AB0215
March Week 4
Sat
PW: 201.9 lbs
CW: 198.8 lbs

I decided to jump on the Challenge Bandwagon and try 75 Hard, and because of that I've been reading a book about habits, and it talks about not thinking of the goal per se but instead breaking down the goal into actionable chunks and I guess its all working, I haven't been focused on tracking my food this week, but instead I've been focusing on getting in water, workouts, and eating better quality foods, and it looks like its working so I am going to keep going.

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AB0215
March Week 4
Sat
PW: 201.9 lbs
CW: 198.8 lbs

I decided to jump on the Challenge Bandwagon and try 75 Hard, and because of that I've been reading a book about habits, and it talks about not thinking of the goal per se but instead breaking down the goal into actionable chunks and I guess its all working, I haven't been focused on tracking my food this week, but instead I've been focusing on getting in water, workouts, and eating better quality foods, and it looks like its working so I am going to keep going.

Nice loss! I’m so glad to see you..lol. I’m glad it helped. What is 75 hard?

There are very few rules, but if you mess up, you have to start over. And the trick is to plan and make this a routine. And the book I chose for this is Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results, An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, and I'm really enjoying it, it talks about how to set yourself up for success. I'm probably going to re-read it and actually check off the action plan items next time but I'm already thinking about my habits differently and it's helping. I didn't even really track my food religiously last week, I counted my carbs and paid attention to my water but that as about it. But being more aware is helping me to think about if I'm really hungry or not, so the weight loss was somewhat incidental.

It sounds daunting that you have to do 2 "workouts" per day but if you actually look into it, the creator actually talks about the items on the list, and one of the things he says is the workouts, you choose the type and intensity, so it can be a walk if that's what you are able to do, or if its a "rest day" you can just walk...and some days that's what I do, its more about getting yourself into healthier habits and getting yourself outside daily helps to build mental strength, which, lets be honest, to be successful in our weightloss goals we are going to need to be mentally stronger to eat less cookies, food and things we don't need.

Another thing I've found, the hardest parts of this for me are the daily progress pic and the water. Drinking that much water really makes me not drink other things because I legit don't want to put more liquid in my body, I have 1 or 2 cups of black coffee and then nothing but water, which is amazing if you think about how just a week ago I was having half a case of diet soda a day.

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