May and June 2012
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days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
days 41-50 1120 lunges
51-5/22-140 lunges
52-5/23-100
53-5/24- 100
54-5/25-100
55-5/26-140
56-5/27-100
57-5/28-100
58-5/29-140
:flowerforyou: today is my weight training day but I didn't get to it until almost 6 PM and this is the day I've changed some of my exercises so my body doesn't get into a rut......I really liked my old routine and didn't want to change, but it turns out that I really like the new stuff.:bigsmile:0 -
Good morning,
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
Days 31 - 40 - 1040
Days 41 - 50 - 1030 - Half way! 5,110 squats so far.
Day 51 - 125 - squats
Day 52 - 125
Day 53 - 75
Day 54 - 100
Day 55 - 125
Day 56 - 100
Also did some standing calf raises and sitting calf raises while I brushed my teeth. :bigsmile:
The hardest routine for me to break is the sit around and do nothing routine. And it's always tempting. I really need these challenges right now.0 -
:bigsmile: I'm focusing on taking bigger strides with my lunges and getting my back knee to the floor/ground to be a bigger challenge.
days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
days 41-50 1120 lunges
51-5/22-140 lunges
52-5/23-100
53-5/24- 100
54-5/25-100
55-5/26-140
56-5/27-100
57-5/28-100
58-5/29-140
59.5/30-100
:flowerforyou: Clover, what gets me out of the chair is the desire to burn more calories so I can eat more food or the challenge of my pedometer because I set high goals for myself on the number of steps recorded....I'm doing a plank challenge and I sent you an invitation to the group.....it's a lot like this group (over 100 people in the group and fewer than five actually posting :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: )0 -
Good morning,
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
Days 31 - 40 - 1040
Days 41 - 50 - 1030 - Half way! 5,110 squats so far.
Day 51 - 125 - squats
Day 52 - 125
Day 53 - 75
Day 54 - 100
Day 55 - 125
Day 56 - 100
Day 57 - 100
I did my squats in front of the TV last night. And when I finished those, I continued with some calisthenics and mild weight lifting including my pec trio.
I got your invitation to the plank-a-day group Barbie. Thank you. Hate to whine, but I'm now posting on 3 challenges every day, including this one. So, I'm going to decline for now. We'll see when I finish my squats. You really do put a lot of steps on your pedometer. I post my steps in a challenge that restarts every month. It's in the fitness message threads. I think it's called June Daily Step Challenge. We have over a dozen who are posting their steps. It is a nice supportive group of all ages. Maybe not quite as chatty as we are
You might want to have a look.
Here's June: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/610810-something-everyday-in-june?page=2#posts-8859212
And Here is the May: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/606312-may-daily-step-challenge?page=5#posts-8859490
May actually rolled over to a second thread.0 -
05/28/2012 - 300 squats and lunges
05/29/2012 - 300 squats and lunges
05/30/2012 - None
05/31/2012 - 300 squats and lunges
I took the day off yesterday, and I realized I needed that day off. However, I made sure not to go over my set calories. I have still been doing my walking and some ddr. DDR can get so intense, but it is so much fun! I have noticed that once I started to exercise other positive changes followed as well. Anyway, it has been in the nineties where I live, but it has been raining the past couple of nights. This weather confuses me.0 -
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days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
days 41-50 1120 lunges
51-5/22-140 lunges
52-5/23-100
53-5/24- 100
54-5/25-100
55-5/26-140
56-5/27-100
57-5/28-100
58-5/29-140
59.5/30-100
60-5/31-140
:flowerforyou: MuffRuff, I never take a day off because of my poodles who need to walk every day.....yes, I know, I could ask my husband to walk them but he doesn't take them on long walks like I do.....we have had rain here, too. but when it rain here in the coastal northwest, it gets cold so our temperatures have been in the 50's during the day and 40's at night
:flowerforyou: Clover, I understand about all the challenges......I joined your two challenges and we'll see if I've overdone it...besides the challenges I post on two threads (women ages 50+ and senior golden sneakers). I've been posting on those threads for over three years and the people on the threads have become my friends and I'd miss them if I stopped positing.0 -
Good morning,
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
Days 31 - 40 - 1040
Days 41 - 50 - 1030 - Half way! 5,110 squats so far.
