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  • zichab
    zichab Posts: 1,493 Member
    February-85
    2/1-Just Walk-4 Mile Power Walk-=4 miles
    2/3-Vivofit tracked-3 miles=7 miles total
    2/4-Just Walk-Ultimate 5 Day Walk Plan-5 miles=12 miles total
    2/5-WAH-Walk Slim-4 Fast Miles=16 miles total

    Alex-looks like I get maximum benefits this week! Woo Hoo! :+1:

    Ireutner-think of it as your thighs getting THINNER! For some reason, they do not hurt as much then! :laugh:

    Thanks Mary and Ann for the support! It is nice to be the smaller me again. :heart:

    Walk Strong Everyone :bigsmile:

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  • PinkyPan1
    PinkyPan1 Posts: 3,018 Member
    20.5/85 I was able to get outside this afternoon and get some fresh air. It was a bit tricky with the cold and ice but I managed 3.5 miles. Woot that felt good!
  • texasgardnr
    texasgardnr Posts: 2,617 Member
    edited February 2015
    Thursday (February 5th) 4 miles of Walk It Off & Tone It Up using the firm band.

    4 DVD miles.

    0 outdoor minutes.

    0 mini walks from Walk Blaster DVD.

    0 minutes "other" kinds of exercise.

    February goal: at least 2-3 miles or 30-45 minutes 5-6 days a week.

    So far: 12 Leslie/ or other walking DVD miles

    So far: 0 outdoor minutes (in the neighborhood or in a park)

    So far: 0 mini walks from Walk Blasters DVD

    So far: 0 minutes "other" kinds of exercise

    :flowerforyou:
  • lidenalex
    lidenalex Posts: 283
    64/76 (2189)
    I'm at the Deep Gap Shelter. 12 miles to the North Carolina border, which I plan to hike in two days. Feel very tired, no energy for doing much other things. Today I listened to
    AWOL on the Appalachian Trail, by David Miller.

    Excerpt: I leave the AT to take the path down to the hut. The trail is steep and rocky. Although it is only a mile long, it takes me forty minutes to traverse. Greenleaf Hut is on a flat shelf of land on the shoulder of the mountain. Beyond the hut, the mountain falls off steeply to Franconia Notch. From where I stand, I cannot see down into the notch, but I can see across the gap to Cannon Mountain.
  • lidenalex
    lidenalex Posts: 283
    zichab wrote: »
    Alex-looks like I get maximum benefits this week! Woo Hoo!

    You sure do :D zichab, 16 miles, great
  • zichab
    zichab Posts: 1,493 Member
    February-85
    2/1-Just Walk-4 Mile Power Walk-=4 miles
    2/3-Vivofit tracked-3 miles=7 miles total
    2/4-Just Walk-Ultimate 5 Day Walk Plan-5 miles=12 miles total
    2/5-WAH-Walk Slim-4 Fast Miles=16 miles total
    -Vivofit tracked-2.9 miles=18.9 miles total
    2/6-WAH-5 Day Slim Down :noway:-5 miles=23.9 miles total


    Walk Strong Everyone! :bigsmile:

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  • lidenalex
    lidenalex Posts: 283
    AnnofB, texasgardnr, PinkyPan1, zichab, ireutner, drbcru, alip253, you are doing fine. You just need 2.5 miles per day for maximum health. Anything above that will only marginally add to your overall health. In fact so little that it's hard to detect with scientific studies.
  • lidenalex
    lidenalex Posts: 283
    edited February 2015
    70/76 (2189)
    Only 6 miles today. I plan to reach North Carolina border tomorrow which is 6 miles up the trail. Today I listened to
    Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, by Robert Pirsig

