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Today's Fitness 
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LIS193
12/26/2011 11:36AM
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WENDYSPARKS
12/26/2011 10:20AM
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GRRARRGH
12/21/2011 8:05AM
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Congrats on your streak!
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IRON_RESOLVE
12/20/2011 11:56PM
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I did check out Roebunch!! Amazing feat accomplished!! I am going to keep in touch with Roebunch and follow suit! Report Inappropriate Comment |
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MSKIZ69
12/19/2011 9:38PM
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Happy Birthday!!! 
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EMMALEIGHB
12/19/2011 6:19PM
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10 minutes of hula hooping! Love it. Great work yourself! Report Inappropriate Comment |
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LOSINGITALL4ME
12/19/2011 4:56PM
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Thanks for the motivation! Between my treadmill and elliptical I can get at least l0 minutes of exercise!
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WARMSTRONG2
12/19/2011 2:32PM
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Congratulations on the birthday and the weight loss.
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TIPPY211
12/19/2011 11:52AM
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Today I completed week2 day 1 of the 5K your way walk/jog plan
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ABB698
12/19/2011 11:31AM
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10 minutes is completely do-able every day! Move it to lose it (or maintain it) 
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35ANGELS
12/19/2011 10:39AM
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Awesome! I need to start an exercise streak!
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SHOSHANADP
12/18/2011 7:28PM
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I got in on the 10 minute challenge but I think it is a great idea!
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LYNDALOVES2HIKE
12/16/2011 8:44PM
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I have been so motivated by your great example, I've been exercising every day for at least 10 minutes but usually for 60+ minutes. In fact, I signed up for Jazzercise and have been going there most mornings - thanks, Chris - you're a fantastic motivator!!!
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SONOMAGAL
12/16/2011 4:53PM
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Hard to get motivated to move when you're sick. 
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HERBKAT
12/16/2011 1:36PM
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Starting over, Day 1 - walked 10 on the treadmill. I have a lot of hip and lower back pain, but I'm going to do this! I saw your 102 day streak and thought, now or never. 
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PAMBWS
12/16/2011 9:22AM
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Walked the dog & went swimming...lots of moving!
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ROEBUNCH
12/16/2011 8:13AM
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well I must say the highlight of my day was being mentioned in your blog!! I feel honored. I walked 3 miles today
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HOPESINGH
12/16/2011 7:01AM
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I had 51 minutes walking with Leslie yesterday. Fun and refereshing! My highlight was that I had a day off. It was sooo good! Report Inappropriate Comment |
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KKP4673
12/16/2011 1:48AM
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BLACKJEN82
12/16/2011 1:08AM
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I'm on day 4 of my 10 minute streak! Today was a good day with 85 minutes. Highlight: working my lower body with Turbo Jam Lower Body Jam for my winter challenge team!!
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LANEYPHOENIX
12/15/2011 11:10PM
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Going to the employee christmas party tomorrow!! I plan to have self control
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STEADFASTNSEE
12/15/2011 10:43PM
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Everyone is doing so well. I may be out of commission tomorrow because BOTH my hips and low back are out of alignment! Well I will go to the chiropractor and then try to do the second aerobics class which will give me 45 mins. HUGS all! Just as I was finishing this, Rascal, my cat, pulled his water dish off the elevated step he's got. SO how many fitness mins can I count bending at the waist (I'm in a chair) and scrubbing? Great ab workout though! LOL Silly cat! Comment edited on: 12/15/2011 10:56:44 PM Report Inappropriate Comment |
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IRON_RESOLVE
12/15/2011 10:14PM
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Wow, 102 days of 10 Minutes of Exercise! I joined it when you did, and I have done the minimum and plenty more nearly every day since! Thanks for this, it reminded me, that even if I only walked thd dog a short way, I could always fit in 10m minutes. And I have discovered this year, it's true as I've heard it said, a body in motion, stays in motion. I don't dread fitting in my exerfcise, I look forward to it! Report Inappropriate Comment |
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MISSA9
12/15/2011 9:33PM
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DId 60 minutes of strength training. Went out with friends and still stayed under my calories count!! YAY!! Report Inappropriate Comment |
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KIMMIF
12/15/2011 9:31PM
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ONLYTEMPORARY
12/15/2011 8:35PM
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walked today
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GABY1948
12/15/2011 8:32PM
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CHARLOTTE1947
12/15/2011 8:30PM
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Wow! Ditto DancingCajun1. I did exactly the same thing! Coming back to life after fighting bronchitis for 10 days . . . put a real cramp in my fitness program. I took it slow for a couple of days of exercise, but today, I churned up the water!
