...To the January exercise thread! We're trying to make exercise a habit, give ourselves some accountability, and get healthier in the process!
In this thread, we're setting the number of MINUTES we want to exercise for the month -- whether it's walking or swimming or sweaty housework! Early in the month (or before it starts) set your own goal! If you're just getting started, feel free to start with a smaller number of minutes (I did!), maybe just a few hundred. It seems easier for many of us to build on the habit rather than meet a very high goal right away.
We're also tracking how many minutes we have exercised as a group! In 2006 we came close to 200,000 minutes. I'd love to see us surpass that goal this year.
To start, please first post your goals and then add your minutes (for yourself and the group) and get some support and accountability!
If you want to join us during the month -- GREAT! Just let us know how many minutes you want to exercise in what's left of the month!
Finally, if you're new to this, pay attention to how to add your minutes to the group... people get confused if they can't easily see our new total. I recommend showing the previous total, then your minutes, then the new total (which should be the sum of the other 2 numbers). For example, if the group had done 500 minutes already and you did 30, here's what you would do:
Group total ~ 500 + 30 = 530 minutes
Let's get 2007 off to a great start by moving and shaking!!
I set a goal of 1500 minutes for December and won't make that, mostly because of my foot injury. In January I have some travel planned and don't know how I'll do when I'm gone, so I'm going to set a goal of 1300 minutes for this month.
Alright. Here it goes. Last time I joined an exercise thread I quit in DAYS. But I think I can do it this time. I'm setting the goal small though and will try to exceed it as opposed to setting it high and then feeling bad when I don't make it. I figure even 15 minutes a day, five days a week, is better than I've ever done before. So that's what I'm setting my goal at.
so, because it's looking sketchy for me finishing strong in december, i'm going to stick with the same goal for january: 1000 minutes. i think without the holiday insanity, the fact that i'm joining a yoga class, and lap swimming, i can do it. i hope to beat this goal by alot!
Since January is a horrendously busy month at work, I'm lowering my goal to 900 minutes. Like last month, I'll blog my mintues here. It really helped to see that I was doing something everyday and see when I was being lazy or letting other things interfere.
I think I'm going to set my goal for 930 minutes for January. That's 30 minutes of SOME sort of exercise every single day. If I can't find time to exercise on my lunch hour, or on breaks, or in the morning, or in the evening doing houseowrk, or SOMETHING, I'm probably just making excuses. I'll add my minutes to my sig in January when I get back from my trip!
I'm going to join in my very first exersize goal! I'm going to shoot for 1000 minutes in January! I've been very active at my gym for the last six months and I think this goal is reasonable for me! I'm looking forward to keeping track of this with you guys!
I've never done the exercise thing before, because I had a class I attended regularly, but I don't now, so I'm going to try this time. I'm going to try for 600 minutes. I did 60 minutes today shoveling snow, so if it snows at least 10 times in January, that would do it for me.
With 3 days left in the month, I will surpass my December goal of 400. That is even with blowing off about a week and half surrounding the holiday. So, assuming I stay steady throughout the month of January, it seems like 600 should be a fairly reasonable goal for me.
I won't make my December goal, but I got closer than I have before, so I'm going to set the same goal for January: 500 minutes. I hope to be able to exceed that, since my stamina seems to have improved over the last few months and I'll have a more flexible schedule starting in January, but since I've never gotten to 500 minutes before I'm going to stick with that anyway.
RESOLVE to Exercise in JANUARY!
