Weight Loss Challenge-Exercise Log

[ASammy1]

Hi everyone!

I thought that since we are recording our weight weekly, maybe we could also record our exercise time. This will help keep me accountable.

Anyone else in?

Last week (not so good for me):
Tuesday-10 mile bike ride
Friday- 2 miles on treadmill
Saturday- 2 miles on treadmill

This week will be better.

[Aggie_Ama]

I will join you!

Tuesday- Ran 2.8 miles, about 32 minutes, pushups for the challenge, abs
Wednesday- Ran 3.2 miles, about 37 minutes
Thursday- Ran 3.2 miles, about 38 minues, pushups for the challenge
Saturday- About 1 hour of mountain biking with breaks because I was having confidence issues. Pushups
Sunday- About 2 hours of mountain biking with breaks for cross training (walking the bike) and trying to figure out obstacles.

The bad thing about mountain biking is I am not good enough yet to continuously go. I have to stop to catch my breath or assess an obstacle. Last week was just so-so because the weekend was not a very hard workout set.

And I stepped on the scale and gained this morning. Of course I am sick with a stomach issue causing me to be MAJOR bloated and I will use that as my excuse!

[limewave]

I don't really have a problem exercising, I really need to be held accountable for what I eat. Anyways, I keep track of my exercise on facebook. Here's my log from last week:

Mon 1 Running 0:50:00 4.5 Trail/beach run. State Park.
Tue 2 Cycling 1:50:00 26 Mntn bike road ride
Tue 2 Weights 0:40:00 0 ball exercises and resistance bands
Thu 4 Running 0:55:00 5 Trail run. In the pouring rain.
Fri 5 Cycling 0:55:00 16 tour de NM
Sat 6 Running 0:55:00 4 train running with Roxy
Sat 6 Weights 0:30:00 0 ball exercises and resistance bands
Sun 7 Cycling 1:30:00 10 Slow bike ride with the family

TOTAL: 8 hrs, 5 min
Cycling: 52 miles
Running 13.5

[jesvetmed]

Alright: but I feel lazy looking at your guys' lists!

9/1 Mon: Bike Trainer 50 min spinervals DVD
9/2 Tues: 3 mile walk, easy pace
Boot Camp Class 1 hour
9/3 Wed: Bike with Group: 27 miles, 1.75 hr.
9/4 Thur: Run/Walk combo 8 miles 1.5 hr
Boot Camp Class 1 hour
Push Up /Sit Up Challenge: 10/10/8/6/10
9/5 Frid: Walk 2.5 miles 30 minutes
Push / Sit up Challenge: 12/12/10/10/12
9/7 Sun: Push/Situp Challenge: 15/13/10/10/15
Walk 1.5 miles quickly. (had to run to work!)

TOTAL: Bike: 2 hr 40 min
Run: Approx 45 minutes
Walk: 2 hours
Weights/Calisthetics/Core: 2.5 hr

[Miranda]

The bad thing about mountain biking is I am not good enough yet to continuously go. I have to stop to catch my breath or assess an obstacle.

Do you wear a HRM when you mtb? I would consider myself primarily a roadie whose mtb convert lately due to my disgust with the "saddle search". BUT, I was amazed when I wore my monitor on the trail with all the dismounts etc. STILL how many calories I burned. At first, I decided I really didn't need to wear my HRM on the trail like my road bike because I thought, "well, I'm slow as a turtle, so what good can this really be doing me, even though I'm sweating like a pig... what? what a minute... ding ding, sweat=burn... add it up!". Actually, I took both my mtb and road camping over last holiday w/e and I burned more on my trail rides than my road. Maybe it's the motivation to not bite a tree? fwiw...

[Aggie_Ama]

Do you wear a HRM when you mtb?

Not yet but my Timex watch broke and I have plans to get a Polar watch to replace it sooner than later. So hopefully I will be investing in one in the near future.

[ASammy1]

So I started fitness Boot Camp yesterday morning and I can barely walk today. I guess that means it's working!!!

I don't know how I am going to get through tomorrow's BC if I can barely walk today! I am going to take it easy tonight on the bike, something like10-12 miles to work out that crazy lactic acid! My quads, calves, abs, and triceps are screaming at me!

[jesvetmed]

So I started fitness Boot Camp yesterday morning and I can barely walk today. I guess that means it's working!!!

I don't know how I am going to get through tomorrow's BC if I can barely walk today!

Isn't boot camp great?!
I love that feeling -- sounds like you guys do more lower body than we do -- we do a lot, but I'm always worse on the upper body / core. Much more sore there than anywhere else. We do TONS of pushups, planks, medicine ball stuff, kettle bells, tri-ceps, etc. The legs are probably less than 1/3 of what we do. There's no way I'd push myself to do these alone. It's worth the money for me to join the group in this case! Hope your class goes ok!
Jes

[ASammy1]

Hey Jes!

Boot camp is crazy! Monday morning, we had to run up and down this giant hill for 8 minutes straight. I almost threw up.

Today we worked out in the rain. I didn't mind though, since it was pretty warm and the rain cooled me off. The trainer put a basket of tennis balls at the top of a 60 step stairway and we had to run up the stairs, grab a tennis ball and come back down. On the tennis ball were written different exercises and when we got down the stairs, then had to do those respective exercises. Everything from core, to squats, to frog jumps, tricep dips. It was a killer!!!

I'm like you though, I need to have someone push me to the limit and I feel it's definitely worth the $$ too.

On Tuesday, Thurs, and Saturday, we are supposed to do something low impact just to keep our HR up for about 45 min to an hour.

[Candie607]

Ok, great. This may motivate me not to skip those workouts!

Monday (9/1): 32 mile easy ride
Tues (9/2): 43 mile ride
Wed: off
Thurs (9/4): 19 miles
Friday (9/5): 19 miles
Sat (9/6): 47 mile hilly hard pace ride
Sun: off
Total for week: 160 miles

I hope to start back running some more over the next week or so.

[ASammy1]

Welcome Candie607!

We are all here to motivate each other and give encouragement!

Looks like you are logging quite a few miles too! Great job last week.

[Candie607]

If I can just get my diet under control! I haven't been making the best of food choices, but hopefully have done a little better over the past week.

The boot camp sounds like a great workout!

[ASammy1]

Food journaling is the only way I can keep my diet under control. PM me w/ your email addy if you want a blank copy of the one I use.

[ASammy1]

BC was crazy again today. We did circuits at stations for 1 minute each

1. Running up and down the 60 step stairway
2. Running backwards up the hill w/ 3 lb weights in each hand
3. Push ups
4. Walking lunges
5. Plank hold

At the end, we had a contest to see who could frog jump the farthest. I came in 2nd-not too shabby!

[ASammy1]

Alright everyone, time to post your weekly workouts!

Here's mine:

Mon-butt kicking Boot Camp (1 hr)
Tues- 12 mile recovery from Boot Camp ride (45 min)
Wed- butt kicking Boot Camp (1 hr)
Thurs- 2 mile recovery walk (45 min)
Fri- butt kicking boot camp (1 hr)
Sat- 15 mile recovery from Boot camp ride (1 hr)
Sun- off!

Much better than last week. I just wish the scale showed it.