• Walk, elipp or precor 275 miles (22.91 miles per week in 13 weeks)

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• Walk, elipp or precor 275 miles (22.91 miles per week in 13 weeks)

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• Walk, elipp or precor 275 miles (22.91 miles per week in 13 weeks)

Week 1: 15.46
Week 2: 5.47
Week 3: 10.53
Week 4: 37.68
Week 5: 13.85
Week 6: 9.76
Week 7: 10.32
Week 8: 12.07
Week 9: 5.30
Week 10: 9.40

Weeks to go: 534.87
Miles to go: 3 (48.74 miles/week) BWHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!

• Walk, elipp or precor 275 miles (22.91 miles per week in 13 weeks)

Week 1: 15.46
Week 2: 5.47
Week 3: 10.53
Week 4: 37.68
Week 5: 13.85
Week 6: 9.76
Week 7: 10.32
Week 8: 12.07
Week 9: 5.30

Weeks to go: 4
Miles to go: 159.98 (39.99 miles/week)

• Walk, elipp or precor 275 miles (22.91 miles per week in 13 weeks)

Week 1: 15.46
Week 2: 5.47
Week 3: 10.53
Week 4: 37.68
Week 5: 13.85
Week 6: 9.76
Week 7: 10.32
Week 8: 12.07

Weeks to go: 5
Miles to go: 165.28 (33.06 miles/week)

Slowly but surely, I'm creeping out of my funk. It's more than a funk. I'll elaborate tomorrow and it'll be the major topic for this entire week.

• Walk, elipp or precor 275 miles (22.91 miles per week in 13 weeks)

Week 1: 15.46
Week 2: 5.47
Week 3: 10.53
Week 4: 37.68
Week 5: 13.85
Week 6: 9.76
Week 7: 10.32

Weeks to go: 6
Miles to go: 29.56 ( miles/week)

• Walk, elipp or precor 275 miles (22.91 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 15.46
Week 2: 5.47
Week 3: 10.53
Week 4: 37.68
Week 5: 13.85
Week 6: 9.76

Weeks to go: 7
Miles to go: 183.19 (26.17 miles/week)

• Walk, elipp or precor 275 miles (22.91 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 15.46
Week 2: 5.47
Week 3: 10.53
Week 4: 37.68
Week 5: 13.85

Weeks to go: 8
Miles to go: 197.43 (24.68 miles/week)

[I'm still mostly offline, no DSL @ the new gig and I'm sharing dial up for the next few days. As soon as I get a few hours of connection all to myself, I'll get this updated.]

• Walk, elipp or precor 275 miles (22.91 miles per week in 13 weeks)

Week 1: 15.46
Week 2: 5.47
Week 3: 10.53
Week 4: 37.68 (take THAT week #2 pfffft!)

Weeks to go: 9
Miles to go: 211.28 (23.48 miles/week)

• Walk, elipp or precor 275 miles (22.91 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 15.46
Week 2: 5.47
Week 3: 10.53

Weeks to go: 10
Miles to go: 242.64 (24.26 miles/week)

• Walk, elipp or precor 275 miles (22.91 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 15.46
Week 2: 5.47

Weeks to go: 11
Miles to go: 259.49 (23.59 miles/week)

• Walk, elipp or precor 275 miles (22.91 miles per week in 13 weeks)

Week 1: 15.46

Weeks to go: 12
Miles to go: 264.96 ( 22.08 miles/week)

I let this feature fall off, so I'm dusting it off for the mini new year.

Q3 Dates: 7/1 - 9/30

Q3 Controllable Goals
- walk, run or elliptical a total of 275 miles (21.15 miles week/3.02 miles a day)

Q2 Out of my Control Goals
- Reduce resting ♥ rate 3pts (80 -> 77 by 9/30/07)
- Reduce blood pressure
- Reduce BMI 1.5 pts (32.5 -> 31 by 9/30/07)
- Lose 3% body fat (35% -> 32% by 9/30/07)
- Lose 12lbs (195.8lbs -> 183.8lbs by 9/30/07)

When Q3 is done, based on where I'm at, I'll set goals for Q4.

Q3 Dates: 7/1 - 9/30
For the next 3 months, Renee is hoofing it for a new digtal camera!!

