May 2014 Walk Challenge
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GOOD AFTERNOON Y'ALL HOPE UR DAY HAS BEEN WONDERFUL... ANOTHER 4 MILE SUPER CHALLENGE DOWN THAT BRINGS ME 2 54 LESLIE MILES WALKED AND LEAVES ANOTHER 18 2 GO... ALSO 1.5 MILES WALKED AT WORK =D0
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2 miles making it 60 miles!! Yeah! Happy dance time.
We can all say "watch my dust!"
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Goal 65 Miles
May 3 -- 2 Miles
May 4 -- 2 miles of 5 Day Slim Down.
May5 -- 2 Miles Belly Blasting Walk
May 6 -- 4 Mile Super Challenge
May 7- rest day
May 8-- Mile 2 and 3 of 5 Day Slim Down. Also did some 30 Minutes to Fitness Strength with 8 and 10 lb weights. I almost have biceps now, haha.
May 12- 3 Mile Power Walk
May 16--2 miles Debbie Rocker Am Walking
May 17--2 Miles, slow-shopping kind of walking
May 18--1 mile slow shopping
May 19-- 5 5 Day Slim Down. I did the 12 minute mile first cause I was afraid I wouldn't have the energy when I did finally get to it!
May 20--4 4 Mile Super Challenge.
May 21--4 4 miles of the 5 day slim down.
33 Miles as of May 20th.0 -
Hello,
I am starting the May 2014 Walk challenge tomorrow. My goal is to walk 35 miles by the end of the month. My start date is 5/21/2014. Good luck to everyone!
lateatra, welcome to the May challenge :flowerforyou: . So glad that you are joining in!!!0 -
9 km (5.5 miles) today.
Happened to see what I weighted one year ago, It was 4 kg (9 lb) less than today. So by being negligent I put on 9 pounds during a year. I put on little each month. But to loose those 9 pound I do not want to wait one year, I'm inpatient. Well I must learn be patient and the weight will get off slowly and steady just like it was added. It will happen in a natural organic way.
lidenalex, slow and steady weight loss is the way to do it. And indeed, you will lose the 9 pounds with the same determination that you complete your daily walks with :flowerforyou: .
Here's to a much healthier year when you look back a year from now :drinker: .0 -
apparently my magnesium was extremely low, so took 2 days off from walking and did my sweating to the oldies instead, bought some magnesium pills and took 2 yesterday and 2 today and already my legs have stopped feeling crampy and throbbing. amazing what happens when you get a chemical imbalance. I should have knows cause I have had to have magnesium pushes before at the hospital and they burn.
today I jumped back on and did my 5 mile advance walk with Leslie. felt wonderful!
mowing the lawn today 4.5 miles total
82 miles with Leslie to date
48 miles outside to date
130 miles total to date
goal 100 ...yeah met my goal!0 -
5/21 I got in 4.15 miles. Makes for a total of 79.07 miles this month. I am already ahead of myself in miles walked at this time last month. Yay! :happy:
Happy walking everyone! :flowerforyou:0 -
11.9 km (7.5 miles) today. Today was sunny and warm. A hot summer day :happy: .0
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Goal 65 Miles
May 3 -- 2 Miles
May 4 -- 2 miles of 5 Day Slim Down.
May5 -- 2 Miles Belly Blasting Walk
May 6 -- 4 Mile Super Challenge
May 7- rest day
May 8-- Mile 2 and 3 of 5 Day Slim Down. Also did some 30 Minutes to Fitness Strength with 8 and 10 lb weights. I almost have biceps now, haha.
May 12- 3 Mile Power Walk
May 16--2 miles Debbie Rocker Am Walking
May 17--2 Miles, slow-shopping kind of walking
May 18--1 mile slow shopping
May 19-- 5 5 Day Slim Down. I did the 12 minute mile first cause I was afraid I wouldn't have the energy when I did finally get to it!
May 20--4 4 Mile Super Challenge.
