Leslie Sansone January 2019 Walk Challenge
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@PinkyPan1 that is gorgeous! I bet you will have some firm muscles after working and playing in all that snow!0
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4 Miles: Walk Your Way Thin: Punch Up Your Walk
(First time doing this walk and I loved it! I didn't have any weighted gloves, so I did it without. I borrowed this title and just from a quick search online, it looks like it will be difficult to locate a copy at a decent price. If anyone knows where I can get one, please let me know!)
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@AnnofB, Thanks for the encouragement
! And you are so determined to get those strength sessions in! So proud of you 💪
@PinkyPan1, measuring shoveling snow by the miles is an amazing way to visualize how much work it truly is!
That is a beautiful route that you have available to you! All that snow does look so beautiful and peaceful.
@VeggieGirlforLife, you are getting doing awesome keeping pace with your goal mileage! Over 1/2 way there!
@Deeder522, keep it up and you'll be sure to find more miles in there than you even realize! Walk strong!
@knjstolt, aha! so that is your secret to your walk choices! Using Leslie's FB post is a great way to keep the motivation and the walk variety going on at the same time! Excellent! Thanks for sharing
. Also you're welcome
@janna674, increasing your steps from 9500 to 12k each day is awesome!! All the work around the house and upping the lunchtime workout is paying off well!
@Mazydasiy2001, splitting up your desired mileage during your day is an excellent way to increase your mileage withing your endurance ability at this time while also increasing your total burn for the day... win/ win!
My January goal: to exercise 5 days a week.
January 1: 35 minute neighborhood walk, brrrrr
January 2: 4 miles: 4 Miracle Miles
January 3: Tone Every Zone: Upper Body Circuit and Fast walk, 2 Mix & Match Walk Blasters
January 4: 4 miles: 5 Day Slim Down, plus gazelle
January 5: 3 miles: 5K with a Twist
January 6: Rest Day
January 7: 3 miles: Walk Your Belly Flat plus gazelle
January 8: 2 miles: Belly Blasting Walk, 2 Mix & Match Walk Blasters (Trim Tummy & Flexibility)
January 9: 60 minutes gazelle with higher intensity/ power surges during all commercials
January 10: 60 minutes gazelle with higher intensity/ power surges during all commercials
January 11: 3 miles: Slim & Sleek, 2 Mix Match Walk Blasters (Trim Tummy & Flexibility)
January 12: 3 miles: Walk Slim 3 Fast Miles, 2 Mix & Match Walk Blasters (Dance & Flexibility)
January 13: Rest Day
January 14: 6 Mix & Match Walk Blasters (60 minutes)
Walk Happy
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3.62 miles snow hiking.5 -
January goal 5 days a week to exercise and get to 195 lbs.
1/1 1.5 miles with Leslie
1/2 2 miles with weights
1/3 2 multi-muscle fast miles
1/4 2 multi-muscle fast miles
1/7 2 mile burn body fat and 30 mins yard work
1/8 2 12 min miles and grocery shopping
1/9 3 burn and tone miles
1/10 Nick's 15 min mile TWICE... 1 mile is not enough for me I need more
1/11 2 multi-muscle fast miles
1/12 5k with a twist
1/13 Day of rest
1/14 3 Strong mile with firm band in mile 2
1/15 3 burn and tone 12th workout for 2019 3 more miles for 27.6 miles this year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW9IY48x1bc 1st mile today with Leslie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBAjNQODSVo 2 mile with Nick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqYetfdjKtY 3rd mile with Nadia 3 -
Thanks for everyone's words of encouragement! Everyone is doing a great job!4
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@PinkyPan1, I like how you can go "snow hiking"! Anyone who has been out in deeper snow knows the effort and work it takes to keep moving in the snow. You are certainly walking strong!
@knjstolt, Thanks for sharing your workout. With 3 different leaders on the same day one would get excellent variety to challenge our routines.
My January goal: to exercise 5 days a week.