• Walk, elipp or precor 225 miles (18.75 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 0
Week 2: 2.02
Week 3: 13.88
Week 4: 7.82
Week 5: 5.07
Week 6: 14.19
Week 7: 13.11
Week 8: 25.51
Week 9: 23.66
Week 10: 29.02
Week 11: 27.86
Week 12: 31.21
Week 13: 32.29 (Now THAT'S what I'm tawkin' 'bout Willis!)

Weeks to go: 0
Miles went: 231.1, 51.7 more miles than quarter 1 & a whooping 6.06 miles over my plan...

I'll post a full recap and upcoming plans for Q3 tomorrow. For now, I rest my tootsie and by now, I mean the next 12 hours or so. A girls got 275 miles to hoof in the next 90 days

• Walk, elipp or precor 225 miles (18.75 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 0
Week 2: 2.02
Week 3: 13.88
Week 4: 7.82
Week 5: 5.07
Week 6: 14.19
Week 7: 13.11
Week 8: 25.51
Week 9: 23.66
Week 10: 29.02
Week 11: 27.86
Week 12: 31.21 (Like WHOA!)

Weeks to go: 0
Miles went: 193.35. 13.95 more miles than quarter 1.

I'll post a full recap and upcoming plans for Q3 tomorrow. For now, I rest my tootsie

• Walk, elipp or precor 225 miles (18.75 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 0
Week 2: 2.02
Week 3: 13.88
Week 4: 7.82
Week 5: 5.07
Week 6: 14.19
Week 7: 13.11
Week 8: 25.51
Week 9: 23.66
Week 10: 29.02
Week 11: 27.86

Weeks to go: 1

• Walk, elipp or precor 225 miles (18.75 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 0
Week 2: 2.02
Week 3: 13.88
Week 4: 7.82
Week 5: 5.07
Week 6: 14.19
Week 7: 25.51
Week 8: 23.66
Week 9: 29.02 (BOO-YAH!)
Week 10:

Weeks to go: 2

• Walk, elipp or precor 225 miles (18.75 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 0
Week 2: 2.02
Week 3: 13.88
Week 4: 7.82
Week 5: 5.07
Week 6: 14.19
Week 7: 13.11
Week 8: 25.51
Week 9: 23.66

Weeks to go: 3

• Walk, elipp or precor 225 miles (18.75 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 0
Week 2: 2.02
Week 3: 13.88
Week 4: 7.82
Week 5: 5.07
Week 6: 14.19
Week 7: 13.11
Week 8: 25.51

Weeks to go: 4

• Walk, elipp or precor 225 miles (18.75 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 0
Week 2: 2.02
Week 3: 13.88
Week 4: 7.82
Week 5: 5.07
Week 6: 14.19
Week 7: 13.11

Weeks to go: 5

• Walk, elipp or precor 225 miles (18.75 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 0
Week 2: 2.02
Week 3: 13.88
Week 4: 7.82
Week 5: 5.07
Week 6: 14.19

Weeks to go: 6
Miles to go: 182.02

• Walk, elipp or precor 225 miles (18.75 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 0
Week 2: 2.02
Week 3: 13.88
Week 4: 7.82
Week 5: 5.07

Weeks to go: 7
Miles to go: 196.21

• Walk, elipp or precor 225 miles (18.75 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 0
Week 2: 2.02
Week 3: 13.88
Week 4: 7.82

Weeks to go: 8
Miles to go: 201.28 (25.16 miles/week)

• Walk, elipp or precor 225 miles (18.75 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 0
Week 2: 2.02
Week 3: 13.88

Weeks to go: 9
Miles to go: 209.10 (23.23 miles/week)

• Walk, elipp or precor 225 miles (18.75 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 0
Week 2: 2.02

Weeks to go: 10
Miles to go: 222.98 (22.30 miles/week)

• Walk, elipp or precor 225 miles (18.75 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 0

Weeks to go: 11
Miles to go: 225 (20.45 miles/week)

• Walk, elipp or precor 175 miles (14.6 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 5.59
Week 2: 8.51
Week 3: 9.38
Week 4: 15.20
Week 5: 20.07
Week 6: 19.48
Week 7: 17.34
Week 8: 6.36
Week 9: 19.25
Week 10: 23.48
Week 11: 20.68
Week 12: 10.53

Weeks to go: 0
Miles went: 179.40

By the sole hair on my chinny chin chin, (what? don't all women have a hair or two on their chin?) I made it!

