Independence Day from the Old You

stevemcknight

I've heard many times that it takes 21 days to form a new habit. I want to put this to the test. Here's the deal - I'll log on every day with my report of:

1) Exercise
2) Nutrition
3) New Habit completed

I'm sure most people here would like to form a new habit with exercise or nutrition, if it's in that zone, fine, but it has to be specific and something that will make your life better. Something that will positively influence who YOU are. It can be anything that will have a positive effect on you. The only deal is - you have to check in each day and report. Succeed or fail for that day - you have to check in. Easy right?

21 days until July 4th - and Independence Day for you from the old you. Who's coming with me? What are you going to change?

stevemcknight

OK, mine is pretty simple - I have slowly allowed diet soda to creep back into my life. It's gone starting tomorrow. My exercise routine is on point, I never miss a workout. Nutritionally, I'm good (except for the diet pop) and have a simple goal.

I will, for the next 21 days, drink 2 litters of water before I drink anything else. From that point on, un-sugared coffee or tea is fine, but no more sugar (real or fake.) The only exception where I'll allow some fake sugar is in supplements, where I have really no control - whey and shakeology.

6/12/11
Exercise: StrongLifts B
Nutrition: Great - pretty perfect numbers today over a 5 hour feeding window
Goal: no artificial sweeteners, no soda

CoachMaritova

Hey!!! Great Idea!!! I'd like to exercise everyday for 21 days!

findingfit23

Great idea! Exercise and Nutrition are already a given for me, I was starting this new goal tomorrow anyway:
I want to spend 15 minutes each day cleaning/keeping up the house. It really shouldn't get out of control like it does. 15 minutes a day should keep it endlessly sparkling, and make me feel the same way!

6/12/11
Exercise: 30 min walk, 60 min Jazzercise
Nutrition: Good - Under calories, but over carbs. Weekends are tough! I love the structure of the week.
Goal: Cleaned for over an hour today, hopefully I wont have to do that anymore!

Jackie_Snape80

I want to give up my purging habits. It's been almost a week since the last time, and I want to keep it that way...as bad as the temptation may be. I know it's a bad habit, and I know it's bad for my health. I don't know how I let it become such a normal part my life, but it has to stop....it has to. :S

KickassYas

I'm in. My new habit is cooking my food at home. no more fast food. I'm also going to take on the same route as you steve a lil twisted. 64 oz of water before I touch anything else. my problem is teas and juices.

It's time to start including a healthy living style physically as well as mentally.

This is gonna seem sad but i'm gonna also hit the gym 3 times a week minimum no matter how lazy I feel.

It's time to stop screwing around and I need to do this right.

Thanks for this steve!

GiGi76

Ok Steve you know im in but i have to think on this one for a little while!!! Exercise is good.... have another 16days of Asylum to go.... Eating is pretty good too but im trying to tweak a few things!!!! As far as a new habit i will have to think on that one, but i did just start this week exfoliating my entire body with Dead Sea Salt.... idk if that counts but it has my skin feeling soooo soft and smooth!!! I will be thinking on this one!!!!

tattoodfreek

I'm definitely in too but you knew that . My goal is a fresh start. Clean diet, no binges, log everything, and work out 18 days. I'm not going to set a weight loss goal, because if I stick to my other goals, that should happen anyway. I am actually a trainer now, so it's definitely not the right time to let myself fall apart! It's day one, and isn't that kind of exciting?

Gigi- what type of dead sea salt are you using?

GiGi76

Jess im using Premier Dead Sea Salt!!! Im getting it on Amazon... soooo much cheaper there!!!

rachmaree

Ok, I am in! My habit will not be fitness or diet related, as I have put enough pressure on myself about that at the moment. My goal will be to start studying Japanese again, at least 15 minutes per day. I studied for over 10 years, but since moving to Turkey I have been really slack.

1) Exercise- yup, shoulders and triceps workout, plus 50 minutes of cardio
2) Nutrition- not too bad, and under calories, but ı need to pay more attention to my macros and not go over
3) New habit completed... about 30 minutes writing a Japanese letter

gailosborne

Hello! Found you! There are some great habits here. Ive been eating really clean through this detox. I want to continue with that but keep my fruit to no more than 3 portions. I am insulin resistant and need to keep sugar really low. Will keep exercise up too!
Thanks all x

jaybaileys

Mine doesn't have anything to do with fitness unless I'm yelling at Shaun T or Tony on the TV. I want to quit swearing. I cuss like a sailor and my kids are getting bigger and although I am fairly good around them I do lose contol on occassion. I would like to drop this habit so I can be a better parent. Not sure if it's what you had in mind but here I am.

KickassYas

06/13/2011
DAY1
Exercise: Hittin the Treadmill tonight. going light as i did a massive hike yesterday.

Nutrition: hit the grocery store this morning spent 1.5 hours shopping for all kinds of natural goodies to crock pot. I BOUGHT WHOLE CHICKENS!!

