1. Exercise at least 30 minutes a day for the month of September
2. Support/Motivate each other
3. Feel empowered by exercise!!!!
Post your exercise daily. Any deliberate exercise counts, meaning don't include every day activities like walking to work, but post your activity for this challenge. I'll try to post 'roll call' regularly. Every little helps, so post even if you only got in 10 minutes! Pat yourself on the back and KEEP GOING! Good luck everybody and Happy Exercising!
Last edited by Extrinsic Rapture; 09-06-2005 at 11:57 AM.
I'll bite. I've been doing Leslie Sansone's WATP for about 3 weeks now. It started off as 30 minutes of brisk walking/jogging in 30 minutes once a day, but now I'm up to 7 miles daily. It's really easy, (and call me crazy) kinda fun too. Just when I think I'm beginning to get tired, I'm almost done. So..here's my schedule...
am- 2.5 miles Walk and Jog (31 minutes)
early evening 2.5 miles Walk and Jog
evening 2 mile Walk (29 minutes)
Hi - I'm back(ish) ... I have been really ill but on the mend now. The only exercise I have done this month has been:
Monday 5th - 17 minutes exercise bike
Tuesday 6th - 16 minutes exercise bike.
After the big break from being ill, I will have to work on getting it back to 30 minutes a day.
I had pulled a thigh muscle and couldn't do any exercise until yesterday, but did an hour "walk" through the neighborhood with Seth so he could do his paper route collections, and since there are so many stops and starts, got on the treadmill and did 30 minutes (while watching Oprah and crying along with the people of New Orleans). I'm sure I was a sight - I was fast walking, trying to hang on and crying my eyes out!
I have to go to a visitation out of town tonight, so it will be back on the treadmill again.
Take care ladies! Glad to see everyone, plus some extras, back.
Wednesday 7th - no exercise
I have been really battling depression again - probably for the last 2 or 3 months if I am honest, but more so over the last few weeks. I had a big battle with depression about 6 years ago after a disastrous year that saw my marriage break up, pets get poisoned, problems with neighbours, a housefire and a lot of other things. I managed to pull myself out of it over a period of about a year, with help from a university counsellor.
Now I'm finding I'm sinking down into it again, and no access to a counsellor this time as I am no longer a student. I'm not really sure how to pull myself out of it when I just feel like I'm down the bottom of a deep dark hole most of the time.
I am going to contract with myself to do exercise 5 days a week no matter how I am feeling, and hope that that is going to help pull me out of it, but to be honest I don't feel like anything can help at the moment.
Sorry for blurting all this out, just wanted to explain where I'm at at the moment..
Good morning all. For Wednesday, Sept. 7 I did 40 minutes on the treadmill.
So good to see everyone back again. Leanne, I hope you are feeling better soon, and kudos to you for getting on that bike even though you are still under the weather!
I'm bummed because I spent all yesterday preparing for the possibility of Ophelia, so i didn't get a chance to exercise. So I'm back on the ball today.
Okay I have a confession...last time I exercised was Sunday
The past two days (today and yesterday) I've been out of it. And Monday and Tuesday I've been trying to post things on eBay etc which kept me busy. But tomorrow I hope to feel more better and back on the ball.
Leanne: I understand how depression is. And what it does to your life. I'm there. If you ever want to PM/email me...feel free.
Havent been feelin well still so activity just now resuming
Yesterday (Sunday):
30 min stretching (yoga/pilates) w/ Cathe Friedrich (FitTv)
Today (9/12):
1.5 hrs walking (pheww) my feet is killing me. I had went looking for a bank but turns out it wasnt where my mother thought. So I decided to walk there was going to turn back but I figure I'll just knock out two birds with one stone, as the phrase says.
Oh my goodness Ladies, where are all of you? Well, I'm back in the exercise mode. I didn't want to say I would be here until I was sure that I was healthy. I was having some health issues that seem to be gone now. I have not exercised all month long so, here it is almost the middle of the month of September and I am starting up.
For today September 14th
I swam for 15 minutes for laps, 15 minutes of kick boarding, water weights at 3 sets of different ones times 30 each and 100 sit ups. Whew. My arms are so tired after being absent from swimming for the past few weeks. Hope you are all moving. Come on back and post.
I guess no one comes to this forum anymore. I sure hope someone comes back. I miss you all. I swam today for my exercise. I did 15 minutes of laps, 15 minutes of kickboarding, 100 sit ups and 3 X30 reps of water weights.
I'm here Dogpal but like you said no one's really been frequenting and didnt feel like talking to myself. Anyways I havent exercised in a few days its been really hot and humid in NYC. I do have a air conditioner in my bedroom but there's no room to do anything (i share my bedroom with my mom). sigh
Hope you are able to exercise today and it isn't too humd. I did my normal hour of working out! Take care and hope others come back to the exercise mill.
30 minutes Exercise a Day in September 2005
