...To the July exercise thread! We're trying to make exercise a habit, give ourselves some accountability, and get healthier in the process!

In this thread, we track the number of MINUTES we exercise for the month
-- whether it's walking or swimming or sweaty housework! Most of us set goals for ourselves (I personally will not exercise much without a goal). If you are a goal-setter, early in the month set your own goal! If you're just getting started, feel free to start with a smaller number of minutes (I did!), maybe just a few hundred. It seems easier for many of us to build on the habit rather than meet a very high goal right away. However, you can also just jump right in without a goal, and you can join us anytime in the month!

And you want to jump in, because one of the main reasons to be here is to track how many minutes we exercise as a group! In 2006 we came close to 200,000 minutes. I'd love to see us surpass that goal this year. Here's where we stand!

Jan 19,532 min
Feb 14,818 min
Mar 20,190 min
Apr 18,336 min
May 16,343 min
June 21,703 min
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TOT 110,922 MINUTES to date!

We are over halfway there!

Finally, if you're new to this, pay attention to how to add your minutes to the group... people get confused if they can't easily see our new total. I recommend showing the previous total, then your minutes, then the new total (which should be the sum of the other 2 numbers). For example, if the group had done 500 minutes already and you did 30, here's what you would do:

Group total ~ 500 + 30 = 530 minutes

Let's continue to make 2007 great by more moving and shaking!!

I'm in for 1200.

Oooops.. it's not July yet! hehe.. Nothing to see here.. just move on!

My aim is 1000 min for July.

Luv,
RK

I'll start small, 'cuz I'm getting over a knee injury and haven't done much for a while. How 'bout 150 mins. per week to start. If I commit to you, I've got something to work towards!
Susan

I'm going to aim for 900 minutes this month.

I think I'm going to keep my goal similar to this month....so, 1240

I am also gonna stick to last months goal of 600. I did not hit it so figure.. try try again. For some reason it is hard for me to do 30 minutes of true exercise a day. *sigh* working on it though.

I'm behind big-time in this month's goal for myself, but I'm going to try again, at least 30 minutes, five times a week, for a monthly goal of 600 minutes.

I'm going to shoot for 620 minutes in July. That's 20 minutes a day average.

Looks like I am going to make my exercise goal this month! First time in a LOOOOOOONG time. So, let me up it a bit for July. I am going go for 650.

Okay Ladies, I still have 2 days left in June and I am already over goal for June. So, I'll up my goal by 100 minutes to 1600 Minutes for July!

Wow I did not even realize the thread was here yet! I am going to keep mine at 1200 even though I shot over it. As I said in the June thread I get $$$ points for going over my goal, into my cruise fund so want to keep it doable! LOL I have an Excel chart for June and it is sooooooo nice with all the colored lines... and now my July one is so bare and I have to start it over again LOL.

Count me in too! I'm going for 1200 this month. Good luck everyone.

We've got to MOVE it to LOSE it!

I've been slacking off lately, my goals are to exercise everyday of July. Even if it's just a 30 minute walk, I have to get up and do something everyday. I'm aiming for 1000 minutes. Wish me luck! GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!