One Week In

If you read last week’s post, you’ll know I’ve started intentional habits surrounding my health. To summarise, I’m committed to doing the following each day:

/ One forty-five minute walk (outside)

/ One forty-five minute workout (probably inside)

/ No alcohol or sugar

As I am basing this off 75 Hard, I have also been doing the following daily:

/ Drink suggested amount of water for my weight

/ Read ten pages of non-fiction a day (yes, I have been loving this goal)

/ Take a daily progress picture (vaguely embarrassing)

I have managed to do each of these things every day except for one, when I only had a ten minute walk instead of forty-five minutes. Missing that longer walk was somewhat disappointing, but I don’t want to be too hard on myself considering I still exercised that day.

What I want to try and set in place this coming week is walking first thing in the morning. The day I walked for ten minutes, I slept in and by the time I got home after work it was dark, and I don’t want to walk once the sun has set. Maybe this is why the indoor workout has been easier, because it doesn’t matter what time it is.

Now, I don’t recommend working out late at night. But there were a couple of days when I had something on after work and it was pushed back until nine. This following week, I want to see if I can get them in earlier because I don’t want to work out too close to when I sleep. I found myself waking up a couple of times a night and it was harder to fall asleep even though I was tired, so I want to try and work out at least an hour and a half before I go to bed.

Not eating sugar or drinking alcohol has been fairly easy, as I just don’t buy it or keep any in the house. The most difficult thing was someone brought cake into work and those two days I was especially hungry. I realised that with my new workouts, I probably wasn’t having enough protein, especially considering I intermittent fast and don’t tend to eat until twelve each day. So when I did my grocery shop on Thursday night I bought a few extra items that I can take to work if I need something around eleven or three.

Overall, I have enjoyed this process. It’s exciting to see that I am capable of doing this when I have always been someone who struggles with fitness. I have had good phases in the past, but never anything that stuck. Though it is worth saying, I don’t think working out every day is sustainable or even necessarily advisable. But regarding discipline, and how I want to do this for three months to see specific results, being strict is the way to go for a short-term goal. I would much rather try and make a difference now, naturally and intensely, then take medication or get surgery which might not fix the root issue.

And with that, it is time for me to go for a walk. Have a good weekend!

Sarah xx