6 week PUSH YOURSELF challenge, WEEK 1

syd1980

started spring cleaning today. no where close to being done, but i got the messiest room done.. my sons room. also did legs and back plus ab jam.

8 glasses of water today. been to the bathroom alot lately, but can tell the water is helping.

total number of exercise 356.

1crazymom

27min. shred and 30min. walking = 57 minutes done today. 10 8oz glassses of water. Loaded and unloaded 20 bags of mulch. Can't wait to put it in the yard ,we need color!

chickadee2010

So, a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday update:

Wednesday I did a run on the treadmill for 45 minutes and burned 476 calories.
Thursday I did farm work for 4 hours. I plan on only counting this for 60 minutes, and since I didn't bring my HRM, I am counting it as 600 calories this week.
Unfortunately, today (Friday), I could barely walk. It hurts so much to even move. I took the day off, which means I will need to push myself the rest of the week.

Time total so far: 200 minutes
Calories so far: 2044

Oh, I only got in about 6 glasses yesterday, but I am up to 7 today already and it's only 6 p.m. here.

I know you can meet the strength and cardio goal! You got this.

chickadee2010

Here is my results for day five, week one.
- I did 20 minutes of 3.0 walking outside and according to MFP, I burned 130 calories.
- I cleaned for an hour, and according to MFP, I burned 164 calories.
- I did a Fitness magazine walk, doing intervals of 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, and 5.0. That lasted 20 minutes and according to my treadmill, I burned 181. I felt like I burned more, because I was sweating like crazy.
- My strength training lasted about 5 minutes. According to MFP, I burned 19 calories.
- I did get in 8 glasses of water.
Total: 105 minutes. 40 minutes is cardio and 65 minutes is strength.

chickadee's week one progress:
Total Minutes: 419
Cardio Minutes: 305
Strength Minutes: 104
Water: 41 glasses

I counted cleaning as strength. It was mainly scrubbing and sweeping.

chickadee2010

I have met my strength goal, my cardio goal, and my total goal for exercise. And I've still got two days to go. hehe

emmaleigh47

Evening ...

87 minutes run (6.2 miles) burn 1473 calories

Back to the game -- I took Wednesday as my usual rest day and then ended up with a educational dinner to attend on Thursday.
My plan is P90X tomorrow morning, and then an 11 mile run on Sunday!

Total exercise minutes : 241
Total calories burned: 3340

sherrillg

Stress does a number on your body! So relieved they FINALLY passed the budget. Deep deep breath.:bigsmile:

Day 5
Cardio = 68 mins
Running outside - 18 mins
Wii Fit Free Step - 20 mins
Wii Fit Advanced Step - 10 mins
Walking/Jogging pushing stroller with children - 20 mins

Other = 26 mins
wii yoga - 26 mins

Week totals: 277 mins/cardio; 98 mins/strength; 120 mins/Other = 525 minutes

Happy Weekend!

TracieJ65

I have met my strength goal, my cardio goal, and my total goal for exercise. And I've still got two days to go. hehe

WAY TO GET IT DONE! FANTASTIC

TracieJ65

Stress does a number on your body! So relieved they FINALLY passed the budget. Deep deep breath.:bigsmile:

Day 5
Cardio = 68 mins
Running outside - 18 mins
Wii Fit Free Step - 20 mins
Wii Fit Advanced Step - 10 mins
Walking/Jogging pushing stroller with children - 20 mins

Other = 26 mins
wii yoga - 26 mins

Week totals: 277 mins/cardio; 98 mins/strength; 120 mins/Other = 525 minutes

Happy Weekend!

Fantastic to you too! You have met your requirements and anything this weekend is way above and beyond plus no more stress. Great job

jeanaustin

I'm posting my totals for the week so far. I've been neglecting my posts for the last few days - sorry! I need to figure out how to keep on schedule with my workouts and eating healthy because I'll be going to a conference for work tomorrow (sunday) through Tuesday.

**My big pushes: I'm so happy that I did 30 min of consecutive running for the first time in my life - YAY! - and that I have been doing a lot Strength training - another YAY!! I'm also down to 144.4 this week so I get my next mini-reward which is a MASSAGE! I'll see if I can book that today.

