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April 2014 challenge: 1,000 minutes of exercise!

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5K views 113 replies 6 participants last post by  Catholic Mama 
#1 ·
For those who participated in the March challenge, and anyone else who would like to set a goal and get healthy.

I made a list of things to do this morning - haven't started yet but will after my children wake up and we eat breakfast and start school. Feel free to make your own list for when you want to exercise but aren't sure what to do.

Some ideas:

-swim

-walk around your yard, the block, the neighborhood, etc.

-lift weights (or walk holding cans)

-sit-ups

-walk up and down stairs

-go running

-jumping jacks

-pick up sticks in your yard, weed, etc.

-walk the dog

-chase the cat back inside

-ride an exercise bike

When I've woken up more and my knee feels better I will post what I've done to start exercising this month. I'm excited from last month and I look forward to seeing how everyone does.
 
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#28 ·
4/1 - 125 minutes total.....60 minute solid weight lifting and then 60 minutes climbing stairs (5.6 miles) at the gym. Light stretching)

4/2 - 60 minute run includes 5 minute stretch

4/3 - 40 minutes of full body exercises

4/4 - not sure if I"m doing anything today.....It's only 1 pm.

4/5 - 70 minutes in the gym - 60 cardio and then only 10 weights before the I was interrupted by my family. As usual ;-)

4/6 - 50 minutes running the trails with hubby. We ran and then walked a little checking out new neighborhood construction

345/1500
 
#29 ·
04/01 30 bike

04/03 35 run/walk

04/04 70 40 run/walk + 30 bike

04/05 25 day 2 shred

04/06 25 run/walk

185/1000
 
#31 ·
Good job Shelley!!

I also had a very delicious healthy meal : mixed greens with red bell pepper, red onion, bean sprouts, organic salami and goat cheese with lil hemp oil hmmm

Today... is not the best day. Woke up to a pulled muscle in my butt, weird trigger finger, then biked to the grocery store with DS in his bike seat, the bike got stolen... SUX!

Anyway, still managed a little exercise!

04/01 30 bike

04/03 35 run/walk

04/04 70 40 run/walk + 30 bike

04/05 25 day 2 shred

04/06 25 run/walk

04/07 35 (10 bike + 25 day 3 shred)

220/1000
 
#33 ·
4/1 - 125 minutes total.....60 minute solid weight lifting and then 60 minutes climbing stairs (5.6 miles) at the gym. Light stretching)

4/2 - 60 minute run includes 5 minute stretch

4/3 - 40 minutes of full body exercises

4/4 - not sure if I"m doing anything today.....It's only 1 pm.

4/5 - 70 minutes in the gym - 60 cardio and then only 10 weights before the I was interrupted by my family. As usual ;-)

4/6 - 50 minutes running the trails with hubby. We ran and then walked a little checking out new neighborhood construction

4/7 - 100 minutes in the gym - 60 minutes on the treadmill and 40 minutes weights

445/1500
 
#35 ·
Thx Catholic mama!

04/01 30 bike

04/03 35 run/walk

04/04 70 40 run/walk + 30 bike

04/05 25 day 2 shred

04/06 25 run/walk

04/07 35 (10 bike + 25 day 3 shred)

04/08 40 run/walk (solid run or 20 mins then half jog half walk)

260/1000
 
#36 ·
60 mins walk on treadmill. meant to go outside with the double stroller, but my older daughter came home from school "sick" (aka she's sitting on the couch playing video games and seems just fine...)

560/1000
 
#37 ·
4/1 - 125 minutes total.....60 minute solid weight lifting and then 60 minutes climbing stairs (5.6 miles) at the gym. Light stretching)

4/2 - 60 minute run includes 5 minute stretch

4/3 - 40 minutes of full body exercises

4/4 - not sure if I"m doing anything today.....It's only 1 pm.