Week 12 was a rough one. I did NOT feel like working out. @ all! I did the bare minimum most days, like 30 mins of C25K and had to force myself to not plop down on the stationary bike. I woulda felt like such a doof if I threw it all away in the final week. So here I am savoring my first non scale victory of 2007.

Quarter 2 started up on 4/1. Later this week I'll lay out my physical goals. For now I paaaaarTAY...in a new pair of sneakers of course I'll post a pic of them next Sunday.

• Walk, jog, run, elipp, arc train, stair climb or precor 175 miles (14.6 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 5.59
Week 2: 8.54
Week 3: 9.38
Week 4: 15.20
Week 5: 20.07
Week 6: 19.48
Week 7: 17.34
Week 8: 6.36
Week 9: 19.25
Week 10: 23.48
Week 11: 20.68

Weeks to go: 1
Miles to go: 9.66 (9.66 miles/week)

Sooooo close to those new sneaks. The current ones are starting to make a clicking noise when I walk

• Walk, jog, run, elipp, arc train, stair climb or precor 175 miles (14.6 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 5.59
Week 2: 8.51
Week 3: 9.38
Week 4: 15.20
Week 5: 20.07
Week 6: 19.48
Week 7: 17.34
Week 8: 6.36
Week 9: 19.25
Week 10: 23.48

Weeks to go: 2
Miles to go: 30.34 (15.17 miles/week)

It's easy to get cocky @ this point, but I won't. I tend to do my mileage 5 days a week, so if I can eek out 3 miles a day this week, it'll be smooth sailing next week. ::knocks on wood::

• Walk, jog, run, elipp, arc train, stair climb or precor 175 miles (14.6 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 5.59
Week 2: 8.51
Week 3: 9.38
Week 4: 15.20
Week 5: 20.07
Week 6: 19.48
Week 7: 17.34
Week 8: 6.36
Week 9: 19.25

Weeks to go: 3
Miles to go: 53.82 (17.94 miles/week)

Man on man...3 weeks away from a new pair of sneaks. I'm really needing them @ this point. I don't even want to look inside, but last week something started sticking me in that soft area behind the ankle bone. On both feet. I think I've walked through the cushioning. Well, that and sometimes when I'm feeling lazy, I shove my feet and mash down the back of the sneakers and walk around in them. Just for kicks.

• Walk, jog, run, elipp, arc train, stair climb or precor 175 miles (14.6 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 5.59
Week 2: 8.51
Week 3: 9.38
Week 4: 15.2
Week 5: 20.07
Week 6: 19.48
Week 7: 17.34
Week 8: 6.36

Weeks to go: 4
Miles to go: 73.07 (18.27 miles/week)

GAK! I better start hoofin' it BIG time if I plan on earning those new sneaks in four (4?!?!?) more weeks.

• Walk, jog, run, elipp, arc train, stair climb or precor 175 miles (14.6 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 5.59
Week 2: 8.51
Week 3: 9.38
Week 4: 15.20
Week 5: 20.07
Week 6: 19.48
Week 7: 17.34

Weeks to go: 5
Miles to go: 79.43 (15.86 miles/week)

First week I'm under 16 miles for the week. Man I came so close to crossing the 100 mile mark. My week got hiccuped and by Saturday I had to take it as an off day or else fer shure I would've hit 100.

• Walk, jog, run, elipp, arc train, stair climb or precor 175 miles (14.6 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 5.59
Week 2: 8.51
Week 3: 9.38
Week 4: 15.2
Week 5: 20.07
Week 6: 19.48

Weeks to go: 6
Miles to go: 96.77 (16.12 miles/week)

Aw shucks. I missed beating last week by thismuch...

Now that I'm @ the ½ way point for the first quarter of the year...nothing but net from here on out.

What exactly does that trite phrase mean? I dunno.

