November Exercise Challenge.
 

This challenge is for the month of November. The challenge is to post the number of minutes that you will exercise (walking, wt lifting, cardio or what ever) until and including November 30th. As I calculate it, there are 26 days left in the month, so you take it from there to determine the minutes. You can post daily or once a week or at the end of the challenge, it's up to you. Hope you will take the challenge and good luck.

Now CHALLENGE yourself. If you have been doing 30 minutes every other day then go for a little more. Okay, here's mine.

I will meet or exceed 1035 minutes. I figured 45 minutes for 23 days of this month (taking Sunday as a day off).

Hi Semo,

I see your challenge and accept it!lol I'm from the LAWL board but thought i'd join your challenge, since i've been slacking off in this dept.

I have been slacking off of exercising for a whole month, going from working out 6days a week to 1day a week. I know, sad, sad, sad!lol

Well I do give myself Fri's off so starting tomorrow, I commit to working out 30-45min a day 6days a week. No exceptions. I know I can find the time to give myself 30min out of a day!

I'm in Semo!


Kathy

Semo..Semo..Semo..Semo...what a gal!!!:bn:

Minutes per week 270! 4 x 270=1080 minutes:faint:

That's walking for 45 minutes 4x week=180 minutes, and doing my exercise tape 3x week for 30 minutes at least=90 minutes.

Day 1 ~ November 5th

1035 - 55 = 980 to go

See I've already gone an extra 10 minutes. WooHoo. Once I start I'm okay.....it's just starting that holds me back.:lol:

Hi all,

Semo, it's because of you and your challenge that I did my workout today. I haven't done anything since early last week. But I wanted to be able to come on and post that I did 35min of cardio today, so I want to say thank you for coming up w/ this challenge. It helped me get off my butt tonight!

For all others who need help, come join us, every bit counts!

Kathy

November 6th ~ Day 2

45 minutes on the Orbitreck. OMG thought I was gonna die!!!
That's what I get for getting lazy.

980 - 45 = 935 to go!

KitKat: :cp: WooHoo and a pat on the back from one exercise dodger to another. Back when I was doing so well exercising I was in a monthly challenge similar to this one and it kept me going. Thanks for doing this with us, hopefully we can keep it going for months and months. :strong:

For anyone else that might want to join us, just jump in....just post minutes from today until the end of the month that you will pledge. :rolleyes: No excuses why you should wait until the next one starts.

Hi Semo!

I realized that I didn't post my minutes from yesterday's workout till the end of the month, so I have 870min to complete by 11/30 minus 30mins from yesterday: 840mins to go!

I'm glad you did your tortorous orbiktreck, it feels good when it's over but boy does it hurt when your in the process!


I would defintely love to keep this going! I need to be accountable to some one. What do you have scheduled for tomorrow? I think i'm doing 40mins of cardio tonight, can't make up my mind.

Kathy

Hey KitKat. I've already done 15 minutes of weight lifting this morning and I'm not sure what I'll do tonight. I have quite the collection of exercise tapes so I'm thinking it will be Walk Away the Pounds or Ballero. I'll have to hurry home to use the VCR before my husband beats me to the tv. Think I'm gonna put VCR on my Christmas list so I can have one for the bedroom.

You've already done 15mins of weights? That's great! I use to have a problem w/ the tv/vcr when I first starting use video tapes, but no more. Even knows that this what I do and they have to just give me that 30-60mins to workout and then they can have the tv back! lol Tell you husband to read a book while you w/o. lol

Kathy

I'm so proud of myself.. I beat hubby home and put in the three mile Walk Away the Pounds tape in and finished the 45 minute tape. WooHoo, that's a total of one hour exercising for yesterday, after I add my 15 min weight lifting that I did in the morning.

November 7th ~ Day 3

935 - 60 = 875 minutes to go.

Good Morning!

Semo, i'm happy you made it home before you hubby! I did my workout again last night. Wow, you've really helped me out w/ this challenge! I'm so glad i joined!


840min - 30mins from last nights workout. 810mins left!

What's on plan for today? I may do 30mins more of cardio and then maybe some total body weights tomorrow.

Kathy

Well let's see.....I did 10 minutes on the orbitreck this morning and will probably do another tape tonight. I should be able to get out of here on time (4:30) DH gets off at 4:30 also but has a 30 to 45 min drive, and it only takes me 10 min to get home.

KitKat: What types of cardio do you do? I have a variety of tapes and get bored pretty quick with the same one/type everytime. I like to pick different tapes according to the mood I'm in. I have yoga, taeBo, Walk Away the pounds, Ballero (sp), several of the older firm, and some generic. The only exercise equipment that I've ever stayed with has been my orbitreck, I've had it for over two years now and still use it several times a week. Everything else has ended in a slow death of dust at yard sales.

DNW: Where are ya kid-o????? You don't have to post everyday but for me it's easier to keep track if I do.

Work calls so I gotta scoot.

