December Exercise Challenge
 

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Here it is by popular demand. The December Exercise Challenge!!!!! I hope to see friends from the November Exercise challenge as well as new people. This challenge is easy. Set an exercise goal for yourself and try and acheive it. Plan it so you can acheive it, but try to challenge yourself a bit.

My Goal will be to exercise 1500 minutes during the Month of December. Plus 40 miles walked at work (which I am not counting into my intentional exercise minutes)!

December 1 - 60 minutes
2 -35 minutes 2.25 miles
3 -35 minutes 2 miles
4 -70 minutes1.25 miles
5 -25 minutes 1.25 miles
6 -15 min 1.33 miles

7 -15 min 0 miles
8 -Too Too sick :(
9 -WAY to busy, :( Miles at work 1.8
10 -None today :( miles at work 2.23
11 -30 minutes 1.3 miles
12 -25 minutes 1.25 miles310/1500; 14.66miles walked at work

13 -30 minutes 1.25 miles
14 -25 minutes 1.25 miles
15 -I was lazy all day.
16 -30minutes 2.3 miles
17 -30 minutes 2.25 miles
18 -25 minutes 1.2 miles
19 -30 minutes 2.25 miles
20 -25 minutes
21 -25minutes 1.2 mies
22 -40 minutes 2.25 miles
23 -40 minutes 3 miles
24 -0
25 -0
26 -20 minutes 0 miles630/1500; 31.61 miles walked at work
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I'd like to join. Exercise is not really my thing so I'm hoping a challenge will keep me on the ball. I like swimming and recently joined a gym that has a pool so I've been alternating between swimming and walking.

So...I think my goals will be...
350 Laps Swimming &
20 Miles Walked.

Dec 1: 22 laps
Dec 2: 0
Dec 3: 0
Dec 4: 24 laps
Dec 5: 1 mile
Dec 6: 24 laps
Dec 7: 1 mile (also biked for 10 min.)
Dec 8: 0
Dec 9: 24 laps, 1/2 mile walk with dog.
Dec 10: 1 hour Yoga
Dec 11: 26 laps
Dec 12: 2 miles
Dec 13: 0
Dec 14: 26 laps
Dec 15: 26 laps
Dec 16: 1 mile walk with dog (boy was she tired, we usually do half that)
Dec 17: 1 hour yoga class
Dec 18: 0 (got invited to a business dinner. Good for the career, but had to skip the gym)
Dec 19: 28 laps
Dec 20: 2 miles
Dec 21: 28 laps
Dec 22: 2 miles
Dec 23: 28 laps, 1 mile walk with dog.
Dec 24: 1 hour yoga class
Dec 25: 1 mile walk with dog
Dec 26: 30 laps
Dec 27: 1.5 miles
Dec 28: 30 laps
Dec 29: 0
Dec 30: 30 laps
Dec 31: 1 hour yoga class

I am going to aim for 1000 minutes

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Me too, me too
 

Okay - time to kick it up a notch...

My December exercise goal is to increase to FIVE days a week, one of which will be Pilates. I read somewhere recently that adding one day of something like yoga or Pilates to your routine can go a long way towards toning and flexibility, so I'm going to give it a try!

December 1 - 45 mins I.E. (all cardio, all elliptical)
2 - taking today off - illness - boo!
3 - even sicker today
4 - VERY SICK
5 - I brought my gym bag to work with me, but I got sent home early... SO sick.
6 - still sick (sick sucks!)
7 - stupid office holiday party during my gym time
8 - FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY got back to the gym - 1 hour I.E. (45 cardio, 15 upper-body weight training)
9 - day of rest
10 - 75 mins I.E. (30 mins cardio elliptical, 30 minutes cardio recumbent bike, 15 mins lower-body strength training)
11 - GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
12 - 60 mins I.E. (45 elliptical, 15 upper body strength training)
13 - 20 mins - Winsor Pilates DVD!
14 - 40 mins I.E. (20 crosstrainer, 20 recumbent bike)
15 - skipped - I am a bad Suz.
16 - 80 mins I.E. (45 mins elliptical, 20 mins recumbent bike, 15 mins upper-body strength training)
17 - nuthin
18 - nada
19 -45 mins cardio (elliptical)
20 - 60 mins cardio (elliptical and bike)
21 - nothing - too much pain in shoulder!
22 - 30 mins cardio (elliptical)
23 - nothing
24 - gym closed!
25 - gym closed!
26 - 60 mins intentional exercise (45 cardio; 15 lower-body weight training)
27 - nothing - sick AGAIN (no kidding)
28 - 45 mins cardio (30 elliptical, 15 recumbent bike)
29 - 75 mins intentional exercise (1 hour cardio, 15 mins upper-body/core strength training)
30 - 55 mins intentional exercise (40 mins cardio, 15 mins lower-body strength training)
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GO TEAM!!! :carrot:

ok.. ahhh

i want to work out 4 days a week. 2000 minutes.

