Welcome to the exercise accountability thread for MAY 2009. Whether you walk, run, swim, cycle, bellydance, or shred, let's get it done!



This thread is to keep us accountable and keep us motivated and above all to keep us moving! All are welcome, and feel free to join the thread at any time. Some people post a goal for the month, some just keep track of what they do every day. It's not important how you do it, we just need to do it!!

MAY 2009... started weight 166
My goal
1. is to go to the gym every day. Last month i missed 7 days all together. My goal in May to miss less days.
2. To do 2500 mins (41 hours) of exercise in the monthe of May.

we are looking for the house and the time at night i am in the gym now spent to look for houses...

May 1 (friday) - NOTHING
May 2 (sat) - 1 mile warm up (treadmill)15 mins, weights 20 mins , 30 mins elliptical
[65 mins / 2500 mins] / [1hr:05min / 41 hours]
May 3 (sun) -
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May 10 (sun) - 3.3 miles jog/run
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May will be a challenging month. Over the next four weeks & beyond, I'll be trying to get all the paperwork completed to buy my first home, a two-bedroom co-op apartment, and will also working at emptying out & packing up the contents of the overly cluttered one-bedroom apartment where I currently live. I hope exercising each day will bring me some relief from stress.

Also, mid-month, the nearby college where I work out will shut down its fitness center & I will need to find a commercial gym to replace it. Last summer, I ran & walked, but my feet still have issues, so this summer, I need to stay indoors on the equipment most of the time.

As usual, my goal is getting in an hour of exercise each day, and if I cannot, to do what I can, whether that be 45 minutes, a half hour, 15 minutes or whatever.

1: 30 minutes elliptical, 30 minutes bike, weights
2: 30 minutes elliptical, 15 minutes bike, 15 minutes rowing
3: One hour swimming class, weights, 30 minutes bike, 15 minutes rowing
4: One hour yoga class, weights
5: 45 minutes elliptical, 15 minutes rowing
6: One hour bike, weights
7: 45 minutes elliptical (lucky to get this in, as this will be a long, overly planned day)
8: 30 minutes bike, 15 minutes elliptical, 15 minutes rowing, weights
9: One hour elliptical (BAD idea, my plantar fasciitis flared up so badly I'm nearly limping), weights
10: 45 minutes bike, 15 minutes rowing (still limping, sore calves)
11: One hour yoga class, weights (amazing how yoga made my foot & calves feel better)
12: 45 minutes bike, 15 minutes rowing
13: One hour bike
14: 45 minutes bike, 15 minutes rowing (saddle sores are bothering me now)
15: 15 minutes elliptical, 30 minutes bike, 15 minutes rowing
16: 30 minutes elliptical, 30 minutes bike, weights
17: 30 minutes elliptical, 30 minutes bike
18: One hour yoga class, weights (Last Monday night class till September)
19: 30 minutes elliptical, 30 minutes bike
20: One hour bike, weights
21: One hour bike
22: 45 minutes bike, 15 minutes elliptical, weights
23: 30 minutes bike, 30 minutes elliptical
24: One hour bike, weights
25: One hour treadmill (an experiment, to see how my plantar fasciitis is doing; also, as a reminder to myself that I can run faster & have the breath to sustain it)
26: One hour bike, one hour yoga class, weights (new Tuesday night yoga class at my gym)
27: One hour bike
28: One hour bike, weights
29: 30 minutes elliptical, 30 minutes bike
30: One hour bike, weights
31: Ran about four miles at the Rockefeller Preserve, which was beautiful, densely green & cool & full of bird song, & then walked around for a while afterward, birding

Well I worked out on my Wii Fit for 30 minutes today, I know it's not much but I'm just starting. I am going to by a new Mp3 player today, along with a good sports bra so I can start the c25k sometime this month.

Count me in!

My goals:
-1500 minutes total for the month
-burn at least 2500 calories a week (according to HRM)

Edit 5/15: It's been rough the past week with being sick and my sister's apartment flooding, but I got it in where and when I could.

05/01: 30 min treadmill; 30 min stairmill [620 calories burned]
05/02: an unintended (but much needed) rest day
05/03: 5.5 mile run/walk (70 min); 30 min upper body and abs [875 calories burned]
*Weekly total for calories(from 4/27 - 5/3): 3357*
05/04: 30min hill workout on TM; 10 min spin bike; 20 min lower body [462 calories burned]
05/05: 25 min cardio burn dvd; 50 min JM Boost Met. dvd [602 calories burned]
05/06: 45 min speed and hill HIIT on TM; 20 min upper body [573 calories burned]
05/07: rest day
05/08: 3.5 mile run/walk on TM (40 min); 30min intervals on crosstrainer [724 calories burned]
05/09: 30min hill wkt on TM; 30min intervals on crosstrainer; 25 min lower body [683 calories burned]
05/10:none
*Weekly total for calories burned: 3023*
05/11:none
05/12: 40 min run/walk (3.3 miles) [370 calories burned]
05/13: 25 min jog [200 calories burned]
05/14: none
05/15: 30 mins stairmill; 25 mins hill sprints on TM [513 calories burned]
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Oh, this is so exciting! My goal for May is to burn approximately 40,300 calories through exercise.

May 1 (friday) - 20 mins Treadmill ~100 calories
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Woohoo! New month. I think May needs smilies...