Hi Semo,

I hope you make it home before DH today. I have tons of tapes. I usually do Firms or Cathe and some Karen Voight. If you haven't heard of Cathe, check out : www.cathe.com she's the best! Very intense, always hits the post. She has great step, hi/lo and weight tapes. the Firm i've been doing them for the past 8yrs, they are great as well. If you don't know or if you do, you can check out and order a free catalog from www.collagevideo.com they update their catalog every 3mths. They most of the tapes that are released to the public. Very cool. tonight I might do 30mins of one of Cathe's cardio.

Kathy

Hi Can I join in also. My start date is tomorrow since my DD has a hockey game tonight so my evening is rush home from work, pick her up drive just over 1 hour to the rink, watch game hang out outside the dressingroom then drive home....that should be about 10pm and I will be ready for bed............lol

Put me in for 990 that will be 45 min per day........

Good luck to you all.

Hi Hockeychic, you bet ya you can join in, the more the better. Glad you have decided to do the challenge. Hope this will be as helpful to you as it is to us.:D

Kathy, (My sister's name is Kathy with a K too) I'm going to check out the web site. Who says I can't fit another tape into the cabnet. :df:

Semo, WARING, SITES CAN BE ADDICITIVE! lol I need more tapes like I need a whole in my head, but I have already preordered Cathe's 6new tapes. I just bought the firms new 6pack that was released this past summer. Karen Voight has a tape out called burn and firm that i've got my eye on. Also, the firm is coming out w/ a new informericial around Jan, and they will have 3new tapes out. Fitprime (Anna Benson the creator of the firm has her own company now called Fitprime.com ) has a 4pack coming out. Boy, where do I find the time. But I would trade my tape collecting hobby for anything in the world. lol I introduced my mom to Lesile Sansone and she loves her tapes. Collage carries a wide variety of Leslie tapes, so get your credit card ready!

Welcome HockeyChick, the more the merrier!

kathy

If I am doing my math right I have 21 days left in Nov. I am going to commit to 30 mins. a day for 18 days (Sundays off).

21 * 30 = 630

630- 20 min today= 610

Good Morning and welcome Er130. Erin you are doing fantistic on the weight loss. :cp: Send some of your motivation my way.

Didn't get away from work in time to get my tape done before hubby got home so I finished my minutes on the orbritreck.

For Friday, November 8th ~ Day 4

875 = 45 = 830 Minutes

I'm getting :strong: But right now my arms feel like noodles, just did 25 minutes of weight lifting (mainly upper body). Gosh I don't know how these people do weight training for hours at a time. :faint: I would have to be carried out on a gurney.

This dirty house is in great need of my attention today. Tomorrow is my day off.........Yea!

Good Morning all!

er130- YEAH! thanks for joining. We need to keep up our exercise as well as LAWL! good to have ya!

Semo- good job on the workout. To bad hubby beat you to the tv. lol

Well last night I did 30mins of cardio

today I did 55mins of weights

85mins - 810mins= 725mins left! YEAH!

come girls lets see what everyone did today!

kathy

Exercize minutes Nov.1-9, 250 minutes

Goal 1080-250: 830 minutes to go:faint:

610-20 on Sunday morning 590. I'm off to a slow but steady start

Hi everyone.....

Put me in for my 90 min, did 45 on Sat and Sun so I am down to 900.....

Have a super day everyone.

Good Morning Ladies, and Way to Go....look at all those minutes we have logged. :high: Highfive everyone!

Saturday ~ Day 5

830 - 45 = 785

Sunday ~ Day 6

My day off and I sure enjoyed it.

Hi all,

I took and unplanned day off on Sun, but since I doubled the time on Sat I'm not missing out.

It's nice to see everyones numbers going down, before we know it they'll be in the single digits!

Kathy

Dear Semo:

Very strange I actually did post my exercise on Saturday...but it's nowhere to be found so..

Original goal: 1080 mins. for month
Exercise to date: 250 mins.
Balance: 830 minutes

Just thought I would throw out these figures and let everyone know that we have 20 days left to complete our challenge. First number is minutes challenged/minutes completed/balance.

DNW 1080/250/830
SEMO 1035/250/785
KITKAT3NY 870/145/725
HOCKEYCHIC 990/ 90/900
ER130 630/ 40/590

Not too shabby for our first go around. Keep up the good work Ladies.

Thanks for organizing the minutes Semo, I'm still at work so i'll be able to post my minutes after the workout is done. Can't wait to leave! lol

Kathy

Hey KitKat, do you have any suggestions on a video that would be good for weight lifting. I looked at the web site that you mentioned but really don't know which to start with because I'm not familar with her videos. I'm not really looking for cardio and I don't really want to invest, nor do I want to store a bar bell with weights. I have dumb bells (I think that sounds sooooooo funny) in 2, 5, 8, and 10 pounds and looking for upper body mostly. Appreciate any help in this area.

I'm watching the clock too, never fails tho when I'm ready to jet I'll get a last minute something or other to do.