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0/1000 = DDR (it's amazing)
0/500 = Taebo/Walk Away the Pounds/DVD/Video/bike ride etc.
0/500 = Weight training.

That's precisely what the listing of dates is for. Each day, you come back to your "accountability post" with all the dates on it, and you edit the post to include the type/amount of exercise you did on that particular date. Take a look at the November Challenge - my accountability post for November is on the very first page of the thread, and I've been updating it religiously.

I am tickled that you're going to go to the gym! That's so great... and I think that once you try it and start successfully reaching exercise goals there, you'll really love it. I figured out that I used to hate the gym so much because I was setting unattainable goals for myself - like trying to do an hour of cardio on the very first day! - and it was really getting me down, I felt like a failure. This time around, though, I started small - only 8 minutes of cardio on the elliptical - and as I met those goals, I increased them.

Yay!!!! You GO girl... I'm right behind you all the way! :hug:

:coolsnow: December Challenge 1500 minutes:coolsnow:

Dec. 1 - 55 minutes / treadmill, bike, weights
Dec. 2
Dec. 3 - 40 minutes / treadmill
Dec. 4 - 50 minutes / elliptical, weights
Dec. 5 - 50 minutes / treadmill, bike, stairs, weights
Dec. 6 - 70 minutes / treadmill, abs & walk dogs
Dec. 7 - 30 minutes / walked dogs
Dec. 8 - 60 minutes / treadmill , weights
Dec. 9
Dec. 10 - 30 minutes / treadmill
Dec. 11 - 50 minutes / elliptical, weights
Dec. 12 - 50 minutes / treadmill, weights
Dec. 13 - 30 minutes / elliptical
Dec. 14 - 45 minutes / treadmill, weights
Dec. 15 - 55 minutes / elliptical, weights
Dec. 16
Dec. 17 - 90 minutes / treadmill, bike, abs
Dec. 18 - 50 minutes / ellpitcal, weights
Dec. 19 - 50 minutes / treadmill, weights
Dec. 20 - 60 minutes / rowing, elliptical, abs
Dec. 21 - 50 minutes / treadmill, weights
Dec. 22 - 60 minutes / elliptical, weights, abs
Dec. 23
Dec. 24
Dec. 25
Dec. 26
Dec. 27 - 75 minutes / treadmill, weights, abs
Dec. 28 - 75 minutes / elliptical, stairs, bike
Dec. 29 - 65 minutes / treadmill, weights, abs
Dec. 30
Dec. 31

1190/1500 minutes

I am glad to see everyone here!! December here we come!!! I think I am going to count my miles walked at work too. In a 5 hour shift I generally do 1.25 miles(although not vigorous exercise I want to make sure I am moving the whole time!) So I will go for 1.5 miles in a 5 hour shift and 2.25 in an 8 hour shift. I will go for 40 miles walked at work this month (I may come up a little short because we close for a week at the end of the month, I work but it is general maintenece and I usually sit and scrub and scrub and scrub!!) I will not count the miles at work into the minutes done though.

I think that still counts jacatron! :D Okay well I am not good about checking in every day since I am usually out WALKING! :lol: I also spend alot of time in the hot and healthy gals club. Everyone is welcome to join us if you haven't already! Anyhow I am presently at 2280 for November! I was averaging 90 minutes a day til the 20th but got frustrated when I was not seeing much validation on the scale! So I slacked off a bit and am now back to 80 a day average. *sigh* but that is still an improvement from last month when i had a 67 minute average! Anyhow no matter what i will get to 1800 for december, that is the plan, if not, more! On another note I did notice a difference in my waist though since walking so much, so maybe I was losing inches! I have since measured myself. Need to go for a walk. Good luck everyone!!

Hey guys! Jeni, I'm so glad you started this up so early! Good to see some familiar faces! I think I will up my goal for next month (even though I haven't achieved THIS month's goal!!) and I will work towards,hmmmm, 1500 minutes!!! I can and WILL do it!! Starting Saturday, though, because I will need Friday to finish off this month's challenge! Jasmine, I adore your Avatar! So true, so true.

