21 Day Exercise TreaTEA

Sooooo I haven’t been exercising regularly for months. It’s pretty sad. So I thought of a way to make myself do it.

I, madametj, do solemnly vow that I shall not drink any tea at all on a given day until I have exercised for at least 20 minutes. I must have an accelerated heart rate at the end of these twenty minutes. I vow to continue this practice for the next 21 days.

Signed,
madametj
Mandy
KiwiDelight
carol who
mj
Spencer

Who’s with me?? :)

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Mandy said

You know what? I’m in. My new apartment has a pretty nice gym and I’ve only been a handful of times since moving in last week. Not acceptable! Going a whole day without tea is damn near impossible for me so this sound like just the motivation I need!

Right now I’m like. Ahhh time for some mint tea. NO, gotta go exercise. So I’m sitting here drinking water so I won’t have to stop for water every 2 seconds will I’m exercising :P I think I’m gonna do “Just Sweat” on my Just Dance 2014 game.

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Mandy said

Yes! http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-06/13/17/enhanced/webdr05/enhanced-21839-1402696390-25.jpg

Especially if its the first season, that would be one heck of a workout!

These are amazing! And considering how many Friends reruns I watch… I could be super fit in no time, haha.

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I go to the gym 2-3 times a week regularly but feel like I need to do a little more on no gym days. 20 mins seems perfect. Sign me up!

madametj, what’s your routine? I’ve never done this sort of exercising before.

What, the TV stuff? That’s a link I just found. I haven’t used it yet. As fas as my routine goes, what I USED to do was 20-30 minutes of cardio on our exercise trampoline (don’t laugh at me. lol) followed by a little bit of weight training with 5 lb dumbbells. I need to get back in it! Today I wanna focus on abs.

Thanks, I wasn’t originally referring to the TV workout (I might try Seinfeld lol). The exercise trampoline sounds fun :O

Maybe to help us with this we can post what workouts we do that day, and then say what tea we had as a reward (I’d do that) :D

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Well, I do hope that you all will begin your days with coffee then—
how else to survive? ;-)

OMGsrsly said

Haha! That’s what I was thinking. :)

As someone who grew up completely caffeine free, not a problem for me. lol

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I jumped on the trampoline throughout an episode of Malcolm in the Middle (20 min) Sweating with an accelarated heartrate. Will have my reward tea after I do some crunches and weight training!

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Mandy said

I did 45 minutes on the eliptical. 500 calories according to the machine. Gonna shower, and then I’m thinking something iced and refreshing.

yay!

Mandy said

Went a totally different route with my reward tea. Phoenix Pearl by Zen Tea, because I was craving something complex yet chocolate

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Done with the weight training and crunches. Time for some mint tea!

I’m impressed! Only twenty more days to go. lol

Well I intend to keep exercising for the rest of my life, but they say it takes 21 days to form a habit :P

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carol who said

I’m in! The plan/routine I’ve been using is I set my timer to go off every hour. I don’t have to exercise at that moment but it keeps me aware if i haven’t done anything in the last hour. I have tied my tea to completing exercise (most of the time). I have been doing a lot of walking (3-4.5 miles per day in 1-3 mile sessions)) but haven’t been doing any core exercises. I really like the TV show exercises! I can even pick some phrases/actions on other shows and add similar exercises. What a great idea!

Yay. Wow, that’s a lot of walking. I wanna be like you!

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I can’t even find my underwear until I have had tea, much less exercise before.

Mandy said

I’m going to do a scouts honor type of system. I am not a morning person so I don’t have time to work out shower and get ready before my Monday-Thursday classes. I might even do more of an if I don’t work out today I don’t get tea tomorrow kind of thing.

That sounds more like it to me. I workout in the evenings. So if I workout, then I get tea the next day. Mornings are too crazy for me.

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I cheated since I didn’t get a chance to exercise until just now. Since I’ve never done such an intense kind of workout, I experimented and went easy today to see how it went. I definitely need to do some jogging and stretching beforehand. Dynamic stretching isn’t enough.

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