6 week PUSH YOURSELF challenge, WEEK 6

Well friends, it is the last day!

Here is what I accomplished today.

I did 40 minutes of walking with the dogs and burned, per my HRM, 440 calories
I did 33 minutes of roller skating and burned, per my HRM, 569 calories
I did 95 minutes of gardening and burned, per my HRM, 995 calories

I am at 16 glasses of water today

So, that puts me at 859minutes, so far for the week. 113 minutes other, 190 minutes of strength and 556 of cardio
(I am counting the gardening as strength since I never really had my heart rate go over 101 and it was a lot of squats, digging, bending, and so on. But, I am sure feeling it everywhere on my body.)

Okay, let me do some catching up after being gone for 2 1/2 days.
Thursday, Week 6, Day 4
I did 39 minutes on the Elliptical and burned, per my HRM, 733 calories
I did 30 minutes of walking the dog and burned, per my HRM, 325 calories

Drank 15 glasses of water that day

Friday, Week 6, Day 5
I did 50 minutes of circuit training, 30 minutes cardio, 10 minutes strength, 10 minutes walking/cool down, and burned, per my HRM, 962 calories
I did 15 minutes of swimming and according the MFP burned 155 calories

I drank 15 glasses of water that day

Saturday, Week 6, Day 6
I did 52 minutes of circuit training, 32 minutes cardio, 10 minutes strength, 10 minutes walking/cool down, and burned, per my HRM, 953 calories

I did 13 minutes of walking the dogs and burned, per my HRM, 138 calories

I drank 15 glasses of water

So, that puts me at 681 minutes, so far for the week. 63 minutes other, 95 minutes of strength and 523 of cardio

Okay one and all, here is what my crazy day has consisted of

I did a 30 minute step aerobics class and burned, per my HRM, 475 calories
I did 30 minutes of running/walking laps and burned, per my HRM, 325 calories
I did a 40 minute strength training session, with my trainer, and burned, per my HRM, 577 calories

AND, why today, I don't know,

I spent 90 minutes moving boxes/furniture out of a room in my basement, up the stairs into the back yard, rearranged things in another room, moved things into the room in my basement, and then proceeded to move everything back from my back yard to the room in my basement. After all of that I burned, per my HRM, 939 calories and I now have something done that should have been done a long time ago.

I have had 17 glasses of water so far

So, that puts me at 465 minutes, so far for the week. 75 minutes of strength and 390 of cardio

Here are my results for week 6, Day 2

I did a 35 minute step aerobics class and burned, per my HRM, 652 calories
I did 35 minutes of run/walk intervals and burned, per my HRM, 425 calories
I did 50 minutes of the Elliptical and burned, per my HRM, 780 calories

I have had 18 glasses of water so far today

So, that puts me at 275 minutes of cardio so far for the week

Week 6, Day 1

I did 65 minutes of walk/run intervals and burned, per my HRM, 750 calories
I did 90 minutes of a Hula Hoop class and right into a Kettlebell class and burned, per my HRM, 1144 calories

I have had 18 glasses of water so far today

So, that puts me at 155 of cardio so far for the week

@ 1crazymom You did a fantastic job during this six weeks, even with being a mommy first! You did well over the 350 minutes each and every week. A very good job to you!

@ Jenn - Wow, look at those number of minutes that you completed! That is phenominal! You actually got in more minutes than I did and I hope that puts you on the right track for you big event in a couple of months. And, and, who can complain about having to get smaller size clothing! Good for you

@ sherrillg - I am very glad that you thought a little bit more about the challenge and saw the improvements, in yourself, other than on the scale. The scale is a very tricky thing and you really have to learn, as you did, to look at other things you are accomplishing, before the scale. You do not want the scale to bring you down and make you feel like nothing is happening when in deed it certainly is. Before this challenge my scale had not moved in over 10 weeks but I had so many other improvements. You did a wonderful job and I certainly hope you are proud of yourself.

@ chickadee2010 - Since I have you on my friends list I have watched you day in and day out and have watched you continually improve yourself. You have done such a great job during this six weeks and you should be proud of how you have pushed yourself further and further each week.

@ kiki_ac - awesome job you did as well. Another great six week accomplishment. You too pushed harder and harder each week and were over in the minimum minutes requirement each week.

Now let me take a moment to tell the HANDFUL of you that finished this, BE PROUD of yourselves. You can say that you actively participated in this six week challenge, PUSHED YOURSELF every week, and COMPLETED it. That is something to be proud of in itself, but then factor in the changes that you have seen within yourselves and there is something else to be proud of. If you just proved to yourselves that you could do this, successfully, for six weeks then you can do ANYTHING, right?

I am up for another challenge, BUT, let me catch my breathe, and catch up from the big weekend away from home, and put some thought into it. It is no fun if we do just the same thing. Let my brain do some working and see if I can figure something else out and let's DO IT AGAIN!

I am going to post my six weeks totals next!

I AM SO PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS WITH YOU! GREAT JOB EVERYONE!