75 Hard/Medium/Easy Challenge: March 3 - May 17
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@jugar What is stopping you from taking pictures?
My recent ones were all done with a crappy phone, so it doesn't take much effort. I rather bring my camera, but the weather hasn't been very nice lately.
I'm just kind of oblivious and don't think about taking them. I do have some, though - and make an effort from time to time!1 -
April 3 - Day 32/75
✅ Food - Not perfect, but within reason. I'll take it as a win!
✅ No alcohol no problem
✅ Exercise - Two workouts: 1strength-1 cardio. Pilates, and 10 miles on the exercise bike.
✅ Reading - something helpful at least 10 minutes per day. today was writing more than reading. It was helpful!
✅ Water - OK - started with water first thing on getting up. I'm going to do this for a while and see if it makes any difference.
✅ Thoughts - Planning and morning routine experiments are going well. As any day 1 does
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My husband has been home from work and it has disrupted my usual routines. I've been trying to adjust but got behind on checking in here. I've been staying on track with my eating for the most part but it's making time for intentional exercise that has been the biggest struggle for me. It's a good thing I track everything. I have the information to go back and look at. So here goes catching up.My Version 75 Hard Challenge: March 29 - 26/75
✅ Diet - Calorie counting. Staying at or under 1200 calories per day.1,150 calories today.
✅ Water - 70 oz of water per day (no alcohol) 101 oz of water today.
✅ Exercise - 30 minutes cardio workout, 30 min strength training and 20 min yoga/palates stretch, 10k+ steps per day (inside/outside) 65 min. Tabata workout ,37 min strenth training, and 18,075 steps.
❎ Reading - 10 minutes each day of anything. I did not read today.
✅ Sleep- Get 7 hours of sleep every night.I slept 7 hours and 23 minutes.
My Version 75 Hard Challenge: March 30 - 27/75
✅ Diet - Calorie counting. Staying at or under 1200 calories per day.1,112 calories today.
✅ Water - 70 oz of water per day (no alcohol) 85 oz of water today.
❎ Exercise - 30 minutes cardio workout, 30 min strength training and 20 min yoga/palates stretch, 10k+ steps per day (inside/outside) 8,249 steps.
✅ Reading - 10 minutes each day of anything. I read 1 hour today.
✅ Sleep- Get 7 hours of sleep every night.I slept 7 hours and 15 minutes.
My Version 75 Hard Challenge: March 31 - 28/75
✅ Diet - Calorie counting. Staying at or under 1200 calories per day.1,066 calories today.
✅ Water - 70 oz of water per day (no alcohol) 101 oz of water today.
❎ Exercise - 30 minutes cardio workout, 30 min strength training and 20 min yoga/palates stretch, 10k+ steps per day (inside/outside) 42 min. Aerobic workout and 12,117 steps.
✅ Reading - 10 minutes each day of anything. I read 1 hour and a half today.
✅ Sleep- Get 7 hours of sleep every night.I slept 7 hours and 30 minutes.
My Version 75 Hard Challenge: April 1 - 29/75
❎ Diet - Calorie counting. Staying at or under 1200 calories per day.1,339 calories today.
✅ Water - 70 oz of water per day (no alcohol) 101 oz of water today.
❎ Exercise - 30 minutes cardio workout, 30 min strength training and 20 min yoga/palates stretch, 10k+ steps per day (inside/outside) 50 min. kickboxing and 11,852 steps.
✅ Reading - 10 minutes each day of anything. I read 30 min today.
✅ Sleep- Get 7 hours of sleep every night.I slept 7 hours and 55 minutes.
My Version 75 Hard Challenge: April 2 - 30/75
✅ Diet - Calorie counting. Staying at or under 1200 calories per day.1,163 calories today.
❎ Water - 70 oz of water per day (no alcohol) 68 oz of water today.
❎ Exercise - 30 minutes cardio workout, 30 min strength training and 20 min yoga/palates stretch, 10k+ steps per day (inside/outside) 1hour 16 min. kickboxing and 8,067 steps.
