The South Beach Diet Welcome to Summer Exercise Challenge

  • Hey Beachers - Summer is here with its cookouts, ice cream stands and long days at the beach.
    Are you ready to stay in shape and on track in the warm, sunny weather?



    Join us for the June Summer Exercise challenge.


    Whether you are a new exerciser working toward 10 minutes a day or an exercise pro just needing someplace to stay focused with the summer distractions, this is a great place to challenge yourself and stay accountable. So come on in and join the fun.
  • I'm aiming high this month. I'm down to 4 day work weeks and I have that 10K and birding to boost my numbers.

    Goal: 2200 minutes
    so far: 1165/2200


    1 - 30 minutes walking around and around and around the Bennington Monument
    2
    3 - 75m walk
    4 - 80m mowing the swamp lawn
    5 - 3.5 hours walking!

    6 day off
    7 - 15m hooping
    8 - 30m walk
    9 - birthday laziness
    10 - 40m walk
    11 - 45m walk
    12 - 15m hoop, 10m weights

    13 - 60m walk
    14 - 10m weights
    15 - 40m walk
    16
    17
    18 - 70m lawn mowing
    19 - 75m walk

    20 - 15m arms & abs
    21 - 65m walk
    22 - 15m arms & abs, 15m hoop
    23 off
    24
    25 - 15m arms & abs
    26 - 60m walk

    27 - 45m walk
    28 - 60m walk
    29
    30 - 60m mowing, 10 m weights
  • My goals:
    27 days cardio: ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    10 days upper body free weights: ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    10 days abs work: ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
  • Goal: 1300 minutes
    so far: 1300


    1- 35 minutes Interval jogging
    2- 35 minutes Weights
    3- 35 minutes Interval jogging
    4- 0 minutes
    5- 90 minutes Walking

    6- 0
    7- 40 minutes gym
    8- 40 minutes gym
    9- 40 minutes gym
    10- 30 minutes walk
    11- 0
    12- 0

    13- 35 minutes Interval training
    14- 30 minutes Weights/sculpting
    15- 40 minutes Interval DVD/ 60 minutes Walk
    16- 30 minutes Weights/sculpting
    17- 30 minutes Interval jogging
    18- 30 minutes Walking
    19- 0

    20- 30 minutes Interval jogging/ 20 minutes Walk/ 30 minutes weeding
    21- 30 minutes Weights/sculpting/ 40 minutes Walk
    22- 30 minutes Interval jogging/ 60 minutes Walk
    23- 50 minutes Walking
    24- 35 minutes Weights/sculpting
    25- 90 minutes Walking
    26- 0

    27- 30 minutes Interval jogging/ 80 minutes Walk
    28- 30 minutes Weights/sculpting/ 20 minutes Walk
    29- 30 minutes Interval jogging/ 50 minutes Walk
    30- 30 minutes Weights/sculpting/ 50 minutes Walk
  • 1200 again

    Total: 855
    1 45 min ex bike
    2 45 min ex bike
    3 45 min ex bike
    4 0
    5 45 min ex bike
    6 45 min ex bike
    7 45 min ex bike, 30 min treadmill
    8 50 min ex bike
    9 45 min ex bike
    10 0
    11 0
    12 0
    13 45 min ex bike
    14 45 min ex bike
    15 45 min ex bike
    16 45 min ex bike
    17 0
    18 0
    19 0
    20 50 min ex bike
    21 40 min walk, 50 min ex bike
    22 55 min walk, 45 min ex bike
    23 40 min ex bike
    24 0
    25 0
    26 0
    27 0
    28
    29
    30
  • My goal this month is going to be 2600 minutes. Got a weekend trip to Savannah planned and I hope to be spending lots of time walking down the beach and swimming in the ocean!!!

