This is Day 6 of the 21-Day Fitness Challenge held in Feb 2012. The challenge is now over but you can do the tasks in your own time. Visit the overview page for all the challenge tasks.
Hello everyone! Welcome to Day 6 (Feb 8) of the 21-Day Fitness Challenge! :D
Review of Day 5
The comments sections have been brimming, thanks to you guys! ;) Check out the comments for the past 6 days:
- Day 0 – Pre-Work: Create Your 21-Day Fitness Plan! | 78 Comments
- Day 1 – It All Begins! | 105 Comments
- Day 2 – Building Up the Momentum… | 123 Comments
- Day 3 – Turning it into a Routine | 97 Comments
- Day 4 – Loving the Sweat, the Pain, and the Aches! | 98 Comments
- Day 5 – Tuning Into Our Inner Self | 90 Comments
By now, I think it’s pretty clear how serious all of you are about improving your fitness. You see, it’s easy to be driven by a surge of enthusiasm at the beginning of a challenge, put your name up for participation, and then commit yourself to XYZ activities.
However, it’s a totally different ball game altogether to follow-through on those activities and actually bother to log onto the site daily to report your progress. Even if there have been days where you did not live true to your plan, the fact that you make an effort to still report that is telling of your commitment to your goal.
To all of you who are talking the talk and walking the walk (no pun intended), please give yourself a big pat on your back, because YOU deserve it.
Based on yesterday’s comments, it seems that quite a number of you are getting the hang of your increased / new-found level of fitness – to the point where you feel weird if you miss your workout! It’s the same for me too, as I shared in my Day 5 update. It’s a sign that our physical activities are getting normalized into our routines / subconsciousness, for sure. Definitely a positive sign. ;)
My 21DFC Progress, Day 6
After yesterday‘s non-exercise (thanks to waking up slightly later than desired), I really wanted to get my workouts in place for today. So I intentionally turned in early yesterday night, applying my #3 learning (from Day 5): to sleep earlier if I want to wake up early.
And that was my holy grail to getting the day off on a strong start. I woke up at 6:15am today in full enthusiasm, and promptly set off for my first workout session for the day. The morning jogs/runs are certainly turning into a routine!
Sun rising over the horizon. Yay for early morning runs!
After that, I returned home and rested for a few hours, before setting off for a swim. I’ve been looking forward to that, especially since I had to postpone my swims in the past week due to my period. The weather was great today too – bright and sunny.
The only shot I managed to take of the pool before a lifeguard came over to speak to me because he saw me using my camera <.<
The swim was good – my usual 20 laps in the olympic-size pool.
Originally I planned to go for my kickboxing class in the evening, but after 2 workout sessions today, and knowing that I have to wake up early for my morning jog tomorrow, I decided to skip the class. I realized today that it might not be a good idea to have evening sports classes, especially if I still want to jog the next morning. Reason being it’ll be hard to wake up in time because I’ll be home late after my class, and it’ll be about midnight by the time I finish showering and get my stuff done. Either I move my daily exercises to evening time, or I don’t go for my morning jogs on Thursdays.
Whatever it is, I’ll need to sort that out soon, because there are still 10 classes left and it’d be a waste not to go for any of the classes, especially after having paid for them.
Regarding workout aftermath, I’m still feeling aches, considering (a) I’ve been rigorously exercising since Day 1 (except for yesterday) (b) I’ve been doing two exercise sessions a day when I never did more than a session a day in the past. But I know these aches are just temporary. They are but my body’s way of telling me that it’s becoming stronger. If anything, the sensations are gradually fading away as my body adjusts to my new-found level of fitness.
For tomorrow, I’ll probably be doing the usual – morning jog, followed by swim. I’m looking forward to that. :D
By the way, tomorrow will be the last day I’ll be blogging about my fitness progress, as (a) my fitness activities moving forward will pretty much be the same as what you’ve seen for Week 1 (b) I’ve accomplished what I set out to do with 21DFC, which is to incorporate fitness into my routine, so there’s little point writing about my day-to-day fitness activities in such extreme detail. Rather, I’ll be joining you guys and sharing my updates in comments sections of the daily 21DFC posts. ;)
In place of that, I’ll be using a slightly different format for the 21DFC posts for Week 2. I’m thinking of something similar to our 21-Day Meditation Challenge last October (2011), where I post a daily question (related to fitness) for us to reflect upon. So besides being engaged on a physical level with our daily fitness plans, we’ll now also be stimulated on a mental (and possibly emotional) level. It will be a fun addition to the challenge. Stay tuned!