• Walk, jog, run, elipp, arc train, stair climb or precor 175 miles (14.6 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 5.59
Week 2: 8.51
Week 3: 9.38
Week 4: 15.2
Week 5: 20.07

Weeks to go: 7
Miles to go: 116.25 (16.60 miles/week)

• Walk, jog, run, elipp, arc train, stair climb or precor 175 miles (14.6 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 5.59
Week 2: 8.51
Week 3: 9.38
Week 4: 15.2

Weeks to go: 9
Miles to go: 136.32 (15.15 miles/week)

• Walk, jog, run, elipp, arc train, stair climb or precor 175 miles (14.6 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 5.59
Week 2: 8.51
Week 3: 9.38

Weeks to go: 9
Miles to go: 151.52 (16.84 miles/week)

• Walk, elipp or precor 175 miles (14.6 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 5.59
Week 2: 8.51

Weeks to go: 10
Miles to go: 160.9 ( 16.09 miles per week)

Now that you know my fitness goals, both yearlong & quarterly, in addition to my ultimate reward, today I'll share my quarterly rewards.

Each quarter I have specific things I want to accomplish. I'm going to reward myself for accomplishing the ones I can control. Managing to accomplish the uncontrollable is icing on the cake and is it's own reward.

In my best game show host voice, want to see what I'm working for? Make w/the mouse and clicky click click!

This is an annual tradition, as I don't make resolutions.

Unlike past years where I focused on a # on the scale, I'm changing things up. These goals are going to focus on things I can physically accomplish. Each quarter I reach my goals, I get special fitness related reward. I have already vowed no clothes this year. I will make one exception and make Quarter 1's reward a new pair of running shoes. Trust me, you don't want to know how long I've been hoofing around in my current pair…

…nuff said

Below the fold are the dates, goals I can control and just for piss and vinegar, goals I can't.

• Walk, jog, run, elipp, arc train, stair climb or precor 175 miles (14.6 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 5.59

Weeks to go: 11
Miles to go: 169.41 (15.40 miles/week)

• Walk and run 250 miles (20.8 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 17.32
Week 2: 11.21
Week 3: 16.59
Week 4: 8.83
Week 5: 3.17
Week 6: 20.51
Week 7: 18.93
Week 8: 0

Weeks to go: 4
Miles to go: 153.44 (38.36 miles/week)

Heh, I would cackle deliriously @ the miles per week, however, due to the fact that whatever I don't accomplish this quarter, simply gets rolled over to next quarter, the last laugh may be on me.

Wait.

What?

• Walk and run 250 miles (20.8 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 17.32
Week 2: 11.21
Week 3: 16.59
Week 4: 8.83
Week 5: 3.17
Week 6: 20.51
Week 7: 18.93

Weeks to go: 5
Miles to go: 153.44 (30.68 miles/week)

• Walk and run 250 miles (20.8 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 17.32
Week 2: 11.21
Week 3: 16.59
Week 4: 8.83
Week 5: 3.17
Week 6: 20.51

Weeks to go: 6
Miles to go: 172.37 (28.73 miles/week)

• Walk and run 250 miles (20.8 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 17.32
Week 2: 11.21
Week 3: 16.59
Week 4: 8.83
Week 5: 3.17
Weeks to go: 7
Miles to go: 192.88 (27.55 miles/week)

• Walk and run 250 miles (20.8 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 17.32
Week 2: 11.21
Week 3: 16.59
Miles to go: 204.88

• Walk and run 250 miles (20.8 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 17.32
Week 2: 11.21
Miles to go: 221.47

To keep the goals I'm working on accomplishing during Quater 3, each week I'll post a status report of how I'm doing to date.

There is only 1 stat I can track weekly, miles, the others get updated monthly. I do this so that unlike Q1 and Q2 where I posted the goals and didn't look @ them again till the end of the quarter. This way, on a weekly basis, I keep myself mindful of what I'm trying to do.

