Spring into Action for March!
Snooozie
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OK Hatters... welcome to March!
and to our theme of focusing on MOVING OUR PARTS this month (along with any and all other goals we may each have of course!)
If you're comfortable posting your specific movement goals/challenges you've set for the next 31 days, please do - and we'll all support and encourage each other in any individual efforts.
if you'd rather not opt for a specific goal, or if you're just not comfy posting it, that's perfectly okay too! This group is all about a place where we can be free to be honest, and free of any of the "outside world" judgements or criticisms - and free to do what we want and what's right for each of us! support, encouragement and a few laughs along the way is what we're all about, right??
So let's bring it on, my friends.. thoughts, ideas, opinions, goals, personal challenges, and let's move our parts as much as we can this month!!
and to our theme of focusing on MOVING OUR PARTS this month (along with any and all other goals we may each have of course!)
If you're comfortable posting your specific movement goals/challenges you've set for the next 31 days, please do - and we'll all support and encourage each other in any individual efforts.
if you'd rather not opt for a specific goal, or if you're just not comfy posting it, that's perfectly okay too! This group is all about a place where we can be free to be honest, and free of any of the "outside world" judgements or criticisms - and free to do what we want and what's right for each of us! support, encouragement and a few laughs along the way is what we're all about, right??
So let's bring it on, my friends.. thoughts, ideas, opinions, goals, personal challenges, and let's move our parts as much as we can this month!!
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Thanks so much Snooozie for getting us started for this month - you're the best!
I need to spend a wee bit more time this AM thinking of my goals to post, so , as Arnold would say, "I'll be back"0 -
Thank YOU Susan for the perfect pics - I've saved them all to reprint thru our Spring into Action month!
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I've decided for me, i'm going to set weekly goals, because movement/exercise is something I personally struggle with, I want to be able to track my progress AND increase the challenge to myself each consecutive week in this area. I found an excellent article on the importance of moving as we age - it's in the interesting reads topic. Would love to read any related info anyone might feel inclined to share as well btw!
I weighed in this morning for a baseline to start this month of action (no change) and reset my MFP goals and macros for the next 30 days to reflect my weight loss goal for this month as well.
These are my movement goals for the next 7 days of the Spring into Action plan. i'll be tracking my results in my exercise notes.
Week 1 goals: (2)
burn 500 calories this week specifically from cardio exercise. incorporate movements from strength training, flexibility and/or balance exercises for at least 10 minutes every day.
Thanks to everyone who committed to the event challenge for this month btw!
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I appreciate your positive enthusiasm! It's March 1 and snowing. Again. It's Maryland. If we can make it to March, we can usually see some hope of Spring. I have an idea for a hit comedy show in Canada. It'll consist entirely of people driving in the snow in southern states in the U.S. You'll laugh so hard you'll cry! There's no snow accumulation yet. Why is everyone driving 10 m.p.h. with their hazard lights flashing?? Everything is closed - no church, no gym. Can you tell I've had enough?? I'm forcing myself to look forward and plan for March. Better tracking, more consistent work-outs and moving more in general. This, too, shall pass!0
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a pic for kobie.. and a pic for Susan LOL!
lol @ kobie - nice to see ya !! I can relate to the winter blahs - two more snowstorms scheduled for this week! BUT I won't let winter win LOL - spring is only 21 days away come hell or high water and i'm hanging on to that to keep me pumped and motivated for this months movement theme! Lovely to have you aboard KM and look forward to hearing your progress on your 3 plans for this month - let's do it in defiance of winter lol!
Hit the gym this morning to get my weeks goal started!
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p.s. the "spring into action" event shows to the right of our home MMH page - in case anyone wants to click in for motivation, but not necessary at all of course! (I really just wanted to see how the event thing worked so figured what the heck... why not use it to say I'm in!
