#75 hard

[ellejos]

75 DAYS HARD CHALLENGE: DAY I

Previously I announced that I will begin the 75 Days Hard Challenge at the first of July. For anyone unfamiliar, the Challenge takes 75 Days and follows these daily rules:

Choose a diet and follow it (without cheat meals or alcohol)

Complete two 45-minute workouts daily (one needs to be outside no matter the weather)

Drink a gallon of water every day

Read 10 pages of nonfiction

Take progress pictures

If you skip or miss a task you must start over

Things you should know:

I decided to try this challenge because I want to improve my mental toughness and physical fitness (also I want to prove to myself that I am consistent). It's probably not for everyone, so there is also a soft version of this challenge called 75 Days Soft Challenge.

I prepared for this challenge a month in advance. I tried out what diet suits me the most without craving cheat meals, decided on what books I want to read and what kind of workouts are the best for me.

I don't want to bother you with a daily follow up of my challenge, but please consider I'll try to do an update every 1-2 weeks.

"All great things have small beginnings."

My current routine on this challenge varies from day to day because I do work shifts but there are a few things that stay consistent during this challenge:

Diet:

I decided to do IF with a 16:8 ratio. I start eating at 10am and have my last meal at 6pm. Mostly low carb, high protein. No meat, no sugar, limited dairy. Please consider that every human is different and what may work for me, won't do it for you. I decided to become vegetarian a month ago and I don't regret it yet.

2. Workouts:

I am not an athlete. Therefore two heavy workouts a day would cause me injuries. I'm taking a 45 minutes outdoor walk everyday and the second workout is whatever suits my day the most. For example on Mondays I'm going to a yoga class, therefore this will be my second workout.

3. Hydration:

To be honest, I had to change this one a bit. I'm drinking one black coffee every morning and I'm also having a tea before I go to sleep. This intake plus a gallon of water would be too much for my body. I decided to drink 3 Liters of water everyday and the missing 0,7 liters will be tea and black coffee. I'm not drinking anything else for the duration of this challenge. No soft drinks, no alcohol, no milk (except for coconut milk for my overnight oats).

4. my non-fiction reading list:

Patrick Lencioni - The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Dale Carnegie - How to Win Friends and Influence People

Yuval Harari - Homo Deus

Yuval Harari - 21 Lessons for the 21 Century

Daniel Kahneman - Thinking Fast and Slow

James Clear - Atomic Habits

Robert Greene - The 48 Laws of Power

Robert Greene - The Art of Seduction

Erich Fromm - The Art of Loving

Oliver Burkeman - Four Thousands Weeks

James Carse - Finite and Infinite Games

Seneca - Letters from a Stoic

Plato - Allegory of the Cave

5. last but not least - the progress picture:

I hate taking pictures, so I won't really share them but I made a folder on my phone and taking the photo is the first thing I'm doing in the morning to get it off my list.

Bisous!

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[finnnothuman]

21/75

I forgot to post my workout from yesterday but day 20 and 21 done! Included proof that I did all 14 workouts this week 🤗 body coming in🫡

Pic below, and that’s on body recomp 😌

#me #personal #gym #75 hard

[becoming-happy-for-myself]

75 Soft-Challenge 🍁

Daily rules for the next 75 days:

Drink 3 Liters of water

Read 10 pages of any book

Move your body for 45 minutes

Follow a healthy diet

Other rules:

Alcohol only on social occasions

1 cheatmeal a week

This challenge is the "softer" version of the 75 Hard challenge.

Starting weight: 72,3 kg / 159 lbs

The last few months I have been working on building better habits. I've been working out on my crosstrainer/going for walks 4-5 times a week and I've been eating better during the challenge me and my boyfriend agreed on. Since then, the sodas and snacks have found their way back into our household, so that's been a little disappointing.

My healthy diet will basically be that I try to cook as many meals as possible myself (no fast food or frozen pizzas etc.), and I try to always include a variety of vegetables and stay away from things like heavy cream, milk or butter. I will also only drink water (and my morning coffee) or tea, no more sodas or sugary iced teas. And snacks like chocolate, chips or gummy bears are also only allowed as the weekly cheatmeal.

For my daily 45 minute movement/exercise I will either go for a walk, use my crosstrainer/elliptical or do at home workouts (Ringfit Adventure on the Nintendo Switch has been a fun way to workout for me!).

