April Exercise Thread--Spring is here! No excuses to not get moving. :)

[rebeccam31]

We are headed to NYC for Easter, too!

Yay!!! We got a great price on Aladdin tickets for Easter day, so that's what prompted the trip. We're also seeing a couple more shows while we're there and spending some time at the 9/11 museum. What about you? What fun agenda do you have?

Join with me in sending out good weather vibes!!

 

[rebeccam31]

I want to try! Put me down for 500! I'm just getting started but I want to lose some weight before my Disneyland trip in December!

Disney World is my "home" resort, but we traveled to Disneyland last summer. I was surprised at how much I loved it (I had a good and usually reliable friend tell me it was nothing special). Now we are slating summer 2015 for a return visit.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Updating through post #42. If you don't see your name, please repost and I will add you in.

We have a bunch of new folks. Very exciting!

And I think we have several returning folks who haven't checked in yet, so we could end up with a big group this month.

Hello!

I would love to join as I really need to start tracking things a little better - only 6 months until our first trip & I want to be in all the pictures!

My goal is 900 for the month of April.

I also ran this morning, so:

40/900.

Hope I am doing that right!

Thanks for this awesome thread!

Perfect! Welcome!

No excuses! I like that! Thanks for hosting again!! Please put me down for 900. Thanks, Deb

Good to see you!

Joining in! Please put me down for 2000.

25/2000

T-25 Speed for 25 minutes.

Welcome!

So, Rose and anybody else who remembers, I had plantar fasciitis that I was trying to clear up on my own. Didn't work and in one foot I got this incredible pain on the top of my foot. Saw a doc and a podiatrist. Got cortisone shot ( wonderful things!). One foot is all cleared up and the other just got a second shot. Doc told me to wait a bit before I invest in orthotics. I have a girlfriend who got some from an athletic shoe store; I think I'll ask her for more details!

Oh, I have dealt with p-f. Boo! Did you do physical therapy? I had a great therapist, though it was very painful. I wore semi-custom orthotics for over a year. The worst for me was no heals! I can wear heals again, but try to limit it to a couple days a week. I never got the shots. My foot was such a mess when I went to physical therapy (p-f, achilles tendonitis and a fat pad injury) that I just needed to rest it for a couple months. Almost forgot--I wore a strasburg (sp??) sock for a while at night too. That was lots of fun. Not. Though I do think it really helped the p-f.

Happy to say I am p-f free at the moment.

I do have some nasty lumps on the back of my achilles tendons that I probably need to deal with. I am running in 0 drop shoes, which has helped with all of my other issues including p-f, back and itbs problems, but I am now dealing with tight achilles tendons. Mike wants me to go to physical therapy, but I am trying stretching, icing, etc at home first.

I am really afraid they are going to make me rest again.

65/1400

Walking at the park; saw a bobcat hanging out in the wooded area and again at the creek. I like knowing that wild things can still survive in the 'burbs, that we haven't chased them all away.

Very cool!

We saw a deer last weekend in the back of our neighborhood.

In SC this weekend we saw an actual Blue Bird. Not a blue jay, but a blue bird. It was absolutely beautiful and I think the first one I saw out in nature.

I would like to join in! Started tonight and would like to put my goal at 900, so.....

25/900

Welcome!

Ha, I wish!! But I can't imagine that I put on three or four pounds of muscle. If you look at 3 pounds of meat, that is actually quite a lot! I am counting that I might have put on about half a pound of muscle, not more. But I do hope that there is still quite some water weight as my muscles are still adjusting to the new exercise. I can feel it in my fingers when I am retaining water and they do feel a bit swollen. Anyway, I am losing inches, had to use the inner hooks on my bra this morning, so there is progress!

I also wanted to say welcome to all the newcomers! I see that there quite a few who signed up for the first time!

Maybe increase the water a little bit? I do not lose if I am working out a lot and not drinking water. Glad you are seeing progress on the inches!

I want to try! Put me down for 500! I'm just getting started but I want to lose some weight before my Disneyland trip in December!

Welcome!

 

[Maggie Lizer]

I want to join in, too. I have less than 4 weeks left until my vacation and I still have about 5 lbs to lose.

My monthly goal is 600 minutes of running this month.

Thanks!

 

[rebeccam31]

135/1800

Ran 40 straight minutes at a good, steady pace! I'm so pleased. Also did some extra cardio and strength exercises for a total of 75 minutes today.

 

[BuckeyeBama]

Hey Rose - Thank you for hosting this. It has really been a great help.

I am in for 2000 again this month, though it will be more of a challenge this month with so much business travel scheduled.



My tally so far - 144/2000

70 minutes for P90X Chest & Back and P90X Abs, 74 minutes running (20 of which was warm-up/cool-down)

 

[Heather.Mohler]

I'm in for 750!