• Walk and run 250 miles (20.8 miles per week in 12 weeks)

Week 1: 17.32
Miles to go: 232.68

Lose 40-50lbs

• Reduce bodyfat 16%
  
• Lower resting ♥ rate to under 70 bpm (beats per minute)
  
• Lower BMI by 6pts
  
• Walk and run 1000 miles
  
• Drink a minimum of 64oz of water daily
  

Borrowing a bit from last year's goals. Here's a breakdown of the changes:

Congratulations, reneegetsfit! You finished the 2005 SELF Challenge! You've been entered to win the finisher's prize—a trip for two to Los Angeles to work out with celebrity trainer Gunnar Peterson. Plus, as one of our first 2,000 finishers, we'll print your name in an upcoming issue of SELF!

Total workout minutes
5,547 (or 92 hours or 7 hours a week or 1 hour a day)
wÒÓ†!

Total calories burned
43,859 (or 12.5lbs)

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(When I started this it was really simple, but now I'm getting all sorts of ideas so bear with me. The premise started with doing 5 things a day for @ least 5 days a week, I've now made it into a game where I earn points money...ha!)

Building on my 2005 Fitness Goals & tying it all in with 5 in 05! I made up a little game to motivate my inner competitor. The goal is to do 5 things in one day, @ least 5 days a week.

(Okay, am I totally going overboard with the 5's now? )

The Daily 5 Game
1. 55 oz water - Twice a day. 110oz overall is the goal, but 55oz is the minimum.
2. 1500 calories - No less than. I tend to under eat on weekends.
3. 5 am workout - Buh-bye night owl.
4. 2.5 mile walk - (Hey it counts, it does end in 5. heh) Actually, I'm starting @ 2.5 but the real goal is 5 miles
5. 5 flights of stairs - Up & down is one flight.

Extra: 5 servings fruits and vegetables

Bonus: Do all 5 things for 6 out of 7 days
Double Bonus: Do all 5 things for the entire week
Triple Bonus: Do all 5 things for the entire week plus the extra

Then I got to thinking. How can I reward myself? Maybe $1.00 an item? Nahhh...too rich for my blood. but...I can afford .50 cents (you know I wasn't finished with the 5s right?) I mean who can't afford .50 cents?

So here's a rough guideline, most likely I'll revamp it later:

.50 cents for every day I complete the daily 5
1.00 for 6th day (double bonus)
1.50 for 7th day (triple bonus)

For each extra completed:
.05 cents per day up to the 6th day
.50 cents for 7th

Once I complete the daily 5, on the 6th day I'll be able to earn .05 for every one mile walked & 5 miles biked.

Time to bring it all home.

Say I do the daily 5 and nothing else, I get $2.50

Say I do the daily 5 PLUS the extra for the entire week, I get $5.50. By that point, I'll also be able to score some coins off the miles I walked/biked. For instance, if I walk 10 miles and bike 15 (.50 + .75) that week I'll earn a grand total of $6.75.

$6.75!?!?! Big deal you say?

But, but, but that will go towards my new clothing fund. Because we all know how svelte :X I'll look when I drop these pesky 50lbs. At this rate if I'm on track to lose a pound a week (nice and slow), it'll take me 50 weeks to reach my goal. Whip out your calculator and do the math, I'll wait.

BINGO! That's $350 smackeroos.

Now if I only do the bare minimum each week ($2.50), I'll net $125 by the end of the year. But I think we can all agree on which number is more motivating right? Uh huh, I thought so. I'm going for the big cha CHING!

Fun & games aside, the most important benefit is I get to reward positive changes vs. focusing on the number on the scale.

Will it work? Is this the answer I've been searching for well over a year now? Something, anything that will get my mind of the freaking scale and trained on something else?

I think so, because I so love the moolah. Once I cancel the old domain (this Sunday) and tighten my belt a bit I think I can afford to pay myself $20 bucks a month since it's in such small increments.

I'm going to work on this some more, it's jumbled up in this post but I had to get the idea out of my head. Plus, I'm sure there other bonus extra I can come up with to keep this interesting.

Expect revisions shortly...

Lose 50lbs

• Reduce bodyfat 15%
  
• Lower resting ♥ rate to 60-5%
  
• Lower BMI by 5pts
  
• Walk and bike 500 miles
  
• Drink a minimum of 55oz of water daily
  

It's sorta themeatic, 5 goals in 05 and each goal has a 5 in it. I'm a cornball that way. heh