    Goal: 2600 minutes
    Total so far: 2605 minutes


    1 - 35 minutes at the gym
    2 - 5 minutes marching in place + 140 minutes swimming
    3 - 35 minutes at the gym + 5 minutes marching in place + 70 minutes at the gym
    4 - 5 minutes marching in place + 70 minutes at the gym

    5 - Rest day.
    6 - 35 minutes at the gym
    7 - 35 minutes at the gym + 60 minutes DanceFit Class + 5 minutes marching in place + 80 minutes at the gym
    8 - 5 minutes marching in place + 40 minutes on the balance ball (umm, what's it really called???) + 70 minutes at the gym
    9 - 5 minutes marching in place + 90 minutes on the balance ball
    10 - 5 minutes marching in place + 60 minute pushing around approximately 100 pounds of groceries
    11 - 5 minutes marching in place + 55 minutes Byron Peach Festival 5K

    12 - 5 minutes marching in place + 80 minutes at the gym
    13 - 35 minutes at the gym + 5 minutes marching in place + 30 minutes cleaning my closet
    14 - Rest Day.
    15 - 35 minutes at the gym + 5 minutes marching in place
    16 - 35 minutes at the gym
    17 - 5 minutes marching in place + 175 minutes swimming + 15 minutes leg workout
    18 - 5 minutes marching in place

    19 - 5 minutes marching in place + 35 minutes at the gym + 60 minutes playing Dance Central
    20 - 5 minutes marching in place + 60 minutes Photo Shoot (running around, etc)
    21 - 40 minutes at the gym + 60 minutes DanceFit Class + 5 minutes marching in place
    22 - 5 minutes marching in place + 100 minutes swimming
    23 - 35 minutes at the gym + 90 minutes cleaning out my car
    24 - 150 minutes walking + 15 minutes climbing stairs
    25 - 110 minutes swimming + 200 minutes walking + 10 minutes climbing stairs

    26 - 75 minutes walking + 15 minutes climbing stairs
    27 - 5 minutes marching in place + 65 minutes Zumba
    28 - 35 minutes at the gym + 60 minutes DanceFit
    29 - 35 minutes at the gym + 5 minutes marching in place + 75 minutes at the gym
    30 - 5 minutes marching in place
  • My goal for June is to walk 20 minutes a day. When its as hot as it is now (95) that will be up and down the hall in my apartment!
  • The small voice in my head is saying I've got to kick it up a notch to get the results I want, so I'm really excited about this challenge accountability thread. My goal is to do weight training 2x and cardio 4x per week (Tues-Mon). All of this is above and beyond riding 3-5 days per week, except for competitions.
    EDIT 6/13/11 - after experiencing classic overtraining syndrome symptoms, I'm changing my goal to: weight training 2x and cardio 3x per week (2 days rest). Gotta listen to my body!

    1 - Cardio (2x 10min dance video)
    2 - Cardio (1x 10 min dance video)
    3 - none
    4 - none

    5 - Weight Training (A-2)
    6 - Cardio (2x 10min dance video)
    7 - Cardio (run 1/2 mile)
    8 - Weight Training (B-1)
    9 - Cardio (2x 10min dance video)
    10 - none
    11 - Cardio (FITS circuit)

    12 - none
    13 - Weight Training (A-3)
    14 - Cardio (20 minutes dance)
    15 - none
    16 - none
    17 - Cardio (10 min dance)
    18 - Cardio - hard ride

    19 - Cardio (20 minutes Denise Austin)
    20 - Cardio (run around complex)
    21 - Cardio (10 mins dance)
    22 - none
    23 - Horse Trials Competition
    24 - Horse Trials Competition
    25 - Horse Trials Competition

    26 - Horse Trials Competition
    27 - none
    28 - none
    29 - none
    30 - none
  • Last day of work is Friday, so I should be able to push it a bit. I'm going for 1200 this month.

    1 62 min yoga
    2
    3 40 min walking
    4 40 min bike and yoga
    5 40 min walking

    6
    7 95 min bike and crunch core workout
    8
    9 135 min bike and yoga
    10 130 min biking, walking, yoga

    11 60 min walking, yoga
    12 70 min walking, yoga

    13 50 min walking, biking, yoga
    14 20 min walking
    15 140 min walking, yoga, walking
    16 25 min walking
    17 75 min walking, yoga, biking
    18 43 min walking, yoga
    19

    20 30 min walking
    21
    22 90 min walking
    23
    24
    25 30 min walking
    26

    27
    28 120 min walking
    29 30 min walking
    30
  • It's my first time trying this and the heat and I don't get along very well (it's been in the mid-high 80's around here) so I'm aiming low to start off... I'm going to shoot for 1000 minutes.