January 1: 35 minute neighborhood walk, brrrrr
January 2: 4 miles: 4 Miracle Miles
January 3: Tone Every Zone: Upper Body Circuit and Fast walk, 2 Mix & Match Walk Blasters
January 4: 4 miles: 5 Day Slim Down, plus gazelle
January 5: 3 miles: 5K with a Twist
January 6: Rest Day
January 7: 3 miles: Walk Your Belly Flat plus gazelle
January 8: 2 miles: Belly Blasting Walk, 2 Mix & Match Walk Blasters (Trim Tummy & Flexibility)
January 9: 60 minutes gazelle with higher intensity/ power surges during all commercials
January 10: 60 minutes gazelle with higher intensity/ power surges during all commercials
January 11: 3 miles: Slim & Sleek, 2 Mix Match Walk Blasters (Trim Tummy & Flexibility)
January 12: 3 miles: Walk Slim 3 Fast Miles, 2 Mix & Match Walk Blasters (Dance & Flexibility)
January 13: Rest Day
January 14: 6 Mix & Match Walk Blasters (60 minutes)
January 15: 2 miles: WAP Express series -Walk Strong, with Firm Band intervals.
Walk Strong,
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Deeder, a pal of mine likes to say, "When motivation fails, and it will from time to time, you have to fall back on discipline." It's hard to find discipline at times too! Do what you can when you can. Sometimes just continuing to go through the motions can actually rejuvenate your motivation. Just don't give up. Your health is worth every bit of the effort you put into it. Hang in there. ((Hug))
Thanks, Ann. I blame no one but myself and I was completely active in the decision making and not do any Leslie walks. It was easier the 1st-week b/c work was still slow and not a lot of errands to run. Now things are picking up. Back to tricking myself into my tried and true exercise technique....sleeping in my working gear.
Meanwhile today was a busy day and I'm over 2 miles tracked.
I love "....sleeping in my workout gear. " Hey, whatever it takes to get marching with Leslie, again, that's what we've got to do. 
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January 1st SW 184
Current weight 181.4
Miles walked 54.55
Goal for January is 90 miles...maybe I should bump it to 100 lol
I started MFP seriously this year on the 12/27 at 186 so in reality I am down 4.6 I could not be happier.
I did a boosted mile today with the added ab workout...I lost my workout partner, the one I was forcing to work out with me lol...she was doing a weird juice diet and I think its messing with her ...today she was eating a bacon egg and cheese so I think she gave up for at least this week.3 -
Yesterday was a 3 mile advanced walk. Mile 2 was with my resistance band for upper body. I was feeling it today. Grateful that today's walk was a 15 minute mile lol.3
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4 mile walk
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January goal 5 days a week to exercise and get to 195 lbs.
1/1 1.5 miles with Leslie
1/2 2 miles with weights
1/3 2 multi-muscle fast miles
1/4 2 multi-muscle fast miles
1/7 2 mile burn body fat and 30 mins yard work
1/8 2 12 min miles and grocery shopping
1/9 3 burn and tone miles
1/10 Nick's 15 min mile TWICE... 1 mile is not enough for me I need more
1/11 2 multi-muscle fast miles
1/12 5k with a twist
1/13 Day of rest
1/14 3 Strong mile with firm band in mile 2
1/15 3 burn and tone 12th workout for 2019 3 more miles for 27.6 miles this year
1/16 2 miles first mile is 1 miracle mile!
https://youtu.be/xY8q8ITVZQY
And our second mile is a wake up and walk series workout!
https://youtu.be/IRlqno285-E with firm band and weights 2 -
4 Miles: Walk Your Way Thin: Punch Up Your Walk
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@knjstolt, nice walks today!
@janna674, YaY for you being down 4.6! That is awesome and you deserve to be very happy about it!
@JaxxieKat, Great workout and using the resistance band
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@VeggieGirlforLife, great walking and punching
My January goal: to exercise 5 days a week.
January 1: 35 minute neighborhood walk, brrrrr
January 2: 4 miles: 4 Miracle Miles
January 3: Tone Every Zone: Upper Body Circuit and Fast walk, 2 Mix & Match Walk Blasters
January 4: 4 miles: 5 Day Slim Down, plus gazelle
January 5: 3 miles: 5K with a Twist
January 6: Rest Day
January 7: 3 miles: Walk Your Belly Flat plus gazelle
January 8: 2 miles: Belly Blasting Walk, 2 Mix & Match Walk Blasters (Trim Tummy & Flexibility)
January 9: 60 minutes gazelle with higher intensity/ power surges during all commercials
January 10: 60 minutes gazelle with higher intensity/ power surges during all commercials
January 11: 3 miles: Slim & Sleek, 2 Mix Match Walk Blasters (Trim Tummy & Flexibility)
January 12: 3 miles: Walk Slim 3 Fast Miles, 2 Mix & Match Walk Blasters (Dance & Flexibility)
January 13: Rest Day
January 14: 6 Mix & Match Walk Blasters (60 minutes)
January 15: 2 miles: WAP Express series -Walk Strong, with Firm Band intervals.
