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Post by tickyboo on Aug 1, 2017 9:47:14 GMT
We are walkers, joggers, bicyclists, and some do other exercise. We set goals and keep track by miles. You can set your goal for any amount, count your miles any way you wish. The goal is consistency with exercise.
We started Jan. 20, 2003 on the WW Challenge Central Board as "250 Miles by June 1" & we've done 37 five-month walking challenges, including the one we finished Aug 1, 2017.
The group challenge is to average about 2 miles a day, 13 miles a week, or 50 miles a month; if you do it, in 5 months you will have walked 250 miles, and if you have stuck with the challenge and a healthy eating program for that 5 months, you will see wonderful changes in your health, fitness, and size!
Some people will finish well before the target date & will go for more or another 250 miles, but others will go at a slower pace, and new members will join along the way, so each member is welcome to set her/his own personal goal and target date. The new group challenge which started Aug 1, 2017, is "250 Miles by Jan 1, 2018"
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Post by tickyboo on Aug 1, 2017 9:52:36 GMT
Good Morning!!
Well, time to start the new challenge. Can you believe in 5 months it will be the New Year??
I finished the last Challenge with WATP/exercise = 406 miles and Fitbit miles = 602.7 miles.
Yesterday I stayed below allowed calorie intake on my app, Added a 3 mile WATP and a little walk at work.
Carol: Glad you are enjoying the vacation. Good job meeting your goals.
Waving to all. Happy Walking!!!
Miles: WATP/Exercise= 0 miles, Fitbit= 0 miles
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Post by Cait on Aug 2, 2017 0:17:33 GMT
Good Evening Walkers!
The past 3 days I did Nordic track 1 hour each day so I could finish the challenge with a Little over 200 miles. July and June were pretty low in exercise and eating has been been not so good but mostly not bingeing. I've been treating this month at home like A vacation and haven't done much office work. We leave this Sat to return to SoCal.
I'm glad it's a new challenge and a new month. I'm marching in place now while reading and texting. Taking a break from reading to check in. I haven't done much else but read since we've been home.
Got the new Michael Connelly The Late Show from the library. Ebooks. What a world.
It got up to 106.7 F on our covered deck today. But the mornings are gorgeous on the deck.
I decided to march instead of NT because I sweat so much with the NT but I'm sweating a lot already now. We do have A/C but I am a heavy perspirer.
I'm making a new commitment - again - to JGTB 10-11 pm and eat only my 0 pts snack in Evening if anything.
KELLY - GFY 400 & 602 Miles! Thanks for keeping us going.
Waving at everyone! Have a great day!
Cait
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Post by amyrs on Aug 2, 2017 8:59:17 GMT
HI all. I am starting over today August 2. Ate a whole gallon of ice cream yesterday got the summer once a season out of my diet. I have lots of good food. I can hardly wait to start. Woke up with pain in my back. or I would go on treadmill after my first meal of the day.
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Post by tickyboo on Aug 2, 2017 9:48:31 GMT
Good Morning!!
I had a good day yesterday. I did a 4 mile WATP and walked at work too. I had 72 oz of water and 12324 steps. Knocked off a test in my World Geography class. Still procrastinating with the writing assignments in my Sociology class. I hope to finish one of them over the weekend.
Cait: So glad to see you post. I was going to message on Facebook to make sure you were ok. New Challenge, New Month, New You. Why is food such a struggle at times? I get upset with myself when I make the bad choices as most of the time it is mindless eating and not eating because I am truly hungry.
Amy: Wow, that is a lot of ice cream. Hope your back improves. I saw you posted about cottage cheese with the canned tomatoes. Do you just heat it up??
Waving to all. Happy Walking!!
Miles: WATP/Exercise= 4.5 miles, Fitbit= 5.08 miles
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Post by tickyboo on Aug 3, 2017 9:43:08 GMT
Good Morning!!
I am having a good week so far. Added 3 mile WATP yesterday am and 1 mile walk at work. 12004 steps, 80 oz water, below allowed calories.
Waving to all. Happy Walking!!!
Miles: WATP/Exercise= 8.5 miles, Fitbit= 10.13 miles
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Post by Carol on Aug 4, 2017 1:51:24 GMT
Hi, kids. Happy to see you posting, Cait and Amy (Kelly, too, of course!). We are still in Canada, heading back to the States tomorrow. Lots of driving, but I've gotten some walking in, so I'm adding 7 miles since Aug. 1, and some stairs. No stretching to speak of; I'm too leery of hotel carpets to get down on themπ¬
7/250 miles 185 stairs 0 stretching
I'm on Facebook, if anyone wants to "friend" me: Carol Gant Ochsner. I just post about our trips, cats, bike rides, and gardens. Nothing controversial! π€
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Post by tickyboo on Aug 4, 2017 9:44:04 GMT
Good Morning!!!
Good day yesterday and even went out to eat at Hoss's. Just had the soup and salad bar. Only dessert was the sugar-free pudding and low fat cottage cheese with apple butter. I did a 4 mile WATP before work, 12269 steps and 104 oz of water. Lazy this am slept in and no exercise yet I will walk at work.
Carol: Hope you are having fun. I friend requested you. Kelly Stultz.
Waving to the whole gang!!
Miles: WATP/Exercise= 12.5 miles, Fitbit= 15.25
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Post by Carol on Aug 5, 2017 1:19:58 GMT
Got it, Kelly! Look forward to getting to know you a little. Walked 3 miles today, along the Maine coastline. So beautiful!