May 21--4 4 miles of the 5 day slim down.
May 22--2 miles Intervals with Debbie Rocker
35 Miles as of May 20th.0 -
Tuesday: Yard work
Wednesday: Rest day and time with family
Thursday:
3 DVD miles: 5 K With a Twist.
0 minutes: Walked outdoors today.
Goal for May: 40 miles, Continuing an emphasis on strength and outdoor minutes will change my usual mileage from previous months.
So far: 24.5 Leslie/ or other walking DVD miles
So far: 380 outdoor walking minutes
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5 mile advanced walk with Leslie today.
87 miles with Leslie to date
48 miles outside to date
135 miles total to date
goal 100 ...yeah met my goal!0 -
May Goal: 50 miles
5/3 Exercise TV-Walking at Home-3miles=47 to go
5/4 Walk it Off & Tone it Up-5 miles=42 to go
5/5 WAP-Walk Slim-4 Fast Miles=38 to go
5/6 WAP-3 Fast Miles=35 to go
5/7 WAH-3 miles with weights=32 to go
5/9 WAH-Walk Slim-5 Really Big Miles-5 miles=27 to go
5/10 Just Walk-4 Mile Power Walk-4 miles=23 to go
5/11 Endomondo recorded -neighborhood walk=3.14 miles=20 to go
5/13 WAP-3 Fast Miles=17 to go
5/14 Just Walk-Ultimate 5 Day Walk Plan-Tuesday-4 miles-13 to go
5/20 Just Walk-Ultimate 5 Day walk Plan-Monday-3 miles=10 to go
5/23 Just Walk-5 Mega Miles--5miles-5 to go0 -
5/22 Walked 1.94 miles. Only 28.99 more to make my goal of 110 miles. :noway:
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As usual I decided to walk 1 km in the morning but ended up walking 8 km (5 miles). To start is hard, to continue is easier. Here is a nice book for you.
Title: One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way, by Robert Maurer
Review: As you've probably guessed by now, I consider starting and taking the first steps as THE WAY to success, no matter what your goals are. There are a number of good books on the subject and Maurer's book is one of them.
Excerpt: Julie sat in the examining room, her eyes cast downward. She had come to UCLA's medical center for help with high blood pressure and fatigue, but the family-practice resident and I could see that much more was going on. Julie was a divorced mother of two, by her own admission a little depressed and more than a little overwhelmed. Her support system was shaky at best, and she was just barely holding on to her job.
The young doctor and I were concerned about Julie's long-term health. Her weight (she was carrying more than thirty extra pounds) and soaring stress level put her at increased risk for diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and deeper depression. It was clear that if Julie did not make some changes, she was headed down a spiral of disease and despair.
We knew a cheap, proven way to help Julie, and it wasn't a bottle of pills or years in psychotherapy. If you read the papers or watch the news, you can probably guess what I'm talking about: exercise. Regular physical activity could improve nearly all of Julie's health problems, give her more stamina to sustain her through her grueling days, and boost her spirits.
Once, I might have offered this free and effective treatment with all the zeal of a new convert. Go jogging! Ride a bike! Rent an aerobics video! I might have said. Give up your lunch break, wake up an hour earlier if you have to, but just get up and make that commitment to your health five times a week! But when I looked at the dark circles under Julie's eyes, my heart sank. We'd probably told hundreds of patients to exercise, but very few of them made it a regular habit. They found it too time-consuming, too sweaty, too much effort. I believe that most of them were also afraid of breaking out of their comfortable ruts, although not all of the patients were aware of this fear. And here sat Julie, who worked almost constantly just to keep her kids housed and clean and fed. Her only solace was relaxing for a half-hour or so on the couch most evenings. I could predict what would happen: The doctor would tell her to exercise, Julie would feel both misunderstood ("How am I going to find time to work out? You don't understand me at all!") and guilty. The resident physician would feel frustrated to see her advice ignored one more time—and possibly start to become cynical, as so many hopeful young doctors eventually do. What could I do to break this sad cycle?
