add 47 minutes for me... 560+47=607 out of 600 so I've officially made my goal

group total: 7046+47=7093

Personal Total : 560 of 840

Group Total : 7093 + 30 = 7123

I took a 30 minute walk yesterday morning and 60 min walk this morning.

Personal Goal: 120 + 90 = 210 (1,090 to go)

Group Total: 7,123 + 90 = 7,213

Good job hypnotq!

19 min. for me today--10 walking, 9 on the bike.

Personal total 317+19=336 (July goal: 1085 / 745 remaining)

Group Total: 7,213 + 19 = 7,232

Hi everybody! LOL Zelma... actually I fell asleep reading so guess it doesn't count. However, I got in gear a bit today and did 90 minutes of water aerobics.

Personal total 931 + 90 = 1021
July goal 2000 - 1021 = 979 still to go

Group goal 7232 + 90 = 7322

Started the morning with 90 minutes of water aerobics

1021 + 90 = 1111
2000 - 1111 = 889 still to go for July

Group total = 7322 + 90 = 7412

Personal Total : 590 of 840

Group Total : 7412 + 30 = 7442

636 for the month
group total: 7442+29=7471

If you don't mind, I think I will jump in for the remaining month of July.

Let's see...It is July 15th. For the remaining month of July, I hope to get in 360 minutes of exercise. That is 6 days/week of 30 minutes each day.

Jen

Jen -- WELCOME!! I'm glad you found us!

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!

Group total ~ 7471 + 45 = 7516 min!

30 mins NuStep + 30 mins swimming laps + 15 mins water aerobics

493 + 75 = 568 mins

Group total: 7516 min = 75 = 7591 min

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.

20 + 7591 = 7601

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

Group Total... 7601 + 130 = 7731

Great to see a new face or two.:carrot:

Take care,:hug:

Zelma

40 minutes yesterday

Personal total 336+40=376 (July goal: 1085 / 709 remaining)

Group Total... 7731 + 40 = 7771

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.

The group total is now 7,771 + 20 = 7,791

Nancy -- Welcome back! Take it easy on yourself!

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!

Anyway, 40 min for me.

Group total ~ 7791 + 40 = 7831 minutes!

Personal Total : 620 of 840

Group Total : 8251 + 30 = 8281

Hi everybody

Wow, Kayley that is a huge amount of exercise! Good job!

Heather... LOL the pedometer also often "makes" me walk a bit longer as I am not going to go for 8 or 9 minutes and not get to count it. :)

I just did 20 minutes of dancing and 80 mins of water aerobics for a total today of 100 minutes.

Total for July = 1211
Goal 2000 - 1211 = 789 still to go

Group total 8281 + 100 = 8381

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.

The group total is 8381 + 70 = 8,451

Walked my dog for 30 minutes this morning.

GROUP TOTAL 8,631 + 30 = 8,661

Hi Jen and welcome!!! Glad you are here!

hpnotq congrats on making your goal already! Good job!

Kayley, LOL you amaze me! You are an exercising machine LOL. I know how much I exercise to get to where I am and you are waaaaay ahead of me. :dance:

Misti...only cuz it's summertime! Once winter comes, it'll be back down a LOT lower! LOL

Personal Total : 740 of 840

Group Total : 8631 + 120 = 8751

Ok, I hope I do this right.

My goal: 360 - 80 min (40 yesterday, 40 today): 280

Group total: 8751 + 80 = 8831

My total = 370 (1025 remaining)
Group total = 9056

Busy day that I actually got at least 105 minutes in!

105 + 9056 = 9161

I am wondering why I bother when I just gained back 3 of the 6 pounds I have lost in the past month... but oh well... today I got 25 minutes of aerobic walking and 65 minutes of water aerobics.

Personal total 1211 + 90 = 1301
July goal 2000 - 1301 = 699 still to go

Group total 9161 + 90 = 9251

I took a 50 min walk this morning and another 30 minute walk this evening.

Personal Goal: 210 + 80 = 290 (1,010 to go)

Group Total: 9,251 + 80 = 9,331

Kayley -- good grief! you go girl, I'll watch from the sidelines!

AliceEep -- you got it just right!

Nancy -- So so right that convalescing from an illness or surgery is something we will probably all have to deal with. This is a challenge to you to learn how to come back from it. AND you can help US as well, by sharing your story of your ups and downs in the process!

Misti -- no no! where's that shining attitude! You CANNOT fall under the spell of the scale! It is :devil:. YOU ARE DOING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, as for me, only 25 min yesterday: walked the dogs and abs/back. I intended to do more but ended up spending many hours shopping for and cooking healthy food... such a struggle to keep the balance!

Group total ~ 9331 + 25 = 9356 min!

I want to see 10K before the weekend! What do you say?

I did 30 minutes on the elliptical yesterday. I felt like I could have done some more, but I didn't want to push myself too much. It was a good thing too because I was REALLY sore this morning. That brings my total to 135 minutes.

Misti - That has to be water! Give it a few days and it should go as quickly as it came.

The group total is now 9356 + 30 = 9386

Personal Goal : 770 of 840

Group Total : 9386 + 30 = 9416

Well, good news... those nasty 3 pounds did go away again today! And LOL Heather... I TRY to have a good attitude, really I do; but every once in a while..... So here I am ... shine shine shine :sunny: :sunny: :sunny:

Hey I love your new avatar... you look smashing! Wow look at you skinny little thing!!! :dance:

Nancy, LOL ya it could be all that water soaked in from the pool. I did water aerobics 4 days in a row. But not today.

Today I got 62 minutes of aerobic walking
1301 + 62 + 1363 July total
2000 goal - 1363 = 637 still to go

Yay I am going to make it easily!!!

Group total 9416 + 62 = 9478

Nancy -- Yes, don't push too much!

Ammi -- You're getting really regular exercise, huh? Woo hoo!! :carrot:

Misti -- TOLD YOU!! Glad the water went away and the scale is less :devil: now! It's okay to be down sometimes, I just didn't want you giving up!

I got in 45 min today. Weights and a walk...

Group total ~ 9478 + 45 = 9523 min!

Thanks Heather..... :hug: 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!!!!!!!! :nono:

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

Group total 9523 + 3 = 9526

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!

Personal goal: 280-50=230

Group total: 9526 + 50 = 9576

Personal Total : 800 of 840

Group Total : 9576 + 30 = 9606

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.

Group total ~ 9606 + 40 = 9646 minutes