General Diet Plans and Questions - February Exercise Challenge

Goodness, can you believe that we are very close to going into February already? So you know what that means.....yep, another exercise challenge. Make your calculations and post the number of minutes that you are going pledge for the month of February. Remember that this month has only 28 days. (We don't want anyone to kill over from exhaustion!)

Reminder for Newbie's:
You are only competing with yourself and the challenge is to complete the minutes on or before February 28th. Please don’t be intimidated by some of the total minutes from some of our gals. (They are great and have been at this a little longer) You may post your minutes daily or weekly, it's up to you.

We try and stay with the format of listing our minutes from the previous post less what you have to subtract and then your ending balance. Example: (200 min – 35 = 165 then the next day start with 165 – 35 = 130) Makes it easier for me, if everyone uses the same format. On Mondays I will post an update of everyone's minutes through Sunday. All right, get out your pencils and tally up your minutes.



I am pledging 850 minutes – I'm uping my total by 160 minutes this month. WooHoo.

Hi All,

I'm fairly new to the forum but I'm going to go for it!

I'm pledging 720 minutes for February.

Angel
216/204/130

Hey guys...I'm new and this sounds fun! But...what exactly are minutes?
Miss Minerva

MissMinerVA, you just calculate the number of minutes that you will exercise for the whole month of February and that will be your minutes pledged. Then you will deduct the number of minutes exercised from the previous total. You can check out January's challenge to get the idea. Glad you and LKB Angel have decided to join us.

You go, Semo!

I'll stick with 1200 again this month, since it is shorter. But I intend to be all about the muscle this month. So more muscle and keep up the cardio.

Welcome LKBAngel and MissMinerva. I think this is the best motivator I have ever had. You will love it!

Well....let's see. I just started a new workout plan with a friend and after figuring the numbers I think my minutes came to about 990. I feel good, if not a little scared, about that number. But, heck, I'll give it a try as long as you good folks swear by it. Count me in for 990!

I'm pledging 1620 total minutes for February.

That takes into account 5 cardio workouts per week at 45 minutes and 2 yoga classes at 90 minutes per week. I'll be traveling some in Feb., so that might be hard to meet, but I'll try!

Hi all,

Congrats to all of you who made all your minutes last month, and good luck to all of us who didn't. We can make it this month.

I'm feeling much better than I have been all week, boy was that a bad cold!

I pledge, 900mins this month!

I did 60mins of cardio & weights circuit today.

kathy
900/60/840

Hey y'all! I did 50 minutes yesterday of cardioand weights. My friend and I have started a new strength training program that predominantly uses an exercise ball and it is soo much fun. I guess cuz the ball is bouncy and can be used as a toy the workout seems less like a workout I totally recommend it! So, 990-50=940 more to go for february.
Hey GG...I'm from Nashville too! (Well, I am in school in PA now, but raised in Nashville. I miss it so much.) Good to see someone from home! Good luck everyone!
Miss Minerva (Missie)

I didn't quite make my minutes last month. I did 890 out of the 1000 I was aiming for. I'll try for 1000 again. If I just stay consistent throughout the month I can do it.

Hi all,

Feb 1-30 mins elliptical/1 hr. muscle class

1200-90=1110

No workout yesterday (Sun), but I'll be back in the gym this afternoon.

Another 50 minutes today (skipped sunday)!!

940-50=890 more minutes to go

here's my catch-up for today and the weekend

1620 - 30 cardio (2/2) - 120 yoga (2/2) - 60 cardio (2/3) = 1410


Hey MM, glad to see another Nashville gal around here

So 30 minutes 4 times week, for 480 for a month. More realistic this month.

100 minutes today.

1000 min - 10 min (warmup - recumbent bike) - 30 min (lower body weights) - 60 min. (aerobic class with light weights) = 900 min. remaining

Hi Girls, glad to see we're off to a great start. I did 45 minutes of WATP tape plus used the two pound dumb bells for the whole three miles. I'm getting stronger! Wasn't long ago that I could barely make it through the two mile tape.

850 - 45 = 805

I'll pledge 800 minutes this month.

800-40=760

Just back from the gym.

900 - 45 min. (elliptical) - 60 min (Body Flow) = 795 min. remaining

Made the gym again yesterday.

Feb 3-30 mins elliptical/60 min muscle class

1110-90=1020

Good Morning everyone!

I'm back to my evening workouts. I really tried to get up in the mornings and do my tapes,but i'm just not a morning person, so back to evenings I go!

Semo, congrats on your progress!

I did 60mins weights last night. 60-840=780left

Kathy
900/120/780

Morning To All. 40 minutes last night. I've switched from mornings to evenings as well. Still feel better by getting up early and getting it over with, but I've got to many irons in the fire to get that done these days. Gotta be flexible, right?

