6 week PUSH YOURSELF challenge, WEEK 3
TracieJ65
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WOW, can you believe it, we are on to week 3? Everyone of you are doing wonderful and you are taking this challenge so serious. After 2 weeks at it you should be feeling a bit of a difference in some areas and that will only get better and better. I, for one, think I am down a couple pounds, which will be great since I was at a 6 week stand still, and I think there may be some shrinkage in the waist area. But, I made a promise to myself that I would weigh/measure the day we start and not again until the day we end. I will let you know that the weighing part is very hard and not for the reasons you think! I am over the scale and after 102 pounds lost don't stress it as I did for the first year of this journey. BUT, my ultimate goal was/is ONEDERLAND and I was three pounds away from that when we started this. So, by not weighing until the end of our challenge I will not know if I have hit it, or not, until the six weeks are over. I have not been in the 100's in over 20 years so this will be a HUGE feat!
Anyway my DEAR challenge friends, we are off, Week 3 here we come to kick your *kitten*!!!! Woo Hoo!
Anyway my DEAR challenge friends, we are off, Week 3 here we come to kick your *kitten*!!!! Woo Hoo!
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yeah !!!!!! I lost 2 lbs , I have not been as good with my water as I should its hard but I will get there and I just ordered Insanity so we will see what s next. Hope everyone is doing well !0
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yeah !!!!!! I lost 2 lbs , I have not been as good with my water as I should its hard but I will get there and I just ordered Insanity so we will see what s next. Hope everyone is doing well !
Fantastic! So happy for you and you should be so PROUD of yourself. Great job!0 -
I think we are going to have some new folks joining up with us starting this week. So, everyone be on the lookout for new names and let's welcome them to this Challenge and help out if we can. All of us have done it for 2 weeks and we know it can be done but there are times when we have to PUSH OURSELVES. They may need a little help PUSHING THEMSELVES.
But, we have a great group of people here that are all in this together and want to see each other succeed!
Welcome if you are new and let's keep it going if we have been here the entire time!0 -
Thank you so much for doing this challenge, it has really motivated me in my journey to being healthy. I started with MFP on march 22nd and joined in on the challenge on April 4th. I have lost 14 pounds since starting and went from walking one mile to walking 7 miles in one day. I have pushed myself to increase the minutes each week and will do so this week also. I wanted to get over 400 minutes last week and was successful in doing that this week I am going for 500. Thanks again for taking the time to do this:)0
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Ok I fell off the wagon last week. Only got a little over 60 minutes of exercise in but I lost 4.6 lbs (shocking since I've been fluctuating between the same few pounds for 6 weeks!) and completed my 5k on saturday in 31 minutes and some odd seconds, first one I've run the whole way through. So even though I didn't meet my minutes and water I had a good week goal wise. I'm looking forward to getting back on track with everyone this weeek and really PUSHING myself! Good luck to everyone this week!!!0
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Woo hoo! I'm down 2 lbs since last weeks weigh in! I'm doing great so far and hope I can keep it up! I burned 3740 Calories for the week and 467 minutes of workout, and for Week 4 I'm going to push myself to get over 4000 calories! Thanks Tracie for all the support and for me just looking at your exercise diary is so motivating! Good job everyone!0
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So far in the two weeks ive lost 2.8 pounds.yay!! Dont know about inches I never measured. I didnt get all my 350 minutes this past week but did get all my water. Ready to start this week strong with my new hrm!0
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TOM has arrived, as of today. I will definately try to PUSH MYSELF to get my workouts done. Heck, I've done it for 17 days now, surely three days of TOM won't bother me. I've never actually worked out during TOM before, so this'll be interesting. Or if I have it was an easy walk, not one where I'm going to be doing walk/jog/sprint intervals. Ah well, we shall see how it goes.0
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Congrats on your run! That's awesome!Ok I fell off the wagon last week. Only got a little over 60 minutes of exercise in but I lost 4.6 lbs (shocking since I've been fluctuating between the same few pounds for 6 weeks!) and completed my 5k on saturday in 31 minutes and some odd seconds, first one I've run the whole way through. So even though I didn't meet my minutes and water I had a good week goal wise. I'm looking forward to getting back on track with everyone this weeek and really PUSHING myself! Good luck to everyone this week!!!0 -
Thank you so much for doing this challenge, it has really motivated me in my journey to being healthy. I started with MFP on march 22nd and joined in on the challenge on April 4th. I have lost 14 pounds since starting and went from walking one mile to walking 7 miles in one day. I have pushed myself to increase the minutes each week and will do so this week also. I wanted to get over 400 minutes last week and was successful in doing that this week I am going for 500. Thanks again for taking the time to do this:)
This is AWESOME! JUST AWESOME! I am so glad that you are really working the challenge and are building the endurance to increase what you do each week! Fantastic!0 -
Ok I fell off the wagon last week. Only got a little over 60 minutes of exercise in but I lost 4.6 lbs (shocking since I've been fluctuating between the same few pounds for 6 weeks!) and completed my 5k on saturday in 31 minutes and some odd seconds, first one I've run the whole way through. So even though I didn't meet my minutes and water I had a good week goal wise. I'm looking forward to getting back on track with everyone this weeek and really PUSHING myself! Good luck to everyone this week!!!
