Hey fitness freaks....and wannabe freaks. Time for the November installment of the fitness challenge. To try to be more inclusive and get more participation, I'm going to open things up in a new way.

The point of this challenge is to set a goal for yourself for the month of November. A fitness goal which will be challenging.....slightly more than you know you can do, more than you did last month. The goal needs to be a concrete measurable goal. The goal can be miles run, walked, biked, swam, ellipted or paddled....or a combination of all of them. But it can also be a goal of hours of exercise. 30 hours of exercise in a month is a challenging goal for many people. It can also be a specific exercise if you prefer....like 3000 squats and 1000 push-ups. Whatever it is, make it challenging, not easy. As I always say, growth and comfort cannot coexist. You want to be slightly uncomfortable. The goal should challenge you...make you slightly nervous as to whether or not you can reach it. Then....GO FOR IT!

Introduce yourself and spell out your goal for the month. Then come back here everyday or as often as you can and update the group as to your current progress toward your goal. Whether or not you make your goal is not the point. The point is to push yourself just a little further than you thought you could go.

I'll start. I'm only 4 weeks post op from my TT so not back to 100% yet, but I anticipate getting stronger as the month goes on. So my goal for November is to walk/run 60 miles. That's double what I'm going to do this month, so a challenging goal. Wish me luck.

Please join in and get moving.

I got in a 3.30 mile walk/jog last night for a total of 40.37 miles, this morning I am awake way to early!! These photos are 9 1/2 months post op!

You look great. But... is that a heater in your fireplace? If so why do you have firewood sitting next to it?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Also - I have been making good progress towards my November challenge goals of being able to do kipping pull-ups, double unders and handstand push-ups.

I can now do kipping pull-ups unassisted. My unbroken is at 20. Good form too. Today's a WOD has us doing 75 in between row events. We had a workout that required 300 the other day Working towards that for end of month goal

I can now do double unders. Figured them out by doing 2 single and then 1 double. Really focusing on good technique and total relaxation. It is tension in the shoulders and arms that messes these up. I can do 50 unbroken, but we had a workout the other day that had 150. Working towards that for end of month goal.

I am not able to properly do headstand push-ups on the wall yet, but have graduated from box knee to box toes. Sort of a military push-up with only your toes on the box and your body arched up high in a v shape, hands on ground. I am going to try and get these head stand push-ups before end of month, even if only 1. My goal was to do 50 I think, but even doing 3-5 would be ok for me. Need to get my shoulder and arm strength jacked up before that is going to happen.

Sorry for the bad formatting in my posts. The new iPad bariatric pal app has a terrible time with formatting. Any tricks to work around it?

Sorry for the bad formatting in my posts. The new iPad bariatric pal app has a terrible time with formatting. Any tricks to work around it?

it's horrible on the app. but it actually shows up appropriately on the computer. I struggle with the new app's formatting, it's showing of it's html code which I then feel like I should be debugging...it's driving me batty.

Hi all: I missed you all too much to stay away! Don't like the change to Bariatric Pal and was unsure about continuing my participation in the forums. But I've realized that I need the support and encouragement and the sense of community. So I know we're halfway thru november but I'd like to join in the challenge. I've been sitting on my lazy ass for the past three weeks so I am going to challenge myself to get into the gym three days a week and go for a 1hour walk or bike ride on my non-gym days til the end of the month.

I got in a 3.30 mile walk/jog last night for a total of 40.37 miles, this morning I am awake way to early!! These photos are 9 1/2 months post op!

You look great. But... is that a heater in your fireplace? If so why do you have firewood sitting next to it?

Inquiring minds want to know.

It's a wood burning stove=D and thanks for the compliment !

I got in a 3.30 mile walk/jog last night for a total of 40.37 miles, this morning I am awake way to early!! These photos are 9 1/2 months post op!

You look great. But... is that a heater in your fireplace? If so why do you have firewood sitting next to it?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Thanks for the compliment =DIt's a wood burning stove

I got in a 3.30 mile walk/jog last night for a total of 40.37 miles, this morning I am awake way to early!! These photos are 9 1/2 months post op!

Omg you're tiny! Looking great. Long and lean.

Thank you, I'm about 14-15 lbs from goal.

Got in 25 mins of strength training and 35 mins. on the ellyptical. Felt good.

30 minutes of MMA!!

Hi all: I missed you all too much to stay away! Don't like the change to Bariatric Pal and was unsure about continuing my participation in the forums. But I've realized that I need the support and encouragement and the sense of community. So I know we're halfway thru november but I'd like to join in the challenge. I've been sitting on my lazy ass for the past three weeks so I am going to challenge myself to get into the gym three days a week and go for a 1hour walk or bike ride on my non-gym days til the end of the month.

Welcome back! We would have tracked you down somehow...lol

A great 4.45 miles walked today. Shari surprised me tonight on our nightly walk by going an extra lap around the block. It was chilly out but a nice walk. My month to date is now at 65.85 miles. Goal is to break 70 by tomorrow night which is half way thru the month.

Hey everyone! Tomorrow is my one-month surgiversary, and I just did Day 1 Week 1 of the C25K today!

Still keeping my daily steps in the 13k range (goal is 10,000+ per day).

I think I'm getting the hang of this fitness stuff!

MTD: 21.75. I'm going so slow! How am I going to make 60 miles this month? Ugh

MTD: 23.35

Only 3miles today not feeling so hot, hope I'm not getting the flu MTD-45m 4 sessons