805 - 40 = 765

1410- 50 cardio (2/4) - 90 yoga (2/4) - 45 cardio (2/5) = 1225

Hey Gringa, seems like you are really into the yoga. How's that workin' for ya??

Jan 4-45 mins treadmill

1020-45=975

Seems like the time is going down in a hurry this month!

I'm still goin'!

40 cardio (2/4) and 50 cardio/strength (2/5)!!

890-90=800 more minutes!
Whew, I might need to up my dosage, lol!! Having a workout partner has really helped me to stay motivated, especially cuz we like to have fun!

KEEP IT UP EVERYONE!!
(GG, my mom really likes yoga. She plays tennis and does yoga. She's lost nearly 50 pounds since last summer! She says she'll beat me to 130..haha, we'll see about that)

Feb 5th - 40 min

765 - 40 = 725

760-80=780

Feb. 5-20 mins. bike/1 hr. muscle class

975-80=895

I hate the bike. It just feels like a waste of time to me. I didn't even brake a sweat, but it was the only piece of equipment open and I only had 20 mins. before class.

Feb 5th 30mins cardio - 780mins= 750left

Kathy
900/150/750

hey guys, I am totally into the yoga right now. decided to take a break from weight training a few months ago, and was just doing cardio and a couple of lunch time yoga classes. recently found a new yoga teacher who i absolutely adore. she teaches evening classes and i'm totally addicted to it. i swear i can see my body reshaping week by week, even though the scale hasn't been budging. i try and make it to at least three intense classes a week, but i have been known to go up to 6 times a week.

1225 - 90 yoga (2/5 ) - 35 cardio (2/6) = 1100

Thursday, Feb 6th ~ 45 min

725 - 45 = 680

Gringa, I like yoga too, I took a class last year but the teacher wasn't very good so I didn't sign up for the next session. I live in a rural area so she is the only teacher available.

795 - 40 lower body weights - 45 elliptical = 710

1100-60 min cardio (2/7) = 1040

Feb 6-treadmill 45 mins.

895-45=850

Sculping tape tonight - 30 minutes

680 - 30 = 650

1 mi WATP - 20 min
abs & lower back with stability ball - 20 min.
2 mi WATP - 30 min

710 - 70 = 640

780-60=720

Sat 45 cardio and Sun. 30 weights

650 - 75 = 575

2/5--30 minutes elliptical, 20 minutes ball strength training
2/7--30 minutes elliptical, 20 minutes ball strength training
2/8--40 minutes elliptical
2/10-40 minutes elliptical, 20 minutes ball strength training

800-200= 600 more minutes! (I need to rethink this number I think...)

Hello and hope you're having a great Monday.

Feb. 8-45 mins. treadmill
Feb. 9-20 mins. treadmill

850-65=785

Hi Ya'll, we're making tracks, even if it is in the snow! I tell ya we're off to a great start. Okay here are the totals for our first week in February. Totals are thru Sunday, February 9th

I know you get sick of hearing this, but for any newbies out there you can join in at anytime. Just post the number of minutes you are going to exercise from today until the end of the month.

LKB 720/
MissMinerva 990/ 330/ 660
FlyingFit 1200/ 415/ 785
Gringa 1620/ 820/ 800
KitKat 900/ 150/ 750
Chrim32 1000/ 360/ 640
DNW 480/
SkyBlue 800/ 180/ 620 (check 2/6 total)
Semo 850/ 275/ 575

Drum roll Please.......

:flow1: Total minutes 2,530 :flow1: or 42.166 Hours:flow1:
Think we can beat this with next weeks total. We did every week in January!


ps, anytime I have mis-calculated on someones total please speak up. :dizzy: Sometimes I do weird things. Please check these, having problems getting it straight today.

Hi all,

I hope you all had a great weekend!
2/10-70mins weights
2/10-30mins cardio=100mins total

100mins-750mins=650mins left

kathy
900/250/650left

oops, computer problems

time to catch up

1040- 60 cardio (2/8) - 90 yoga (2/8) - 90 yoga (2/9) = 800

Monday, Feb 10th

575 - 35 = 540

620-80=540

Thanks for catching my error :)

800 - 60 cardio (2/11) and 90 yoga (2/11) = 650

i think my calculations must be way off. there's no way my minutes can be down this far already. will check them and post update tomorrow

Tuesday, Feb 11th

540 - 50 = 490

Feb. 10-treadmill 45 mins.
Feb. 11-treadmill 45 mins.

785-90=695

540-80=460

I've lost all my enthusiasm for exercise. This challenge is at least a little incentive to keep going.

Wednesday, Feb 12th

490 - 50 = 440


SkyBlue, What you don't wanna EXERCISE!!!:fr: Time to find something different to do. Don't let yourself get bored with one thing, switch around until you find something you enjoy.

