My Journey With Health And Fitness – My 6 Week Challenge Is Over

Well it was a fun walk down at the beach this morning. I got about 1/2 way along the east beach promenade when a City worker stopped me and advised that I would have to take a detour as part of the promenade was closed. He explained that a backhoe had gone off the promenade and was actually leaning as the ground beneath its weight was sinking. He thought the pier would be open (it was not) and assured me the portion of the promenade west of the pier was still open. Of course after the detour when I got to the pier I had to take pictures. While I prefer to be able to look at the water as I walk, it was still a good walk.

Yesterday was officially the last day of my 6 week challenge. It was actually more than that as it was also the last day I committed to walking at least 20km. I’m going to start by talking about the walking. In the 21 days that I pushed myself there was actually only 1 day that was only 20km, the rest were more like 25+km with the top day being 28km. Overall in those 3 weeks I walked a total of 761,494 steps which was an average of 36,262 per day. This totaled 506km (316 miles) or 24km per day (15 miles). That alone is a massive accomplishment and I am proud at how hard I worked to keep at it.

As for the challenge, this morning was weigh in time and I admit I was nervous. My biggest concern was that I have worked so hard I was worried if the scale hadn’t moved much then I would lose my momentum. Well, the scale moved though maybe I would have been happier with another few pounds, I can definitely say there was a pretty good dip. Moreover, my arms and legs are again getting really buff and you can once again see my collar bones. Overall this challenge has been so good for me and I am so determined to stick with what I have learned.

So what now? Well I am sticking with my daily calorie calculator app because I find that visual has been important for me. I am not going to try and maintain 20km a day simply because this past 3 weeks I have spent 5 hours most days doing bootcamp or walking and that is a bit much. What I have decided to do is start training to run again so that I am getting in some good cardio workouts each week.

I know that if I stick to this plan that I will make my way back to my goal weight and fitness by the end of the year. Once I get there, I plan on staying there.