Great on the run, obviously your endurance has improved! I have no doubt you will get back at it this week and I will strong numbers from you by the end of the week! I have seen you do it before. Great job0 -
Woo hoo! I'm down 2 lbs since last weeks weigh in! I'm doing great so far and hope I can keep it up! I burned 3740 Calories for the week and 467 minutes of workout, and for Week 4 I'm going to push myself to get over 4000 calories! Thanks Tracie for all the support and for me just looking at your exercise diary is so motivating! Good job everyone!
Look at you PUSH YOURSELF and look at the results. Way to go, just TERRIFIC!0 -
So far in the two weeks ive lost 2.8 pounds.yay!! Dont know about inches I never measured. I didnt get all my 350 minutes this past week but did get all my water. Ready to start this week strong with my new hrm!
Way to go, looks like your hard work is paying off! You will notice a difference, in calories burned, with using an HRM. Keep it up, doing wonderful!0 -
TOM has arrived, as of today. I will definately try to PUSH MYSELF to get my workouts done. Heck, I've done it for 17 days now, surely three days of TOM won't bother me. I've never actually worked out during TOM before, so this'll be interesting. Or if I have it was an easy walk, not one where I'm going to be doing walk/jog/sprint intervals. Ah well, we shall see how it goes.
Like you said, you have done it for 17 days! Even with TOM I have no doubt you will do just fine! Just remember we are PUSHING OURSELVES and find what you can do in your comfort level is TOM is giving you problems!0 -
Not problems, no. More like laziness. But I am going to PUSH through this and get my workouts finished, for sure. I might even see what I can do about switching my days and see if I can't take it easy these three.TOM has arrived, as of today. I will definately try to PUSH MYSELF to get my workouts done. Heck, I've done it for 17 days now, surely three days of TOM won't bother me. I've never actually worked out during TOM before, so this'll be interesting. Or if I have it was an easy walk, not one where I'm going to be doing walk/jog/sprint intervals. Ah well, we shall see how it goes.
Like you said, you have done it for 17 days! Even with TOM I have no doubt you will do just fine! Just remember we are PUSHING OURSELVES and find what you can do in your comfort level is TOM is giving you problems!0 -
Sorry to all. I fell short of my goals this week because of having the flu.... Hopefully I will be able to get better results this week.
297 minutes total this week:
145 minutes strength training
117 cardio
Fell a bit short of water towards the end of the week. I should definately have better results this week
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Sorry to all. I fell short of my goals this week because of having the flu.... Hopefully I will be able to get better results this week.
297 minutes total this week:
145 minutes strength training
117 cardio
Fell a bit short of water towards the end of the week. I should definately have better results this week
No reason to apologize for having the flu. In fact, when you are sick you should NOT exercise because you are just taking away the valuable energy that your body needs to get better. Hope you are feeling better and that you ROCK it this week!0 -
This was from Jillian Michaels FB page today and I thought it would fit in nice with our challenge:
Challenge! Are you up for it!?
FITNESS: Try a class you have never taken like Power Yoga, Bar Method, etc.
FOOD: Do not eat out once! Pack lunches & cook. See how much money you save & how much weight you lose.
MOTIVATION: Do not be self deprecating at all & simultaneously pay everyone you meet at least one compliment.0 -
mixing it up today, seem to be stuck . so i pulled out kenpo from p90x. . also did ab jam. got half my water in, the other half at work tonight.
Weekly Total / Goal 80 / 360 806 / 31700 -
I can't pretend i'm not frustrated. I am trying to ignore the scale and the fact that I can't tell any differences. I just keep going and I keep telling myself it takes time. So i'm not quitting at all but I do have my moments where I wish I would see some results.. but i'm just not. Yet!
That said, this week I will up my Strength Training to 3 days & I have upped my resistance for the first time in 11 weeks on the elliptical and I felt great so I that will be my new starting number : )
Best of luck to everyone, keep up the good work : )
W3D1
Cardio - 60 minutes
Water - 9 glasses
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Ok I fell off the wagon last week. Only got a little over 60 minutes of exercise in but I lost 4.6 lbs (shocking since I've been fluctuating between the same few pounds for 6 weeks!) and completed my 5k on saturday in 31 minutes and some odd seconds, first one I've run the whole way through. So even though I didn't meet my minutes and water I had a good week goal wise. I'm looking forward to getting back on track with everyone this weeek and really PUSHING myself! Good luck to everyone this week!!!
WOW! Great job on the weight loss. It gives me some hope since i've been stuck at 150.4 for 3 weeks tomorrow and its really frustrating seeing that I wanted to be 139 for Easter but thanks for posting this and good job on the 5K !!! Awesome : ) Good luck this week!0 -
hey all...im a newbie...can i get in on the challenge?...need to lose a whole lot of weight and need a lil push...how do i get started?0
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I know you can do this! I think we all have times like that when we feel like we don't see results. It will get better, because your hard work can only pay off.I can't pretend i'm not frustrated. I am trying to ignore the scale and the fact that I can't tell any differences. I just keep going and I keep telling myself it takes time. So i'm not quitting at all but I do have my moments where I wish I would see some results.. but i'm just not. Yet!