    Excerpt: It was some years ago that my wife and I and our friends first began to catch on to these roads. We took them once in a while for variety or for a shortcut to another main highway, and each time the scenery was grand and we left the road with a feeling of relaxation and enjoyment. We did this time after time before realizing what should have been obvious: these roads are truly different from the main ones. The whole pace of life and personality of the people who live along them are different. They’re not going anywhere. They’re not too busy to be courteous. The hereness and nowness of things is something they know all about. It’s the others, the ones who moved to the cities years ago and their lost offspring, who have all but forgotten it. The discovery was a real find.
    I’ve wondered why it took us so long to catch on. We saw it and yet we didn’t see it. Or rather we were trained not to see it. Conned, perhaps, into thinking that the real action was metropolitan and all this was just boring hinterland. It was a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I’m looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling.
  • AnnofB
    AnnofB Posts: 3,588 Member
    14/56
  • AnnofB
    AnnofB Posts: 3,588 Member
    edited February 2015
    lidenalex wrote: »
    AnnofB, texasgardnr, PinkyPan1, zichab, ireutner, drbcru, alip253, you are doing fine. You just need 2.5 miles per day for maximum health. Anything above that will only marginally add to your overall health. In fact so little that it's hard to detect with scientific studies.


    I found an article on thedailymail that said 2.5 hours of walking each week will extend your life by 7 years.
  • PinkyPan1
    PinkyPan1 Posts: 3,018 Member
    26/85 I was able to get to the park and power walk and additional 5.5 miles today. I have had my grandson for the past 3 days so I am losing some miles. I will have to make them up next week.
  • texasgardnr
    texasgardnr Posts: 2,617 Member
    Saturday (February 7th) 30 minutes with Debbie Rocker. (A.M. and P.M. Walking) .

    0 DVD miles.

    0 outdoor minutes.

    0 mini walks from Walk Blaster DVD.

    30 minutes other DVDs or exercise :heart:

    February goal: at least 2-3 miles or 30-45 minutes 5-6 days a week.

    So far: 12 Leslie/ or other walking DVD miles

    So far: 0 outdoor minutes (in the neighborhood or in a park)

    So far: 0 mini walks from Walk Blasters DVD

    So far: 30 minutes other DVDs or exercise

    :flowerforyou:
  • texasgardnr
    texasgardnr Posts: 2,617 Member
    edited February 2015
    lidenalex wrote: »
    AnnofB, texasgardnr, PinkyPan1, zichab, ireutner, drbcru, alip253, you are doing fine. You just need 2.5 miles per day for maximum health. Anything above that will only marginally add to your overall health. In fact so little that it's hard to detect with scientific studies.
    That is good to know, and encouraging on those days where it feels hard to want to walk or exercise. Thanks Alex.

    You are sure getting close to the North Carolina border!! Go you.

    :flowerforyou:
    AnnofB wrote: »
    I found an article on thedailymail that said 2.5 hours of walking each week will extend your life by 7 years.

    I just did some searches about exercise/walking and extending life span/ life expectancy. There are a number of studies and articles with good reports about the benefits of regular exercise or walking! Looks like our group should be hanging out here for quite a while :drinker:

  • zichab
    zichab Posts: 1,493 Member
    February-85
    2/1-Just Walk-4 Mile Power Walk-=4 miles
    2/3-Vivofit tracked-3 miles=7 miles total
    2/4-Just Walk-Ultimate 5 Day Walk Plan-5 miles=12 miles total
    2/5-WAH-Walk Slim-4 Fast Miles=16 miles total
    2/5-Vivofit tracked-2.9 miles=18.9 miles total
    2/6-WAH-5 Day Slim Down -5 miles=23.9 miles total
    2/6-Vivofit Tracked miles-2.6-26.5 miles total
    2/7-WAH-Walk Slim-4 Fast Miles=30.5 miles total


    Walk Strong Everyone! :bigsmile:

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  • zichab
    zichab Posts: 1,493 Member
    lidenalex wrote: »
    AnnofB, texasgardnr, PinkyPan1, zichab, ireutner, drbcru, alip253, you are doing fine. You just need 2.5 miles per day for maximum health. Anything above that will only marginally add to your overall health. In fact so little that it's hard to detect with scientific studies.

