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Yeah, just fell off the wagon after the last post. I should have completed everything and have about 10 stupid reasons I gave up. No of them worth a damn.
I discovered that hard part of 75 Hard Challenge, failure. It’s harder then doing the challenge. I know I could have finished it, but didn’t. My heart wasn’t in it and my stamina was gone. So I gave up.
I excepted failure… For now.
I’m looking at restarting the entire thing. Right now I’m debating when to start and should I do the original challenge or make my own again.
I did well with the original challenge, but failed my challenge. I thought my 10 things would be easier then the 5 from the original challenge. Boy was I wrong. I forget the why, lost sight of my goal, and failed.
Failure is only temporary if we pick ourselves up and get back in there. Lots of easy words there. Now the hard part, actually doing it.
It seems so easy that I could just walk away from this challenge, the web site, and be back to what I was in a couple days to a week.
The problem is I don’t want to be back to what I was. I’m better now, and I know I’m either getting better or worse. There is no staying who and what you are. Everything is on a sliding scale.
The easy one to see is my weight. I started the first challenge at 344 lbs. I lost weight the entire time… slowly. But it was going the right direction. I got down to 320 at my lowest. Once I stopped the challenge and gave up at day 68 I rebounded in the next week 10 pounds. I’m currently at 330. Not where I was, but not as good as I could be.
And there it is. Not as good as I could be. Not doing what I should do. Not becoming who I should become.
In David Goggins book, Can’t Hurt Me, he talks about being at the end of his life and going to see his maker. There he is shown what he could have been. I don’t want to end my life and find out what I could have done and become, or how many people I could have helped. I don’t want to leave that on the table when my time comes. I want to go to my full potential and help as many people as I can.
So I’ll dig back into the challenge in the next couple weeks.
I’ll be posting a starters guide, for all of you that need as much info as possible or just an easy way not to think about getting started, just going for it.
I’ll also be evaluating what I want to do for the next challenge and when I’m going to start.
75 Hard…. Conquer me… this time,
Ben Branam
Ran across this site by accident. Currently doing a 100 Day Challenge (Gary Ryan Blair) that finishes Oct. 19th. It’s a different kind of challenge… but now, having found your site – I intend to tackle the 75 Hard next. Start date Nov. 1st – End date Jan. 14th 2020.
I have the opposite problem to solve. I am underweight. Currently 130. Normal for me used to be 155 – 160lbs. Already bike 4 days a week and workout 3. Simply gonna double that to both every day. There is very little out there on GAINING weight…! So I will be winging it, and figuring it out as I go.
Hard to tell if you are still “in the game”? If you are, I have some questions for you about this site and the social media stuff for accountability. Please contact me at marshalldameron@yahoo.com
Thanks for reaching out Dameron. I’m starting back in the game today.
You are a planner if you already know your start date and end date on the challenge. I start today as day 1 and don’t know my end date. I just let it come around when it comes around. Just taking 1 day at a time.
Gaining weight is as hard as loosing weight. You have to have that perfect just like me. My diet I want to eat more, your diet you will want to eat less. Set your goals for your macros and eating and make sure you eat at least that much every day. And you could do the simple weight lifting trick from Starting Strength the Book by Mark Ripiteo and drink a gallon of milk on top of what ever you eat. Cheap calories. He only recommends it for underweight lifters that are younger in their 20’s and 30’s. Might work for you.
It’s all that perfect diet and that was the hardest part of this challenge for me… that diet. It seems evil at times.
Let me know if I can help with anything else.
Ben, just keep going. It’s not about 75 days. Yes, the challenge is about 75 days, but if you grow every day. Get better every day. Work hard towards purpose every day, soon it will be one week, one month, one year towards a better life, but remember that each day is important. Wake up and feel good. Choose to have a good day. Today counts. I’ve been making changes for the last 18 months and it’s taken longer than I expected to lose 72 lbs, but so many other things have gotten better because of new choices, inner growth and new habits that took time to develop. You got this!
Thanks Amy!! I just got on here because I’m restarting the challenge. A little different this time and I got my wife to go along with it and she will be posting here too. I’m so excited about the entire thing I can’t wait.
You are totally right. I’ve kept working out and reading everyday and trying to improve myself. Each day counts. I need to remember that everyday and keep pushing towards that.
72 Pounds!!!! That’s awesome! You are amazing… I know how hard that is. That’s incredible. Slow and steady is winning the race for you. So happy for you. And that you have grown along the way in a bunch of other ways. YES!! You are winning at life and will achieve amazing things yet to come.
Thank you for the kind words.