That said, this week I will up my Strength Training to 3 days & I have upped my resistance for the first time in 11 weeks on the elliptical and I felt great so I that will be my new starting number : )
Best of luck to everyone, keep up the good work : )
W3D1
Cardio - 60 minutes
Water - 9 glasses
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hey all...im a newbie...can i get in on the challenge?...need to lose a whole lot of weight and need a lil push...how do i get started?
You most certainly can get in on this challenge. We just started day one, of week 3, today. Here is the link to the original post so you know what the requirements are! Welcome!
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/205120-6-week-push-yourself-challenge?page=3#posts-28436480 -
I can't pretend i'm not frustrated. I am trying to ignore the scale and the fact that I can't tell any differences. I just keep going and I keep telling myself it takes time. So i'm not quitting at all but I do have my moments where I wish I would see some results.. but i'm just not. Yet!
That said, this week I will up my Strength Training to 3 days & I have upped my resistance for the first time in 11 weeks on the elliptical and I felt great so I that will be my new starting number : )
Best of luck to everyone, keep up the good work : )
W3D1
Cardio - 60 minutes
Water - 9 glasses
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I know it is hard as you want to see, via the scale and the mirror, that everything you are doing is meaning something. Let me tell you it all means something. You will see those results. It may take awhile longer or it may be tomorrow. Every one's bodies are different and there is just know way to know when you will see those results.
If I may offer, like you said, you are going to change it up. Change up a lot of things. Change up your workouts! Do something different everyday. Walk one day, bike the next day, walk the next day, or whatever. Constantly keep changing what you are doing because you need to keep the body guessing. Also, change up foods. If you are eating the same amount of calories and the same foods, day in and day out, your body is used to it. Go a little higher on calories one day and a little lower the next.
I was stuck at the same weight for 6 weeks. I had lost 101 pounds and it stopped. Other things were changing, my endurance, the way I felt wearing clothes, and so on, but nothing on the scale, until this challenge. With pushing myself harder and harder, as you have seen, I feel things fitting so differently and I am pretty sure the scale is moving again.
Just stick with it. You can't come this far and even though it's disappointing let it discourage you to the point that little by little you begin to give up. JUST STICK WITH IT! JUST PUSH YOURSELF! It will happen. When? I don't know! But, it will happen!0 -
Here are my Week Three, Day one results:
I did 60 minutes of walk/run intervals, this morning, and burned, per my HRM, 708 calories
I Roller Skated 33 minutes, this afternoon, and burned, per my HRM, 508 calories
I did circuit strength training for 20 minutes and burned, per my HRM, 202 calories
I did a 44 minute kettlebell class and burned, per my HRM, 616 calories
I am at 17 glasses of water, so far, but am still drinking.
I have done 137 minutes of cardio and 20 minutes of strength training.
Hope everyone is PUSHING THEMSELVES and rocking this day one of week three!0 -
thank you tracie...ill start my 6 week challenge tomorrow morning because i didn't weight myself or do measurements...ill keep a calendar and report in when i can...thank you again...have a great week!0
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I can't pretend i'm not frustrated. I am trying to ignore the scale and the fact that I can't tell any differences. I just keep going and I keep telling myself it takes time. So i'm not quitting at all but I do have my moments where I wish I would see some results.. but i'm just not. Yet!
That said, this week I will up my Strength Training to 3 days & I have upped my resistance for the first time in 11 weeks on the elliptical and I felt great so I that will be my new starting number : )
Best of luck to everyone, keep up the good work : )
W3D1
Cardio - 60 minutes
Water - 9 glasses
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I feel the same way!:( I'm not giving up hope, lowered my calories and will see where that takes me. Know I'm not lacking in the exercise department!
Good Monday! 105 minutes today and 12 glasses, may get another in before bed?0 -
Here is my results for day one, week three.
- I did one of my Fitness walks for 15 minutes and according to my treadmill, I burned 100 calories.
- My strength training lasted for 5 minutes and according to MFP, I burned 19 calories.
- I got in 8 glasses of water.
Total: 20 minutes. 15 minutes is cardio and 5 minutes is strength.
chickadee's week three progress:
Total Weekly Minutes: 20
Total Weekly Cardio Minutes: 15
Total Weekly Strength Minutes: 5
Total Weekly Water Intake: 8 glasses
chickadees total 6 week progress:
Total Challenge Minutes: 891
Total Challenge Cardio Minutes: 638
Total Challenge Strength Minutes: 253
Total Challenge Water Intake: 1180 -
Day 15
Cardio: 48 mins
28 mins - Running
20 mins - Elliptical
Other: 45 mins - Walking, helping girls ride their bikes
Week 3 Totals: 48 mins/Cardio; 0 mins/Strength; 45 mins/Other= 93 mins
Goals for week three: Begin "Get Running" program (did day 1 today!!); PUSH my HR during cardio; TRY to get more sleep
Good luck everyone!0
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