I've started the challenge yesterday, on October 1st. The end of the challenge will be in the middle of December. I'm very excited to go into these colder and cozy months with the plan to be the best version of myself before the year is over! 🍂✨

#healthy lifestyle #healthy eating #abnehmen #abnehmblog #abnehmtagebuch #food diary #weight loss #lose weight #healthy weightloss #gesund abnehmen #exercise #healthy living #75 soft #75 hard #october #consistency #weightloss diary #weightloss motivation #becominghappyformyself

[perfectly-punzel2]

75 Hard Day 1 💖

#me #75 hard #do it with me! ☺️ #idk if I’ll update everyday but todays day 1 and I felt like posting

[goldennlibraablog]

75 Day Soft

Over the winter season, I struggle with my mental health and it almost always has an effect on how quickly I regain my routine and happiness in the spring season. As we enter spring again (and exam season) I want to implement a new level of routine and health to try and approach this next chapter of my life with more confidence. Mental health, self confidence and illness have all taken away from how much I have enjoyed my life but I’m ready to take the power back and start living like that girl. To start this process off, the 75 day soft!

Essential Rules:

🎀 One 45min workout daily

🎀 Drink 2 litres of water daily

🎀 Read 10 pages daily

🎀 Stretch or meditate daily

🎀 Take biweekly progress pics

🎀 Eat a generally healthy balanced diet

🎀 No alcohol

My Added Habits:

🎀 Wake-up and be out of bed before 8.30am

🎀 No eating past 8pm

🎀 Eat my 5-a-day

🎀 Only water past 8pm

🎀 No phone 30mins before/after sleeping

🎀 Prioritise sleep (7hrs+) and implement a nighttime routine

🎀 Weekly reorganise/clean

🎀 Complete daily skincare routine and other hygiene tasks

#75 soft #75 hard #wellness #that girl #it girl #gym #selflove #clean girl

[sunday-brunch]

I don't usually post stuff like this but what the hell.

I started 75 hard today and I'm really excited to be making these changes. Everything on the list is already completed except the gallon of water (already half way there at 10:30 this morning) and the second workout, which I'll be doing later. I spent my outside workout walking and spent the whole time talking to God and thanking him for everything he's done for me, for my family and friends, for the world. I try to spend some time every morning just thanking him for his blessings instead of asking for stuff so it was nice to get a walk in while I talked to him. It's been a really good morning and I'm looking forward to the next 75 days. Just hoping that if we get snow we don't get ice so i can continue 🙏.

This is my first progress picture, in all my grandma fashion glory. (Don't mind the mess, I'm currently decluttering). As of today I am 299 lbs, which is 71 lbs lost. I'm telling myself I can do hard things because 70 lbs didn't come off easy 😅

Let's hope we all have a great day!

#75 hard

[inaracewithmyself]

Pretty in pink

Managed to get out for a run despite the rain!

Still on track - Day 13 of 75 Hard. Still fatigued but getting better each day.

#fitblr #personal #me #selfie #losing weight #healthy #weight loss #fitness #75 hard

[monrie]

Inspired by the 75 soft challenge recently, so I modified it a bit to reflect my goals! Feel free to use or dm me if you’d like your own 🤍

#monrie #that girl #lifestyle #wellness #it girl #motivation #productivity #75 soft #75 hard #fitness #good habits #template #workout #planner #tracker #aesthetic #green smoothie girl #pink pilates princess

[ellejos]

75 HARD WEEK I: The Good, The Bad And The Okay I Guess

as some of you know I'm participating in the 75 Days Hard Challenge (75 Hard) and I successfully finished my first week. Therefore I'm doing a little recap and share my experience with you.

First of all: yes, I'm doing good and yes, I know I'm only 7 days in. It will get way harder eventually because right now I'm highly motivated. It's like the honeymoon phase of the challenge and my true consistency and progress will show during the middle of the challenge.

THE GOOD (Things that I surprisingly enjoy way more than I would have guessed):

drinking a gallon of water. The first 2-3 days I had to literally force myself to drink that amount of water but after day 4 my body actually craved it. When I wasn't drinking water for a few hours I felt extremely thirsty.

the outside workout (!) has so many benefits to my mental health (who would have guessed)

taking a progress picture every morning after waking up is personally the easiest task and the first thing I do.

Planning and preparing my meals is way more enjoyable than I would have thought!