January 16: 3 miles: 5K with a Twist. today was such a dreary, drizzly, cold, wet day that I barely wanted to walk
Sometimes we fake it till we actually find ourselves walking,
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I want to invite my walking buddies to check out this blog post: https://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/themedalist/view/forget-new-year-s-fitness-goals-try-monday-resolutions-with-us-instead-964140
This blog, called "Forget New Year's fitness goals, try 'Monday resolutions' with us instead!" is written by themedalist and is currently trending in the "Popular Blog Posts" section on your home page.
The "Building Healthy Habits" group that I belong to is partnering with "Move It Monday", one of the nonprofit initiatives mentioned in the CNN article in this blog post. Together they have developed a special 9 week challenge that starts on Monday, Jan 21st, and I am inviting you to check it out.
For quite a while now "Move it Mondays" have become my special jump start for the week, especially if I'm in a "Monday" mood. And having a place in the Building Healthy Habits group to also post on Mondays has been both an additional motivator and a blessing for me.
I especially like the quote in the CNN article cited in the blog that said: "New Year's only comes around once per year, but Mondays come every seven days. You basically get 52 chances a year to stay on track." I've not thought of Mondays like that before now, but it is true when I thought about it.
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Is it too late to start?1
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January goal 5 days a week to exercise and get to 195 lbs.
1/1 1.5 miles with Leslie
1/2 2 miles with weights
1/3 2 multi-muscle fast miles
1/4 2 multi-muscle fast miles
1/7 2 mile burn body fat and 30 mins yard work
1/8 2 12 min miles and grocery shopping
1/9 3 burn and tone miles
1/10 Nick's 15 min mile TWICE... 1 mile is not enough for me I need more
1/11 2 multi-muscle fast miles
1/12 5k with a twist
1/13 Day of rest
1/14 3 Strong mile with firm band in mile 2
1/15 3 burn and tone 12th workout for 2019 3 more miles for 27.6 miles this year
1/16 2 miles first mile is 1 miracle mile!
1/17 THURSDAY! We are over the hump! This week is flying by! And YOU are WALKING your way to a healthier you! Let’s WALK STRONG today!
Today’s Walk Assignment is a 3 mile walk!
https://youtu.be/DYuw4f1c4xs 1 -
@geniebear4 it is never to late to start getting healtier
@texasgardnr thank you and good walk yesterday I love the 5K with a twist
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went from the 3 mile walk above to 60 mins of taping the floor and painting the baseboards and window trim.
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geniebear4 wrote: »Is it too late to start?
Welcome geniebear4! No, it's not too late at all. Glad you joined us. 0 -
@knjstolt, I like that 3 mile Heart Assoc Walk, it is one continuous strong walk! Prepping and painting trim work is just that.... WORK. (just another word for more exercise
) Well done!
@geniebear4, This is from the introduction post way back on the first page of January's challenge:
If you find this challenge in the middle of the month it doesn't matter which day of the month that you join in. Just set your goals to reflect what you want to walk for the remaining days in the month. You are always welcome !
So, if you are new to the group please feel free to start today so that by the end of the month you will be that much closer to your health goals. It is never too late to join in .
Welcome to the group and we look forward to you walking with us.
My January goal: to exercise 5 days a week.
