Way to go everyone!

Ms Perception - I have so little tolerance for charlie-horses! I mean, really, the last time I walked "through" them I was in college and late for class. I'm not particularly prone to them, luckily.

I'm still on track with my August Challenge:
225/1500

Wow girls, we could power a whole city with all this activity!

So, today was a real test for me...and I sort of passed and sort of failed. First day back on "teacher schedule," which means leaving for work at 6AM! The plan was to wake up 30 mins earlier to get in some cardio, but instead I couldn't sleep AT ALL last night and felt exhausted in the morning. It was fun being back, but lunch was hosted by the school, and it wasn't pretty. I ate small portions, but Thai food (in Thailand, at least) is soooooo greasy--that or very, very, sweet. It was a minefield, I tell you. But the good news is that I know it was a one time thing; I'll be bringing my own lunch all year! And I headed straight down to the gym when I got home.

Hopefully I'll be able to sleep tonight and wake up earlier to exercise tomorrow!

August 2nd: 40 mins of walking/jogging/running on treadmill
August 3rd: 20-min jog in the park with a friend AND 35 mins of walking/jogging on treadmill AND 20 mins of strength training.
August 4th: 30-min walk on treadmill at 3.5 mph. Taking it slow. AND 10 mins of light quad and hamstring exercises.
August 5th: 35-min walk at 3.5 mph AND 30 mins of strength training and stretching exercises.

August Progress:
CARDIO: 160/900
STRENGTH: 60/300

Keep up the good work everyone!!

August 1st ~ Wonky cardio
August 2nd ~ Scheduled Day Off
August 3rd ~ Lower Body ST'ing, 30 Day Shred
August 4th ~ C25K W1D1, 30 Day Shred
August 5th ~ Upper Body ST'ing, EA 30DC Day 1, 30 Day Shred

Good morning ladies! Sounds like everyone is right on track! Let's keep those bodies moving, get rid of that fat and build some muscle!!!!! Let's go, let's go, let's go!!!!

Daily Progress

Week 1

August 1 ~ 60 minutes cardio w/MFC [30 minutes walking][30 minutes CT w/MFC]
August 2 ~ Scheduled Day Off
August 3 ~ 60 minutes ST w/MFC [60 minutes w/push mower, mowing]
August 4 ~ 20 minutes C25K-W1-D1 [40 minutes additional walking][60 minutes DDR]
August 5 ~ 60 minutes ST w/MFC *pending* [30 minutes walking][60 minutes Cardio w/MFC *pending*]

FSA ~ I like it, but I get bored easily with it if I do it everyday. But once or twice a week is perfect.

Today is my biking/miscellaneous day, so I'll get to that in a bit. The calf cramp I had was not of "charlie horse" magnitude. I probably would've stopped to massage it and stretch if it had been. I was a milder type that felt like it was either gonna turn into a charlie or go away. Thankfully it went away. My legs are being required to get strong with all the running and biking, but I'm loving the results. The biking is still a challenge as I just re-started with that basically a week ago. I'll just slowly increase my distance on that each week and hope for the best!

Morning chickies

Just checking in. Phenomenal Woman, I put your minutes in ( I just edited the list on last page)...glad you found us over here : ).

Delphiiiii, ty girl! Sandye, sounds great! wtg! TY for the motivation this morning. Seeing those workout emoticons and let's go go go! lol. I love it! Your all an inspiration. ty

BKK, that's great you got your workout in. Hope you catch up on your rest tonight.

MsPerception, wtg chickie! HI to paisley, blue fruit momma, dc and all of you! I am heading over to our sister thread and from there it's workout time. I will post my minutes later on. Have a great day girls.

Phenomenal Woman, welcome, we're a crazy bunch of high energy positive folks around here, the more the merrier

WEEK 1
August 1 - HIIT Week 5 Day 2, 28 minutes; Circuit Training CORE 60 minutes
August 2 - Off, Yoga 50 minutes
August 3 - Running 38 minutes, Circuit Training 60 minutes; Lawn Mowing 50 minutes; Elliptical 30 minutes
August 4 - HIIT Week 5 Day 2, 22 minutes
August 5 - Running 38 minutes, Circuit Training 60 minutes - pending
August 6 -
Weekly Total:

Goal: Non-vacation days, workout twice a day, with two days off
Vacation days, run 5 days, strength training 4 days

Hey, looky - I am in the right thread now. I checked the title, 3 times lol

Anyway, my goal for August is 1200 min.

August 1:
August 2:
August 3:

August 4: 60 min bike
August 5: 30 min bike

NSM~ I'm calling you out hun! How are you liking the EA Active 30 Day Challenge so far? I've been doing the 30 Day Shred and just today thought, 'hmmm...perhaps I should ditch it and do the 30 Day Challenge instead--I bet it's not the same workout day after day after day...borrrrring!'. So, is it fun? Is it a good workout? Dish chickie!

LOL Sandye.
I was just thinking of doing 30 DS.
I still like the EA. it's a different workout everyday, Somedays it focuses more on upper body, sometimes lower body,there's jogging drills and sports. It does have lots and lots of lunges though.
I like the fact that it's always positive with the feedback unlike the Fit.
I also like that it has a progression from day 1 where it basically builds up on itself and it gets progressively more intense.
Like I said before, the band is quite soft and does not offer very good resistance, so you probably have to buy a stronger one (I did after my first couple of workouts).
I like also that it's short, not much longer than 30 min. when doing the high intensity one, which basically means more reps of everything.

I know Delphi hates it, but the only way for you to know is to try it yourself and decide.

NSM~ Haha! I just saw your post on the other thread! So, which level are you doing? Beginner or higher? And you are doing the Challenge right? Or are you just doing a different workout everyday? I have some other bands that came with an exercise ball, maybe those would be better? I was just thinking that after a while I'm going to get sick of hearing Jillian's voice saying the same thing day after day ya know? And I knew that with the EA it's a different workout everyday so it would be less mind numbing. Hmm...perhaps I'll try it today instead of the shred. Thanks for the info hun! Let me know if you decide to do the shred and what you think of it!

I am doing the challenge. I started at the medium intensity for the first couple of weeks and then I moved on to the higher one.
I think I am doing the challenge today still.

Okay, I just finished the 1st workout of the challenge at medium intensity--hmm...not much of a workout when you factor in all the short 'show me how' videos I'm sure once they're done it'll be more of a consistant workout right? Tell me I'm right. I didn't know how the band was supposed to go into the strap thingie so I just sort of held them--only after I finished did I figure it out. I was laughing my butt off at the skating! Oh I was a sight! My landings were all wonky and wobbly!! I think I'm going to do it again tomorrow and see what it's like! I think I'm going to like the boxing part--I see many frustrations being let out during that workout!

Wow can I tell a difference between working out in the morning and working out in the afternoon! I'm such a go-getter in the morning! Too bad school is starting up.

Progress:
Curves: 4
C25K: w1d1 complete

Woooo-eeee! I am lovin' these evening workouts! Yeah! Great way to end my day!!!

Wheeeeeeee!