Jacqui: I am sooo glad to hear that you are feeling better today. I cannot tell you how proud of you I am for getting into the Y even when you didn't want to. Thanks your comments too. As I told everyone last month when I joined the challenges, exercise is the toughest part for me, and from past experience, I know that 1 day of slacking off can lead to 2 and that leads to a month. I have to force myself to keep exercising regularly to prevent me from going off the deep end.

Gator: I found this for you: http://www.zenathletics.com/pdfs/Poster_FLEX_BANDS.pdf . you can also tie the thing around your ankles and work your thighs by lifting your leg sideways and bringing back to center.

Ms. P: Congrats on the run and for setting a good example for your son. One of my goals and my reasons for getting healthy now is to be a good role model for my kids when I have them and hopefully prevent them from all the suffering I've gone through.

Pas: Good for you for coming and posting even when you didn't get your exercise in, that sure keeps you accountable, now get back in the wagon girly!

Tummy, Lewis, Delphi: Good job!

I swapped the band for my workout in the Active for a stronger one (I got a set of 3 new ones, this is the middle one). It made a big difference and I am sure my shoulders will be sore tomorrow (front arm raises are not my strong suit LOL) but I would really like to start seeing some muscle definition one of these months he he.

June 1: EA Active Workout 22 min. + 30 min free step = 52 min.
June 2: EA Active Workout 24 min. + 30 min. walk = 54 min.
June 3: WL Yoga and abs = 45 min.
June 4: EA Active 24 min.
June 5: rest
June 6: EA Active 28 min.
June 7: 0

June 8: EA Active 25 min.
June 9: EA Active 34 min. + 30 min. Walk = 64 min.
June 10: Rest
June 11: EA Active 18 min + Wii free step 30 min: 48 min.
June 12: EA Active 28 min.
June 13: Wii Fit aerobics 30 min.
June 14: EA Active 30 min.

June 15: EA Active 28 min + Walk 20 min. = 48 min.
June 16: Rest
June 17: EA Active 19 min. + Wii fit aer. 20 min. + Wii yoga 10 min. = 39 min.

Hi ladies, I wish I could report that everything went great these last couple of days as far as exercise goes, but Tom showed up with a vengence, and man I keep trying to kick him out, but he will not leave... What is a girl to do!

you are all doing so well, keep up the great pace.


June 1st ~ 10 minutes cycling, 2 kms walk
June 2nd ~ 10 minutes cycling, 2 kms walk
June 3rd ~ 10 minutes cycling, 2 kms walk
June 4th ~ 10 minutes cycling, 2 kms walk
June 5th ~ 10 minutes cycling, 2 kms walk
June 6th ~ 10 minutes cycling, 2 kms walk
June 7th ~ Scheduled Day Off
End of Week One

new challenge begins as I have been on a plateau for 2 weeks. I am increasing to 20 minutes of cycling with 2 kms walk 5 days a week

June 8th ~ 20 minutes of cycling with 2 kms walk
June 9th ~ 20 minutes of cycling with 2 kms walk
June 10th ~20 minutes of cycling with 2 kms walk
June 11th ~ 20 minutes of cycling with 2 kms walk
June 12th ~ 10 minutes of cycling with 2 kms walk
June 13th ~ 10 minutes of cycling with 2 kms walk

WEEK 3

June 14th ~ 10 minutes of cycling with 2 kms walk Tom showed up
June 15th ~ 20 minutes of cycling with 2 kms walk
June 16th ~ 10 minutes of cycling with 2 kms walk crashed at 10:00 pm

T_Girl, look at you rocking an hourglass figure!! Woohoo!! What a difference you have already made! It must feel good! Great job!

NSM, aw girl, you're so sweet! And I can totally relate to exercise being the hardest part and if you slack just one day, you are in danger of slacking more and more. That's why people like you and me are so lucky to have this thread! Thanks FSA! (I may have started the exercise thread this month and may keep the lists to help her out, but these monthly threads are FSA's babies!)

Looking, you are exercising despite TOM and that's what counts! Good for you!