Thursday, Feburary 13th

440 - 35 = 405

Helloooooooooooooooo out there............where did everybody go!:chin:

Oh, I'm here.. just a little behind in posting.

Feb. 12-45 mins treadmill/30 mins abs, buns tape

695-75=620

We had a huge storm here yesterday. More rain in 1 day than we have had in a year. Water everywhere!

Friday, Feb 14th

405 - 30 = 375

I pulled something in my back last Sunday so I've been on muscle relaxants and anti-inflammatories all week. I've was pretty well immobile until Thursday but feeling much better now. I think I'll try some light exercise tomorrow and see how my back holds up. Once I'm sure it's ok I'll have some catching up to do.

Chrim, please take care of yourself. Don't push if you aren't feeling up to it.

Sat and Sun - Feb 15th & 16th

405 - 35 - 30 = 310

460-120=340

Thanks SEMO :) I'll make it a point to do something different today!

Hi all,

I know i've been MIA but i've had an awful week last week. I had insomnia all week! I mean awake ALL NIGHT and so tried, then would fall asleep for maybe an hour and have to get up for work, so by the time I got home, i'd be too exhausted to do anything.

Well today, I've gotten enough sleep and I manage to do 65mins fo a workout. So that:

650-65mins=585mins left

Anyone from the East Coast? Wow, what a snow storm!

Kathy
900/315/585left

Wow.. aren't we the group. I did something to my knee and can't hardly walk, much less make it up and down the stairs here at work. I walked on the treadmill yesterday even though it hurt at first, but felt better after I started. Guess that was the wrong thing to do. Oh well, I may have to stay off it for today at least.
Here's my times for the weekend:

Feb. 15th-45 mins treadmill
Feb. 16th-45 mins treadmill

620-90=530

Hope everyone starts feeling better!

Well, we didn't do too bad for a bunch of crippled and hobbling group of ladies. I know that I'm still not over my spill on the ice, knee and wrist are still troublesome but getting better. Hope we all have this behind us for the rest of the month. I'll post the total minutes tomorrow, I know there are some that will need to be updated so I'll just wait on the grand total.

LKB 720/
MissMinerva 660/ 60/ 600
FlyingFit 785/ 255/ 530
Gringa 800/ 345/ 455
KitKat 750/ 165/ 585
Chrim32 640/
DNW 480/
SkyBlue 620/ 280/ 340
Semo 575/ 265/ 310

Exercising is our FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH!

Grand total of 1370 minutes = 22.83 hours

sorry i haven't been posting. been a little under the weather. here's what i've done since i last posted.:
2/13 = 45 cardio
2/14 = 60 cardio
2/15 = 90 yoga
2/18 = 60 cardio
2/19 = 50 cardio and 90 yoga

by my calculations that's 650-45-60-90-60-50-90= 255

Hi all, I managed to do another 120mins yesterday, wow what a great start after being an insomniac for a whole week! Man was in tortured, knowing I wanted to workout but couldn't, plus it helped to have that day off from work.

Semo, Gringa & FlyingFit, FELL BETTER GUYS! Take it easy!

120-585=465left

Kathy
900/435/465left

340-40=300

My back is much better. It actually felt better after exercising yesterday so I guess that's a sign to keep it up.

02/18 - 60 min cardio
02/19 - 30 min upper body weights

640 - 90 = 550

Gringa - Awesome....... 40 pounds down and gone forever. :bravo: :cp: :cb: Way to Go!

Monday - day off
Tuesday - 35 min

310 - 35 = 275

Thanks for the kudos Semo, it helps keep me motivated. Here's today's total

255 - 60 cardio - 90 yoga = 105

Hi all,

I did 60mins of cardio today!

465-60=405left

900/495/405
Kathy

Did the 3-mi. WATP today

550 - 45 = 505

Wednesday, February 19th

275 - 30 = 245

Back and the knee is feeling better.

Feb. 18-45 mins. treadmill
Feb. 19-60 mins. treadmill

530-105=425

300-40=260

2/20- 60mins of weights and cardio

405-60=345left

Kathy
900/555/345

Does this seem like a long month already to anyone but me???

I changed my exercise regiment and do 35 min cardio on one day and the next 30 min of sculpt. I'm seeing some changes as I am into day 18 of the Power90 program. Some of you may have watched the infomercial BeachBodies. I don't know why I ordered it because most of the time those things aren't what they say but at any rate this seems to be working. I'll keep you posted on my progress.

Thursday, Feb 20th

245 - 35 = 210

Hi Semo, i'm familiar w/ Power 90, I ordered one time. I found it boring. I've been doing The Firm for over 9yrs now and i still love them. If you haven't tried the firm yet, you should give them a chance. Go to www.collagevideo.com and look them up as well as other instructors like lesile Sansone, etc.

