[Catholic Mama]

Thank you Nazsmum and lab.

This is encouraging: Doctors are saying it may be healthier to be a little heavier

My foot is hurting like my period is about to start, and since it hasn't started tonight it will probably start tomorrow and my foot will continue hurting, and that will set me back in terms of my goal. I will try to take it easy tomorrow though.

3/22 rode my exercise bike for 40 minutes + walked 1 mile in 30 minutes + 10 minute walk + 20 more minutes riding my exercise bike = 100
3/23 20 minutes of walking
If it wasn't so late now, I would go ride my bike. My foot might be hurting too much anyway.
I'll be riding my bike more than walking as we finish up March because I can't walk very far without sciatic pain. I can't count stretching in my time anymore, either, because the chiropractor said to hold off on the core stretches and mainly just stick with the anti sciatica stretch. I sure can't complain about massages and chiropractic care though!
100 + 20 = 120
1,135 + 120 = 1,255/2,000

 

[Nazsmum]

3/24 60 mins

 

[Nazsmum]

990 + 60 = 1050

 

[Catholic Mama]

3/24 85 minutes picking up sticks + 30 minutes pulling vines (this time without the wheelbarrow, so this involved some walking back and forth) + swept the front porch and sidewalk for 15 minutes + raked and watered the plants for 25 minutes + walked 1 mile kicking my soccer ball for 35 minutes + 10 minutes riding my exercise bike = 200
1,255 + 200 = 1,455/2,000 Woo-hoo! (yes my foot didn't hurt today)

 

[Nazsmum]

3/25 60 mins

 

[lab]

3/1 - 35 minutes on the elliptical since I rolled my ankle
3/2 - Off - I need to prop my ankle up and rest it. Plus my baby has a fever and I don't want to leave while he is sleeping
3/2 - 30 minute easy run on flat pavement
3/3 - 80 minute jog
3/4 - 50 minute walk
3/5 - off
3/6 - 45 minutes on the stairs at the gym
3/7 - off
3/8 - 65 minute hike with hubs
3/9 - 85 minutes solid running with about a 5 minute stretch
3/10 - 65 minutes at the park
3/11 - 65 minute run and stretching
3/12 - can't remember!
3/13 - 30 minutes walking with dd
3/14 - off!
3/15 - off! I meant to run in the afternoon but I got busy cleaning
3/16 - 30 minute run in the woods
3/17 - 60 minute trail run
3/18 - 100 minutes in the gym
3/19 - 80 minutes at the park, walking and jogging
3/20 - picked up my college kid and missed my work out
3/21 - 70 minute jog with hubby
3/22 - 65 minute trail run with hubs
3/23 - 45 minute trail run
3/24 - 70 minutes brisk walking
3/25 - 50 minute run


1085/1300

 

[Catholic Mama]

3/25 about 10 minutes of walking + 40 minutes riding my exercise bike fast/hard until sciatica = 50
1,455 + 50 = 1,505/2,000

 

[Nazsmum]

3/26 60 mins

1050 + 60 + 60 = 1170 Amazing what snow can do!!! :wink:

 

[lab]

3/1 - 35 minutes on the elliptical since I rolled my ankle
3/2 - Off - I need to prop my ankle up and rest it. Plus my baby has a fever and I don't want to leave while he is sleeping
3/2 - 30 minute easy run on flat pavement
3/3 - 80 minute jog
3/4 - 50 minute walk
3/5 - off
3/6 - 45 minutes on the stairs at the gym
3/7 - off
3/8 - 65 minute hike with hubs
3/9 - 85 minutes solid running with about a 5 minute stretch
3/10 - 65 minutes at the park
3/11 - 65 minute run and stretching
3/12 - can't remember!
3/13 - 30 minutes walking with dd
3/14 - off!
3/15 - off! I meant to run in the afternoon but I got busy cleaning
3/16 - 30 minute run in the woods
3/17 - 60 minute trail run
3/18 - 100 minutes in the gym
3/19 - 80 minutes at the park, walking and jogging
3/20 - picked up my college kid and missed my work out
3/21 - 70 minute jog with hubby
3/22 - 65 minute trail run with hubs
3/23 - 45 minute trail run
3/24 - 70 minutes brisk walking
3/25 - 50 minute run
3/26 - 55 minute run

1140/1300

 

[Catholic Mama]

3/26 raked for 30 minutes + walked almost 3/4 mile until I heard thunder, 20 minutes = 50
1,505 + 50 = 1,555/2,000

The race to finish exercising to meet my goal this month will be close! (I know I don't have to prove anything to anybody; this is more for me than for anybody else and I'm really the only one who cares that much about meeting my goal. It's more important to me this month than in other months because this'll be the 12th month in a row if I can meet it, which will make a year of exercising for at least 2,000 minutes each month!)

