Exercise Accountability -- March
 

Oh my :o , March is here!! Time to get going and exercising to get fit and lean for when we take those layers of clothing off :carrot: !!

So today I swam for an hour I really love swimming now and I finally am getting the hang of it ....

Great job Ilene... glad you got March off to a good start!!

Ok I am in!

March 5 miles

Today I walked with a class of kids for 40 minutes, then ran for 55 mins 7.7k... WooHoo it's all good...

I did 30 minutes of Susan's Stumbling Aerobic Dance! Ha! and if I ever get off this evil machine, I'm going to do some weights tonight. Oh my glory it's been weeks!

I decided to be ambitious and set my March goal at 1000 minutes. I did an hour of DDR today, despite my annoying runny nose.

Friday I ran to and from the gym, total of 5k, at the gym I did an UBWO ...

I'm in! I'm in!!
Didn't exercise on wed or thurs, however friday I did for about 90 mins: treadmill, rowing machine(10mins), elliptical(12mins), weights(28mins), treadmill(15mins) and an aerobics tape(30mins).
I'll do WWTP4 miles tonight (~50mins) :D

Saturday Exercise: Spinning (15 mins) + Treadmill(20 mins)+ Elliptical(10 mins) = totsl of 45 mins :D

Oh I exercised yesterday! Ya know, I could hang around in front of the TV doing weights or floor exercises or the ball almost all evening. My problem just lately is cardio. Must work on that.

Hello Ladies!

Well, let's see, I was doing the treadmill pretty consistently last Fall but the impact was hurting my knee (i have arthritis and weighed 360 lbs then) so I've decided to tone it down on the treadmill and get my legs stronger by doing the recumbent bike while I continue to lose weight (16 lbs gone so far! yay me!).

Because I have to adjust for my knee and the weather here (the colder it gets, the more my knee hurts!) I will be modifiying my workouts. I will bike mostly, but also use the treadmill on warm days, and do the elliptical machine, go for walks, go dancing, etc. - whatever it takes to get my heartbeat up for 30 minutes at a time! (OK, horizontal activities with a partner don't count! LOL) My goal for March is 1000 minutes of aerobics.

My workouts so far:

3/1 - 0
3/2 - 38 minutes, 3.6 miles, recumbant bike
3/3 - 56 minutes, 5.5 miles, recumbant bike
3/4 - 0

On my way to work out today. Will keep you gals posted! :-)

I am in today so far did 30 min yoga with pilates. Later tonight will be doing ab work on ball and 30 min walking.

ThisGirlsLosing: My knee used to make a "clicking" sound when I exercised until I lost some weight :D

Sunday : 0 exercise (break day)

keep it up ladies! :)

Another 10 miles since my last post :) I am looking forward to the warm up at the end of the week :)

March: 15 miles

Sunday -- ran 9.47k, swam 1 hour...

Monday -- gym legs :strong: ... swim 1 hour

Sunday - UBWO :strong: and cardio :tread:

Sunday - 1 hour DDR
Monday - 30 minutes Y!F

Today 30 mins yoga, pilates, weight training and stretching.
Later tonight abs on ball for 20 mins and weight training for 10 mins

This is a cool thread - I definately need to be held accountable :) I just joined a gym about 3 weeks ago, and signed up with iShape and they give me workouts that I can print out and bring with me...so that helps alot. i need to be told what to do :)

Monday 3/06
- Exercise Bike - Recumbent: 4.1 miles, 25 minutes ,9.84 mph
- Dumbbell One Arm Row: Set 1: 15 reps @ 10.0 lbs | Set 2: 10 reps @ 10.0 lbs
- Plie Squat - dumbbell: Set 1: 10 reps @ 20.0 lbs |
- Hamstring Curls: Set 1: 15 reps @ 25.0 lbs | Set 2: 10 reps @ 25.0 lbs <--man, this one kills me!!
- Cable Biceps Curl: Set 1: 15 reps @ 30.0 lbs | Set 2: 10 reps @ 30.0 lbs
- Abdominal Crunches (machine):Set 1: 25 reps @ 40.0 lbs

Looking forward to tomorrow :carrot:

Tonight - :tread: (well, really elliptical, but where's the little graphic for that??) :lol: Increased my time by 5 minutes over Sat - back in the groove!! And 40 days to vacation!!!

