7/1- 2 miles on Nordic track + ST, and stretches + gardening
7/2 - 5.6 miles walking
7/3 2 miles tromping throught the tall grass and strength training.

You girls crack me up!:dizzy: Thanks for the support and motivation, it always makes it easier to know someone is rooting you on! I definately thought of you girls when I was out walking today..... and then I just "POWERED THROUGH IT". Thanks again:hug:

I have a question I am doing 30 minutes of cardio 6 days a week and 2 days full body workout is there anything wrong with doing my walking everyday or do I need to have a full day of rest? It just seems when I have that day of rest I get lazy and it is hard for me to get back in the grove of working out. What do you ladies think?

Mystical, for the first two months of exercise for me (April and May), I was afraid to take a day off, and didn't. Last month, I scheduled one day off and it ended up being okay. This month, I have two days scheduled off. But the bottom line is that exercising every day will not hurt you, especially if on your day off, you choose just to walk.


Yay! I did 15 minutes straight, without stopping, on the elliptical today!

MY EXERCISE:
July 1--15 min elliptical
July 2--45 min strength training; 30 walking
July 3--15 min elliptical
July 4--
July 5--

July 1st: rest
July 2nd: 30 min yoga, 45 min walking

oh yeah, my goal is 1200 minutes of exercise, and doing something active 5 out of 7 days a week!

Jacqui D Thanks for the info. I am just doing walking on those days. I am thinking at least until I get into a good routine I don't want to set myself up or give myself and reason to find an excuse. Great job on the Elliptical. I am walking on the treadmill with an incline twice a day. Every week I am trying to up the minutes by 5 until I can get to a good level, which I really don't know what that is going to be yet LOL

Mystical- I think you are definitely on the right track. They say it takes 30 days to form a habit so it is probably best to keep it up, but listen to your body and don't push yourself too hard every day. I think slowly upping your times is awesome because you are pushing yourself without overworking. If you overwork you are too sore to do it again and you won't want to. Yay for what you are doing.

Jacqui- Congrats on 15 min, that is awesome!

I'm being all ninja and checkin' in on you ladies. Remember, I lurk in the shadows with my ninja/jedi powers. :lol:

You ladies are doing great. :carrot:

July 1 - 30 minutes karate practice
July 2 - 30 minutes weights, 40 minutes yoga
July 3 - 30 minutes weights, 32 minutes outside walk/run, and 40 minutes walking in a parade with my karate peeps :)

Just to be accountable, I did not do my evening yoga because of severe soreness and am planning on taking tomorrow off to rest. I will be back sunday, otherwise you can pull out the :rollpin:.

This is a great thread. Go Jacqui, I know that 15 minutes straight will make a difference. Thanks Delphi for being the ninja. And I love the questions and answers about exercise.

July WATP

1st - 2 miles
2nd - 2 miles
3rd - 1 mile
Goal:24
Left to go: 19


300 extra minutes
July 1-4 m
Left to go: 296

July 1st ~ Lower Body ST'ing, 8 Min Abs
July 2nd ~ HIIT
July 3rd ~ Upper Body St'ing
July 4th ~ HIIT (Geez, Week 5 was TOUGH!)

Lewis, NSM, Delphi thanks for the tough love! I needed it! Finally seemed to get out of my Super Beyotch mood yesterday--let's hope that trend continues! ;) Hubby came home and apparently he's suffering from PMS too, you know those man periods are just as bad as ours! :lol: I also got a surge of energy too--was up until midnight cleaning the gigantic rib prep mess hubby made (brown sugar all over my floor and I had just finished cleaning out the pantry because I found a few ants hunting around--so guess who was mopping the floor at 11:30?), making coffee for today, doing laundry...not a great thing to do when I should have been sleeping, but it felt good to have the energy to do it, kwim?

Here's to a better day. TOM be damned! Heck, he's not even here yet and he's messin' with me--he better watch it, I'm sick of this crap!

Once again girls, thanks for all the :rollpin::kickbutt:!! You're the BEST!!!! :)

Now, I just have one more question...

Have YOU worked out yet?

:D

Hello my lovelies,

So in the interest of goals (and yes Delphi it totally helped to do the pending stuff because once I wrote it down I'm accountable to a whole bunch of crazy ladies!)

For July I'm going to mix it up a wee bit, higher intensity and shorter sessions, now that I have my new Heart Rate Montior!

High Intensity Cardio (I should be sweating hard or crying or both): 650 minutes
Moderate/Low Intensity Cardio: 300 minutes
Strength Training: 720 minutes

In the interests of poor Jacqui_D writing that, let's just say 1670 minutes. And I added really careful, added again and hopefully I got it right!