How About YOUR Day 6? Share Your Progress!
How did YOUR 21DFC Day 6 go? Did you get to complete your scheduled activity? Did you achieve any personal victories? Did something unexpected crop up, which made you learn some valuable personal lessons?
Regardless of how your day went, we want to hear it all. 21DFC is not about sharing ‘flawless’ fitness progress, but about sharing everything our journey towards a healthier, fitter life – obstacles and all. Post your day’s journal in the comments section! If you have any images to share, simply upload them to Photo Bucket or Imgur first, then include the link(s) in your reply.
- What physical activity did you do (if any), and for how long?
- If you didn’t get to do any physical activity, why? And what can you do about it such that the same thing doesn’t happen again?
- What physical activity do you plan to do tomorrow?
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I don’t know how I fitted everything into yesterday, when we finished work I had to get a haircut, then go out for dinner with friends but just had to fit the gym weight workout in between that, was so glad I did 1 hour workout at the gym before dinner!!! Hope to fit in a walk this afternoon with the dogs at home, really have to make time for this excersise as you can easily run out of time & skip it!!!!
I have the same problem sometimes. Good for you squeezing in that workout even thought you had a busy day! It’s all about setting your priorities.
30 minutes on the elliptical, then 10 doing stretching and weights.
Didn’t want to.
Had decided not to do anything for today.
Driving around doing errands, I felt really really grumpy and low.
Decided to “look at” that feeling.
Insight came: Maybe those feelings are caused by my resistance to doing something active today?
So I came home and did my activity.
Felt somewhat better.
Duh!
The best part: Today I “did it anyway”, NOT because of being signed up with a pledge to do it (as on previous days), or because I had to report something here (as on previous days); nope, today I did it for MYSELF, because of the promise I made to myself to fully participate in this thing no matter what it takes.
So there IS progress. Bit by bit I guess. My personal challenge these 21 days seems to be more about fixing my thoughts about keeping active than about incorporating activity regularly into my life. Sigh.
Hey Kate, isn’t that what it’s about for most things, if not everything, in life though? Addressing our thoughts / counter-thoughts with regards to the situation, which will then result in us naturally taking action towards it. After all, the external reality is a representation of our internal reality, and what we are already doing / not doing today is a representation of our beliefs surrounding it.
I find that to be true with regards to everything in my life. For example, I wasn’t working out previously as often in the past because I found it a drag (my limiting belief on fitness). And after working out for a few days, I realized it’s really not a drag – it’s very much invigorating. And therein sealed the deal for me. Prior to that I had about a gazillion limiting beliefs surrounding fitness, which took time to slowly weed through and address one by one. Another funny limiting belief I had in the past was that exercising didn’t make much of a difference (I wrote about it in my pre-work too), so on a cost-benefit analysis deal, it wasn’t worth it. But again, the past days of fitness clearly showed otherwise. Where there is consistent action, there will definitely be results.
It sounds like a part of you has some resistance towards activity, I think? Do you know if there is a reason why that is the case? I think if that resistance is uncovered (vs. pushing against it, which may/may not be beneficial depending on the circumstance) and unrooted, it would result is a natural gravitation towards activity itself.
Anyway, just my 2 cents. :D Happy to hear your thoughts, Kate! And thanks for sticking through to the challenge, be it for yourself or for us! :hug: I’m happy you’re here with us, because you always have so many valuable thoughts to contribute to the discussion.
Thanks for the feedback and reflection, Celes! You’re absolutely right, as you always are. I can’t figure out where the resistance is coming from. I’ve been a highly active person all my life — all the team and individual sports, I was usually 1st place in most endeavors, team leader, etc. Post-childbearing, got my body back quickly by being active. When I was really, really busy I always managed to (and loved to) fit in the fitness stuff. It’s just for the last 8 years I’ve been resistant…..lazy….. enjoying lazy! That’s part of it for sure. I enjoy the lazy.
