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September 2021 Totals: 69 Miles

James and the Giant Peach 1996, Get Yourself a College Girl 1964, Tickle Me 1965, By the Light of the Silvery Moon 1953

Here are my numbers for the month of September 2021, month #9 of working out this year!

September 2021 Totals:

  • Elliptical 69.77 miles in 7 hours, 2 minutes, 57 seconds
  • Exercised 22 days during month out of 30
  • Watched 3 full movies (Get Yourself a College Girl 1964, Tickle Me 1965, By the Light of the Silvery Moon 1953); finished 1 movie started in August (James and the Giant Peach 1996); started 1 movie to finish in October (Tea for Two 1950).

Year To Date January - September 2021:

  • 871.81 miles in 124 hours, 22 minutes (5 days, 4hr, 22min)
  • Exercised 176 days out of 273
  • Watched 72 movies, 9 TV shows, and 2 documentaries

Weight loss in September: 5 pounds!

For October I will continue doing shorter interval workouts using the Gym Boss Interval Timer and my goal is to get through one movie a week.

September movies are listed as #80 through #83 on my Miles of Movies 2021 list

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