Day 51 - 125 - squats
Day 52 - 125
Day 53 - 75
Day 54 - 100
Day 55 - 125
Day 56 - 100
Day 57 - 100
Day 58 - 100
Barbie, I saw your posts in the other two challenges. Lots of newcomers joining them this month. MuffRuff, you're invited too if you want to have a look at them. Links are in my post here yesterday.
Not much else to report today. My dog needs a bath - any volunteers?
I think we might have lost Jem-girl.0 -
days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
days 41-50 1120 lunges
days 51-1160 lunges
61-6/1-100
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: we have a dog that needs a bath,too, and hubby said he'd do it, but so far nothing has happened.....today was the beginning line dance class--lots of easy dances and fun exercise----now I'm headed to do some much needed work in my yard :bigsmile:0 -
Good morning,
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
Days 31 - 40 - 1040
Days 41 - 50 - 1030 - Half way! 5,110 squats so far.
Day 51 - 125 - squats
Day 52 - 125
Day 53 - 75
Day 54 - 100
Day 55 - 125
Day 56 - 100
Day 57 - 100
Day 58 - 100
Day 59 - 100
I've discovered it's easy to do some squats as I put dishes away and as I fold laundry. Who knew? Looks like it's going to be a lovely Saturday.0 -
Good morning,
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
Days 31 - 40 - 1040
Days 41 - 50 - 1030 - Half way! 5,110 squats so far.
Day 51 - 125 - squats
Day 52 - 125
Day 53 - 75
Day 54 - 100
Day 55 - 125
Day 56 - 100
Day 57 - 100
Day 58 - 100
Day 59 - 100
Day 60 - 100
Hope you're having at the line dance event! This is your 5k or line dancing!0 -
:bigsmile: I got up at 3:30 Saturday morning so I'd have some time to walk the dogs and still leave the house at 5:40 to meet my friend.....we got to the line dance workshop early enough to get what we consider the best table and save seats for our friends who were coming a little later. I had 140 squats done before i left but didn't have time to post them. The workshop was awesome. I learned about 10 new dances and was able to dance lots of dances that I knew during the open dance time.
:bigsmile: This morning I got up at 4:30 and did my lunges after taking an hour walk. Now I'm home and glad to be here. The dogs are glad too. I took them for an hour walk and then worked in my yard for awhile.
days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
days 41-50 1120 lunges
days 51-1160 lunges
61-6/1-100
62-6/2-140
63-6/3-100
:bigsmile: Clover, congrats on getting to day 60 :bigsmile: :bigsmile:0 -
Good morning,
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
Days 31 - 40 - 1040
Days 41 - 50 - 1030 - Half way! 5,110 squats so far.
Days 51 - 60 - 1050
Day 61 - 100
39 days to go0 -
Hi everyone,
I've been incommunicado for a week. Sorry about not being around. It wasn't a great week, full of ankle pain and frustration and stupid immigration services being stubborn (my hubby is a permanent resident and I could go on for an hour about how they've made things more difficult than they should have to be :mad: :explode: ). The best I've managed to do is not go overboard on the eating. Anyway, I don't want to be a whiner, so let's leave it at I was pretty down this past week :frown: but the hubby's encouragement and Barbie's message (ty, chica
) have helped convince me to not let the slump last for too long.
I have an appointment with my physical therapist tonight, and we're supposed to focus on the ankle and knee pain I get when I exercise and what I can do to circumvent it. Since I have to do my therapy stuff in the evening anyway, I'm hoping he can help me develop something to fit in with the 100S100D program that will help me instead of hurt me.
Will check back in this evening or tomorrow. Thanks again for the support.:flowerforyou: 0 -
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Jem_Girl, I'm happy to hear from and not so happy to hear that you've been having a tough time.....you already know to never, never, never give up.....I hope all is straightened up for your hubby....I have friends who have had some troubles with immigration for no good reason....if you have to give your knee and ankle a break, then do something with your upper body and keep checking in with us.
days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
days 41-50 1120 lunges
days 51-1160 lunges
61-6/1-100
62-6/2-140
63-6/3-100
64-6/4-100
we have had a day of running around finalizing the deal of selling a car to one person and buying another one from another person:explode: no big problems, just lots of paperwork and :laugh: when we picked up the purchased vehicle we found out that the tags expired in May so hubby has to drive half an hour tomorrow to get it registered with expired tags.0 -
Good morning,
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
Days 31 - 40 - 1040
Days 41 - 50 - 1030 - Half way! 5,110 squats so far.