Ah! OK. Lighbulb as I wrote that mini-history. :idea: :idea: About 8 years ago, my partner and I witnessed a traumatic event, from which we both had PTSD (I think still might have, somewhat). For me, that was followed by a seemingly unrelated physical illness (but I know everything connected on some level), 2 operations, sick leave for half a year, recovery, then a year or so more work, then retirement. Hmmm. OK, some ideas lurking near the surface there for sure. Gonna explore. Thanks for triggering a possible connection, Celes.
Apparently the month following January is Walkerary because that’s what I seem to be doing. In the evenings, no less. Last night’s activity session happened accidentally. We were headed to an event couldn’t find the building so we walked circles around several blocks at full speed (due to having a bit of a deadline).
Plus, it was my first full day with a pedometer, which I checked out of the library (go library!). I’m not wearing it the way I’m supposed to (opting for the much more convenient ‘just tuck it into a pocket’ method), so I know the count isn’t accurate, but it read 8500 or so last night before I went to bed. Going to try to top that today.
Oh, I forgot to brag on myself for some excellent stretching. :-)
Lol @ Walkerary. :lol: Great work on the walking and stretching, Jadzia. :clap: If you use a 3G smartphone, you can try the applications which measure your distance covered via walking/jogging. They seem pretty interesting – even has the option to calculate calories burned too. I’ve yet to try it myself, though I’ll be doing it soon once I get a shoulder strap to hold it in.
Wow I did it! I got home from working my 10 hour shift & threw myself on the treadmill for a good 30 minute workout! It felt great! Thank you to all of the 21 DFC participants for your encouragement.
Keep on keeping on for sure!
Glad you’re making use of the bright & sunny skies Celes, over here it’s still cloudy & chilly! Though my knowledge about health-related topics is minimal, the fitness questions sound interesting.
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Day 6: Circuit training!
Today, a very unusually busy chore-filled but achievement-rich day (thank God), the usual 3.5km walk couldn’t be done so I did a circuit training workout instead. I find this type of exercise especially helpful since it burns a lot of calories in a relatively short amount of time.
Push ups are incredibly hard for me, and not more than 2 weeks ago, I would do 1 push up and then feel like I was crumbling in pain. But today I managed to do at least 3 before feeling the “crumbliness”. So now that I can do 3 push ups, I feel as if I can do anything in the world … like 3 pull ups for example. Also, these past few days, I’m finding it not hard to remain within the calorie budget limits, another unexpected improvement!
Fantastic job, Nadia! :clap: Congratulations on being able to do 3 push ups – that’s amazing. :D I know what you mean with regards to the push ups and the pain – I have minimum upper body muscles myself. I can’t even do 1 legit pull up. -_- Do you have a target on the push ups you want to achieve by the end of the 21 days?
Thanks Celes! But I can do other amazing things besides 3 push ups … like 5 sit ups for example and no resting in b/w … oh yeah :cool:
Didn’t have a clear target goal, but after you mentioning it, I guess doing 10 legit push ups would be nice! But I don’t know how that will happen ( lets just say I’m below average in fitness).. are you planning to do any workouts to increase your upper body strength? Maybe I can take some hints :)
My activity for day 6 started off… interestingly. My friend and I sprinted across campus twice because I was dressed as the Doctor (from Doctor Who) and she was Amy Pond so we were having an epic adventure. I couldn’t breathe for at least ten minutes afterward but it was fun and I was surprised by how far I had managed to run during that (normally I would have maybe made it half the distance).
In the evening, I did another fifteen minutes on the Wii Fit. I unlocked a new Strength Exercise. so that helped me in getting some more minutes in. Today was a pretty good day. Definitely fun :dance:
Hurray for a fun-filled day! Epic adventures are lovely, aren’t they?
Day 6 — I am absolutely thrilled because for the first time I did not use the weather as an excuse to not excercise. I went walking for an hour in 2 C temperature. I was bundled up in my jacket, gloves and cap. This challenge was what made me get dressed and head out of the door. thank you celes…
I take an hour everyday to work out. Went to the gym and got a full body workout. Did some sit ups, pull ups and went on the treadmill for about 20 minutes. It was very rewarding at the end of the day. Not to mention I met an old friend right outside the gym. So yeah, it wasn’t a waste like other days I stay at home. I’m only two days into my 21 day workout plan but I can tell this is something I will end up doing everyday. Thanks everyone!
Hi all
Well done everyone. Be proud of what you achieve and manage to fit into your day, no matter how big or small.