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Hi Ladies, sorry that I was mia last week. Tough week with life, glad to start a new week and new month. Yes, Snoozie lets spring into action. I am all for moving our parts this month. I will set goals one week at a time. two acchomplishment for last week, Saturday I weigh in without gaining or losing) and Ladies I am now officially completed with my masters not an easy feat for me. My goals is to stay under calories so of course do my diary and to end the week with atleast one pound under or no over. Oh yeah increase fluids. I did do a great job in increasing fluids this weekend, and moving those parts, Lets spring into action. Have a nice day ladies.0
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HUGE accomplishment on completing your Masters Milove... superb! Congrats!!
and very happy to see you'll be joining in on the "spring into action" theme of moving our parts more - sounds like you got a great start on the weekend too so looking forward to these next 4 weeks of seeing lots of results from our move yer parts efforts!0 -
Thanks for the article, Snoozie. I'm going to try to wear my pedometer more and make more of an effort to get steps in outside of actual "exercise". It's not just the steps that will be the challenge, but remembering to wear my pedometer!
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Hello!! Thank you all for the warm welcome
I will be doing weekly goal >> I easily get overwhelmed (lately)
Week 1 goals ~
*Move each day @least 20-30 mins > more if can
*Continue with 30 day Ab challenge
*Make good food choices
*Get @least 8-9 hours sleep
Looking forward to Springing into Action!!!
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Hello,
A belated welcome to Smilebhappy!!
Yay!! to Milove on finishing your Masters. I admire anyone that can manage finishing school along with everyday life.
Snoozie, I just about lost it when scrolling down to Arizona'a winter storm....you crack me up . I love it!!
A pedometer will be a great addition to your goals, Vailara. I once had a fitbit, but I killed it in the washer and dryer....I am still trying to get over it...lol
Kobie, that is an actual comedy show down here in Mississippi...We shut down the whole town at the mere mention of snow!! lol
Seehe, I love the Spring into action month!1 I am all in!!
Great goals, everyone!!
I went ahead and put down my 1 pound loss that kept yo-yo ing ...Now I am all in to make it two pounds...that will be new ground that I am excited to cover..
My goals are to keep up with my exercise. I feel confident that I can get in 30 - 60 minutes 4 or 5 days.... Fridays are either nothing done or I can get in 60min. at one sitting....
My extra "Spring into action" event is to better plan my eating....the toughest one for me after I get home... So I am trying to plan and prep some eats for the week nights.
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Congratulations Milove! What a huge accomplishment!
My goals are always the same...it's a case of "it's not you, it's me" with them though. So this month I'm going to get back to basics. I'm going to be as accurate as I was when I first started MFP; weighing and measuring and logging absolutely everything.
1. Log everything accurately
2. Movement of some type for at least 30 minutes everyday
3. At least 64 oz of water daily
4. Add more weight training
5. Add different veggies to my repertoire
Let the games begin!!! (I started the month off with an eleven mile walk yesterday and my usual five today!)0 -
Milove - Congratualtions!!! A Masters Degree is quite an accomplishment!!!
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Snooozie- ROFL~Love the AZ storm photo!
Here's a photo I saw someone post on FB which gave me a chuckle, too
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Looks like everyone is ready to spring into action this month with some great goals- yay Hatters!!!!!
In general, my action plan for the month is to increase the amount of days I do intentional exercise, and to stick to my nutrition plan more consistently.
Specifically, I have been exercising once to twice a week lately, so I wish to increase it to 3 x a week in the first week or two and get up to 4-5 days by the end of the month. Also, when I am out running errands, I am intentionally parking at the far end of the parking lot to get in more steps. For my nutrition, my specific goal is to eat at least 25% of my daily calories in protein and stay in the green zone calorie wise 6 days out of each week.
So I was all proud of myself today cause I squeezed in the time to walk the dogs and the minute we headed out there was a light sprinkling of rain, but I persevered to get my exercise in, but after about ten minutes it started pouring!!!
We tried seeking shelter under a tree, but after waiting at least ten minutes without it letting up, we gave up and got soaked walking home
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Morning ladies
Susan and Snoozie you crack me up!
Susan. ...never thought you would get the hideous weather. ....but I would take April Showers over the ice snow and polar vortex here in Jersey.
