The ‘75 Hard’ Challenge

August 25: Day 71

• Take a progress photo — Done
• Walk - 50 minutes, Strength training - 45 minutes
• 3L water — Done
• Reading — The Urban Homestead
• IF ~ 18 hrs
• Meditation — 15 minutes

August 26: Day 72

• Take a progress photo — Done
• Sports coaching - 90 minutes
• 3L water — Done
• Reading — The Urban Homestead
• IF ~ 18 hrs
• Meditation — 15 minutes

August 27: Day 73

• Take a progress photo — Done
• Rowing - 45 minutes, walk - 45 minutes
• 3L water — Done
• Reading — The Urban Homestead
• IF ~ 22 hrs
• Meditation — 20 minutes

August 28: Day 74

• Take a progress photo — Done
• Sports coaching - 90 minutes
• 3L water — Done
• Reading — The Urban Homestead
• IF ~ 18 hrs
• Meditation — 10 minutes

August 29: Day 75

• Take a progress photo — Done
• Hike - 110 minutes
• 3L water —
• Reading — The Urban Homestead
• IF ~ 18 hrs
• Meditation — 25 minutes

Completed the challenge on Sunday. Much of the routine especially the IF and the water intake have become habits. Can’t say that about the workouts. The 90-minute workouts never became easy. I ended some days with a walk only to wake up next morning to take another walk. There was a persistent feeling of being depleted like a battery on half charge. Only the thought of starting again kept me going. It was unsustainable and I am beyond glad it’s done. Reading was effortless and meditation helped with everything. Though I wasn’t aiming for it I did lose weight. Had gained ~8lbs over the pandemic and lost it all over the past 3 months.

I am going to continue with a more manageable set of goals. Eliminating the progress pic and reading requirement. Don’t need a challenge to read. Hoping to turn this into a lasting lifestyle change.

• 3L water
• 15 mins of meditation
• 50 minutes of workout (focus on strength training and yoga)
• 18:6 IF, Low carb

 

Thank you @Laks09 and @Srama ! I cannot emphasize enough how much the support on this thread mattered over the past three months.

Super excited to have you back, Sabitha! : ) Maximum City is such a good book. Hope you enjoy it!

Thinking out loud - Let’s drop the restarting requirement. It is needlessly stringent. One off day doesn’t mean all previous progress gets erased. So long as we do a total of 75 days the challenge should be considered complete. After all long term consistency is far more important than a rest day or five in between.

@Laks09 Could you edit my OP and change line 4 to ‘Do the following for a total of 75 days’ and delete line 12 (The one about starting again from day 1). Thank you!

 

Thank you Sir! The video was a sweet touch. : )