It's January, we all love a fresh start and a new beginning so let this be yours. To our returning ladies so glad you're back and keeping it up right through the holiday season.

To those of you who would like to join in....please feel free. All are welcome and we are here to post our minutes/goals to hold ourselves accountable and to help support and encourage one another.

We all have various goals and different fitness levels, there is no wrong or right here whether it be 10 min. a day or walk 3x a week, etc. We tailor our workouts according to our own best individual needs. The girls here rock and are very supportive so if you should be just starting out don't hesitate .

Exercise goals will be listed listed here, while weight loss goals, etc. will be listed in our sister thread, "January Weight Loss Challenge".

Whoo hoo! I can't wait. I love starting off with a clean new slate.

I'll keep my exercise goal at 1200 minutes.

Let see, January goals:

Cardio 5 days a week for a min. of 45 mins
Weight train 2 days a week

I'm with ya, I love a fresh start...here's to the first year of my life as a healthy happy adult!

I'm in for cardio 5 days a week, except during vacation and strength training with abs 2 times a week.

I'm in for walk/run 4x/wk and ST 2x/wk. I'm looking forward to a healthy year for 2010!

Omg, Tummy Girl! Your stats are incredible! I have been up and down for years. You started at about my weight and in less than a year you have passed my goal weight of 140! That is awesome! What an inspiration! It can be done! Thank you!

PS Jan exercise goals:

Be on week 3 or 4 of the c25k
Be able to do 20 guy-style push ups.

Woo-Hoo!

Im in! I want to exercise 6 times a week 3 cardio and 3 yoga or strength training. I want to see 159 or less by the end of Jan. Drink more water and less diet soda.

Thanks so much MelO, I will certainly attest to that, it can be done and in a healthy way with no gimics or craziness, just good old fashioned hard work and a marvelous group of ladies here. Glad to have you aboard!

Hi All,
I will exercise 800 minutes this month

Prairie Chick - that sounds great, I will list your goals just like that. I was right there 7 months ago, at 223lbs and thinking I would have a heart attack if I tried anything strenuous. You can totally do this and any help you need just let us know, there's a host of ladies here and in the weight loss thread that have gone from couch potato to athlete so there's some experience on that journey to help you out. I saw that you found the weight loss thread

Tummy Girl, you have an amazing job! I see all the exercise you do, which is incredible. May I ask how what you do about food? Calories? Any tips?

I'm in my goal is to get at least 900 mins of exercise in January.

A fresh new start! Love January 1, and am determined to get off my rear once and for all, and to carve away some of this excess baggage while enjoying working out! Want to do the Tampa 15k Gasparilla race on Feb 27 (though I'll power walk it because of achilles tendon issues) so I've got to move it at least 4x a week until then. My goal:

Walk a minimum of 4x a week, starting with 2 mi. briskly and adding a mile a week.

Lift weights/tone at least 2x a week

Stretch really well every day I exercise to help prevent injuries.

Now to the weight loss thread to set goals in that area! Good luck to everyone... this is the year we're really going to pull it together once and for all, I can just feel it!!

Diane