Snoozie...getting ready to send this weather out to sea. ...not to Canada. Can I send you the geese back? Lol. ...
Congrats milove.
I know what you mean about the scale Gail.
I've made the adjustment:( on mine.
I've also changed my calorie count back to 1 pound per week loss. The. 5 setting made me gain weight:(.
Welcome aboard to the new members.
We're looking for a wintry mix today followed by heavy rain Wednesday and more accumulating snow Thursday.
Sending out an APB for Elsa Jack Frost and Puxatanty Phil. ... lol
Talk to you soon
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Morning Hatters! A quick catch up first:
Vailara - excellent idea on adding the steps along with! glad you enjoyed the article; it was a good read for me as well!
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Smile: I've chosen weekly goals and kept them relatively small but challenging for me for exactly the same reason; I become overwhelmed and then pack it all in and give up if I set too many or set them too high - hard to find the balance between making it a bit of a challenge but not throwing me off; so weekly ones give me a chance to see me succeed and then progress so good on ya! Your goals for the week sound idea; and I see youre already doing a 30 day ab challenge so you're rocking the Spring in Action - well done!:D
Kobie - how goes the battle with snow and winter??? hanging in??
Gail - i'm so glad you logged your loss girl! you EARNED it.. and I see from today's post on your page you DID FABULOUS today on the bike!! Moving our parts every day is so much more important at this stage of our lives and you're doing all kinds of great for your bod even outside of the mega cal burn so huge congrats!! Great idea too to do some planning for those times you know can be a bit of a challenge at home!
Suzy - wowsa excellent goals for the spring into action month - well done you!!!! And HELL of a start with an 11 mile walk -double wowsa !!!!! looking forward to hearing how the addition of weight training goes; I started a wee bit for this month and im feeing it lol! As for the veggies; I discovered I love swiss chard; never had it before but found a simple recipe with some sautéed onions and bacon added in and it was super yummy!! Kinda like a mild spinach (of course, everythings better with bacon lol.. but I only used one slice!)
Susan - glad u liked the pic; couldn't help it when I stumbled on it... and have to agree, I wouldn't be answering the phone either!! Specially today when we're sched for another freezing rain/snowstorm which just happens to coincide with starting when I leave for work, and ending after I come home.. sigh!! Love your goals re increasing the intentional exercise (that was the word I was looking for when setting mine but couldn't think of btw so thank you.. intentional as opposed to that from regular activity) and awesome idea on the parking lot maneover! I read that before going down to the gym this morning and took the stairs down (but not back up 7 flights I admit lol). And so good about the protein goal - so important for women to get enough - look forward to hearing how it's going thru the month! (sowwy about the rain btw lol. but im sure u burned extra cals drying them and you off before going in!)
Carol: looks like you've got a good handle on your calorie goals for this month! are you planning any goals for the move the parts spring into action challenge for this month (I scrolled back through but not sure if I missed a post so just checking in case I did miss it and didn't want to not acknowledge it - my menopausal brain is a bit foggy these days!!)
I'm on track with my goals for this first week of the Spring into Action challenge and feeling good albeit a few twinges from body parts that haven't moved in a while LOL!!
Week 1 goals: (2) burn 500 calories this week specifically from cardio exercise.
(At 308 to date) incorporate movements from strength training, flexibility and/or balance exercises for at least 10 minutes every day
(done: balance and/or ST and/or flexibility both days so far!)
I'd just like to say a huge well done to everyone btw - we're all DOING something to make our goals happen and that's a huge success in it's own - let's keep it up - we can do anything for just 30 days!!!
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Snoozie...
My main goal is to stay within the calories... zumba every Mon and Fri - unless they're closed or the weather is crap or I have an appt...
My second goal is to walk Saturdays - if there isn't too much snow / ice on the ground - I can always put on a jacket... this would be an additonal moving...
By the time I would leave the base - about 6:30 pm / getting home about 7:30 plus getting ready for work the next day... when the weather gets warmer will add walking the base on Wednesday / Thursday...
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awesome carol - will mentally add the Saturday walk to my mind list of everyone's goals so I can remember it LOL.. !!