I'm aiming for 930 minutes (average of 30 minutes a day.) I'll return to my gym after a 3-4 month break where I love weightlifting and don't mind some of the cardio. Or I might walk along the ocean. Or both!

Taking it slow because I had a flare up of plantar fasciitis and I'd rather not re-injure myself.

December 1 - Grading papers
2- Grading creative writing portfolios
3- Grading more creative writing portfolios
4- Finalizing grades (I knew getting exercise in early this month would be tough as I set an ambitious goal of being done w/ grades on Monday of finals week!)
5- none
6- 10 min. stretching
7- 15 min. stretching
8- 45 min. (30 walking, 15 min. shovelglove)
9- none
10- none
11- 15 min. shovelglove
12- 15 min. shovelglove
13- 15 min. shovelglove
14- none
15- 45 min. (15 min. shovelglove, 30 min. aerobic movements)
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19- 45 min. (15 min. shovelglove, 30 min. walking)
20- 15 min. shovelglove (walking maybe later???)
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jules

Setting my goal low to get myself moving again.
31 miles <~~~a mile a day for the month of December.
310 minutes of toning<~~~~ten minutes a day for the month of December.

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rockinrobin:

Hey sweetie I don't know how many cals you are averaging but be wary of going to low! If you go to low your body may hold onto fat. While you are still in the 200 range you can still eat more and lose, add exercise and it will be a win win situation. I am losing about 2 pounds a week on 1700 - 1800 cal average and 60-80 minutes daily brisk walking. Good luck!

shelliebellie:

*waves* :lol: Well I liked it cause it had a man and woman and two hearts. It is a bit funny where his "heart" is. But in reality when a man is in love with you and not just chasing something his heart is in the same place as ours. ;)
You are in anaheim? Cool! I am in so cal as well!!

Jeni:

I don't remember what t was you said the other day but I was thinking about you on the bus and us competing, then I came back and read a comment about something about me and walking and all that and I was like, oh it's ON GIRL!!!! hahahahahah I really want to get my average back up again. I was a bit sad it dropped off to 80 when I was at 90 for 20 days! I can't guarantee anything beyond the 1800 minutes but I was thinking if we tease and egg each other on and compete, we will probably spur each other to get alot of walking done in December!!! Whooohoooo!!! Anyone else down for taking Jeni and I on?

Oh yeah Jasmine!! Bring it Baby!! I'd like to get up to 1800 minutes in this month, but life happens and 1500 is more realistic for me. I am going to try to keep up though!!! :) :)

I'd say that I can beat each and every one of you, but that would be a bald faced lie!!! You guys work out so many minutes, I struggle to keep up. I AM going to try this month, if I can, I want to beat my 1500 minute goal.

Dont worry Shellie I struggled to get in my 1500 minutes in this month. I challenged myself Sept and October, each month I did 1300 minutes + No problem :) I will barely get in my 1500 minutes this month (and Jasmine has done over 2000 minutes....

I'm with you Jasonslea... 1200 minutes for me too! I met my goal of 900 minutes for November so time to crank it up a notch.

You ladies are crazy ambitious with 1800 minutes... so impressive! Hopefully that will be me in a few months. :)

Jeni:

I know what ya mean!

Are you still doing your pilates? How often? Cause that is one thing I need to kick my butt about more, I did pilates the first(and only time) last week, I could really feel it too! I also did 8 minute abs twice last week. We should goad each other about that too!!

Sojourner:
Me too! Dang the competition is pretty weak in here! *fans myself* :lol:

shelliebellie:

Good plan. Well as a disclaimer I must say that I am a s.a.h.m. I know many of you work or don't have help with the small kids. When I was working it was really hard trying to get exercise in more than a few times a week. When I had two toddlers at the same time, forget it! I am very glad that I can focus on home hubby and kids and working toward getting healthy now so I can better take care of them. Everyone just do your best!


Well I am getting ready to go for my final walk for the month! 50 more minutes and I will be at 2455 for the month! That is an 81 minute average. Not bad! :D

My goal is to walk at least 6 miles on the treadmill every week and to exercise for 250 min. every week. All of December that would be about 25 miles and about 1000 minutes. Wish me luck!

