Keep up the great work everyone! I am hoping everyone is outside this weekend and will post their progress tonight and tomorrow!
Enjoy the sunshine!
Rebecca

March 19: 40 minute bike ride
March 20: 2 hours raking and turning garden over with a pitchfork (tawanda!)

today, March 21: 20 minute bike ride and a 40 minute walk.

today again, March 21: 20 minute after dinner power walk with my husband. When I was in the lead, he asked me of I was full of energy. No, I replied, I am not, I have already been this way twice before this today! However, the air was lovely and I could not resist when he asked me to walk with him.

Yesterday(3/20), I walked around Cenntennial Lake with a friend… 2.5 miles! It took me about an hour to do.

Today, 3/21, I did a 5K with my mom and aunt. I convinced them to do it! It was exciting to be apart of a a race. All (except for a few of us) ran it. I walked it mostly with occasional jogging. I jogged more today than I ever have in my life!

3/20 I exercised for 2 hours ina stength training class with break between each exercise so maybe 45 minutes total

3/21 today I did water areobics for 30 minutes

I guess I added those in a little,late to get in the graph

I’m surprise I have stuck at this and been comitted to this five days a week for 30 minutes

the graph for week two is missing a day which be sunday 3/14 and it did not roll over to the graph on week 3
and on 3/14 I did 30 minutes of water areobics

I am ending my one gym membership so have been looking for a new place to do boot camp… today I did a trial class right near my house. 1 hour of boot camp – 9:45-10:45. I am doing a one week trial to see if this is something I am truly interested in.

Tonight, I meet with the trainer so that will be another hour of getting my butt in gear

FYI -

Bobbi and I have started a team for – Stay Active Howard County. It starts next Monday and has a special kick-off celebration on Saturday the 27th.

I will attach the link for more info. Please consider joining the team and continuing this quest to stay active!

Start right now by clicking here! http://www.stayactivehowardcounty.org

You can email me for more info – sarahbcostello@gmail.com

Our Team Code is: RB&Assoc.

Get Active Howard County is a FREE Howard County community wellness initiative. We invite you to join our team. This is a county-wide initiative to promote healthy lifestyles in our schools, businesses and community. It doesn’t matter how physically fit you are. This program gives you an easy way to get started and join the entire community in making wellness a priority for the next 10 weeks, (March 27th – June 6th)
It all starts with the big Get Active Howard County Kick-Off at Columbia Association’s Supreme Sports Club on Saturday March 27th. (Details to come)

You can sign up right now! It’s easy, it’s fun and it’s FREE.
Go to: http://www.GetActiveHowardCounty.org
Step 1: Click on Sign Up
Step 2: Input your information and our team code where requested.

Check out the Online Calendar. Find out what’s happening in and around Howard County. There is no right way to participate. The calendar will provide us with opportunities every month to get physically active, receive free screenings or attend wellness related educational workshops and events. We can also include our own activities, programs and events. All of your physical activities count toward your personal point totals as well as our team totals. Stay on track and you will have the chance to receive incentives and win prizes.

today I did 30 minutes of yobics and the instructor is getting harder

Monday, march 22: It was great I could take advantage of some great indoor activities on this gloomy Monday. I had a 60 minute fitness class in the afternoon followed by 30 minutes on the bike. Early evening I had a 60 minute yoga class.

wow this waether is wonderful today I did 30 minutes of power walking and felt like I could do more but it felt like it was about to rain so I got the 30 minutes in today, Now its time get ready for the biggest losser

Monday, the 22nd, was my 50th birthday, so I wanted to go to the gym and feel grateful for my good health.

So, I did a 60 minute weight training class.

Today, I was in Little Washington, VA and the town was so small (160 people in the entire town), I had to walk around the entire town to get in my 60 minutes of walking. It was a blissful place for a milestone birthday.

I highly recommend it to anyone celebrating a milestone birthday http://www.theinnatlittlewashington.com

Rebecca

When you wake up in the morning to the sound of the smoke alarm you are in for a not so great day. The way I LIKE to start my day, by asking myself what can I do today that will make this day the best day possible went by the wayside for look’in for the smoke! It was the furnace. I shut down the furnace, called the oil company and told them to please come in the afternoon. I did NOT tell them, please come in the afternoon I have plans to hit the gym this morning. So, I proceeded to the gym and got in some weight training and 30 minutes on the bike, the highlight of this almost over not so good day.

Ah Ha! Rebecca, what a lovely destination! I am glad you had such a wonderful birthday.

Today I did boot camp at 5:15 AM!

4/15- 30 min walk
4/16-1 hr yoga
4/17-2 hr trapeze
4/18- 1 hr yoga
4/19-30 min walk

Week 4 so far
Monday- 1 hr spinning
Tuesday- 1 hr pilates

“Be Beautiful…Be You!” – 1st Annual Walk-a-thon
Type: Causes – Fundraiser
Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010
Time: 10:00am – 12:30pm
Location:
Wachovia Bank parking lot: 25 W Chesapeake Ave, Towson,

EDN Maryland is having their 1st ever walk-a-thon!

