Gettin' Fit Friday - November 5, 2010

As I mentioned in my exercise motivation post yesterday, I need an incentive to exercise. I wish I could say that I love to exercise and I do it for the sheer joy of getting healthier.  The reality is that I hate to exercise.  There I said it!  I have to reward myself in some way or I will find excuses not to do it.

 My current motivation is that I am putting $1 for every mile I walk into a fund for a fun family day trip to the Children's Museum in Indianapolis.  Admission will cost our family of 6 around $73.  Figuring in gas, a small souvenir for each kids, and 1 meal out, I am estimating I need to save $225.

So here's how this week went:

• Friday - 0
• Saturday - 1 mile (est.) while out trick-or-treating.  We walked for an hour and a half so it was probably more.
• Sunday - 4.3 miles while out letterboxing at a State Park
• Monday - 1.9 miles on the walk/jog cycle on the treadmill
• Tuesday - 1.0 miles - Leslie Sansone Walk Away the pounds dvd
• Wednesday - 1.4 miles walking on the bike path
• Thursday - 2.0 miles on the walk/jog cycle on the treadmill

Total - 11.6 miles so that's $11.60 for the day trip fund




I don't know about you, but I always find it so motivational to read about other people's stories and successes.  So I thought maybe we could help each other out.

I would love to read your posts and comments about your fitness successes this week.   Did you lose weight?  Did you meet a goal?  How do you find the motivation to exercise?  Did you discover a healthy new recipe or a great new workout dvd?  I want to hear about it.  Feel free to blog about it and link up below.  If you don't have a blog, that's ok.   You can write something in the comment section.

To make things fun, I decided to host a giveaway to kick off Gettin' Fit Fridays.  One winner will get their choice of a workout dvd - either Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred or Leslie Sansone's 5 Day Slim Down.

To enter:

• Participate in Gettin' Fit Fridays either through linking up to a blog post you have written or by leaving a comment below describing what you have done to get healthier this week.  (Mandatory entry)

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• Leave a comment telling me whether you are a glutton for punishment and want the Jillian Michaels dvd or if you prefer a kinder approach to fitness and want the Leslie Sansone dvd. (1 entry)
• Participate in the current weekly Gettin' Fit Friday post (2 entries weekly) 
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• Leave a relevant comment on any non-giveaway post (1 entry each)
• Tweet about the giveaway, being sure to include @NutritionTipsRD.  Leave a comment with your tweet link.  (1 entry daily)
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Rules

• Be sure to include your email address with each entry.  If you do not include an email address, be prepared to check back to see if you won.
• This giveaway ends 11/27/10 at 11:59 pm EST
• This giveaway is open to US residents over the age of 18.  If you are outside of the US, you are welcome to enter, however you will be emailed an Amazon gift certificate for the purchase price (not including shipping) of the dvd in lieu of the actual dvd.
• The winner will be announced on 11/28/10 and will have 48 hours to contact me with shipping information .
• For complete rules, please visit our extra entries/rules page.

Disclosure: This giveaway is not sponsored. The prize is being provided by Miss Organic's Kitchen.