4/1/14 - 63/750

Heather

 

[mainemooncat]

Thanks for all the welcoming words to us newbies!

Strength training/cardio intervals this morning, so total goes to:

60/900.

Hope everyone is having a great day now that spring has started in earnest (for most of us, anyway).

 

[WannaBinPictures]

130/1900

76 today

8 stairs (kill me every time LOL)
45 weight training
23 arc trainer

 

[swissfamilyrobinson]

Yay!!! We got a great price on Aladdin tickets for Easter day, so that's what prompted the trip. We're also seeing a couple more shows while we're there and spending some time at the 9/11 museum. What about you? What fun agenda do you have?

Join with me in sending out good weather vibes!!

Ain't it the truth - the weather has been terrible!

I am still working on our agenda, and actually we will be flying home Easter afternoon. I've been scoping out any NYC threads to get ideas, along with what are our "must-dos". DD moved to Manhattan in January, so hopefully she has her bearings enough to help us get around.

We want to see at least one show - not sure if it'll be The Lion King or Aladdin. We are able to get good rates for one of these shows since DD works for Disney. I need to go ahead and purchase those tickets and then we'll probably do rush or lottery for another show.

The only thing on my DS agenda is: eat pizza from a street vendor, eat a hot dog from a street vendor and go to the Nintendo store! LOL - I think I can put those on the list.

 

[rebeccam31]

Ain't it the truth - the weather has been terrible! I am still working on our agenda, and actually we will be flying home Easter afternoon. I've been scoping out any NYC threads to get ideas, along with what are our "must-dos". DD moved to Manhattan in January, so hopefully she has her bearings enough to help us get around. We want to see at least one show - not sure if it'll be The Lion King or Aladdin. We are able to get good rates for one of these shows since DD works for Disney. I need to go ahead and purchase those tickets and then we'll probably do rush or lottery for another show. The only thing on my DS agenda is: eat pizza from a street vendor, eat a hot dog from a street vendor and go to the Nintendo store! LOL - I think I can put those on the list.

Fair requests, those. We are also seeing Newsies and Matilda. How cool that your daughter lives there. She'll have lots of great things to show you!

 

[swissfamilyrobinson]

Fair requests, those. We are also seeing Newsies and Matilda. How cool that your daughter lives there. She'll have lots of great things to show you!

We saw Matilda when I helped her move in January. Loved it!!!

 

[QVCshopper]

I've moved onto the 5k to 10k part of my 10k Runner app. 4 miles today!

70/1500

 

[rebeccam31]

It's fantastic. My daughter and I saw it with some friends in July, but we want my husband to see it, too, so we're going again.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Updating through post #54.

I want to join in, too. I have less than 4 weeks left until my vacation and I still have about 5 lbs to lose.

My monthly goal is 600 minutes of running this month.

Thanks!

Welcome!

135/1800

Ran 40 straight minutes at a good, steady pace! I'm so pleased. Also did some extra cardio and strength exercises for a total of 75 minutes today.

Awesome!
You are doing w&d right? You will definitely be ready.

Hey Rose - Thank you for hosting this. It has really been a great help.

I am in for 2000 again this month, though it will be more of a challenge this month with so much business travel scheduled.



My tally so far - 144/2000

70 minutes for P90X Chest & Back and P90X Abs, 74 minutes running (20 of which was warm-up/cool-down)

Good to see you!

I'm in for 750!

4/1/14 - 63/750

Heather

Hi Heather!

I've moved onto the 5k to 10k part of my 10k Runner app. 4 miles today!

70/1500

Congrats! Very exciting.
Is that the furthest you have ever run?

I loved (ok it was brutal at times) training for my first half marathon, because I had so many distance pr's.

 

[DisneyBelle99]

Starting off strong this month. 90 minutes at the gym , lots of treadmill, arm and leg exercises with the machines, and 5 lb weights. Drizzle in NY today.....Hey people coming to NY for Easter ......any Disney plays while you are here?

90/900 so far.

 

[java]

Good workout day today. Found a YouTube walk away the pounds video(3 mile fast) did that 45 minutes

Did 2 of the 20 minute ones this am

Started the day with 30 minutes on the elliptical doing cardio/fat burn

So my total is now 150/900!

Thanks all for pushing me!

 

[MRS AR]

30 min run
60 min walking
150/1200

I saw the first humming birds this year this morning. I love spring.

 

[rebeccam31]

Awesome!
You are doing w&d right? You will definitely be ready.

Yes, but only the 5K this time. My companions weren't game to try the half. :/
I'm aiming to try the half or possibly the Tower of Terror ten miler next year.

 

[hmack]

Not too much to report on today, but I did manage to get in a 20 minute walk.



67/900