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'm in! I'm only cleared for walking, but I'd like to shoot for 30 miles this month. My brand new Fitbit will help tracking very nicely!

I'm in with a simpler goal of following my c25k regimen and doing 1 extra of the highest each week

Ok Im in a grouch face mood today, but Im sitting in the parking lot at the Y. Ready.Set.Swim.

I'm in for 30 hours of exercise this month! I'm almost 2 months out and hoping to get cleared at my appointment next week to do any exercises (so far only officially cleared for walking).

I started one day early by logging 15,610 steps yesterday!! That's about 4.25 miles for me!

My goal is to average 10,000 or more for Nov.

OK, November 1 is here! I'm having panniculectomy and hernia surgery in 4 days... So my goal is to work out either c25k or my class everyday until then. I'm on end of week seven, wanted to finish... Probably not now though. After surgery I'm hoping to get in 25? Miles... I'm not sure what will be obtainable.... Let's do this!

Hey y'all! I am Angi. My goals for the month of November are: 1. The 30 day plank challenge; 2. walk/elliptical 100 miles.

Morning everyone. Got my first 3 miles in already this morning. And no Halloween candy for me last night. It's gonna be a good month.

I'm in for 2,000 bodyweight squats,3,000 desk pushups and 200 miles on the bike outdoors and/or elliptical/indoor bike depending on weather. I didn't make my goal last month but I still feel good about making progress!

Edited November 1, 201312 yr by SerendipityHappens

Hey all...so I added a few things to my goals, the 30 day plank challenge, 30 day lunges challenge and the 30 day tricep challenge....happy to say I did all of them....idk how I will feel later since right now my thighs feel like jello lol but day one is checked off. Yaaay!

Hi, it's Tammy, so day 1 I did 4 miles on tread mill and 1 strength training session. If I can keep this up I will have 120 miles for the month, which will be an improvement over my typical 90 miles per month.

Will take the challenge ! I still have 3 1/2 months till surgery :-( but inspired by all these posts. My start goal is 30 minutes per day of exercise .

Hey everyone!! November has begun and I did 5 miles today!!' The most I've done yet in one day!!!! I am determined to get 100 miles this month. Good luck to everyone!! Make it an active month!!!

11/1 Squats:60 Desk pushups:90 Bike miles: 15 Other Miles:0

Totals: Squats:60 Desk pushups:90 Bike Miles: 15 Other Miles: 0

Goals Squats:2,000 Desk Pushups: 3,000 Combined miles:200

To go: Squats: 1,940 Desk pushups: 2,910 Combined miles: 185

I walked 2 miles at lunch. This weekend I'll figure out the bike commute - there was a trailer truck on fire on the side of the highway in rush hour last night, further cementing my zeal to never again use my car to get to work.

I upped some of my weights last night at the gym - fueled either by road rage, sugar or increased strength.