Think my browser is playing up as I can’t seem to post on anybody else’s comments at the moment as it keeps telling me “Duplicate post….blah”. I’ll look into it, but sorry I’ve not been able to comment on any individual threads.
Completed my 30min run this evening, went well though I felt I didn’t leave long enough between eating and running. Still, I’m moving up to 45mins from Friday for the week.
Started my exercises planned after this but only got half way through, body felt really tired and perhaps it didn’t help my youngest was up quite a bit in the night so I think tiredness caught up. But still a handful of squats, lunges and push ups completed.
Roll on day seven.
Ian :-)
Today I overslept again, arrrrgh!!
When I came back home for lunch I kept post poning exercising until 8PM and that’s when I realized that in my head I wasn’t allowing myself to do anything besides the exercise I missed this morning.
So after that I di some yoga for 30 minutes and I feel much better.
I’m going to sleep now(earlier than yesterday) so hopefully I will wake up on time. I’m doing a pilates workout that goes on every morning on TV. I did it once and enjoyed it so I hope that goes well.
Have walked over 7.5km today, plus clenches. On course for a 6th day of meeting my exercise goals. Yay! :)
Yay for meeting your goals :clap: May your exercises be as zingy as a perfect lemonade! (Please excuse the analogy, I’m kinda thirsty :mrgreen: )
I love lemons, limes and anything zesty so I appreciated your comment!!! Hope you got the drink you wanted :lol:
I second the love for citrus fruits! And I did get the drink -a cool (not cold!) glass of water! Couldn’t ask for anything better :)
Good job zingfairy!! Seems like you are doing excellent! Congrads! Lemonade sounds great Nadia! :p
did another body conditioning class before i went to see a play with Cynthia Nixon called WIT
play was very powerful. and i had a good workout
class was 45 min.
feeling sore kind of all over especially arms and thighs from lifting and lunges.
spin class tomorrow.
I am very happy with my progress so far today! It is 1:30p.m. here in Southwest Virginia and I had a good night of sleep. Woke up at 6a.m. to get my girls ready for school. Instead of feeling tired from going to bed so late usually, I went ahead and done a great 15 minute yoga workout.
Yesterday I had seen a link for a Pilates video. I hadn’t actually tried Pilates so for 30 minutes I tried that one and a few other’s I found. They are mostly 10 to 15 minutes long.
Also I found while on this site a wonderful video for working abs. That is my problem area. I had mentioned in my 21DHL journal that my ideal weight is where I need it to be. I do want to tone up muscles and problem areas like the abs, thighs, and back of my arms.
I thought I would share this link for a 10 minute ab workout and get some house cleaning done.
My plans for this evening is to do this video again for 10 minutes and add another 10 minute one.
For tomorrow my plans are to do yoga. I am going to do this ab video again. For something new, I want to try some different Pilates.
Have a great day everyone! :dance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK6mKUEY09o&feature=related
Hi Netta
Congrats for breaking your habit and getting on with the yoga workout!
Good luck on toning up your abs, you’re taking all the right steps!
:)
Oh that video looks more interesting than the one I ‘used’ on Day 5 :D
I think I shall try this one for Day 7. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Zingfairy!!!
Rosa, thank you for sharing yours. Without seeing yours, I wouldn’t have known where to start to look. I really enjoy both and hopefully may find some more in the next few days. Good luck to you!
I can feel stomach muscles I had forgotten I had. :D
Celes, I’m looking forward to the new format next week. But yes, do keep posting your own updates. You started this whole idea, so I’m looking to you to keep inspiring us! heehee
I’m not feeling the “routine” or the habit yet. Maybe it’s because I’m retired and my days don’t have a direction or format. I do NOT want to put my fitness activities in a specific time slot. I know, I know, it might help motivate the foreverness of it if I did that. But anyway, so far, I’m still resisting doing this each time and not yet feeling the eagerness to do it, in spite of how much better I’m feeling about everything because of doing this. My intellectual/mental appreciation of the positive effects on me hasn’t become any kind of emotional or physical enthusiasm. YET. But it will. Yes it will! (she said, trying to convince herself :lol: )
good job Kate
just keep doing some workout every day
my advice: ignore that inner voice we all have that makes judgements and assessments
“i am not feeling the routine yet.” for example
instead just do what you are doing and leave yourself open to whatever transformation of your body and mind that may transpire
:)
Hey Kate! I’ll definitely continue to share my updates, but ultimately I want everyone to learn to channel into their inner motivations and inner muse for continual fitness in their lives (which we’ll hopefully achieve through Weeks 2 & 3). Any other way would simply be unsustainable – the desire to work out each day will naturally expire when the challenge ends (which it will end, ultimately). It’s also part of the reason why I usually don’t put myself as the center of focus for the challenges (this one was an exception as I had already wanted to embark on my fitness goals, and the challenge came afterwards as a ‘by-the-way’ deal. Now that the challenge is in full-scale mode with everyone onboard, I want to ensure all of us take away useful lessons for ourselves through these 21 days of fitness).
