May Walking Challenge - Get our butts in gear!

NeuroticVirgo
NeuroticVirgo Posts: 3,671 Member
edited September 26 in Fitness and Exercise
This is continued from previous Walking Challenges, but its nice when each month has its own thread. :laugh:

*** Anyone can join in at any time, the more the merrier, lets keep each other motivated****

Walking seems like the easiest way to start getting exercise, and even if you can't track distance (or don't want to), tracking time is good too...go for a 10 min walk after dinner, or up it to 30 minutes, you'll be amazed at the end of the month how much more exercise your getting in. :)

Check in everyday with how far you walked or how long, this is just to motivate us to get in at least some exercise everyday, and keep an eye on each other.

Make a ticker and keep it in your signature to remind you of your goal, and show everyone how well your doing. Go to this website.

http://www.tickerfactory.com/ezticker/ticker_designer.php?type=8

Pick out your ticker pictures, set your miles or minutes, and your goal. Then copy all of the bbCode into your signature. :) It will look like this (but in your ticker...like mine) You use the url (from the bbCode) to update your ticker everyday (you can find this in your signature after you post the code there), just remember your pin.


Example of Tracking Miles - 1 mile everyday


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Example of tracking Minutes - 30 min everyday


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I want to try to keep this mostly to walking or walking type exercising. treadmills and ellipticals are A-OK. :laugh:

Hope to see some more faces in this challenge, we'll start tracking May1st!

:smile: :smile: Do you need help making a ticker? Look at this link for step by step directions. :smile:

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/995/tickerfactoryticker.jpg
I just wanted to post these links again for the new comers :) Each one of these links is a mile walk. (or 12 min). With a total of 5 miles. So if you aren't able to make it outside, or don't have much time (12 minutes isn't asking a lot lol) then check them out to get in a quick walk.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGKpTIFlCQM Mile 1 of 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK7Kc-s805o&feature=related Mile 2 of 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi_Dl7-HF_8&feature=related Mile 3 of 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_NfirE_ajI&feature=related Mile 4 of 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6v9GEBNMa8&feature=related Mile 5 of 5

And then there is also a cool down! So don't forget to stretch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS6GupRk1oA&feature=related
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  • Wildflower3475
    Wildflower3475 Posts: 79 Member
    I'd like to do this and have created my ticker and copied and pasted the bbc code in my signature, now how do I know if it took? Sorry new to all this lol. Also, I'm not sure I followed you on how to update my ticker.
  • smoonygirl
    smoonygirl Posts: 23 Member
    I am at work at the moment, but I am down to give it a go!
  • Angela4Health
    Angela4Health Posts: 1,319 Member
    I'm in!
  • Wildflower3475
    Wildflower3475 Posts: 79 Member
    ahh ok...I feel like an idiot lol. I see my ticker. Like I said, new to this lol.
  • kristijojanderson
    kristijojanderson Posts: 8
    Love the month of May! Yesterday, although the 30th of April, I walked 6.2 miles for the March of Dimes. Finding a good cause will help keep you walking. I actually finished 12th out of over 300 walkers!
  • NeuroticVirgo
    NeuroticVirgo Posts: 3,671 Member
    Good to see some walkers :)
  • megz4987
    megz4987 Posts: 1,008 Member
    I'd like to join yall :)
    I'm not going to do the ticker bc I have to steal a few minutes to get on here to track food and read a few posts (new baby). I will definitely keep track, though (minutes and miles) and update at least once a week :) My goal will be 20 miles and/or 15 hours/week

    Goodluck, everyone!!
  • Wildflower3475
    Wildflower3475 Posts: 79 Member
    Love the month of May! Yesterday, although the 30th of April, I walked 6.2 miles for the March of Dimes. Finding a good cause will help keep you walking. I actually finished 12th out of over 300 walkers!

