6 Week Fitness Challenge: Final Results - going for round #2

As I approached the end of the first 6 Week Fitness Challenge I started to wind down prior to the finish. I feel that I have accomplished a lot and learned even more.

I'm feeling pretty good and pumped, even more so as challenge participants are coming in and getting their final numbers recorded. Everyone that has finished has achieved great results and each of them has shared a story about something that they learned over the last 6 weeks that was not related to a physical change. If any of these participants place in the Healthy Times 6 Week Fitness Challenge I am sure that you will get to hear some of those same stories.

I wound down a little early in this final week as I knew that I would be continuing for another 6 weeks(several of the challenge participants are planning on this also). So I took a break from the journal and ate and exercised at will - without a plan. I wanted to loosen up a bit prior to committing to another 42 days.

Ending Measurements:

If you want to see my initial goals and plan for the challenge see the post on My Personal Plan. Now lets see how I did.

Weight - 196
BF % - 15%
LBM - 166.6 lbs.
Fat - 29.4 lbs.
Waist - 36.5"
Pant Size - 36

In 6 weeks I was able to lose 12 scale pounds. This equated into a 14.1 pound fat loss and a 3.1 pound LBM gain - a 17.2 pound change. Total inches lost - 8.5", with the largest loss in the waist of - 3.5".

I'm especially proud of the BF% loss of 6% - an average of 1% per week. It's not "Biggest Loser" numbers, in fact such a small percentage would get you below the yellow line, but in the real world it is awesome. I lost fat only and gained some muscle to boot.


Besides the physical changes that I was aiming for I also had some other goals. I will outline my goals and the results in another post but I wanted to touch on one.

Blog Posts: I had initially set the goal of posting every day for the 42 days. I was only able to get in 31. This was due mainly to time constraints, but also to lack of exciting topics. A lot of the challenge goes on in a hum-drum kind of fashion. The same thing repeated over and over again. Plan food, record food. Avoid apple fritters. Plan exercise, record exercise. Avoid apple fritters. Do exercise. Eat right. Avoid apple fritters - you get the picture.

Consistency isn't all that exciting but when it comes to changing your body it pays with RESULTS!