Yay May!

1--Run to work, 6.4 km/44 min; and bike home, about 30 min
2--45-min spin class; 60-min sculpt class
3--(Rest day) walk to the grocery store and back, about 25 min
4--Bike to work and back, about 55 min; 45-min sculpt class
5--Bike to work and back, about 50 min; 45-min spin class; 60-min yoga class
6--Bike to work and back, about 50 min; 45-min stabiity ball class; 5K run with a trainer, 32:30
7--Bike to work and back, about 50 min; 45-min upper body/abs class; 60-min spin class
8--Run to work, 6.4 km/44 min; 45-min yoga class
9--Rest day/sick--nada
10--Run to the gym, "the long way", 10 km/1:07:30 min; 60-min stability ball class
11--Bike to work and back, about 55 min; 45-min sculpt class
12--Bike to work and back, about 50 min; 45-min spin class; 45-min yoga class
13--Bike to work and back, about 50 min; 90-min or so hike in the woods; 45-min upper body/abs
14--60-min spin class
15--Bike to work and back, about 50 min; 45-min yoga class; 90 min "program"
16--(Rest day) walk to the grocery store and back, about 25 min
17--Bike to the gym and back, about 50 min; 45-min spin class; 90 min "program"
18--Ran 12K, 1:19:15
19--Bike to work and back, about 50 min; 45-min spin class
20--5K on the treadmill, 32:45; 60-minute resistance program
21--Bike to work and back, about 45 min; 5K on the treadmill, 32:45;
22--Bike to work and back, about 45 min; 45-min yoga class; 60-min "program"
23--Walk to the drugstore, and back, and to the grocery store and back, total about 35 ming
24--Run 16.3 km, 1:52:30
(cumulative 2415 minutes)
25--Bike to work and back, about 45 min; 60-min program
26--Bike to work and back, about 45 min; 45-min spin class; 45-min yoga class
27--Ran 5K, 31:20; 60-min program
28--45 min on stationary bike; 60-min yoga class
29--Bike to work and back, about 45 min; 45-min yoga class; 60-min "program"
30--(Rest day)
31--Bike to gym and back, about 45 min; 50-min on the treadmill; 60-min stretch class

Oooh, count me in! My goals are simple: I'm starting a body for life challenge on Monday and I aim to not miss a single workout (which means working out 6days, rest 1).
Right now I'm planning my workouts and keeping busy until then.

1: 30 min yoga, 30 min aerobics
2: 20 min yoga, 40 min boxing
3: Rest
4: 60 min weights (upper body, to failure)
5: 25 min cycling (HIIT, 5 miles)
6: 40 min weights (lower body, to failure)
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Going to try for 75 miles again.

3/75 MILES

April was my first month posting. I ended up with 1257 minutes of exercise in 21 days. For May, I would like to exercise a minimum of 1400 minutes and 24 days. Here we go!

1-- 33 minutes running on treadmill
2-- 45 minutes elliptical
3-- 30 minutes elliptical, 5 minutes bike (35 total)
4-- 70 minutes boxing boot camp class
5-- 60 minutes latin dance class
6-- none
7-- 60 minutes latin dance class
8-- none
9-- 30 minutes elliptical
10-- 43 minutes elliptical
11-- 70 minutes boxing boot camp
12-- 60 minutes latin dance class
13--60 minutes combo class (step, weights, barbell)
14--50 minutes latin dance class
15--none
16--30 minutes elliptical
17--41 minutes running on treadmill
18--none
19--none
20--60 minutes combo class (step, weights)
21--60 minutes dance class
22--40 minutes treadmill
23--60 minutes hike with dogs
24--none
25--60 minute dance class
26--none
27--60 minute combo class (step, weights) and 20 minutes run (80 total)
28--60 minute latin dance class
29--37 minutes running on treadmill (4 miles)
30: 35 minutes elliptical
31: 47 minutes elliptical

Minutes in May: 1226

I hit my number of days exercised goal exactly (24) but didn't do as many minutes as I had planned (1400). I think I might have set that higher than was realistic for me. I'll have to reevaluate what I want to do for June.

1 - day off
2 - 13 miles

3 miles at the duck pond with Angie and the mutts.

6/75 MILES

My goal for May is 800 minutes

May 1 (friday) -
May 2 (sat) - Walk Away The Pounds tape 35 minutes
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dustcatcher

I did another 20 minutes on my Wii Fit today, and I am going to start the Couch to 5k program Monday. W1D1 here I come! lol

Cardio kickstart! Do I ever need it!

05/01 - no workout
05/02 - 2.5 mile run
05/03 - 2.5 mile run
05/04 - 60 min yoga, 10 min arc
05/05 - 60 min yoga
05/06 - 2 mile run, 25 min yoga
05/07 - 70 min yoga, 20 min cardio
05/08 - 60 min yoga
05/09 - no workout
05/10 - weights & body weight
05/11 - 2 mile run
05/12 - 3 mile run, 60 min yoga
05/13 - 2 mile run, 40 min yoga
05/14 - 70 min yoga
05/15 - 60 min yoga, 3 mile walk
05/16 - 2 mile run, 30 min weights & stretches
05/17 - 2 mile run, 15 min light workout
05/18 - 60 min yoga
05/19 - 2.5 mile walk, 2.5 mile run, short workout