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OK Folks ALL Junies have at LEAST one month since surgery, so we should all be exercising with consistency now...right??? *pointing finger right at myself!*

There are 4 weeks and 2 days in August...

I'll start the challenge off by challenging myself to 600 minutes. This will be tough for me, but it's not really a challenge if I make it easy right???

Thursday is my 39th birthday! I want to be FIT by 40! I have a year to get there and by golly, I'm gonna do this!!!!

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musicalmomma I just joined my old gym back last week! I went three times this week, 180 minutes, however my challenge for August is to go 4 times a week, which is 240 min, total of 960 for the month! I am hoping I can meet my challenge. I hope to be fit by 50!

I hope we can meet the challenge together!

Did your doctor release you to do any types of exercise? I am almost 8 weeks out, but am not sure if I should do ab exercises? What do you think?

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Hi there,

I'd like to join the challenge. I just bought "The Biggest Loser" workout DVD from Sam's club. It's pretty good. I did it 3 times last week. This is pretty good for someone who hasn't consistently exercised for over 10 years. At first I thought I was going to die but it was definitely better by the third time. It really showed me how out of shape I was. My 3 and 4 year old were even trying to do it with me - YEAH! I would love for them to be really physically active kids. I was never really active as a kid.

So, I'd like to challenge myself to 600 minutes for August. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Good luck everyone!

Dawn:clap2:

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Musicalmomma-Happy Birthday!!!!

I am in for August...I was late starting in July, so I didn't make my goal. But, now that I have started, I think 600 minutes is a doable goal.

I read somewhere that ab work should wait until 3 months out, but I plan to email my drs. office this week and see what they say.

Has anyone asked about limitations on exercise? I am thinking about starting to run (yikes) at some point. My family does a Turkey Trot that I would love to join in (instead of watching the kids) for the first time ever!

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I'm not sure about the ab exercises...my surgeon just said that my exercise (swimming and biking) were great and told me to keep it up. I would think waiting on the abs for a while would be wise.

I am quite proud of myself today. I got my big butt out of bed at 6am and biked for 10 miles! That is the longest I've biked in one go since I was 15! It felt great! I can't wait to lose enough to feel comfortable on roller blades! I live 3 miles from Lake Michigan and we have a 7 mile bike trail on the lake. I sure hope, by next spring, to be able to bike to and from my house in one go (20 miles) and blade one way in one go. Ah, that will be so nice :eek:

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Happy (early) Birthday Musicalmomma!!

OK. I didn't complete my goal for July... So I want to complete that for August. Lol. I think I have 705 minutes left - so I WILL complete 705 minutes for August!!

Elliptical Machine - HERE I COME!!

(but not tonight... I'm tired and lazy and it's still July. Ha!)

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I have been exercising every day for no less than one hour, so for this challenge I am going big. I am taking most of Aug off from work so I really have no excuse not to reach my goal. I am going to do 1 1/2 hours a day for all of Aug. Thats going to be 2700 mins. All of july I have been doing no less than 60 mins and up to 2 1/2 hours a day so this 2700 mins is not going to be as hard as it sounds. anyhow I look forward it this and I would like to see everyone reach the goal including myself.

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i Pretty Much Did Very Little In July, So My August Goal Is 1000 Minutes. I Don't Think That Will Be Too Tough. I Go Back To Work At The End Of August, And I Want There To Be A Noticeable Change In My Body, And My Level Of Confidence.

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I didn't finish my july goal. I am going to reduce my August goal to 300 minutes and hope to exceed it. No promises though.

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I asked my PA yesterday about exercise, abs and lifitng weights. her reply was to do what ever I want. But I decided not to do it last night until my fill today. It is my first fill and I want to see under flouro if my port, pouch ect, is all ok! then bigbaby posted last night that her port flipped! I am glad I did not do it. I am not sure what makes your port flip, but I don't want to contribute to it at this point.

do you think I did the right thing? I will be back at the gym tomorrow night!

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I asked my PA yesterday about exercise, abs and lifitng weights. her reply was to do what ever I want...

My reply would have been..."YAY, I don't have to do anything!!!!" hehehe

OK...we have many ambitious Augucizers!!!! Captain_D...You are doing SOOOOO well...you've set the bar high for the rest of us :)

OK...here's the challenge!

Name…………Goal in MinutesCompleted…..To Go

MM………………..600 ……………0……………600

Ja9va………………960…………….0……………960

Dawneb……………600…………….0....................600

Cbm818…………...600……………..0……………600

Suzzzie……………705……………..0……………705

Captain Danbo……2700……………0……………2700

Sweetie…………...1000………….…0…………...1000

huntersmom………300……………...0…………….300

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I WILL PROBABLY BE POSTING MY MINUTES ON A DAILY BASIS. I WANT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERY SINGLE DAY IN AUGUST. I AM SURE THERE WILL BE DAYS I DON'T EXERCISE, BUT MAYBE POSTING DAILY AND SEEING MY PROGRESS WILL HELP KEEP ME MOTIVATED. SO TODAY I DID 25 MINUTES ON MY BOWFLEX, AND 45 MINUTES OF WALKING.

:clap2: FEELING REALLY REALLY GOOD.:clap2:

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I never knew about this thread! I'd love to join and hope this will keep me accountable, as well.

My goal for August is an hour a day...1860 minutes.

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musicalmomma

do we just tell on our post what the amount is daily. do you keep the total or do we? I don't want to do another ticker, it was hard enough to get the one working right!

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