    Total: 615
    Left to goal: 385

    1 40 mins wii fit (balance games and aerobics)
    2 20 min walk
    3 off
    4 off
    5 12 mins wii fit
    6 20 min walk + 40 mins dance game
    7 25 min walk
    8 10 min wii fit hoola hoop, 20 min walk
    9 20 min walk
    10 10 min walk
    11 45 minutes dancing
    12 off
    13 30 min wii fit aerobics, 23 min dance game
    14 40 min dance game, 10 min wii hula hoop, 10 min run in place
    15 20 min wii bowling
    16 off
    17 30 min zumba
    28 off
    29 off
    20 25 min zumba, 20 min walk
    21 20 min walk, 20 min run in place
    22 off
    23 25 min zumba, 30 min run in place, 20 min wii fit hula hoop
    24 off
    25 off
    26 off
    27 20 min walk
    28 off
    29 off
    30 10 min wii hula hoop

    Yikes not even close! TOM right at the end killed me...
  • I have noticed that my walking has been slacking in the last few weeks and it's really important that I keep up with it as my due date gets closer. I'm shooting for 30 mins. of walking every other day for June.

    Goal: 500 mins.
    so far:


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    2 - On the road!!
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    8
    9
    10 - On the road!!
    11 - Baby shower!!
    12 - On the road!!

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  • I'm going to try and do a few two a days during the week this month

    Goal: 1100 minutes
    so far: 1076 min

    1- off
    2 - 22 min cardio
    3 - 62 min weights
    4 - 76 min spin/cardio

    5 - 78 min spin/cardio
    6 - 75 min spin
    7 - off
    8 - 56 min weights
    9 - 87 min spin/cardio
    10 - off
    11 - off

    12 - off
    13 - off
    14 - off
    15 - 55 min weights/cardio
    16 - 92 min spin/cardio
    17 - off
    18 - off

    19 - off
    20 - 81 mins spin/walking
    21 - off
    22 - off
    23 - 93 min spin/walking
    24 - 40 min cardio
    25 - 30 min swim

    26 - 75 min spin/walking
    27 - off
    28 - 50 min cardio
    29 - off
    30 - 38 min cardio; 66 min spin/walking
  • I'm in but realistically won't be starting till June 5 when I return home. So that would be 30-4 = 26 days x 60 min/day = 1560 min for an hour per day in the remaining days.

    Goal: 1560 min
    Current: 1020
    Should be at:

    June 5 - 20 min walking
    6 - 100 min (60 yoga, 40 walking)
    7 - not much; yoga plans fell through
    8 - 60 min walking; yoga class too full. Starting down a dangerous path...
    9 - 80 min walking
    10 - 40 min walking
    11 - 40 min walking
    12 -
    13 - 100 min (60 yoga, 40 walking)
    14-22 - too much work... too little movement...
    23 - 60 min walking
    24 - 80 min walking
    25 - 60 min yoga
    26 - 120 min walking
    27 - 60 min yoga, 60+ min walking
    28 - zilch
    29 - 60 min walking
    30 - 60-min yoga class, 20 min walking

    Well, OK, I did around 75% of my goal. Eh, better than 0%.
  • This challenge did help me stay motivated during May! Didn't lose a pound and so have to stick to phase 2 eating. Exercise goal is the same-walk or run 5km every day and do abs and arms 2 times per week.
    So 35km per week.
    Week 1 total-28km
    June 1-nothing
    June 2-walk 30min.-3km
    June 3 walk 5km-60min.
    June 4 ran 5km
    June 5 golf 9 holes(5km) bike leisurely ride 60 min.
    June 6 walk 5 km
    June 7 run 5 km
    June 8 ran 5km morning-walked 5km evening
    June 9 ran 5km
    June 10 52nd Birthday getting a new bike
    June 11 ran 5km
    June 12 walked 5km
    June 13 walked 5km
    June 14 walked 5km
    June 15 golf 9 holes
    June 16 walked 5km
    June 17 walked 5km
    June 18 walked 5km
    June 19 Biked 32km walked 5km
    June 20 -decided to try to be gluten free-always have major IBS symptoms so this was suggested by Dr. a long time ago-so will try for one month and see if I feel better.
    June 21 Biked 32km FINALLY I seem to have lost 2lbs.
    June 22
    June 23
    June 24
    June 25walked 4 km ate a tone of junk
    June 26walked 3km stomach pain
    June 27 walked 5km-sick tummy
    June 28 sick tummy
    June 29
    June 30