    That's awesome! Way to go!
  • elliecolorado
    elliecolorado Posts: 1,040
    I am in again this month. Went over my goal last month so I am setting it higher than what I did last month. Last month my goal was 30 miles and I ended up doing 61. SO my goal for this month is 75 miles. I know I will be spending more time out and about as it warms up so I hope I can get there. I will update my ticker sometime today :-)
  • CMillikan08
    CMillikan08 Posts: 45 Member
    im up for this challenge but im new to this so im not sure if i did the ticker thing right.
  • lindaj07
    lindaj07 Posts: 347 Member
    Changing my ticker from 134 miles to 5 miles walked today - my goal this month will be 140 miles! Wish me luck! And good luck to all of you walkers out there!
  • Mhaney
    Mhaney Posts: 467 Member
    Interesting... I wanna try and see what I can do. I have a walk tracker on my android.. wonder how accurate it is lol. I'll be using it for the first time today.
  • Angela4Health
    Angela4Health Posts: 1,319 Member
    Love the month of May! Yesterday, although the 30th of April, I walked 6.2 miles for the March of Dimes. Finding a good cause will help keep you walking. I actually finished 12th out of over 300 walkers!

    Where was your walk? I walked 6 miles yesterday for the march of dimes as well!
  • michelellawrence
    michelellawrence Posts: 81
    We had our March of Dimes walk today.... our was only 3 miles. Feels great to walk for a great cause!! Good job!! :)
  • michelellawrence
    michelellawrence Posts: 81
    We had our March of Dimes walk today.... our was only 3 miles. Feels great to walk for a great cause!! Good job!! :)
  • Angela4Health
    Angela4Health Posts: 1,319 Member
    We had our March of Dimes walk today.... our was only 3 miles. Feels great to walk for a great cause!! Good job!! :)

    I totally agree.
  • flausa
    flausa Posts: 534 Member
    Sign me up! I'm training for a half marathon power walk in June, so I'm putting in a rough estimate (probably a bit low) of about 50 miles in May.
  • poodle89
    poodle89 Posts: 17
    I will like to join the May challenge, also!!!!! I am excited. :smile:

    Good luck!!!
  • MAVE3271
    MAVE3271 Posts: 2 Member

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  • knikkiola
    knikkiola Posts: 47 Member
    Count me in!!
  • yportia
    yportia Posts: 864 Member
    Let's see 31 days in May - I'll challenge myself to a total of 62 miles and see if I can do it.
  • Angela4Health
    Angela4Health Posts: 1,319 Member
    I'm a little embarassed of my low goal, but for the record, I do a 45min - 1hr 1/2 turbo fire workout every day in addition.
  • mom2pne
    mom2pne Posts: 215 Member
    Sign me up! Maybe I'll walk more the what I actually have for my ticker.
  • Grandee47
    Grandee47 Posts: 261 Member
    :flowerforyou: bump
  • msh0530
    msh0530 Posts: 1,675 Member
    I'm going to give this a try this month. It's easier for me to track minutes than miles, so I'm going for 350 minutes.
  • CricketKate
    CricketKate Posts: 3,657 Member
    I got my first 30 minutes in today.:explode: I don't know why I have an angry face, my daughter wanted to pick it out:wink:
  • msh0530
    msh0530 Posts: 1,675 Member
    I also got my first 30 minutes in. At least I am started!
  • Angela4Health
    Angela4Health Posts: 1,319 Member
    Walked 1.27 miles today :tongue:
  • Nlakshmi
    Nlakshmi Posts: 72
    I am new to this site and I would like join .. I will put my miles track tomorrow if I can figure out how. It is not working from my iPad..
    Than you.
    Nina
  • Learning2LoveMe
    Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
    Giving this a go... I really didn't do well last month. I've set my goal low this month, since the first couple weeks of May I'll be busy with tests and finals, and then after the 10th I should really be sinking into a regular exercise routine again. I'm so excited! Can't wait to see how much I can lose over summer break (I naturally do my best weight loss in the summer, and winter it seems almost non-existent lol)
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