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6/1- 3 mile walk
6/2- 1 mile walk
6/3- 0.5 mile Nordic track, Weights
6/4- 0.6 mile walk
6/5- 2.1 mile Nordictrack, 2.5 mile walk, some gardening/weed pulling
6/6 2.2 miles Nordic track
6/7 slept most of day, was out most of night
Week one total 11.8 miles + 2 ST training (I amcounting gardening, cause I definately was sore the next day!)
6/8 3 miles nordic track, upper body ST
6/9 2.5 miles walking
6/10 2.7 miles Nordic track
6/11 gardening/picking berries, forgot my pedometer oh well.......
6/12 2.5 miles walking
6/13 2.5 miles walking at work
6/14 2 hours of jet skiing (stand up kind) Yikes I am sore today!!!!
6/15 ------------
6/16 1.2 miles walking in field, 4.3 miles nordic track
6/17 3.5 miles Nordic track inclined!!!! housework, will update later...weeded/played in garden, walked 1.5 miles

Jacque ~ My sixty minutes is fluent, whether on the fitness coach or treadmill.

Joci, I did not put 60 min of cardio, but I did put 60 min of exercise and meant cardio. For me, it may be one thing for an hour or it could be multiple things to equal an hour. Of course, any cardio I'm referring to is not hardcore like so many of the rest of you do! I walk, I ride my recumbent bike, I have a health rider that I may start using, and I keep trying to talk myself into going swimming at the Y (but I'm just not ready to don a swimsuit yet)!

Delphi and Jacqui

Thanks for your response. I don't know why I was so curious about it. I really wish I could be consistent and do 60 minutes straight. I either don't have enough time or just can't do one thing for that long and have to switch it up. On the AT today, for 56 minutes, it said I burned 570 calories, Lose It said 550. So either way, that was alot..and 56 minutes well spent!!!

I wish I could burn that many calories. That is why my durations are so long, because at my level, I can't burn enough calories in a shorter amount of time. Hopefully, when I get that elliptical, I will though. I know if I start running I could, but my dang knees just wont let me.

NewShinyMe: I'm here, I'm here! I made my goal today! lol, thanks for the kick in the rear. That's why I hang out here.

Week 1:
June 1 - 2 walks, 40 minutes exercise - GOAL MET
June 2 - 2 walks, 30 minutes exercise - GOAL MET
June 3 - 2 walks, 40 minutes exercise - GOAL MET
June 4 - 2 walks, 30 minute workout - GOAL MET
June 5 - 2 walks, 35 minute workout - GOAL MET
June 6 - 2 walks, 30 minute workout - GOAL MET
June 7 - 2 walks, rest day - GOAL MET

Week 2:
June 8 - 2 walks, 30 minute workout - GOAL MET
June 9 - 1 big walk (cougar), 40 minute workout - GOAL MET
June 10 - 2 walks, 30 minute workout - GOAL MET
June 11 - 2 walks, 30 minute workout - GOAL MET
June 12 - 2 walks, 30 minute workout - GOAL MET
June 13 - 1 walk, 30 minute workout - goal not met
June 14 - 1 walk, rest day - goal not met

Week 3:
June 15 - 2 walks, 30 minute workout - GOAL MET
June 16 - 2 walks, no workout - goal not met
June 17 - 2 walks, 30 minute workout - GOAL MET

June 17~ 3 miles on elliptical

June 9 - 35 minutes weights and 37 minutes walking
June 10 - 35 minutes weights, 45 minutes on the treadmill - 30 of it running, and 20 minutes yoga
June 11 - 30 minutes walking and 25 minutes karate practice in addition to 60 minutes of class
June 12 - 33 minutes weights
June 15 - 30 minutes weights, 45 minutes karate, 45 minutes walking, and 20 minutes yoga
June 16 - 37 minutes weights and 60 minutes karate class - I normally wouldn't count the class but it was a good workout!
June 17 - 30 minutes of karate practice, 30 minutes of walking, and I'm off right now to do 20 minutes of yoga

Jacqui, I'm so glad you had a good day!! And hope the rest of June is filled with them. You deserve it! hugs : )

I didn't get much exercise in today, between laundry, packing, cleaning, etc. I'm flying to Anchorage tomorrow, and won't be back till July 7. I'm very excited! I love traveling, but it does wreck havoc on my fitness routine. I've actually realized one of the reasons I haven't been running as regularly as I like is because I knew my running fitness would suffer on this trip...hopefully I'll start properly training for 10ks when I get back.

