well yesterday I did 2 mile WATP dvd 30 mins..I was planing to ride bike after supper but right after I ate I got the runs and couldn't do anything but keep running to the bathroom....I feel much better today...I got up and cut the grass and I'm going to get in my bike tonight..

Great job everyone..keep it up

Yesterday was a great start to the month. I walked for 40 minutes, and also went to the gym and did 30 minutes on the elliptical.

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3/01 - 70 minutes total - 40 walking; 30 elliptical
3/02 - 40 minutes walking

October = 1176; November = 1235; December 1192; January 1276; February 685

I am trying to seriously hack away at this addition that made itself home on me after 2 babies. My total goal is to lose about 48 pounds. My March mini-goal is to lose 8-10 pounds, get moving more, play with my 2 year old more, eat better.
My sister gets married on April 7th and I want to look and feel better than I do now, too!

ok, I have the food part of my life under control. Now I have to get in gear with the exercising. March with be my month to do this! I will workout regularly. I do have problem though. I have Fibromialgia and morning workouts are realy really difficult. I can barely move for the first 1/2 hour after I get up and in the evenings after i've worked all day i'm just exhausted. My prime energy time is mid-day but that's out of the question since i work full time. I just have to suck it up and get up realy realy early or do this right after I get home from school before supper! Wish me Luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hit my marks yesterday. Cardio, lifting and 11,383 steps. Yay!

Sounds like everyone is off to a good start! Glad you're feeling better Donna. And, good luck, Susie!

TGIF all!

Yesterday I didn't do regular exercise but I did cut the grass for 40+ mins and did some other yard work that I'm not counting...I think grass cutting counts cause it gets your heart going and makes you sweat..

3/1 45 mins ellip - 100 abs
3/2 45 mins ellip -100 abs
3/3 45 mins ellip -100 abs
3/4 30 mins ellip -25 abs
3/6 45 mins ellip -100 abs
So far so good.

Still keeping up! Thursday and Friday, AM stretches, crunches, and dumbbells in the morning, PM stretches and elliptical in the evening. Today (Friday) I also slipped out for a walk around a couple of blocks just to get out of the house and off of my bum for a while.

I keep struggling with the whiney-ness of "I'm too tired" and "I don't wanna" but you guys and my husband are really keeping me going. My hubby hates mornings but he's in there every morning on the elliptical working harder and longer than I ever have... how can I wimp out and do nothing when he's doing that!? And you all are great examples too to help me want to post good stuff too! Thank you, thank you!!

Happy weekend!

-Lala

ugh. I'm back on track with my exercise. I found the strength to get up at 7:30 yesterday morning for my exercise class. I SO did not want to go, and almost turned off the alarm, but I did it! And boy, am I aching today.

I need to remember something another member said awhile back... something to the effect of:
Even when I don't want to exercise (and that's most of the time), I just DO it, though even as I'm tying my shoelaces I'm thinking, "I hate this! I don't want to do it!" And then I've done it, and it's over, and it's okay that I didn't want to do it. I feel good when it's over, and I've done something postitive for my body.

I think that's where I (and many of us) get hung up about exercising. I keep thinking that some day I'm going to wake up and think, "I LOVE exercising! I can't WAIT to get on the treadmill!" Well, I just don't know that that's ever going to happen. And you know, that's okay! I hate doing a lot of things, but I do them anyhow, because they're good for me!

Sorry... didn't mean to go off on a tangent.

Keep up the great work, ladies!!

Ellis - I'm starting to think about exercise like going to work. It's my job, I've gotta go wether I "feel" like doing it or not.

Saturday - AM stretch (as always!). I was supposed to do upper body weights in the evening, but my husband talked me into walking the mile and half to the TCBY for fat-free, sugar-free (but not calorie free) yogurt. Three miles later I was ready to collapse! Oddly, I have done three miles before and not felt THAT bad... maybe I was just worn out from actually exercising every day last week, as I've never done that before.

Anyway, it seemed like a good idea at the time, but it only served to remind me how far I still have to go. Sigh... But, it did inspire me to challenge myself more. I am going to try to work my way up to doing that walk without collapse. I'm going to pick a halfway point landmark and walk to that every day that I can (depending on school and weather), until I can go all the way. Our grocery store is across the street from the TCBY, so I'll eventually shoot for that as my destination.

Good luck and good exercise everyone!

-Lala

My husband starts a new job tomorrow. He's going to have to start getting up much earlier. I'm going to do it too and hit the treadmill before school. I realy want to lose another 10 bs before going to Europe.

I think I walked as much this weekend as I exercised all last month!
Friday was 60 minutes of walking - I picked my husband up at the train station, and later that night we walked over to Union Square and met a friend of mine for appetizers and drinks;
Saturday DH and I walked for 4 hours! We walked all over Manhattan. It was fun, but it was so cold and windy out!
Sunday morning DH went back home, but I walked over 2 1/2 hours around lower Manhattan.
Today will just be the regular 40 minutes of walking (maybe some yoga, maybe not)

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3/01 - 70 minutes total - 40 walking; 30 elliptical
3/02 - 40 minutes walking
3/03 - 60 minutes walking
3/04 - 240 minutes walking
3/05 - 150 minutes walking

October = 1176; November = 1235; December 1192; January 1276; February 685

I just began a program at the Y. I log in each time I exercise and make a record of what I do.
For now on the weight machines I am doing one set of mostly 8 reps. By the end of the month I would like to get all sets up to 12.
I am also doing 20-25 minutes of cardio, I would like to get it up to 30 minutes( twice weekly)
I can do this!!

Sunday was my day off... boy did I need that! This is the first time ever I have managed to exercise every day for a week, I'm quite proud of myself.

But even better, after my day off I got back to work today (Monday): AM stretch, crunches, 10 lb dumbbells in the morning then PM stretches and the elliptical for 30 minutes this evening. I was worried that I would take a day off and run with it, and never get back to exercising again (as I so frequently do).

So....

Happy Monday, all...

-Lala

off to a good start! Hit the treadmill today for a 20 minute run/wak and i think i'm ready to increase it to 25 minutes!