21 day Challenge - JOIN IN

@ tazmac - you're still moving, which is a huge accomplishment when any part of the back is arguing with you. Keep it up!

@ etaylor - you are doing great! I have yet to master the stationary bike.. I'm lucky if I can survive the elliptical! (For me, the quads get to burning too bad on either, but less on the elliptical right now. Working on that one.) You've got the right idea, from what little I've read about running, with pushing on the treadmill. Don't forget, though, to get some real feet to pavement time in there as well.

Round 3, day 9

A salvaged day. Quit smoking last night, so I didn't want to leave the house and pass by any temptations to stop and pick up any more cigs. So, missed the gym today.

Managed to get a 1.5 mile walk in right at 34 mins according to the HRM, then did as much of the phase 1, day 2 NRLFW routine as I could with resistance bands at home. Not as good as actually picking up and putting down the heavy iron, but better than nothing, and it keeps me on schedule for tomorrow's pool day.

@ tazmac - you're still moving, which is a huge accomplishment when any part of the back is arguing with you. Keep it up!

@ etaylor - you are doing great! I have yet to master the stationary bike.. I'm lucky if I can survive the elliptical! (For me, the quads get to burning too bad on either, but less on the elliptical right now. Working on that one.) You've got the right idea, from what little I've read about running, with pushing on the treadmill. Don't forget, though, to get some real feet to pavement time in there as well.

Round 3, day 9

A salvaged day. Quit smoking last night, so I didn't want to leave the house and pass by any temptations to stop and pick up any more cigs. So, missed the gym today.

Managed to get a 1.5 mile walk in right at 34 mins according to the HRM, then did as much of the phase 1, day 2 NRLFW routine as I could with resistance bands at home. Not as good as actually picking up and putting down the heavy iron, but better than nothing, and it keeps me on schedule for tomorrow's pool day.

I agree about the pavement. That is why if the weather is good on the weekends I exercise outside instead of going to the gym

Day 11, 5/22 = Ran 2.4 miles

I'll be at camp with no signal from tomorrow morning till Monday afternoon, but don't worry I will be back!! I have a running buddy at camp so the plan is to elliptical tomorrow before I leave and then go running Sat & Sun morning. Not sure what Monday will bring, but i'll figure something out.

Hope everyone has a fun, safe, healthy & active Memorial Day Weekend!! :drinker:

Nice run, and hope you've had fun at camp. We'll see you when you get back.

Round 3, day 11
Pool day - and a terribly grouchy me when I left.
500 m (or was it 600? I lost track in there, so not sure) breast stroke
100 m butterfly
100 free style
75 back stroke

(the short day has its roots in why I was grouchy when I left. Still grumbly, but that is from no cigs to bury the grouch.)

I envy you the pool. I have never been much of a swimmer, probably due to my fear of drowning. But I haven't let that keep me out of water. Just wish I was better at swimming and had more patience for it. Good for you, Keep it up.

@ tazmac - school is definitely important, and it sounds like you've got more than just your hands full right now! Shame you can't add "mental juggling" to the list of cardio exercises! Sounds like you'd be able to report 24+ hour times if you could! Keep your chin up, and I'm sure we'll keep things rolling here for you.

@ etaylor - I turn into the WORST grouch when I don't get my pool time, and I've got a pool available to use. And, right now, I'm bad enough because I'm finally kicking the last of my bad habits out the door (and it doesn't really want to let go just yet, but I'm winning the argument!) So, I don't like adding more grouchiness to the mix. I'm grateful that we have a pool at school, else wise I'd be having to figure out how to get most of my exercise in.

Great day 17! And, don't worry about your 5K, you will at the very least FINISH it, which is laps beyond what I can do right now. And, in finishing, that will give you a time to better NEXT time you do a 5K. (Right now if I tried a 5k, I'd have to walk the whole thing, and I'm not sure I'd be able to make the entire distance on my feet. Swimming? Not a problem, but land work is proving iffy right now.) So, keep your chin up, go own the event, and keep up the great work!

Round 3, day 12

Vastly different than I had planned - not quite a rest day, though, that's what I'm claiming
Wound up spending most of the day waiting on my door and door frame to finish drying from the 30 minutes spent painting the blasted thing. Talk about a day breaker! Oh, well, I can still get to the gym tomorrow and make up what I missed today.

@ etaylor - YOWZA!!! What a wonderful commitment and determination! Congratulations for making it, despite not wanting to!

Round 3, day 13
Wrestled with a strange weed eater - our carried one broke, so borrowed one of the "swisher" weed eaters. Took a worse pounding trying to roll it around than I ever have with the carried one!
Got a tiny bit of biking in by test "driving" a couple of recumbent road trikes. (fun, but probably not smart, now I'm mopey because they are too blasted expensive!)
A tiny bit of walking while LOOKING at all of the pretty road trikes.

Welcome as well chrissyep! I know that reporting here has definitely helped kick me back into gear when I want to let things slide a day or twenty!

@tazmac - I think you spoke too soon about me being an inspiration. I totally blew today. Not a planned rest day, I was actually supposed to hit the pool at school, and I didn't even manage to leave the house once! Not even to work on yard work. ::Grins:: So, I get bumped back to day one tomorrow. ::sighs:: Not sure if I'm glad that school is starting next week, or apprehensive. But, at least I'll be on campus with the gym almost every day again, so my excuse about inconvenience will be gone.

Day 20 -- for my rest/off day. I seemed fairly active. Got up and hit the gym for 1/2 hour bike ride and then after dinner a mile walk. Had to burn off some of what I ate. Hope everyone is having a great weekend

Thanks tazmac for reminding me that slow times can still be profitable.

@ etaylor - good job on hitting your 21! Keep on with the great habit!

Hit the yard work today for an hour, and had about a 10 minute walk with the neighbor's dog (they were out of town, and I got to pet sit... )

Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day!