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Would like to say thanks again to Susan btw for coming up with the "move your parts" challenge for this month - I know we're only a few days in but am already looking forward to seeing everyone's results at the end of the month!! ROCK ON ladies!! 0 -
So far so good. I went to "instability" ball class today (had to log it as Pilates) and it really drove home how badly I need more core work. I need to post a "missing" flyer for my abdominal muscles...they are MIA for sure! It was discouraging to say the least but I'm going to stick with it and maybe find them again somewhere down the road.
Have been meeting my goals so far and I'm feeling motivated! Let's hope the scale reflects that soon!
Well done ladies...March is off to a great start for everyone!
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Suzy - well done you!!!!! and if you're going to put up a flyer, could you add mine to it too pls???? I am trying to do "a" plank in my strength training exercises; today I managed a whole 8 seconds holding ONE.. omg... BUT we're doing something about it so yay us!0
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Snoozie, we had to do planks on the stability ball this morning. I was shaking and wobbling all over the place! Yay us for trying!0
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Good Morning Ladies!! Day 4 of Spring into Action & still going strong!! lol
Looks like everyone is doing great!!! Yay us!
Suzy ~ Great job with your class! I'd be interested knowing what exercises you are doing on the stability ball? I have one of these at home....perhaps I should get it out and use lol
sounds like could be a great workout!!
Snoozie ~ those planks are some hard stuff!! You are doing great!!
I am also doing planks with my Ab challenge....today's was to hold for 15 secs...I was wobbling pretty bad towards end lol but hey, we are doing it so its all good
Carry on ladies.....make it a great day!! (*)
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It is so much fun reading everybody's goals for March.... I realize those of us living through these Siberian Express days - just getting through March into April with limbs intact will be great! Getting all the Moving Parts going in one direction is awesome!
Speaking of moving parts -- One of my goals this months is to see if there could be a little less jiggle in my wiggle by the end. That means getting a good 3-5 miles done 6 days a week either on the dreadmill or hopefully outside when the ice calms down some. Usually do at least 3 miles Mon - Thurs (Fri off) 5 miles on Sat & Sun. Major goal for me is to get up every hour from my desk and walk down the hall, up the stairs and back down -- Pedometer on!
Also, working on my upper body strength. I was saddened to realize I can no longer pick up and move 2 bales of hay - struggled with 1!! In my mind - I could still throw 2 -- um, not so much anymore. I had to stand back and let my 30something year old daughter take over where I used to be.
Just glad she has incredible strength. So my goal is at least 15 minutes 6 days a week of upper body weights. Oh, and squats -- lots of squats. 
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Suzy and smiley B - I have one of those balls too... I keep moving it from room to room to get it out of the way LOLOL.. perhaps I too should find an actual use for it???
As for the shaking all over - I consider myself a "weeble"... I wobble but I don't fall down (well, not often.. I confess I have fallen off the ball once!!!)
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Congrats to you suzy for hitting your goals - woo hoo!! its gonna be a great month!!
Smileb - to me, 15 seconds is a MARATHON so well done you!!
OWR: i'm looking out at the frozen, snow covered tundra and repeating my mantra.. spring is almost here... LOL.. awesome goal on the walk for the "jiggle parts" lol - I SO miss being able to walk every day down by the lake; cannot WAIT til this white stuff and the underlying ice is gone!
love the getting up from the desk goal too.. I actually have my email at work set with a reminder every hour - it just flashes TASK: GET UP!!" on the screen lol.. and I have a reminder on my phone to ping every 2 hrs.. saying 'posture and water".. I'm becoming a bit like Pavlov's dawgs lately tho.. every time I hear a ping somewhere I get up and drink water LOLOL.. good job on working on the upper body strength too.. but I have to say I did get a visual in my head of you tossing hay bales and counting off as exercise.. "and one and two and two and two and hold.... and hold.....
Remember it doesn't matter HOW you move yer parts Hatters, as long as we DO move em!!