THE BAD (cool, I'm outta here):

time management which is not bad in general because I'm well organized, but you gotta make sacrifices to fulfill your task and go to work. When it comes to social gatherings I became rather selfish and limited my time for social interactions with friends and being available (which - shocker - not everyone of my friends is happy about because they are used of me being a giving person and looking after others needs first).

people judging me, especially for my diet choice. A lot of people seem to find it offensive that I'm not eating meat and mostly vegetables and that I'm not craving cheat meals or alcohol. Currently I'm doing phenomenal without it and therefore I'm disappointed when people feel offended over my food choices.

during busy days the second workout is my personal nemesis. My job is full of physical activities and it's not possible to do the first workout before work, therefore I have to do one workout at midday and the second one in the evening.

BLOATING my friends. I looked like a pregnant person a few hours before giving birth. I'm glad I changed my diet a month in advance because I experienced bloating then, too (which is gone by now). But now I struggle with water bloating.

The Okay I Guess (woman who loves literature has to make time for reading):

I LOVE READING. Fiction, non-fiction. it doesn't matter to me. What does matter to me is being forced to implement daily reading into my day. I enjoy the reading task on my days off because I'm having a cup of coffee in the morning and sit down on my balcony to read my current literature and enjoy the dawn of the day. But on my work days, I'm literally forcing myself to read the 10 pages because it's currently hard for me to find a tactic for myself to enjoy it on work days.

Feel free to follow me on my journey.

Bisous!

#that girl #self care #green juice girl #clean girl #pink pilates princess #it girl #routine #glow up #habits #75 hard #75 days hard challenge #75 days #75hard #ellejos

[finnnothuman]

So I’m starting 75 hard on monday! I went ham for my birthday and gained 10lbs 🤭 so I’m starting at 170, my goal is to drop to 155 by the end. I’m 5’4 for reference 😅

I’ll update periodically, I’m going to follow all the rules minus the nonfiction/ inspirational book. I plan on reading a romance novel lol.

Wish me luck, it’s from 3/18 - 6/1 🫶🏾

#me #selfie #girls with tattoos #personal #ink #mine #tattoos #black girls of tumblr #black tumblr #gym progress #75 hard

[becoming-happy-for-myself]

Day 63 / 75 Soft 🍁

Starting Weight: 72,3 kg / 159 lbs

Last weeks Weight: 70,2 kg / 154 lbs

Current Weight: 70,2 kg / 154 lbs (- 2,1 kg / 4 lbs since the beginning)

Showing off my closed rings for October and November because I'm so proud of myself for being this consistent with moving my body ❤️‍🔥

⚖️ : My weight has stayed the exact same as last week. I'm pretty happy about it considering I didn't eat very well. I had a hot chocolate with whipped cream every single day, as well as some treats here and there, and not just on my "cheat meal". I don't know why I've been slacking with my diet lately... But I've decided that the remaining days until day 75 will have no more cheat days. I want to see results! 🤞🏻✨

🚰 : The 3 liters of water is still very dependent on the day. Some days I don’t mind it at all, other days I have to chug half a liter before bed.

🏃🏻‍♀️ : I’ve been continuing on varying my workouts, and even took a stroll through the snow which I really enjoyed. In general I'm getting in the Christmas mood way more this year! 🎄

🍓 : I have to cut out the snacking. On top of drinking the hot chocolates, I also ate almost an entire thing of Nutella, which is 250g... I wanted to buy it for breakfast on Sunday, but just knowing that we had it in the house made me crave it sooo much all the time. Gotta tell my boyfriend to hide the rest of that from me until the challenge is over 🤷🏻‍♀️

📖 : The German version of "Iron Flame" is finally out!! So excited to read it, even though I want to pace myself, so I only want to read one or two chapters every night. But I'm super excited ✨

Only 12 days remaining in this challenge. Let’s goooo 🤍

#weight loss #healthy weightloss #becominghappyformyself #becoming that girl #consistency #healthy habits #75 soft #75 hard #weighlossjourney #check in #weigh in #weightloss #lose weight #weightloss motivation #healthy eating #food diary #abnehmblog #abnehmtagebuch #gesund abnehmen #abnehmen #december

[linzsaw]

75 HARD: day five

[x] read 10 pages - Atomic Habits

[x] 45 minute workout outside - AM yoga

[x] 45 minute workout inside - PM walk

[x] gallon of water

[x] followed diet - High Protein: Protein pancakes for breakfast, Immunity shot, iced coffee, electrolytes + minerals, Leftover Korean bowl for lunch, some more choc, nuts + pretzels for snacks, and tonight's dinner was Drew's famous pot roast.