WEEK 1

July 1: OFF
July 2: OFF
July 3: HIIT (30/60 intervals) 20 minutes
July 4: Running 33 minutes; 60 minutes Strength Training - pending; 60 minutes Pilates class - pending

Totals:
High Intensity: 53/650 minutes
Moderate/Low Intensity: 0/300 minutes
Strength Training: 0/720 minutes

July Exercise Challenge List of Participants (so far!)
 

Exercise goals are in this list. Weight loss goals are in the sister thread--July Weight Loss Challenge http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=175508. If anyone sees something that they'd like to have changed or edited in their info, please just let me know! I'll continue to add new people as they join in. Good luck to all! You can do it!

Jacqui_D: Do 30 min of moderate exercise (like walking) or 15 min of vigorous exercise (like elliptical) 5 days a week; strength train twice a week
Delphi: Complete 2500 total minutes
Moralia: Do cardio for 30 min 5x per week; walk 3x per week; do toning/weights for 15 min 3x per week
Peachykeen62: Do cardio 35-60 min 5x per week; strength train for 15 min 3x per week; do ab work for 15 min 3x per week
Gekster: Complete 900 total minutes; exercise 6 days a week, alternating cardio and strength
Jellybellyjess: Do moderate exercise for 30 min 5 days a week for a total of 2.5 hours per week; tone with a resistance band for 15 min 7 days a week
EmmaD: Do cardio for at least 30 min 5 days a week; strength train for at least 15 min 3 days a week; stretch for at least 15 min 7 days a week
Sassymae: Use treadmill 5x per week; tone using moderate weight training
2beautiful2Bfat: Do 30 min of moderate exercise 5 days a week
Velveteen: Complete at least 800 minutes; run 5K in one go 3 times
Bigknitter: Run 3x per week; practice karate at home 4x per week; lift weights 4x per week; walk 3x per week
JustAGal: Do core exercises 3x per week; walk every other morning
Ms_Perception: Average over 300 minutes per week; work on C25K challenge 3 days a week; do cardio 5x per week; do strength/core at least 2x per week
Wifey: Complete a total of 1860 minutes; walk the dog for 930 min; do regular exercise, including softball, for 930 min
JazzyPeggy: Complete 24 miles of Walk Away The Pounds; complete 300 extra minutes of exercise
Slwadsworth: Do cardio for 30 min 3x per week for a total of 450 minutes
NewShinyMe: Complete a minimum of 850 minutes; complete EA Active 30 Day Challenge; work out 6 days a week
Linzluv: Complete 1800 minutes of cardio; strength train 16 of 31 days; do 60 min of cardio/walking per day; do strength training circuit every other day
Crazymamaof4: Strength train 3x per week; do cardio 3x per week, including finishing up 8-week HIIT program
LoveDC425: Complete 20 days of yoga
Almostskinny: Run/Jog 62 miles (2/day)
Sotypical: Complete 1800 minutes
Edzard: Do mild yoga before bed 3x per week; do vigorous yoga video once a week; do kettlebell workout once a week; walk for 30 min 3x per week
Mystical: Do cardio workout on treadmill for 30 min 6 days a week; do resistance full body workout 2 days a week
Robbynmarie_k: Do more cardio
Sugarbaby269: Add swimming and walking to exercise plan
Merose: Do 30 min of moderate exercise 4x per week
Joyra: Complete 1000 minutes
CakeBatter: Run 8K/10K; complete 1000 minutes of cardio; do calisthenics 3x per week; complete 50 miles
Jelder227: Complete 930 minutes
p7eggyc: Complete 800 minutes
FullSteamAhead: Complete 1000 minutes
LewisEmpire: Complete at least 60 miles by walking or nordic tracking; strength train or do equivalent 2x per week
Ashley4012: Exercise at least 3 days a week
Annie96: Walk for 30 min on treadmill or beach 5x per week
TexSue: Work out at Curves 3 days a week
Late_to_the_Game: Work out 6-7 days a week
JasonsLea: Complete 780 minutes
Ruby5839: Work out in the a.m. at least 2 days a week; stay on track with C25K
SteerlersGirlie: Maintain current level of exercise
CamiToo: Exercise 5 days per week; work up to doing 30 min on elliptical
Candtlove: Work out 3-5 times per week
Mommaof2lilmen: Walk every day
Paisleyprincess: Complete 1000 minutes
Dcapulet: Complete 1200 minutes; do something active 5 out of 7 days a week
Tummy_Girl: Complete 1670 minutes; do 650 min of high intensity cardio; do 300 min of moderate/low intensity cardio; do 720 min of strength training