A long time ago during the meditation challenge, i once had this notion that ‘the tree of self-growth or now for that matter isn’t one that will shoot up like a bamboo, but will slowly pave its way up like the basil’…..i know you’d get therre :heart:
Hey Celes,
I’m envious of your weather. The temperature here is decreasing and so the exercise I normally do, (hockey coaching a ladies team) is not going to happen due to a frozen pitch. (EVen astroturf freezes eventually)>
So, I’m still rethinking at the moment and haven’t done anything yet. It’s probably going to be up and down the stairs for 15-20 minutes (unless I collapse first) :D
I had better do it soon a I have a lot of studying to get through tonight. I’ll post again if it’s not to late or if not, i’ll be posting tomorrow.
Oh and BTW, excellent work everyone who is still crunching those miles, swimming, walking, jumpring, crawling, (dying)? :D keep up the great work and thanks Celes for giving us focus. :clap:
Hi Mark, hope the day went to the best of your wishes & the encouragement you gave at the end is really nice of you. Funny how it went from jumping to crawling then dying! (Accurate description of a tough exercise routine actually) Guess that much pain must mean a lot of benefit :)
Thank you for the challenge. It is important to start slow to avoid hurting one’s self. I’ve been doing 1/2 mile trots without any permanent soreness. Here in Ohio we’re having a slight snow dusting this morning.
I expect to get up to 2 miles before the end.
2 miles is great! Keep up the fab work!
Thanks to my ”strong” internet connection, I lost my comment after typing a long one in the afternoon @.@
To be honest, I felt quite annoying and wanted to skip the update. But eventually I realise that if I didn’t update my progress just because of a small internet problem, I’d feel really disappointed about myself. :shy:
So here’s my day. I woke up later than normal so there was a moment of laziness. :shy: I thought of skipping the morning exercise. Luckily, I still composed myself and did it as usual. :D
I went swimming in the afternoon for an hour and a half. :dance: Swimming makes me feel so fresh and great :mrgreen:
I planned to jog around my school, however, I changed my mind due to the bad weather. So instead of jogging, I’m going to do aerobics later.
Well, I’m going to end my day with another exercise for 15 mins as usual. :)
Ack, I know what you mean about losing a comment for technical reasons, and that being a real discouragement. That has happened to me so often that I now have the habit of using Ctrl-A then Ctrl-C before hitting “post comment”. (Keyboard shortcuts for Select-All then Copy.) I do this at every site every time. It’s saved my long-winded bacon many times. :lol:
Good for you for ignoring the annoyed feelings and not disappointing yourself.
I’m currently relating to you for another reason. It’s mid-morning here, I’m feeling lazy, and I’m thinking of skipping this whole activity thing for today. Luckily, I have you to inspire me to break through that laziness and …. OK….. I’ll do it anyway. Thanks for your post, Linh!
Another great day.
30′ yoga + 32′ jogging in the morning (3,2km but it’s not the same Course where Celes train ;) )
1h walking + 45′ yoga in the afternoon
First day with maximum temperature above 0C in a week.. +2 :angel: felt like 15, this afternoon I could walk without gloves..Milan has never had such a long spell of freezing weather in maybe 40 years
I still have some discomfort in my stomach, but my breathing is getting deeper
Oh wow, that is a serious workout! Congrats!
Getting ready to head over to the gym where I plan to do a 20 minute treadmill run followed by a free-weight session.
Celes, I like your idea of posting a fitness question everyday.
Hey Lisa, your exercise plan sounds like a great gym exercise combination! (Strength + cardio) Way to go :D
Hi,
Today I went for my usual jogging / brisk walking in evening. Workedout for around 40 mins. Additionally, used stairs for reaching my room at 6th floor.
