TexasFire

Boy! I sure hope I can do this one! If I make this goal, my reward will be a Super Glide! Woo-Hoo! I even have it picked out already!

Name....Challenge start wgt....current wgt.....chall. goal.....To go. Huntersmom... 174...................174................159...... .......15 SWEETY.........202...................202.......... .......180.............22 MJsafari..........268...................268....... ...........238............30 captdanbo.......211....................211........ . .........185.............26 PaulaD............216....................216...... ..........199...............17 Stefanie42467..206...................206..................175............31

I was testing different gear combinations today on my ride, and have picked up my pace, so I need to change my goal to 2000 minutes. That's 100 minutes a day, Monday thru Friday. This is the minimum I will do. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monthly Total = 100 Minutes 100 minutes bicycle

I've decided I need my weekends off, so my goal is going to be two hours a day, Mondy thru Friday. That about covers my bike ride every morning after I drop my son off at school. My goal is 2400. I HAVE to get to ONE-derland soon, and I want to be down to at least 175 for vacation at the beginning of November.

Monthly Total = 2305 Minutes 30 minutes bicycle

Monthly Total = 2275 Minutes 90 minutes bicycle

Thanks, captain...yes, it is nice to be able to ride in a beautiful, shaded (for the most part), protected area...no motorized vehicles are allowed on the trails there. And it's only minutes away for me, like your hiking. I love it out there. One of those pics I should have added a caption to. It is of a retired couple passing me going the other direction. They are out there every day on a tandem recumbent bicycle! They do the full trails twice, which is over 30 miles! They do this Monday thru Friday! They are awsome.

Monthly Total = 2185 Minutes 105 minutes bicycle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here are some pics of where I ride: http://www.slide.com/r/9OQ_-2T35D9bACTNMeIOIk8LWuagwUMX?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original

SWEETY - Forgive me if I already asked this, but where in Texas do you live? If you are close by, maybe we could be excercise buddies and support buddies?

Monthly Total = 2080 60 minutes bicycle

No way! Don't feel inadequate! It's a relative to what you USED to do, and you are MOVING now! You're doing great!

Monthly Total = 2020 Minutes 90 minutes bicycle

Monthly Total = 1930 Minutes 2 1/2 hours bicycle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, I exceeded my goal! YIPPEE! I've never excercised this much in my LIFE! My neighbor just told me I am "wasting away", God love him! He and his wife and kids are SO NICE...we are blessed with good neighbors. The funny thing is that the more I excercise, the more I WANT to excercise. Not so much the elliptical, recumbent bike and toning stuff, but I still do it...but I just LOVE riding the trails at the park on my bike. And it has increased my well-being so much, too. This is a fantastic stress-reducer! Almost zero "blah" days any more! YEAH! I have 7.4 pounds to reach my first mini-goal (199.8) by next Friday. Not real sure if that is do-able, but I'm going to try. The funny thing is that even if I don't, it's okay because my body fat percentage is dropping like a ROCK with all this excercise and SWEATING. So I figure I must be adding muscle and dropping fat, so my weight isn't going down very fast right now. This week was good, though...I lost 3.2 pounds and 2.4% body fat. I guess when your body fat starts at way over 40%, it's easier to lose that aspect of it. I'll take it, though! "Healthy" for a woman my age is 23% to 34%, and I'm at 36.4% body fat now. My ultimate goal is 25%. I've rambled...sorry! Have a great weekend everybody!

Monthly Total = 1780 Minutes 60 minutes bicycle 30 minutes elliptical 30 minutes swimming

Monthly Total = 1660 Minutes 60 minutes bicycle

(UGH...my TOM makes me want to just stay in bed!) Monthly Total = 1600 Minutes 30 minutes bike

Good for you, Sweety! I wish I could say that I put in some time today, but I did not. I was going to go for a bike ride, but I was stupid and put a donut in my mouth and it got stuck like nothing ever before. I'm just now feeling better and its dark out, so no bike ride tonight. That was the most horrible "stuck" I've ever had and NEVER want to go through that again as long as I live! Tomorrow is a new day and I will get my time in then.

Monthly Total = 1570 Minutes 90 minutes bicycle

WOW! That is some gorgeous landscape you have there! I can see why you love it there! BTW...are those TEVA sandals on your feet? I've got some TEVA Dozer Leathers that I LOVE, but always wondered how they would really hold up out there hiking and how comfortable they would remain? We are going to Vegas in November and have booked several different excursions out in the desert, and I was planning on taking them.

Monthly Total = 1480 Minutes 30 minutes elliptical, maintain heart rate 160 30 minutes recumbent bike, hill trainer program, maintain heart rate 160 10 minutes leg magic, cumulative I gained .06 pound this week, so I increased the level I am working out at. Next weeks' Friday weigh-in WILL be lower!

Monthly Total = 1410 Minutes 30 minutes elliptical

Well I just got back from having my third fill. She put .6cc in, so now I have a total of 4.6cc's in my 10cc band. Yes, Sweety, mine hurt this time, too! Not a big deal, just like a really bad shot. She said she hit some fibrous tissue she had to push through. So they took all the pics, she put a bandaid on me and I was out the door. I got pics again, of course! This one shows the band MUCH more clearly...you can see where the tube comes off and everything. Unfortunately, you also see my underwire clear as day! LOL I had no idea that the stomach was so high in the body! So that was my morning so far. I haven't tried to eat or drink anything yet, so we will see how this one goes. Have a good day, all...I'm off to work!

Monthly Total = 1380 45 minutes elliptical 45 minutes bike ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My fill is tommorrow, Sweety. For some reason, all day yesterday I was thinking it was Wednesday, so I said my fill was today. OOPS! I'll let you know how it goes. Sorry to hear yours was painful today...I hope it only hurt for a little bit!

Hey, you are doing great yourself! I get my third fill tomorrow too! I'm nervous about this one...are you?