Julie struck me as the perfect candidate for change in its smallest, least threatening form. I looked on as Julie waited to hear what the resident had to say. As I predicted, the resident talked to Julie about the importance of taking time for herself and of getting some exercise. Just as she was about to tell Julie to spend at least thirty minutes of most days on aerobically challenging exercise—a recommendation that would have likely been met with disbelief and anger—I found myself jumping in.
"How about if you just march in place in front of the television, each day, for one minute?"
The resident shot me an incredulous look.
But Julie brightened a little. She said, "I could give that a try."
When Julie returned for a follow-up visit, she reported that she'd indeed marched in front of the TV set for one minute each night. Granted, she wasn't going to get much healthier with just sixty seconds of low-intensity exercise. But during this second visit, I noticed that Julie's attitude had changed. Instead of coming back discouraged, as so many failed exercisers do, Julie was more animated, with less resistance in her speech and demeanor.
"What else can I do in one minute a day?" she wanted to know.
I was thrilled. A small success, yes, but much better than the all-around discouragement I'd seen so many times. We began to guide Julie slowly toward a healthier life, building up the exercise habit minute by minute. Within a few months, Julie found that her resistance to a more complete fitness program had dissolved. She was now eager to take on full aerobics workouts—which she performed regularly and enthusiastically!0 -
Goal 65 Miles
May 3 -- 2 Miles
May 4 -- 2 miles of 5 Day Slim Down.
May5 -- 2 Miles Belly Blasting Walk
May 6 -- 4 Mile Super Challenge
May 7- rest day
May 8-- Mile 2 and 3 of 5 Day Slim Down. Also did some 30 Minutes to Fitness Strength with 8 and 10 lb weights. I almost have biceps now, haha.
May 12- 3 Mile Power Walk
May 16--2 miles Debbie Rocker Am Walking
May 17--2 Miles, slow-shopping kind of walking
May 18--1 mile slow shopping
May 19-- 5 5 Day Slim Down. I did the 12 minute mile first cause I was afraid I wouldn't have the energy when I did finally get to it!
May 20--4 4 Mile Super Challenge.
May 21--4 4 miles of the 5 day slim down.
May 22--2 miles Intervals with Debbie Rocker
May 23 -- 3 miles with Debbie Rocker Walking for Weight Loss
39 Miles as of May 23rd0 -
GOOD EVENING Y'ALL I HOPE EVERY 1 HAS A SAFE & WONDERFUL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND... 4 MILE SUPER CHALLENGE AND 2 MILES WALKING 4 WORK... I STILL NEED 14 LESLIE MILES BY THE 28 WHEN I FLY OUT 2 C MY OLDEST NEPHEW GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL.... BEST WISHES 2 ALL OF YA :happy:0
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Friday:
4 DVD miles: 4 Mile Super Challenge.
0 minutes: Walked outdoors today.
Goal for May: 40 miles, Continuing an emphasis on strength and outdoor minutes will change my usual mileage from previous months.
So far: 28.5 Leslie/ or other walking DVD miles
So far: 380 outdoor walking minutes
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Tis Friday! Hope everyone had a great day.
Just want to get this in before the day is out-
4 miles today for 64 to date!
Woot-
happy dance and more walking scheduled tomorrow.0 -
Okay I lost myself in here somewhere.....
So ..I have walked with Leslie at all. All my walking has been outside
So far this month I have walked 70.5 miles I have 30 more to go to reach my goal. Yeah!!0 -
Lilymay2 - 70.5 miles
startergal53 - 64 miles
texasgardnr - 28.5 miles + outdoor walking
AnnofB - 39 miles
Reddirtblackt - 81 miles
zichab - 45 miles
bandit5125 - 130 miles
heavenlyb14 - 55 miles
You're doiing GREAT. Love you all
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