75 Challenge for The New Year

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  • meltasticc
    meltasticc Posts: 1 Member
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    I’m doing the 75 hard challenge…
    I am doing two 45 minute workouts (one outside)
    Calorie deficit diet
    No alcohol
    No cheat meals
    1 gallon of water a day
    Read 10 pages of non fiction
    Take a pic each day

    Today is day 30 and I just completed everything for the day.
    I’m tired… lol… this program is seriously hard!
  • 62blackdogs
    62blackdogs Posts: 63 Member
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    Good day, made it thru the first month! I ate 2150 calories today with a large amount of exercise.
    All good, expecting a good weigh-in this week.
  • J3nnyBeanz
    J3nnyBeanz Posts: 134 Member
    edited February 2
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    I love this! I had to Google what the 75 hard/soft is, I'm in!

    1 Eat in a calorie goals
    2. Don't use movment credits for food
    3. Eat in a 10 hour window
    4. 25 min of movement, to increase by 5 min each week
    5. Drink 80 oz of water daily in my fake Stanley.
    6. Track my habits in my creature of habits book.
    7. Track my progress with a weekly picture and weekly weigh-in
    8. Daily meditation and quiet time (15 min)
    9. Be outdoors for 15 min minimum daily

    I am physically not able to do more than what I have listed for movement as I've had all my toes on my left foot amputated due to a bone infection. I have been doing wall pilates and chair yoga and find it to be awesome giving me new hope a new life.
  • 62blackdogs
    62blackdogs Posts: 63 Member
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    Day 35:

    Rainy day today, so walking in the mall, I have been averaging 9000 steps the last week. Expecting a good weigh-in. (10lbs loss/5 weeks) Just in the routine at this point.
  • 62blackdogs
    62blackdogs Posts: 63 Member
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    @meltasticc - Congrats on day 35 and congrats on choosing 75 hard - It looks like you started January 1st, same day as me. I modified my plan to a 75 custom. I have exercise at 7500 steps and can be indoors and water intake is 80 oz. I would really like to hear about your progress, please keep in touch.
  • 62blackdogs
    62blackdogs Posts: 63 Member
    edited February 4
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    @J3nnyBeanz Glad you have decided to go on your journey. Our plans are almost identical. I really like the 15 min outdoors that you have. I'm tracking my habits with an application called streaks. If I have any "wisdom" that might be helpful it would be: I'm glad I went with what I felt I could do on my worst day. I set my exercise at 7500 steps instead of 10,000. The grind on my old-ish body has been real with no recovery days. I have gone up in step since I started, but have enjoyed the abiltiy to drop down to avoid injury when my body needs to recover. If I had went with 10,000 steps not sure I would have been successful. Hope to hear how your journey progresses.

    Added Note: Really glad I went with 80 oz. Drinking water has been a challenge, but has also been transformative. I have never recorded my water intake before, but I believe that it has made it much easy foe me to stay on my calorie program.
  • 62blackdogs
    62blackdogs Posts: 63 Member
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    @liliz82 I just saw your comment on the 75 hard challenge for the New Year. Checking in did you decide to do this challenge? If so how is it going? Best wishes to you on your journey.
  • 62blackdogs
    62blackdogs Posts: 63 Member
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    Goals: (36 Day still on goal)
    1A Meet daily myFitnesspal food intake goal.
    1B Eat in a 8 hour window. (Dropped from 10 hour window first week. 10am-6pm)
    3. 8000 steps a day. (Raised this from 7500 in week 4)
    4. Drink 80 oz of water daily.
    5. No alcohol drinks or sugar drinks.
    6. Read 20 minutes.
    7. Track my progress with a weekly picture and weekly weigh-in.