Goal: 64 oz of water prior to dinner so i can have a beer with dinner. Got the Brothers Special Variety pack so i'm lookin forward to my Drifter tonight (light hef) :P. don't worry i plan on doin another 32 after dinner beer.

jaybaileys

Ok did double kettlebells light day. 5 rounds of swings, snatches, and seasaw presses. I felt really good today even though it was one more round than last week and only 90 seconds rest between sets. Next workout is heavy day Friday when I get home from my trip. Did good so far in the potty mouth department also. Although going to work brings out the trucker, sailor in me, lol.

tattoodfreek

Day 1 was a great day! My protein was a little low, but I've got a couple hundred cals left and can do a Greek yogurt or something. Since I was teaching my first boot camp class tonight, I ran through the routine twice over the course of the day. Those were each 45 minutes, and class tonight was an hour. Oh, and class was fricking AWEEEESOME!!!

tn2010

I'm in. I need to get back on point with exercise and really think about my nutrition (it's still okay...but I can feel myself slipping).

Exercise: Took the 100 push-up initial challenge plus 30 min. on the elliptical.
Nutrition: Did really well if you don't count the chocolate butter cream frosting I sampled while baking a cake with my son.
Goal: 15+ minutes of exercise EVERY day.

stevemcknight

Hey guys - typing from my phone in this crappy hotel in geneva NY, excuse typos or being kind of short, I can't get wifi and the little keys are driving me nuts already.

I love the goals I read above, mine is on track through one day, although I drank a butt load of black coffee today.

2 meals today Noon and 6, with a pretty major carb refeed on my second meal, it's been over a week since my last refeed, so I got a couple hundred grams of carbs in today - the rest of the week will be under 30g a day. Tomorrow is going to be some sort of cardio type group workout on tour. Honestly, for me, I would just assume a rest day, since I'm lifting on Wed morning, but I don't want to discourage a couple newbies from exercising with us.

1) Nutrition: pretty good - numbers about where I wanted them, carb up with no gluten which is nice and pretty hard to do for me. I did have some ice cream for desert, but it went along with my planned carbs.
2) Workout: planned rest day
3) Goals: No diet pop and 2 hours of studying (via Paleo Solution podcast while driving)

lol - ok, edit* The carb up was mostly gluten free - I forgot about the twix. Well... eh.

GiGi76

Day 1 was a rest day for me from Asylum.... instead of Relief i did X Stretch!!! I like Relief ok but get soooooo much more out of X Stretch!!!! Food was pretty good today and i guess my new habit is going to be a daily dead sea salt exfoliate (makes my skin soooo soft)!!! Tomorrow is suppose to be Speed and Agility but im swapping that out and doing Vert Plyo tomorrow instead and doing Speed and Agility at 5:30am Wednesday Morning!!! Im doing this because i have a hard enough time with Vert Plyo after ive been up a few hours and dont see myself getting straight out of bed and jumping into that much craziness.... Speed and Agility will be crazy enoug!!! ;-)

KickassYas

ended up doin a hell of a burn today hiking by my friend's house in the same hills where they filmed ET! sooo tired and did not get enough cals in but i'll be workin on that from now on too. gotta remember to incorporate fat that is needed

rachmaree

There are some great ideas on here for new habits. Hope everyone is on track.

1) Nutrition- had a great day, finally started paying attention to my macros
2) Exercise- nope, as today was a scheduled rest day
3) New habit completed- yes, another 15 minutes of writing in Japanese. Actually, if I am honest, number 1 is my real goal. I will try to keep up both

gailosborne

Wow we're all off to a great start. Day 1 and 2 were v clean. Kept fruit to 3 pieces and no sweet things. Did kettle bells and intervals yesterday and a 10k and some one legged squats, abs work, press ups and pull ups (assisted) today. Rest day tomorrow.

Im going to bed soon. Enjoy the rest of your day x

jaybaileys

Rest day today. Although I am at work and have some sort of sinus issue. Not fun when the right side of your face hurts and you have to go up and down and pressurize and depressurize for 4 legs. I tired and going to bed. Great job everyone. Looking forward to a workout tomorrow and a drugstore. Keep it up . I think I only swore once today lol.

tn2010

Nutrition: Mostly good, could be better. Baked some fries for a quick family burger meal. I had my burger wrapped in lettuce, but I wish I would have grabbed the sweet potato fries instead.

Exercise: 30 min on a high-resistance elliptical session, plus w1d1 of the 100 push up challenge (column 3...pretty good for a girl).

Goal: This thread has definitely worked its magic today. Wasn't feeling up to the workout, then I remembered I'd promised to do 15 min/day. More than doubled it, so all is good...

stevemcknight

Hey guys - geez a lot of us rocking our goals. The first couple days are easy, but then it gets more challenging. If you fall off, most will, just jump back on. Come on!

