hpnotq -- Way to go on meeting your goal! I guess you're just going to have to set a higher one for August, huh?
45 for me today... 30 min lifting at the gym and 15 min bike ride. Hubby and I both can't believe how much easier it is for us to tolerate the heat now!! Whether it's the reduced fat around us or the fact that we're in better shape, I don't know, but I don't feel like melting!
Spent the day at the fair grounds at a horse show. Not lots of aerobics, but I got around during the course of the day. I wish I knew how many calories braiding horses was worth LOL. I'm going to give myself 2o minutes of exercize credit, but it feels like cheating.
Managed a couple of walks with hubby yesterday and today. 50 mins yesterday (poor hubby wasn't up to walking at a fast pace for any longer) and 80 today along the river. Today we went in the morning, but yesterday we went in the afternoon, after spending the morning walking around a few malls, so maybe that made a difference to hubby's stamina. We kept up a good pace today and probably covered over 5 miles.
Personal Goal... 370 - 130 = 240 mins left of July's goal of 1200
Ok - my convalescence is officially over, and I am back!! I did 20 minutes yesterday of walking which bring my total to 35. I am going to go for 700 minutes for July.
Val -- I know what you mean about cheating counting walking around minutes. This is why I keep my pedometer on -- it tracks what it calls "aerobic minutes" which are at a certain, steady pace (though it lets you take short breaks, like to tie a shoe or wait for a light to change). It doesn't count them unless you walk for at least 10 minutes. So, now when I'm out and about, I record these aerobic minutes as exercise. It often motivates me to keep moving a minute or 2 longer than I might otherwise!
I had another great treadmill workout. I was thinking about how I am really able to do a more intense workout than I used to. Today I walked over 2 miles, but I did a lot of it at an incline, and I'm working in intervals of jogging. It used to be that I couldn't keep up at 4 mph, now I can choose to walk or jog at that pace and try to jog at 4.2 mph... and I'm working it up... I also used to have pain in my hip and back when I tried to jog, so I stopped. Now it's not there anymore!
I just did 10 minutes of warm up (dance) and 60 minutes of weight training. It was hard not to be a bit discouraged by feeling I had fallen backwards from my time off. I just had to keep reminding myself that this will more than likely happen more than once in my life and the most important thing is to start back at it. I should be able to quickly work back up to where I was before, but I will be smart about it and not hurt myself. The last thing I need is an injury! That brings my total to 105.
That's like HUGE for me! I love the summer!!!!
