Welcome to March, April Bandits! Can you believe next month is our Bandiversary? It doesn't seem possible that we've been banded almost a year. Let's keep up our exercise goal and cruise on into goal....

We're upping our challenge for the month in number of sessions (by one). Our ultimate goal is 20 sessions a month for 45 minutes each session, and we'll get there by April. For now, here's the March challenge:

(1) Complete 19 or more exercise sessions (counting only one session per day, if you're the type to do more!); and

(2) To count, each session must be at least 40 minutes in duration (two 20 min sessions in one day still counts).

Once we get past April, I would love to incorporate Boo's suggestion of having at least two levels to the challenge (maybe 15 sessions and 20 sesssions) in order to accommodate more people's long-term goals. Let's talk about that this month, as well as how we plan to Celebrate our bandiversaries. I love Amourette's idea of planning a chat time for all of us to "meet." Maybe we should set aside time on April 1st?

Looks like you are nominated Boo :welldoneclap: I really like the levels of Achievement, it works for all fitness levels

Boo those levels sounds great to me I guess I will be aiming for silver cause I cant do more than 18 excercises a mont although I always excercise for more than hour.

Great idea!

Will you please start the thread? Thank you.

Julie how are you feeling? I know you are doing well you arent such a wuss like me:-)

Thanks, ladies!! I'll start it on Saturday (today). I just want to hear if anyone wants any changes or additions???

I'll be the substitute for Julie while she is post-op and can't exercise this month.

I keep grabbing at that roll/flab of a belly and am imagining how awesome I could look...hmmmm...getting ideas.

HEY, I ran 2 1/2 miles non-stop tonight. I've got two weeks to prepare for a 5K/ Can I do it???

DAWN, was it your post about shopping? It's probably on the Bandiversary thread. I was laughing. My husband keeps calling my cel (wondering when I'm coming home) and I'll be out "running errands." I try not to buy much at this size, but it sure is fun to try it all on, huh?

Shopping!! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

Of course you can! Just keep training and working up your distance, the farther you run in your training the easier it will be. I think the serious marathons that are like 25 miles they only train to like 13 miles. Not sure that works with shorter distances though.

OK.................I didn't quite make it this month..............think I got in 15 - I guess not bad for the kind of month it was!

On to our Bandanniversary month!

I think I am at the same...not sure cause I changed my signature and lost count. It is either 15 or 16. So we made BRONZE!!!

Now we are goin' for the GOLD!

I am running tonight! Weeeeee!

I'm going for a walk tomorrow! MY first official session!