I didn’t felt much pain esp at my thigh & hamstring muscles.. I guess my body is getting used to the stress :D
For tomorrow, will continue the same pattern.. will try to increase the exercise duration.
Cheers
Ahmed
Good job! I envy you that you don’t have much pain..
My body is aching..
And great additional workout with the stairs, I’m also using them instead of the elevator =)
Just finished my workout!
I was very sore from yesterday’s strength training but now I’m more sore if such a thing exists..
Today I did 20 min of cardio on the elliptical and around 50min. of strength training. It took that long because I still don’t know the moves and I need to read the instructions a couple of times and also I’m still deciding what my strength training routine will be, since there are soo many exercises to choose from..
I’m doing strength training more, because I want to give some shape to my body..
I’ll be doing the same routine tomorrow..
Fantastic work Ozum. :clap: Which parts of your body did you work out during your strength training?
Thanks Celes for inspiring me with your 2 exercises a day!
I’m focusing on my abs, thighs and glutes..
By the way if anyone is looking for some exercises you can find really nice 6min. trainings on pinterest. I’m doing all my strength training from there =)
back on the chain gang (or should I say treadmill).
Made it to the gym by foot and did 1 hour on the treadmill plus some muscle strengthening exercise. {I am
an awful long way from a six-pack though ;-}
Feeling good and excited. Nearly 1 week on the challenge.
Hey Raymond! Congratulations on your progress thus far. :clap: As I always joke with my friends, we already have 1 big pack by default (*cough*). When we sit down we have 2 packs, occasionally 3. If we work our way up from that, a 6 pack goal doesn’t seem that intimidating all of a sudden. :lol:
I like that pack story. I’m already have way there then!
what a day had a tiresome day arranging the house, directing the house help and working with her too….
early in the morning i managed a 17 minute walk…have made up my mind to up that to 25 minutes, going to try to achieve that by changing the music i listen to while taking my walk…..from bollywood to trance……
Though am aching, i still plan to cycle later for some time, over the 5 days, i’ve kept walking and cycling a mantra and i wish to stick to it…….
dasvidanya guys, happiness and fitness to all
Great job, ASLO! :clap: That’s a great idea, to effect your physical activity via music. I just got my new phone today and I can’t wait to incorporate music/podcasts into my jogs. Have you considered listening to podcasts? I find it’s a great way of combining productivity with fitness.
Podcasts during exercise…..hmmm….awesome idea Celes :clap:
Assimilating a world of good and wisdom while the brain is getting more oxygen and energized….
would definitely try that and get back to you
You’re right, Aslo, music is a great way to motivate doing more minutes. It seems to make the time fly by, doesn’t it. Good for you for planning to increase to 25 minutes!
I was going to post the same idea as Celes. I enjoy podcasts during my walks, not to add productivity though. I mostly listen to learn stuff — things I want to know more about. Right now for me that’s podcasts about buddhism or meditation, or podcasts from the Chopra center, etc. Plus I have a couple fitness-motivational talks in my list. When my mind isn’t up to all that learning :p , I do love my music playlists. Currently Lady Gaga’s Born This Way is my best energy-booster.
Deepak Chopra? Well seems like we share similar interests :cool:
I think I’ve gone through almost all his podcasts from the Chopra Center and LearnOutLoud
Currently I’m tuning in to Wayne Dyer and Lousie Hay…..
Now the next step, listening to self-help audio while exercising seems to be not just a new but a heart-warming concept…..would try that for sureeeee
Aslo, I kind of sensed that we have similar interests. Definitely! I’m subscribed to WD’s and LH’s feeds online. Haven’t checked for podcasts, but now I will! I have several of LH’s books, and have lived by her You Can Heal Your Life ideas for 25+ years! (See my description about it here: https://personalexcellence.co/blog/21dfc-day-2/comment-page-2/#comment-23414)
I just googled LearnOutLoud. THANKS! for the awesome info; I’m going to start exploring that exciting site and do some downloads today! Weeehooo! :dance:
Like both of you, Kate, and Aslo, I also have been/am into Wayne Dyer and Louise Hay from waaay back when. The last one by WD that I read was “Change your Thoughts, Change your life.” Looking forward to reading his latest. Also receive so much from his “Sacred Self.” LH’s ideas have always made sense to me.