Hi Semo,

I think you should start off w/ The Firm. go to
www.collagevideo.com and do a search for The Firm or you can go to QVC and purchase the firm videos from there. They have a sculpting body kit to start you off w/. Or if that's a little steep you can purchase their new 6pack videos which is what i'm using to get back into the swing of things or you can go to their website
www.firmdirect.com and look through their video collection. You also can pick up their videos like walmart, target, FYI, suncoast video, but the best place to get them is from QVC and Collagevideo.

Let me know if you need more help picking out tapes, I could take about The Firm and Cathe all day.

I've been using the firm videos for the past 10yrs now. Since i'm more advanced now I've moved on to Cathe, but I always come back to the firm. I try to incorporate both when I can. A lot of us start off w/ the firm then move on as we get more advanced but the firms can be incorporated for all levels.

Kathy
LAWL goals
184/164.4/130

Thanks Kathy, I've got several of the older firm tapes so I'll go home and dig around in that cabinet. I think the reason that I got discouraged with the firm tapes, was that I am so uncoordinated when it comes to following grapevines and box, those types of moves are dificult to follow when you are a total klutz and have no rhythm. Gotta go they are turning out the lights.

SEMO I listed my times wrong I'm actually at

630/40/590 as of 11/11 am, but now -20 more I have 570 left to go.

Hi everyone,

Thanks Semo for keeping track. I only got in a brisk 30 min walk yesterday so I am now down to 870.

Have a great day everyone.

Good Morning Ladies.

Erin I went back and corrected your figures, I didn't catch that and I'm a bookkeeper. Scary yea.:D I'll try to do a update at least once a week.

Monday ~ Day 7

785 - 45 = 740

Tuesday, November 12th ~ Day 8

Yep, got mine out of the way this morning.

740 - 45 = 695

Kathy, I pulled out one of my Firm upper body tapes and did it last night. Just one question "Are they trying to KILL ME, or what?" No I really liked it (no dancing around) and was worn out by the end of the thing. Goodbye shoulder pads and Hello muscles.....

I did MBC (Mind, body connection by Lesia Hart) this morning, felt that I needed some power yoga to sooth my stiff muscles.

Gotta get to work, you all have a good day.

Hi Semo,

I'm so glad you pulled out your old firms. What tapes do you have? I think the new firm tapes are easier on the knees than the older firms. I did my workout last night I 30mins of Body Sculpt Blaster, from the new firms 6pack. it was good and efficient. Do you have a tall box "fanny lifter" or step?

870/175/685left

Kathy

Kathy, I'll have to look at the titles of my tapes, I know there is a set of four then some odds and ends that I've picked up along the way. I have been using just a step that my niece gave me, sure wish that I could buy the taller one without buying the tapes. I keep looking at it thinking that I could probably have one made. I'll try and remember to jot down the names of the tapes that I have tonight.

Semo, you can buy the tall box "fanny lifter" without buying the tapes. I think it's being sold for $55.00 at www.firmdirect.com or www.collagevideo.com just look under accessories. I was meaning to tell you that you should apply online or call Collagevideo and request a free catalog. They update their catalog every 3mths w/ tons of instructors that you don't see in stores. I know they have a few firm tapes that you don't see in stores. Heres a run down of a few firm tapes that are begginner and intermidiate friendly that I think are a good deal.

Fat Blaster

Maximum Body Sculpting (my personal fav)

Super Sculpting

Tough Tape2 (don't let the name scare you. lol)

Cardio Step Mix (this one is hard to find, you'd probably have to buy it from a swap, I think you could find a swap at Fitprime.com, videofitness.com and
FirmYaYas@************ (my fitness home)
and the new 6pack:
Super Body Sculpting
Super Cardio Sculpting
Body Sculpt Blaster
Cardio Sculp Blaster

and oh yes the sculpting kit that they sell in the informercial. Have you seen the firm informercial?

Kathy

Kathy: I went home at lunch and here are the Firm tapes that I have:
4 in a package (firm parts)- 5 day abs, standing legs, tough tape 2, upper body. Then, Complete aerobic weight training (total body workout), Sculpted buns, hips and thighs (tough aerobic mix) and cross trainer (hare workout)

The Fanny lifter is $55 and I can buy the whole system for $76.34 from qvc. I just hate to spend anymore money on something that I'm not sure that I will do. Still think that I could get someone to make a box that would work. We'll see how it goes.

Semo, you have a good set of tapes. I'm sure you can have someone make the tall box for you. A lot of people use rubbermaids.

Kathy

570-20=550

I need to get 10 more minutes in. The video I have is 20. Any ideas????

Erin, are you familar with Walk Away the Pounds? You just walk in place and do kickbacks while pumping your arms. You could also restart your tape and do an additional ten minutes, or dance or just plain old floor exercises. Heck just turn up the music and dance with the dust mop, just don't do that in front of the picture window :o people driving by might think that your weird....