 

[Nazsmum]

@catholicmama - maybe you could get on the exercise bike with a good book for a long ride? I hope you make the goal:wink:

3/27 I walked in the park. 90 mins

 

[lab]

@catholicmama I think I'll be close too. But even though it is just 'for us' isn't funny how competitive we are being with ourselves. I don't know about you, but this little thread is what gets me out the door some mornings. And like a wise man told me, it's okay to give yourself permission to not feel guilty!



3/1 - 35 minutes on the elliptical since I rolled my ankle
3/2 - Off - I need to prop my ankle up and rest it. Plus my baby has a fever and I don't want to leave while he is sleeping
3/2 - 30 minute easy run on flat pavement
3/3 - 80 minute jog
3/4 - 50 minute walk
3/5 - off
3/6 - 45 minutes on the stairs at the gym
3/7 - off
3/8 - 65 minute hike with hubs
3/9 - 85 minutes solid running with about a 5 minute stretch
3/10 - 65 minutes at the park
3/11 - 65 minute run and stretching
3/12 - can't remember!
3/13 - 30 minutes walking with dd
3/14 - off!
3/15 - off! I meant to run in the afternoon but I got busy cleaning
3/16 - 30 minute run in the woods
3/17 - 60 minute trail run
3/18 - 100 minutes in the gym
3/19 - 80 minutes at the park, walking and jogging
3/20 - picked up my college kid and missed my work out
3/21 - 70 minute jog with hubby
3/22 - 65 minute trail run with hubs
3/23 - 45 minute trail run
3/24 - 70 minutes brisk walking
3/25 - 50 minute run
3/26 - 55 minute run
3/27 - 55 minutes weight lifting at the gym

1195/1300

 

[Nazsmum]

3/28 15 mins
3/29 ??

 

[Nazsmum]

3/30 60 mins

1170 + 90 + 60 + 15 = WOW! :grin:

 

[Catholic Mama]

@catholicmama - maybe you could get on the exercise bike with a good book for a long ride? I hope you make the goal:wink:

3/27 I walked in the park. 90 mins

Thank you, Nazsmum. My exercise bike works my hands and arms as well as my legs and feet (it has handles that move when the pedals move) and it's easier to go faster with my feet if I also move my hands, so that's why I usually don't read while I ride. I've thought about it before and it's a nice idea; thanks.

Also I found in the last week that since the accident, exercising much more than 30 minutes - whether walking or riding my exercise bike - brings on sciatic pain.

I might be pregnant anyway - my period is late and I don't know if it's because of pregnancy or the accident - so it's better not to overdo it.

3/27 35 minutes riding my exercise bike
3/28 vacuumed for 35 minutes + walked for about 45 minutes = 80
3/29 rode my exercise bike for 30 minutes + 10 minutes of walking + more exercise bike 30 = 70
3/30 40 minutes picking up sticks and watering the plants
35 + 80 + 70 + 40 = 225
1,555 + 225 = 1,780

 

[Nazsmum]

@catholicmama- You have to do what is right for you. Let us know if you are Preg!!! That would be great!

I only walked for about 30mins today. I had to go out.

 

[lab]

@catholicmama !!!! Congrats That is fantastic news. Babies are wonderful!


3/1 - 35 minutes on the elliptical since I rolled my ankle
3/2 - Off - I need to prop my ankle up and rest it. Plus my baby has a fever and I don't want to leave while he is sleeping
3/2 - 30 minute easy run on flat pavement
3/3 - 80 minute jog
3/4 - 50 minute walk
3/5 - off
3/6 - 45 minutes on the stairs at the gym
3/7 - off
3/8 - 65 minute hike with hubs
3/9 - 85 minutes solid running with about a 5 minute stretch
3/10 - 65 minutes at the park
3/11 - 65 minute run and stretching
3/12 - can't remember!
3/13 - 30 minutes walking with dd
3/14 - off!
3/15 - off! I meant to run in the afternoon but I got busy cleaning
3/16 - 30 minute run in the woods
3/17 - 60 minute trail run
3/18 - 100 minutes in the gym
3/19 - 80 minutes at the park, walking and jogging
3/20 - picked up my college kid and missed my work out
3/21 - 70 minute jog with hubby
3/22 - 65 minute trail run with hubs
3/23 - 45 minute trail run
3/24 - 70 minutes brisk walking
3/25 - 50 minute run
3/26 - 55 minute run
3/27 - 55 minutes weight lifting at the gym
3/29 - 30 minutes yoga
3/31 - 60 minute run Solid 8 and 1/2 minute mile for 55 minutes

I was finishing up my run today and knew I would be short. I thought about extending my run....but NAH!!!! Maybe next month...
See kids!! I'm not so obsessed.... (my kids swear I am obsessed with running)


1285/1300

 

[Nazsmum]

WOW it is April??? Good working out ladies :joy:joy:joy:thumb

 

[Catholic Mama]

10 minutes of walking yesterday
1,790