Disney Decor December 2024 Exercise Challenge

[PollyannaMom]

Welcome to the December 2024 exercise thread! This month's theme is Disney Decor - I'll be posting some pics/info about the holiday decorations at Disney Parks, and I'm also inviting everyone to share your own photos of Disney decorations you have at home.

If you’re returning, we’re excited to have you back! If you’re new, welcome to the team! Here’s how it works:

Each person chooses a time goal and posts minutes towards that goal as they exercise. You can post daily or just catch up when you can. You decide what movement counts towards your goal - which can be a nice round total for the month, a specific number that means something to you, or a calculation based on a target number of minutes per day. Since December has 31 days, here are some common conversions:

15 minutes/day = 465
20 minutes/day = 620
30 minutes/day = 930
45 minutes/day = 1395
1 hour/day = 1860

One of the special motivations of our Disney challenge is color changing!
Page one will be updated with individual and team color changes as we make more and more progress:

10% - Blue
25% - Orange
50% - Purple
75% - Pink
90% - Red
100% - Green

We’re officially starting this challenge on December 1, but if you don’t find the thread until later in the month, you’re still welcome to join! There's no better time than the present to start toward your goals!! Just post your goal and I’ll add you to the list. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions and to check out old threads to see what’s been going on.

Participants:
PollyannaMom - 500/500
sophy1996 - 1010/1000
ShannyMcB - 316/315
Raya - 470/600
Elizabeth Smith - 705/675
Twilight Sparkle - 3765/2500
Piglet1979 - 60/465
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Team Total - 6,826/6,055 - 113%

 

[PollyannaMom]

I'm cutting back a little on my usual 600 minute goal because December is such a busy month that I might need a few grace days. So I'm officially going for 500, but I hope I'll beat it!

 

[sophy1996]

I’m cutting back too after my showing in November. In for 1000.

Starting with 30/1000

 

[ShannyMcB]

I’m in for 315…busy for sure

 

[PollyannaMom]

35 minutes for me so far, and our first Disney Decor entry for the month is a trivia question:

Approximately how many decorated Christmas trees do you think there are around the WDW property this year?
A) 560
B) 920
c) 1,300
D) 1,800

Spoiler: Answer

1,300

(My pics are from 2018.)

 

[Raya]

Since I didn't meet my goal last month, I'm cutting back as well. I'll stick with my usual eight gym work outs (two a week) but my goal is to add just one 30 minute workout on my own outside of the gym. Hopefully I can drag myself to just walk for 30 minutes.

December goal - 600 minutes

Crossing my fingers that I blow that out of the water and get my running mojo back.

 

[Elizabeth Smith]

Not to be a crowd follower, but I'm also going to cut back for December! We'll be traveling for most of the last 2 weeks of the month, so I have my doubts about getting my minutes in. I'll shoot for 675. Starting out with 30 today from Growwithjo and yoga.

30/675

 

[sophy1996]

+25

55/1000

I did not guess correctly on the trees!

 

[PollyannaMom]

Will update the numbers later when I'm on the big computer, but here's another decor post from my phone - a YouTube video tour of the resort gingerbread creations:

 

[sophy1996]

+60

115/1000

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

Hi! Sorry for the late start! Thanks for taking this month, PollyannaMom!!!

I'm lowering my goal, too. Trying for 2500 this time.

440 minutes so far - horses

440/2500

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

35 minutes for me so far, and our first Disney Decor entry for the month is a trivia question:

Approximately how many decorated Christmas trees do you think there are around the WDW property this year?
A) 560
B) 920
c) 1,300
D) 1,800

Spoiler: Answer

1,300

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(My pics are from 2018.)

I didn't get that right! Wow!

 

[piglet1979]

I am in this month. I am going to drop my time to 465. With everything going on here and the holiday's, I want to give myself some grace.

 

[Raya]

10 minutes of yoga on 12/3. I'm looking forward to some gym time tonight. Does anyone have a 10/15 minute before bed stretching routine they could recommend? I need something that hits all the major muscles groups, but doesn't take forever. Extra pixie dust would be if it can done without a ton of energy. I'm dealing with muscles aches - so I need to stretch - but not a lot of energy or time.

Raya - 10/600

 

[PollyannaMom]

45 more minutes for me (80/600) and I join sophy1996, Twilight Sparkle, and the Team at Blue!! Congratulations, everyone!!

 

[PollyannaMom]

Here's an article from last year about the holiday overlay on it's a small world:

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[sophy1996]

+25

140/1000

We missed seeing the holiday IASW when we were there the year it flooded after renovations (2021). DLR had to send out a distress call to the other parks for replacement parts.

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

10 minutes of yoga on 12/3. I'm looking forward to some gym time tonight. Does anyone have a 10/15 minute before bed stretching routine they could recommend? I need something that hits all the major muscles groups, but doesn't take forever. Extra pixie dust would be if it can done without a ton of energy. I'm dealing with muscles aches - so I need to stretch - but not a lot of energy or time.

Raya - 10/600

I don't know what sort of yoga you did for your workout, but if you look up bedtime yoga, you can usually find short, gentle, all over stretches that might work for you.

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

180 minutes horses

620/2500

 

[Raya]

60 minutes at the gym last night. I was working on single leg Romanian Dead Lifts combined with pelvis turns, which is hard to explain, but somehow a shoulders exercise. Bodies are weird.


Raya - 70/600 - 11%