Today I did 90mins of cardio and weights. 345-60=255left

Kathy
900/645/255

Friday- 30 min, Saturday 35 min - Sunday 30 min

210 - 95 = 115


KitKat, I did buy some Firm tapes but, I'm such a klutz, I didn't like them. You know grapevine, box that sort of stuff. I ended up giving them to my Daughter N Law. I did like the weights but since it was a set I gave them all to her.

I like the P90, it's quick and hits all the muscle groups and then I'm done. You must be in good phyical condition if you have been doing the firm tapes for that long. :strong: You have my admiration girl!

Sunday:

3 mi WATP - 45 min
yoga - 45 min.

505 - 90 = 415

Semo, it shows you that there's something for everyone! lol I'm glad your enjoying the Power90 and I hope you have great success w/ them. Yeah I still do my firm tapes, but I've thus moved on to Cathe Friedrich, she is AWESOME! She produces cardio and weight tapes, and circuit tapes. www.cathe.com

I manage to do 35mins yesterday! 255-35=220left

Kathy
900/680/220left

260-80=180

Monday:
10 min - warmup treadmill
25 min - lower body weights
60 min - aerobics class

415 - 95 = 320

Hi all,

I did 50mins weights last night.

220-50=170

Kathy
900/730/170

LKB 720/
MissMinerva 600/
FlyingFit 530/ 105/ 425
Gringa 455/ 350/ 105
KitKat 585/ 365/ 220
Chrim32 640/ 225/ 415
DNW 480/
SkyBlue 340/ 160/ 180
Semo 310/ 195/ 115

Total for the week 1400 minutes - 23.33 hours

We are few BUT we are STRONG! :strong: We seem to be getting smaller every week, oh size wise too! I made a funny. :^:

I know for me that if I don't exercise I will add considerable weight in no time. So I hope everyone will remain interested in the challenge. I know that we don't really post a lot other than our totals but it makes it quick to stop in. Any suggestions to keeping up the motivation.....anyone?

Gotta get back to work, see ya later.

Monday, Feb 24th , day off. It felt good too.

Tuesday's exercise:
45 min. treadmill
45 min. upper body weights

320 - 90 = 230

Coming right down to the wire again. I didn't quite make my goal in January and not certain that I will this month either. But because of this challenge and striving to reach my goal, I exercised much more than I would have otherwise. Normally I only stay this focused on fitness when I spend a fortune to hire a trainer. But this challenge motivates me to keep going. Good thing, because I really can't afford a trainer right now. So thank you for starting these challenges Semo. Eventually I'll manage the 1000 minutes/month.

Hi all, I did 60mins of intense cardio last night, it felt really good!

170-60=110left

Chrim32- I to have been exercising way more than I did before this challenge. It's nice being accountable to someone about exercise.

Semo- I hope there's going to be a March challenge? lol These challenges help keep me in check!


Kathy
900/790/110left

Good morning girls! Hey as long as I'm not the only person posting here we will keep the challenge going. It really helps me to have a goal for each month and make me accountable to someone other than myself. I tend to accept my excuses easier when I'm not posting. You guys made my day! :D

Tuesday, February 25th

115 - 35 = 80

Wednesday, Feburary 26th - 40 min

Thursday, Feburary 27th (up at 4:00 and wide eyed) 35 min

80 - 40- 35 = 5 :dance:

Today I did 70mins weight & 40mins cardio=110

I MADE IT! I'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE NOVEMBER AND I'VE NEVER MADE MY GOAL! THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS! I'm so happy! I'm so proud of myself and I look foward to the next challenge!

Semo your just about done, WTG!

Kathy
900/900/0
goal/completed/balance!

No workout yesterday. I was exhausted after work and decided to make it my rest day. Today did 40 min. on the elliptical and a 60 min. Body Pump class. My arms and legs are so tired right now I don't want to move. I think my muscles need a long, hot, bubbly soak.

230 - 100 = 130

Congrats on making your goal KitKat. You deserve to be proud of yourself; you worked really hard for it.

Semo, 5 min. to go. How exciting. I'll save the congrats for tomorrow but there's no doubt you'll make your goal. You can use up your 5 min. just walking to the bathroom.

As for me, I can't be certain but all I need is 1 aerobics class and 70 min. of yoga so my goal is still attainable.

Friday, February 28th - 40 min (Did an early workout again)

5 - 40 = (35)

KitKat: Congrats!!!!:bravo: :cp:

Chrim: We're standing at the finish line rooting for you! :balloons:

Come on guys, get as close as you can today!



Will get the March Challenge up sometime today. See you there.

180-100=80

Ooops I think I'm running out of month but thanks for posting the challenges. They are a big help for me.