    Woo Hoo! I am getting maximum health and the rest of these miles better get these last 5 pounds to run for the hills!!!! They seem less scared than the other 100! :laugh: Thanks for finding that Alex!
  • lreutner
    lreutner Posts: 64 Member
    edited February 2015
    lidenalex wrote: »
    AnnofB, texasgardnr, PinkyPan1, zichab, ireutner, drbcru, alip253, you are doing fine. You just need 2.5 miles per day for maximum health. Anything above that will only marginally add to your overall health. In fact so little that it's hard to detect with scientific studies.

    Thank you for the encouragement.
    zichab, I will think of my thighs as cheering me on because they are getting thinner :p
    I'm at 11/40 for the week with 2 session of Firm 30.
    It was even nice enough to walk the dog this week!
  • lidenalex
    lidenalex Posts: 283
    76/76 (2189)
    6 miles today, huzzah, I am at the North Carolina border. The trail in North Carolina is 96 miles. It is a challenge to pass it by the end of this month.

    Today I listened to
    Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, by Robert Pirsig

    Excerpt: And now he began to see for the first time the unbelievable magnitude of what man, when he gained power to understand and rule the world in terms of dialectic truths, had lost. He had built empires of scientific capability to manipulate the phenomena of nature into enormous manifestations of his own dreams of power and wealth...but for this he had exchanged an empire of understanding of equal magnitude: an understanding of what it is to be a part of the world, and not an enemy of it.
  • PinkyPan1
    PinkyPan1 Posts: 3,018 Member
    30.5/85 . I complete 4.5 more miles at the park today. I am hurting so I will play tomorrow by ear. My back is not handling the return of power walking outdoors nor are my shins. I tried to pace myself but my legs just take over.

    Thank you Alex for your posts. They are very interesting and I look forward to reading your excerpts! Walk strong all!
  • AnnofB
    AnnofB Posts: 3,588 Member
    lidenalex wrote: »
    76/76 (2189)
    6 miles today, huzzah, I am at the North Carolina border. The trail in North Carolina is 96 miles. It is a challenge to pass it by the end of this month.

    Today I listened to
    Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, by Robert Pirsig

    Excerpt: And now he began to see for the first time the unbelievable magnitude of what man, when he gained power to understand and rule the world in terms of dialectic truths, had lost. He had built empires of scientific capability to manipulate the phenomena of nature into enormous manifestations of his own dreams of power and wealth...but for this he had exchanged an empire of understanding of equal magnitude: an understanding of what it is to be a part of the world, and not an enemy of it.

    Wow! 76 miles done!!!!


    PinkyPan1 wrote: »
    30.5/85 . I complete 4.5 more miles at the park today. I am hurting so I will play tomorrow by ear. My back is not handling the return of power walking outdoors nor are my shins. I tried to pace myself but my legs just take over.

    Backs always over rule shins... lol ! Take care and don't let those legs take over again :D


  • AnnofB
    AnnofB Posts: 3,588 Member
    15/56

    Walk, walk, WALK!!
  • zichab
    zichab Posts: 1,493 Member
    February-85
    2/1-Just Walk-4 Mile Power Walk-=4 miles
    2/3-Vivofit tracked-3 miles=7 miles total
    2/4-Just Walk-Ultimate 5 Day Walk Plan-5 miles=12 miles total
    2/5-WAH-Walk Slim-4 Fast Miles=16 miles total
    2/5-Vivofit tracked-2.9 miles=18.9 miles total
    2/6-WAH-5 Day Slim Down -5 miles=23.9 miles total
    2/6-Vivofit Tracked miles-2.6-26.5 miles total
    2/7-WAH-Walk Slim-4 Fast Miles=30.5 miles total
    2/7-Vivofit tracked 1.8 miles-32.3 total miles
    2/8-WAH -5 Fat Burning Miles=37.3 miles total


    Walk Strong Everyone! :bigsmile:

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  • texasgardnr
    texasgardnr Posts: 2,617 Member
    edited February 2015
    Sunday (February 8th) 30 minutes walking in the park with DH and our dog.

