I'm happy to join in here - I've got my Gold Body Magic Award but would like to make it a "way of life" and get my platinum!
I started off just walking round the block or back and forward to the shops every day or so, and building it up gradually.
Hubby and I have been known to go for a walk, and not come back for 3 or 4 hours now! We tend to walk about 7-10 miles at a time!
I'm currently following the 10wk plan to a 5k run, as set out in the Slimming World magazine (Aug/Sep issue) - hubby and I are on wk10 and are definitely way past the 5k mark! I'm loving it! We go out every second day, along the local cycle path, so we tend to meet other joggers, people out for walks with their dogs or people out cycling mostly - so we can wear our shorts and t-shirts without feeling "out of place"!
I used to go running in my teens and have raced against Liz McColgan and Lyndsey McDonald in my hey days but getting back into it has been quite an achievement for me, all these years later!
I also skip out in the garden with a length of washing line - I've been known to do as many as 10,000 skips a day - I used to have a skipping rope with a counter on the handles, it went up to 999 then back to 000 but the grandkids took it home with them! Still, I go out and do 100 jumps, then go about my usual business for a while and go back outside again to do another 100 - I just keep doing this when I've got a few minutes, it really does help to get your heart rate up - it's such a good feeling afterwards!
I reckon, checking out this thread every so often will help to keep me motivated - so definitely count me in!
Come on folks - get those trainers out - let's go!
Bronze = 45 minutes per week (spread over at least 3 sessions) maintained for at least 4 weeks
Silver = 6 x 15 minutes per week, maintained for 4 weeks
Gold = 10 x 15 minutes per week maintained for 8 weeks
Platinum = for lifelong Body Magic! When active living is a lifestyle!