So I have been struggling or rather slacking a bit with my exercise...

I have decided that if I post my weekly goals than maybe I will be more accountable to myself since I don't like failing in public :thumbup:

Anyone is welcome to join me

Next week I am shooting for 150 minutes of exercise. I will post my progress periodically through the week. Week starts tomorrow! (Sunday)

Oh well looks I will be posting to myself but here it goes lol...

15/150... late night at the hospital with my bro in law who was bleeding and had to be transfused and two trips to OR... home at 3:30a back to hospital at 9:30a.... glad I got my 15 in... 30 tomorrow for sure!

Have you considered lap swimming? I have knee problems so it is my exercise of choice. I find that after swimming I feel less taxed than when I do the eliptical machine. I swim for an hour at a moderate pace (no stopping). I am pre-band and since I started swiming in 9/08 I have lost 76 pounds. While I improved my eating habits I did not start a really serious diet until my band consult in 1/10. I use a waterproof MP3 player which makes swimming sooooo much more pleasant.

Good luck monkey mama! I live in the gym! Once you make it routine, its easy to stick to. I do VERY intense work outs 6 days a week, twice a day on three of those days. I dont know if you belong to a gym, but the thing I have been doing to trying classes out. I now go to a boot camp, step, zumba, weight lifting, and yoga! Its great way to switch things up and trick your body also! It is soooo fun and now I miss not going if I ever have to miss! Exercise should be fun and enjoyable, not a chore. Keep it up and you will get there. Just try to do things to make it fun for you!

I am in the gym 5 days a week on average from 35 to 50 minutes a day and am burning anywhere from 220 to 320 calories at a time. I feel great afterward but the weight is coming off so slowly!!!

Yeah I finally made it to the gym today :smile2: 45 mins on the treadmill. Feels great...

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I try to get 150 mins in per week too. I walk 1 mile roundtrip from the train to my office mon thru Fri, but don't want to count that toward my exercise, since my body is likely used to it (doing that walk for 10 years lol).

Monday I did 40 mins of turbojam turbosculpt w/ weights and Tuesday I did turbojam Cardio Party. I plan on swimming tonight when I get home if the weather cooperates, but my back up would be my Hip Hop Abs total body burn dvd (40 mins).

Good luck! Sounds like you're having a good exercise week!

Twenty minutes of weights this AM :thumbup: Hope I am not annoying people with this post but it is motivating me..

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Post away! It is not annoying but more motivating hearing others get with it. Keep it up you are doing great!:thumbup:

Okay figured I would just put my week together here:

Monday- TurboJam TurboSculpt with Weights (40 mins)

Tuesday-- Turbojam Cardio Party (40 mins)

Wednesday-- TurboJam TurboSculpt with Weights (40 mins)

Thursday-- Hip Hop Abs--Fat Burning Cardio (25 mins) in the morning; did it again with my sister in the evening (25 mins)

Friday-- Morning TurboJam TurboSculpt with Weights (40 mins); Hip Hop Abs--fat burning cardio (25 mins)

That's 235 minutes for this week so far and I still have tomorrow and Sunday to go! Yeah! I had a really good week this week when it came to exercise!

That's AWESOME Juliansmom!! Way to go... one day I'll get there!

35 minutes on the elliptical today. I need 35 tomorrow to make my goal for the week.

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wow how do you manage to get in 150 minutes, at what time do you do exercise? i only have time to get in a 1 hour class everyday. and i go to the gym from 5-6am

Laura the 150 is for the week!! I usually exercise late afternoon/evening after work. One day this week I went to the gym in the AM because my son slept out.

You're kicking some butt too, monkeymama! Great idea to keep track on this thread!!

45 mins today on the Wii Fit Plus- mixed it up cardio heavy with some yoga and strength straining... I made my goal :smile: and I can honestly say that I was contemplating not exercising after work today but I so wanted to be able to post that I made it on here... so thanks!

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Next week I am adding ten more minutes to what I did this week so new goal:

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45 mins today on the Wii Fit Plus- mixed it up cardio heavy with some yoga and strength straining... I made my goal and I can honestly say that I was contemplating not exercising after work today but I so wanted to be able to post that I made it on here... so thanks!

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Next week I am adding ten more minutes to what I did this week so new goal:

170 Minutes

Very Impressive, monkeymama!! I was banded on 6/1 and have been a total exercise slacker. I am having knee problems (did before the surgery) and it's just so hard to get up and go before or after work when it hurts to walk. *whine*

You are inspiring me. I am going to set a small goal starting today of 15 minutes exercise per day. I know it's not near enough..but I am starting small. I have a pool where I live, so I should be able to swim a couple days a week (got a new suit yesterday).

Thanks for the inspiration! And great job reaching your goal!