Days 51 - 60 - 1050
Day 61 - 100
Day 62 - 100
38 days to go
Jem-girl - I'm happy to see you back again! Sorry to hear you've had a rough go of it. As Barbie said, if you need to rest your knee and ankle, don't let that stop you from posting. We're here to support each other.0 -
Thanks for the support. Last night's therapy session turned out to be a No Go. I went to the appointment but hadn't been informed that they expected me to do some kind of warm up and more physical stuff. I'd had an upsetting time in and out of the hospital for a procedure that day and was dizzy with cold-sweats, so I wasn't up to what they wanted to do. I was actually a little annoyed since it takes 20 minutes out of my way (one way!) to get there and I had no reason to think it wouldn't be like the last appointment. One of the therapists who I hadn't met before was a little condescending in that I wasn't wearing exercise appropriate clothing..... I hadn't been told to wear or bring that! I'd just left work, *kitten*! Arrrg... I have another app. on Wednesday but also another hospital procedure that day, so we'll see what happens. /sigh
I did start my knee raises again... have about 50 more to go today. It feels good to be stretching out the ol' legs again.
Day 1 - 10 (5/1 - 5/12) 1000 (squats, leg presses, marching pairs)
Day 11 - 22 (5/13 - 5/24) 1150 (marching pairs, knee raise pairs, side-lying leg raises, leg presses) *make up for missing 50!!
23 - 6/5 - 50 so far!0 -
:flowerforyou: Jem_Girl, you are doing an awesome job especially in light of all the physical trauma you've been going through
:flowerforyou: Clover, good to see you continuing on your daily squats along with all the other exercise I know you're doing
days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
days 41-50 1120 lunges
days 51-1160 lunges
61-6/1-100
62-6/2-140
63-6/3-100
64-6/4-100
65-6/5-140
today I finally got back to weight training so I did 40 extra squats with 15 pound dumbbells in my hands :bigsmile:
It's not raining so I'm going to work for an hour in the yard before supper =====yippee :bigsmile:0 -
06/01/2012 - 300 squats and lunges
06/02/2012 - None
06/03/2012 - 300 squats and lunges
06/04/2012 - 300 squats and lunges
06/05/2012 - 300 squats and lunges0 -
Good morning,
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
Days 31 - 40 - 1040
Days 41 - 50 - 1030 - Half way! 5,110 squats so far.
Days 51 - 60 - 1050
Day 61 - 100
Day 62 - 100
Day 63 - 100
Also, I swam for 1/2 hour.
Hey MuffRuff. Nice work on your squats and lunges. Do you take a break from school during the summer?
I like our little group Barbie. Besides, I can't quit now! I've already got 63 days invested into this squatting adventure. I really do think this has helped me to increase my running speed and endurance as well, just by increasing the strength in my legs. I'm considering adding something for my hamstrings as well.
Jem-girl, you're doing great.0 -
wow this is great i am in starting today
day 1 100 by night fall0 -
06/06/2012 - 300 squats and lunges
Welcome icandoit63. I love your name!
clover5, I am taking a break during the first half of the summer. However, I may take classes the second half.
Jem_Girl - you are doing an amazing job, and you are so encouraging!
barbiecat - I am glad your weight training is still going great.
It is ninety-five degrees right now. When I went outside today it was awful! I felt like I was walking through a heater.0 -
:flowerforyou: clover, if you find a good hamstring exercise that can be done while brushing teeth or walking dogs, let me know :laugh:
:flowerforyou: icandoit63, welcome to the group......best wishes on reaching your goal....just do it one day at a time.
:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: MuffRuff, your warm weather sounds overwhelming.....where I live it rarely goes over 70 degrees all summer and is usually cool enough for a jacket....when it gets to 70 degrees, my dogs think it's too hot and look for a shady place to lie down.
days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
days 41-50 1120 lunges
days 51-1160 lunges
61-6/1-100
62-6/2-140
63-6/3-100
64-6/4-100
65-6/5-140
66-6/6-1000 -
June 7 50 squats 50 crunches
I think this combo will work for me to start.......
