We are starting our 4th month of the 2009 Mile Challenge. Come and join us!

How does this work ? I want to join.

I'm in on this. My goal is 30 miles on the treadmill.

David

My goal is to run the chicago marathon in 2010.

i started running after my band 7 months ago about a mile

i now run 8 miles on my long run day.

Count me in. Yesterday I just got a new walking shoes, and I'm anxious to break them in. My goal for Oct is 25 miles.

What do I need to do.. I want to be at 220 for Thanksgiving to see my family...

Thanksgiving ticker

Hello. I'm am so happy to have quite a few newcomers join us on our challenge. It is so easy. No preparation at all. Most of us use treadmills, stationary bikes, ellipticals or nature walks to get our miles in. Set a goal and start exercising.

We will log our miles once a week. Since October starts on Thursday, we will log our miles walked for the week on Wednesdays. If you need encouragement check out our July and August 2009 Mile threads.

I am losing so many inches just from riding my bike. I started with a 50 mile goal and went up to 71 miles in August. I went back to work, but still managed to get in 60.5 miles for September. We can do it. Take it one day at a time.

What do I need to do.. I want to be at 220 for Thanksgiving to see my family...

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Hi Jessi,

Since you have a weight in mind for Thanksgiving, you may also want to join the Turkey Day Challenge.

Here's the tread for the Turkey Day Challenge.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/turke...2009-a-100905/

Just sign on, and tell everyone your goal to loose by Thanksgiving.

Then go to the excel sheet, and log in your name, etc.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkYQ5YZkmOeIdE14aUJDSWs5RDFmRHgxZHVBR1JNdnc&hl=en

I think you need a g-mail account to access the spreadsheet, which, if you don't already have one, you can easily set up through google.

You can update the spreadsheet once a week, or whenever you loose some weight.

Good luck.

Joan

I'm back in again! For October I will try 85 miles. I will use the treadmill, elliptical, bike and nature walks to get to my goal. Good luck everyone!

Edited October 2, 200916 yr by rayne913

I'm in again too. Challenge 75 miles.

I would love to join in on this. I have a set of Walk at Home DVD's that I need to start using.

So since I just got banded 4 weeks ago and this will be my first month, I am going to say my October Mile's will be 45.

Hope I am not trying to aim to high...but that would be a nice starting goal I think.

Can't wait to start logging my miles. :thumbup:

Hmmm, this sounds interesting! So is this all day miles, say with a pedometer or is this exercise miles, logged by any means, as long as it's exercise?

I've got to get back to walking my neighborhood now that the weather has finally cooled off. this just might help me do that.

I'll have to think about what my goal could be.

I'll be back!

I would love to join in on this. I have a set of Walk at Home DVD's that I need to start using.

So since I just got banded 4 weeks ago and this will be my first month, I am going to say my October Mile's will be 45.

Hope I am not trying to aim to high...but that would be a nice starting goal I think.

Can't wait to start logging my miles. :thumbup:

Welcome to the challenge Courtney! We are glad you are on board with us.

Hmmm, this sounds interesting! So is this all day miles, say with a pedometer or is this exercise miles, logged by any means, as long as it's exercise?

I've got to get back to walking my neighborhood now that the weather has finally cooled off. this just might help me do that.

I'll have to think about what my goal could be.

I'll be back!

Hello Heartfire. We log actual exercise.

Hello Heartfire. We log actual exercise.

Hi! That's what I thought but figured I'd better know for sure.

Okay, I'm in. Going to start slow. Need to get back into my routine of walking. I'm going to shoot for 30 miles this month.

My neighborhood is VERY hilly (I live in the mtns.). I have 2 routes that I do. The first one w/the kiddo in the stroller and the dog on her leash is 1.5 miles. The second one that I do by myself (dog is too old to walk that far and the hills are too big for me w/the stroller just yet) is 2.5 miles. I rarely get to do the 2nd one as much as I like.

Hmm. I've never done one of these before. I was banded at the end of March. I was exercising a lot until the end of May and then I got busy with my jobs and it went kaput. Time to lose the excuse, especially since work is slowing down for me and the weather is cooling off.

I'm going to go with 30 miles.

Edited October 4, 200916 yr by addelapp5