Week 1-
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(copied from nov thread)

I got to 2465 in November so I am over my 1800 mark. SO an 82 minute a day average , so 41.083 hours and 123.25 miles! Whoohooo!! Now for pounds. I started at 219 and today I am down to 213! Now I will say I did lose an extra pound before turkey day but gained it back. SO I did lose 7 pounds last month but gained 1 back. Still not bad. One thing I did notice though is my tummy is getting better! A little tip for you brisk walkers, every once in a while shake it up by running for a minute or so, it gets that heart rate up and actually (IMO) works the top belly muscles. That is what started decreasing this month for me. Drink plenty of water! :D I am looking for ward to this month!

Happy December 1st ladies!!! Christmas time is rapidly approaching (aargh)! I hate the holidays. Too much good food, and never an escape from it. My goal this month is to avoid the temptation at work, and only eat yucky on Christmas Day. My other goal is to stick with my excercise minutes, and finish those. Alas, I have failed this month (my gym is closed :( ), but I will NOT let that stop me this month. I think I set my minutes too high, though. Not enough hours in the day, but what can you do? Jasmine, in response to your question about Pilates, I only do it once in a here and there, but I do a workout video every day. I get really bored with them, so it's nice to switch up. I've noticed that when I started doing the videos my weight loss slowed a bit, but I've lost many more inches and I'm not as jiggly. My lack of weight loss may also be attributed to the fact that I SUCK at counting my points! Whatever, I'm not quitting this time. I hope you guys have a wonderful Friday, and work those little fanny's off!!!

Cool shellie. Well remember that the scale is not a true indicator. Like October I lost 9.75 pounds! November was 7(gained 1 back) BUT I had increased my walking! My average daily was 15 minutes more so it bugged me a bit which is why around the 20th I slacked off cause I had a 90 minute average til then. BUT I did notice a big change in my body! My waist is getting smaller! Even dh notices! I am getting curves again! The top of my belly is flattening out(like right under my boobs/well i am 213 but you know what i mean! ) and just yesterday I noticed a BIG change in my lower belly like it is sloping off to. I am feeling lil hip bones and my dh was telling me last nite about my back, that he can feel (w/out trying hard) that the bottom of my back ribs bones. :D Also! My bra! I usually have to purposely feel thru skin for the collar bones but a few days ago I was reaching over there and it was there! (cant really see it yet but it is getting closer to the surface!) Back to my bra, a few weeks ago we had to adjust the straps! (I have already had to tighten up the clasps too) and just two days ago the straps were falling off my shoulders so I had to tighten them again!

I have started measuring myself. And just remember that it is better to work out and be firm than jiggly! that means you have muscle pounds, not fat pounds and they weigh the same so that is why you may not notice on the scale but you will be trimmer and might even get into a smaller size! Have you seen the muscle vs. fat pic?

Oh and I would encourage you to be legit and count those points! I started losing steadily after hitting a plateau once I really started counting cals and portion control! It is worth it!

I'm shooting for 1050 minutes in December since I do 50 minutes of cardio each weekday. Exercising on Christmas Day is going to be a challenge. :dizzy:

Jasmine, I know exactly what you mean about the whole "right under the boobs" weight loss! It's funny, you can totally tell I've lost weight there, but my tummy is still poochy and my hips are still the same size. People say that you usually lose from the top to the bottom, and I think I agree. Yeah, stuff goes away here and there as well, but mostly it goes from face down to the toes.

Oh geez it almost killed me to start my new ticker over for December. :tantrum: Only one day to enjoy my accomplishment and now it is back to 0! Had to run out for a quick 15 min walk with the dog in the snow just to move it up a notch.

December

1 - 15 min walk with dog... brrrrrrrrr.... = 15 mins
2 - 0
3 - 30 min walk with dog = 30 mins
4 -15 min walk with dog, 50 min spin class = 65 mins
5 - 15 min walk with dog = 15 mins
6 - 15 min walk with dog, 60 min spin class = 75 mins
7 - 15 min walk with dog (!@$%@ its cold!) = 15 mins
8 - 15 min walk with dog
9 - 15 min walk with dog
10 - 0
11 - 15 min walk with dog, 50 min spin class = 65 mins
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Total: 310/1200

Sojo~You crack me up!! But I had to leave a little note about my exercise for last month in my sig. :)

Shari~1200 minutes is great!! Give credit where credit is due!! 1200 minutes is a great goal. (That is 20 hours of exercise!!!)