January 1: 35 minute neighborhood walk, brrrrr
January 2: 4 miles: 4 Miracle Miles
January 3: Tone Every Zone: Upper Body Circuit and Fast walk, 2 Mix & Match Walk Blasters
January 4: 4 miles: 5 Day Slim Down, plus gazelle
January 5: 3 miles: 5K with a Twist
January 6: Rest Day
January 7: 3 miles: Walk Your Belly Flat plus gazelle
January 8: 2 miles: Belly Blasting Walk, 2 Mix & Match Walk Blasters (Trim Tummy & Flexibility)
January 9: 60 minutes gazelle with higher intensity/ power surges during all commercials
January 10: 60 minutes gazelle with higher intensity/ power surges during all commercials
January 11: 3 miles: Slim & Sleek, 2 Mix Match Walk Blasters (Trim Tummy & Flexibility)
January 12: 3 miles: Walk Slim 3 Fast Miles, 2 Mix & Match Walk Blasters (Dance & Flexibility)
January 13: Rest Day
January 14: 6 Mix & Match Walk Blasters (60 minutes)
January 15: 2 miles: WAP Express series -Walk Strong, with Firm Band intervals.
January 16: 3 miles: 5K with a Twist. today was such a dreary, drizzly, cold, wet day that I barely wanted to walk
January 17: 3 miles: Slim & Sleek, 1 Mix Match Walk Blasters (Flexibility Walk)
Walk Happy
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Goal: A strength workout 3 times a week.
1/1.... 62 minutes of aerobics with Leslie.
1/2....26 minutes of Strength and Stamina by Kelly Coffee-Meyer
1/3.... rest day
1/4.... 46 minute strength workout and a 12 minute mile (total 18 with the cool down) with Leslie
1/5... 31 minutes of aerobics with Jessica Smith
1/6....32 minute yoga workout with Ellen Barrett
1/7.... 32 minutes of 4 Miracle Miles
1/8.... 25 minute HIIT workout, 20 minute workout by Jessica Smith
1/9.... 31 minutes of Strength and Stamina, and 30 minutes WOFF
1/10....39 minutes of 5 Boosted Miles
1/11....rest day
1/12....34 minutes strength workout with weights and 21 minutes of Burn to the Beat.
1/13....20 minutes of Total Body Tuneup with a band by Jessica Smith and 21 minutes of 1 Fast Mile
1/14....33 minutes of 4 Miracle Miles
1/15....33 minutes of 5 Miracle Miles
1/16....31 minutes of Yoga with Ellen Barret and 28 minutes of Miracle Miles
1/17....58 minutes of The 4 Mile Super Challenge2 -
January goal 5 days a week to exercise and get to 195 lbs.
1/1 1.5 miles with Leslie
1/2 2 miles with weights
1/3 2 multi-muscle fast miles
1/4 2 multi-muscle fast miles
1/7 2 mile burn body fat and 30 mins yard work
1/8 2 12 min miles and grocery shopping
1/9 3 burn and tone miles
1/10 Nick's 15 min mile TWICE... 1 mile is not enough for me I need more
1/11 2 multi-muscle fast miles
1/12 5k with a twist
1/13 Day of rest
1/14 3 Strong mile with firm band in mile 2
1/15 3 burn and tone 12th workout for 2019 3 more miles for 27.6 miles this year
1/16 2 miles first mile is 1 miracle mile!
1/17 THURSDAY! We are over the hump! This week is flying by! And YOU are WALKING your way to a healthier you! Let’s WALK STRONG today!
1/18 Friday... was only suppose to do Wake Up ans Walk wk 11 but did 3 miles and ended with week 11 Work out #15 3 strong fast miles....35.6 miles for the year
Mile 1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW9IY48x1bc&index=16&list=PLfa5AGmnIw7EJRTZuNTdQjCTEU1dHzBSW&t=0s
Mile 2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBAjNQODSVo&index=15&list=PLfa5AGmnIw7EJRTZuNTdQjCTEU1dHzBSW&t=0s
Mile 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEkhjN3sNIk&index=19&list=PLfa5AGmnIw7EJRTZuNTdQjCTEU1dHzBSW&t=0s
Now on to more trim painting2 -
Great work this month, knjstolt! There is no stopping you!1
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Goal: A strength workout 3 times a week.
1/1.... 62 minutes of aerobics with Leslie.
1/2....26 minutes of Strength and Stamina by Kelly Coffee-Meyer
1/3.... rest day
1/4.... 46 minute strength workout and a 12 minute mile (total 18 with the cool down) with Leslie
1/5... 31 minutes of aerobics with Jessica Smith
1/6....32 minute yoga workout with Ellen Barrett
1/7.... 32 minutes of 4 Miracle Miles
1/8.... 25 minute HIIT workout, 20 minute workout by Jessica Smith
1/9.... 31 minutes of Strength and Stamina, and 30 minutes WOFF
1/10....39 minutes of 5 Boosted Miles
1/11....rest day
1/12....34 minutes strength workout with weights and 21 minutes of Burn to the Beat.
