July Walking Challenge

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  • angieb327
    angieb327 Posts: 7 Member
    I'm in. Want to have a some pounds gone before school starts next month. Committed to adding walking Monday of this week to modifying my eating habits.

    7/2 5.2 miles
    7/3 6.8 miles
    7/4 6.4 miles
    7/5 6.5 miles
    7/6 3.8 miles

    Might take a break tomorrow and Sunday. Will probably play the Wii with my son to keep me going but I will definately will be back in City Park Monday morning...

    Glad I got back on MFP and found this message board! God Bless!!!
  • GrandmasonKirby
    GrandmasonKirby Posts: 9
    Walked 2.5 miles on 7-5 and 3 miles on 7-6

    good walking everyone
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,338 Member
    I got in a 45 minute walk Thursday
    and a 30 minute walk tonight.

    Week 1 Total: 75 minutes
  • springseternal
    springseternal Posts: 245 Member
    Did two hours yesterday.



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  • ashsmile78
    ashsmile78 Posts: 3,528 Member
    Did 30 minutes on the elliptical last night? That puts me at 16 hours 10 min to go for the month!
  • caroleslaststand
    caroleslaststand Posts: 176 Member
    I'm walking per doctor's orders while recovering from surgery. I used to love to walk, did it regularly and easily. Now, I'm finding that my legs get tired after 10 min. and I'm not doing much more than 15-20min. It's better than nothing, but I'm thinking of the "old days" when I walked a min. of an hour at a time. It's been about 6 wks since the surgery and I feel great overall. I'm wondering if it's a good or bad idea to push myself beyond that point of resistance (when my legs are longing to be home...)
  • CricketKate
    CricketKate Posts: 3,657 Member
    I'm walking per doctor's orders while recovering from surgery. I used to love to walk, did it regularly and easily. Now, I'm finding that my legs get tired after 10 min. and I'm not doing much more than 15-20min. It's better than nothing, but I'm thinking of the "old days" when I walked a min. of an hour at a time. It's been about 6 wks since the surgery and I feel great overall. I'm wondering if it's a good or bad idea to push myself beyond that point of resistance (when my legs are longing to be home...)

    Just do what you can do. Push yourself as much as you and your Dr think is right for you. I tend to be an all or nothing person, thinking that if I can't give it an hour, then I had just as well not bother. But any movement is better than none. I'm trying to teach myself that.
  • ashsmile78
    ashsmile78 Posts: 3,528 Member
    45 more minutes on my elliptical today which takes me to 4 hs and 35 min this week. My goal is 20 hours for the month or 5 each week. I was going to rest tomorrow. I haven't decided if I am going to go on a walk to make my goal for the week.
  • djkamin60
    djkamin60 Posts: 88
    7/7-10628 steps between work and housework
    7/8-40 minute walk in the morning before it gets to warm
  • mamaomefo
    mamaomefo Posts: 418 Member
    7-8-12. Treadmill walk
    40 minutes
    2.63 miles
    325 calories burned
    .5% incline for 6 minutes
  • macsgirl526
    macsgirl526 Posts: 80
    Today. 2.07 miles in 43.10 mins.
  • angieb327
    angieb327 Posts: 7 Member
    6.4 miles this morning...762 calories burned...in 1 hours 41 min
  • Snowbird73
    Snowbird73 Posts: 25
    Here is what I have done through 7/8/12.

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    :explode:
  • mamaomefo
    mamaomefo Posts: 418 Member
    7-9-12. Treadmill walk.
    42 minutes
    2.68 miles
    343 calories burned
    39 minutes @ 1.0% incline
  • GrandmasonKirby
    GrandmasonKirby Posts: 9
    Walked for 70 minutes on July 7th and for 30 on July 8th..Hope everyone is doing good...
  • amyloooo
    amyloooo Posts: 28 Member
    Snowbird -- wow, are you thinking now you may go for the higher goal you were originally thinking about? Easier than you thought?

    Still plugging away at my 4 miles a day (extra 4 mi). I'm at 38 miles for the month to date, but would like to get the average speed up to more like 3.7 mph to give myself a cushion so the average comes out to at least 3.5 without having to run the whole last week!
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,338 Member
    Week 1 Total: 75 minutes (got a cold on Thursday)

    Today I got in a 40 minute walk.
  • Katanthus
    Katanthus Posts: 346 Member

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  • Shirley61
    Shirley61 Posts: 7,758 Member
    Just got back from vacation the first week of July.
    I will start again this week with walking.
    Count me in again.

    Today one hour Pilates class

    Shirley
  • mamaomefo
    mamaomefo Posts: 418 Member
    7-11-12. Treadmill walk
    45 minutes
    3.10 miles
    428 calories
    1% incline for 37 minutes
  • kchaney2003
    kchaney2003 Posts: 27 Member
    Count me in! :smile:
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,338 Member
    Week 1 Total: 75 minutes (got a cold on Thursday)

    Today I got in a 50 minute walk making a weekly total of 90 minutes so far. I topped last week which is the whole point for me to up my walking.
  • macsgirl526
    macsgirl526 Posts: 80
    Monday- 1.5 miles
    Tuesday-raining
    Wednesday(today)-3.3 miles
  • Shirley61
    Shirley61 Posts: 7,758 Member
    July 12 - 35 mins. walking
  • kchaney2003
    kchaney2003 Posts: 27 Member
    Wk End July 8 12 miles

    July 9 -15
    Mon 5 miles
    Tue 2 miles
    Wed 1 mile
    Thur 2 miles
  • mamaomefo
    mamaomefo Posts: 418 Member
    7-12-12 Water walk/jog
    20 minutes
    165 calories burned


    Also swam for 70 minutes.
  • djkamin60
    djkamin60 Posts: 88
    Been Slacking on Checking in so here's what I have so far this week as of Wednesday July 11th:
    31,656 Steps total for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday-Just over 15 miles!
  • mamaomefo
    mamaomefo Posts: 418 Member
    7-13-12. Treadmill walk
    60 minutes
    3.93 miles
    566 calories burned
    2% incline for 40 minutes
    3% incline for 5 minutes
  • Shirley61
    Shirley61 Posts: 7,758 Member
    Too hot today I think I will go on my recumbent bike today.

    Have a good Friday everyone !!
  • wavdawg4
    wavdawg4 Posts: 139 Member
    This is a great challenge :) I use the elliptical everyday.. and i try my best to park in parking spots further away from stores that I'm going into just to get that extra walk in. I'm also trying to make it a daily thing (during the week) to use the wii fit - my favorite seems to be the free step, I can throw on some music of watch a show on tv and just get to stair stepping :)

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