✅ Reading - 10 minutes each day of anything. I read 1 hour today.
✅ Sleep- Get 7 hours of sleep every night.I slept 8 hours and 26 minutes.
My Version 75 Hard Challenge: April 3 - 31/75
✅ Diet - Calorie counting. Staying at or under 1200 calories per day.1, 167 calories today.
✅ Water - 70 oz of water per day (no alcohol) 83 oz of water today.i
✅ Exercise - 30 minutes cardio workout, 30 min strength training and 20 min yoga/palates stretch, 10k+ steps per day (inside/outside) 50 min. Aerobics workout , 30 min. strength training, 10 min. stretch, and 10,073steps.
✅ Reading - 10 minutes each day of anything. I read 30 min. today.
✅ Sleep- Get 7 hours of sleep every night.I slept 7 hours and 45 minutes.💪F2F - Mission Slimpossible Strong!💪1 -
April 3 ~ Day 32 of 75 medium
[ Naturewalk ]
71 minutes
[ 3+ liters water & tea ] 4 liters
[ Reading ] Read before sleeping
[ Sleep 8+ hours ] 8h 58m & 82 sleepscore
[ Under 1450 cal ] Done!
[ Eat in 6 hour window ] 5h 38m
Happy Thursday
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Day 3️⃣2️⃣ of 7️⃣5️⃣
✅ Exercise: 60m walk, 30m stretches
✅ Read: Atomic Habits by James Clear
✅ Water: Gallon
✅ Food: on plan all meals. Stuck to pre log
✅<10g Added Sugar: 5g in the sweetened hibiscus flowers 🌺 once these are gone will not buy again1 -
April 4 - Day 33/75
❌ Food - Yikes. Went way overboard today. SOMEONE left some cookies here, and I already had some nuts and things. Somehow having a blizzard going on made eating too many things tempting. At least I burned off calories snowshoeing!
✅ No alcohol no problem
✅ Exercise - Two workouts: 1strength-1 cardio. Strength workout and snowshoeing. That was the best!
✅ Reading - something helpful at least 10 minutes per day. lots of interesting reading today, about everything from anatomy to embodied writing and medieval music.
✅ Water - OK - tried having water first thing on an empty stomach again, and it was horrible. Cramps and pain! I'm not sure that idea is for me.
✅ Thoughts - Planning, writing, and morning routine are helpful so far. I get a lot more done in the morning, and don't fritter away time. Another version tomorrow!
I remembered to take some pictures while out snowshoeing today! There were drama trees. Faces in the snow. And hardly any tracks aside from my own - the animals were staying in!
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My Version 75 Hard Challenge: April 4 - 32/75
✅ Diet - Calorie counting. Staying at or under 1200 calories per day.1, 122 calories today.
✅ Water - 70 oz of water per day (no alcohol) 70 oz of water today.i
✅ Exercise - 30 minutes cardio workout, 30 min strength training and 20 min yoga/palates stretch, 10k+ steps per day (inside/outside) 30 min. Brisk walk/jog, 30 min. strength training, 10 min. stretch, and 10,278 steps.
✅ Reading - 10 minutes each day of anything. I read 10 min. today.
✅ Sleep- Get 7 hours of sleep every night.I slept 7 hours and 9 minutes.💪F2F - Mission Slimpossible Strong!💪0 -
Thank you for sharing those beautiful snow photos @jugar!! I grew up in Rochester, NY and absolutely loved our snowy blizzards that we used to have with amazing snow drifts. That Lake Ontario snow effect was very impressive. 60+ years later there’s way less snow up there than there used to be when I was young.April 4 - Day 33/75
I remembered to take some pictures while out snowshoeing today! There were drama trees. Faces in the snow. And hardly any tracks aside from my own - the animals were staying in!
