Disney Daily Birthdays – July Exercise Challenge

[SarahDisney]

Disney Daily Birthdays - July Exercise Challenge​

On July 17, 1955, the world was introduced to the happiest place on Earth – Disneyland.
A little more than 179 years earlier, the USA had declared its independence from England – an event without which we might not have the home of Disneyland and Walt Disney World!

We all know the importance of staying active as you get older, so what better way to celebrate these birthdays than with an exercise challenge? Pick a goal for the month and post it below. Just starting out? You may want to try 10 minutes a day, or 310 minutes for the month. 30 minutes a day adds up to 930 minutes for the month of July. Your goal can be one of these or anything else – just share it below and I’ll add it to this post, and post your updated minutes when you can so that we can all keep track of your progress!

One of the great joys of this challenge is our color changing! Because we’re celebrating Disney birthdays and history this month, I figured it would be great for our colors to be named after Disney parks (starting with the newest and working our way to the oldest). When you achieve …

10% of your goal, your color will change to Disney California Adventure Blue
25% will bump you up to Disney’s Animal Kingdom Orange
at 50%, we'll celebrate by turning you Disney’s Hollywood Studios Purple
at 75%, you will become Epcot Pink
In keeping with tradition, you be Magic Kingdom Red at 90% (cuz you're on fire!)
and you'll be Disneyland W.I.S.H. Green upon achieving your goal.

In addition to tracking our exercise, we’ll also be celebrating this month’s Disney birthdays! Every day (or two), we’ll be talking about the Disney parks, attractions, movies, and people “born” that day.

We’re officially starting this challenge on July 1st, but if you don’t find this thread until later in the month, you’re still welcome to join! Just tell our your goal and I’ll add you to the list.

Whether you’re new to this challenge or have done this before, - we’re so glad to have you! Share your goal below and we’ll all be rooting for you!

List of Participants:
(as of 8/2, 9:15 PM EDT)

bearybubba - 256/600
chbc - 900/900
dglilbit - 231/800
Flossbolna - 745/800
galaxygirl76 - 1490/1400
glss1/2fll - 1718/1600
GrandAdmiralStrife - 390/900
hmack - 1534/1600
jmaussies - 173/1000
kathleen27 - 1099/1000
lisah0711 - 1414/1000
LizardQueen8 - 1585/1100
pix13dust - 1000/1000
PollyannaMom - 620/620
purplekicks - 250/800
Rattpack - 1058/800
Rose&Mike - 236/1500
roxymama - 775/900
SarahDisney - 1253/1200
Sleeping*Beauty - 406/400
sophy1996 - 1207/1000
swissfamilyrobinson - 605/900
Tasha228 - 673/600
Trith - 1020/1200
whitney250 - 570/850

Total Team Goal: 21,208/24,470

 

[galaxygirl76]

Thanks for hosting SarahDisney!!

I'm in, after calculating my workout plan minutes for July I very hesitantly put down 1400. Hesitantly because that is a huge number for me coming from a 1100 goal for June(which was my highest number so far) but that's what the plan says so here we go..

 

[Rattpack]

Going to set a goal of 800 minutes as I start my Wine & Dine half training!

 

[whitney250]

Joining in! I'm going for 850 minutes this month, I know I won't get in much gym time because I'll be in Disney at the end of the month! Walking around MK counts, right?

 

[pix13dust]

Thanks for hosting SarahDisney!
I'm going a bit conservative this month, not sure how much exercise I'll get in the latter part if July. I'm in for 1000.

 

[Flossbolna]

I am in for 30 minutes per day with one rest day each week. That comes out to 800 minutes!

Great start Sarah! I am looking forward to hearing about Disney Birthdays!

 

[bearybubba]

I'm in for July. Put me down for 600 min. It didn't work out too well for me for June but I'm feeling more confident for July! Thanks for hosting!

 

[jmaussies]

Thanks for hosting. I'm going to shoot for 1000 minutes this month.

 

[Sleeping*Beauty]

I'm gonna go with 400 this month!

 

[LizardQueen8]

Upping my goal to 1100 minutes this month. Another great theme!

 

[sophy1996]

Thanks for hosting!

I'm in for 1000 this month.

 

[lisah0711]

Thanks for hosting, Sarah! Love the theme! Maybe because I have a birthday myself in July.

I'm in for 1000 this month. I have vacation at the end of the month so I will need to hit my goal early.

 

[SarahDisney]

I'm in for 1200.
I updated the first post with the goals posted so far ... please double check that I got your goal right, because I sorted things alphabetically in Excel, and sometimes not every column sorts properly.

Maybe because I have a birthday myself in July.

Make sure you tell us when your birthday is so that we can all celebrate with you!

 

[PollyannaMom]

Thanks for hosting, Sarah!

And happy upcoming birthday, Lisa!


I'm going to raise my goal from 15 to 20 min/day, so that's 620 minutes for July.

 

[hmack]

great theme! I'm really looking forward to it.

I put down 2000 minutes, and that's been.....well.....interesting. (still have two days to see if I can pull it off)

I think for July I'll drop to a much more manageable but still challenging - 1600 minutes.

 

[Flossbolna]

I'm in for 1000 this month. I have vacation at the end of the month so I will need to hit my goal early.

Make sure you tell us when your birthday is so that we can all celebrate with you!

I guess it is July 11 considering Lisa's screen name...

 

[roxymama]

For June I have surpassed my 750 goal already. So I will be brave and put down 900 for July! My weekly runs only really add to 600 min, so to achieve that I have to do some added non-running activities with the family that will get us all moving. Like swimming, biking and hiking, etc. Instead of couch sitting...which is my favorite activity unfortunately.

 

[SarahDisney]

I guess it is July 11 considering Lisa's screen name...

Yeah, I probably should have gotten that one...

 

[Trith]

In the spirit of doing better than I did in June, I'm in for 1200 minutes

 

[lisah0711]

Thanks for the early birthday wishes! You all correctly guessed my birthday.