After 75 Hard: Life Lessons Learned

This week I learned another life lesson from the 75 Hard Challenge even though I finished it 10 days ago.

I learned how important water is to me.

During the 75 Hard Challenge, I was on my diet every day and was rarely hungry. I got off the diet and started being hungry all the time. For a while, I could not figure it out. I looked back at what I did differently on the challenge. It was obvious when I looked. I was no longer drinking 1 gallon of water per day.

During the challenge, I chugged water at different times of the day to keep my intake up. Last week I had been drinking when I was thirsty and only consuming about half a gallon a day.

Last week I did not want to stick to a diet at all. I was always hungry. I don’t know about you, but when I am hungry there is no way I am going to stick to any diet.

This week I am back to drinking a gallon of water a day and it is easy to stick to a diet when you are not hungry. Water is the secret to weight loss! Who freaking knew?

I need to lose another 70 pounds to be at the weight I want. During the challenge, I lost over 25 pounds.

Last week I put on 1.5 pounds because I was always hungry and eating things I should not have. This week with the water going back in correctly I should be back on the diet and losing weight again.

The 75 Hard Challenge is a great challenge. It will make you mentally tough with a side effect being better physical fitness. Check out my 75 Hard Challenge Outline here.

I am back on the diet and drinking water but not really doing the 75 hard challenge. I have morphed my challenge list into my power list.

The five habits I am working on to make myself better are:

Slow Carb Diet
Drink 1 gallon of water per day
Post 1 piece of content per day
Network every day
Snap In daily

In addition to the Power List, I am also outlining and doing 3 critical tasks per day to move my business and myself forward.

I use Michael Hyatt’s Full Focus Planner to keep track of everything. I changed how it is supposed to be used a little but it seems to be working well for me. I have been accomplishing more than ever before.

Even after 75 Hard I continue to work to better myself.

What are you doing today to make yourself better?

How can you be better next week?