Day 2.
Exercise: 2-3 mile run outside, added 4-5 HIIT sprints for fun
Food: none. kind of a long story, but did a fast all day by accident. won't eat now that I'm in my hotel.
Goal: no diet pop today, I had about 4-5 coffees over the course of the day, all black, no fake sugar.

I'm getting up in 7 hours to hit the gym at the hotel with the brass section, should be fun, then I'm going to destroy a breakfast buffet like you've never seen.

stevemcknight

Rest day today. Although I am at work and have some sort of sinus issue. Not fun when the right side of your face hurts and you have to go up and down and pressurize and depressurize for 4 legs. I tired and going to bed. Great job everyone. Looking forward to a workout tomorrow and a drugstore. Keep it up . I think I only swore once today lol.

Get some meds man! That stuff can knock me on my *kitten*, I'm really wussy when it comes to being sick. The last sentence made me laugh for real.

stevemcknight

Wow we're all off to a great start. Day 1 and 2 were v clean. Kept fruit to 3 pieces and no sweet things. Did kettle bells and intervals yesterday and a 10k and some one legged squats, abs work, press ups and pull ups (assisted) today. Rest day tomorrow.

Im going to bed soon. Enjoy the rest of your day x

I was thinking about you today, after my squats, I saw a kettlebell in the gym and thought about adding some swings, but I wanted to stick with the program, so didn't.

that's an amazing workout... KB, intervals, 10k, 1 leg squats, abs, pressups, pull-ups.... geez Gail....... Don't beat anyone up.

tattoodfreek

Morning kids. We're looking like we're off to a good start!

Yesterday I did well nutrition wise, though protein and total calories were low. Got a last minute call to teach boot camp, so I did that last night.

I went on a job interview this morning for an accounting type position, and I wanted to die in that place. It was in an old house, with all of these maze like hallways. The offices were tiny with one tiny window. I didn't like the "feel" of the people there. Plus it's a bit more of a commute than I wanted. On the bright side I did well with the interview, and it looks like the pay will be good. Benefits - eh. Pricey. I so don't want to go back to this crap. Ugh. They're gonna give me a second interview, but the place felt like a coffin.

I have a meeting later today with the gym owner of the boot camp classes I'm teaching, and I am hoping to discuss where my position is going to be after this week. I don't know if I will transition into working there right away, or if that's a down the line kind of offer. Thus the other interviews. I hope this works out. I have this awful feeling that if I have to take another office job, my goals are going to have to go on the back burner.

Well, got to go prepare tonight's workout.

gailosborne

Steve that was 2 days of training. I think I would have died doing it together!! I am loving the kettlebells but its hard. Im using 10kg now but had to move to the 6 for windmills, keeping it high while i bend sideways is really hard for me.
Today kept sugar low and had 2&portions of fruit.
Rest day today.

Hope you feel better too Jay, I get sinusitus a lot.
Jess great news about the opportunities hope you get what you want.
Tn2010 I am thinking about the 100 day challenge!!! You have got off to a great start.
Byeeee!

jaybaileys

Well the Claritin worked no pain in the air today, I did Just arms in the hotel gym and it was great! Good day again for food. I slipped a little on the potty mouth today will have to do better tomorrow. Hope everyone is doing well. Tatooed hope what you want works out and Gail keep up the kettlebells!

tn2010

Nutrition: I done did good.
Exercise: Yup
Goal: I did my minimum 15 minutes while I had something baking in the oven.

Tomorrow could be tricky, I need to think through my plan tonight.

tattoodfreek

Another awesome bootcamp on the books last night. I'm 1000% comfortable in this role. I don't worry anymore about forgetting the moves, or looking like an idiot. And I am so impressed with some of the women in my class. Two girls with quite a bit of work ahead of them really knock my socks off with their effort and push really hard. I love it. I love seeing people "getting it." There was this totally rocking moment at the beginning of class yesterday, where one of the girls mentioned how sore her legs were. EVERYONE in the class started rubbing their own legs and started talking about how sore they were too, comparing their sore spots to each other. One girl even started talking to me about it, as if she'd never experienced such a thing before. It was awesome! I picked up another class Saturday morning. But I didn't end up having the meeting with the gym owner, so I still don't know where I stand. But on a positive note I did find an opening for a nutrition and wellness coach that I applied for last night. So, if this doesn't pan out or doesn't offer the hours I need, maybe that will be another option.

I did great with my diet yesterday. I haven't been logging my workouts. It seems too complicated to try to figure it out, and really, it doesn't matter. It's not like I'm not getting the work in! One more thing, and then I'll quit gushing about my class. I never really realized last night that I worked out too. I'm so busy leading the warm up and cool down, demoing the moves, running from person to person and getting down with them and DOING it, to make sure they understand, that time flew, and it wasn't like working out. As I was driving home I realized I was totally saturated and soaking wet, and thought to myself, when did that happen? LOL.