TJ~while Angie's challenge is a good one I am going to pass on it! It would kill me!!! 100!!! Yikes!! Okay, so now you guys know why I am so fat-I'm lazy! However...if you want to do a walking challenge TJ I am up for that. Maybe pick a number of miles you want to walk a week or just see how many you can get in in a week, something like that. I think that will be my next Challenge for myself on the Challenge thread. But still do it now also. And this would also include the WATP videos as walking.

Hi and Welcome Cafe! My belly is a problem area also. But I know once I lose the weight it will get smaller. Even when I was smaller I have never had a flat stomach, but it hasn't been this big ever either so...always working on it.

cristi-
ok, i have an idea, when i was in tops, we measured our exercise by points. 20 mins exercise was 1 point no matter what exercise you were doing. do you want to compete to see who can get the most points each wk??? that way, we wont just have to just walk, we can do any video or lift wts (which i do not do much of). let me know and well see if we cant get a few other JLs involved too. whatcha think???

tj

TJ--I'll join ya. I think that's a good one. When to start? Monday? Sunday?
Let me know!!!

marti- how about monday so that the last day is sunday? and we could post our weekly points on sunday. what do you think???

anyone else gonna join us???

tj

hey-
i did my 100 squats and my 100 cruches. plus, i did some leg lifts. over the weekend, i am going to come up with a 20 minute floor routine so that it will be a point everynight.
i will make sure to keep the 100 squats and the 100 crunches in tact so that my dual will still be on. so, ANGIE, did you do your squats and crunches???

tj

That does sound like a better idea TJ so yes you can count me in. And Monday sounds like a good start to me.

Is that good for you Marti?

crunch crunch,,,Im crunching but its the celery I am munching...
I did my squats and crunches...and feel every thing between my toes and nose right now...lol
I really like the point workout...Im in
Angie

Monday sounds good to me! Now to remember to exercise!!


Who else????

Hello Ladies -
Interesting challenges.... exercise is really a personal thing. By that I mean that there are just some things that I hate doing! I am not a good team sport player because I hate to loose (and am therefore a poor looser) and in the mornings I am grumpy, so the idea of an exercise class where they are all perky and "SO HAPPY TO BE HERE!" would just make me jag - anyway - I know that I have a point...
What kinds of exercises do you all love/hate (or love to hate)??
Personally, this is what I can do - I LOVE trail running I love the peace and the beauty of it and how no one bothers me (it does make me nervous to be alone sometimes, so when I go back to the states I am taking my dober pup with me), next to that I love running/walking anywhere. In the gym I love the elpitical trainer. I like free weights, but hate the way some men look at women in the free weight room - like WTF are you doing here? But, luckily you can do free weights at home.
I like yoga classes because it starts with peaceful meditation and they arn't trying to pump you up all the time. I do have a few yoga DVDs at home. I did tea-bo for a minute, but it is the same thing everytime... I think that may be another reason I like to run(/walk) more than anything - you can do it anywhere - constatnly changeing you views. You can run with a buddy, you can run by yourself. You can run just a little or a lot - you start when you want to and you are finished whenn you want. Indoors, outdoors -- I am beginning to feel like Dr. Suess
Later ladies...

marti, angie, and cristi are going to join me for the "points challenge" i guess we can do our own personal routine and then report the points on sundays and start over each monday. anyone else want to join?? jump right in. thank you girls for helping me out, i hope it benefits you all as well. remember 1 point = 20 min of any intentional exercise. yay!!!! well, im off.....

tj

Hi Ladies~

Yeppers TJ I am in and ready for Monday.

Krista~I know what ya mean. I am grumpy in the morning also, most of the time anyway and I HATE to exercise. I actually do better if I join a group because they are all happy and perky and it gets me going. Plus I think it is kind of fun. Just contradicted myself I think. Anyway...While I hate to exercise I honestly enjoy walking but mostly outdoors. If I am outdoors then it doesn't necessarily seem like exercise to me. But if I walk on the treadmill then it becomes a bore and I don't want to do it. The same with bicycling. Outdoors love to do-don't think of it as exercise but the stationary bike-exercise-you get the picture. But I do it. We have a room set up in our basement with a treadmill, stationary bike and weights. The weights I love-I love to get a good stretch out of using them. Now videos, I am kind of goofy as I have a Richard Simmons video I enjoy doing. It doesn't seem like exercise to me for some reason. And I do like the WATP videos. They are easy and it doesn't seem like you are walking but goes by fast. Now to just actually force myself to do something!

well girls, tomorrows the big day. i am so greatful that you have decided to join me on this excursion. LOL it means a whole lot to me. i cannot say thank you enough.

krista- im glad that you have the strength to keep motivated on your own. we all should do what works for us. and of course, if you ever change your mind and want to join us in our friendly competition, the opportunity will always be there for you.

guess this is all for now.
toodaloo
tj

Krista, dang girl running? I can only wish. I played team sports most of my younger years, indoor soccer, fast ball, tag fooball, volleyball.
But I also did one thing on my own and that was track and field in shot put discus and javlin. I trained so hard on my own that I was the number one in my territory/province, which to you all is state. I was on my way to the Canada Summer Games, but within a short month my coach dropped out on me and without knowing anything about endorsements or sponsors I stopped too. What I now think back on is, he possibly got money for me to travel and such but used that money to pay for his run for mayor. Sad to think that way....but
I am a poor loser too, untill I took up kickboxing,,,and well I got my butt kicked so much that I think it was a great learning experience for me. Even thou I was stronger then most, I just didn't have the knowledge to mentally work around their weaknesses. I worked in collections then, the company paid for my kickboxing classes...lol Anyways I would go to work on Mondays all bruised up with a fat lip or scrapes on my face...had alot of people paying on time during that time...lol Not one person ever really asked why I was all banged up, and I never offered why either. It just worked in the company's favour.

Anyone watching the Olympics?

Angie

angie-
cool story on kickboxing. there is no place here to do that. but i do enjoy taebo at home. i would like to kick box with my husband and wack him a couple times real good. lol.
well, today was the first day of the ex challenge. i got ex in but im not saying what. hope you all did too.
tj

I got some exercise in this morning.

TJ--I'm not sure how you want to handle this challenge??? Should we start a new thread? Let me know, I can start one for you or you can start one....but I think it would just be easier to keep track on a new thread. Let everyone one know what we're doing what's involved and all the details. What do you think?