Yesterday: 45 minutes curves
Today: 35 mintues elliptical, 30 minutes weights

47 min 3 miles WATP and later to night 30 min weight training and stretching.

Tuesday -- chest at the gym, 8k run...

Minutes Update
 

My Update:

3/1 - 0
3/2 - 38 minutes, 3.6 miles, recumbant bike
3/3 - 56 minutes, 5.5 miles, recumbant bike
3/4 - 0
3/5- 60 minutes, 5.8 miles, recumbant bike
3/6 - 0
3/7- 60 minutes, 5.7 miles, recumbant bike
3/8 - 0
3/9- 60 minutes, 5.8 miles, recumbant bike

Total minutes so far: 274. :D

Starting tomorrow, on the days I'm not doing my 60-min cardio sessions (every other day) I will do 10-min cardio warm-up and then I will start weight training. The cardio counts towards my minutes goal, the weight training does not. Gosh, moving feels SOOOO good! ;-)

Also, today is my WI day...I will be going in about 1/2 hour (I go to Weight Watchers). Wish me luck!

Good Luck TGL... Let us know how it goes ...

Today I am doing house cleaning, I am leaving for the weekend for a Yoga camp where I will do Yoga of course and snowshoe, can't wait :hyper:

I forgot to report in for Wednesday : Chest and triceps, 1 hour swim

30 min yoga and pilates today

I went to the gym tonight not feeling very like doing much of anything. In fact, what got me to go at all was that earlier in the day my DH - who has a head cold - told me he'd done 50 minutes on the :tread: How could I - feeling fine - opt out of the gym because "I didn't feel like it?" So once there I had several options - :tread:, elliptical, or a body pump class. I went for the class as I knew I'd work a lot harder there than I'd push myself on the others. And I did. Lots of squats and lunges, deadlifts, tris, bis and shoulders, followed by lots of ab work. My poor body - I'll be sore tomorrow, but it was a good workout. I still need to do some more cardio this week, but I think my weight work is done. :lol:

Yay to all of you! Keep it up, huff puff puff :ebike:

My friend called this morning and asked me if I'd walk in town with her while her car was getting serviced. We walked 50 minutes in the drizzle and wind ... yakking all the way. It was great!

Thursday - 1 hour Y!F
Friday - 1 hour DDR

I'm really liking my one hour workouts!

Yay Susan and Katie! Nice going!!

I'm in
 

I walk 3 miles this morning. Takes me an hour, then i did weight lefting for half an hour.

Pat:carrot:

Today I did an hour of DDR again. My legs are really toning up!

dance4joy- You're doing a great job with your steps goal as well!

Wow what a great way to start your day, Pat! And Katie, thanks! I will go over the 200,000 mark today yippee!!

I got up early and went to the grocery store... they weren't open so I walked a while and then shopped, came home and prepared a huge crock pot full of all kinds of veggies (to go in the freezer). Then I fixed breakfast and getting ready to go marinate some chicken and chops in a great recipe a friend sent me... to put into the crockpot next. LOL and NOW of course I have to clean out my freezer!!! It is 9:41 and I have in over 5000 steps, yay!

:dance:

I cleaned out the chicken house and nesting boxes. Fitday actually has a thingee for that :) I'm going to use that as my cardio for today unless I go for a walk too. It's very quiet in my house today and it's lovely out.

Well, I feel badly I hav't posted, just caught up you guys are doing great.
I have another 15 in for the week
March: 30 miles

I did walk after all. It's so beautiful here today. I should sleep well!
Welcome back L144S, don't be a stranger!

Sorry, Life has a way of taking over, It is work season for me as I help and run school auctions.
Another 4 this morning at a new place for Dixie and me.
March: 34 miles

It should be a good finish to March as the kids are on Spring break and we are staying home