to tough exercising wise, but I'm hoping for 25/31 days too.

Jan 1st: Elliptical (65 minutes)
Jan 2nd: Walk (60 minutes)
Jan 3rd: Walk (60 minutes)
Jan 4th: None
Jan 5th: None
Jan 6th: Walk (45 minutes)
Jan 7th: Elliptical (75 minutes)
Jan 8th: Elliptical (70 minutes) and Treadmill (20 minutes)
Jan 9th: Elliptical (90 minutes)
Jan 10th: Ice Skating (45 minutes)
Jan 11th: Elliptical (90 minutes)
Jan 12th: None
Jan 13th: None
Jan 14th: Elliptical (75 minutes)
Jan 15th: Elliptical (75 minutes) and Treadmill (20 minutes)
Jan 16th: Elliptical (105 minutes)
Jan 17th: Elliptical (90 minutes)
Jan 18th: None
Jan 19th: Elliptical (90 minutes)
Jan 20th: None
Jan 21st: Shoveling show (45 minutes)
Jan 22nd: Elliptical (75 minutes)
Jan 23rd: Elliptical (75 minutes) and Treadmill (15 minutes)
Jan 24th: Elliptical (75 minutes) and Treadmill (15 minutes)
Jan 25th: Elliptical (70 minutes) and Exercise Bike (20 minutes)
Jan 26th: Exercise Bike (30 minutes)
Jan 27th: Elliptical (75 minutes)
Jan 28th: Elliptical (75 minutes) and Treadmill (15 minutes)
Jan 29th: Elliptical (120 minutes)
Jan 30th: Elliptical (75 minutes)
Jan 31st: Elliptical (75 minutes)

Completed 25/31!!!