4/5 - 70 minutes in the gym - 60 cardio and then only 10 weights before the I was interrupted by my family. As usual ;-)

4/6 - 50 minutes running the trails with hubby. We ran and then walked a little checking out new neighborhood construction

4/7 - 100 minutes in the gym - 60 minutes on the treadmill and 40 minutes weights

4/8 - 50 minutes - 45 minute run and stretching

495/1500

I'm tired......I need tomorrow off I think.
 
#40 ·
taking the morning off to do nothing. i have a doctor's appointment this afternoon. i'll likely be weighed there. hopefully i'll see some change, i feel like i've been working so hard for it.

so, still at 560/1000

hoping to go for a walk with hubby after supper tonight, but not much else.
 
#42 ·
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Originally Posted by Catholic Mama View Post

I hope you're happy about what happens at the doctor's office, shelley4.
Thanks. I am SO happy! i lost 10 lbs in the last 3 weeks... wooooot! i've cleaned up my diet, been exercising alot. plus, i was diagnosed with hypothyroidism (which makes you tend to gain weight), and was put on meds 3 weeks ago. my thyroid levels are now in the "normal" range... i think it's really helping the weight come off. i doubt i'll be able to keep up this rate of weight loss, but i'm so happy to be off to a good start!
 
#43 ·
That's great! I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, too, towards the end of 2012 and even though the doctor upped my dose of levothyroxine last year it's really slow going losing weight because I'm also taking psych meds, so sometimes I feel like it's an uphill battle and the meds are probably working against each other.

Second mile ~20 minutes + 730 = 750/1,000
 
#44 ·
20 mins walk outside with hubby

580/1000

meds suck sometimes, huh. i'm shocked that my TSH came down so quickly. two weeks before my blood draw, i was at 6.9 today i'm at 2.5! and on such a tiny dose... .05 per day. i really thought it would take several months of tinkering with my dose to get it sorted out. i do have all sorts of hypo symptoms though, including the weight gain. i've been slowly gaining over the last ~4 yrs or so. who knows when my thyroid started going out of whack. i'm also taking 1 tsp of powdered sea vegetables in my morning smoothie. apparently the extra iodine is supposed to help hypothyroidism... and it's working for me so far. i can dig out the brand if you'd like :D
 
#45 ·
10 lb in 3 weeks, that's a lot!! Is the powdered sea veggie you're talking about called Agar agar?

04/01 30 bike

04/03 35 run/walk

04/04 70 40 run/walk + 30 bike

04/05 25 day 2 shred

04/06 25 run/walk

04/07 35 (10 bike + 25 day 3 shred)

04/08 40 run/walk (solid run or 20 mins then half jog half walk)

04/09 45 (25 run + 20 walk to work)

305/1000
 
#46 ·
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Originally Posted by Jaxy View Post

10 lb in 3 weeks, that's a lot!! Is the powdered sea veggie you're talking about called Agar agar?
Yes, it is alot, i totally wasn't expecting it. i think fixing up my thyroid led to most of that loss. the sea veg. powder i take is called Schinoussa, i have the one in the green bottle (they make several varieties, this one specifically says thyroid/weight loss on it). it's pricey (i think i paid $45), but you only take 1 tsp at a time, i think there are 60+ servings in the bottle. it's a blend of a bunch of different sea veggies. i put it in my morning smoothies, i don't even taste it (i hate anything even remotely "fishy" tasting).
 
#48 ·
25 minute walk, mile around the yard before breakfast + 50 minutes of mulching before lunch = 75 + 825/1,000
75 minutes - I finished the bags of mulch! - after lunch and watered plants + 825 = 900/1,000

I also take a tablespoon of coconut oil twice a day for my thyroid and hopefully my metabolism.
 
#50 ·
2 miles so far today = 20 + 20 = 40 minutes + 900 = 940/1,000

Half an hour of picking up sticks - 30 + 940 = 970/1,000

Third mile and more walking = 30 + 970 = 1,000/1,000 :D

I will post more later if my bike doesn't squeak or croak when I try it after my children go to bed; I sprayed it with WD-40 again.
 
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