1/13....20 minutes of Total Body Tuneup with a band by Jessica Smith and 21 minutes of 1 Fast Mile
1/14....33 minutes of 4 Miracle Miles
1/15....33 minutes of 5 Miracle Miles
1/16....31 minutes of Yoga with Ellen Barret and 28 minutes of Miracle Miles
1/17....58 minutes of The 4 Mile Super Challenge
1/18....31.30 minutes of Strength and Stamina and 33 minutes of 5 Boosted Miles.
Keep going everyone!
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January Goal: Beat January 2018-90.5 miles
Oh my gosh!!! There are so many new walkers! How exciting to have 8 pages of inspiration to read! You are all off to a great start!!!! I am way behind as I have been putting away Christmas decorations and getting my classes up and running.
I was kind of down at the end of December. My family went back to Netherlands and I gained 1.2 pounds last year :grumble: That was the bad news I discovered as I was closing out my 2018 files. But the exciting news was that I walked 155 miles in December-a record high for me!!! When I added them to the rest of the year, I found that I walked more miles in 2018 than I have since I started this challenge in 2014!!!! 1,218 total miles in 2018 beat 2015's 1212 total miles!!! Those 6 miles have totally fired me up and I have decided that my monthly goal this year will be to exceed 2018's miles for each month! Beating December's 155 miles will be tough, but I have a whole year to "train." :laugh: I am going to get on the Move it Mondays Challenge also to make sure I am ready!!!! Hopefully, this will scare that 1.2 pounds to death and they will head for the hills!!!!
1/1-Vivofit tracked 5.1 miles=5.1 miles total
1/2-Vivofit tracked 3.7 miles=8.8 miles total
1/3-Vivofit tracked 3,7 miles=12.5 miles total
1/4-Vivofit tracked 3.0 miles=15.5 miles total
1/5-Vivofit tracked 4.3 miles=19.8 miles total
1/6-Vivofit tracked 3.9 miles=23.7 miles total
1/7-Vivofit tracked 1.5 miles=25.2 miles total
1/8-Vivofit tracked 4.1 miles=29.3 miles total
1/9-Vivofit tracked 2.9 miles=32.2 miles total
1/10-Vivofit tracked 2.8 miles=35 miles total
1/11-Vivofit tracked 2.1 miles=37.1 miles total
1/12-Vivofit tracked 2.8 miles=39.9 miles total
1/13-Vivofit tracked 5.0 miles=44.9 miles total
1/14-Vivofit tracked 1.7 miles=46.6 miles total
1/15-Vivofit tracked 3.8 miles=50.4 miles total
1/16-Vivofit tracked 1.8 miles=52.2 miles total
1/17-Vivofit tracked 3.7 miles=55.9 miles total
Thanks for the head's up in the Move it Monday Challenge texasgardnr! I am ON IT!!!
I loved the photo of your walk in the woods Pinky. We had to "find snow" for my granddaughter and that meant a trip to Traverse City since we only had a dusting of snow here :explode: Shoveling it not great, but it is better than no snow at all.
WOW AnnofB-you are seriously into your strength training this month! Good for you and I KNOW I need to get on that as well, but *sigh* I just do not like it as much as aerobics.
Happy New Year and Walk Strong Everyone! :bigsmile:3 -
zichab,
155 miles in one month! That is amazing. And then to find that your total for the year turned out to be a record breaker too. No wonder you are on fire! Great work!
I admit Brenda, I do not like strength training. Aerobic workouts are just way more fun. This month continues to be a challenge for me, but I'm not backing down. I am learning to grin and bear it. After a strength session, I always get in at least one mile with Leslie or Jessica or somebody, just to celebrate that it's over, ha-ha.
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Jan 17: 4 mile walk
Jan 18: 3 Miles Walk to the Hits: Radio Remixes
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My goal was is 10000 steps per day so the first week I walked 73000 and the second week I walked 83000! But this week I think I overdid last week and my arthritic knee is throbbing so I am only doing 7000-8000 steps per day. I'm slowly working back up to the 10000.5
