This last week, Chad and I started our physical/mental fitness challenges. He is doing the
75 Hard Challenge and making sure to adhere to all of the rules. I am doing the
75 Medium Challenge which is not as strict but still a challenge. The rules I'm following are:
- Track all food eaten each day, stay under 1800 calories
- Do at least 45 minutes per day of exercise
- Drink at least 100 ounces of water per day
- Read at least 10 pages of any book each day
- Take a progress picture once a week
So far, it is going well. The hardest past is the 10 pages of reading because I keep putting it off until the end of the day. I have fallen asleep more than once. Making sure to get in enough exercise isn't too hard, but it is a bit tricky when I work in the temple after work. Last Tuesday, I walked 3 times for 15 minutes. I think I'm going to have to do it that way each time. I don't know how else to fit it in. The rest is a bit easier.
I know I need to make changes in my life. I am the heaviest I have ever been. Not trying because I don't want my clothes to get too big is stupid. At the rate I'm going, everything people have bought me this summer for graduation and birthday will be too small by the end of the year. My hope is that by doing this challenge, I will have new, healthier habits that will continue through the foreseeable future.