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There is Hope for the frozen Hatters! I just looked at the 10 day forecast and it is showing by March 11 - 52 balmy degrees!!! They better not be kidding! YAY! Of course, the melting off of the feet of snow could pose real flooding problems. But, I already have visions of my winter-big backside wogging around our fairgrounds (nobody else there to witness the jiggly parts - thank goodness). Can't wait to get out there and Spring into Action!0
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I feel so bad for you girls up North....all that snow!! We just had two 75 degree days and looking for winter weather advisory day tomorrow....so we are yo-yoing back and forth.
I have a "roundy" ball , too, but it' still in the box...I need a way to blow it up...I don't have that much air!!
Everyone is doing good this year.....So proud of you all!!
Exercise is going good.
Water needs to be better.
Food is much!! better.
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Hey ladies. ..Thor is coming to Jersey. .6-9 inches. ..
Oh darn work is closed. ...
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March movement progress update:
Monday walked dogs ( but got caught in the rain)
Tuesday went to first dog tri ball class with Sophie. I thought this would involve more activity for me which it didn't , so I now know I need to do an additional intentional exercise on Tuesdays. It did involve a lot of bending over and my back went Into spasms that night and yesterday- need to remember to bend my knees!
Wednesday - IPOM because I did 60 minutes of yoga even though my lower back was in a spasm and I had a migraine!
Thursday: taking a break ( still not feeling good)
Although this has been the kind of week so far that surely inspired the saying "the best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray" , I am giving myself an A for effort. Thanks much Snooozie for the great idea of a movement theme for March and for your support and thanks to ALL fellow Hatters for contributing to my inspiration and motivation with your extraordinary efforts and successes!0 -
Everyone is getting into the mood for Spring! Even though some days may not have as much movement as others (we all do need rest days) - just getting our bodies moving is a step in the right direction! Can't wait to get outside -- I fully admit I am a wimp when it comes to severe cold (or hot). I did not realize for many years that Hashimotos makes folks actually not assimilate extremes in temperatures very well. I thought I was just a Princess. That was when my treadmill and I became buddies. As long as I get a good sweat going on the treadmill - I feel I have done something.
Goals today: More Water - (yesterday I flunked that one)
45 Minutes Treadmill
15 Minutes Strength
Get up from my office desk and walk down the hall every hour. (I flunked that one, too)
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Morning Hatters!!
heading down to the gym shortly - finished last shift late last night and had a "jammies and coffee" morning to start my day - appreciating small joys thru the day are just as important for our overall health IMO!
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Susan - I can't believe you did your yoga while your back was so sore.. omg extra huge challenge points for you, girl!! so sorry to hear the Tuesday dawgie day wasn't what you hoped for your exercise (and that it did in your back!) but absolutely I think you deserve an A+ for effort!! Glad youre taking today to chill and recuperate - hope to hear you're feeling better soon AND yay you indeed on the IPOM - lovely to see an IPOM claimed!!!!!!!
OWR - I got so excited at work last night when I saw the forecast for sunday says it might actually get above 0 I did a happy dance LOL.. Its -19 today so i'm a little ascared it might not be true.. but I live in hope!! love your goals for today - well done!!
Gail - I just saw your post about another pound lost... I am SO thrilled for you!!! You have been working so hard at getting in early and getting on that bike.. and I bet you are flying HIGH seeing the results your hard work has made happen!! huge congrats and IPOU!!!!!!!
Carol - snow day!! gotta love a day off work no matter what the reason, eh??
Slight change of plans.. going to dress and attempt to look somewhat human and do a quick grocery run; mother hubbards cupboards are bare and need some yummy and healthy stuff for dinner tonight; then will go down the gym and get my groove on!! Have a fabulous day Hatters...we're only a few days into our 31 day challenge and look at all we've accomplished for ourselves... by the end of this month we're gonna be flying high with our successes!!
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Happy Thursday....I can almost see the weekend One full week almost complete! I had a close one this morning...alarm went off but I really didn't want to get up lol but then I thought of you all and our Spring into action challenge! Got myself up and Moving! I am so glad I did...so thank you all for doing this March challenge. Let's keep moving forward ladies 0
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