50 Miles in September
 

I am going to move:dancer: (run, walk, bounce, spin, swim, eliptical) 50 miles this month. Want to join me?
Post your miles daily or every few days to help motivate your teammates!

Thanks for starting this thread! I'd love to join you in this challenge. I too will commit to moving for at least 50 miles this month. I usually walk each evening, but it's getting dark out earlier, so I'm going to have to work on incorporating some other activities. Or invest in a new treadmill.

Sept. 1 - 4th - 5.5 miles so far

Thanks for starting the thread, wanting to! Dude, where IS everybody?
Well, I've been keeping track, ish. So...

3.5 + 2.25 + 4 = 9.75/50 :carrot:

don't know where everybody is.. I hope they will show up. suspect lots of people are swamped with school starting and will show up soon. If not, we'll just have to cheer for each other!:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:
I'm a little bit behind my weekly goal, but did 8+ miles this week. :)
I'm glad you guys signed up. I really appreciate the support and will try to give support, too. :D

I'll join. I love my nike+ keeps track of all this.

Sept. 1 3.26 miles
Sept. 2 2 miles
Sept. 4 3.10 miles
Sept. 5 3.32 miles
Sept. 5 2 miles (had to exercise again because I downloaded new songs ;))
Set. 6 3 miles
Sept 7 2 miles
Sept. 8 4 miles
Sept. 9 2 miles
Sept. 12 2 miles
Sept. 15 4.25 miles

I was a total slug yesterday:( I'm doing great as far as eating goes and I'm continuing to lose weight, but I'm having a really hard time getting motivated to exercise. I'd better get moving if I want to make my 50 mile goal! Hope everyone is doing well. Have a great day! Rita

eta: OK, I managed to get my walk in early today before the big storm.

9/6 - 5.5 + 3.25 = 8.75/50

I'll get there yet!

walked (limped?) three miles today. It took an hour and a half. Probably not the best use of my time. I can ride 3 miles in less than 20 minutes on a bike. :-)

It might not be the best use of your time, but it's still good use. Sometimes I find the (stationary) bike too boring. It's nice to get out and see the world. I usually walk over a bridge near my house. It has a walkway for bikers/pedestrians that's separated from the roadway and spans across a really pretty river. Once I'm in better shape, maybe I'll venture over it with my bike.

Sorry if I missed it, but why are you limping?

I have arthritis and had surgery on my hip about two and a half months ago to shave off some of the arthritis inside the joint. I am still re-habbing from that. I have not been able to take a walk since June. So this was my first walk in several months. It was just a rather long one. :-)

Wow! Good for you for getting out there today. I'm just doing 3 miles myself, and that's without surgery or arthritis! Congrats on your accomplishment.

Pretty quiet in here. I hope it's because everyone's out and moving!! :dancer:

9/7 8.75 + 3 = 11.75

I'm going to have to step it up a bit if I want to make 50!

Crazy and rmc; we are all about the same size and started at the same size and are going to the same weight, according to our tickers.
How are you doing it?
swimming - you were smart to get on this before you got up too high.

That's pretty wild. I didn't even notice that. I am doing weight watchers. I did it 7 years ago and lost 70 pounds but after 3 kids I gained it back. I'm done having kids and ready to get fit. Come on ladies we can do it:D

I didn't notice that either! Great . . . we should make excellent "partners"! I'm just counting calories and trying to scale back on carbs a bit. I have tried a lot of diets, but always gained the weight back. Learning to watch portions and make better choices to stay within a certain number of calories seems to work best for me.

How are you doing it, wantingto?

i am eating 60-100 gm. of protein, some healthy oil (like olive oil) and 30 gm of fiber and no artificial ingredients. Somehow I get all of the carbs I need and more doing this. I log what I eat on Fit day. I have to be at the gym three (or more) days a week to rehab my hip, so I do weights and some miles on the bike there.

9.75 + 2 = 11.75. Maybe I'll actually make 50 this month... ;)

Of course you'll make 50 miles!!!

9/8 11.75 + 3 (biking) = 14.75

Keep moving everyone!

I woke up sick today, hope I can exercise. I also gained this week:mad: the last four weeks have sucked with my weight.
9/8/08 204.6
9/1/08 203.8
8/25/08 205.2
8/18/08 205.2

swimming
are your miles swimming?

