Monday, September 28, 2009

My First (attempted) Biggest Loser Day

I spoke last week about how I was going to try to do a 6000 calorie burn Biggest Loser Day, as a way of challenging myself as well as trying to burn some extra calories. In the end, I didn't make it to the 6000 calorie burn mark. But, I think it's possible to get there (or get close, anyway) and I'm looking forward to trying next week.

Here's my burn for the attempted Biggest Loser Day.

As you can see, the day started out pretty well. I walked to the gym, did an hour on the elliptical, then lifted, then 20 minutes on the elliptical, and walked home. At home I ate lunch, and then went for a walk to Eastern Market. You can see the activity for that listed from 1pm to a little after three. Notice, however, how choppy it is. My feet were sore, and I was exhausted. Midway through, it started pouring. When I came home at 3:30 or so, my plan to take a 30 minute nap actually turned into me passing out until nearly 8pm, at which point I said "eh, this isn't happening."

The biggest problem, in my opinion, was that I hadn't fully recovered from the night before, when I decided to go out on an 8 mile walk on a lark:

See that giant chunk of activity from 7 to 10:30? That, in my opinion, was my main mistake. It left me blistered and exhausted, and the end result was that I wasn't able to give my all the next day.

I also think I found myself overly intimidated by the 6000 number, and perhaps would do well to just aim for 5000 on my next attempt (which will be this Sunday, since Saturday morning I have the Foreign Service Written Exam).

I can do this. It's a challenge, no doubt about it, but it definitely is doable. If I hadn't fallen asleep, while I don't know if I would've made 6k, I definitely could've gotten up to 5000.

In other news: Jo at 282.5 has now officially lost 50 pounds! If you haven't already, be sure to go over and congratulate her.

19 comments:

  1. Holy crap, Hadley! You are SOOO making me want to splurge and get one of these bad boys! You are doing soooo excellently well, keep it up!

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  2. You are AMAZING Hadley!! OMG!!! I have never had that kind of calorie burn ever!

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  3. That's still a really good burn! Really good.

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  4. That's awesome. AND, if you look at burn in a 24 hour period starting at 7 the night before, you totally rocked a 6000 day!

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  5. wow your my hero! LOL I think 5k is a very good idea to start out with. (Not that my butt has ever broke 3k) haha

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  6. That is so incredible!! How inspiring. You are amazing!

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  7. You are so funny. You always make me smile or laugh. You decided to do an eight mile walk on a "lark"?

    I love it. Also makes me think I should start walking more to burn more calories.

    Hey, I awarded you an "Honest Scrap" award, and then used you as a character in my half-marathon race story if you're interested in reading what you said. :)

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  8. Hadley I have never gotten NEAR 6k burned. I think I would have to spend a half a day at the gym for that! LOL

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  9. That is a ton of calories to burn in one day. I don't even know what to say about that except Wow!

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  10. Holy sh*t. I don't think I've ever burned that many calories in a day! Good going! I think aiming for 5000 is very cool, and plenty!

    Who goes on an 8-mile walk on a lark? lol WOW.

    You're rocking it!!!

    Thanks for the nod! I am pretty hyped up. Hubby asked me if I wanted to go out to eat to celebrate. I did but turned him down because I was really naughty and bougt an ebay lot of FIRM videos that I didn't tell him about. lol

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  11. Wow - two days in a row of over 2500! That's pretty tremendous. I may need to put one of those on my Christmas list!

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  12. You may not have hit 6000, but an almost 3000 calorie deficit is pretty awesome!

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  13. Well, you made it pretty darn close, woman! That's fantastic!!!

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  14. Good for you and continue to work your way up. Think about being in the 100% club and push yourself to the next level. Take care of yourself and for sure those feet.

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  15. Wow, that's impressive!

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  16. You are doing great! A three and a half hour walk is amazing and I know it is NOT any kind of easy! Keep it up, Hadley!

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  17. Hot damn girl! That is freaking awesome!

    I'm planning to try this myself but am shooting for 5000 instead of 6000.

    Bravo on your terrific workouts!!

    Lynn

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