Help us raise money for Eating Disorder Network of Maryland by promoting positive body image for ALL sizes! EDN Maryland is the ONLY non-profit in the state of Maryland aimed at helping educate & connect parents,families, individuals & professionals with the resources they need about eating disorders.

*EDN Maryland is a member of NEDA Network, a part of the National Eating Disorder Association.

We will meet in the Wachovia Bank parking lot by our coporate offices bright & early on Saturday, May 1st. Registration starts @ 10:00. (Rain date: Sunday, May 2, 2010)

Application fee: $20.00

This event includes:
-DJ & music
-Prizes for our top fundraisers
-Tee Shirt & wristband

*This event is open to the general public so everyBODY is welcome!

For more info about how you can be a part of this event, email us at:
ednmaryland@gmail.com or call Sharon @ 410-339-3474.

For more info about EDN Maryland, go to: http://www.ednmaryland.org

MDhttp://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109778702372528&ref=mf

Today I did a boot camp class from 9:45-10:45. This evening I will meet with the trainer at the gym.

Monday, wednesday 30 minutes of yobics
Tuesday 30 minute power walking

40 minutes out n the sunshine riding my bike today, what a beautiful day!

Hey now, wait just a minute here! I know it must be a bit of a nightmare to compile all of our scattered blog comments into a nice chart showing who did what exercise when…but I’d like the record corrected! Last week, week 3, I exercised *every single day*!! Monday through Saturday. Please double-check the comments (I just did)!

As for this week, self-care is taking a back burner because I am simultaneously selling a house and trying to buy one, and I am literally running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

Sunday: nothing
Monday: nothing
Tuesday: 30 minutes on the stationary bike and climber combined, at the gym
Wednesday: spent at least 30 minutes carrying heavy boxes up the stairs, helping my fiance pack his van for an antiques show in MD. Does that count??

Tonight I am heading to the gym later than usual, but at least I’m going! Gotta get some of this nervous energy out.

Today I did a lot of walking the dog!

Lovely walk with husband this evening, 45 minutes. Not powering, just walking and enjoying!

This week thus far: Monday-no activity, Tues- 75 min upper/lower body, abs and bike, Wed- 30 min walk outside during work break, Thurs-30 min Walk Away the Pounds on Demand, 10 min pilates/abs on Demand, Friday-60 min upper/lower body and abs.

Twice on the bike this week so far .. Made it 3 times last week.–30 minutes each time. You guys rock!

Friendly reminder, 3 of my exercises were not on the chart.
March 11 packing and cleaning all day in a house with 4 floors via spiral staircase!
March 19 40 min. bike ride

March 20 2 hours raking and turning garden over with pitchfork

March 21 20 minute bike ride and 40 minute walk

Do not envy the kind person compiling all the results, guess it’s a good thing there are not 50 of us! Many thanks to you all for doing this. I gave myself a personal challenge of at least 30 minutes EVERYday, so far, better than good!

today, March 26. Just by the hair of my chin. at 26 minutes on the bike my trainer came over to chat!! since I can not do 2 things at once, as in ride a bike and talk, I stopped, the bike stopped i lost all counts and threw in the towel. However, then i did about 20 minutes with free weights and the ball.

Please make sure to log all of your exercise on this site asap. We are winding down to the home stretch.

Kait will be tallying up all the results this weekend and announcing the winners! I believe each of us who had the courage and dedication to post even once is a winner in my mind.

Thanks to all of you making your fitness a priority this month and encouraging all of us to do the same. It has certainly been fun for me to read your posts everyday!

Rebecca

Today i did two hour strength traing about 45 minutes total with all the talkiing about each exercise and now the instructor is ready to step it up a notch or two because we are going through the program faster. Tomorrow I will have to another work out than I will be finshed with 5 days yippie

Today I took a great but freezing bike ride. 45 minutes, got totally brain freezed and not from a Margarita, but it totally energized me at the same time!

Yesterday I started my birthday off with a 5K… I am heading to the Biggest Loser Resort so I may not be able to log my activity – but I know I will be doing lots of it.

Sunday, March 28. I was lucky enough to have my daughter in town and we walked for about 35 minutes. Late this afternoon my husband and I walked for 20 minutes.

Sunday just barely made it in 30 minute workout video yippie I made through the challenge.

Is it over??

Yes, the “official” contest is over. Kait will be announcing the winners later today or tomorrow. I appreciate all of your efforts and hope that you continue your own fitness challenges and goals! Feel free to keep posting them here as long as you like!

Waaaaaiiiitttttttt! I am not ready for it to be over. Today I rode the bike at the gym for 30 minutes, then I had a fitness class that was 1 hour and late this afternoon a 60 minute Yoga class. I guess I thought the challenge was for ALL of March, not just four weeks! My own personal challenge was to exercise at least 30 minutes everyday in March. I have 2 more days. And anyway, I think we should be democratic about it and vote about continuing through April! At any rate, I am accustomed to marching to my own drummer. Anyone??

Last two for week 4:

Saturday: 40 minutes on the eliptical and climber combined
Sunday: 30 minute power walk