JANUARY'S HOT SUMMER BODY Mini-Challenge
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Last night 50min on the elliptical, 2mi. Right now my heart rate is pretty good at about 140 doing this. No idea if I'll every hit 2mi in 30. I know I can get in 30min on my elliptical days, not always sure I'll get up to 2mi0
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First time back on the elliptical since August, I did 45 min and a little over 3 miles. I am quite proud of myself
Rightly so!. We are proud of you,too!0 -
Last night 50min on the elliptical, 2mi. Right now my heart rate is pretty good at about 140 doing this. No idea if I'll every hit 2mi in 30. I know I can get in 30min on my elliptical days, not always sure I'll get up to 2mi
It's great you go at the pace that's right for you!0 -
4.5 miles----65 minutes on the Ellip :bigsmile:
A girl could used to this!0 -
Monday Jan. 14: 30 minutes, 10 incline, 2 resistance, 2.2 miles0
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yesterday (1/14/13) 60 minutes 528 calories gone....
Today... doing it all over again... :happy:0 -
After doing lots of walking on the flat floor (catching up on my Daily rainbow making) Tuesday, I climbed back on The Beast last night for just over 30 mins / 1.3 miles at varying speeds and tension settings. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
The great news is - (now that I realize how high the tension knob happened to be when I brought The Beast home in the first place) - I can now dial it right off, the bring it up to the Sweet Spot where I am working hard, but still managing move my feet at the pace that moves my avatar though the Walk It Out game. So I can make rainbows AND break a significant sweat at the same time.
The cool thing is - I can bring back lots of songs that I had "muted from playlist" because they were tooo slow (when walking on the spot) - and the speed / tension setting levels vary for every song. I might even see "how slow I can go" with a song tempo while dialing the tension setting right up and "slogging through mud" for even more variety.
Whenever I want my "fast songs" back for a change, I will do an "easy day" of Walk it Out walking in place instead of on the elliptical. :laugh:0 -
wow---everybody's doin awesome- -Cannot wait to count up the days.
45 minutes--4 miles--:smokin:
HOWEVER---SPENDING WAY TOO MUCH TIME IN IN THE SUGAR SHACK:sad:0 -
I have now confirmed the song tempos that work best for combining my Wii Walk It Out game with the powerful burn of the elliptical at significant tension.
WIO-on-Elliptical - 22 mins and 0.8 miles
WIO (pure) [aka walking 3.5 mhp in place] 38 mins and 2.1 miles
I also finally understand WHY I was soooo frustrated about not being able to combine these at first.
I read on the bus today that to you will keep up your exercise (what ever form it takes) when you find YOUR PERSONAL best combination of Convenience / Social and Affinity levels.
The intensity of the elliptical under tension alone isn't enough for me. I need to combine it with my affinity for self-directed scrolling landscape to virtually travel through. Wii WIO isn't intense enough on its own, and the elliptical isn't "fun enough on its own. I need both.0 -
back at i this evening... I'm really enjoying this, It's keeping accountable..
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Yesterday:
61 mins before supper (half elliptical with moderate-high tension / half brisk walking)
90 mins straight on elliptical after supper with moderate tension for first 60 mins and lighter tension for last 300 -
I honestly forgot about this until I was reminded this morning.
I will go through my logs and get some totals up to today including my starting weight at the beginning of January.
My goal is to increase performance - I started at incline 5, resistance 5 for about 30 minutes. Know I'm up to incline 11, resistance 11 for 5 minutes then down to 8 and 8 for 3 minutes, then back up to 11 and 11.
My average time right know is between 40-45 minutes, depending on time of day I get to the gym and my work schedule.
This morning was 45 minutes for 625 calories.
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ok so here are some totals including this morning.
total days so far this month - 15 days
Longest consecutive - 4 days
Total Calories Burned - 8422
Total minutes - 655 to date
Starting weight on January 02 - 251.5 lbs
Todays weight - 246 lbs
One major benefit - blood sugar levels are dropping like crazy .. before November the blood sugar levels were up around 180-200 in the morning. Know they are between 125-140. Doc will be happy next week.0 -
it's an elliptical evening... anything to warm this body up....brrrr it's cold0
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ok so here are some totals including this morning.
total days so far this month - 15 days
Longest consecutive - 4 days
Total Calories Burned - 8422
Total minutes - 655 to date
Starting weight on January 02 - 251.5 lbs
Todays weight - 246 lbs
One major benefit - blood sugar levels are dropping like crazy .. before November the blood sugar levels were up around 180-200 in the morning. Know they are between 125-140. Doc will be happy next week.
You ARE THE poster boy. This is such an inspiration--and the challenge has barely begun.
We all weigh in in matter of days--- along with ending stats!
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you got that right!:bigsmile:it's an elliptical evening... anything to warm this body up....brrrr it's cold0 -
Yesterday:
61 mins before supper (half elliptical with moderate-high tension / half brisk walking)
90 mins straight on elliptical after supper with moderate tension for first 60 mins and lighter tension for last 30
90 minutes is AMAZING~~0 -
I can't believe we are fast approaching month 2 of the challenge... Looking forward to the next challenge 0
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I can't believe we are fast approaching month 2 of the challenge... Looking forward to the next challenge
Came in to address that VERY thing! :smokin:0 -
I will post January totals both here at at the start of the February Thread (as requested) tomorrow, when I review my logs.0
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I will post January totals both here at at the start of the February Thread (as requested) tomorrow, when I review my logs.
Jan 4 - 162.5
Feb 4 - 161.5 :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:0
