The Fabulous February Exercise Thread!!
 

Welcome!

...To the February 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 continue to make 2007 great by more moving and shaking!!

Woohoo! Put me down for 400 minutes in February.I've reached (and passed) my January goal of 300,so I know I can do 400 easily in February! Can't wait to get started.I'll probably squeeze in another work-out in January but I'm already pumped for next month.:carrot:

Good Job Iwannalooseit on reaching your goal! I have reached mine for two months in a row and it feels so great doesn't it. We can do this gang.

Okay. For my third month I have decided to put my goal up to 750. December was 100, January was 300 both of them were met and passed so, I need to up it a bunch. 750 for February it is! Good luck all and lets keep moving.

Thanks for the thread Heather.

I too have met my goal for the last two months. This has really helped me get focused on exercise.

I am setting my February goal at 1100 minutes. I'll have to pay attention and remember that this is a shorter month!

I'm going to err on the side of caution again. I HATE it when I set a goal and don't meet it-it makes me feel like a loser-in a BAD way, so I'm going to be conservative and up my time by only 100 minutes.

So, my goal for FEBRUARY will be 700 minutes!

Well after feeling cr*ppy for ages & getting ill I WILL DO 1,500 minutes!!!!! SO THERE!!lol! At least in February!!!!! I'll be 42 VERY soon, I don't want to be in a wheelchair EVER, so IT HAS TO BE DONE before I get too old & infirm!!!!
xxxsharon

Terri -- Thanks for mentioning it's a shorter month -- I forgot to say so in the opening!

I think I'm going to set 1400 minutes. That's 50 minutes/day, which is higher than my other goals, but I think I can get there next month. I have time to fit it in... unless I get sick or injured!!

Ok - This is my first exercise goal - I want to do 360 mins this month.

I also have another goal - I want to be able to walk 10 km a week.

I hope everyone acheives their goal, and has fun doing it!

I too made my goal, so I'm increasing mine a little to 280 minutes.
:cb:

Oh, my, have I slacked in January! I think I'm only around 300 for the month! (Sis got a new job and that interrupted our/my routine.) I also need to set a schedule. 30 minutes beginning within 90 minutes of rising, MTThF, and thus I'll adjust the goal down to 480.

OK. This month I'm going with a new tactic. Instead of minutes, I'm going with times. I'm going to exercise 20 times. I'll just add my minutes in as I do them, but regardless of minutes, I'm going to exercise on 20 days out of 28.

There. Let's see how I do with THIS commitment.

Yay, more new people!!! It's great you're getting started and I'm pleased to see people setting goals, whatever they are. The important thing, for me, is making the commitment! It really gets me moving when I realize I'm falling behind on my exercise goals, because I have made the commitment...

And Valerie, that could be a great idea! Good for you for trying something different.

This is my first time, so I'm going to set my goal at 600 minutes. We'll see how it goes. :)

i made it to 800 this month, so i want to try for that again.

This is my first time making an exercise goal, but I'm going to be pretty ambitious and say that I'm going to do 700 minutes of exercise. I figure that will give me around 35 minutes a day during weekdays, so that I can have the weekends off, as they tend to be rather busy. BUT, I am going to try my best to exceed that because I hope to up my daily workout to 45 minutes a day sometime this month.

Hi everyone, I was going to up my minutes this month since I managed to reach my 1000 minutes today. However, with that being said, since it is a shorter month, i think I will leave it at 1000 minutes.

Brenda :wave:

Well since last month went to the crapper with minutes. I'm gonna drop them a little. And as said in PP it's a shorter month.

I'm gonna set my goal of 500 minutes!!

GREAT GOALS EVERYONE!!!

Hi, add 45 minutes walking for me today. (hopefully SOON I can add some other exercise when I'm feeling better)
GROUP TOTAL 30+45=75
xxxsharon

Happy February! 50 minutes with Petra's Rhythmic Power.

Sharon, I am totally itching to walk! It's too cold and snowy here for now (and I don't like treadmills), but you've reminded me—last year my dad offered to put in a lane behind my house. I live out in the country so there really isn't any safe/fun way to get in a good walk without going to a nature trail. I'm going to take him up on his offer this spring!

Personal: 50/480

GROUP TOTAL 75 + 50 = 125

Started the month adding a minute to the elliptical!

Personal goal - 22/700

Group total - 125 + 22 = 147 minutes!

20 out of 300 personal goal

Group total
147 + 20 = 167:carrot:

ps way to go Lilion adding time to the elliptical

I got up early so I could get my exercise in today before my full day out and about. So....

Personal Total: 60 of 1200

Group Total: 167 + 60 = 227

Personal 15/500

Group 257 + 15 = 272

WTG GIRLS!!

Yesterday, 60 min weight training and 12 min on the elliptical. I try now to do some ellipitical before and after the weights, but my routine was hard last night, so I only did the before. I am SORE today!

Group total ~ 272 + 72 = 344 min

22 minutes on the elliptical this morning.

Personal goal 44/700

Group Total 344 + 22 = 388!

40 minutes with Karen Voight (and Elle Macpherson) - Your Personal Best

Personal: 90/480

Group Total 388 + 40 = 428

Chalk me up for 60 minutes of cardio.

Personal: 60/600

Group Total: 428 + 60 = 488

Personal Total: 120 of 1200

Group Total: 488 + 60 = 548

I've wanted to do this in Jan, but discovered it too late I did 800 min last month so I'll stick with that and see how i do.

personal total 60+ 0 = 60

Group Total: 548 + 60 = 608

23 minutes this morning on the TM, 22 minutes tonight,

45 + 648 = 693

10 min in so far...

oops!

693 + 10 = 703 group total.

I missed my January goal because I let my long hours at work interfere. Things are still busy at work but I think I can do a better job of managing it in February, so I will keep my goal at 600.

I did 30 minutes WATP this morning.

GROUP TOTAL 703 + 30 = 733

trying again this month....300 minutes for february. 10 minutes on gazelle last night...290 left! lori

GROUP TOTAL 733 + 10 = 743