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gardenerjoy 12-29-2015 09:49 AM

I'm going to miss my 24 days of 8K steps goal (but I'll see how close I can get!). The good news is that I met my strength-training goal yesterday! Since I had to do my workout indoors again, I figured that I might as well get that done.

December goals: 1200 minutes, 8 ST session, 24 days of at least 8K steps

1: 40 walk; 40/1200, 1/24 8K
2: 40 walk; 80/1200, 2/24 8K
3: 30 walk; 110/1200, 3/24 8K
4: 40 walk; 150/1200, 4/24 8K
5: 40 stretch & ST; 190/1200, 1/8 ST
6: 40 walk; 230/1200, 5/24 8K
7: 40 walk; 270/1200, 6/24 8K
8: 40 walk; 310/1200, 7/24 8K
9: 55 yard work; 365/1200, 8/24 8K, 2/8 ST
10: 40 walk; 405/1200
11: 40 walk; 445/1200, 9/24 8K
12: 30 walk; 475/1200, 10/24 8K
13: 30 stretch & ST; 505/1200, 3/8 ST
14: 30 walk; 535/1200, 11/24 8K
15: 30 walk, 40 stretch & ST; 605/1200, 12/24 8K, 4/8 ST
16: 40 walk; 645/1200, 13/24 8K
17: 60 walk; 705/1200, 14/24 8K
18: 30 walk; 735/1200
19: 25 stretch & ST; 760/1200, 5/8 ST
20: 40 walk; 800/1200, 15/24 8K
21: 65 walk, 15 ST; 880/1200, 16/24 8K, 6/8 ST
22: 15 walk; 895/1200
23: 40 walk; 935/1200, 17/24 8K
24: 40 walk; 975/1200, 18/24 8K
25: 40 march, dance, stretch & ST; 1015/1200, 19/24 8K, 7/8 ST
26: 35 dance; 1050/1200, 20/24 8K
27: 30 stretch; 1080/1200
28: 30 stretch & ST; 1110/1200, 8/8 ST

Izzie 12-29-2015 12:12 PM

Joy awesome job completing your strength training goal! I see you are close to meeting your minutes too. Keep it up! You set a lot of goals and meeting 2 out of 3 is great.

Nici 12-29-2015 12:37 PM

Way to go Joy!!! :lifter:

gardenerjoy 12-30-2015 10:28 AM

Thanks, Izzie and Nici! I'm still going!

December goals: 1200 minutes, 8 ST session, 24 days of at least 8K steps

1: 40 walk; 40/1200, 1/24 8K
2: 40 walk; 80/1200, 2/24 8K
3: 30 walk; 110/1200, 3/24 8K
4: 40 walk; 150/1200, 4/24 8K
5: 40 stretch & ST; 190/1200, 1/8 ST
6: 40 walk; 230/1200, 5/24 8K
7: 40 walk; 270/1200, 6/24 8K
8: 40 walk; 310/1200, 7/24 8K
9: 55 yard work; 365/1200, 8/24 8K, 2/8 ST
10: 40 walk; 405/1200
11: 40 walk; 445/1200, 9/24 8K
12: 30 walk; 475/1200, 10/24 8K
13: 30 stretch & ST; 505/1200, 3/8 ST
14: 30 walk; 535/1200, 11/24 8K
15: 30 walk, 40 stretch & ST; 605/1200, 12/24 8K, 4/8 ST
16: 40 walk; 645/1200, 13/24 8K
17: 60 walk; 705/1200, 14/24 8K
18: 30 walk; 735/1200
19: 25 stretch & ST; 760/1200, 5/8 ST
20: 40 walk; 800/1200, 15/24 8K
21: 65 walk, 15 ST; 880/1200, 16/24 8K, 6/8 ST
22: 15 walk; 895/1200
23: 40 walk; 935/1200, 17/24 8K
24: 40 walk; 975/1200, 18/24 8K
25: 40 march, dance, stretch & ST; 1015/1200, 19/24 8K, 7/8 ST
26: 35 dance; 1050/1200, 20/24 8K
27: 30 stretch; 1080/1200
28: 30 stretch & ST; 1110/1200, 8/8 ST
29: 30 stretch; 1140/1200

kelijpa 12-30-2015 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by kelijpa:
Good morning all!

I seem to have no problem with the cardio, so this month my goal is just for yoga and strength, some weights and crunches.

December goal - yoga 12x, strength 12x

Best to all :sunny:

Hello all,
Well I'm not going to make my goal, but did find out splitting off the yoga and weights didn't work for me, I didn't do them at all until the day before yesterday...so I have restarted my exercise program and learned a valuable lesson so next month, back to completing however many weeks of my program.

So I restarted at week 17 (week 1)
12/15-yoga, strength, cardio (ex. Bike 30)
12/16-abs, cardio bike 30
12/17-yoga, strength
12/18-cardio (rail trail 4 miles)
12/19-off
12/20-cardio (rail trail)
12/21-strength, cardio (walk at work, 1 mile)
12/22-cardio (rail trail)
12/23- off travel day
12/24- cardio (walk at Busch Gardens ChristmasTown)
12/25- cardio (3 mile walk on beach)
12/26- cardio (walk at Jamestown NP)
12/27- cardio (3.3 mile hike at Pocahantas SP)
12/28- cardio (3.1 mile walk at Antietam NP)
12/29- cardio (rail trail)
12/30- yoga (finally completed the week!), abs, plan cardio, rail trail this afternoon
12/31-

Best to all :sunny:

kelijpa 12-30-2015 12:33 PM

Congrats Izzie and GardenerJoy on making goals!!

flower1 12-30-2015 09:05 PM

Joy, congrats on making your strength training goal.