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DANCINCAJUN1
12/15/2011 8:15PM
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Just got home from doing 60 minutes of deep water jogging/aerobics -- swam another 15 minutes .... feelin' great !!!
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Today's Fitness
I did 62 minutes of fitness today.
Today's Highlights
Today's highlight was 30 minutes on the exercise bike while reading The Hobbit (read the awesome chapter where Bilbo gets the ring!)
Member Highlight
I wanted to post an update about Sunny, our injured member from Texas – received this SparkMail from her daughter a couple of days ago – great example of the amazing support in our community!
From: RC2CATTLE
Date: 12/12/2011 - 5:18 AM
Subject: Sunny (RC2CATTLE)
Message: First, let me start by saying Momma is doing well and making steady progress in her recovery. I will send along a few details in a minute, but first I have to say something to all of you from me and my family – and from EMMITT!
Wow! When I told Momma I would read her the emails people might send I had no idea the impact it would have on me and the rest of our family.
We are all really close and have great support not only from our extended family but from Momma and Daddy’s church family as well. But we have been absolutely OVERWHELMED by the outpouring of love and sincere compassion and concern by the people who use the Spark website. We are amazed so many of you have taken the time to write to her with well wishes and prayers. More than 400 Spark members and counting have sent notes to her private email address and I haven’t even begun to count those who have written notes on her Spark people page.
It is amazing and it has touched our hearts that so many of you want her to know how much you really care. What is so remarkable about this entire thing is that you are so sincerely concerned about someone you know only through this website.
We cannot begin to tell you how grateful we are to all of you and how humbling it is to have such tangible evidence of the amazing Power of God’s love for His people. We are really sad because there are so many of you who have sent such wonderful messages to her, it will be impossible for us to respond to each of you individually. That’s really awful because we all wish we could tell each of you individually how much your kind words, thoughts and prayers mean not only to her, but to all of us as well.
Thank you, so much.
Now, on to Momma. First of all, for those of you who were worried about her dog, you will be happy to know that Emmitt The Wonder Dog has fully recovered and spends most of his day keeping watch at the foot of her bed. He really likes that he has graduated to a part-time house dog and is loving the extra attention he is getting these days. We laughed when Momma said if everyone doesn’t stop giving him treats he is going to be so fat by the time she is better HE will need to get his own Spark page!!
A physical therapist comes to the house every day to help Momma and beginning next week will be here only three days a week. Her mobility is certainly improved and she is recovering some dexterity in her hands. There is still lots of bruising, but even the deep bruising is beginning to lighten a bit. She is working really hard and says she is less sore every day. In her usual upbeat, positive way, she also works on keeping all of us laughing and focused on trying to always see the humor in all that has happened. I can tell she is doing all she can to help Daddy think he shouldn’t be worried about her. Almost losing her rocked him to the core and it has been touching to see how despite how hurt she is, her focus, as usual, is on doing all she can for him. They have been an amazing example of love for my brother and me all our lives and we consider ourselves two of the luckiest people on the planet to have these two as our parents.
We will go in for a doctor’s visit later this week so they can check her breaks, do some tests and get an overall good look at her progress. Getting to the truck and getting in and out of it will be a real challenge but she says she is up to the task.