    Adding (These do not affect above goals)
    8. Spanish language training (Have not started, I will start today)
    9. Centering time 15 min. (Doing well, this has been 20min yoga and 10min meditation)

    January 1: 224.0
    January 8: 221.4 (-2.6)
    January 15: 218.8 (-2.6)
    January 22: 217.6 (-1.2)
    January 29: 216.2 (-1.4)
    February 5: 214.3 (-1.9)
    February 12: 212 (Goal)
    February 19: 210 (Goal)
    February 26: 208 (Goal)
    March 4: 206 (Goal)
    March 11: 204 (Goal)
  • 62blackdogs
    62blackdogs Posts: 63 Member
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    Day 39: Starting to jog some, planning on doing a 5K event for St. Patricks day, focusing on avoiding injury. Program going well.
  • J3nnyBeanz
    J3nnyBeanz Posts: 134 Member
    edited February 9
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    @62blackdogs so far so good! I'm down 5 pounds since the challenge started for me. I started a month behind but am committed to complete the whole 75 days. I'm going to check out that app!
    I find checking off my completed habits every night gives me a sense of accomplishment. I also write something positive about myself everyday, whether I believe it or not. I've had such an amazing shift of self. I actually believe I can succeed in being healthier.
    I'm not meeting my water goals. Since starting this journey this past January, tracking my food etc my sugar/glucose hasn't been out of control so my constant thirst has gone down and I need to make a conscious effort to dtink!
  • 62blackdogs
    62blackdogs Posts: 63 Member
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    @J3nnyBeanz - Good to hear from you, water has been hard for me as well. I have noticed that water has been a big part of my success, I'm not as hungry. Congrats on the 5 pounds that is fantastic, also the shift self. I think I might know what you are talking about, I feel more confident that I can succeed as well. Blessing to you.
  • 62blackdogs
    62blackdogs Posts: 63 Member
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    Super Bowl party later today with family. I had a large late breakfast, I plan to have a large salad before I head to party. I plan to bring my own food. I have to draw a pretty hard line, if I don't start I'm great, if I start I'm in the yellow zone and can break bad. I will have about 800 calories to eat at the game, just can't be pizza! Also weigh-in tomorrow morning.
  • 62blackdogs
    62blackdogs Posts: 63 Member
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    I did my first slow jog today, it felt great. I'm planning on doing a 5K jog event on St. Patricks day. I'm planning on celebrating 77 days at that point by having two beers with friends on a pub crawl. Then back on a program til I conplete my goal of giving 30lbs back to the universe. Then I will come up with my maintenance plan for the remainder of the year. In reality I know that I will be on a "program" going forward, not expecting an end. Just need to figure out what I'm willing to do. My new life motto: "You can't say yes unless you are willing to say no".
  • 62blackdogs
    62blackdogs Posts: 63 Member
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    Goals: (43 Day still on goal)
    1A Meet daily myFitnesspal food intake goal.
    1B Eat in a 8 hour window. (Dropped from 10 hour window first week. 10am-6pm)
    3. 8000 steps a day. (Raised this from 7500 in week 4)
    4. Drink 80 oz of water daily.
    5. No alcohol drinks or sugar drinks.
    6. Read 20 minutes.
    7. Track my progress with a weekly picture and weekly weigh-in.

    Adding (This does not affect above goals)
    8. Centering time 15 min. (Doing well, this has been 20min yoga and 10min meditation)

    January 1: 224.0
    January 8: 221.4 (-2.6)
    January 15: 218.8 (-2.6)
    January 22: 217.6 (-1.2)
    January 29: 216.2 (-1.4)
    February 5: 214.3 (-1.9)
    February 12: 211.8 (-2.5) wow not expecting this, will see how next week goes, breaking 210 big!
    February 19: 210 (Goal)
    February 26: 208 (Goal)
    March 4: 206 (Goal)
    March 11: 204 (Goal)
  • 62blackdogs
    62blackdogs Posts: 63 Member
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    Long week, I have not been on fitness pal as much, I'm still gettng my exercise, food intake, water and reading in. Expecting a good number on Monday, I was shocked the day after Valentine day, My weight was up two pounds, my food intake was in order and by today it was back to normal. Not sure what that was maybe salt in outside food.
  • 62blackdogs
    62blackdogs Posts: 63 Member
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    Goals: (50 Day still on goal)
    1A Meet daily myFitnesspal food intake goal.
    1B Eat in a 8 hour window. (Dropped from 10 hour window first week. 10am-6pm)
    3. 8000 steps a day. (Raised this from 7500 in week 4)
    4. Drink 80 oz of water daily.
    5. No alcohol drinks or sugar drinks.
    6. Read 20 minutes.
    7. Track my progress with a weekly picture and weekly weigh-in.