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April 4 ~ Day 33 of 75 medium
[ Naturewalk ]
It was raining all day
[ 3+ liters water & tea ] 4 liters
[ Reading ] Read during the day
[ Sleep 8+ hours ] 8h 6m & 75 sleepscore
[ Under 1450 cal ] Done!
[ Eat in 6 hour window ] 1h 10m Bonus ~ gym rings workout
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Day 3️⃣3️⃣ of 7️⃣5️⃣
✅ Exercise: 60m walk, 30m recumbent bike
✅ Read: Atomic Habits by James Clear
✅ Water: Gallon
❌ Food: Endless pit and ate all the things and used up all my exercise calories and then some.
✅<10g Added Sugar: 8g from hotdog bun and sweetened hibiscus flower🌺
Looking back and noticing a pattern. Thursdays seem to be the day I miss a target whether food or exercise or water. I think I’m just exhausted by Thursdays. Will keep trying to push through this challenge but afterwords may declare Thursday as my rest day.1 -
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Day 3️⃣4️⃣ of 7️⃣5️⃣
✅ Exercise: 90m walk
✅ Read: This Is Your Mind On Plants By Michael Pollen
✅ Water: Gallon
✅Food: Better today. Big cozy pot of cauliflower curry helped https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/cauliflower-curry-recipe/
✅<10g Added Sugar: 7g from granola, rice cake and sweet chili crisps
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This winter we had much less snow than usual, so it is nice to get this at last! I lived in Den Haag for almost 2 years and I really missed snow - but it was great being able to bicycle all year@jugar The snow looks beautiful! I love snow, but I live in the Netherlands and we rarely get any. I have never seen such a big amount in my life.
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April 5 - Day 34/75
❌ Food - Another day with flour and general extras. And tomorrow is my taller half's birthday...
✅ No alcohol no problem
✅ Exercise - Two workouts: 1strength-1 cardio. No strength workout, but a very hard slog pulling a heavily laden toboggan up a steep half mile hill, so I'm counting as strength, and the second trip down and up the hill as cardio. Both are less than usual, but company arrived and I could not do more today.
✅ Reading - something helpful at least 10 minutes per day. Some articles, not all interesting, but worth reading.
✅ Water - OK
✅ Thoughts - Hoping that tomorrow will include a ride with my horse. The weather was too crazy yesterday, and today was too busy, and still very snowy. Tomorrow even though it will be a busy day!
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My Version 75 Hard Challenge: April 5 - 33/75
✅ Diet - Calorie counting. Staying at or under 1200 calories per day.1, 095 calories today.
✅ Water - 70 oz of water per day (no alcohol) 75 oz of water today.
❎️ Exercise - 30 minutes cardio workout, 30 min strength training and 20 min yoga/palates stretch, 10k+ steps per day (inside/outside) 45 min. Aerobics, 30 min. strength training, 10 min. stretch, and 7,162 steps.
✅ Reading - 10 minutes each day of anything.I read 10 min. today.
❎️ Sleep- Get 7 hours of sleep every night. I slept 6 hours and 21 minutes.
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April 5 ~ Day 34 of 75 medium
[ Naturewalk ] 78 minutes
[ 3+ liters water & tea ] 4 liters
[ Reading ] Read during the day
[ Sleep 8+ hours ] 9h 16m & 86 sleepscore
[ Under 1450 cal ] Done!
[ Eat in 6 hour window ] 3h 48m
Happy Saturday
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My Version 75 Hard Challenge: April 6 - 34/75
✅ Diet - Calorie counting. Staying at or under 1200 calories per day.1,164 calories today.
✅ Water - 70 oz of water per day (no alcohol) 103 oz of water today.
❎️ Exercise - 30 minutes cardio workout, 30 min strength training and 20 min yoga/palates stretch, 10k+ steps per day (inside/outside) 45 min. Aerobics, 10 min. stretch, and 11,410 steps.
❎️ Reading - 10 minutes each day of anything. I did not read today.
✅ Sleep- Get 7 hours of sleep every night. I slept 8 hours and 21 minutes.We did some morel hunting in our woods today. I only found this one.