I really need to get my Pilates going again. Tommy's naptime has changed, so its right in the middle of General Hospital (:o it is my guilty pleasure please don't hold it against me please :o ) I do ride my exercise bike for the first 30 minutes then DH comes home for lunch and I hate doing pilates when he is here, some things need to be kept private :) . I have to start doing them again because my belly is in serious need of Toning. My rib cage is always the first place I lose, then my legs from toes up. But now my rib cage is starting to get flabby again, :( why is that???

BTW welcome to Zorak and 100percentme!!

yay! its december and time for new starts.

Hi everybody! I'm Julie. I'm kinda new to the whole challenge thing but I think this is a fun way to keep motivated.
My goal for this month is 1200 minutes (1 hour, 5 days a week). Gotta keep it up over the holidays.. no matter how busy I get! :carrot: Good luck everybody!

December
1 - 60 min - BodyJam
2 - 60 min - BodyStep
3 - 60 min - BodyStep
4 - rest day
5 - 60 min - BodyStep + 60 min - BodyFlow
6 - 60 min - BodyStep + 60 min - BodyFlow
7 - rest day
8 - rest day
9 - full day of mall walking
10 - full day of mall walking
11 - rest day
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My Goal will be to exercise 1800 minutes for the month of December.
:bike2: :ebike: :lifter: :exercise:

December 1 - rest
2- 70 minutes treadmill/10 minutes beginning stretching/10 minutes beginning yoga.

3 -60 minutes leisure basketball/60 minutes intense(for me) flag football.
4 -60 minutes treadmill/5 minutes stretching
5 -rest
6 -60 minutes playstation2 dance pad
7 -60 minutes playstation2 dance pad 300 calories
8 -30 minutes treadmill

9 -rest
10 -90 minutes teadmill/30 minutes playstation2 dance pad
11 -60 minutes brisk walk with stroller outside in the cold to the lake
12 -rest
13 -120 minutes brisk walk to park, soccer, volleyball, basketball, and four square with kids/60 minutes step aerobic and ps2 dance pad
14 -90 minutes treadmill
15 -rest
16 -rest
17 -rest
18 -60 minutes soccer tennis and softball with kids
19 -15 minute walk with mom looking at christmas lights
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26 -4 hours golf using cart
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28 -24 minutes brisk 1.5 mile walk outside
29 -45 minutes brisk 2.5 mile walk outside/40 minutes outside bike ride with kids/120 minutes yard work, driveway, christmas lights, cleaning garage...
30 -126 minutes brisk walk 6.5 miles outside/60 minutes clean out trailer
31 -130 minutes cleaning driveway, cleaning trailer, loading motorcycles (1800 minutes/1800/0 left to go) I'm so close not sure if i will make it; what else can I add to make up 60 minutes. I'm scraping at this point. Adding stuff I don't normally count.
20 minutes treadmill/40 minutes ditch with my oldest boy and his teen age friend. and believe me they made me run!! LOL Whew I was tired!!

Hi to all the new people! Well I did 70 minutes of walking on the first and 60 on the second:

1 - 70 minutes of walking
2 - 60 minutes of walking
3 - 30 minutes of walking/pilaties for dummies(I am trying to do it! haha)/8 minute abs
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5 - 75 minutes of walking
6 - 30
7 - 82
8 - 60
9 - 60
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Hey everyone, welcome newbies! I am startin' this month out kind of slow, so I set a more realistic goal. Considering how I usually get during the holidays, 1200 minutes is more feasable. Been sick since the first, so I haven't gotten much working out in. WILL work out today, at least 1 hr. Jasmine, you have got some drive in you, I am super jealous!

RR-Yea, it works best if you just edit your original post.

guys i'm so sick. i cant do anything. and i'm eating so much crap unfortunately.. but i mean. i dont want to eat healthy right now.

i feel so bad. so i'm not leaving you guys. so you know.

eat soup elyn best thing for a cold especially sore throat and it can be low in calories too. Do you need to go to the doctor? I hope you'll be okay. You sound very sick. I'm sorry you don't feel good!!

yeah my mom and i have it bad. thanks for your concern! i need to eat some soup. but after 5 days... i seem to be getting better. atleast i think I am. I'll give an update tomorrow.

and whats worse is that I'm in a theatre show right now, so i go to rehearsal everyday feeling terrible. not good. but hopefully i'll be able to get back up to eating right and exercising soon!!

i actually wanted to exercise tonight since i felt so bad... but i couldnt... b/c i felt so bad. haha :) :)

Take care Elyn!