Hi FatBottom - good to see you here.

Gigi is sure right about how you feel after a long session on the treadmill. I don't do it in the AM - cause my treadmills at the gym, and I really don't make it to work on time as it is. But I do feel so good, energetic, and better mood, and like I accomplished something when I am done. And I feel thinner, even though I'm not.

Today I only got 51 minutes in, cause your really only supposed to stay on a machine for 30 minutes and there were people waiting (and not even an elliptical to be found free). I got scared of getting caught, lol. No way could I have gone that distance and calories in less than 30 minutes (not at the speed I was travelling anyway).

Fat in Hong Kong - don't get discouraged. One of your goals can be to have less bad days than the month before. I know I was naughty like 11 days in February, so I hope to be better in March. I think once you start recording things, then you have something to do better with - from your own stats and not someone elses. Then when you look back at the end of the year - you can see how far you've come.

Wow! Gigi! You go girl! There is nothing wrong with being active everyday..I heard Denise Austin say she was active everyday too.

You are my hero..:P

Well, it certainly looks like this is going to be a very popular thread!:)

Sprout and Buddha belly ... I already feel a lot happier about starting my walking ... with no pressure! This month I'm not going to commit myself to a certain amount of days per week, or a certain amount of miles ... basically because I don't really know what I'm capable of over the period of a month ... I've never kept it up for that long before!:o But I do like Buddha's suggestion about having less 'bad' days than the previous month ... or to put it another way, more 'good' days.:D

I'll keep a record this month of what I manage to do, and then my plan will be to do better next month, and so on.

When I was walking before I was trying to get 10,000 steps every day. But there were some days when it was hard to get in that much walking so this time I am not putting "pressure" on myself to get a set amount but rather just to get out there and walk!!! Today I completed my first 100,000 so it was a neat day for me!!

Dance

Congratulations Dance4joy!:bravo: Now for the next 100,000!:carrot:

I set a goal last month of 30 miles, but sadly I did not complete it. Of course, we only had 28 days in the month and i started about a week into the month. and then with the rainy days.....well, it just didn't happen. so this month i am sticking with the same goal and hoping to go over it some. I also am adding in jogging to my goal. i was to jog at least 10 miles of the 30 that i set for walking. and if i get more than 30 miles walking....that would be cool. i have set different goals for this month. i set a goal to do 1000 crunches also and 1000 sumu lunges and to add stretching into my evening before i go to bed so i can try to get my legs to be more limber and less stiff. i made a chart to check off each day i do my daily quota. hopefully, i will complete it. :)

Good morning everyone
 

hey sprout. don't i wish that was me. that is my favorite couple from days of our lives. they play lucas and sami, which is where i get my screen name from. smoosh lucas and sami together and you get lumi. and i am a fan of their's forever so you get lumifan4ever. that is my goal, to look like her and get a man like him. ;)

Hi Everybody,

I also walk for exercise. I use the Walk Away the Pounds tapes. I'm like Gigi in that I like to do my walking first thing in the morning, but unlike Gigi I can only hold out for about 45 minutes - on the 3 Mile Express tape. :) When the weather is nice and as the days get longer, I can occasionally walk outside, but I love the convenience of being able to do it early in the morning, at night it I need to, and regardless of what the weather is like.

aschenbrodel, I love the idea of watching the travel videos while walking. I'm going to have to "borrow" your idea. ;)

dance4joy, I try to remember and put my pedometer on when I leave the house each morning. I usually just reset it, I've never thought about keeping up with my daily totals. That would be a good way to challenge myself by aiming for a nice big number, like the 100,000 goal you just hit.

Sprout, thanks for starting this thread. I look forward to joining in.

Hi Tammy

This was the first time I have ever kept track of totals too and it is kind of fun. Besides, I started a challenge thread where several of us are trying to walk a million steps so I need to keep track!!

Dance

What a day!
 

((((Sprout)))) Yike what a day for you! I am thankful you are okay and yes it is definitely understandable that you did not get in your walking today!!!! Hope tomorrow goes better for you!!

Dance

Whoa, so sorry to hear about your bad truck repair, sprout. How far do you think the walk home was? Don't wanna count that?

Aren't those pedometers fun, Dance. I got one at the beginning of Feb. but it broke down in two weeks. Gotta try and find the receipt so I can take it back. I know it was causing me to walk more though.

Well today I did my hour on the treadmill and went 3.8 miles and burned 520 cals.

Yah I love the pedometer too, although I dropped mine today and broke it!! It seems to be counting steps though as long as I rubber band it together LOL. I need to find the thread where someone was telling what kind they had that they liked; I have not been happy with mine because I have had to replace it so often, and not just because I broke it in half LOL.

That's great that you went 3.8 miles!! Good job!!!!! Bye bye calories!!!

Dance

I was reading that thread too Dancer, it is in this section further down. Something like the Omron HJ 112 - don't hold that for truth though.