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April 6 - Day 35/75
❌ Food - Ackkkk! 3rd day in a row with excesses. Today was the worst - sure it was the tall guy's birthday, and there was amazing cake and goodies. But I really went overboard all day. Making a solid plan for tomorrow. This has to stop!
✅ No alcohol no problem
❌✅ Exercise - Two workouts: 1strength-1 cardio. No strength workout. Good cardio between working with my horse, exercise bike, and walking down and up our hill/driveway.
✅ Reading - something helpful at least 10 minutes per day. Yes
✅ Water - OK
✅ Thoughts - We are almost half way through this challenge, and I am not feeling as confident at the moment. Eating is the key. When I eat according to my principles and ideas, I feel more like exercising and practicing. I have now had a few days in a row where I feel like I am losing control. Time to rein that in! One perfect day. That is usually all it takes to regain some confidence.
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April 6 ~ Day 35 of 75 medium
[ Naturewalk ] 90 minutes
[ 3+ liters water & tea ] 3.5 liters
[ Reading ] Read during the day
[ Sleep 8+ hours ] 9h 27m & 86 sleepscore
[ Under 1450 cal ] Done!
[ Eat in 6 hour window ] 3h 54m Bonus ~ gym rings workout
Happy SundayI walked with my camera this time, but there wasn't much to see.
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Day 3️⃣5️⃣ of 7️⃣5️⃣
✅ Exercise: 60m walk and afternoon gardening, digging, planting, lugging bags of soil, pruning bushes, arranging pots, etc not sure how long I was out there but counting it as exercise to more than finish out 90 minutes of intensional activity.
✅ Read: This Is Your Mind On Plants By Michael Pollen
✅ Water: Gallon
✅Food: dipped into exercise calories because I made a few new to me foods and wanted to enjoy them freshly made. First was a Blue Zone Neoum Salad from Cambodia for lunch with a spicy cashew golden milk then at dinner I used some of the salad to make air fryer rice paper rolls😋 also splurged on some longan berries at the Asian Market. They are hard to find here so when I see them fresh I like to get a bag. I know it’s not good to do but I still like to treat myself with food items but now it’s more hard to find or exotic fruits and veggies. When I meet my next mini goal plan to finally make a Rancho Gordo Bean order that I keep seeing people rave about.
✅<10g Added Sugar: 7g from maple syrup, tomato sauce and hotdog bun. The sauce I normally get has no added sugar but this was a “gourmet” jar from a holiday gift basket that was just hanging out in the pantry so used it for the sauce on some tofu meatball subs.
Love this time of year and love all the nature pics you’ve all been sharing. Here’s a few of my views today including food shots.
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Day 3️⃣6️⃣ of 7️⃣5️⃣
✅ Exercise: 90m walk, 10m elliptical, 20m ST, 30m recumbent bike
✅ Read: This Is Your Mind On Plants By Michael Pollen
✅ Water: Gallon
✅Food: dipped in to exercise calories but with good choices. Weekends are harder for me but I also get better workouts in on the weekend. Will work on dialing back this week and not relying on exercise calories. They seem overstated and my metabolism is slow and TDEE low.
✅<10g Added Sugar: 1g on English Muffin
Taking a break from the weekly F2F challenge since I’m feeling pulled in too many directions right now with mostly work commitments. I want to keep these challenges fun and motivating for me and not worry about another “to-do” right now. Will continue with the 75 hard since we’re almost halfway. Yay all🤗 will also continue with weekly weigh-in/check-in and one other group daily check in. One of my April goals is all screens off by 8 which means I may still be getting my exercise and water in after screens off. I prefer to report in after goals accomplished in case something changes. So I may be doing my check-in before work in the morning some days versus nightly. Have a great weekend all! Keep crushing💪1 -
My Version 75 Hard Challenge: April 7 - 35/75
✅ Diet - Calorie counting. Staying at or under 1200 calories per day.1,121 calories today.