Good exercise for the brain! :idea:
Its amazing how so many enlightenment seekers are bound together by the power of good reads and authors Bette, i cant wait to get my hands on WD’s new book…. :D
Yes, and it’s kind of fun how there’s a subgroup of enlightenment-seekers are showing up here seeking motivation and support for a physical enlightenment of sorts. I mean, I apply all my self-help knowledge and experience to *everything* in my life except, um, I’ve begun resisting physical activity in recent years… so I came here because I know Celes is wise and can help me get insights about why this resistance has come up in my life. Happy to say, I *am* getting some great insights and finding ways to sort of spiritually absorb what I intellectually know about the importances of fitness.
My main insight so far is that, for me to stick with daily fitness after this challenge is done, I absolutely need to focus on the benefits that fitness provides for my spirit, joy, energy, mood, etc. I do believe in mind over body, in belief leading to action. “If the spirit is willing, the body will follow” — is that the quote?
Anyway, it turns out that, for me, this challenge is less about doing something physically active each day and more about incorporating into my daily thought processes a deeper realization of the obvious influence that increased activity has on everything internal.
Sorry…. that got rather deep…. I do appreciate having people here who understand this way of thinking and being and changing. :angel:
Yup, you can find many speakers, like Deepak Chopra, the now late Davidji, Wayne Dyer, Lousie Hay and Zig Ziglar on learn out loud
Also if you have an android phone you can try looking up apps on either of the above from the Market
If I remember right, the first self-help book I read seriously with the urge to learn something new was You Can Heal Your Life, I recorded some of the better snippets in a diary, I guess I now be turning to that page, thanks for reminding me about that….25 years that’s a great achievements….its amazing how old she is yet how she crusades on
By the way, I currently have The power of intention by WD, have also read a lot of his books from the local library and am sure my next buy would also be one of his too…..youtube also has a lot of talks of his, have you tried that?
Finally you might want to look up Skye Dyer (WD’s daughter) on myspace, she sometimes guest appears on his talk shows, she has quite a few nice inspirational songs…..
Awrite then….would update you if i come across something new….thanking Celes now’s coming on a lot (right?), cos if it weren’t for her,i don’t think i’d ever get to know you Kate, staying almost half the world away…… :D :heart:
Another 30 minutes on the rebounder for me today again. I’d eaten something beforehand, and didn’t really feel like doing 40 minutes again. Although I put a bit more effort into my arm movement.
Tomorrow will most probably be the same again :)
Nice going, Glenn! 30 mins is a good workout time! :)
Today I got back home late. One hour after taking dinner, I ran in place for 30 minutes while watching anime. :p I usually run in place either by listening to music, or watching anime. To me, I enjoy activities like this to relax myself.
Again, today I manage to exercise! Although it was only half an hour, but at least I moved on with the plan.
And, today, another colleague said that I look thinner even I was wearing the same shirt like before!! That really motivate me to continue moving! :dance:
Tomorrow, my class will end at 1pm. After the class, I will go to have lunch with colleagues and then plan to go for gym in my college around 2:30pm for only RM1.50 per entry. After the gym, I will take a bathe in college then go to zither class straight away. :) I hope this plan moves for every Thursday of this semester (7 weeks) ~
30 minutes is a reasonable amount of time, just like Glenn said earlier, it’s the optimum amount of time and I share his opinion.
Good luck with the plan you’ve made! :D
Thanks, Lina. I will do my best to achieve the plan! ^^
Glenn & Lina,
Speaking of optimal amount of exercise time, I hear/read “30 minutes” from various experts. I posted a Very Interesting and Motivating :!: :!: video to my 21DFC section of my blog. It’s 10 minutes, but really FUN to watch because of the graphic technique used to illustrate the talk. (Click my name here to arrive at my blog & that video.)
Congratulations on the compliment, Jaleen! Consistent effort will *surely* bring you results, so to be honest I’m not surprised to hear that! :dance: And it’s only been 6 days so far – the results will be even greater at the end of 3 weeks, no doubt about it. :D Keep up your incredible work! :clap:
Thanks Celes! ^^
I will keep going with it~!
45 minutes of biking followed by 10 minutes of stretching and 10 minutes of meditation.
I feel like I am being more active. I am making sure to get up from my desk often and move around. Its hard when you have a desk job but I’m trying. :D
Wow! That’s great~!