Thanks fir the invite clover and the welcome0 -
Welcome, icandoit! I love the name, too. :happy:
Muff, that's some crazy heat! Kudos for still getting outside and staying active!
Aaah Clover, it's great that you can add in some swimming. I would love to have easy access to a pool and do some swimming. Well, floating. :laugh:
Barbie that pic of your poodle is just too perfect. It looks like your cat is snuggling with its favorite doll. :laugh:
Day 1 - 10 (5/1 - 5/12) 1000 (squats, leg presses, marching pairs)
Day 11 - 22 (5/13 - 5/24) 1150 (marching pairs, knee raise pairs, side-lying leg raises, leg presses) *make up for missing 50!!
23 - 6/5 - 100 knee raises
24 - 6/6 - 100 elliptical steps (from therapy)0 -
Good morning,
Days 01 - 10 - 1020
Days 11 - 20 - 1040
Days 21 - 30 - 980
Days 31 - 40 - 1040
Days 41 - 50 - 1030 - Half way! 5,110 squats so far.
Days 51 - 60 - 1050
Day 61 - 100
Day 62 - 100
Day 63 - 100
Day 64 - 100
MuffRuff - YikEs !! 95 degrees is HOT. We're supposed to hit 90 over the weekend. We'll see. Last night we had half hour of hail and constant lightning around midnight.
Icandoit, I'm glad you are joining us. We have a friendly and supportive little group. And we're kind of chatty, so we get to know each other a bit. My thighs got sore during the first couple of weeks, so be careful and don't worry about it if you find you want to substitute something else and give your knees a break somme of the time.
Barbie, I love a challenge. Here is a link for a standing hamstring exercise:
http://www.netfit.co.uk/fitness/home/lowerbody/beginners1/home_exercises_lower_2.htm
Now you can add these to your squats and lunges while your walking the dogs. I did a few while I was washing dishes last night, but I felt silly. This reminds me of our conversation about silly walks.0 -
06/07/2012 - 300 squats and lunges
It dropped down to eighty-five degrees last night, and we had a storm. When I came homes my father was amazed by my exercising and progress. He was very surprised with the amount of push-ups I could do because he remembered when I could not even do one. I have always felt bad because most of my friends are smaller than me and seem more fit. However, when we went to Enchanted Rock I realized that these friends were not so fit. Whereas I did not have to stop as much they had to stop a lot. So, looks can be deceiving. We should all be proud of how far we have come and are still coming.0 -
That's both an awesome experience and a very encouraging story, Muff. If you've felt like the one falling behind fitness-wise, it's got to be a good feeling to be out in front (metaphorically) once in a while.0
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days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
days 41-50 1120 lunges
days 51-60-1160 lunges
61-6/1-100
62-6/2-140
63-6/3-100
64-6/4-100
65-6/5-140
66-6/6-100
67-6/7-140
:bigsmile: weight training again today so I added 40 lunges with dumbbells to the 100 I already did.
:bigsmile: Clover, I looked at the hamstring exercise you suggested and it's something I could do while brushing my teeth or walking the dogs....I'll save it for the next challenge after finishing 100 days of 100 lunges a day
:bigsmile: Jem-Girl, thank for the kind words about my pets---both my poodles love the cat and he loves them....all three of them sleep with us :bigsmile: how good that you could find a new challenge activity from your therapy
MuffRuff, you have come a long way and are really getting fit....how great that others are noticing.:bigsmile:0 -
June 7..... 50 squats 50 crunches
June 8.....50 /50 here i come...25 completed this morning and leter this eveing of each ....feels good!0 -
days 1-10 1180 lunges
days 11-20 1200 lunges
days 21-30 1160 lunges
days 31-40 1160 lunges
days 41-50 1120 lunges
days 51-60-1160 lunges
61-6/1-100
62-6/2-140
63-6/3-100
64-6/4-100
65-6/5-140
66-6/6-100
67-6/7-140
68-6/8-100
:bigsmile: icandoit, keep on keeping on....the longest journey starts with a single step or crunch or squat....:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
:bigsmile: clover, I tried the hamstring exercise while walking my dogs this morning and it worked OK.....at five AM, there's no one watching me so it doesn't matter how silly I look :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:0