Best of luck to all you ladies, with the rest of June and the beginning of July! I'll think of all the hard work you're doing and use it as inspiration to keep myself moving on my trip. See you all in July! xoxo

Daily Progress

Week 1

June 1 ~ 60 minutes on treadmill [45 minutes strength training w/My Fitness Coach]
June 2 ~ 60 minutes w/My Fitness Coach [cardio] [20 minutes Wii Fit]
June 3 ~ 60 minutes on treadmill [45 minutes strength training w/My Fitness Coach]
June 4 ~ 60 minutes w/My Fitness Coach [cardio] [120 minutes of Moving furniture, laying carpet and sorting clothes]
June 5 ~ 60 minutes on treadmill [45 minutes strength training w/My Fitness Coach]
June 6 ~ 60 minutes w/My Fitness Coach [cardio] [30 minutes of Wii Fit]
June 7 ~ Scheduled Day Off

Total: 530 minutes cardio & 135 minutes strength training

Week 2

June 8 ~ 60 minutes on treadmill [45 minutes strength training w/My Fitness Coach][30 minutes of EA Active boxing]
June 9 ~ 60 minutes EA Active [30 minutes random boxing, tennis EA Active]
June 10 ~ 60 minutes on treadmill [60 minutes of Strength Training w/My Fitness Coach]
June 11 ~ 60 minutes w/My Fitness Coach [30 minutes EA Active][30 minutes Jillian Michaels game]
June 12 ~ 60 minutes on treadmill [60 minutes of Strength Training w/My Fitness Coach]
June 13 ~ 60 minutes w/My Fitness Coach
June 14 ~ Scheduled Day Off

Total: 480 minutes cardio & 165 minutes Strength Training

Week 3

June 15 ~ 60 minutes at incline on treadmill [60 minutes Strength Training w/My Fitness Coach]
June 16 ~ 60 minutes cardio w/My Fitness Coach
June 17 ~ 30 minutes w/Wii Fit [30 minutes w/Wii Sports] [60 minutes Strength Training w/My Fitness Coach] [60 minutes on treadmill]
June 18 ~ 60 minutes cardio w/My Fitness Coach

6/2: Planned day off
6/3: 68 minutes (5 miles WAH), 30 min WiiFit (incl. 10 Min SuperHula!!)
6/4: 38 minutes (3 miles WAH)
6/5: 45 min walk
6/6: 90 min strength & cardio (a.k.a. clearing land)
6/7: 25 min hiking, 15 min Wii Fit
6/8: 20 cardio, 20 min walk
Total Week 1: 351 Minutes

6/9: 42 min WAH, 20 min walk
6/10: 40 min Wii Fit (strength and aerobics)
6/11: 20 min Pilates, 26 min WAH
6/12: 30 min walk, 20 min swim
6/13: 30 min walk (Planned day off)
6/14: 45 min basketball (whew!)
6/15: 30 min pilates
Total Week 2: 303 minutes

6/16: 68 min WAH, 15 min run/walk
6/17: 60 min hardcore gardening (laying landscape rock), 30 min walk

I helped my mom do some landscaping yesterday. She got this really nice stone edging to put around a couple of her large flower beds, so I did one of the beds for her while she worked on the other. Lots of digging, yanking out grass, moving the stones, etc. A nice little workout..then we went for a walk. My mom really wants to improve her health, but she is SO busy it's a real challenge. When I'm there we always go for a walk or try to think of ways to make it easier for her to be healthy. My dad has been losing weight, but he still eats pretty badly sometimes and doesn't do a lot of exercise. It makes it harder for my mom to do it with him because it's so much easier for him apparently. Anyway, same old story of trying to get the spouse on board or work around them!