The days are very busy for all of us as you can expect, but I will try and send another update next week. I am going to post this in the few places I know of and ask that if you see it needs to be posted somewhere else I don’t know about that you pass it along. So many have asked for an update, I want to make sure no one is missed. For those who want her email address again, it is gradyssunshine@yahoo.com.
Thank you again for reaching out to Momma and all of us as well. You just cannot know what it has meant to all of us.
I am uploading a couple of pictures of Emmitt to Momma's page so you can see him.
Amy
I hope you had a great day! Did you get at least 10 minutes of fitness? What's your highlight?
SparkCheers!
Chris (SparkGuy)
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LILYPAD72
12/16/2011 7:17PM
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This is such a cool website and a great commun ity!!! I AM IMPRESSED!!!
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CGARR442
12/15/2011 8:15PM
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I didn't do much exercise today...I did do heavy duty cleaning most of the day to get ready for Christmas!!
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PAMBWS
12/15/2011 5:00PM
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Great update on Sunny & Emmett... I swam for an hour & a quarter & walked the dog through the forest for over an hour. Now, I am just enjoying the afternoon. Report Inappropriate Comment |
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HOPEFULHIPPO
12/15/2011 4:03PM
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no...I didn't get much intoday. I know I need to...just for me. Thanks for the motivation. Now if someone will just come kick my
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AMY-MIMI77
12/15/2011 3:11PM
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That's what I love about this site: the Community support. Did my 12 min Pilates Abs Video and will be doing my Gazelle tonight while watching "The Big Bang Theory" Report Inappropriate Comment |
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NEWME0519
12/15/2011 1:29PM
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Nothing today! Planning to finish 2011 strong with my plan for the remainder of the year.
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LYNDALOVES2HIKE
12/15/2011 9:45AM
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Thank you so much for the update on Sunny and Emmitt - what an amazing person and what an amazing response to her troubles!!!
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STEADFASTNSEE
12/15/2011 9:10AM
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What an awesome support system we have here. And Emmett the Wonder dog isn't the only pet that needs Sparks! I wonder if you remember my Rascal!? lol Still I am glad Sunny is improving. As to fitness I think I overdid it yesterday. I was going to do something else in the afternoon and had to cancel. I need to balance out better. But the improvement is there so I WANT to do it! (sigh) HUGS!
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GABY1948
12/15/2011 9:06AM
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HYESHACOURTNEY
12/15/2011 6:49AM
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10 minute jump rope cardio was all I could do. I have been feeling pretty sick and my body just wants to lay.
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HOPESINGH
12/15/2011 6:06AM
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Glad to hear about RC2CATTLE's improvement. I've only been able to sneak in 20 minutes of Yoga yesterday, but it was so needed. I really enjoyed it. Report Inappropriate Comment |
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NELLIEC
12/15/2011 12:52AM
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I am so glad to hear about how RC2CATTLE is doing better. I got a bunch of exercise done (more than 10 minutes), and I got the good news I probably do not need surgery anytime soon. Report Inappropriate Comment |
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ONLYTEMPORARY
12/14/2011 10:39PM
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 thanks for up dating us, it is really appreciated.
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LESLIESENIOR
12/14/2011 10:37PM
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Thank you again, for posting this incredible story and the update. People are fundamentally good and loving. This is a phenomenal demonstration of that love. Whew, it gives me chills. As to fitness minutes, my exercise (1/2 marathon training) has been temporarily stalled due to a severe UTI. But, I have continued to go to work and be very active with my little special needs students. They keep me hopping. Peace, Leslie Report Inappropriate Comment |
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MICHCLEARY
12/14/2011 10:27PM
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SP is so awesome that way - to support anyone in need! I got in 15 minutes of stretching and yoga. Now I'm packing my new SP gym bag for my appointment with my trainer in the morning. #loveit! Report Inappropriate Comment |
way to go sparkguy keep up the good work
Walked with my Wife for 30 minutes this evening.
Counting today, we have walked every day for 255 Days straight. Shooting for 1,000!!!
