I made my Monday goal! Day two of my starting exercising was walking on the treadmill for 30 minutes. Did really good. Was at a 2.4 speed with a 4.0 incline with two one minute 8.0 inclines to get the heart a pumping and a 2 minute 0.0 incline at 1.9 speed for cool down. Then afterward a 20 minute stretching routine. I feel great! Yay!

Well done both of you :) I like the whole having to report in thing.
Well Monday I exceeded myself :D Went on a lovely dog walk through the woods for an hour, walking up a hill that took 10 mins to climb (It was an unexpected but rewarding challenge). Then I spent an hour in the afternoon walking through the town with a friend. Felt tired but pleased :)

Wow! Good job Becca.

My only goal was to get out and see if the new sneakers were going to give me blisters. I bought Nike barefoot runners. The backs are soft and flexible. I took one of my dogs to the end of my road .4 miles with no problem. I took the other dog after dinner still with no problem for a total of 1.6 miles. It was enough considering I haven't been able to go walking for about six weeks.

Two and a quarter mile walk...check!

Great work everyone!!

I did not set a formal goal but I was allowed to beging regular walking for the first day since my parathyroid surgery.

My friend who had gastric bypass last year and I walked 2 miles on the nature trail. does shopping count ...man she walks my legs off in stores lol

Katlin, When I spend chunks of time walking (for any reason), I think it counts! LOL!

awesome Becca I like the way you think! I like this thread . I'm not up to exercise every day ....yesterday leaves me feeling today like I had never gotten my are off the sofa before .......I should ask if that is normal........anyway thanks Becca good thread.

Congrats on getting out there and getting it done!

As for me, well normally because Monday was a holiday I would tell myself I could take a holiday away from the gym too. This year was different, I went to the gym and worked my little heart out! I did 30 minutes on the eliptical, then went downstairs and did another 45 min. in the pool aquasizing!

Later that day I continued exercising by cleaning up old drywall, trash, etc from our kitchen remodel and taking to the dump. Also, did some major landscape remodel by removing some huge over grown shrubs and trees. That was very hard work. So, I think I definitely got my exercise in for Monday!

banshee that's fantastic... great job........ however you put me to shame you did nearly more in a day then I can say I have in 2 weeks total. lol

Is the kitchen shaping up for you? fires are so scary and between the water smoke and flames destroy things quickly.. ....you didn't put your husband in time out or put him in the dog house did you? I lost track of that thread when it happened.

Okay here's my report. I started my week on Sunday and my goal was to do 25-30 minutes of excersize every other day this week. I walked 40 mins on Sunday, rested yesterday and walked 25 minutes today. I feel like I am doing pretty good. I am trying to slow it down a little because of the dizzy spells I have been having. So far so good.

I did not make my goal. No excuse. I have got to get motivated. My surgery is coming up soon.

This is actually for Tuesday. Made my goal of .5 hour on the treadmill and then a 20 minute stretching warmdown. Felt soooooo good. I was tired at first, only slept 3.5 hours last night. But got up there and got the heart pumping good.

Wonderful everyone!!! And Joy... I hope the kitchen is coming along and there is an end in sight!