Here is the official thread for the 600 Minute March, exclusively created for the New Year Knockouts! If you've already begun, then keep on truckin'. If you haven't, then get up off your tushies and get moving toward your 600 exercise minutes for the remainder of the month of March! Make a ticker, a graph, or just post your progress in this thread. We're all here for support and ideas on how to get in all our minutes. Next month, we'll change challenges and venture into a new goal. Go Knockouts!

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To get this exercise challenge in gear, I am challenging myself to exercise every weekday this week. Already did 65 min yesterday and I'm going to swim for an hour tonight. I'm going to aim to get over 200 min this week! Maybe I'm being a little ambitious, but we'll see what happens.

So what kind of exercising are you guys doing to pass the minutes in the minute march? I'm mostly walking/running on the treadmill and some weight machines and some swimming.

I just joined Curves, so I'll be able to get in 30 minutes (or more) about 4-5 days per week doing that. I really want to swim laps or join water aerobics, but still too embarrassed to get into a bathing suit in public. Anybody else do that? If so, how did you get over your image issues? I'm a big girl and I get anxiety just thinking about people seeing me in my suit.

I really want to swim laps or join Water aerobics, but still too embarrassed to get into a bathing suit in public. Anybody else do that? If so, how did you get over your image issues? I'm a big girl and I get anxiety just thinking about people seeing me in my suit.

I just started swimming once a week for an hour. Even at my heaviest, I went swimming in public. I just try not to think about what other people think about me. I just do what I need to do. I do wear shorts because I feel more comfortable that way, so you could do that.

I have been pretty motivated on the exercise thing this week. I am actually starting to enjoy it! I met a lady at my little girls swimming lessons that has been keeping me motivated. Today she jumped on the eliptical next to me. I would have gotten off after about 10 minutes because I think the eliptical is so freakin hard to do, but she kept talking to me and encouraging me. She was like "just 2 more minutes, I know you can do it!". Next thing I knew I had been on it for 30 minutes! I am super excited! I found out I am stronger then I thought I was.

MamaJava... as for the swim suit thing. No one is more self conscious then me! I have FORCED myself to get in my swimsuit and take my little girls to their swimming lessons. I think that I probably spend more time worrying about if people are looking at me then it's worth. I figure, let them look! They wont be looking at me at this size much longer! The swim suit I have worn for the last 6 years (probably a total of 6 times in 6 years since I hate getting in a swim suit SO bad) is too big already! Go for it.... you are doing something good for yourself! :tongue:

good job ladies let's keep up the good work

I updated my ticker...can't believe it's been 150 minutes already! I really enjoy this. I hope you're all still headed toward that 600 minute mark!

So I have to ask - I moved over the weekend and on Saturday I was on the go from 9am to 4pm without stopping/sitting/resting carrying, lifting, walking, loading, unloading... how many hrs worth of exercise do you think that would count for? By the time I sat down every part of my body was in agony.

Can't help you there. I was walking all day at Disney on Sunday, so is that 10 hours right there?

I was walking everyday in FLA, 1 hour a day. So that is 10 days, 10 hours, or the whole 600 minutes? If we add in Sunday, that would be another 600 minutes, right?

I lost unofficially on my home scale, 6 pounds since my doc visit on 2/15/08. I don't go back until 3/20/08.

I just joined Curves, so I'll be able to get in 30 minutes (or more) about 4-5 days per week doing that. I really want to swim laps or join Water aerobics, but still too embarrassed to get into a bathing suit in public. Anybody else do that? If so, how did you get over your image issues? I'm a big girl and I get anxiety just thinking about people seeing me in my suit.

Don't be embarrassed. I wore my bathing suit all week in FLA, it was a size 22. I wore shorts with it. If you walk around confidentally, and everything isn't hanging out, you will not stick out in a crowd.

Chrisann,

How did your Pilates class go?? So jealous....

I am starting to feel sore now. Otherwise it was fun, but hard.

I bought a bosu ball at target last night. They are soooo much fun. Just standing on them is a workout. I did the tape that went with it. I could do most of the stuff without pain, but there is one exercise that you lay on the ball on your stomach and kinda "Superman" it. That one hurts my port.

Little sore today also...

Well... I admit that I counted 4 hours worth of my moving as exercise. The past couple weeks then the weekend with moving had me so exhausted and in crazy sore pain that exercising was not going to happen. I'll admit to being lazy and hating exercise but when it hurts to stand up and walk after 8 hours of moving + unpacking time I just don't care haha. Oh well.

I did it!! I got 605 minutes as of this morning!! wooo hoooo

~Amy

Congrats Amy! WTG!