Yesterday I completed my first body fat reduction challenge and I’m very pleased to tell you that I reached my target of burning 50,000 calories in 50 days. Well to be precise I burned off a total of 50,160 calories. When I first started the challenge 50 days ago on the 27th Feb. I was so motivated and focused and didn’t really think that burning off 1000 calories each and every day was a lot. Boy was I wrong.
Don’t get me wrong I’m so glad that I made myself this challenge because it has allowed to lose weight and lower my body fat percentage, as well as ensuring that I do not miss a workout. The exercise part hasn’t really bothered me it’s been finding the time to do it. Some nights I have been pounding away on the exercise bike at 11 o clock at night, just to make sure that I hit my daily target on the 50,000 calorie challenge.
If you are trying to lose weight making yourself challenges will keep you motivated. I know, because this challenge really kept me going, sure there were nights when I couldn’t be bothered going into my home gym. But I did it, my only rewards over the last 50 days as been chocolate which if I’m perfectly honest with you. Have slowed down my results slightly.
I’m off to Spain tomorrow for my friends stag party, whilst I’ve not got the beach body I wanted at the moment. I’m looking ten times better than I did 50 days ago. I return on Wednesday, that’s when I will knuckle down again and start my next body fat reduction challenge. I’ve not finalized what this challenge will be yet. All I know at the moment is that it will start on Friday and will be a 10 week challenge. Why 10 weeks, well in just over ten weeks I’m off to Las Vegas watching UFC 100. So I’m hoping to be in much better shape again for this vacation.
I find trying to lose weight and fat for your vacation is a brilliant way of keeping you motivated and focused. I remember all the past vacations I’ve been on were I’ve been overweight and felt like a beach whale when I’ve hit the beach. I never want to return to those dark and unhappy days, this thought alone is enough to keep me motivated.
If you are new to my body fat blog I have been taking pictures daily of the calories that I have been burning off on my exercise bike. Glad that the challenge is over because I can stop doing this now, to be honest it was getting a little boring and time consuming. To find out exactly now I managed to burn off 50,160 calories in just 50 days through exercise check out my calorie burning list here.
