Thanks Heather..... I am not about to give up! It feels tooooo much better this way AND I really really want to join you in OneDerland!! I so much appreciate your encouragement. It is amazing how easy it is during the backsets to start thinking it won't happen and the loss will stop, etc. But I am NOT about to give up!!!!!!!!
LOL now you are all going to crack up at this... but this is SO HARD for me and I am going to count my minutes, no matter how pathetic they are! But I have a horrible time getting up and down out of the floor so I am practicing. I wanted to do 5 minutes but could only go 3... so I have 3 minutes to add! (Besides being so fat I have a "tricky" knee so this is NOT easy LOL.) If I don't count these, as small as they are, I won't do it... and I NEED to accomplish this goal!!
So 1363 + 3 = 1366
2000 goal - 1366 = 634 still to go
Misti, too funny. I just finished my Push.tv session and the biggest gripe I have is that he does floor exercises and then standing exercises and then back to floor. He is in the middle of the next exercise before I can get my body up and/or down, lol! Maybe I should practice too!
Misti -- You are so right that backsets can be debilitating... I think the mental game is such a big part of this whole process and that sounds like what you're talking about. Just know that those feelings WILL go away and we just have to push through it!
As for the exercise, I think counting those minutes IS something you should do! Anything that motivates us to do something healthy like that... I count my back exercises a couple of times a week. They aren't cardio or weights but important for my physical health, so I count it. I wouldn't want to count a ton of minutes a week for that, but I put those in the count too!
Got in 40 min of walking today -- it was in chunks, but a bit of heat was in the nasty humid heat.
Well, yesterday I couldn't go to the gym since I had a doctor's appt, but it was just as well because I was SO sore that I couldn't do my weight training stuff. I spent about 5 minutes on it and realized it was too much. So I did 10 minutes of walking and called it a night. But, today it was back to the gym and I got in 25 minutes each on the elliptical and treadmill. I will have to see how I feel tomorrow, but I felt ok on leaving. I talked with my trainer tonight and we are going to wait another week until starting up sessions again so that I can get back the swing of things. So, that brings my total to 200.
Hi Ladies..sorry I have been absent..just been going through alot of stuff..ugh..I was at 50 min last time I posted..while on vacation in San Diego I did 2 intentional workouts. Not to mention the tremendous walking around the beach and trying to use a boogie board..LOL.
OK... Who stole a few days from me???? I am sure it can't have been FIVE days since I posted my exercise!! Sorry everyone. Holidays don't seem to be helping me one little bit. I honestly don't know where the days go.
Anyway... I won't list what I did each day, but I'll total the lot up, which comes to 260 mins over 5 days.
Personal Goal... 240 - 260 = -20 Which means I'm 20 mins above July's goal of 1200.
Group Total... 10,215 + 260 = 10,475
I'm happy with what I've been doing, and don't feel as though I've overdone anything, but I was surprised to have reached my goal already. I even went back and added up my totals on my Word document to make sure I had it right. Maybe I should just set my goal higher, but I don't want to push my luck. I'll see how the rest of the month pans out.
I am not about to give up! It feels tooooo much better this way AND I really really want to join you in OneDerland!! 
I so much appreciate your encouragement. It is amazing how easy it is during the backsets to start thinking it won't happen and the loss will stop, etc. 