    0 DVD miles.

    30 outdoor minutes :heart:.

    0 mini walks from Walk Blaster DVD.

    0 minutes other DVDs or exercise

    February goal: at least 2-3 miles or 30-45 minutes 5-6 days a week.

    So far: 12 Leslie/ or other walking DVD miles

    So far: 30 outdoor minutes (in the neighborhood or in a park)

    So far: 0 mini walks from Walk Blasters DVD

    So far: 30 minutes other DVDs or exercise

    :flowerforyou:
  • texasgardnr
    texasgardnr Posts: 2,617 Member
    PinkyPan1 wrote: »
    30.5/85 . I complete 4.5 more miles at the park today. I am hurting so I will play tomorrow by ear. My back is not handling the return of power walking outdoors nor are my shins. I tried to pace myself but my legs just take over.

    Take care PinkyPan, and I hope that your back and shins are doing better tomorrow. Those legs need to listen to you better :o .
  • PinkyPan1
    PinkyPan1 Posts: 3,018 Member
    34.5/85 I complete Just Walk Power Walk Classic 2 miles twice this morning. I was not sure if I could do more than 2 miles and then hit repeat. Done and sore.
  • carrie1829
    carrie1829 Posts: 143 Member
    I just stumbled upon this group and decided to google Leslie Sansone. She has a couple of YouTube videos so I tried one out this morning Walk Indoors! Intervals... It kicked my butt and it was only 15 minutes. Of course I don't normally throw in all the extras when I am walking. Walking is one of my only exercises that I try to stick to and it is easier for me. Weighing 335.8 lbs. as of this morning, does not make exercise easy but I am committed to getting healthier and losing this weight!
  • carrie1829
    carrie1829 Posts: 143 Member
    Any suggestions for a beginner?
  • PinkyPan1
    PinkyPan1 Posts: 3,018 Member
    35.5/85 I just purchased The Walk Away The Pounds DVD and of course I had to try it out. I completed the first mile. I am looking forward to adding this dvd to my walks!
  • lidenalex
    lidenalex Posts: 283
    83/192 (2189)
    7 miles today. Today I listened to
    Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, by Robert Pirsig

    Excerpt: One of them, a girl with strong-lensed glasses, wanted to write a five-hundred-word essay about the United States.
    He suggested without disparagement that she narrow it down to just Bozeman.
    ... She had tried and tried but she just couldn’t think of anything to say.
    ... He told her, "Narrow it down to the front of one building on the main street of Bozeman. The Opera House. Start with the upper left-hand brick."
    She came in the next class with a puzzled look and handed him a five- thousand-word essay on the front of the Opera House on the main street of Bozeman, Montana. "I sat in the hamburger stand across the street," she said, "and started writing about the first brick, and the second brick, and then by the third brick it all started to come and I couldn’t stop. They thought I was crazy, and they kept kidding me, but here it all is."
  • lidenalex
    lidenalex Posts: 283
    edited February 2015
    carrie1829 wrote: »
    Any suggestions for a beginner?
    Hi Carrie, The best advice I can give you is to get the book
    Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results, by Stephen Guise. Read the book and start with small mini challenges. Forget about loosing the weight fast. I'm sure you have tried that before, and it didn't work out, like it didn't work out for the rest of us. Instead get little better day by day. Small challenges, small wins, that is the way to lasting success. :D
  • texasgardnr
    texasgardnr Posts: 2,617 Member
    carrie1829 wrote: »
    Any suggestions for a beginner?

    Welcome to the February 2015 Walk Challenge, carrie. My advise would be to start easy and work your way up to more miles and faster, more challenging walks over time, whether with a Leslie walk or walks outside. You will increase in energy and endurance and strength over time. Every step and every minute will get you that much closer to your health and fitness goals. You can do this.

    :flowerforyou:
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