I used to be sitting in front of my desk all day long too! Actually, even while we are sitting in front of the desk, we can do some simple exercises in sitting position too. :)
But of course, it is always better to get up from the desk to do some movements so that we can relax our bodies and eyes.
Keep going! ^^
It’s tough having a desk job, or being stuck to my desk practically the whole day; (for me) on Wed and Friday even more, from 7.30 to 3.45. :p
You did really great – keep it up. Make use of your free time for exercising. Or, you could bike (or walk!) to work (or wherever you want to go) instead of alternative transport.
Exercises I did: Stretching, skipping, jumping jacks, jogging (I jogged in my grandma’s house a little), walking (I also did some walking in grandma’s house), jogging in place and dancing.
Total time taken is more than 32 minutes. Of all these exercises, II did dancing the most, I danced for more than 21 minutes :D I wanted to do the exercises more almost or more than an hour but I was feeling very tired and I thought I needed more rest for tomorrow’s exercise :)
I love to dance. Its such great exercise but its so fun that you don’t realize you are exercising!
Right, Tina! :D BTW, good luck with your exercises! :heart:
Update: Yesterday night I also walked for more than 1 mile :), I think it is almost 2 miles :D
Hi Monisha – you did really well! I used to dance ballet weekly, but then stopped after changing school because there wasn’t any classes. :p
If you’re tired, you really should stop. Don’t force yourself, otherwise you may end up sick. Last time my father told me when I was trying to force myself to eat finish my food: if you force yourself to eat so as not to waste money (on the food), you may end up making me use more money to bring you to the doctor. :D
Thank you, Amanda!!! :heart:
And thanks for the advice! :hug: :hug: :hug:
Swam for 50 minutes today (20 minutes frontcrawl, 20 minutes breathstroke). Also, I managed a 10 minute leg strengthening exercise in the pool – breathstroke kicks with my hands outstretched not moving.
Oh, and something possessed me; after school before my CCA, we ran up 3 floors, down, played some catching, then up again. Whew. :)
Wow, that’s a lot of work. You did fantastic work! :)
Swimming. That’s certainly a great exercise.
It’s certainly a great exercise, but not too tough for me (swimming is the simplest of all exercises for me!). I haven’t experienced any change to me physically – perhaps because I’m used to 20 minutes in the pool almost daily.
But mentally, I’ve experienced a change. I’m having a longer attention span, I’m more alert and focused. :)
Interesting that you mentioned being more alert and focused Amanda, because that’s exactly what I’ve been experiencing too. :D Looks like fitness doesn’t just being us physical benefits; it also brings us mental and emotional ones too.
Thanks Monisha! :D It’s definitely a lot for me, usually I just spend 20 minutes in the pool, and even then (before 21DFC) I do not swim continuously, just play about in the shallower end. >.<
walked for 30 minutes in the morning from 6:55 to 7:25 ( into and out of mist, end of winter season in our place :) ) then 10 minutes of yoga and… Lina.. even I think meditation is nice way to wrap up and I too do that :D
Yes, it is indeed. :) You catch your breath after the workout and relax every single part of you, both physically and spiritually.
Morning!
Another free day from classes so I was able to exercise in the morning. Woke up at 6:00, read a few pages from a novel I’ve currently borrowed from the library and then I worked ouuut! I’m so excited! Instead of the plan I had yesterday in mind (cardio plus strength workouts), I used the one posted yesterday by Jaleen. And it was intense! I haven’t exercised for 30 minutes in ages. Ah, sweet victory coming in waves of sweat, :lol: .
Hope you guys have a great day today! :D Now I’m gonna wrap everything up nicely with 10 minutes of meditation. :)
Hi Lina, you did an awesome job! :D Good day! :hug:
Thanks, Monisha! :D You,too.
Hi Lina, I think 30 minutes is a good amount of time to exercise. At least it works for me, and never leaves me feeling too tired to do anything else.
Yes, true, it doesn’t squeeze out all your energy. :)
Lina,
Great milestone 30 minutes exercise!
Thank you, Raymond! :)
Yes I agree. 30 mins is a good time. It gets your heart pumping. It’s achievable for everyone and it’s reasonable to fit into your lifestyle.
Well done
Ian :-)
Waking up early, reading and working out – good morning indeed Lina ! That’s a great way to set the mood for the rest of the day :)
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