08 - walked 60 min
11 - walked 105 min
25 - walked 75 min
27 - walked 40 min
30 - walked 45 min

Total: 325/1000

gardenerjoy 12-30-2015 11:05 PM

Are you thinking ahead to 2016 exercise goals? Here's the January challenge thread:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/chic...challenge.html

noshoes 12-31-2015 07:22 AM

Well done to those who met their goals!

I managed it - 2km a day under 20 minutes. Made 100km in December for cardio ( mostly walking, a little running and cycling).

HereIStand 12-31-2015 09:17 AM

I'm going to say I made my goal of running 4x/week. This week is only half in December, and I've run 3x, with a plan to run again on Saturday.

Week 1 of Nov/December: 4 days running completed
Week 2 of December: 4 days running completed
Week 3 of December: 4 days running completed, + 1 extra day!
Week 4 of December: 4 days running completed

gardenerjoy 12-31-2015 11:42 AM

Way to go, noshoes and HereIStand !

bonnie2009: 15 min 3x per week
dcapulet: week's planned workouts
flower1: 1000 min
gardenerjoy: 1200 min, 24x 8K steps, 8 ST
GettingFit: 4x per week
HereIStand : 4 runs per week w/ increased mileage
Jacqui_D: gym 3x per week
Jb1975: 12 hrs Workout/C25K
kelijpa: yoga 12x, strength 12x
Izzie: 950 min
mars735: 15min walk per day (starting 12/3)
MumofMany: 15 row & 30 walk per day
Nici: 1200 min
noshoes: 2 km per day
SeeMyFeet: 3x per week (1K each time) + flip turn
Tabbycat: 750 min

gardenerjoy 12-31-2015 11:42 AM

I managed a real walk yesterday and it felt great!

December goals: 1200 minutes, 8 ST session, 24 days of at least 8K steps

1: 40 walk; 40/1200, 1/24 8K
2: 40 walk; 80/1200, 2/24 8K
3: 30 walk; 110/1200, 3/24 8K
4: 40 walk; 150/1200, 4/24 8K
5: 40 stretch & ST; 190/1200, 1/8 ST
6: 40 walk; 230/1200, 5/24 8K
7: 40 walk; 270/1200, 6/24 8K
8: 40 walk; 310/1200, 7/24 8K
9: 55 yard work; 365/1200, 8/24 8K, 2/8 ST
10: 40 walk; 405/1200
11: 40 walk; 445/1200, 9/24 8K
12: 30 walk; 475/1200, 10/24 8K
13: 30 stretch & ST; 505/1200, 3/8 ST
14: 30 walk; 535/1200, 11/24 8K
15: 30 walk, 40 stretch & ST; 605/1200, 12/24 8K, 4/8 ST
16: 40 walk; 645/1200, 13/24 8K
17: 60 walk; 705/1200, 14/24 8K
18: 30 walk; 735/1200
19: 25 stretch & ST; 760/1200, 5/8 ST
20: 40 walk; 800/1200, 15/24 8K
21: 65 walk, 15 ST; 880/1200, 16/24 8K, 6/8 ST
22: 15 walk; 895/1200
23: 40 walk; 935/1200, 17/24 8K
24: 40 walk; 975/1200, 18/24 8K
25: 40 march, dance, stretch & ST; 1015/1200, 19/24 8K, 7/8 ST
26: 35 dance; 1050/1200, 20/24 8K
27: 30 stretch; 1080/1200
28: 30 stretch & ST; 1110/1200, 8/8 ST
29: 30 stretch; 1140/1200, 21/24 8K
30: 35 walk; 1175/1200, 22/24 8K

Tabbycat 12-31-2015 02:29 PM

I'm at 650 minutes with less than 12 hours left in the month...

Probably won't make it this month.
But I'll try to get a 30-45 minute walk in.

gardenerjoy 01-01-2016 11:36 AM

Met my minutes goal! Who else met a December goal?

December goals: 1200 minutes , 8 ST session, 24 days of at least 8K steps

1: 40 walk; 40/1200, 1/24 8K
2: 40 walk; 80/1200, 2/24 8K
3: 30 walk; 110/1200, 3/24 8K
4: 40 walk; 150/1200, 4/24 8K
5: 40 stretch & ST; 190/1200, 1/8 ST
6: 40 walk; 230/1200, 5/24 8K
7: 40 walk; 270/1200, 6/24 8K
8: 40 walk; 310/1200, 7/24 8K
9: 55 yard work; 365/1200, 8/24 8K, 2/8 ST
10: 40 walk; 405/1200
11: 40 walk; 445/1200, 9/24 8K
12: 30 walk; 475/1200, 10/24 8K
13: 30 stretch & ST; 505/1200, 3/8 ST
14: 30 walk; 535/1200, 11/24 8K
15: 30 walk, 40 stretch & ST; 605/1200, 12/24 8K, 4/8 ST
16: 40 walk; 645/1200, 13/24 8K
17: 60 walk; 705/1200, 14/24 8K
18: 30 walk; 735/1200
19: 25 stretch & ST; 760/1200, 5/8 ST
20: 40 walk; 800/1200, 15/24 8K
21: 65 walk, 15 ST; 880/1200, 16/24 8K, 6/8 ST
22: 15 walk; 895/1200
23: 40 walk; 935/1200, 17/24 8K
24: 40 walk; 975/1200, 18/24 8K
25: 40 march, dance, stretch & ST; 1015/1200, 19/24 8K, 7/8 ST
26: 35 dance; 1050/1200, 20/24 8K
27: 30 stretch; 1080/1200
28: 30 stretch & ST; 1110/1200, 8/8 ST
29: 30 stretch; 1140/1200, 21/24 8K
30: 35 walk; 1175/1200, 22/24 8K
31: 25 dance & stretch; 1200/1200


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