10/250 miles 250 stairs 0 stretching
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Post by Cait on Aug 5, 2017 16:17:49 GMT
Good Morning Walkers! No exercise the past several days but I did do 2 days earlier in the week. But then our A/C went out. Day temps up as high as 107 F and up to 87 F indoors. At least we have no humidity. We are traveling from N CA to S CA today to stay for a month. It's a 12 hour drive more or less. I enjoyed our month in N CA but I was not very productive. Working on that. I am more productive in S CA, I think because I go to an office most week days. The structure to my day helps. Also being around others who are working helps. In N CA I work out of my home office and it's easy to just ignore the work and veg out. So, new month, new challenge, and new location, new routines. Planning to get back to exercise in SoCal. I read this interesting article about ending bad habits. I was struck by it even though I've read the book they're referring to, and most of the info also. Some of the things they mention are things that have worked for me. It is reassuring to read that my "limit/avoid" approach to my trigger foods is validated by research. The way it's explained clarifies it better for me. Also I liked the "If, then" idea, which was new to me. I used it last night. If I'm going to stay up late watching TV, then first I'm going to floss and brush my teeth and put in my bite guard which changes the situation, the context. I'm still doing a bad habit, staying up late watching tv, but I've done something to change the routine so I'm less likely to eat. It worked last night, I didn't eat, and I even went to bed by 11 pm. Also it's a change in the "routine" segment in the "cue, routine, reward" habit loop. Here's a link to the article: www.theladders.com/p/23500/end-bad-habitsCAROL - Sounds like a great vacation. I remember once I was in Maine and went off by myself for a half day to see at least a peek at Acadia National Park and the little town there. I found a small lake I could walk around for exercise. It was a memorable little excursion. KELLY - GFY WATP & Fitbit and sugar free and healthy choices when eating out. AMY - glad you're getting back on track with exercise and healthy eating. I too have in the past eaten large amounts of ice cream. Thank God I've gradually let go of that habit. It was part of my compulsive eating disease and addiction that I am recovering from with my Overeaters Anonymous 12 step work. My major trigger foods are Sugar and salted snack foods. Also fat, flour, processed foods, foods in packages, large meals, alcohol, dried fruit, cheese, peanut butter, pretzels, protein bars, nuts, chips, trail mix. Best wishes Cait
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Post by Carol on Aug 6, 2017 2:36:30 GMT
Holy smokes did we walk a lot today! My phone registered 15,000+ steps, so I'm adding 5 miles. I figure 1 mile was just wandering around, but we spied a nice walking trail from the Ferris Wheel and set off on a nice walk.
15/250 miles 250 stairs 0 stretching
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Post by tickyboo on Aug 7, 2017 9:53:19 GMT
Good Morning!!
I had a busy weekend with errands, housework, unfortunately, no paper written, and a picnic on Saturday. Was over allowed calories on Saturday back on track yesterday. I did a 4 mile WATP Friday, 2 mile WATP Saturday am, and added 1/2 mile walk. No exercise yesterday due to being on the go all day and catching up on laundry. Steps Fri=12085, Sat = 8625, Sun= 8019.
Carol: Maine is beautiful. I definitely want to go to the New England states one Fall. No vacation this Fall as we are getting a new Electonic record system at work and we are not allowed to any time off from Sept 11 to Nov 17 I think. I remember traveling all the states with my parents and my younger brother one summer. We did it on a Bus trip. In Maine we visited Bar Harbor. We had Lobster that was freshly caught.
Cait: Hope you had a safe trip to So Cal and getting settled in. I too do so better with my program when I am actually working.
Waving to all. Happy Walking!!
Miles: WATP/Exercise= 15 miles, Fitbit= 22.16
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Post by Carol on Aug 7, 2017 11:33:09 GMT
Kelly, I would count some activity for all that running around you did! Sometimes when I look at my steps the phone has counted I'm amazed!
Cait, thanks for the info on breaking bad habits. I will definitely look into that idea!
We fly home today from our SUPER vacation! I can't count how many different ways we ate Lobster (and other seafood)! We were pretty good about walking, probably at least once every day. It's easy to do if the temps are in the 70's, as opposed to the 100's! We lucked out on the weather, too: just one foggy day, and it only rained at night!
Kelly, some of my fondest memories are of family trips we took back before Siri and motel chains! I even remember (vaguely) driving across half the country before the interstate!
We walked 3.5 miles yesterday.
18.5/250 miles 250 stairs 0 stretching
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Post by tickyboo on Aug 8, 2017 9:49:02 GMT
Good Morning!!
Added 3.5 miles yesterday with a DVD and a short walk at work. Eating was on track. I stayed below my allowed calories for the day. Added 12022 steps and 80 oz of water.
Carol: Hope you had a safe flight. Good job with all those miles. I separate my Fitbit miles and actual workout miles. I count actual exercise towards the 250 miles for our challenge.
Waving to all. Happy Walking!!
Miles: WATP/Exercise= 18.5 miles, Fitbit= 27.10
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Post by Cait on Aug 8, 2017 15:30:19 GMT
Good Morning Walkers!
No exercise yesterday but I did stay in my super green zone of pts and only had 1 tsp pumpkin seeds and fruit for evening snack. I was tempted to eat some of DHs peanut butter pretzels but didn't. I kept mentally repeating "fruit and seeds, fruit and seeds, all I need is fruit and seeds." And I was remembering how yucky I felt yesterday am after overeating those pb pretzels Sun night :-( Also I did JGTB around 10 pm last night.
Had a good day of work yesterday despite a late start. Did one thing I'd been avoiding. That felt good.
Got up early this am and did my PT. It took 81 mins total. I feel tired but good. Count as 3 miles.
KELLY - GFY DVD & walk at work & OP & sounds like not too far over points allowance when you went over on Sat
CAROL - welcome back. Sounds like a wonderful trip
Waving at everyone! Have a great day!
Cait
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