3.5 miles spinning today.

anybody else?

Jumped back on the bike this evening and went for a walk! I'm motivated!

9/8 14.75 + 2 (biking) + 2.5 (walking) = 19.25

crazy, it doesn't look like the last four weeks have been all that bad. Don't get discouraged. Just keep moving, even if the eating's not going so well. It will still help.

The eating has been good that's what pi$$es me off. I'm going to keep on trucking. Here are all the runs/walks I've been doing

http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/?l...runs,281358552

I am going to go back to writing everything I eat. I am also working on my water intake.

Thanks, rmc! :) I didn't quite hit 50 in August, but I'm doing it in September! :D

Wanting to, no, my miles aren't swimming because I have become allergic to chlorine in the last few years. Sad. (And also, swimming a mile takes me FOREVER! :lol:)I mostly run/walk on the treadmill, or outside if it's nice.

Crazy4weightloss, I am going to start writing down everything I eat again too. I've been slacking on the diet front recently...

11.75 + 4 = 15.75/50 :carrot:

Hi everyone! Hope you are all well and feeling good. I was a bit of a slug yesterday. Did some toning/weights work, but no walking. We had wicked thunderstorms in the morning, then the day just got away from me. I have to remember that it gets darker out earlier now and adjust my schedule accordingly.

Oh well, today is a brand new day and I've already been out for my walk. Hope to get on the bike later on as well. Hope you are all out there MOVING and enjoying this lovely day! ~Rita

9/10 19.25 + 2.75 = 22 miles

Where is everyone? crazy? wanting to? bueller? (You're probably all to young to remember that!) Anyway, I know it can get crazy trying to follow lots of threads, so if y'all don't want to keep this one up, it's ok. I track myself anyways.

9/11 22 + 1.25 (bad day) = 23.25 miles

i'm here. i only do mileage every other day MWF and if I can on saturday. I am a little behind on the schedule to make 50 miles, but I can make up for it with weekend walks. How is everybody else?

oh! I forgot to add my 2.5 miles from yesterday. spinning.

Heh. I LOVE Ferris Bueller. One of the all-time great movies.

19.75/50 :carrot:

I have been sick sick sick. Hopefully I can begin exercising again Monday. I've got the nasty head cold:mad:

Nice to see everyone; I was getting lonely! You guys are really plugging along. We'll be done with those 50 miles in no time!

crazy, hope you're feeling better soon. Take care of yourself!

I was able to exercise today.


Sept. 12 2 miles

3.5 miles today.
i think to be on track, I need to have 7 more miles in before the 15th, which is on Monday, so I need to take a couple of good walks this weekend.
:-)

Good job on moving ladies!

I couldn't get my usual in yesterday. I'd made a commitment to take my daughter shopping. It was part of her birthday present which was more than two weeks ago! I wound up not getting home until, so no walk, unless walking around the mall counts !:)

Back at it today!

eta: Got my walk in today and went clear across to the other side of the bridge for the first time ever! :)

23.25 miles + 4 = 27.25

27.25 + 3.8 = 31.05 - every little bit helps :)!

Why did I go 3.8 and not a little further to 4 miles? Because I don't like to look at my pedometer while I'm walking. (For some reason, I always hit the reset button when I take it off, unless I'm realllly careful.) I swear, when I'm out there, it seems like I've gone a lot further!

19.75 + 3 = 22.75

OK, so if I want to have 25 miles done halfway through the month, I just need to do 2.25 tomorrow. I think that should be doable...

Rita, you're gonna be done in no time!

I'm going back to exercising everyday this week. Being sick threw me off. I did lose 3.6 pounds this week though:o

WTG on the loss, crazy, but you picked a heck of a way to do it! I'm glad you're feeling better!

Sept. 15 4.25 miles

9/15 31.05 + 3.95 = 35

Hope everyone had a good day. Work was crazy today, then I had some errands to run, which means I didn't get home in time for my walk. But, I made up for it by jumping on the bike. I find it kind of boring, but it certainly takes less time! (And I like to watch my leg muscles as I pedal :))

I would love to join in!! I'm trying to get moving more anyway that I can.

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