✅ Water - 70 oz of water per day (no alcohol)85 oz of water today.
❎️ Exercise - 30 minutes cardio workout, 30 min strength training and 20 min yoga/palates stretch, 10k+ steps per day (inside/outside) I did 30 min.kickboxing, 25 min. strength training, 5 min stretch, and 10,550 steps today.
✅ Reading - 10 minutes each day of anything. I read 2 hours today.
❎️ Sleep- Get 7 hours of sleep every night. I slept 5 hours and 32 minutes.
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April 7 - Day 36/75
✅ Food - Back on plan! That plan included some apple crisp because I made it for company - but I compensated by having a big salad for dinner. It all worked out fine.
✅ No alcohol no problem
❌ Exercise - Two workouts: 1strength-1 cardio. Some walking and housework, but with visitors here it was not possible to get to real workouts. Hopefully I can carve out some time tomorrow.
✅ Reading - something helpful at least 10 minutes per day. Yes
✅ Water - OK
✅ Thoughts - I'm looking forward to getting back to my normal routine after tomorrow's eclipse! We should have a great day for it, with clear skies and in the area of totality, and I'm glad to have interesting people here to see it with us. But then it will also be great when they go home and I'll have time to exercise!
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April 7 ~ Day 36 of 75 medium
[ Naturewalk ] 87 minutes
[ 3+ liters water & tea ] 4 liters
[ Reading ] Read during the day
[ Sleep 8+ hours ] 9h 7m & 80 sleepscore
[ Under 1450 cal ] Done!
[ Eat in 6 hour window ] 2h 26m
Happy Monday
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April 8 - Day 37/75
✅ Food - Good today, in spite of having company and someone else cooking dinner. Avoided pitfalls!
✅ No alcohol no problem
❌✅ Exercise - Two workouts: 1strength-1 cardio. Good cardio, no strength. I took a big brisk hike in the woods, and a lot of time walking around before, during, and after the eclipse. which was absolutely amazing here - total, and in clear skies.
✅ Reading - something helpful at least 10 minutes per day. Yes
✅ Water - OK
✅ Thoughts - That eclipse made the day, but it will feel good for the company to go home and for things to get back to normal!1 -
April 8 ~ Day 37 of 75 medium
[ Naturewalk ] 87 minutes
[ 3+ liters water & tea ] 3.5 liters
[ Reading ] Read during the day
[ Sleep 8+ hours ] 8h 41m & 88 sleepscore
[ Under 1450 cal ] Done!
[ Eat in 6 hour window ] 4h 8m Bonus ~ gym rings workout
Happy Tuesday
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Day 3️⃣7️⃣ of 7️⃣5️⃣
✅ Exercise: 75 min walk, 15 min punching bag
✅ Read: This Is Your Mind On Plants By Michael Pollen
✅ Water: Gallon
✅Food: bought these containers that look like a lunchable tray with 4 sections. Made a snack tray with baby carrots, pistachios, mini pretzels and goji berries. So satisfying to have a variety of snacks and no guilt since it’s just a little of each.
✅<10g Added Sugar: 5g from sweetened hibiscus 🌺 the pitcher of hibiscus tea is done but still have a few flowers left. May save them for Memorial Day since they make for a pretty presentation. But will not buy again because of the added sugar.1 -
My Version 75 Hard Challenge: April 8 - 36/75
✅ Diet - Calorie counting. Staying at or under 1200 calories per day.1,115 calories today.
✅ Water - 70 oz of water per day (no alcohol)88 oz of water today.
✅ Exercise - 30 minutes cardio workout, 30 min strength training and 20 min yoga/palates stretch, 10k+ steps per day (inside/outside) I did 50 min.kickboxing, 50 min. strength training, 10 min stretch, and 10,351 steps today.
❎️ Reading - 10 minutes each day of anything. I did not read today.
❎️ Sleep- Get 7 hours of sleep every night. I slept 6 hours and 11 minutes.💪F2F - Mission Slimpossible Strong!💪0
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