**Need to do better: On my second run this week I was only able to run 20 minutes, but I tried to make up for it by walking 48 minutes. During my walking a pushed myself to run as fast as I could for 40 seconds 4 times. So that was good, but not as good as just running the full 30 minutes.

**My goal: To run a 5K in 30 minutes on 4/23. I signed up for the 5K just last night with my boyfriend, so it's official!!!

Mon, 4/4 - 5 min warm-up on bike + 60 minutes of Strength Training - Lower Body (11 cups water)
Tues, 4/5 - 30 minutes running + 14 minutes walking (10 cups water)
Wed, 4/6 - 5 min warm-up on bike + 60 minutes of Strength Training - Upper Body (11 cups water)
Thurs, 4/7 - 20 minutes running + 48 minutes walking (13 cups water)
Fri, 4/8 - 5 min warm-up on bike + 60 minutes of Strength Training - Lower Body (10 cups water)
Sat, 4/9 - tbd
Sun, 4/10 - tbd

Cardio: 127 minutes ((Even though I'm 37 min over, I feel like this is the least amount of cardio I've done lately))
Strength: 180 minutes ((YAY! 150 min over the challenge goal. This is the MOST strength training I've done lately))
Water: 55 cups of water

My total minutes are 307 and I can't remember but I think I'm under so far but I have 2 more days for this week. I think I'm supposed to be doing 350 minutes since I don't have a HRM. Is that right?

rhiannon1979

Bump for Sunday

jsteras

Totals for the week so far
Cardio- 212 minutes
Strength- 51 minutes
Other- 42 minutes
Total - 305 minutes, I will be doing either a DVD or a walk this evening and a good workout in the morning and that will put me above my challenge goals:)
Got my water in every day this week also:)

katiejarr

Although it Sat Im reporting in:

345 Min of cardio, mostly Yoga, elliptical and rowing

20 mins of weights (as you can see I dont love weight training)

But what do I call Yoga, cardio or strength, I think its both???? Also rowing I think is both because its a lot of upper arm work

Let me know what you think Tracie...also I should be getting my new HRM any day now!!!

Mchavez2018

i want to join. where can i get that exercise ticker. ?
thanks!

Kforest0714

Im ready...weighed in Friday at 192. Cant wait to see the results. Got me an exercise ticker set for 350 minutes.

jsteras

i want to join. where can i get that exercise ticker. ?
thanks!

You can get one at tickerfactory.com

BRFMcKay

Saturday check-in:
Running: 30 minutes
Biking: 30 minutes
Stretching: 15 minutes
Weight machines: 15 minutes

Saturday totals: 90 minutes and 811 calories (my HMR said so.)

Time total so far: 290 minutes
Calories so far: 2855
Strength: 45 minutes

MoM2LayLa09

Day 6

Whew! After I got out of class late today I thought my whole week was shot, thought I would never be able to get to the goal of 350 minutes but I have! By 1 minute lol

Walked around the zoo for 45 minutes
Yard work for 60 minutes ( very vigorous) I was sweating and panting like crazy lol

total for the week - 351
strength training - 15 ( i'll do the other 15 tomorrow! )

total water - 54 glasses


HOPE EVERYONE ELSE HAS HAD A GOOD WEEK !! ONE MORE DAY THEN ON TO WEEK 2!

chickadee2010

Here is my results for day six, week one.
- I did 20 minutes of 3.0 walking outside and according to MFP, I burned 130 calories.
- I cleaned for an hour again and according to MFP, I burned 164 calories.
- My strength training lasted for 1 minute. According to MFP, I burned 4 calories.
- I did get in 8 glasses of water.
Total: 81 minutes. 80 minutes is cardio and 1 minutes is strength.

chickadee's week one progress:
Total Minutes: 500
Cardio Minutes: 385
Strength Minutes: 105
Water: 49 glasses

I counted cleaning as cardio today. I was lifting/moving things.

chickadee2010

My calorie burn won't be as high as I thought it might this week because I didn't get to go to Zumba today. Oh, well, I guess. I'm going by minutes, not calories. But I thought that I might be able to meet both.