    Adding (This does not affect above goals)
    8. Centering time 15 min. (Doing well, this has been 20min yoga and 10min meditation)

    January 1: 224.0
    January 8: 221.4 (-2.6)
    January 15: 218.8 (-2.6)
    January 22: 217.6 (-1.2)
    January 29: 216.2 (-1.4)
    February 5: 214.3 (-1.9)
    February 12: 211.8 (-2.5) wow not expecting this, will see how next week goes, breaking 210 big!
    February 19: 210.3 (-1.5) good number after last weeks big number.
    February 26: 208.6 (Goal)
    March 4: 206.9 (Goal)
    March 11: 205.2 (Goal)
    March 16: 204 (Goal) - 20lbs in 75 days!

    I have been averaging 1.7lbs/week loss over the last 5 weeks and had a -1.2 week. I'm going to lower my weekly goal, I like my habits and I like my progress. No rush and no need to stick with the 2lbs/week goal. Seem like a loving thing to do.
  • 62blackdogs
    62blackdogs Posts: 63 Member
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    Nice jog/walk today, did my second test 5K. Time was 41:35. Thinking I'm on track to finish the St Patricks race in under 40 min which is my goal. Good feeling.
  • nikispence
    nikispence Posts: 3 Member
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    Hi Everyone! Niki from Toronto here! I started 75 Hard on Jan 1st, made 11 days and failed at the water so back to day 1. Started again, made it 8 days, got a bronchial infection and couldn't finish the day. I've started day one again over the past month three more times and failed. I have begun again yesterday so today is Day 2, "Take 6". It is 11:56 PM and I just finished Workout #2. Happy to have found this group!
  • 62blackdogs
    62blackdogs Posts: 63 Member
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    @nikispence Hi Niki.. Welcome. I'm on a 75 modified. Sending you some support.
  • 62blackdogs
    62blackdogs Posts: 63 Member
    edited February 26
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    I ate outside my 8 hour window. I will eat in my 8 hour window going forward. I will finish out the 75 days with this blemish. I will then decide what comes next, it maybe another 75day attempt. I want to create a "rest of the year" plan that will form the basis for life long habits.

    Goals: (Day 57)
    1A Meet daily myFitnesspal food intake goal.
    1B Eat in a 8 hour window. (Dropped from 10 hour window in first week. 10am-6pm)
    3. 8000 steps a day. (Raised this from 7500 in week 4)
    4. Drink 80 oz of water daily.
    5. No alcohol drinks or sugar drinks. (Added in first week)
    6. Read 20 minutes.
    7. Track my progress with pictures and weekly weigh-in.
    8. Centering time 15 min. (Doing well, this has been 20min yoga)

    January 1: 224.0
    January 8: 221.4 (-2.6)
    January 15: 218.8 (-2.6)
    January 22: 217.6 (-1.2)
    January 29: 216.2 (-1.4)
    February 5: 214.3 (-1.9)
    February 12: 211.8 (-2.5) wow not expecting this, will see how next week goes, breaking 210 big!
    February 19: 210.3 (-1.5) good number after last weeks big number.
    February 26: 209.9 (-0.4) Not a great number, I ate out last night, my guess salt, was 209.3 earlier in week. I will not eat my exercise calories this week.
    March 4: 206.9 (Goal)
    March 11: 205.2 (Goal)
    March 16: 204 (Goal) - 20lbs in 75 days!

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