[x] took progress photo

[x] no alcohol

The past couple of days I have been so tired and busy, but I've been pushing through! Yoga this morning was an absolute must and it felt so damn good. I love the yoga class I go to because it's mostly older people in there and the vibes are immaculate. There was a woman that was behind me who had a hummingbird tattoo on one shoulder and a sunflower tattoo on the other shoulder. My grandma sends me hummingbirds for sure, and I've kinda been thinking my friend Paige who passed away in July might be sending me sunflowers. Earlier this week in yoga, the yoga teacher had us do hummingbird asanas which I hadn't heard of before. So... I guess my guardian angels are with me in yoga lately.

Those Korean bowls that I made this week will 100% become a new recipe staple for me. So easy, delicious and spicy! I'll drop the recipe for yall if you are interested. Tomorrow is the day I gather recipes for the week, so I'm excited to hopefully try more healthy things.

Week Recap

Overall, my energy levels in the mornings have been much better, and despite the PMS mood swings, I feel much happier and I can't express how good it feels to be in a routine where I'm holding myself accountable and have an organized schedule so its easier to be consistent. I hope you all are enjoying your 75 hard journey!

Happy Birthday Aly!!

LI

#75 hard #goals #new year 2024 #2024 goals #workout #self care routine #gymmotivation

[alsamara]

75 Hard

Day 2: January 3, 2024

[X] Selfie

[X] Read 10 Pages

- Smarter Not Harder By Dave Asprey

[X] Drink 1 Gallon of Water

-64/128 fl oz

[X] Outdoor Workout (45mins)

-Walked outside. It was cold and rainy, but we conquered.

[X] Indoor Workout (45mins)

-Form by Sami Clarke & PT for my legs & neck

[X] Eat Desired diet/NO Alch

Breakfast: protein shake

Snack: freeze dried apples and chicken

Dinner: Collards, beans, and chicken sausages

P.S I need to remember to get lemons and ginger tomorrow so I can make ginger shots because I do want to start my day with hot lemon ginger water and chia seeds. I miss doing that. So yum.

Thoughts + Feelings

Writing this at 3:23pm:

Started off today with my outdoor walk. It was a misty snow mixture this AM! My face and fingers were numbbbbb by the end of the walk, but I kept telling myself the cold exposure is working. Im so glad I got my Apple Watch up and running again to track today’s walk. I love watching my rings close. Rly makes life more satisfying… I will be getting a balaclava, running gloves, and fleece lined leggings tho. This is a definite fact.

I had a massage immediately after so I didn’t have time to make my protein shake which is fine.. I wasn’t hungry yet and I also hate laying on a massage table with a full stomach. For now I am going to be sleepy, enjoy my protein shake, and get my 10 pages in + some water to flush out my massage. 💗 check ya in a bit.

Update 9:39pm:

I got my indoor workout done with Form by Sami Clarke and did my daily PT exercises. I will say Form makes me realize how weak my core is from my endo surgeries. Deep in my heart it makes me feel sad that I didn’t do PT when doctors were suggesting it. Whatever tho. I’m going to be going back to softer work outs like yoga and Pilates for abs moving forward. Healing movements > all

Goodnight you guys,

Aly

#2024 #75 hard challenge #75 hard #gym routine #self care routine #gymmotivation #challenge #self care

[boobsmcgeeed]

75 hard: days 4&5

Work has been crazy stressful and I’ve thought I was a day ahead all week but I still have managed to stick to stick to the plan!

I’ve done Pilates at home the last 2 days while watching tv and I don’t why I wasn’t doing this the whole time! I know I’m not paying as much attention the entire time as if I were in a class or at the gym so I stretched the workout to an hour and a half which I still enjoyed.

I’ve still struggled with my nausea so eating in the morning has been difficult. I eat enough to make sure my meds don’t eat my stomach and then I’ve added an extra snack later in the day to make up for it. I’m still not eating as many calories as I would like and certainly not as much protein as I want. But I’ve been planning meals for the Friday grocery run so hopefully next week I’ll be able to up that.

#motivation #weight loss #weight loss journey #tw weighloss #calories tw #health journey #health and wellness #75 soft #75 hard #pcosweightloss #pcos #pcosjourney

[authenticlioness]

Day 30,

I really did not like this day but at least my butt looks juicy. I am grateful that I have people I can rely on to show up for me, that things are going in my favor, and that even when shit gets so hard that I don’t feel like I’ll survive it, I still do. That is all.

#75 hard #gymmotivation #inspiration #spiritual baddie #grateful

[killingmyself-s-l-o-w-l-y]

This is probably the prettiest pic I've ever taken lowkey.

#food #aesthetic #inspo #colorful food #yogurt bowl #diet #75 hard